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Fresno State Athletics Fresno State point guard Millie Long.

AREA SPORT: PA’s Millie Long now starring for Fresno State women’s basketball team

The Cedars at Dungeness hosting holiday food bank benefit Dec. 13

Fresno State Athletics Fresno State point guard Millie Long.
Bud Denney Neah Bay’s senior class was celebrated before the Red Devils’ final home football game of the season. Neah Bay’s football seniors are, from left, Azariah Greene, Joe Smith, Tyler Swan, LeAnthony Jimmicum, Lelan Greene, Elijha Malinowski and Kane Greene.

AREA SPORTS: YMCA and Sequim Youth Basketball registration, Youth wrestling in PA

Youth wrestling registration will be available in the Forks Elementary School lobby from 5 p.m. to 6:30… Continue reading

Bud Denney Neah Bay’s senior class was celebrated before the Red Devils’ final home football game of the season. Neah Bay’s football seniors are, from left, Azariah Greene, Joe Smith, Tyler Swan, LeAnthony Jimmicum, Lelan Greene, Elijha Malinowski and Kane Greene.

AREA SPORTS: Momentum One Volleyball Academy hosts travel team tryouts Saturday for U12-U14

U15-U18 tryouts set Nov. 23

Nicholas Lyne of Victoria, B.C., competes in the Last Man Standing competition at the Salt Creek 24 this weekend. (Jesse Major Photography/Peninsula Adventure Sports)

SALT CREEK 24: Records fall despite high winds

The winds howled but records still fell at this year’s Salt Creek 24 endurance race at the Salt Creek Recreation Area. The… Continue reading

Nicholas Lyne of Victoria, B.C., competes in the Last Man Standing competition at the Salt Creek 24 this weekend. (Jesse Major Photography/Peninsula Adventure Sports)
Hannah Wagner, Vancouver Island University soccer

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim’s Wagner named athlete of the week at VIU

Former Sequim High School and Peninsula College soccer star Hannah Wagner was named the Pacific Western Athletic Association women’s soccer athlete of the… Continue reading

Hannah Wagner, Vancouver Island University soccer

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Salt Creek 24 seeks volunteers

There is still time to sign up for the Salt Creek 24 race to be held Oct. 25-26 at the Salt Creek… Continue reading

Corban College's Jack Gladfelter, left and The Evergreen State College's Max Baeder, right, after competing in the Charles Bowles Cross-Country Invitational in Salem, Ore., last week. (Joe Gladfelter)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Gladfelter sixth at Charles Bowles Invite

Port Angeles graduate Jack Gladfelter improved on his time in the 50th running of the Charles Bowles Willamette Cross-Country Invitational at Willamette… Continue reading

Corban College's Jack Gladfelter, left and The Evergreen State College's Max Baeder, right, after competing in the Charles Bowles Cross-Country Invitational in Salem, Ore., last week. (Joe Gladfelter)
Runners begin heading up the hill between the starting line and the McFee Tunnell at the Spruce Railroad Trail run Saturday. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News).

RUN THE PENINSULA: It was a family affair at Spruce Railroad Run

The second Spruce Railroad Trail Run went off without a hitch and it was a family affair among the winners. Last year’s… Continue reading

Runners begin heading up the hill between the starting line and the McFee Tunnell at the Spruce Railroad Trail run Saturday. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News).
Kids compete on rowing machines at the Peninsula College campus as part of the Little Hurt on Sunday. The Little Hurt encourages youths from first through eighth grades to try different disciplines of running, cycling and rowing in conjunction with Peninsula Adventure Sport's Big Hurt on the same weekend. Full names of winner are not available for kids under 13, but the seventh- eighth-grade winner was Levi Simoneau of Port Angeles. A total of 84 kids participated in the event. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTs: 84 kids participate in Little Hurt

Kids compete on rowing machines at the Peninsula College campus as part of the Little Hurt on Sunday. The Little Hurt encourages youths from first… Continue reading

Kids compete on rowing machines at the Peninsula College campus as part of the Little Hurt on Sunday. The Little Hurt encourages youths from first through eighth grades to try different disciplines of running, cycling and rowing in conjunction with Peninsula Adventure Sport's Big Hurt on the same weekend. Full names of winner are not available for kids under 13, but the seventh- eighth-grade winner was Levi Simoneau of Port Angeles. A total of 84 kids participated in the event. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)
Competitors in the first Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K in 2024 run down a leaf-covered path along Lake Crescent. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

