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.
Sequim's Jaydin Possin (21) dribbles against the defense of North Kitsap's Jalen East on Thursday in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim scraps with No. 1 North Kitsap

Riders get 38-point performance from Wyatt Dunning

Sequim's Jaydin Possin (21) dribbles against the defense of North Kitsap's Jalen East on Thursday in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Port Angeles Roughriders

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles pulls past Neah Bay with third quarter-burst

With both teams suffering from game postponements by the COVID protocols of other teams, the two most successful girls basketball programs on… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders

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

East Jefferson senior Gage Berry, top, pins Cascade Christian’s Aphelele Mzameko in the 182-pound weight class during the Rivals’ senior night victory over the Cougars on Wednesday at Port Townsend High School. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
East Jefferson senior Gage Berry, top, pins Cascade Christian’s Aphelele Mzameko in the 182-pound weight class during the Rivals’ senior night victory over the Cougars on Wednesday at Port Townsend High School. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

OUTDOORS: Salmon habitat could get a boost from riparian bill

A wide-ranging habitat restoration and riparian habitat bill that would earmark $90 million for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife had its first reading… 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

RPI: Area teams place high in initial rankings

Forks boys in a very tough Pacific 2B League

Forks Spartans

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Spartans crush South Bend

Forks rolled past South Bend 64-17 in a Class 2B Pacific League boys basketball contest on Tuesday night. The Spartans were up 30-2… Continue reading

Forks Spartans
Sequim's Keenen Green (4) drives the ball to the basket against Olympic on Monday night in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Keenen Green (4) drives the ball to the basket against Olympic on Monday night in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, right, outpaces North Mason's Clay Alverts in Port Angeles' last home game in December.

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Fingers crossed for Port Angeles-North Kitsap rivalry to renew

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that on Saturday, we finally get to see Port Angeles and North Kitsap play basketball. This has been an anticipated… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, right, outpaces North Mason's Clay Alverts in Port Angeles' last home game in December.

Seattle fires DC Ken Norton Jr.

The Seattle Seahawks have fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. and passing game coordinator Andre Curtis, the team said Tuesday. Norton’s firing brought… Continue reading

Jolene Vaara, Sequim basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jolene Vaara, Sequim girls basketball

Sequim’s Jolene Vaara saved her best game of the year for Olympic Peninsula rival Port Angeles. Vaara went off on the Roughriders, scoring 31 points… Continue reading

Jolene Vaara, Sequim basketball
Mia Gagnon, center, midfielder for the Port Angeles Roughriders girls soccer team, is joined by her teammates while announcing her intent to play soccer for Bellevue College. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS SOCCER: Roughriders’ Mia Gagnon moving on to the big city

Port Angeles’ Mia Gagnon came in to the Port Angeles girls soccer program with a bang, according to her high school coach.… Continue reading

Mia Gagnon, center, midfielder for the Port Angeles Roughriders girls soccer team, is joined by her teammates while announcing her intent to play soccer for Bellevue College. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

WRESTLING: Olympic Peninsula grapplers place at Bainbridge tournament

Several wrestlers from Port Angeles, Sequim and East Jefferson placed high in their weight divisions at the Bainbridge Island tournament held this weekend.… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys win fourth straight in dominant fashion

The Port Angeles boys basketball team got off to an 18-2 lead in the first quarter and went on to cruise to a… Continue reading