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Hands Across the Water International Yacht Race participants finish the Victoria-to-Port Angeles portion of the race in Port Angeles Harbor last Saturday.

SAILING: Yacht races seal border bond

Sailors from both the U.S. and Canada came together for a weekend of spirited racing and international camaraderie during the Hands Across… Continue reading

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Hands Across the Water International Yacht Race participants finish the Victoria-to-Port Angeles portion of the race in Port Angeles Harbor last Saturday.
Port Angeles' Matthew Miller celebrates one of his 22 goals this season for the Roughriders. (Jay Cline)

ALL PENINSULA BOYS SOCCER MVP: Miller was on the mark this season for Port Angeles

Port Angeles striker Matthew Miller moved within eight goals of becoming the Roughriders’ all-time boys soccer goal-scoring leader this spring, a statistical… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Matthew Miller celebrates one of his 22 goals this season for the Roughriders. (Jay Cline)
Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim goalkeeper Nolan Valenzuela was selected as the Olympic League Defensive MVP in All-Olympic League boys soccer team voting conducted by league coaches.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Sequim’s Valenzuela picked as Olympic League soccer defensive MVP, PA’s Miller, Butterworth first-teamers

Sequim senior goalkeeper Nolan Valenzuela earned Defensive MVP honors in All-Olympic League boys soccer team voting conducted by league coaches. Valenzuela recently committed… Continue reading

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim goalkeeper Nolan Valenzuela was selected as the Olympic League Defensive MVP in All-Olympic League boys soccer team voting conducted by league coaches.

AREA SPORTS: Sequim youth basketball camp June 16-19

Sequim High School will host youth basketball camps for boys and girls entering first through third… Continue reading

Olympic Labor Council claimed the North Olympic Baseball and Softball 12U Majors Softball championship recently at Jim Lunt Field at Lincoln Park. 
Majors Softball 12U - OLC (teal shirts) 
Back row from left, assistant Coach Britney Rowland, Kylin Weitz, Ayla Balch, Chloe Holloway, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Eleanor Mahaney, Kamia Jennings, Ohlyvia Tomasko, Skylar Wheeler, head coach Jason Wheeler, assistant Coach Brad Holloway, assistant Coach Julie Charles-Elofson. Front row, Bailey Dahl, Adilyn Hylton, Chloe Anderson, Raveya Tomasko, Oliva Lampman and Lauren Almond.

North Olympic Baseball and Softball: 2025 Softball champions

Olympic Labor Council claimed the North Olympic Baseball and Softball 12U Majors Softball championship recently at Jim Lunt Field at Lincoln Park. Majors Softball 12U… Continue reading

Olympic Labor Council claimed the North Olympic Baseball and Softball 12U Majors Softball championship recently at Jim Lunt Field at Lincoln Park. 
Majors Softball 12U - OLC (teal shirts) 
Back row from left, assistant Coach Britney Rowland, Kylin Weitz, Ayla Balch, Chloe Holloway, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Eleanor Mahaney, Kamia Jennings, Ohlyvia Tomasko, Skylar Wheeler, head coach Jason Wheeler, assistant Coach Brad Holloway, assistant Coach Julie Charles-Elofson. Front row, Bailey Dahl, Adilyn Hylton, Chloe Anderson, Raveya Tomasko, Oliva Lampman and Lauren Almond.
Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke her own school record while winning the javelin state title at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championships on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School.

STATE TRACK & FIELD: Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark wins state title in javelin

Breaks her own school record, wins by 12 feet

Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke her own school record while winning the javelin state title at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championships on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School.
Port Angeles' Faerin Tait, front, runs in the hurdles during the Olympic League Championships at North Mason High School. Tait will compete in four events at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championship this weekend.

STATE TRACK & FIELD: No barrier too big for Faerin Tait to cross

Air Force Academy-appointee shines for Port Angeles

Port Angeles' Faerin Tait, front, runs in the hurdles during the Olympic League Championships at North Mason High School. Tait will compete in four events at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championship this weekend.

AREA SPORTS: Summer opportunities for teen hiking group, youth volleball in Chimacum

An immersive teen hiking program will teach outdoors essentials beginning June 24. The Olympic Peninsula YMCA will… Continue reading

Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke her own school record while winning the javelin state title at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championships on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School.

