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ESPN'Friday
Fights' return to
Little Creek Casino
Little Creek Casino Resort will
once again host the ESPN pro-
gram "Friday Night Fights."
The first bout is scheduled to
begin at 5 p.m. tomorrow, with the
doors opening at 4 p.m.
The main event features Mike
Gavronski of Bellevue (14 victo-
ries, 0 defeats, 1 tie, 10 knockouts)
against Tureano Johnson of Nas-
sau, Bahamas (14-1-0, 10KOs) for
the WBC Continental Americas
Middleweight Title.
The co-main event, with the
live ESPN broadcast airs at 6
p.m., featuring Art Hovhannisyan
of Glendale, California (17-1-2,
9KOs) vs. Jonathan Maicelo of
Callao, Peru (17-1, llKOs) for the
WBC International Silver Title.
The TV swing fight in the wel-
terweight division features Evan
Woolsey of Kansas (2-2) vs. Ken-
neth Sims Jr. of Chicago (2-0,
1KO).
State senior games
start Saturday
The Washington State Senior
Games are this weekend.
Two events will take place in
Mason County, beginning with
softball for seniors in their 60s.
The 60s softball tournament
begins at 9 a.m. July 12 and con-
tinues through July 13 at Mason
County Recreation Area.
Softball for athletes in their
50s, 65s, 70s and 75s will be July
19 through 20 at MCRA.
The cost is $290 per team.
Seniors will also compete in
shuffleboard in Mason County.
Beginning at 8 a.m. with
check-in, shuffleboard will be
July 21 through 23 at Little
Creek Casino Resort for $9 per
person, per event.
The opening ceremonies for the
senior games is at 8 a.m. July 26
at the Tumwater High School sta-
dium.
For more information about the
Washington Senior Games, includ-
ing an event schedule, go to puget-
soundgames.com.
Deadline for men's
golf tournament
The deadline for St. Andrew's
Open is next week.
The men's golf tournament,
scheduled for July 22 at Lake
Limerick Golf Club, costs $55 per
golfer.
"The entry fee includes green
fee, continental breakfast, tee
prize, on-course contests, lunch
and a free practice round," said
Bobby Brown, head golf profes-
sional.
Players can call the golf shop
at 426-6290 for more information
on the individual gross and net
tournament, which will have three
different flights.
• Compiled by sports reporter
Emily Hanson
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncoun com
Amateurs and profes-
sionals are slated to com-
pete in the fourth annual
Showdown, a two-day
disc golf tournament in
Shelton.
The tournament be-
gins at 9 a.m. Saturday
and 7:30 a.m. Sunday at
the Shelton Springs Disc
Golf Course.
"We have 144 golfers
this year," tournamentJournal file photo
director Chris Gilberts Shelton's Ashlee Harris releases a fairway shot
said. "We sold the first on hole-No. 11 last year during the Showdown
100 spots online in about Disc Golf Tournament at the Shelton Springs Disc
two hours and the re- Golf Course.
mainder in about four
days." is among the best in Among the registered
The turnout has dou- the Northwest, Gilberts professionals are Catrina
bled this year, Gilberts said. Allen from Tennessee,
said. Golfers will com- "Our professionalwho is the No. 5 women's
plete three rounds on the open men's champion player in the nation, and
18-hole course each day will walk away with Kyle Crabtree from Fife,
of the tournament. $1,650 cash for the week- who is in the top 50 best
"It's a difficult course," end," he added, men's players in the na-
Gilberts said. "It's de- The payouts are pos- tion, Gilberts said.
signed to be difficult. It's sible in part to two new The Professional Disc
long, one of the longest major sponsors of the Golf Association defines
in the state, but it's fair. tournament this year: the top professional disc
There's a lot of shot vari- Our Community Credit golfers as open players
ety required." Union and Little Creekwho have many years of
Gilberts said that golf- Casino Resort. tournament experience,
ers from Alabama, Flor- "I think the sponsors drive at least 350 feet,
ida, Colorada, Arizonaare really excited about make seven to nine out
and Oregon are partici- what we're doing up (at of 10 putts from 25 to 30
pating in this year's tour- the course)," Gilbertsfeet, among other crite-
nament, which includessaid. "We have a lot of ria.
amateur and profession- support from the corn-"Disc golf is still up-
al golfers from aroundmunity and (the Mason and-coming in Shelton,
the state. County Disc Golf Club). so we haven't built up a
This tournament fea- Everybody does what professional base in Shel-
tures the top payouts they can for us to putton yet," Gilberts said. "I
among disc golf tourna- on a quality tourna- expect that to happen in
ments in the state andment." the next few years."
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