Area Sports by Michael Dashiell

Elks host basketball contest

The annual Sequim Elks hoops shoot is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St.

Girls and boys of ages 8-13 are eligible to participate. Winners in six divisions - separate boys and girls divisions in the 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 categories - advance to a regional playoff in Hoquiam in January.

Registration fliers are available at the Boys & Girls Club.

For more information, call Kim Bower at 457-1478.



Hoops tryouts for girls

Basketball tryouts for a fourth-grade girls Amateur Athletic Union team are scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Nov. 18 at Dry Creek Elementary School, west of Port Angeles.

Practices and tryouts are Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 p.m. at the school.

Athletes are asked to bring their own basketball and dress prepared to play.

For more information, call Jason Wheeler at 477-8083.



Wolfpups hosts

'Toy Bowl'

The Sequim Wolfpups youth football organization hosts its annual "Toy Bowl," starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Sequim High School football field, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

Admission to the event is one unwrapped or slightly used toy for donation to a local toy bank for the holiday season; Wolfpup officials also will accept money donations.

Past recipients have been the Salvation Army, Foster Parenting and, last year, the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots. This year's recipient will be the Salvation Army of Port Angeles.

Toys are donated in honor of former Wolfpups who have died. In recent years, those have included Kaydee Campbell and Jeff Campbell.

The Wolfpups play two games, one at 5:30 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m. Like last year, the 'Pups play against a pair of squads from Enumclaw.

In Wolfpup playoff action Saturday, the Wolfpups' JV team won 26-20 in overtime while the Prep Squad fell 13-7.