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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Coed soccer and women’s basketball leagues forming in Port Angeles; T-ball registration open through Monday

Registration is underway for an adult coed soccer league run by the Port Angeles Parks… Continue reading

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles in season-opening match

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles in season-opening match

Sequim and Port Angeles opened up the girls tennis season with a rivalry match Wednesday at Sequim High School. The Wolves won all… Continue reading

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles in season-opening match
BOYS SOCCER: Sequim beats rival Port Angeles with a wild comeback

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim beats rival Port Angeles with a wild comeback

Featuring nine combined goals, a goalkeeper-assisted score and a goal-line save by a defender in a spirited, entertaining and down to the… Continue reading

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim beats rival Port Angeles with a wild comeback
OUTDOORS: Ocean coho quotas rising for summer season

OUTDOORS: Ocean coho quotas rising for summer season

A COHO QUOTA nearly four-times as large as last summer may await silver anglers off Neah Bay this July, August and September. Salmon season setting… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Ocean coho quotas rising for summer season
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area women win NWAC Honors

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area women win NWAC Honors

Peninsula College women’s basketball players were honored recently with inclusion on the Northwest Athletic Conference Northern… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area women win NWAC Honors
GOLF: Legend Dan Jenkins passes away

GOLF: Legend Dan Jenkins passes away

A BORN STORYTELLER died March 7 at the age of 90. Dan Jenkins was best known for his decades of golf writing, filling the pages… Continue reading

GOLF: Legend Dan Jenkins passes away
PREPS: Port Angeles’ 1985 tennis state champs, 1959 gridiron greats heading to hall of fame

PREPS: Port Angeles’ 1985 tennis state champs, 1959 gridiron greats heading to hall of fame

A football team laden with speed led by an offensive-minded head coach with strategies ahead of… Continue reading

PREPS: Port Angeles’ 1985 tennis state champs, 1959 gridiron greats heading to hall of fame
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Nineteen-pound chinook leads derby heading into final day and other area events

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Nineteen-pound chinook leads derby heading into final day and other area events

Good-sized blackmouth chinook are found up and down the leaderboard after two days of fishing… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Nineteen-pound chinook leads derby heading into final day and other area events
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in NWAC Tournament

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in NWAC Tournament

Peninsula College struggled to defend against Green River, allowing the Gators to shoot 56 percent from the field in an 89-66 Northwest Athletic… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in NWAC Tournament
OUTDOORS: Derby anglers vying for $10K prize this weekend

OUTDOORS: Derby anglers vying for $10K prize this weekend

ANGLERS FISHING IN the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby today through Sunday should expect all manner of conditions. Snow, rain, sunshine and cold temperatures all are… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Derby anglers vying for $10K prize this weekend
PREP SPORTS: Spring storylines to follow

PREP SPORTS: Spring storylines to follow

With spring sports practices underway inside gyms and slowly spreading to fields and diamonds, here are five stories to watch featuring teams… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Spring storylines to follow
OUTDOORS: Sequim’s Dave Croonquist seeking spot on state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission

OUTDOORS: Sequim’s Dave Croonquist seeking spot on state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission

Recreational angling advocate Dave Croonquist of Sequim is waiting to discover if he has received an appointment by Gov. Jay Inslee to… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Sequim’s Dave Croonquist seeking spot on state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission
Port Angeles’ Madison Cooke vies for control of the ball with White River’s Taylor Schmidtke during the Roughriders’ 60-55 state quarterfinal loss Thursday at the Yakima SunDome.                                Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles stung late by White River run in quarterfinal

Basketball is a game of runs and that old saying was proven in heartbreaking fashion in No. 6 Port Angeles’ 60-55 Class 2A… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Madison Cooke vies for control of the ball with White River’s Taylor Schmidtke during the Roughriders’ 60-55 state quarterfinal loss Thursday at the Yakima SunDome.                                Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group
STATE 2A BASKETBALL: Rough start leads to state exit for Port Angeles girls

STATE 2A BASKETBALL: Rough start leads to state exit for Port Angeles girls

A team hoping for an upset can’t spot a state powerhouse a 20-point lead at any time of a game, let alone the… Continue reading

STATE 2A BASKETBALL: Rough start leads to state exit for Port Angeles girls
Sequim’s Hope Glasser goes up against Port Angeles’ Eve Burke at the girls 2A state tournament in Yakima. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group )

STATE BASKETBALL: Young Sequim squad proud of successful year

With only one senior graduating and five returners who averaged between 7.1 and 13.1 points this season all returning for Sequim, the Wolves… Continue reading

Sequim’s Hope Glasser goes up against Port Angeles’ Eve Burke at the girls 2A state tournament in Yakima. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group )
STATE BASKETBALL: Mikkiah Brady serves to bind Port Angeles together

STATE BASKETBALL: Mikkiah Brady serves to bind Port Angeles together

A common thread exists for Port Angeles’ three state tournament appearances since 2014 under head coach Michael Poindexter — the presence of… Continue reading

STATE BASKETBALL: Mikkiah Brady serves to bind Port Angeles together
STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles gets cooking late to pull away from Jayla Julmist-led Sequim
STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles gets cooking late to pull away from Jayla Julmist-led Sequim
STATE 2A BASKETBALL: Wood’s been good for PA girls

STATE 2A BASKETBALL: Wood’s been good for PA girls

It was more of a statement than a question, but the emphatically affirmative answer that followed offered insight into the mentality of both… Continue reading

STATE 2A BASKETBALL: Wood’s been good for PA girls
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Seth Johnson is picked as Evergreen 1A boys basketball MVP

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Seth Johnson is picked as Evergreen 1A boys basketball MVP

Forks senior point guard Seth Johnson has been selected as the Evergreen League 1A Boys Basketball MVP in voting by league coaches. Johnson… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Seth Johnson is picked as Evergreen 1A boys basketball MVP