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STATE SOCCER: Sequim comes oh, so close in heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Woodland

STATE SOCCER: Sequim comes oh, so close in heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Woodland

Sequim came tantalizingly close to taking its match with Woodland to overtime, but in the end, a post, a diving save and… Continue reading

STATE SOCCER: Sequim comes oh, so close in heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Woodland

PREP PLAYOFFS: Peninsula teams prepare for district, state tournaments

Quilcene softball, champions of the Sea-Tac 1B League will get to host its first-round Bi-District playoff game at 4:15 p.m. Thursday. The Rangers… Continue reading

PREP SOFTBALL: Roughriders, Spartans tune up for playoffs with road wins

PREP SOFTBALL: Roughriders, Spartans tune up for playoffs with road wins

Port Angeles softball won its final regular-season game of the year with a dramatic home run in the top of the seventh… Continue reading

PREP SOFTBALL: Roughriders, Spartans tune up for playoffs with road wins
PREP TENNIS: Sequim’s Dietzman, Wiker win Olympic League 2A doubles’ title again

PREP TENNIS: Sequim’s Dietzman, Wiker win Olympic League 2A doubles’ title again

Defending league and district champions Jessica Dietzman and Kalli Wiker won the Olympic League 2A doubles’ tennis championship this weekend without losing a… Continue reading

PREP TENNIS: Sequim’s Dietzman, Wiker win Olympic League 2A doubles’ title again
PREP PLAYOFFS: Sequim soccer to play at PC Wednesday night; PA soccer in Bellingham on Tuesday

PREP PLAYOFFS: Sequim soccer to play at PC Wednesday night; PA soccer in Bellingham on Tuesday

Times, dates and venues have been set for the Port Angeles and Sequim soccer teams for their opening games in the State… Continue reading

PREP PLAYOFFS: Sequim soccer to play at PC Wednesday night; PA soccer in Bellingham on Tuesday
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Hope O’Connor, Port Angeles softball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Hope O’Connor, Port Angeles softball

Port Angeles Roughrider Hope O’Connor accomplished a rare feat of perfection this past week. There’s been a handful of no-hitters this season, pitched by Sequim… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Hope O’Connor, Port Angeles softball
PREP BASEBALL: Riders win district championship; Quilcene makes 1B state tourney

PREP BASEBALL: Riders win district championship; Quilcene makes 1B state tourney

Fife and North Mason didn’t make it easy on the Port Angeles baseball team, but the Roughriders showed they can win tough games,… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL: Riders win district championship; Quilcene makes 1B state tourney
PREP ROUNDUP: PA soccer wins finale at district; Sequim loses on penalty kicks

PREP ROUNDUP: PA soccer wins finale at district; Sequim loses on penalty kicks

The Roughriders boys’ soccer squad got an overtime golden goal from Andrew Methner, his second of the game, to get past Highline 2-1… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: PA soccer wins finale at district; Sequim loses on penalty kicks

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles soccer facing must-win game; Quilcene baseball advances in playoffs

With a 2-1 loss in penalty kicks to Franklin Pierce in a Class 2A West Central District III Tournament match, Port Angeles boys… Continue reading

<strong>Keith Thorpe</strong>/Peinsula Daily News                                Port Angeles High School athletic director Dwayne Johnson, left, goes over paperwork on Wednesday with Andrew St. George as the senior signs a letter of intent to attend Peninsula College.
<strong>Keith Thorpe</strong>/Peinsula Daily News                                Port Angeles High School athletic director Dwayne Johnson, left, goes over paperwork on Wednesday with Andrew St. George as the senior signs a letter of intent to attend Peninsula College.
SOFTBALL: Port Angeles and Sequim likely to tie for second district seed

SOFTBALL: Port Angeles and Sequim likely to tie for second district seed

Quilcene wins ninth straight SeaTac League title

SOFTBALL: Port Angeles and Sequim likely to tie for second district seed
PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Forks pulls out a stoppage time heart-stopper

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Forks pulls out a stoppage time heart-stopper

The Spartans soccer team got a huge game from Oscar Gonzalez, including a goal in stoppage time to pull out a 3-2 win… Continue reading

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Forks pulls out a stoppage time heart-stopper
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Jarnigan, Port Angeles baseball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Jarnigan, Port Angeles baseball

What an incredible week for Port Angeles baseball player Lucas Jarnigan. It all began on April 29. Jarnigan came to bat in the bottom of… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Jarnigan, Port Angeles baseball
Rowers from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association brought home several medals at the Lake Stevens Spring Sprints in late April. From left are OPRA members Maria England, Calum Swinford, ZiTao Harper-Smith, Ella Ventura, Nathan Mishler, Zachary Gavin, Harrison Fulton, Brighton Nickolson, Tyler Turne and ZiGui Harper-Smith.

ROWING: OPRA competitors bring home top medals from Lake Stevens

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association overcame terrible rowing conditions to bring home numerous medals from the Lake Stevens Spring… Continue reading

Rowers from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association brought home several medals at the Lake Stevens Spring Sprints in late April. From left are OPRA members Maria England, Calum Swinford, ZiTao Harper-Smith, Ella Ventura, Nathan Mishler, Zachary Gavin, Harrison Fulton, Brighton Nickolson, Tyler Turne and ZiGui Harper-Smith.
BMX: Lincoln Park BMX track opens for the season

BMX: Lincoln Park BMX track opens for the season

The Lincoln Park BMX track opened for its 2019 season with 82 riders taking to the improved course in 22 races Sunday.… Continue reading

BMX: Lincoln Park BMX track opens for the season
MOUNTAIN BIKING: Local riders strut their stuff at NW Cup

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Local riders strut their stuff at NW Cup

It was a weekend for local riders to shine as 42 Olympic Peninsula riders races and four locals won at the second… Continue reading

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Local riders strut their stuff at NW Cup
PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders power their way to state; Sequim stays alive with win

PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders power their way to state; Sequim stays alive with win

The Port Angeles baseball boys are headed back to state, thanks to a five-run sixth inning and a five-RBI day from slugger Ethan… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders power their way to state; Sequim stays alive with win

TRACK AND FIELD: Chimacum’s Trafton, Port Townsend’s Tracer win three events at Olympic 1A meet

Port Townsend’s Nathan Cantrell and Eileen Leoso all won two events, while their teammate Dylan Tracer and Chimacum’s Jada Trafton took home three… Continue reading

PLAYOFF PREP SOCCER: Redhawks’ season ends on penalty kicks

PLAYOFF PREP SOCCER: Redhawks’ season ends on penalty kicks

The Port Townsend soccer boys came heartbreakingly close to moving on in the postseason, but it took a crossbar, an offsides call… Continue reading

PLAYOFF PREP SOCCER: Redhawks’ season ends on penalty kicks
Wyatt Hall scores Port Angeles’ first run in a 3-2 comeback win over North Kitsap that clinched a repeat Olympic League title for the Roughriders. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASEBALL: Déjà vu for the Roughriders in seizing league title

Entering the final inning trailing 2-1 and facing some dominant pitching, down to their final strike at one point, the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Wyatt Hall scores Port Angeles’ first run in a 3-2 comeback win over North Kitsap that clinched a repeat Olympic League title for the Roughriders. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)