RUN THE PENINSULA: Spruce Railroad 5K/10K coming up Saturday

There is still space available for entrants in the second annual Spruce Railroad 5K and 10K, the fourth race of the year… Continue reading

Competitors in the first Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K in 2024 run down a leaf-covered path along Lake Crescent. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Big Hurt iron man competitor Joey Gish of Sequim races through the transfer zone on the way to his kayak after finishing the mountain bike leg of the race in first place on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. Gish finished second in the iron division in the 2024 Big Hurt

BIG HURT: Team and individual races come down to tight duels

In a very close finish for such a long endurance race, the team of Senior Streakers edged Motley Tu Tue by just… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Big Hurt iron man competitor Joey Gish of Sequim races through the transfer zone on the way to his kayak after finishing the mountain bike leg of the race in first place on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. Gish finished second in the iron division in the 2024 Big Hurt
For the first time in Washington prep history, the Port-Angeles/Mount Baker game Sept. 5 was offiiciated by an all-woman crew. The officials were referee Kaila Olin, umpire Molly Mahan, back judge Shailah Wood, line judge Maggie Wright and head linesperson Rainee Signor. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: All-woman officiating crew made history at Civic Field

For people attending the Port Angeles game against Mount Baker on Sept. 5, you quietly witnessed history being made. The game featured… Continue reading

For the first time in Washington prep history, the Port-Angeles/Mount Baker game Sept. 5 was offiiciated by an all-woman crew. The officials were referee Kaila Olin, umpire Molly Mahan, back judge Shailah Wood, line judge Maggie Wright and head linesperson Rainee Signor. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bridge closure prompts changes to prep schedules

Because of today’s closure of the Hood Canal Bridge, four games in Sequim and Port Angeles have either changed times or dates.… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Camas Prairie Open to be held this weekend

The Camas Prairie Open Championship will be held Saturday and Sunday with awards for gross and net champions, plus prizes from first-place… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: JeffCo ski, snowboard program opens registration

Salish Snow Sports, a new ski and snowboard program for Jefferson County youths, is bringing the “Ski Bus” back for local students… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s “Wonderquad,” sculling in a quad, took the top prize in the 5K rowing and paddling race at Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s annual Reach and Row for Hospice benefit this weekend. Team members are Kathleen Wood-Smith, David Winters, Ron Moller and Amy Grace.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Reach and Row for Hospice races raise $2,835

Saturday’s rowing and paddling race that kicks off Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s annual Reach and Row for Hospice benefit for Volunteer Hospice of… Continue reading

Port Townsend’s “Wonderquad,” sculling in a quad, took the top prize in the 5K rowing and paddling race at Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s annual Reach and Row for Hospice benefit this weekend. Team members are Kathleen Wood-Smith, David Winters, Ron Moller and Amy Grace.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Wrestling documentary to be shown in Port Townsend

A documentary on the East Jefferson wrestling program will be shown at Port Townsend High School at 7 p.m. Sept. 19. Bryce… Continue reading

Roman Kirkov of Chehalis, here running in 2024, won his wave of the half-marathon at this weekends Great Olympic Adventure Trail run for the third straight year. He took first overall in the half-marathon by 18 minutes. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: 270 runners conquer the GOAT

Nearly 270 hardy athletes took on the forests and mountains surrounding Lake Crescent this weekend in the annual Great Olympic Adventure Trail… Continue reading

Roman Kirkov of Chehalis, here running in 2024, won his wave of the half-marathon at this weekends Great Olympic Adventure Trail run for the third straight year. He took first overall in the half-marathon by 18 minutes. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
The Jolly Rogers 180 boat driven by Eric Werner and navigated by Jen Farmer, here racing in Port Angeles in July, won the 400 class at the American Sprint Boat Race event held this weekend at the Extreme Sports Park. It was the fifth race that the Jolly Rogers 180 boat won this summer. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Pair of five-time champions crowned

There were five-time winners in two classes at the American Sprint Boat Racing Series which concluded this weekend at the Extreme Sports… Continue reading

The Jolly Rogers 180 boat driven by Eric Werner and navigated by Jen Farmer, here racing in Port Angeles in July, won the 400 class at the American Sprint Boat Race event held this weekend at the Extreme Sports Park. It was the fifth race that the Jolly Rogers 180 boat won this summer. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)