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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Spot shrimp season will begin in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal on May 19.

OUTDOORS: Recreational shrimp season begins May 19

Puget Sound will open for recreational spot shrimp fishing beginning May 19, shellfish managers with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced… Continue reading

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Spot shrimp season will begin in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal on May 19.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks football All-Academic players named

Five members of the Forks football team were named to the Pacific League 2B All-Academic team. Athletes must have a… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's KeAndre Hunter-Holiday, left, leans past Bellevue's O'Landa Baker on Saturday afternoon in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Rally falls short for Peninsula men

Pirates rally in final seconds, but tying shot refuses to drop

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's KeAndre Hunter-Holiday, left, leans past Bellevue's O'Landa Baker on Saturday afternoon in Port Angeles.
North Kitsap baserunner Kendall Becker scores past Port Angeles catcher Zoe Smithson. Smithson later hit a two-run home run. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Roughriders clutch again against Vikings

Port Angeles improves to 6-0

North Kitsap baserunner Kendall Becker scores past Port Angeles catcher Zoe Smithson. Smithson later hit a two-run home run. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Chris Fair gets the out at 3rd on Port Angeles' Michael Soule during a game played Thursday in Chimacum.

PREP ROUNDUP: Trio of PA pitchers throw shutout; Sequim improves to 6-0 in soccer

Forks’ Hayden Baker named league’s defensive MVP

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Chris Fair gets the out at 3rd on Port Angeles' Michael Soule during a game played Thursday in Chimacum.
Peninsula College Pirates

SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula soccer women open season with 3-0 win

Playing in their first match in roughly 18 months, the Peninsula women’s soccer team started off… Continue reading

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Photo courtesy of Peninsula College Gina Brown, center, signs to play with the Peninsula College women's basketball court. At left is Peninsula women's coach Alison Crumb.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Quilcene, Port Townsend’s Gina Brown signs with Peninsula College

Peninsula College announced the signing of a second Olympic Peninsula girls’ basketball player in a week to join the Pirates for the… Continue reading

Photo courtesy of Peninsula College Gina Brown, center, signs to play with the Peninsula College women's basketball court. At left is Peninsula women's coach Alison Crumb.
Photo courtesy of Jay Cline The first "test event" of cyclocross was held at Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles in late March. Races that are part of the normal cyclocross fall circuit are scheduled at the site in October and November.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: Cyclocross passes its test; more races to come in the fall

Extreme Sports Park hosted the first-ever “Cyclocross” event on the Olympic Peninsula late last month, hosting racers from Washington and Oregon as… Continue reading

Photo courtesy of Jay Cline The first "test event" of cyclocross was held at Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles in late March. Races that are part of the normal cyclocross fall circuit are scheduled at the site in October and November.
Sequim Wolves and Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim softball wins big again; Port Angeles baseball nipped 3-2 by Olympic

The Sequim softball squad continued its hot streak with a commanding 11-4 road win over 3A Bainbridge on Monday. Lainy Vig pitched the… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves and Port Angeles Roughriders.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women cancel three games due to COVID-19 protocols

The Peninsula College women’s basketball team has canceled its next three games due to positive COVID-19 test(s). Peninsula College announced the cancellations… Continue reading

Pierre LaBossiere

PIERRE LABOSSIERE: Reasons for eternal hope this springtime

we have your usual spring prep sports such as baseball and softball, college… Continue reading

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Western Washington University Sequim native Sarah Shea, now golfing for Western Washington University, was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the week Monday.

SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim’s Sarah Shea named GNAC Women’s Golfer of the Week

Western Washington University sophomore Sarah Shea, a Sequim High School alumna, has been selected as… Continue reading

Western Washington University Sequim native Sarah Shea, now golfing for Western Washington University, was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the week Monday.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men, women fall to Everett in home opener

The Peninsula College basketball men held a seven-point lead halfway through the second half in their home opener against Everett but the… Continue reading

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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Gage Berry puts the shot a personal best of 35 feet, 7 inches during a meet Saturday at Blue Heron Middle School against the Klahowya Eagles. Gage finished second to teammate Anson Jones, who went 37-41/2.

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson track outduels Klahowya; Sequim softball, soccer win

East Jefferson track and field athletes dominated the field events as the boys and girls teams beat Klahowya in a dual meet… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Gage Berry puts the shot a personal best of 35 feet, 7 inches during a meet Saturday at Blue Heron Middle School against the Klahowya Eagles. Gage finished second to teammate Anson Jones, who went 37-41/2.
Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) celebrates making the game winning basket against UCLA during overtime in a men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Gonzaga won 93-90. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

NCAA MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP: It’s Gonzaga vs. Baylor for all the marbles

Baylor made a mockery of the first Final Four game, stifling Houston for a chance at the program’s first national title. Then Gonzaga… Continue reading

Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) celebrates making the game winning basket against UCLA during overtime in a men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Gonzaga won 93-90. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

TRACK AND FIELD: Spartans Steffan, Doyle win five events; Forks girls’ relays win two

The Forks boys — led by five first-place finishes from Skyler Steffen and Ashton Doyle — and the girls dominated a six-team Pacific… Continue reading

PA pitcher Adam Watkins throws a strike to a Bainbridge batter in the 3rd inning of their game. Can you see the ball?

BASEBALL: Riders’ bats go silent against Bainbridge; Sequim, East Jefferson fall

The Roughriders baseball team got down early to a good 3A team from Bainbridge and could never come back in a 7-1… Continue reading

PA pitcher Adam Watkins throws a strike to a Bainbridge batter in the 3rd inning of their game. Can you see the ball?
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Kalli Wiker, a defending state champion in tennis, hits a volley against North Mason on Monday. Wiker won her match in straight sets.

GIRLS TENNIS: Wiker, Sequim start where they left off; Port Angeles and East Jefferson win

It’s been two years, but technically Sequim’s Kalli Wiker is a defending state champion in tennis. And Wiker, who won a state championship… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Kalli Wiker, a defending state champion in tennis, hits a volley against North Mason on Monday. Wiker won her match in straight sets.
Quilcene Rangers

SEA-TAC 1B ALL-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: Quilcene, Budneks dominate all-league selections

Forks volleyball gets players on all-league, all-academic teams

Quilcene Rangers
On March 21, Port Angeles junior golfer Phoenix Flores, 13, made a hole-in-one at the second hole of the Sunland Golf and Country Club. Flores hit his shot from 145 yards out with a 9 iron and a Callaway ball. (Sunland Golf and Country Club)

GOLF: 13-year-old hits hole-in-one

Sunland Golf and Country Club A young Hole in One Port Angeles junior golfer Phoenix Flores, 13, made a hole-in-one at the second hole of… Continue reading

On March 21, Port Angeles junior golfer Phoenix Flores, 13, made a hole-in-one at the second hole of the Sunland Golf and Country Club. Flores hit his shot from 145 yards out with a 9 iron and a Callaway ball. (Sunland Golf and Country Club)