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Peninsula School District students highlight winter sports success and scholastic achievements
Summary
Students and staff reported team results, individual honors and academic GPAs for winter sports programs at the March 18 Peninsula School District board meeting, and highlighted participation totals across Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools.
Students, coaches and the district athletics specialist presented a winter-sports recap at the March 18 Peninsula School District Board of Directors meeting, reporting team results, individual honors and academic averages across programs at Gig Harbor High School and Peninsula High School.
Britney Shelton, athletics and activities specialist for Peninsula School District, introduced the student athletic leadership council and said the council’s mission is to “create a positive environment for all sports and all student athletes” and to bring the Gig Harbor community into district athletics. Student leaders described scholastic GPA awards: Gig Harbor High School named boys basketball (3.23) and boys wrestling (3.30) among its “distinguished” groups, and noted outstanding-team GPAs including girls bowling (3.78). Peninsula High School reported boys basketball (3.02) and girls bowling (3.13) in distinguished categories, with an outstanding girls-basketball GPA of about 3.605.
Students also gave sport-specific highlights: Gig Harbor boys basketball reached the state tournament and finished with a top-20 placement; swimmer Aidan Hammer broke state records in the 200- and 100-yard freestyle and the Gig Harbor boys swim team went undefeated in dual meets and placed sixth at state; Peninsula placed second at the WIAA 3 championships in boys swimming with Jonah Burgesson placing in the 100-yard butterfly and backstroke. Wrestling programs at both high schools were noted for state placers and champions, including three state champions at Peninsula High School.
Participation totals were read aloud: single-school totals ranged (for example, Peninsula listed 187 winter participants), and combined participation at both high schools was reported as 331 student athletes for winter sports. Students and staff emphasized scholastic recognition alongside athletic results: coaches and advisors pointed to the balance of academics and athletics as a district priority.
Board members and the superintendent praised the students for both competitive results and academic performance, took photographs with visiting athletes, and invited questions from the board and audience. No formal board action was taken on athletics at the meeting.
