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TRACK & FIELD: Port Angeles’ Hunter Flores, Faerin Tait win events on first day of Olympic League Championships

Sequim and Port Angeles athletes combined to win three events on the first day of the two-day Olympic League Track & Field Championships… Continue reading

Twenty-five Gymnasts from Port Hadlock’s Twisters Gymnastics brought home 39 medals from the Washington State Championships held in March. Another Twisters gymnast also won two regional medals.
Top row, from left, Addie Plotner, Tia York, Emmeline Freund, Arden Moore, Avery Dean, Claire Harrison, Molly Brown, Addyson Reid and third row, Isabel Zamora, Addy Davis, Paisley Bergen, Lylia Paranada, Lorelei Chapman, Gwen Smith; second row, Khloe Przygocki, Maggie Brown, Sophia Borrayo, Reilly Goss, Addie Davis, Kyla Sanders, Lola Borrayo and front row, Kate Weber, Kennedy Jevne, Alexandria Armand, Emma Allen and Mia Wills.

GYMNASTICS: Twisters Gymnasts shine at state competition

Twisters Gymnastics capped a successful season with 25 gymnasts qualifying for the Washington State Championships and… Continue reading

Twenty-five Gymnasts from Port Hadlock’s Twisters Gymnastics brought home 39 medals from the Washington State Championships held in March. Another Twisters gymnast also won two regional medals.
Top row, from left, Addie Plotner, Tia York, Emmeline Freund, Arden Moore, Avery Dean, Claire Harrison, Molly Brown, Addyson Reid and third row, Isabel Zamora, Addy Davis, Paisley Bergen, Lylia Paranada, Lorelei Chapman, Gwen Smith; second row, Khloe Przygocki, Maggie Brown, Sophia Borrayo, Reilly Goss, Addie Davis, Kyla Sanders, Lola Borrayo and front row, Kate Weber, Kennedy Jevne, Alexandria Armand, Emma Allen and Mia Wills.
Forks Spartan Margarito Gonzalez (left) competes with Elma's Luis Torres for ball control Thursday evening on the turf of Spartan Stadium in this league contest. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREP SPORTS: Forks boys soccer beats Elma 2-0 to advance to district tournament

Every North Olympic Peninsula boys soccer team qualified for the postseason with Forks becoming the last of the four teams by shutting out… Continue reading

Forks Spartan Margarito Gonzalez (left) competes with Elma's Luis Torres for ball control Thursday evening on the turf of Spartan Stadium in this league contest. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.
Port Angeles will compete today and Saturday at the Olympic League Girls Tennis Championships at North Kitsap. Competing for the Roughriders are, from left, Bridget Weed (singles), Audrey Rudd (doubles), Pyper Alton (doubles), Cayleigh Alward (doubles), Abby Riffle (doubles), Emma Murray (singles) and head coach Stephanie Gochnour.

PREPS: Roughriders slug past North Kitsap in softball showdown

Tennis off to Olympic League Championships

Port Angeles will compete today and Saturday at the Olympic League Girls Tennis Championships at North Kitsap. Competing for the Roughriders are, from left, Bridget Weed (singles), Audrey Rudd (doubles), Pyper Alton (doubles), Cayleigh Alward (doubles), Abby Riffle (doubles), Emma Murray (singles) and head coach Stephanie Gochnour.
Port Angeles' Matthew Miller settles the ball against Bremerton on Tuesday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Miller scored a hat trick, his third of the season, as the Roughriders won 4-0 to lock up third place in the Olympic League. Port Angeles will host a district playoff game Saturday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Matthew Miller settles the ball against Bremerton on Tuesday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Miller scored a hat trick, his third of the season, as the Roughriders won 4-0 to lock up third place in the Olympic League. Port Angeles will host a district playoff game Saturday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

TRACK & FIELD: Larson, Tait lead Roughrider girls in home meet

Port Angeles senior Faerin Tait ran to victories in the 200- and 400-meter races while 800 runner Leia Larson set a personal… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Irrigation Festival Run/Walk set May 10

Runners and walkers will tread the Irrigation Festival Parade route as part of the Sequim Irrigation Festival… Continue reading

PREPS: Sequim tops Forks in slugfest

Sequim and Forks combined for 34 base hits in the Wolves’ 15-9 nonleague baseball victory at Fred Orr Memorial Field on Thursday. Two… Continue reading

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Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene forces her way through Garfield-Palouse defenders in the Class 1B girls championship game at the Spokane Arena on March 8. The Red Devils beat the Vikings 36-46 in the B Tournament finale to cap their third straight state championship victory.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene is All-Peninsula MVP

Joined by Port Angeles, Sequim, East Jefferson, Forks, Neah Bay and Crescent teammates

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Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene forces her way through Garfield-Palouse defenders in the Class 1B girls championship game at the Spokane Arena on March 8. The Red Devils beat the Vikings 36-46 in the B Tournament finale to cap their third straight state championship victory.
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Sequim’s Braydan White, right, takes the ball from shortstop Bryant Laboy prior to beginning his pitching outing during a game with Cedar Park Christian last month.

