WRESTLING: Sequim’s Gresli wins class at North Mason Classic

Sequim’s Hayden Gresli won his division at 160 pounds at the North Mason Hawkins Memorial Classic this weekend, helping the Wolves finish sixth… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Cort Prose looks to pass around the defense of Rochester’s Keegan Goldrick during Saturday night’s consolation round of the Port Angeles Holiday Basketball Tournament at Port Angeles High School.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks holds off Rochester to take third at PA tournament

The final approach was a little wobbly, but Forks brought the game home for a safe landing in a 48-45 win over… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Cort Prose looks to pass around the defense of Rochester’s Keegan Goldrick during Saturday night’s consolation round of the Port Angeles Holiday Basketball Tournament at Port Angeles High School.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys come up short against lanky Sedro-Woolley

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys come up short against lanky Sedro-Woolley

Port Angeles wanted a test during its own holiday hoops tournament and the Roughriders received one, hanging tough with Sedro-Woolley before fading… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys come up short against lanky Sedro-Woolley
Noah Leonard

PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent’s Noah Leonard makes B Class All-State team

O’Dea senior Jamyn Patu has been voted the Associated Press Washington state player of the year for all classifications after… Continue reading

Noah Leonard
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene’s Brittney Beukes drives down court with Chimacum’s Grace Yaley and Mia McNair close on her heels during a Thursday night game in Chimacum.

PREP ROUNDUP: Chimacum girls roll over Quilcene; PT girls win, Forks wrestlers second at tourney

Chimacum controlled its Jefferson County neighbor Quilcene from the opening tip in a 54-20 nonleague girls basketball victory. “Our kids did a really… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene’s Brittney Beukes drives down court with Chimacum’s Grace Yaley and Mia McNair close on her heels during a Thursday night game in Chimacum.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Jake Jacoby, right, takes a shot as Sedro-Woolley’s Bryson Bartlett, left, and Keenan Hofstad defend during Friday night’s first round of the Port Angeles Holiday Basketball Tournament.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sedro-Woolley too much for Forks

Four first quarter 3-pointers staked Forks to an early 17-11 lead, but the long and rangy… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Jake Jacoby, right, takes a shot as Sedro-Woolley’s Bryson Bartlett, left, and Keenan Hofstad defend during Friday night’s first round of the Port Angeles Holiday Basketball Tournament.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders respond on defense, limit Rochester to 7 points in second half

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders respond on defense, limit Rochester to 7 points in second half

Port Angeles dialed in defensively during the second half of a 51-24 boys basketball win over Rochester, holding the Warriors to just… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders respond on defense, limit Rochester to 7 points in second half
ALL PENINSULA GIRLS SOCCER MVP: Port Angeles freshman Emilia Long takes league by storm

ALL PENINSULA GIRLS SOCCER MVP: Port Angeles freshman Emilia Long takes league by storm

The list of accolades for Port Angeles freshman Emilia Long is lengthy. Long to-taled the best statistical season of any player on… Continue reading

ALL PENINSULA GIRLS SOCCER MVP: Port Angeles freshman Emilia Long takes league by storm

PREP BASKETBALL: Friday night’s prep scores

Friday Night’s scores Port Angeles Tournament Port Angeles 51, Rochester 24 Sedro-Woolley 69, Forks 37 Thursday night’s scores Girls Port Townsend 46, Vashon 38 Chimacum… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys stand tall in road win over Centralia

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys stand tall in road win over Centralia

Port Angeles surrendered its 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and went down by one point against Centralia in the final minute, but… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys stand tall in road win over Centralia

OUTDOORS: State’s wolves are on the move

how else would there be a Grey Wolf River or the Sequim Wolves sports teams — wolves are… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls rally past Chimacum for OT win

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls rally past Chimacum for OT win

Playing without Rian Peters, who re-injured a sprained ankle, the resurgent Forks girls basketball team came roaring back from a big deficit to… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls rally past Chimacum for OT win

OUTDOORS: State made right call in Port Angeles net-pen lease withdrawal

STATE COMMISSIONER OF Public Lands Hillary Franz made the difficult decision last week to shut down Cooke Aquaculture’s lease for its Atlantic salmon net-pen farm… Continue reading

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Do we dare hope this is Edgar’s year?

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Do we dare hope this is Edgar’s year?

FOR THE SECOND straight year, I’ve been obsessively clicking on sportswriter Ryan Thibodaux’s baseball Hall of Fame voting tracker a half dozen times a day… Continue reading

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Do we dare hope this is Edgar’s year?
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts take first at Auburn meet

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts take first at Auburn meet

The Port Angeles-Sequim high school gym squad attended the WOWI Invitational Gymnastics meet at Auburn Mountainview High School with a number of Port… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts take first at Auburn meet
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ally Bradley, Port Townsend wrestler

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ally Bradley, Port Townsend wrestler

Port Townsend wrestler Ally Bradley pulled off a rare feat this week and it helped her team win a meet against Klahowya. Though Port Townsend… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ally Bradley, Port Townsend wrestler
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Resilient Port Angeles fights off illness, big deficit to pull out win

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Resilient Port Angeles fights off illness, big deficit to pull out win

Port Angeles hung in and scrapped out an impressive 48-45 win against a state-caliber Class 2A opponent, last season’s state runner-up, in… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Resilient Port Angeles fights off illness, big deficit to pull out win
PREP ROUNDUP: Neah Bay, Crescent basketball boys win; Sequim’s Chen wins at Hammerhead Invite

PREP ROUNDUP: Neah Bay, Crescent basketball boys win; Sequim’s Chen wins at Hammerhead Invite

The Neah Bay boys got four 3-pointers and 29 points from Keith Johnson Jr. and another three treys from Captain Claplanhoo to beat… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Neah Bay, Crescent basketball boys win; Sequim’s Chen wins at Hammerhead Invite

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirate men split final two games at Tacoma tourney

The Peninsula basketball men bounced back from a loss to throttle Tacoma 98-75 Sunday in the Pirates’ highest-scoring game of the year so… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles pulls past Kingston late

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles pulls past Kingston late

Port Angeles’ deep bench wore down Kingston and stretched open a close Olympic League 2A Division girls basketball contest as the Roughriders prevailed… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles pulls past Kingston late