Thompson selected to USA Volleyball juniors camp

Melissa Thompson, a 2005 graduate of Marysville-Pilchuck High School, has been selected to train with the juniors group at the USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp, scheduled for Dec. 27-30 in Austin, Texas.

Thompson, a freshman volleyball player at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa., was one of 50 women from around the country picked in her age group.

According to the USA Volleyball Web site, the camp is designed

to bring together top athletes in an atmosphere of learning and training, apart from the rigors of tryouts and competition.

Gymnastics

Leading edge turns in dominating

performance: Eleven gymnasts

from the Everett-based Leading

Edge Gymnastics Academy won allaround

titles in their age groups at

the Hot Air Classic held Oct. 22 in

Bellingham.

The Level 7 winners included

Cara Solemsaas, 10, of Lake Stevens

(37.075 points) and Olivia Gaffney,

13, of Snohomish (36.25).

Level 6 winners included Alyssa

Hawley, 10, of Snohomish (35.45),

and Kayla Stuckey of Everett and

Kailey Stanifer of Marysville who

tied for the all-around title in the

11-year-old age group (34.750).

In Level 5, Athina Ebert, 10, of

Everett (36.14), Madeline McMurty,

11, (35.30) and Jillian Ohlemeier, 9,

of Mount Vernon (33.225) claimed

all-around crowns.

Level 4 champions included

Kaitlin Sotelo of Everett in the 9-10

division (35.975), Kassandra Numair

of Everett in the 8-and-under

division (36.775), and Paula Parker

of Everett in the 11-and-up division

(34.725).

Bowling

Jackson leads Mariner: Joshua

Jackson of Mariner High School

rolled the high game and high series

last week in the Everett Parks

and Recreation High School Bowling

League.Bowling

Jackson rolled games of 258, 189

and 258 for a 705 series. His effort

helped Mariner hold onto first place

in the team standings with 68

points. Cascade was second with 63.Bowling

Among the girls, Kristen Kelley of

Marysville-Pilchuck bowled the

high game (186) and Evelyn Potoczny

of Kamiak turned in the high

series (487).