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Port Angeles' Heidi Leitz rounds the bases after slugging a home run in the bottom of the first against North Mason on Saturday in Port Angeles.
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Port Angeles' Heidi Leitz rounds the bases after slugging a home run in the bottom of the first against North Mason on Saturday in Port Angeles.
Forks' Sloan Tumaua competes in the javelin throw Saturday at Spartan Stadium in this Forks Lions Club sponsored track and field meet.  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys first at Forks Lions Club track meet

Port Angeles baseball throws another shutout; Sequim baseball wins a wild game; Sequim’s Mirek Skov No. 1 in state in pole vault

Forks' Sloan Tumaua competes in the javelin throw Saturday at Spartan Stadium in this Forks Lions Club sponsored track and field meet.  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.
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Sequim's Mekhi Ashby possesses the ball while teammate James Mason, right, looks on during the Wolves' 2-1 win over North Mason on Thursday.

PREPS: Sequim nets boys soccer victory

Mekhi Ashby came off the bench to score a second-half goal and James Mason added the winning goal in Sequim’s 2-1 boys soccer… Continue reading

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Sequim's Mekhi Ashby possesses the ball while teammate James Mason, right, looks on during the Wolves' 2-1 win over North Mason on Thursday.
East Jefferson Rivals

PREP BASEBALL: East Jefferson wins first game; Sequim crushes Crosspoint

Port Angeles, Lake Washington play to extra-inning tie

East Jefferson Rivals
Port Angeles’ George Hill worked with NFL broadcasters such as Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, while Bruce Skinner, right, was instrumental in helping to turn the Fiesta Bowl into a major New Year’s Day bowl game.

PORT ANGELES ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME: 12 individuals selected for the class of 2023

There’s a little twist in the 2023 class of the Port Angeles Roughriders Hall of Fame as one of the founders and… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ George Hill worked with NFL broadcasters such as Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, while Bruce Skinner, right, was instrumental in helping to turn the Fiesta Bowl into a major New Year’s Day bowl game.
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Sequim's Bryan Laboy, left, looks to put the tag on Port Angeles' Colton Romero in the third inning of an Olympic League match-up on April 13. The Roughriders scored five innings en route to a 12-2 win in Sequim.
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Sequim's Bryan Laboy, left, looks to put the tag on Port Angeles' Colton Romero in the third inning of an Olympic League match-up on April 13. The Roughriders scored five innings en route to a 12-2 win in Sequim.
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Sequim shortstop Hannah Bates, left, puts the tag on an Olympic runner in an April 13 league match-up in Sequim.
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Sequim shortstop Hannah Bates, left, puts the tag on an Olympic runner in an April 13 league match-up in Sequim.
Forks’ Gunner Rogers delivers a pitch during game one of the Spartans’ doubleheader sweep of Raymond-South Bend on the road Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Eric Trent)

BASEBALL: Forks sweeps road doubleheader

Salazar drives in four in game 2

Forks’ Gunner Rogers delivers a pitch during game one of the Spartans’ doubleheader sweep of Raymond-South Bend on the road Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Eric Trent)
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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson eyes the rim on a breakaway while chased by Sequim's Keenan Greene. Nickerson is the 2022-23 All-Peninsula Boys Basketball MVP.

All PENINSULA BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson makes the leap from starter to star for Roughriders

Includes All-Peninsula Boys Basketball Team members from PA, Sequim, East Jefferson, Neah Bay

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson eyes the rim on a breakaway while chased by Sequim's Keenan Greene. Nickerson is the 2022-23 All-Peninsula Boys Basketball MVP.
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP SPORTS: Riders soccer triumphs on golden goal

PA beats Bremerton 1-0 in OT

Port Angeles Roughriders.
Port Angeles' Alex Angevine scores on a steal of home base in the first inning against Sequim at Civic Field on Tuesday, getting in just under the tag of Wolves' catcher Lincoln Bear. The batter is Port Angeles' Elijah Flodstrom. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles pitches third straight shutout

Sequim softball crushes Kingston 15-5

Port Angeles' Alex Angevine scores on a steal of home base in the first inning against Sequim at Civic Field on Tuesday, getting in just under the tag of Wolves' catcher Lincoln Bear. The batter is Port Angeles' Elijah Flodstrom. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Forks' Brody Owen (9) challenges Tenino's Tyle Minerich for ball control Monday evening in Forks. Also in the action is Spartan Kevin Udave-Ramos (15). Tenino won the match 5-3. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News.)