PREP BASEBALL: Sequim beats North Kitsap in extra innings, PA blasts Bremerton

Sequim rallied to knock off second place North Kitsap 7-4 in eight innings to stay in the thick of the Olympic League’s baseball… Continue reading

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Sequim’s Braydan White, right, takes the ball from shortstop Bryant Laboy prior to beginning his pitching outing during a game with Cedar Park Christian last month.
East Jefferson Rivals

PREP SPORTS: Barlow nets hat trick as East Jefferson chomps Gators

Senior Simon Barlow notched a hat trick as East Jefferson stayed in the mix for a Nisqually League playoff berth after keeping… Continue reading

East Jefferson Rivals
Port Angeles' Maximus Delano competes in the shot put in Thursday's track meet with Bainbridge and Clallam Bay at Port Angeles High School. Delano finished fifth with a put of 35-0 and later won the discus. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark breaks school javelin record

Port Angeles junior Teanna Clark broke a 23-year old Roughriders’ track and field school record at home during a combined Olympic League/North… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Maximus Delano competes in the shot put in Thursday's track meet with Bainbridge and Clallam Bay at Port Angeles High School. Delano finished fifth with a put of 35-0 and later won the discus. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
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East Jefferson’s Alan Morales dribbles while defended by Life Christian’s Isaiah Ssemmanda at Memorial Field on Thursday.

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson plays complete game in win over Life Christian

East Jefferson controlled the ball, peppered the opposition’s goal with on-target shot attempts and ultimately produced one of the team’s best performances… Continue reading

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East Jefferson’s Alan Morales dribbles while defended by Life Christian’s Isaiah Ssemmanda at Memorial Field on Thursday.

AREA SPORTS: Mud drags and tough trucks in Port Townsend Saturday and Sunday

The Jeff Co 4x4 Club will present its spring mud drags and tough trucks… Continue reading

Olympia’s Jonathan Wood caught this hatchery chinook while fishing off of Sekiu last weekend. The hatchery chinook limit in Marine Area 5 rises to two fish today <ins>Friday</ins>.

OUTDOORS: Blackmouth chinook limit upped to 2 off Sekiu

SO MANY BLACKMOUTH chinook remain on Marine Area 5’s (Sekiu) sublegal encounters guideline that the daily limit will rise to two hatchery chinook beginning today.… Continue reading

Olympia’s Jonathan Wood caught this hatchery chinook while fishing off of Sekiu last weekend. The hatchery chinook limit in Marine Area 5 rises to two fish today <ins>Friday</ins>.
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Forks’ DeAnthony Davila, right, leaps to deflect the ball away from Montesano’s Cristofer Tobar during the Spartans’ penalty kick shootout win at Spartan Stadium on Wednesday.
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News 
Forks’ DeAnthony Davila, right, leaps to deflect the ball away from Montesano’s Cristofer Tobar during the Spartans’ penalty kick shootout win at Spartan Stadium on Wednesday.

PREP SPORTS: Rough road trips for Port Angeles and Sequim boys soccer

PA golfers sweep North Kitsap at Port Ludlow

Forks Spartans

PREP SPORTS: Forks boys soccer earns win over Tenino on PKs

The Forks soccer team, twice down by a goal, scored two answering goals, played defense for a long stretch and then won a… Continue reading

Forks Spartans
Sequim's Clare Turella competes in the high jump in Thursday's meet in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

TRACK & FIELD (Updated): Sequim girls win sun-splashed home meet

Sequim’s girls had success in all but one of the jumping events on their way to an Olympic League track and field meet… Continue reading

Sequim's Clare Turella competes in the high jump in Thursday's meet in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim’s Raimey Brewer completes her swing and eyes her drive during the Wolves’ Olympic League girls golf match with Olympic at The Cedars at Dungeness on Thursday. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim’s Raimey Brewer completes her swing and eyes her drive during the Wolves’ Olympic League girls golf match with Olympic at The Cedars at Dungeness on Thursday. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)