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PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene wins fifth straight league title; Crescent romps

Four seniors on the Quilcene Rangers football team have now won five straight SeaTac 1B titles. That’s right, five straight. In eight-man football,… Continue reading

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Courtesy photo Port Angeles tennis players Michael Soule, Reef Gelder and Damon Gundersen all qualified to play at the 2A state boys tennis tournament in May 2022.

PREP TENNIS: Sequim and Port Angeles to send four to state tournament next spring

Port Angeles will send a singles player and a doubles team to the boys state tennis tournament in the spring after punching their… Continue reading

Courtesy photo Port Angeles tennis players Michael Soule, Reef Gelder and Damon Gundersen all qualified to play at the 2A state boys tennis tournament in May 2022.
The Port Angeles cross country team, from left Jack Gladfelter, Naaman McGuffey, Langdon Larson, Coach Rodger Johnson, Kowen Kasten, Josh Gavin, Jason Gladfelter and Max Baeder, took first place at district.

CROSS COUNTRY: Riders, Rivals win district; Sequim’s Pyeatt dominates girls’ race

The Port Angeles and East Jefferson boys and Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt were all champions Saturday at the 2021 Westside Classic West-Central District III… Continue reading

The Port Angeles cross country team, from left Jack Gladfelter, Naaman McGuffey, Langdon Larson, Coach Rodger Johnson, Kowen Kasten, Josh Gavin, Jason Gladfelter and Max Baeder, took first place at district.
Courtesy Lisa Jensen The East Jefferson Rivals finished out an unbeaten Nisqually League football campaign, sealing the combine's second league championship of the fall (boys cross country) and clinching a berth in the Class 1A state tournament.

PREP FOOTBALL: East Jefferson Rivals claim league title

Neah Bay knocks off No. 2 Lummi 40-30

Courtesy Lisa Jensen The East Jefferson Rivals finished out an unbeaten Nisqually League football campaign, sealing the combine's second league championship of the fall (boys cross country) and clinching a berth in the Class 1A state tournament.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Lily Sanders, right, slips past Bremerton's Marisol Popoca-Pablo on Thursday night in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER: Riders red-hot heading into playoffs

East Jefferson wins regular-season finale

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Lily Sanders, right, slips past Bremerton's Marisol Popoca-Pablo on Thursday night in Port Angeles.

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES: PA plays Bremerton tough; Neah Bay beats No. 2 Lummi

Friday’s Prep Football Scores Bremerton 19, Port Angeles 13 Neah Bay 40, Lummi 30 East Jefferson 43, Klahowya 6 (Thursday) Olympic 56, Sequim 0 (Thursday)… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim defender Kaia Lestage, right, puts a boot on the ball during the Wolves 6-0 win over North Mason on Wednesday.

PREP SPORTS: Sequim soccer continues high-scoring ways

Wolves’ Little tops PA’s Gelder for league tennis crown

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim defender Kaia Lestage, right, puts a boot on the ball during the Wolves 6-0 win over North Mason on Wednesday.
Peninsula College men's soccer team returned home with the NWAC North Region Championship, having earned the title in a physical 0-0 draw with Whatcom on Wednesday night. The Pirate men will host a quarterfinal playoff match at home, likely on Nov. 6.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men claim third straight NWAC North Region title

Women shut out Whatcom 3-0

Peninsula College men's soccer team returned home with the NWAC North Region Championship, having earned the title in a physical 0-0 draw with Whatcom on Wednesday night. The Pirate men will host a quarterfinal playoff match at home, likely on Nov. 6.