PREP SOCCER: Forks improves, but falls to Tenino after slow start

The Forks boys soccer team had its best game of the year, according to coach Ismael Ramos, but couldn’t overcome a slow start… Continue reading

Forks' Brody Owen (9) challenges Tenino's Tyle Minerich for ball control Monday evening in Forks. Also in the action is Spartan Kevin Udave-Ramos (15). Tenino won the match 5-3. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News.)
The season for the Lincoln Park BMX Track begins Saturday.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX season begins Saturday

The Lincoln Park BMX track will have its season-opening practice beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday with the first single-point race of the… Continue reading

The season for the Lincoln Park BMX Track begins Saturday.
Ezra Townsend, Port Angeles baseball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ezra Townsend, Port Angeles baseball

With Port Angeles boys soccer moving from Civic Field back to the refurbished field at Peninsula College, Roughriders’ baseball player Ezra Townsend immediately took advantage… Continue reading

Ezra Townsend, Port Angeles baseball
East Jefferson's Aliyah Yearian, left, and Port Angeles' Alex Angevine.

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson girls shine at Solberg track meet

Port Angeles baseball crushes Mount Tahoma

East Jefferson's Aliyah Yearian, left, and Port Angeles' Alex Angevine.
Jhene Laugayan, 5, of Port Angeles, caught the biggest fish of the Kid’s Fishing Derby on Saturday. Her rainbow trout was measured at 19 1/2 inches. She won a fishing pole, a tackle box and a hat from sponsor Olympic Peninsula Flyfishers. Her mom Jessica Laugayan helped with landing Jhene's fish. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

OUTDOORS: Kids’ fishing derby returns after hiatus

Above, Finnegan Mosely, 6, is helped by his grandfather Roger Mosely at the Kids’ Fishing Derby held Saturday at the Lincoln Park pond. Below, Jhene… Continue reading

  • Apr 10, 2023
  • By Dave Logan For Peninsula Daily News
  • Outdoors
Jhene Laugayan, 5, of Port Angeles, caught the biggest fish of the Kid’s Fishing Derby on Saturday. Her rainbow trout was measured at 19 1/2 inches. She won a fishing pole, a tackle box and a hat from sponsor Olympic Peninsula Flyfishers. Her mom Jessica Laugayan helped with landing Jhene's fish. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jon Rahm, of Spain, celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

GOLF: Rahm rallies from four strokes down to win Masters

Jon Rahm turned the longest day into his sweetest victory, starting Sunday with a four-shot deficit in the morning chill and finishing… Continue reading

  • Apr 9, 2023
  • By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press
  • Golf
Jon Rahm, of Spain, celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles clobbers Mount Tahoma 16-0 for third straight win

The Port Angeles baseball team muscled up on offense for their biggest scoring output of the year and got second-straight shutout from their… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
Mitchell Nunnally caught this 14.6-pound blackmouth off Sekiu while using a Flutter King spoon in the Husky Fever finish last Saturday.
Mitchell Nunnally caught this 14.6-pound blackmouth off Sekiu while using a Flutter King spoon in the Husky Fever finish last Saturday.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Wilder Baseball hosting golf benefit April 29

The Wilder Baseball Club four-person golf fundraiser will be held at 10 a.m. April 29 at Peninsula Golf Course. Cost is $110… Continue reading