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BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: North Kitsap beats Sequim in showdown for top spot in Olympic League; Port Angeles tames Trojans; Forks beats Chimacum

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: North Kitsap beats Sequim in showdown for top spot in Olympic League; Port Angeles tames Trojans; Forks beats Chimacum

Sequim suffered its first league loss of the year, hanging tough with North Kitsap in a battle for undisputed first place in the… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: North Kitsap beats Sequim in showdown for top spot in Olympic League; Port Angeles tames Trojans; Forks beats Chimacum
COLUMN: When wrestlers gotta conduct

COLUMN: When wrestlers gotta conduct

I GOT THIS cute little tidbit from the Port Townsend wrestling coach, Stephen Grimm, about one of his top wrestlers, Gabe Petrick at the Hammerhead… Continue reading

COLUMN: When wrestlers gotta conduct
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Mia McNair, Chimacum girls basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Mia McNair, Chimacum girls basketball

Mia McNair has been on fire for the Chimacum Cowboys girls basketball team during the past week. McNair, coming off a rough 7-point game against… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Mia McNair, Chimacum girls basketball
SPORTS BRIEFS:	Miriam Wonderly named NOL volleyball MVP for second straight year

SPORTS BRIEFS: Miriam Wonderly named NOL volleyball MVP for second straight year

For the second straight year, Clallam Bay’s Miriam Wonderly has been named the North Olympic League offensive MVP. The defensive MVP for… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS:	Miriam Wonderly named NOL volleyball MVP for second straight year
PREP ROUNDUP: Forks grapplers tops among 1A schools at Hammerhead Invite

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks grapplers tops among 1A schools at Hammerhead Invite

Forks had 10 wrestlers who scored points and two wrestlers place to be the top 1A school… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks grapplers tops among 1A schools at Hammerhead Invite
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women split last two at LCC Tourney; men win Sunday

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women split last two at LCC Tourney; men win Sunday

The Peninsula basketball women had a rough 14-minute stretch in the middle of the game as Lower Columbia College avenged a loss earlier… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women split last two at LCC Tourney; men win Sunday
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP (UPDATED): Port Angeles swimmers top Sequim and more …

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP (UPDATED): Port Angeles swimmers top Sequim and more …

The Port Angeles boys swim team recorded four new individual district qualifying times and won eight… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP (UPDATED): Port Angeles swimmers top Sequim and more …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Peninsula men split opening games at Oregon tourney; Pirate women fall in first contest at Lower Columbia

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Peninsula men split opening games at Oregon tourney; Pirate women fall in first contest at Lower Columbia

The Peninsula men’s basketball team has had a hard-luck season so far, with two overtime losses… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Peninsula men split opening games at Oregon tourney; Pirate women fall in first contest at Lower Columbia
AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Volleyball players honored by state coaches; Storm King girls win league title; Twisters gymnasts flip

AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Volleyball players honored by state coaches; Storm King girls win league title; Twisters gymnasts flip

Sequim’s Tayler Breckinridge was named as an honorable mention to the Class 2A All-State Volleyball Team by… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Volleyball players honored by state coaches; Storm King girls win league title; Twisters gymnasts flip

GIRLS HOOPS ROUNDUP: Sequim’s Julmist posts triple-double in Wolves’ rout of Bremerton

Jayla Julmist posted a triple-double as the Sequim girls basketball team continued its hot… Continue reading

All-PENINSULA MVP GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY: Port Angeles super-soph Lauren Larson

All-PENINSULA MVP GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY: Port Angeles super-soph Lauren Larson

Port Angeles distance and cross-country runner Lauren Larson made a big change in her routine last summer. Larson had a very successful… Continue reading

All-PENINSULA MVP GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY: Port Angeles super-soph Lauren Larson
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Daniel Basden, Port Angeles wrestling

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Daniel Basden, Port Angeles wrestling

Port Angeles wrestler Daniel Basden is off to a fantastic start for the Roughriders. Basden, wrestling at 126 pounds, is 9-1 on the season, with… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Daniel Basden, Port Angeles wrestling
ALL-PENINSULA MVP BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim’s Murray Bingham giving it his all his senior year

ALL-PENINSULA MVP BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim’s Murray Bingham giving it his all his senior year

After being the top Class 2A boys’ runner at the Salt Creek Invitational to begin this year’s cross-country season, Sequim’s Murray Bingham said… Continue reading

ALL-PENINSULA MVP BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim’s Murray Bingham giving it his all his senior year
Peninsula College’s Samantha Guzman, left and Halle Watson.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula’s Guzman, Watson honored by the NJCAA

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES – Two members of the Peninsula women’s soccer team back line received the highest honors this week from the National… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s Samantha Guzman, left and Halle Watson.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women split; men lose in OT

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women split; men lose in OT

The Peninsula women split a pair of games this weekend at the Pierce College Tournament, losing only their second game of the year… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women split; men lose in OT

PREP WRESTLING: Forks third at Granger meet

Forks’ Luke Dahlgren and Colby Demorest each won their weight divisions as the Spartans came in third out of 18 schools at the… Continue reading

Patty Reifenstahl                                Port Angeles’ Cameron Butler earned two state-qualifying times in the Riders’ season-opening swim meet against North Kitsap.

BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles’ Butler qualifies for two state events in season-opening meet

The Port Angeles swim team got two first places from Cameron Butler and a first from its 400 freestyle relay… Continue reading

Patty Reifenstahl                                Port Angeles’ Cameron Butler earned two state-qualifying times in the Riders’ season-opening swim meet against North Kitsap.
PREP WRESTLING: Peninsula grapplers take to the mat; Forks will be strong again, other teams rising

PREP WRESTLING: Peninsula grapplers take to the mat; Forks will be strong again, other teams rising

The North Olympic Peninsula is a hotbed of wrestling, with one juggernaut in Forks, rising programs in Port Angeles and Port Townsend… Continue reading

PREP WRESTLING: Peninsula grapplers take to the mat; Forks will be strong again, other teams rising
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jayla Julmist, Sequim girls’ basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jayla Julmist, Sequim girls’ basketball

Sequim’s Jayla Julmist is a new face on the varsity sports scene and she made a splash on the hardcourt right off the bat, with… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jayla Julmist, Sequim girls’ basketball

WRESTLING: Forks second at Patriot Dome Classic

Forks came in second as a team, losing only to 3A Lincoln at the Patriot Dome… Continue reading