Area Sports

Photo courtesy of Jay Cline The first "test event" of cyclocross was held at Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles in late March. Races that are part of the normal cyclocross fall circuit are scheduled at the site in October and November.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: Cyclocross passes its test; more races to come in the fall

Extreme Sports Park hosted the first-ever “Cyclocross” event on the Olympic Peninsula late last month, hosting racers from Washington and Oregon as… Continue reading

Photo courtesy of Jay Cline The first "test event" of cyclocross was held at Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles in late March. Races that are part of the normal cyclocross fall circuit are scheduled at the site in October and November.
Western Washington University Sequim native Sarah Shea, now golfing for Western Washington University, was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the week Monday.

SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim’s Sarah Shea named GNAC Women’s Golfer of the Week

Western Washington University sophomore Sarah Shea, a Sequim High School alumna, has been selected as… Continue reading

Western Washington University Sequim native Sarah Shea, now golfing for Western Washington University, was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the week Monday.
Ally Downey/Pacific Lutheran University Athletics Pacific Lutheran guard Grayson Peet drives during a game earlier this season. The 2017 Port Angeles grad sank two 3-point baskets in a win over rival Puget Sound on Saturday.

COLLEGE SPORTS: Update on Port Angeles graduates Peet, Long; Forks’ Dahlgren

Port Angeles graduate Grayson Peet is nearing the end of his senior college basketball season with Pacific Lutheran University. Peet was a multi-sport… Continue reading

Ally Downey/Pacific Lutheran University Athletics Pacific Lutheran guard Grayson Peet drives during a game earlier this season. The 2017 Port Angeles grad sank two 3-point baskets in a win over rival Puget Sound on Saturday.

Area Briefs: Fun Color Run in Sequim; Men’s soccer tryouts Saturday

Registration remains open for the city of Sequim’s Sun Fun Color Run, set for Saturday, March… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal design contest.

NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Kids medal grand prize winner announced

Dry Creek Elementary School student John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal design contest.
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COLUMN: Welcoming the return of local sports

IT’S BEEN ALMOST exactly a year. A year of dashed hopes and crushing lows. A few days of despair. Some false starts. Other days in… Continue reading

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Port Angeles High School Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College still had a couple of inches of snow on the field Monday afternoon. The Port Angeles soccer girls are hoping to open their season tonight against East Jefferson, but that game may be postponed if the snow doesn't melt.

PREP SPORTS: More preps back Tuesday and Wednesday after long hiatus

Despite a bit of a hiccup from a weekend snowstorm, prep sports is finally returning to the Olympic Peninsula today after a… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College still had a couple of inches of snow on the field Monday afternoon. The Port Angeles soccer girls are hoping to open their season tonight against East Jefferson, but that game may be postponed if the snow doesn't melt.
Run the Peninsula Sue Stednek of Sequim competes in the 2020 Elwha Bridge Run. The Run the Peninsula series returns Saturday with the 2021 Elwha Bridge Run.

RUN THE PENINSULA: Elwha Bridge Run returns Saturday

The second annual Run the Peninsula Elwha Bridge Run 5K/10K along the Olympic Discovery Trail will take place from 9:30 a.m. to… Continue reading

Run the Peninsula Sue Stednek of Sequim competes in the 2020 Elwha Bridge Run. The Run the Peninsula series returns Saturday with the 2021 Elwha Bridge Run.
Harald Tittel/The Associated Press The sport of Cyclocross is coming to the Olympic Peninsula with a CycloX event set in late March at the Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles. This is the World Cyclocross Championships in Germany in 2011.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: Cyclocross coming to Olympic Peninsula

Peninsula Adventure Sports sets calendar for year’s events

Harald Tittel/The Associated Press The sport of Cyclocross is coming to the Olympic Peninsula with a CycloX event set in late March at the Extreme Sports Park outside of Port Angeles. This is the World Cyclocross Championships in Germany in 2011.

