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Participants in the Run the Peninsula's Elwha Bridge 5K/10K Run break from the starting line at the Elwha Bridge on Saturday morning.

More than 300 hit the bridge

First race of Run the Peninsula series

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Participants in the Run the Peninsula's Elwha Bridge 5K/10K Run break from the starting line at the Elwha Bridge on Saturday morning.
Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson drives against Sehome's Grant Kepley on Friday night in Port Angeles. Nickerson scored 11 points in the third quarter to help spark a Roughriders comeback win. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: PA roars back against top 10 team

The Port Angeles boys basketball team found themselves in a fair amount of trouble early in the second quarter against a solid… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson drives against Sehome's Grant Kepley on Friday night in Port Angeles. Nickerson scored 11 points in the third quarter to help spark a Roughriders comeback win. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
#30 Wyatt Dunning of the PA Riders drives around the guarding of a Kingston defender Tuesday night at the PAHS gym. dlogan

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles hits 15 3-pointers in 92-32 win

The Port Angeles Roughriders boys basketball team set the nets on fire Tuesday night with its outside shooting, burying 15 3-pointers in… Continue reading

#30 Wyatt Dunning of the PA Riders drives around the guarding of a Kingston defender Tuesday night at the PAHS gym. dlogan
Bailee Larson, Port Angeles girls basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Bailee Larson, Port Angeles girls basketball

Bailee Larson has been on fire lately for the Port Angeles Roughriders girls basketball team. Larson, who takes care of much of the Riders’ ball-handling… Continue reading

Bailee Larson, Port Angeles girls basketball
The Seattle Kraken puts on a colorful pregame show before home games. Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Kraken all about the show and the beanies

I went to a hockey match the other night and a rock concert broke out. I finally got around to attending my first Seattle Kraken… Continue reading

The Seattle Kraken puts on a colorful pregame show before home games. Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News

Rumor no more: Brady makes retirement official

Tom Brady walked away from the NFL on his own terms, still at the top of… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders overcome fouls to fend off Knights

Not shooting well and facing serious foul trouble, the Port Angeles Roughriders boys basketball team dug in deep on defense and pounded the… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
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From left, Nicole Heckenlaible, Stacy Flores and Stacy Braithwaite all run in the Elwha Bridge Run in 2021. The race returns Saturday as the initial event of the Run the Peninsula series.
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From left, Nicole Heckenlaible, Stacy Flores and Stacy Braithwaite all run in the Elwha Bridge Run in 2021. The race returns Saturday as the initial event of the Run the Peninsula series.

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Stafford, Burrow took different paths

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim, Port Angeles win on the road

The Sequim girls basketball team got 30 points and seven rebounds from Jolene Vaara to help beat Kingston on the road 63-47 on… Continue reading

Forks' Ryan Rancourt (32 ) out-jumps Raymond's Morgan Anderson (30) to start the overtime portion of Saturday night's league game played in Forks. Forks won 67-66. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BOYS ROUNDUP: Forks Spartans win in overtime

The Spartans boys basketball team showed some resiliency in an important overtime win over Raymond on Saturday. “Lots of crazy things happened in… Continue reading

Forks' Ryan Rancourt (32 ) out-jumps Raymond's Morgan Anderson (30) to start the overtime portion of Saturday night's league game played in Forks. Forks won 67-66. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Crescent girls hoops win again

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife seek feedback

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Forks’ Keira Johnson has been red-hot through January, helping the Spartans to their first-place position in the Pacific 2B League standings. Johnson hit five 3-pointers… Continue reading

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball
Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: This weekend felt like history being made

Exactly a week after a truly historic volcanic explosion in the South Pacific that rattled pretty much everyone on the Pacific Rim, we were treated… Continue reading

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women win sixth straight

The Peninsula men and women split a pair of games against North Region foe Olympic on Saturday. The women easily won their game… Continue reading

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The Port Angeles/Sequim/Crescent gymnastics team won a dual with Kingston this weekend. From left, back row, are Faith Caar, Maddie Adams, Kathryn Jones, Yau Fu, Jessamyn Schindler and Mei-Ying Harper-Smith. From left, front row, are Ellie Turner, Danica Pierson, Aubrie Scott, Alex Schmadeke, Amara Brown and Susannah Sharp.

GYMNASTICS: Olympic Peninsula gymnasts shine

Sequim, Port Angeles and Crescent gymnasts took the top six all-around spots in a meet with Kingston High School this weekend. A… Continue reading

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The Port Angeles/Sequim/Crescent gymnastics team won a dual with Kingston this weekend. From left, back row, are Faith Caar, Maddie Adams, Kathryn Jones, Yau Fu, Jessamyn Schindler and Mei-Ying Harper-Smith. From left, front row, are Ellie Turner, Danica Pierson, Aubrie Scott, Alex Schmadeke, Amara Brown and Susannah Sharp.
Sequim Wolves.

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim girls remain perfect in league

The Sequim girls basketball team blew open a competitive game with a 25-point fourth quarter in a 71-46 win over Bremerton on Saturday.… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves.
Forks Spartans.

WRESTLING: Forks wins Kalama tournament

The Forks wrestling team picked up five first-place finishes and took first place as a team at the Kalama Rubber Chicken tournament this… Continue reading

Forks Spartans.

OUTDOORS: Additional razor clam digs slated

Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday confirmed the next round of razor clam digs can proceed as… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: State Parks Commission to meet at Fort Worden

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regular in-person commission meeting Jan. 27 in The Commons at Fort Worden Historical… Continue reading