Preps

Port Angeles’ Morgan Politika goes up for a shot against Sequim on Tuesday night in Port Angeles. Defending for Sequim is Indi Mixon (30), Kaiya Robinson (5) and Hailey Wagner (21). (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Politika comes to the rescue for the Riders

Despite Sequim’s shooting struggles, the Port Angeles girls basketball team found itself in a close battle late against the Wolves, who gained… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Morgan Politika goes up for a shot against Sequim on Tuesday night in Port Angeles. Defending for Sequim is Indi Mixon (30), Kaiya Robinson (5) and Hailey Wagner (21). (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Crescent Loggers

PREP ROUNDUP: Crescent boys hoops, Quilcene girls win

The Crescent boys basketball team got back on the winning track with a 72-58 win over Mary M. Knight on Monday. The game… Continue reading

Crescent Loggers
It was a fast moving game between Forks and Raymond-South Bend on Tuesday in Forks. The Spartans defeated RSB 49-42. Here, Forks' Chloe Gaydeski looks for an outlet while surrounded by Ravens from left, Avalyn Stigall, Kassie Koski, Ava Baugher and Megan Kongbouakhay. Looking on is Forks' Avery Dilley. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP : Forks girls top Raymond-South Bend

Rivals fly high in fourth, edge Eagles

It was a fast moving game between Forks and Raymond-South Bend on Tuesday in Forks. The Spartans defeated RSB 49-42. Here, Forks' Chloe Gaydeski looks for an outlet while surrounded by Ravens from left, Avalyn Stigall, Kassie Koski, Ava Baugher and Megan Kongbouakhay. Looking on is Forks' Avery Dilley. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Entries open for NODM Kids Medal

The North Olympic Discovery Marathon invites young artists from across the Olympic Peninsula to help design the official 2026 North Olympic Discovery… Continue reading

Forks’ Orlando Camacho waits for the official to call the match as he nears a pin against North Kitsap’s Albie Pedersen at 113 pounds. Camacho was eventually awarded a pin. Boys and girls from Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and East Jefferson competed in the all-day tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

BATTLE OF THE AXE: Five area girl champs and Port Angeles hangs tough with tourney winner Aberdeen

There were numerous outstanding performances by wrestlers from all across the Olympic Peninsula at the 15-team Battle of the Axe held in… Continue reading

Forks’ Orlando Camacho waits for the official to call the match as he nears a pin against North Kitsap’s Albie Pedersen at 113 pounds. Camacho was eventually awarded a pin. Boys and girls from Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and East Jefferson competed in the all-day tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Bailey Johnson, left, and Penina Vailolo.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Bailey Johnson, Forks, and Penina Vailolo, East Jefferson

Our Athletes of the Week this week hail from opposite ends of the Olympic Peninsula. Bailey Johnson has been leading the Forks girls basketball team… Continue reading

Bailey Johnson, left, and Penina Vailolo.
Port Angeles' Sariah Doherty drives the lane against the Surfcoast Chargers, a team from Melbourne, Australia. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP (Updated): Australian team dominates paint against Roughriders

Forks girls crush Ilwaco

Port Angeles' Sariah Doherty drives the lane against the Surfcoast Chargers, a team from Melbourne, Australia. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Members of the Port Angeles boys basketball team and the Surfcoast Chargers, a team based in Melbourne, Australia, get together for photos after their game Friday night in Port Angeles. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys take care of Australian squad in exhibition

With Hunter Flores and Brock Hope back in the mix, the Port Angeles boys basketball team relied on its size and some… Continue reading

Members of the Port Angeles boys basketball team and the Surfcoast Chargers, a team based in Melbourne, Australia, get together for photos after their game Friday night in Port Angeles. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Swan, Highfield honored by state coaches association

Neah Bay’s Tyler Swan was named to the Washington State Football Coaches Association state 1B first team this week. Swan, also a running… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim hoops falls to Sandpoint, Idaho

The Sequim boys basketball team got down early and battled to within six points of Sandpoint, Idaho, on New Year’s Day, but fell… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves
Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)

PREP ROUNDUP: (Updated) Port Angeles girls clamp down on defense in second half

Crescent’s Naomii Sprague scores 1,000th point

Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls hoops split pair in Meridian

Neah Bay boys, girls win; East Jefferson’s Liske first at King & Queen of the Castle

Port Angeles Roughriders
Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball

Cerise Moss is off to a hot start for the defending state champion Neah Bay girls basketball team and is a big part of the… Continue reading

Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara drains a 3-pointer from the top of the key over the outstretched arm of a Cascade Christian opponent during a Nisqually League game at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.

PREP BASKETBALL: East Jefferson boys make strides with strong first half

Neah Bay blows out Sequim girls

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara drains a 3-pointer from the top of the key over the outstretched arm of a Cascade Christian opponent during a Nisqually League game at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.
Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.

GYMNASTICS: Riders open season with home meet

Port Angeles freshman Elyse Brown impressed with a first-place finish on the bars as Port Angeles and Sequim prep gymnasts hosted their… Continue reading

Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders stymied by Onalaska pressure, Jacoby

Port Angeles struggled in implementing every aspect of its pregame plan in a 74-52 nonleague girls basketball loss to Class 2B Onalaska… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.
Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

FOOTBALL: Gridiron duo play in Tiki Bowl

Longtime friends and football teammates Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann competed in Saturday’s Hawaii Tiki Bowl at Kunuiakea Stadium. The duo, who started… Continue reading

Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

WRESTLING: East Jefferson places two wrestlers at Hammerhead Invite

More than two dozen Olympic Peninsula wrestlers competed in the prestigious Hammerhead Invitational in Bremerton, one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Sequim roars back in second half to beat Bulldogs

The Sequim boys basketball team overcame a terrible start and turned up the screws on defense in the second half to overcome a… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Short-handed PA falls to Bainbridge

Shorthanded and out-sized by a huge Bainbridge Island team, the Port Angeles Roughriders actually hung tough with the Spartans until the final… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)