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AREA SPORTS: East Jefferson Little League registration underway; board members and coaches sought

Sequim Junior Soccer spots going fast

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles celebrates senior night as Parker Nickerson breaks 1,000-point mark for his career

Forks opens district tournament play Saturday vs. Rainier at Montesano

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jolene Vaara defends a shot taken by Olympic's Sophia Brown as the Wolves' Gracie Chartraw looks on during Sequim's 81-44 win Thursday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim’s Jolene Vaara notches senior night triple double

Port Angeles clinches share of Olympic League title

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jolene Vaara defends a shot taken by Olympic's Sophia Brown as the Wolves' Gracie Chartraw looks on during Sequim's 81-44 win Thursday.

OUTDOORS: Puget Sound halibut season starts April 4

Sequim Dave Croonquist represents sports anglers in halibut season negotiations and participated in the International Pacific Halibut Commission meeting last week in Anchorage, Alaska. “As… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Isaiah Shamp aims for the basket as North Kitsap’s Jordan Williams defends the lane on Tuesday night at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders take North Kitsap to the end in thriller

The overwhelming urge for parents and friends to hug the Port Angeles boys basketball players as they exited their locker room was… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Isaiah Shamp aims for the basket as North Kitsap’s Jordan Williams defends the lane on Tuesday night at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Lexie Smith, right, passes over the shoulder of North Kitsap’s Teegan DeVries on Tuesday evening at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles pressure bottles up Vikings

The Port Angeles girls basketball team’s defensive man pressure was up to the task, forcing North Kitsap turnovers early and often and… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lexie Smith, right, passes over the shoulder of North Kitsap’s Teegan DeVries on Tuesday evening at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks players from left, Janessa Ramos, Brynn Daniels and Fynlie Peters trap Ocosta's Anna Davis Friday night in Forks during senior night for the Spartans. Looking on is Forks' Bailey Johnson. Forks defeated Ocosta 59-31.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks enjoys senior night celebration

Johnson, Ramos, Daniels honored

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks players from left, Janessa Ramos, Brynn Daniels and Fynlie Peters trap Ocosta's Anna Davis Friday night in Forks during senior night for the Spartans. Looking on is Forks' Bailey Johnson. Forks defeated Ocosta 59-31.

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls alone in first place after with at Bainbridge

Izzy Felton scores 20

Jelissa Julmist

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Julmist leads the way as Peninsula College women stay unbeaten

Men taken down by No. 1 Skagit Valley

Jelissa Julmist
Snow and ice may have forced a delay but the Sequim Elks Lodge recently held its National Hoop Shoot competition at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. Contestants included, from left, Bennett Castell, Grayson Castell, Roman Bacchus, Maks Lopez and Luca Blake. Bennett Castle won the 8-9 age bracket, Bacchus the 10-11 division and Blake the 12-13 group and all three will compete at the district-level of the National Hoop Shoot competition.

AREA SPORTS: Sequim Elks Hoop Shoot winners; East Jefferson Little League registration open

Softball clinic Feb. 3 in Port Hadlock

Snow and ice may have forced a delay but the Sequim Elks Lodge recently held its National Hoop Shoot competition at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. Contestants included, from left, Bennett Castell, Grayson Castell, Roman Bacchus, Maks Lopez and Luca Blake. Bennett Castle won the 8-9 age bracket, Bacchus the 10-11 division and Blake the 12-13 group and all three will compete at the district-level of the National Hoop Shoot competition.
Sequim’s Colby Ellefson set new school records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley during a meet with Kingston on Wednesday. Ellefson already holds the school’s 200 and 500 freestyle records.

BOYS SWIMMING: Colby Ellefson sets two school records

Sequim swimmer competing for Port Angeles

Sequim’s Colby Ellefson set new school records in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley during a meet with Kingston on Wednesday. Ellefson already holds the school’s 200 and 500 freestyle records.

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Wimberly sparks Neah Bay boys with big second quarter

Ryana Moss scores 29 in senior night victory

PREP SPORTS: District rivalries will change with WIAA reclassification

Declining enrollment across the North Olympic Peninsula means area prep teams are staying put while longstanding district and state tournament rivalries will fall… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam Bay's Simona Cruz-Lopez, left, grabs a rebound and tries to evade Crescent's Chloe Ferro-May, right, while Crescent's Mia Chester and Clallam Bay's Aizhan Talantbek Kyzy look on from behind on Tuesday in the Crescent gym.

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Crescent traps Clallam Bay with second-half surge

Crescent took firm command of its North Olympic League contest with Clallam Bay in a second half sparked by the play of Ciara… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam Bay's Simona Cruz-Lopez, left, grabs a rebound and tries to evade Crescent's Chloe Ferro-May, right, while Crescent's Mia Chester and Clallam Bay's Aizhan Talantbek Kyzy look on from behind on Tuesday in the Crescent gym.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Paige Mason, front, steps into the lane past the defense of North Mason's Tanza Tupolo on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls grind out a basketball win over North Mason

Rider bowlers fare well at league tournament

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Paige Mason, front, steps into the lane past the defense of North Mason's Tanza Tupolo on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.
Port Angeles powerlifter Maggie Doyle set four U.S. Powerlifting Association age group records while winning her first powerlifting competition in Bremerton in December. She is shown with her coach, Ryan Fontana of the YMCA of Port Angeles.

POWERLIFTING: Port Angeles teen Maggie Doyle stacking plates and lifting massive weights

Doyle wins first competition she enters

Port Angeles powerlifter Maggie Doyle set four U.S. Powerlifting Association age group records while winning her first powerlifting competition in Bremerton in December. She is shown with her coach, Ryan Fontana of the YMCA of Port Angeles.
Peninsula’s Ese Onakpoma, left, eyes his opponent, Bellevue’s Mehki Alexander, during Wednesday’s game at Peninsula College. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Hot-shooting Peninsula wins second straight North Region game

Peninsula College received excellent production from its starting five to outshoot Bellevue in an 89-71 NWAC North Region men’s basketball victory on… Continue reading

Peninsula’s Ese Onakpoma, left, eyes his opponent, Bellevue’s Mehki Alexander, during Wednesday’s game at Peninsula College. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula’s Shania Moananu, right, is held by Bellevue’s Alicia Morrison on Wednesday night at Peninsula College. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College bounces Bellevue

Defense, shooting, everybody involved

Peninsula’s Shania Moananu, right, is held by Bellevue’s Alicia Morrison on Wednesday night at Peninsula College. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks girls reel in Ilwaco

Forks moved a step closer to repeating as Pacific League girls basketball champs by beating Ilwaco at home Wednesday. The Spartans (7-0, 13-3)… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles' Teanna Clark shoots while defended by Sequim's Jolene Vaara as Dani Herman looks on during the Riders' 66-64 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry win Thursday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles edges Sequim thanks to hot-shooting second-half

Riders hit 7 of 12 3s in second half

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles' Teanna Clark shoots while defended by Sequim's Jolene Vaara as Dani Herman looks on during the Riders' 66-64 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry win Thursday.