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PREP ROUNDUP: Roughriders soccer rallies late with pair of goals

PA softball outscores opponents 30-1 in pair of wins

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Peninsula’s Itaua Tuisaula battles through a Lane double team during the NWAC semifinals held Saturday in Pasco. Tuisaula had 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks before leaving the game with an ankle injury. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

NWAC SEMIFINALS: Peninsula College women battle injuries, fall in final seconds of overtime to Lane

Epic game swings back and forth all second half and OT

Peninsula’s Itaua Tuisaula battles through a Lane double team during the NWAC semifinals held Saturday in Pasco. Tuisaula had 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks before leaving the game with an ankle injury. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sequim's Preston Kurtze take the header over the top of Port Angeles' Zak Alton on Thursday in Port Angeles.

BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles snaps Rainshadow Rumble rivalry skid with win over Sequim

First rivalry win since 2018

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sequim's Preston Kurtze take the header over the top of Port Angeles' Zak Alton on Thursday in Port Angeles.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rivals' Audry Matthes hands off to Kay Botkin in the first leg of the 1x400 meter relay during a track meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Thursday. The team, including Aliyah Yearian and Camryn Hines won the event

PREP SPORTS: East Jefferson girls race to home track meet victory; PA baseball wins

Led by long-distance runners and sprint relay winners, the East Jefferson girls dominated the first Nisqually League meet of the season, the… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rivals' Audry Matthes hands off to Kay Botkin in the first leg of the 1x400 meter relay during a track meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Thursday. The team, including Aliyah Yearian and Camryn Hines won the event
Sequim's Vince Carrizosa, bottom row second from left, and Isaiah Moore, back row, second from left, were part of the winning Cascade team at the 21st annual West Sound Senior High School All-Star Basketball contest earlier this week at Bremerton High School.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Northern Peninsula FC Soccer tryouts

A two-part open tryout is planned for Northern Peninsula FC, the area’s men’s semipro soccer club which competes in the Cascadia Premier League’s… Continue reading

Sequim's Vince Carrizosa, bottom row second from left, and Isaiah Moore, back row, second from left, were part of the winning Cascade team at the 21st annual West Sound Senior High School All-Star Basketball contest earlier this week at Bremerton High School.
Angler Joseph Ebsworth landed this good-sized lingcod while fishing out of Neah Bay on the lingcod and bottomfish opener last Saturday.

OUTDOORS: More kings, less coho off the coast in three salmon options up for debate

Razor digs today through March 26

Angler Joseph Ebsworth landed this good-sized lingcod while fishing out of Neah Bay on the lingcod and bottomfish opener last Saturday.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Alex Angevine, right, looks back after sliding into second as Bremerton shortstop Brian Infante lets the ball get past him, allioing Angevine to scramble to the bag in the second inning on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders open season with a no-hitter

PA crushes Bremerton 10-0; EJ’s Brody Moore strikes out 13

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Alex Angevine, right, looks back after sliding into second as Bremerton shortstop Brian Infante lets the ball get past him, allioing Angevine to scramble to the bag in the second inning on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREPS: Port Angeles boys soccer earns point against Kingston

Riders’ golfers shine in opener

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: East Jefferson’s Vandenberg makes first team All-Nisqually

East Jefferson’s Alyssa Vandenberg, the leading scorer for the Rivals, made the first team All-Nisqually League girls basketball team. Making the second team… Continue reading

Rhody Run Redux

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Registration open for Rhody Run Redux 2023

Sequim’s Julmist, Bates to play in all-state game

Rhody Run Redux
Matthew Miller, Port Angeles soccer

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Matthew Miller, Port Angeles boys soccer

Port Angeles High School freshman Matthew Miller had quite the varsity debut for the Roughriders boys soccer team. The Storm King veteran had a hat… Continue reading

Matthew Miller, Port Angeles soccer

GYMNASTICS: Klahhane gymnasts clean up with medals

Klahhane Gymnastics had a busy weekend as the girls team competed at the Skookum Showdown on Friday and Sunday, while the boys… Continue reading

East Jefferson’s Isaac Gurney, left, dribbles the ball against Port Angeles’ Keane McClain at Memorial Stadium in Port Townsend on Saturday. Port Angeles won 7-0. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BOYS SOCCER: Roughriders begin season with shutout

PA’s Matthew Miller: 3 goals and 3 assists

East Jefferson’s Isaac Gurney, left, dribbles the ball against Port Angeles’ Keane McClain at Memorial Stadium in Port Townsend on Saturday. Port Angeles won 7-0. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula College’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. goes up for a layup around Columbia Basin’s Ta’Veus Randle on Saturday in the NWAC tournament held in Pasco. Peninsula lost 77-73. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

NWAC TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in opener to Columbia Basin

Pirates shoot 9-for-34 from outside

Peninsula College’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. goes up for a layup around Columbia Basin’s Ta’Veus Randle on Saturday in the NWAC tournament held in Pasco. Peninsula lost 77-73. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

AREA SPORTS: Semipro Northern Peninsula FC sets soccer tryouts

Coed youth soccer registration through March 17 in JeffCo

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula works down low while guarded by a Walla Walla defender during the Pirates' NWAC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal on Friday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women sail on to NWAC Final 4 with win over Walla Walla

Play in semifinals Saturday, March 18

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula works down low while guarded by a Walla Walla defender during the Pirates' NWAC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal on Friday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.
BigNativeKing Excel Fishing Charters' Tom Burlingame shows off a native king caught off Neah Bay during the 2022 salmon season.

OUTDOORS: More chinook, coho forecast to return this summer and fall, but expect seasons to be limited

ESA-listed or threatened stocks influence opportunity

BigNativeKing Excel Fishing Charters' Tom Burlingame shows off a native king caught off Neah Bay during the 2022 salmon season.
Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Peninsula's Tati Kamae is fouled by Linn-Benton's Ruby Krebs during the first half of the Pirates' NWAC Women's Basketball Tournament game at Columbia Basin College in Pasco on Thursday.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula outlasts Linn-Benton 79-76

Pirate ship sails on to Elite 8 Friday

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Peninsula's Tati Kamae is fouled by Linn-Benton's Ruby Krebs during the first half of the Pirates' NWAC Women's Basketball Tournament game at Columbia Basin College in Pasco on Thursday.
Port Angeles' Eve Burke recently wrapped her freshman season at Linfield University. Burke's play helped lead the Wildcats to a nine-win improvement over the 2021-22 season. (Linfield Athletics)

AREA SPORTS: Peninsula products playing basketball for college teams

Port Angeles’ Eve Burke recently wrapped a productive freshman season with the Linfield Wildcats women’s basketball team, an NCAA D-III school participating… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Eve Burke recently wrapped her freshman season at Linfield University. Burke's play helped lead the Wildcats to a nine-win improvement over the 2021-22 season. (Linfield Athletics)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Roosevelt Williams Jr., right, shoulders his way past Skagit Valley's Omari Maulana during Wednesday's North Division game at Peninsula College.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. is North Region MVP

Ese Onakpoma is Defensive Player of the Year and Rollman COY

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Roosevelt Williams Jr., right, shoulders his way past Skagit Valley's Omari Maulana during Wednesday's North Division game at Peninsula College.