Pierre LaBossiere

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Entries open for NODM Kids Medal

The North Olympic Discovery Marathon invites young artists from across the Olympic Peninsula to help design the official 2026 North Olympic Discovery… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Winter Youth Bowling League at Laurel Lanes

Laurel Lanes will host a Winter Youth Bowling League for ages 5–17 beginning Jan. 17. The league runs for eight weeks at… Continue reading

Forks’ Orlando Camacho waits for the official to call the match as he nears a pin against North Kitsap’s Albie Pedersen at 113 pounds. Camacho was eventually awarded a pin. Boys and girls from Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and East Jefferson competed in the all-day tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

BATTLE OF THE AXE: Five area girl champs and Port Angeles hangs tough with tourney winner Aberdeen

There were numerous outstanding performances by wrestlers from all across the Olympic Peninsula at the 15-team Battle of the Axe held in… Continue reading

Forks’ Orlando Camacho waits for the official to call the match as he nears a pin against North Kitsap’s Albie Pedersen at 113 pounds. Camacho was eventually awarded a pin. Boys and girls from Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and East Jefferson competed in the all-day tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Bailey Johnson, left, and Penina Vailolo.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Bailey Johnson, Forks, and Penina Vailolo, East Jefferson

Our Athletes of the Week this week hail from opposite ends of the Olympic Peninsula. Bailey Johnson has been leading the Forks girls basketball team… Continue reading

Bailey Johnson, left, and Penina Vailolo.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC men lose final pre-conference game

Following a pattern of several of their games this year, the Peninsula College men played Highline tough well into the second half,… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Sariah Doherty drives the lane against the Surfcoast Chargers, a team from Melbourne, Australia. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Sariah Doherty drives the lane against the Surfcoast Chargers, a team from Melbourne, Australia. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Members of the Port Angeles boys basketball team and the Surfcoast Chargers, a team based in Melbourne, Australia, get together for photos after their game Friday night in Port Angeles. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys take care of Australian squad in exhibition

With Hunter Flores and Brock Hope back in the mix, the Port Angeles boys basketball team relied on its size and some… Continue reading

Members of the Port Angeles boys basketball team and the Surfcoast Chargers, a team based in Melbourne, Australia, get together for photos after their game Friday night in Port Angeles. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Kennedy Rognlien makes a leaping save late in the game against Hockinson in the 2A state playoffs, one of 16 saves she made in the game. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

ALL-PENINSULA GIRLS SOCCER: PA’s Rognlien stopped offenses and set records

Full All-Peninsula girls soccer team named

Port Angeles' Kennedy Rognlien makes a leaping save late in the game against Hockinson in the 2A state playoffs, one of 16 saves she made in the game. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Swan, Highfield honored by state coaches association

Neah Bay’s Tyler Swan was named to the Washington State Football Coaches Association state 1B first team this week. Swan, also a running… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim hoops falls to Sandpoint, Idaho

The Sequim boys basketball team got down early and battled to within six points of Sandpoint, Idaho, on New Year’s Day, but fell… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves
Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)

PREP ROUNDUP: (Updated) Port Angeles girls clamp down on defense in second half

Crescent’s Naomii Sprague scores 1,000th point

Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)
Peninsula Pirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women drop OT thriller with 0.2 of a second left

The Peninsula College women came within two-tenths of a second in overtime of beating Umpqua on Wednesday at the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic… Continue reading

Peninsula Pirates
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls hoops split pair in Meridian

Neah Bay boys, girls win; East Jefferson’s Liske first at King & Queen of the Castle

Port Angeles Roughriders
Peninsula College.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula hangs on for eighth straight win

Pirates overcome rough second half to beat Chemeketa 57-52

Peninsula College.
Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball

Cerise Moss is off to a hot start for the defending state champion Neah Bay girls basketball team and is a big part of the… Continue reading

Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.

WRESTLING: East Jefferson places two wrestlers at Hammerhead Invite

More than two dozen Olympic Peninsula wrestlers competed in the prestigious Hammerhead Invitational in Bremerton, one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Sequim roars back in second half to beat Bulldogs

The Sequim boys basketball team overcame a terrible start and turned up the screws on defense in the second half to overcome a… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Short-handed PA falls to Bainbridge

Shorthanded and out-sized by a huge Bainbridge Island team, the Port Angeles Roughriders actually hung tough with the Spartans until the final… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
East Jefferson's Luke O'Hara, the team's leading scorer last season, is back this year for the Rivals. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL PREVIEW: East Jefferson another team facing a new era

East Jefferson is another North Olympic Peninsula boys basketball team going through a lot of changes this season. Alex Little, an assistant… Continue reading

East Jefferson's Luke O'Hara, the team's leading scorer last season, is back this year for the Rivals. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Today’s Seahawks game will be televised on KCPQ Channel 13

Today’s titanic game between the Seattle Seahawks and the L.A. Rams will be broadcast locally on KCPQ Channel 13. With the game sold… Continue reading