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SPORTS BRIEFS: Fall sports physicals in Jefferson County . . . CageworX seminar weekend . . . Badminton medals . . . and more

Fall physicals in Jefferson County PORT TOWNSEND — Sports physicals will be offered at school-based health centers set up at Port Townsend and Chimacum high… Continue reading

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Elise Beuke of Sequim

ROWING: Sequim’s Beuke competes in Brazil at World Junior Championships

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Sequim rower Elise Beuke begins competition at the World Junior Championships early this morning. Beuke, a 2015 graduate of Sequim… Continue reading

Elise Beuke of Sequim
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OUTDOORS: Kelp beds prove productive for salmon fishing near Freshwater Bay

FISHING THE KELP beds along the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Freshwater Bay with lure designer and avid angler Pete Rosko last Thursday proved… Continue reading

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GOLF: Tournament to benefit Port Angeles Food Bank

A CHANCE TO golf for a good cause, in this case the Port Angeles Food Bank, is planned at Peninsula Golf Club on Saturday, Aug.… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Alex Barry named All-Peninsula MVP for second year in a row

SEQUIM — If Alex Barry's last hurrah ended when he was put on a cart, his high school track and field career still would have… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS BRIEFS: Meeting tonight for prospective high school football officials . . . area athletes excel at Senior Olympics . . . Olympic Avalanche tryouts . . . basketball skills camp . . . and more

Football refs needed; clinic tonight PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Football Officials Association is seeking new football officials for this fall and will hold… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Alex Barry named All-Peninsula MVP for second year in a row

SEQUIM — If Alex Barry's last hurrah ended when he was put on a cart, his high school track and field career still would have… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News
Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Alex Barry named All-Peninsula MVP for second year in a row

SEQUIM — If Alex Barry's last hurrah ended when he was put on a cart, his high school track and field career still would have… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Fishing closes on Quillayute River system on Saturday; Hoh River steelheading reopens; chinook heating up off Sekiu

LOW RIVERS JUST won't do. The Hoh River, however, is about to start doing. The state department of Fish and Wildlife will close fishing in… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Former pro Lillibridge holding clinic after Olympic Crosscutters tryouts

PORT ANGELES — After 10 years playing professional baseball, including six in the major leagues, Brent Lillibridge retired last year. He retired from professional baseball,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Fishing closes on Quillayute River system on Saturday; Hoh River steelheading reopens; chinook heating up off Sekiu

LOW RIVERS JUST won't do. The Hoh River, however, is about to start doing. The state department of Fish and Wildlife will close fishing in… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Former pro Lillibridge holding clinic after Olympic Crosscutters tryouts

PORT ANGELES — After 10 years playing professional baseball, including six in the major leagues, Brent Lillibridge retired last year. He retired from professional baseball,… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler runs placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the Class 2A state championships. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Waverly Shreffler picked as All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Waverly Shreffler changed things up her junior year. Instead of playing soccer for Sequim in the fall, as she had done her freshman… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler runs placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the Class 2A state championships. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

SUCCESS CAN BE fleeting, especially when everyone finds out how well you're doing. The chinook fishery on the northern coast saw a limit decrease from… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

SUCCESS CAN BE fleeting, especially when everyone finds out how well you're doing. The chinook fishery on the northern coast saw a limit decrease from… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay
Olympic Crosscutters infielder Blake Mann makes a throw during a game at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds earlier this month. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

BASEBALL: Olympic Crosscutters holding tryouts Saturday, Sunday for fall, next summer

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Crosscutters' season just ended. Now another begins. The Crosscutters, a first-year American Legion baseball team, will hold tryouts for its… Continue reading

Olympic Crosscutters infielder Blake Mann makes a throw during a game at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds earlier this month. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Scooter Chapman

SCOOTER! Peninsula sports fixture Scooter Chapman making strides in rehab of two knees

PORT ANGELES — When he walks in, nearly everybody notices. “Scooter!” someone says. “I listened to you a little bit on the radio,” says someone… Continue reading

Scooter Chapman

BASEBALL: Rain outs end Wilder’s season early

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Wilder Baseball's 2015 season had a terrible ending that only Mother Nature could have written. Wilder's concluded its summer by waiting out… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2015
Brothers Tristin and Cameron Butler combined to break 10 Port Angeles Swim Club records at the 2015 Alcoa Starlight Open in Wenatchee.

SPORTS BRIEFS: Swim club members set more records . . . Nathan Cristion earns award . . . Port Angeles tennis clinics . . . football officials needed

Port Angeles Swim Club records fall WENATCHEE — Fifteen Port Angeles Swim Club records fell when club members competed recently at the Alcoa Starlight Open… Continue reading

Brothers Tristin and Cameron Butler combined to break 10 Port Angeles Swim Club records at the 2015 Alcoa Starlight Open in Wenatchee.
Wicked No. 10M navigator Cara McGuire

SPRINT BOATS: Bad starter doesn’t stop Wicked Racing No. 10M from winning in front of hometown crowd

PORT ANGELES — In the first of two races this summer at Extreme Sports Park, the Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 10M team and crew… Continue reading

Wicked No. 10M navigator Cara McGuire