STATE TRACK & FIELD: Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark wins state title in javelin

Breaks her own school record, wins by 12 feet

Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke her own school record while winning the javelin state title at the Class 2A State Track & Field Championships on Thursday at Mount Tahoma High School.
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Jeremy Giesegh, a 2024 West Coast League All-Star, returns to Port Angeles after hitting .348 with 77 hits last summer.
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Jeremy Giesegh, a 2024 West Coast League All-Star, returns to Port Angeles after hitting .348 with 77 hits last summer.
Port Angeles' Heidi Leitz pitched a perfect game with 19 strikeouts in the state tournament semifinals victory over Mark Morris. The Roughriders finished second at state, falling to Aberdeen 2-1 in the finals. (Dan Rosenfield/Longview Daily News)

STATE SOFTBALL: Port Angeles second in state after falling 2-1 to Aberdeen

Heidi Leitz throws two no-hitters, including a perfect game in semifinals

Port Angeles' Heidi Leitz pitched a perfect game with 19 strikeouts in the state tournament semifinals victory over Mark Morris. The Roughriders finished second at state, falling to Aberdeen 2-1 in the finals. (Dan Rosenfield/Longview Daily News)
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Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz throws in the first inning against Liberty on Friday at Volunteer Field.

STATE SOFTBALL: Leitz untouchable as Riders no-hit Woodland, advance to Saturday semifinal

Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz was even better in her second outing of the day, tossing a complete game no-hitter with 12 strikeouts,… Continue reading

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Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz throws in the first inning against Liberty on Friday at Volunteer Field.

DISTRICT TRACK & FIELD: Neah Bay, Clallam Bay, Crescent, Forks and East Jefferson athletes all qualify for state

Neah Bay, Clallam Bay and Crescent athletes all came away with Quad-District Track & Field Championships and advanced to the state meet on… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Nathan Basden bats against North Mason on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP NOTEBOOK: Olympic League baseball and Evergreen League boys soccer All-League teams released

Port Angeles and Sequim athletes are well-represented on the Class 2A Olympic League’s All-League baseball team in voting conducted by league coaches.… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Nathan Basden bats against North Mason on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Port Angeles' Cale Wentz and Austin Worthington finished tied for 21st and tied for 33rd at the boys' Class 2A State Golf Tournament at The Riverside Golf Club in Chehalis. 

PREP GOLF: Port Angeles ends up ninth at state

North Olympic Peninsula golfers had up-and-down days competing on the second and final day of their respective Class 2A boys and girls state… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Cale Wentz and Austin Worthington finished tied for 21st and tied for 33rd at the boys' Class 2A State Golf Tournament at The Riverside Golf Club in Chehalis. 
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Quilcene pitcher Eli Allen throws in the first inning against Wahkiakum during Wednesday’s playoff game in Sequim.

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene rally falls short

Tait qualifies for state in Track & Field

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Quilcene pitcher Eli Allen throws in the first inning against Wahkiakum during Wednesday’s playoff game in Sequim.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles’ Leitz strikes out 10 in district softball shutout victory

Heidi Leitz threw a complete game five-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, Ava-Anne Sheahan and Kennedy Rognlien homered and the Roughriders moved within a… Continue reading

Forks’ Avery Diley takes the throw at first for the out against Rainier runner Mia Naval on Wednesday afternoon at Borst Park in Centralia during the District 4 tournament. The Spartans fell to the Mountaineers 8-7 to close out the season. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Forks’ comeback comes up just shy

Sequim pounds out 11 hits in win

Forks’ Avery Diley takes the throw at first for the out against Rainier runner Mia Naval on Wednesday afternoon at Borst Park in Centralia during the District 4 tournament. The Spartans fell to the Mountaineers 8-7 to close out the season. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Gemma Rowland and Peninsula College women’s soccer coach Kanyon Anderson celebrate after Rowland was honored with the Wally Sigmar award for soccer. The award is given to those who exemplify leadership, athleticism, academics and citizenship. (Peninsula College Athletics)

PENINSULA COLLEGE: Pirates honor athletic award winners at year-end ceremony

Peninsula College Athletics celebrated its 2024-25 academic year accomplishments by handing out athletic awards to outstanding student-athletes Wednesday afternoon in the Pirate… Continue reading

Gemma Rowland and Peninsula College women’s soccer coach Kanyon Anderson celebrate after Rowland was honored with the Wally Sigmar award for soccer. The award is given to those who exemplify leadership, athleticism, academics and citizenship. (Peninsula College Athletics)