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The Pirate Gold winner for women’s basketball was Port Angeles’ Millie Long, left, with her basketball coach Alison Crumb, who also was named the NWAC soccer Baden Player of the Year for 2022. Long won four league titles and an NWAC title for Peninsula College. (Peninsula College)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: I’ve never seen anyone quite like Millie Long

It’s been an amazing six seasons watching Port Angeles’ Millie Long grow. She grew physically and as a person and is off for her next… Continue reading

The Pirate Gold winner for women’s basketball was Port Angeles’ Millie Long, left, with her basketball coach Alison Crumb, who also was named the NWAC soccer Baden Player of the Year for 2022. Long won four league titles and an NWAC title for Peninsula College. (Peninsula College)
Millie Long was an all-North and all-NWAC performer in both soccer and basketball for the Peninsula Pirates. This follows a hugely successful career at Port Angeles High School in soccer, basketball and track. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PENINSULA COLLEGE: Millie Long’s legacy will endure

You could pretty much label her the Bo Jackson of Port Angeles and Peninsula College. Former Pirate and Roughrider Millie Long is… Continue reading

Millie Long was an all-North and all-NWAC performer in both soccer and basketball for the Peninsula Pirates. This follows a hugely successful career at Port Angeles High School in soccer, basketball and track. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Wilder Baseball Club.

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Wilder Senior loses tight game in 11 innings

Wilder Jr., Wilder A go combined 3-0 over the weekend

Wilder Baseball Club.
Port Angeles Lefties second baseman Robert Nunez jumps to catch a throw but isn't able to punch out Kelowna baserunner Eddie Fines on Sunday at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties fall in a tight contest to Kelowna

The Port Angeles Lefties had the tying run at second base, but they couldn’t bring him in the bottom of the seventh… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties second baseman Robert Nunez jumps to catch a throw but isn't able to punch out Kelowna baserunner Eddie Fines on Sunday at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Wilder Baseball Club

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Wilder Senior rally comes up short

The Wilder Senior Baseball Club came back from a 5-0 first-inning deficit againt Anacortes, but its rally fell short in a 6-4 loss… Continue reading

Wilder Baseball Club
Port Angeles Lefties

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties drop opener to Kelowna 7-5

The Port Angeles Lefties got a fantastic five innings of work from starter Jack O’Brien (Hawaii Pacific), but the floodgates opened for… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties
Wilder Senior.

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Sr. gets great pitching from Romero but falls in seventh inning

Wilder A improves to 4-0

Wilder Senior.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Wilder Senior's Alex Angevine, left, makes it to third as Lakeside Recovery Senior third baseman Carter DuBreuil struggles with an errant throw on Saturday afternoon at Port Angeles Civic Field.

AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Sr. battles tough Lakeside squads but gets swept

The Wilder Senior Baseball Club rallied to make the game close against Lakeside Elite on Sunday, but couldn’t complete the comeback in… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Wilder Senior's Alex Angevine, left, makes it to third as Lakeside Recovery Senior third baseman Carter DuBreuil struggles with an errant throw on Saturday afternoon at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Port Angeles Lefties.

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties erupt for 14 runs to complete sweep of Kamloops

Nunez 5-for-6 with a home run

Port Angeles Lefties.
Wilder Baseball Club.

WILDER BASEBALL: Wilder Jr. splits four games; Wilder A off to 3-0 start

Brayden Martin pitches a no-hitter for A squad

Wilder Baseball Club.
Port Angeles Lefties

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties snap losing streak, beat Kamloops 2-1 behind four-hitter

The Port Angeles Lefties snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 road win over the Kamloops NorthPaws on Friday night, thanks… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties
Lincoln Park BMX

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX to hold free open house

The Lincoln Park BMX track is holding a free open house and clinic from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday. Lincoln Park… Continue reading

Lincoln Park BMX
Sean O'Mera and Adam Columbia, both Sequim High School graduates, qualified for the Washington Men's Amateur Finals to be held at the end of June. O'Mera is a golf coach at Sequim High School while Columbia now lives in Lakewood. (Courtesy photo)

