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Marine Area 9 opened for migratory king salmon fishing Monday and Peninsula Daily News
Brothers Brad (left) and Bruce Monrad from Concrete show their hatchery chinook catches during an outing in Marine Area 9's Admiralty Inlet off Port Townsend.

OUTDOORS: Salmon season structure unveiled, final approval in the works

ONE OF THE largest pink forecasts in history is set to return this summer and state fishery managers will bump up limits in response. Anglers… Continue reading

Marine Area 9 opened for migratory king salmon fishing Monday and Peninsula Daily News
Brothers Brad (left) and Bruce Monrad from Concrete show their hatchery chinook catches during an outing in Marine Area 9's Admiralty Inlet off Port Townsend.
Sequim, Port Angeles

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles, Sequim soccer teams both win

Port Angeles golf girls in top spot in Olympic League

Sequim, Port Angeles
The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one on the par-3 11th hole on April 3.

AREA SPORTS: Cedars member Bob Beaudette notches ace

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one while playing the course… Continue reading

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one on the par-3 11th hole on April 3.
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Clayton Ernst of Port Angeles, right, rides through the holeshot leading to the Desert 100 motorcycle races’ first turn last Sunday near Odessa. Ernst went on to win the 386-participant overall 50-mile race along with his 15-and-younger age division on his KTM.
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Clayton Ernst of Port Angeles, right, rides through the holeshot leading to the Desert 100 motorcycle races’ first turn last Sunday near Odessa. Ernst went on to win the 386-participant overall 50-mile race along with his 15-and-younger age division on his KTM.
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Port Angeles’ Lexie Smith jumps on home plate after hitting a grand slam home run while her teammates wait to celebrate during the Roughriders’ win over Sequim.
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Port Angeles’ Lexie Smith jumps on home plate after hitting a grand slam home run while her teammates wait to celebrate during the Roughriders’ win over Sequim.

BASEBALL: Roughriders rally back past rival Sequim in 7-4 triumph

Back-to-back doubles by Kody Williams and Jordan Shumway, the latter an RBI shot to center field, lifted Port Angeles past rival Sequim 7-4… Continue reading

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Charter captain John Beath displays a halibut caught in waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Port Angeles on Thursday, the opening day of halibut season in the Strait and Puget Sound.

OUTDOORS: State buys Sekiu boat launch

HALIBUT SEASON OPENED inside the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound on a brisk, sunny spring day Thursday with anglers noting both the… Continue reading

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Charter captain John Beath displays a halibut caught in waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Port Angeles on Thursday, the opening day of halibut season in the Strait and Puget Sound.
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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.

AREA SPORTS: Forks boys soccer explodes with four late goals

Kid’s Fishing Derby April 12 in PA

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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.
Angelo State Athletics 
After earning All-Lonestar Conference honors for the University of Texas Permian Basin, Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom is on a tear for top-ranked Angelo State this spring.

DIAMOND SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Flodstrom, Hall and Forks’ Leverington faring well in college baseball, softball seasons

Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom is off to another all-star-caliber college baseball season, this time excelling as a redshirt senior for a… Continue reading

Angelo State Athletics 
After earning All-Lonestar Conference honors for the University of Texas Permian Basin, Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom is on a tear for top-ranked Angelo State this spring.

JeffCo adult softball league registration open

Kids Bowl Free at Laurel Lanes

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Max Gagnon of Port Angeles tees off on Thursday at Peninsula Golf Course.

PREPS: Roughrider golf, softball head into spring break in first place

Port Angeles boys golf stayed unbeaten with a 169-231 win over Kingston on Thursday even as their scores dipped as heavy rains… Continue reading

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Max Gagnon of Port Angeles tees off on Thursday at Peninsula Golf Course.
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Sequim's Duran Ward applies the tag to North Mason's Boston Stanley as Sequim's Simon Skribner backs up the play and pitcher Zeke Schmadeke, right, looks on.

PREPS: Dearinger’s 3-run double does the job for Sequim

Devyn Dearinger’s bases-clearing two-out double capped a six-run comeback and lifted Sequim to an eventual 8-7 victory over North Mason at home in… Continue reading

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Sequim's Duran Ward applies the tag to North Mason's Boston Stanley as Sequim's Simon Skribner backs up the play and pitcher Zeke Schmadeke, right, looks on.
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders rack up another road win

Pyper Alton earns comeback tiebreaker tennis win

Port Angeles Roughriders
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Port Angeles freshman Madeline Walton competes in the long jump during a track and field meet held at Sequim High School. It was the first meet held on the recently resurfaced track in Sequim since 2021.

PREPS: Sequim’s rebuilt track hosts first meet

Sequim High School’s new running track made its official debut Thursday, welcoming five North Olympic Peninsula schools and Kingston to a seven-team Olympic… Continue reading

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Port Angeles freshman Madeline Walton competes in the long jump during a track and field meet held at Sequim High School. It was the first meet held on the recently resurfaced track in Sequim since 2021.
Andy Borchers

GOLF: Area golfers record hole-in-one’s

Jack McLinn, a Sequim golfer and member of The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course, recently recorded his… Continue reading

Andy Borchers
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 
A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in a case concerning spot shrimp unlawfully harvested from Hood Canal in May 2024.

OUTDOORS: Shrimp poaching case reveals light punishment for prized species

PENALTIES FOR POACHING spot shrimp are pretty light in our state. At least, that’s the takeaway after a recent court case in Jefferson County. Jefferson… Continue reading

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 
A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in a case concerning spot shrimp unlawfully harvested from Hood Canal in May 2024.

PREPS: Sequim’s Schmadeke, Dearinger combine on 1-hit shutout

Sequim pitchers Zeke Schmadeke and Devyn Dearinger combined on a one-hit shutout as the Wolves shut out Kingston 6-0 in an Olympic League… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Angeles soccer

PREPS: Sequim’s Musso nets hat trick in victory; PA blanks North Mason on the road

Sequim’s improvement in its second game, a 5-1 home boys soccer win over Kingston, highlighted by a Nico Musso hat trick, was seen… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Angeles soccer