Sports Brief

Wolverines host

barbecue May 30

Wolverine Junior Football and Cheer is hosting a barbecue and registration event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 30 at the Buckley community hall. This is an opportunity for players to meet the coaches and learn more about the Wolverines. Football players are divided into five teams by age and weight. Full pads and uniforms are provided under strict safety regulations. Football teams are filling up fast. There is a waiting list only for the 89er team (7 to 9 year olds). Cheer has limited spaces available. Cheer is open to girls from 7 to 15 years old; no tryouts necessary. Registration is currently being taken by mail also. For more information call 360-802-6411 or go to www.wolverinejuniorfootball.com.

Talladega chews up Enumclaw driver

Kasey Kahne got caught up in a wreck in the opening laps at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday ending the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver’s day before it had much time to start.

“I’m OK,” said the Enumclaw driver who finished 36th. “I just couldn’t see up in the pack of cars in front of me. It looked like (Matt) Kenseth came up (the race track), and from there I was just in the wreck. A pretty big wreck there early in the race. It’s so simple to run three and four wide and that’s what everybody was doing. If one guy makes one mistake, which looked like it happened up front, it’s going to cause a big one.”

Brad Keselowski won the race, which also finished with a crash.

Racing continues Saturday night from Richmond, Va. Television coverage begins at 4 p.m. on FOX.