Pierre LaBossiere

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Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz pitched a no-hitter and a perfect game during the state 2A tournament this weekend in Selah. She helped lead the Riders to the state championship game, which they lost 2-1 to Aberdeen. (Dan Rosenfield/Longview Daily News)

POSTSEASON RECAP: Port Angeles softball, baseball make mark at state

The Port Angeles girls softball team finished second at state for the second time, the Port Angeles baseball team won its first game… Continue reading

Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz pitched a no-hitter and a perfect game during the state 2A tournament this weekend in Selah. She helped lead the Riders to the state championship game, which they lost 2-1 to Aberdeen. (Dan Rosenfield/Longview Daily News)
Port Angeles' Teanna Clark, left, won the West Central District 3 title in the javelin while Sequim's Clare Turella won the district championship in the high jump.

DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD: PA’s Clark, Sequim’s Turella district champions

Port Angeles Teanna Clark and Sequim’s Clare Turella will both be going to the state 2A track and field championships this week as… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Teanna Clark, left, won the West Central District 3 title in the javelin while Sequim's Clare Turella won the district championship in the high jump.
Port Angeles Roughriders

STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Riders fall in elite eight to Selah

Port Angeles wins first game at state tourney since 2001

Port Angeles Roughriders
Third basemen Josiah Gooding is one of the excellent defensive players for the Port Angeles Roughriders baseball team. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE BASEBALL PREVIEW: Port Angeles enters tournament riding high

At midseason, it looked like a longshot for the Port Angeles baseball team to make the postseason, much less qualify for state.… Continue reading

Third basemen Josiah Gooding is one of the excellent defensive players for the Port Angeles Roughriders baseball team. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT: All Olympic Peninsula boys make first-day cut

All three Olympic Peninsula boys at the 2A state golf tournament at the Riverside Golf Club in Chehalis made the first-round cut Tuesday,… Continue reading

Coach Morgan Worthington talks to her players between innings at a game last week at Dry Creek Elementary. The Roughriders go in to the state tournament Friday ranked No. 3 in the state. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES SOFTBALL: Roughriders loaded for another long run in state tournament

Last year, the Port Angeles softball team graduated superstar Natalie Robinson, who won the Olympic League MVP after hitting .483 with 12… Continue reading

Coach Morgan Worthington talks to her players between innings at a game last week at Dry Creek Elementary. The Roughriders go in to the state tournament Friday ranked No. 3 in the state. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association's Danielle Woodhouse approaches the finish line at Lake Vancouver this weekend, where she finished second in the B final of the U17 singles race. (Sean Halberg)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: OPRA rower second at Lake Vancouver race

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association concluded its spring season Saturday, with members competing at the US Rowing Northwest Youth Championship at Vancouver… Continue reading

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association's Danielle Woodhouse approaches the finish line at Lake Vancouver this weekend, where she finished second in the B final of the U17 singles race. (Sean Halberg)
Port Angeles’ Ava-Anne Sheahan signed to play soccer for Corban University in Salem, Ore., last week surrounded by her family, from left, mother Megan Shean, brother Axel Johnston, sister Addy Johnston and father Bucky Johnston. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE SIGNING: Two-sport star Ava-Anne Sheahan chooses soccer at Corban

Port Angeles’ Ava-Anne Sheahan could have easily picked one of two sports to continue her athletic career in college. She’s an outstanding… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Ava-Anne Sheahan signed to play soccer for Corban University in Salem, Ore., last week surrounded by her family, from left, mother Megan Shean, brother Axel Johnston, sister Addy Johnston and father Bucky Johnston. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
The Rhody Run’s women’s 10K winner, Fiona Fraser, (1131) is on the heels of her father, Ian (1132), who finished fourth among the men, as they exit the Jefferson County Fairgrounds at the start of the 44th annual Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

RHODY RUN: Port Townsend’s Fraser family dominates 10K

The Fraser family of Port Townsend dominated the 44th annual Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run 10K this weekend as more than 900 runners… Continue reading

The Rhody Run’s women’s 10K winner, Fiona Fraser, (1131) is on the heels of her father, Ian (1132), who finished fourth among the men, as they exit the Jefferson County Fairgrounds at the start of the 44th annual Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Kody Williams, Port Angeles baseball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kody Williams, Port Angeles baseball

Port Angeles baseball player Kody Williams has had a spectacular May for the Roughriders. First, on May 6, Williams threw a complete-game no-hitter against Kingston… Continue reading

Kody Williams, Port Angeles baseball.

STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Port Angeles on to Selah to play Tumwater; Quilcene to play in Sequim

Times and locations have been picked for both the Port Angeles and Quilcene baseball teams, which begin their respective state tournaments Saturday. Port… Continue reading

The Port Angeles softball team celebrates winning the District 3 2A tournament Saturday in Lacey. The Roughriders won by beating North Kitsap 8-1 and Olympic 8-0. (Morgan Worthington)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles wins district championship

Riders crush rivals North Kitsap, Olympic to win title

The Port Angeles softball team celebrates winning the District 3 2A tournament Saturday in Lacey. The Roughriders won by beating North Kitsap 8-1 and Olympic 8-0. (Morgan Worthington)
Port Angeles Roughriders

DISTRICT BASEBALL: Port Angeles baseball in state 2A tournament after beating Fife

After 4-10-1 start to season, Riders win eighth in a row

Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Port Angeles, Sequim come up short

Both the Port Angeles and Sequim boys soccer teams fell short of qualifying for the state tournament with the Roughriders going down 3-1… Continue reading

TRACK AND FIELD: Forks to send 20 athletes to district meet

Clallam Bay’s William Hull wins four individual events at NOL meet

Sequim’s Nico Musso, third from left, scores the second goal the Wolves’ 2-0 Class 2A West Central District Tournament victory over Bremerton on Thursday at Peninsula College’s Wally Sigmar Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

DISTRICT SOCCER: Sequim heads its way into state qualifer

The Sequim boys soccer players and coaches both said they’ve been working hard this season to improve the team’s set pieces. On… Continue reading

Sequim’s Nico Musso, third from left, scores the second goal the Wolves’ 2-0 Class 2A West Central District Tournament victory over Bremerton on Thursday at Peninsula College’s Wally Sigmar Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders hang on tight to beat Steilacoom

The Port Angeles baseball team is one victory away from an automatic bid to the 2A state tournament after holding off a seventh-inning… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders.
The Port Angeles boys golf team members who qualified for either district or state. From left, Noah Myers, Sky Gelder, Kolby Charles, Austin Worthington and Cale Wentz. Worthington and Wentz will be moving on to play in the state tournament next week, joined by three Port Angeles girls and three golfers from Sequim. (Bob Anderson)

DISTRICT GOLF: Eight Olympic Peninsula golfers moving on to state

Port Angeles’ Austin Worthington and Sequim’s Adrian Aragon qualified to move on the state 2A tournament, while Port Angeles girls Claire Osterberg and… Continue reading

The Port Angeles boys golf team members who qualified for either district or state. From left, Noah Myers, Sky Gelder, Kolby Charles, Austin Worthington and Cale Wentz. Worthington and Wentz will be moving on to play in the state tournament next week, joined by three Port Angeles girls and three golfers from Sequim. (Bob Anderson)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles a No. 1 seed at district; Sequim qualifies for tournament

The Olympic League champion Port Angeles softball team knows its district opponent Saturday, while Sequim made the district tournament as a No. 12 seed.… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Ian Smithson reaches first baseball safely as the throw to the Eatonville first baseman was high and pulled him off the bag. Port Angeles won 8-1 to stay alive in the District 3 tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP PLAYOFF BASEBALL: Riders rely on power and speed to beat Eatonville

Gooding belts HR; Williams throws complete game

Port Angeles’ Ian Smithson reaches first baseball safely as the throw to the Eatonville first baseman was high and pulled him off the bag. Port Angeles won 8-1 to stay alive in the District 3 tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)