AREA SPORTS: Sequim Little League registration begins Monday; League also holding Valentine’s Day roses and fudge fundraiser

Danny Romero records hole-in-one

Sequim’s Greta Christianson, center, attempts to reach second as Port Angeles’ Jada Cargo waits to make the tag while umpire Scott Ramsey looks on in a May 2019 playoff game at Billy Whiteshoes Memorial Park west of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)

PREPS: WIAA adds traditional spring and winter sports to timeline

Some of the guess work surrounding the potential return of prep athletics was cleared away when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association approved… Continue reading

Sequim’s Greta Christianson, center, attempts to reach second as Port Angeles’ Jada Cargo waits to make the tag while umpire Scott Ramsey looks on in a May 2019 playoff game at Billy Whiteshoes Memorial Park west of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)
Run the Peninsula Jensen Wolfe, left, and Michelle Turner lead the pack in the 2020 Elwha River Bridge Run. The 2021 race will have a number of COVID-19 precautions, including racers being encouraged to stay 6 feet apart.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: Elwha River Bridge run this year will make waves

Run the Peninsula is announcing that the Elwha River Bridge Run has received approvals from the state and the county and acquired… Continue reading

Run the Peninsula Jensen Wolfe, left, and Michelle Turner lead the pack in the 2020 Elwha River Bridge Run. The 2021 race will have a number of COVID-19 precautions, including racers being encouraged to stay 6 feet apart.
Amalia Bell, winner of the 2020 North Olympic Discovery Kids Marathon's medal design contest. Elementary school students have until Feb. 5 to submit designs for the 2021 Kids Marathon. (Photo courtesy of North Olympic Discovery Marathon)

SPORTS: Elementary school-age designers sought for North Olympic Discovery Marathon Kids Medal contest

Students in grade six and under are invited to submit designs and artwork for the medal awarded to an expected 500 participants… Continue reading

Amalia Bell, winner of the 2020 North Olympic Discovery Kids Marathon's medal design contest. Elementary school students have until Feb. 5 to submit designs for the 2021 Kids Marathon. (Photo courtesy of North Olympic Discovery Marathon)
Port Angeles' Kennedy Bruch, center, returns the volleyball between the hands of Sequim's Kendall Hastings, left, and Kali Wiker during an October 2019 match in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Port Angeles Roughriders’ Bruch driven to succeed

Aside from an understandable “mopey” period at its outset, Kennedy Bruch has kept to a strict schedule of workouts and training during… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kennedy Bruch, center, returns the volleyball between the hands of Sequim's Kendall Hastings, left, and Kali Wiker during an October 2019 match in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Riley Pyeatt races in the preliminaries of the 200 meters at the Class 2A state track and field championships in Tacoma in May 2019. Pyeatt placed fifth in the 400-meter race. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

PREPS: Sequim runner Riley Pyeatt in the midst of a metamorphosis

With her focus centered on running at the collegiate level, Sequim junior Riley Pyeatt has stuck to a workout and training regimen consistently… Continue reading

Sequim's Riley Pyeatt races in the preliminaries of the 200 meters at the Class 2A state track and field championships in Tacoma in May 2019. Pyeatt placed fifth in the 400-meter race. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group
Forks' Trey Baysinger (55) tackles Montesano quarterback Sam Winter during a 2019 contest at Spartan Stadium. (Lonnie Archibald/For Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS: Forks’ Trey Baysinger building up skills during pandemic

A stabilizing force on the football field, basketball court and baseball diamond for Forks, Spartans’ senior Trey Baysinger has found comfort in his… Continue reading

Forks' Trey Baysinger (55) tackles Montesano quarterback Sam Winter during a 2019 contest at Spartan Stadium. (Lonnie Archibald/For Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles’ Dru Clark, center, drives down the court surrounded by Lakewood’s Shae Dixon, left, and Andrew Molloy during a 2019 game in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREPS: Port Angeles senior Dru Clark dedicated to his craft

When a coach describes an athlete as possessing “an unbelievable commitment to personal improvement” and says with absolute confidence that that player… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Dru Clark, center, drives down the court surrounded by Lakewood’s Shae Dixon, left, and Andrew Molloy during a 2019 game in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Jaida Wood, left, and Kole Acker give their testimonials asking state leaders to allow prep athletes to play sports again.

‘Let Us Play’: Student-athletes give testimonials

Campaign urges less strict COVID-19 metrics to allow prep sports

Port Angeles' Jaida Wood, left, and Kole Acker give their testimonials asking state leaders to allow prep athletes to play sports again.

PREPS: Shining a light on local athletes

THE WINTER SOLSTICE and the snowfall received Monday in parts of the North Olympic Peninsula had me thinking about the passage of time as we… Continue reading

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PREP SPORTS: As schools given OK to reopen, what about sports?

Now that many schools in Washington have been given the go-ahead from Gov. Jay Inslee to open up more in-person instruction in the… Continue reading

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