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The Northern Peninsula Football Club has begun its season after more than a year of planning. The NPFC plays with five other clubs in the Western Washington Premier League 2.

CLUB SOCCER: Northern Peninsula Football Club wins inaugural match 4-2

The Northern Peninsula Football Club played its first-ever game in the Western Washington Premier League 2 not knowing what to expect. And… Continue reading

The Northern Peninsula Football Club has begun its season after more than a year of planning. The NPFC plays with five other clubs in the Western Washington Premier League 2.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Hope Glasser, a graduate of Sequim High School, right, fends of the defense of Bellevue's Mo Bungay, front, and Mckayla Rodriguez on Saturday in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Pirates fall in OT to first-place Bellevue

Hope Glasser tallies 9 points, 13 rebounds

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Hope Glasser, a graduate of Sequim High School, right, fends of the defense of Bellevue's Mo Bungay, front, and Mckayla Rodriguez on Saturday in Port Angeles.

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim girls rout North Kitsap; Neah Bay, Crescent boys win

The Sequim girls basketball team crushed usual league powerhouse North Kitsap 61-38 on the road, taking command of the game with a 17-6… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughriders earn all-league baseball honors; PC soccer, basketball results

Pirate men and women’s basketball

FRIDAY’S PREP SCORES: PA boys, girls win big

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Port Angeles 71, North Mason 42 Klahowya 59, East Jefferson 43 Battle Ground 66, Mountain View 65 Bellarmine Prep 61, South Kitsap… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Jaida Wood, front, makes her way around North Mason's Mandy Cole in the first quarter of Friday night's game in Port Angeles.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roughriders keep rolling with 70-15 win

Neah Bay, Forks also win

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Jaida Wood, front, makes her way around North Mason's Mandy Cole in the first quarter of Friday night's game in Port Angeles.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Reef Gelder returns the ball in his singles match against East Jefferson's Carter Cameron on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.

PREP ROUNDUP: Reef Gelder leads Port Angeles in sweep of East Jefferson; PA hoops wins again

Port Angeles won all six contested matches in straight sets in a 6-0 Olympic League boys tennis match win over East Jefferson.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Reef Gelder returns the ball in his singles match against East Jefferson's Carter Cameron on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.

OUTDOORS: High winds, few halibut so far

Recreational halibut anglers aren’t getting a ton of help early in the season with last week’s ocean and Sekiu opener mostly a wash due to… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Laila Greene scores 18 as Neah Bay girls open with win

Sequim tennis sweeps, Port Angeles tennis earns close win

Michael Dashiell/Olympic News Group Port Angeles' Millie Long goes up for a layup while defended by Sequim's Jelissa Julmist during the Roughriders' 67-58 win over the Wolves on Wednesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Led by Millie Long, Port Angeles edges Sequim in fourth

Long scores 26, Jelissa Julmist has 20 for Sequim

Michael Dashiell/Olympic News Group Port Angeles' Millie Long goes up for a layup while defended by Sequim's Jelissa Julmist during the Roughriders' 67-58 win over the Wolves on Wednesday.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sequim's Tyler Mooney, center, drives to the lane flanked by Port Angeles' Tanner Price, left, and Michael Soule on Wednesday night in Port Angeles.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Riders’ defense swarms Wolves

Port Angeles goes to 3-0 with 62-22 win

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sequim's Tyler Mooney, center, drives to the lane flanked by Port Angeles' Tanner Price, left, and Michael Soule on Wednesday night in Port Angeles.
Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group Port Angeles' Teagan Clark makes the throw in from right field after a hit at the 18th Kitsap Athletic Roundtable Softball Showcase in Silverdale. Clark was named National team MVP after striking out four in three scoreless innings on the mound as the Nationals rallied for an 11-7 win over the Americans.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Clark earns MVP honors at West Sound All-Star softball game

Roughriders, Wolves team up for win

Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group Port Angeles' Teagan Clark makes the throw in from right field after a hit at the 18th Kitsap Athletic Roundtable Softball Showcase in Silverdale. Clark was named National team MVP after striking out four in three scoreless innings on the mound as the Nationals rallied for an 11-7 win over the Americans.
Sequim High School Sequim seniors Michael Young, left, and Walker Ward have each signed letters of intent to continue their football careers at Ottawa University in Surprise, Ariz. Young will play wide receiver and Ward will play running back for the Ottawa Spirit in the National Christian College Athletic Association.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Michael Young, Walker Ward moving on to next level as teammates

Duo will play football at Ottawa University

Sequim High School Sequim seniors Michael Young, left, and Walker Ward have each signed letters of intent to continue their football careers at Ottawa University in Surprise, Ariz. Young will play wide receiver and Ward will play running back for the Ottawa Spirit in the National Christian College Athletic Association.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Carter Cameron hits a backhand return against Klahowya's Evan Cole during a Tuesday afternoon match in Chimacum.

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Cameron nets another win for East Jefferson

Crescent girls hoops wins big

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Carter Cameron hits a backhand return against Klahowya's Evan Cole during a Tuesday afternoon match in Chimacum.

PREP SPORTS: Parents, athletic directors discuss continuing Port Townsend-Chimacum combination

School boards will discuss moving forward in sports, likely as East Jefferson

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Erik Christiansen goes up for a layup past East Jefferson's Lonnie Kenney in Monday night's game in Sequim.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim knocks off EJ; Port Angeles blisters Olympic by 50 points

Forks boys win big

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Erik Christiansen goes up for a layup past East Jefferson's Lonnie Kenney in Monday night's game in Sequim.
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREPS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls basketball team wins by 39

The Roughriders clamped down on defense and got an early boost from Anna Petty in thumping the Trojans on the road 60-21. “Anna… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
Courtesy photo Sequim senior Kalli Wiker was recently awarded a $5,000 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Smart Choice Scholarship. Wiker carries a 4.0 grade-point-average and is a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and tennis. She was undefeated this past season in district in tennis and in 2019 won the state tennis doubles championship. She plans to attend George Fox University in Newberg, Ore.
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Sequim Wolves’ Kalli Wiker earns $5,000 scholarship

Sequim senior Kalli Wiker was recently awarded a $5,000 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Smart Choice Scholarship. Wiker carries a 4.0 grade-point average and is a… Continue reading

Courtesy photo Sequim senior Kalli Wiker was recently awarded a $5,000 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Smart Choice Scholarship. Wiker carries a 4.0 grade-point-average and is a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and tennis. She was undefeated this past season in district in tennis and in 2019 won the state tennis doubles championship. She plans to attend George Fox University in Newberg, Ore.
Courtesy photo Port Angeles' Jenny Nixon, second from right, was a member of a state championship Roughriders 400 freestyle relay team in 1989. She was named to the Port Angeles Hall of Fame in 2020 and will finally be inducted in a ceremony in August.

ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME: Three added to Class of 2021; ceremony to be held in August at Civic Field

Three more people were elected to the Port Angeles High School Hall of Fame to add to a big ceremony at Civic… Continue reading

Courtesy photo Port Angeles' Jenny Nixon, second from right, was a member of a state championship Roughriders 400 freestyle relay team in 1989. She was named to the Port Angeles Hall of Fame in 2020 and will finally be inducted in a ceremony in August.
From left, Harper McGuire and Ella Schulz, members of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association

ROWING: OPRA returns to competition

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association traveled this past Saturday to its first race since late 2019 on Bainbridge Island. The… Continue reading

From left, Harper McGuire and Ella Schulz, members of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association