Former Spartan and current Peninsula College Pirate Marky Adams returned to the Spartan Gym last month with the Olympic Sporting Goods to participate in the Nate Crippen Memorial Scholarship Tournament. Pictured here Adams completes a reversed dunk against Stratton of Kennewick composed of Kennewick, Forks and other area players. The Olympic Sporting Goods defeated Stratton 57-44. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

Former Spartan and current Peninsula College Pirate Marky Adams returned to the Spartan Gym last month with the Olympic Sporting Goods to participate in the Nate Crippen Memorial Scholarship Tournament. Pictured here Adams completes a reversed dunk against Stratton of Kennewick composed of Kennewick, Forks and other area players. The Olympic Sporting Goods defeated Stratton 57-44. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Fifteen teams compete at Forks Crippen basketball tournament

Fifteen teams face off in Crippen tourney

FORKS — Fifteen teams from around the Olympic Peninsula, Seattle and Bellingham gathered in Forks last month to honor Nate Crippen and raise money for scholarships for graduating seniors at Forks High School.

On March 24, there was pool play which split teams into consolation and upper bracket play on March 25.

In the consolation bracket, Team Gramps, which includes former Spartans Parker Browning, Leo Gonzalez, Dustin Daniels and David Clark and Port Angeles and Peninsula College’s Luke Angevine beat Stratton, which included former Spartans Sean and Keith Weekes and Tyler Penn.

In the upper bracket, Black Diamond Electric defeated the Late Bloomers from Bellingham and Seattle, while Spoons and Olympic Sporting Goods placed third. Olympic Sporting Good featured former Spartans, including Marky Adams and Kasey Ulin.

Sponsors included Forks Outfitters, Dew Drop Inn, Pacific Pizza, Forks Motel, Forks Lions Club, Forks Elks lodge, Quileute Tribal Council, Str8 tee, Fugarwee Timber Inc, The In Place, Pacific Inn, Forks RV, Ron and Gayle Clarke, and Subway. Volunteers included Carrie Echeita, Les Stewart, Rhonda Cole, Jolene Price, Cathy Johnson, Bill Cantrell, Annie Crippen, Tessa Hurn and Rebekah Gooding.

Peninsula Daily News

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