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Photos by KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Colton Romero, center, reaches the plate thanks to a sacrifice bunt by teammate Jordan Shumway, right, as Franklin Pierce catcher Trey Smith looks on helplessly in the second inning of Wednesday’s playoff game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP BASEBALL: Riders crush Franklin Pierce and live to play another day

With their backs against the wall in a loser-out district playoff game, the Port Angeles baseball team flashed some serious leather, got… Continue reading

Photos by KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Colton Romero, center, reaches the plate thanks to a sacrifice bunt by teammate Jordan Shumway, right, as Franklin Pierce catcher Trey Smith looks on helplessly in the second inning of Wednesday’s playoff game at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Port Angeles’ Anthony Owen caught this blue-mouthed cabezon while fishing off of Sekiu.

OUTDOORS: Sequim, Discovery, South Dungeness Bay derelict crab pot removal begins May 20

double the expected estimate — were discovered in recent sonar surveys of Sequim Bay, Discovery Bay… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Anthony Owen caught this blue-mouthed cabezon while fishing off of Sekiu.
Port Townsend Golf Club Golfers in the 2021 Rhody Open Golf Tournament watch a chip shot on the ninth hole at Port Townsend Golf Club.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Rhody Fest golf tournaments start Saturday

PA’s Nickerson a WIAA Athlete of the Week

Port Townsend Golf Club Golfers in the 2021 Rhody Open Golf Tournament watch a chip shot on the ninth hole at Port Townsend Golf Club.
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles wins pitchers’ duel

Forks sweeps to win share of Pacific 2B title

Port Angeles Roughriders.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Landon Close, left, goes up and over Highline's Yonatan Garcia-Arevalo on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Riders’ season comes to a close at Wally Sigmar Field

Highline finally cracks Port Angeles’ tough defense in second half

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Landon Close, left, goes up and over Highline's Yonatan Garcia-Arevalo on Tuesday in Port Angeles.
Sequim’s Toppy Robideau pitches against Franklin Pierce on Tuesday in Sequim. The Wolves lost their district playoff game 12-2 but finished the season with a winning record at 11-10. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Wolves, Spartans wrap up seasons with district losses

Sequim’s baseball season came to a close… Continue reading

Sequim’s Toppy Robideau pitches against Franklin Pierce on Tuesday in Sequim. The Wolves lost their district playoff game 12-2 but finished the season with a winning record at 11-10. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group Port Angeles senior Edun Bailey escapes a sand trap during the Olympic League Golf Championships at Kitsap Golf & Country Club on Monday. Bailey finished tied for sixth and qualified for the state tournament in Spokane.

PREP GOLF: Flores wins Olympic League title

Port Angeles’ Williams tops among 2A girls

Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group Port Angeles senior Edun Bailey escapes a sand trap during the Olympic League Golf Championships at Kitsap Golf & Country Club on Monday. Bailey finished tied for sixth and qualified for the state tournament in Spokane.
Rival’s Gracie Smith hits a stand-up triple during this at bat against the Vashon Pirates in a game on Monday played at Blue Heron Middle School. She later scored a run on a steal to home.

PREP SOFTBALL: Rivals finish home season with a victory

The fledgling East Jefferson softball team wrapped up its home season with a victory Monday versus Vashon, looking for bigger and better… Continue reading

Rival’s Gracie Smith hits a stand-up triple during this at bat against the Vashon Pirates in a game on Monday played at Blue Heron Middle School. She later scored a run on a steal to home.
Port Angeles' Cindy Liang and Gwyneth Van Blair finished fourth at the Olympic League girls tennis tournament and will move on to district. (Courtesy photo)

PREP TENNIS: Three Port Angeles, Sequim girls qualify for district so far

Wolves’ Hastings second at league tournament

Port Angeles' Cindy Liang and Gwyneth Van Blair finished fourth at the Olympic League girls tennis tournament and will move on to district. (Courtesy photo)
These members of the White Crane Martial Arts school in Port Angeles won medals at the Northwest Regional Hanmadang Championships in Eugene, Ore., this past weekend. Top center is school Grandmaster Robert Nicholls; left is Zach Irving, right is Connie Irving and bottom center is Annabelle Norcross from White Crane affiliate school Cross Martial Arts in Poulsbo. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: White Crane members win medals in Oregon

The Port Angeles team from White Crane Martial Arts attended the two-day Northwest Regional Hanmadang Championships in Eugene, Ore., over this past… Continue reading