GOLF: Sequim graduates qualify for state amateur championship

Sequim High School graduates Sean O’Mera and Adam Columbia both qualified for the 102nd Washington State Amateur, which will be held June 27-29… Continue reading

Sean O'Mera and Adam Columbia, both Sequim High School graduates, qualified for the Washington Men's Amateur Finals to be held at the end of June. O'Mera is a golf coach at Sequim High School while Columbia now lives in Lakewood. (Courtesy photo)
(Left) Roger Olsen and Kelly O'Mera, overall champions of the Sunland golf Club Member Major Championship. (Right) Rena Peabody and Ruth Parcell, are the women's overall champions of the Sunland Golf Club Member Major Championship. (Sunland Golf Club) (Sunland Golf Club)

GOLF: Sunland Golf Club holds member major championship

Roger Olsen and Kelly O’Mera and Rena Peabody and Ruth Parcell are the overall men’s and women’s championship of the Sunland Golf Club… Continue reading

(Left) Roger Olsen and Kelly O'Mera, overall champions of the Sunland golf Club Member Major Championship. (Right) Rena Peabody and Ruth Parcell, are the women's overall champions of the Sunland Golf Club Member Major Championship. (Sunland Golf Club) (Sunland Golf Club)
Brandt Perry pitches for Local 155 in the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth championship game against Athletes Choice on Thursday night at Volunteer Field. Playing first base is Chris Jaynes. It was a pitchers' duel as the game went into extra innings. Local 155 ended up winning 3-2 on a walk-off, finishing the season 13-1. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

OLYMPIC JUNIOR BABE RUTH: Local 155 wins championship in a close game

Brandt Perry pitches for Local 155 in the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth championship game against Athletes Choice on Thursday night at Volunteer Field. Playing first… Continue reading

Brandt Perry pitches for Local 155 in the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth championship game against Athletes Choice on Thursday night at Volunteer Field. Playing first base is Chris Jaynes. It was a pitchers' duel as the game went into extra innings. Local 155 ended up winning 3-2 on a walk-off, finishing the season 13-1. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Claire Young/WDFW A young crabber holds his catch off the coast of Washington.

OUTDOORS: Recreational crab summer season to open July 1

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that summer crab-fishing seasons will begin July 1 in the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Claire Young/WDFW A young crabber holds his catch off the coast of Washington.
From left, Peninsula College Associate Dean for Athletics and Student Life Rick Ross, Peninsula College soccer and basketball player Millie Long and Baden NW Regional Manager Brandon Williams at the NWAC awards banquet in Pasco on Tuesday. (Duncan Stevenson photo)

PENINSULA COLLEGE: Pirates and NWAC honor school’s top athletes

Peninsula College Athletics celebrated another successful year, winning all four North Region championships in men’s and women’s basketball and soccer for only… Continue reading

From left, Peninsula College Associate Dean for Athletics and Student Life Rick Ross, Peninsula College soccer and basketball player Millie Long and Baden NW Regional Manager Brandon Williams at the NWAC awards banquet in Pasco on Tuesday. (Duncan Stevenson photo)
Port Angeles Lefties.

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: HarbourCats complete sweep over the Lefties

The Victoria HarbourCats limited the Port Angeles Lefties to just four hits in a 9-4 victory to complete a three-game sweep at… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.
Port Angeles Lefties.

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: HarbourCats edge Lefties in extra innings

The Port Angeles Lefties played the Victoria HarbourCats, coming back from a late 3-1 deficit to send the game to extra innings,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.
The 1972 Port Angeles girls swim team, the first girls team at the high school after Title IX passed, and the 1956 Roughriders' football team that went 7-1 will be inducted in August into the Port Angeles Hall of Fame.

PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Two historic teams to be inducted

Two of the most important teams in Port Angeles High School history — one that changed the landscape of Port Angeles athletics… Continue reading

The 1972 Port Angeles girls swim team, the first girls team at the high school after Title IX passed, and the 1956 Roughriders' football team that went 7-1 will be inducted in August into the Port Angeles Hall of Fame.