OUTDOORS: Winter steelhead season planning underway

Quillayute River system, Hoh River meet escapement goals, but other coastal streams are struggling

Port Angeles High School sailing team members Elliot Dahlin and Fern Knobel (152), sail at a regional scrimmage this weekend off Kingston as a rainbow comes out. Teammates Ozzy Minard and Ella Schulz are in boat 156. (Photo courtesy of Perry Brestel)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles sailors end season strong; Peninsula soccer, volleyball results

This weekend, sailing teams from Port Townsend, Central Kitsap, Kingston and Port Angeles came together for a regional scrimmage in Apple Tree Cove… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School sailing team members Elliot Dahlin and Fern Knobel (152), sail at a regional scrimmage this weekend off Kingston as a rainbow comes out. Teammates Ozzy Minard and Ella Schulz are in boat 156. (Photo courtesy of Perry Brestel)
Port Angeles High School sailing team members Elliot Dahlin and Fern Knobel (152), sail at a regional scrimmage this weekend off Kingston as a rainbow comes out. Teammates Ozzy Minard and Ella Schulz are in boat 156. (Courtesy of Perry Brestel)

Port Angeles sailing team ends season with strong finish

This weekend, sailing teams from Port Townsend, Central Kitsap, Kingston and Port Angeles came together for a regional scrimmage in Apple Tree Cove… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School sailing team members Elliot Dahlin and Fern Knobel (152), sail at a regional scrimmage this weekend off Kingston as a rainbow comes out. Teammates Ozzy Minard and Ella Schulz are in boat 156. (Courtesy of Perry Brestel)
Sequim's Kendall Hastings (15) tips a shot past North Mason defenders in the Wolves' 3-1 Olympic League win Tuesday night. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim VB second in league; PA soccer girls win again

The Sequim volleyball team wrapped up its regular season as the No. 2 seed in the Olympic 2A League after beating North Mason… Continue reading

Sequim's Kendall Hastings (15) tips a shot past North Mason defenders in the Wolves' 3-1 Olympic League win Tuesday night. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
#12 Grace Smelcer of the North Mason girl Bulldogs fights with #2 Catie Brown of the PA lady Riders Monday. dlogan

PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP: Riders rain goals on the Bulldogs

Sequim keeps pace in battle for Olympic League title

#12 Grace Smelcer of the North Mason girl Bulldogs fights with #2 Catie Brown of the PA lady Riders Monday. dlogan

PREP VOLLEYBALL: East Jefferson spikers win over Quilcene

Forks finishes second in Pacific 2B League

Neah Bay Red Devils

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Neah Bay volleyball ranked No. 1 in the state

After its season was delayed until the end of September due to COVID-19 protocols, the Neah Bay volleyball team has been lights… Continue reading

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Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter won the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course last week and helped lead the Roughriders boys to the team title.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jack Gladfelter, Port Angeles cross country

Port Angeles cross-country runner Jack Gladfelter had a pretty decent start to his career for the Roughriders. He had six top-10 finishes his freshman year… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter won the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course last week and helped lead the Roughriders boys to the team title.
New Orleans Saints' Demario Davis (56) breaks up a pass intended for Seattle Seahawks' DK Metcalf in the final minute the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Seattle. The Saints won 13-10. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

SEAHAWKS: Mistakes doom Seattle in 13-10 loss to Saints

Alvin Kamara and Jameis Winston were the happy beneficiaries of the Seattle Seahawks’ many mistakes. Then it was rookie Brian Johnson’s turn to… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2021
  • By Tim Booth The Associated Press
New Orleans Saints' Demario Davis (56) breaks up a pass intended for Seattle Seahawks' DK Metcalf in the final minute the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Seattle. The Saints won 13-10. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Peninsula Pirates

PENINSULA COLLEGE SOCCER: Women, men remain unbeaten

Men to face No. 2 Whatcom Wednesday; women’s scoreless streak up to 655 straight minutes

Peninsula Pirates
Quilcene Rangers.

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene sets stage for title rematch with 59-12 win

The Quilcene Rangers got 201 yards rushing and three touchdowns from eighth-grader Jayden Love en route to a 59-12 romp over Sound Christian… Continue reading

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Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Riley Pyeatt was all smiles at the start of the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Thursday.

CROSS COUNTRY (UPDATED): Banner start to the postseason at league tournaments for Port Angeles, Sequim and East Jefferson

The cross country postseason opened with a bang for North Olympic Peninsula runners. A deep Port Angeles boys team, with four runners in… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Riley Pyeatt was all smiles at the start of the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Thursday.