These members of the White Crane Martial Arts school in Port Angeles won medals at the Northwest Regional Hanmadang Championships in Eugene, Ore., this past weekend. Top center is school Grandmaster Robert Nicholls; left is Zach Irving, right is Connie Irving and bottom center is Annabelle Norcross from White Crane affiliate school Cross Martial Arts in Poulsbo. (Courtesy photo)
Andrew Brown, Sequim track and field

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Andrew Brown, Sequim track and field

Sequim’s Andrew Brown was part of a highly successful Olympic League track and field championship meet for Sequim High School as both the Wolves’ boys… Continue reading

Andrew Brown, Sequim track and field
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Matthew Miller, left, chases a loose ball ahead of Kingston's Edwin Vallecillo, right, as Miller's teammates, from left, Hannes Spieker, Kaleb Gagnon and Jacob Miller watch from the backfield during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

BOYS SOCCER: Riders rally against Bucs and now host playoff game Tuesday

Matthew Miller, Hannes Spieker each score two goals

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Matthew Miller, left, chases a loose ball ahead of Kingston's Edwin Vallecillo, right, as Miller's teammates, from left, Hannes Spieker, Kaleb Gagnon and Jacob Miller watch from the backfield during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.
Wahkiakum’s Dom Curl slides into second base as Forks’ Aiden Salazar (99) covers the base during a 2B District IV playoff baseball game at Bowen Field in Toledo on Saturday. Forks won 6-5 in a walkoff in the eighth inning. (Katelyn Metzger/The Daily News)

PREP BASEBALL: Forks stays alive in postseason thanks to walkoff sac fly

Forks stayed alive in the postseason Saturday with a walkoff sacrifice fly by Ryan Rancourt in the bottom of the eighth inning against… Continue reading

Wahkiakum’s Dom Curl slides into second base as Forks’ Aiden Salazar (99) covers the base during a 2B District IV playoff baseball game at Bowen Field in Toledo on Saturday. Forks won 6-5 in a walkoff in the eighth inning. (Katelyn Metzger/The Daily News)
Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter, left, and Parker Nickerson, each won two events at the Olympic League track and field championships this weekend.

TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles boys finish second at league meet; Sequim teams fourth

Multiple individual winners — PA’s Gladfelter, Nickerson; Sequim’s Brown and Vaara

Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter, left, and Parker Nickerson, each won two events at the Olympic League track and field championships this weekend.

PREP BASEBALL: Class 2A district tournament baseball seedings announced

It’s good news, bad news for both the Sequim and Port Angeles baseball teams as playoff seedings were announced this weekend. The… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Roughriders

FRIDAY TRACK ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys in second in Olympic League championships

Meet wraps up Saturday; Sequim’s Brown has won two league championships

Port Angeles Roughriders
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Lainey Vig delivers a pitch during the Wolves’ 5-2 home win over Kingston on Thursday.

DIAMOND SPORTS: Sequim softball holds down Kingston bats

Sequim left-hander Lainey Vig was solid in the circle in the Wolves’ 5-2 softball victory over Kingston, allowing two runs on four hits… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Lainey Vig delivers a pitch during the Wolves’ 5-2 home win over Kingston on Thursday.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Keane McClain, right, chases a loose ball as Bremerton's Brennan Galloway closes in on Thursday night in Port Angeles.

BOYS SOCCER: Late penalty sinks Port Angeles

Wolves fall to Kingston in season finale

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Keane McClain, right, chases a loose ball as Bremerton's Brennan Galloway closes in on Thursday night in Port Angeles.
UT Permian Basin Port Angeles product Ethan Flodstrom earned Lonestar Conference Player of the Week recognition May 1 for his play for University of Texas-Permian Basin baseball in a sweep of Oklahoma Christian.

AREA SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Ethan Flodstrom named Baseball Player of the Week by Lonestar Conference

Hits team-high .407 for UT Permian Basin

UT Permian Basin Port Angeles product Ethan Flodstrom earned Lonestar Conference Player of the Week recognition May 1 for his play for University of Texas-Permian Basin baseball in a sweep of Oklahoma Christian.
David Willoughby/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim's Jolene Vaara puts up a layup while fending off the defense of White River's Dakota Sprouse during their Class 2A state quarterfinal at the Yakima SunDome on Thursday night.

ALL-PENINSULA GIRLS BASKETBALL MVP & Team: Sequim’s Vaara a terror for the opposition

Greene, Bates, Julmist all heading to play for PC Pirates

David Willoughby/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim's Jolene Vaara puts up a layup while fending off the defense of White River's Dakota Sprouse during their Class 2A state quarterfinal at the Yakima SunDome on Thursday night.