Preps

Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall, a former Roughrider and Wilder, was a second-team all-NWAC player for Skagit Valley College this season in baseball and has signed to play with Cal State, San Bernardino. (Courtesy photo)

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall signs with NCAA Division II Cal State San Bernadino

Hit team-high .324 for Skagit Valley this spring

Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall, a former Roughrider and Wilder, was a second-team all-NWAC player for Skagit Valley College this season in baseball and has signed to play with Cal State, San Bernardino. (Courtesy photo)
Port Angeles’ Matthew Miller, left, chases a loose ball ahead of Kingston’s Edwin Vallecillo, right in a match this season in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ALL OLYMPIC BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Miller and Close, Sequim’s Feik make first team

Port Angeles’ Matthew Miller and Landon Close, and Sequim’s Colin Feik all made the Olympic League all-league first team for boys soccer.… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Matthew Miller, left, chases a loose ball ahead of Kingston’s Edwin Vallecillo, right in a match this season in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Aliyah Yearian, left, and Ellise Gardner, East Jefferson track

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Aliyah Yearian, Ellise Gardner, East Jefferson track and field

East Jefferson’s Aliyah Yearian and Ellise Gardner were both a big part of the Rivals girls finishing sixth as a team at this weekend’s 1A… Continue reading

Aliyah Yearian, left, and Ellise Gardner, East Jefferson track
Sequim's Mirek Skov finished second in the pole vault with a height of 14 feet, 0 inches at the state 2A track and field championships held Saturday in Tacoma. (Michael Dashiell/for Peninsula Daily News)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Another prep season wraps up with a flourish

Put a bow on this year’s prep season. And what a season it was. It always seems to end with a frantic flourish with three… Continue reading

Sequim's Mirek Skov finished second in the pole vault with a height of 14 feet, 0 inches at the state 2A track and field championships held Saturday in Tacoma. (Michael Dashiell/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim's Ivy Barrett finished second in the finals of the 400-meter run at the 2A state track and field championships held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: East Jefferson girls sixth; Sequim girls 10th

Several top-2 finishes among local athletes

Sequim's Ivy Barrett finished second in the finals of the 400-meter run at the 2A state track and field championships held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim tennis coach Mark Textor, left celebrates Sequim's two high finishes at state second-place boys' finisher Garrett Little and third-place girls' finisher Kendall Hastings. Assistant coach Andrea Dietzman is at the right. (Courtesy photo).

STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Sequim’s Little second, Hastings third at state

East Jefferson doubles team takes fifth in 1A

Sequim tennis coach Mark Textor, left celebrates Sequim's two high finishes at state second-place boys' finisher Garrett Little and third-place girls' finisher Kendall Hastings. Assistant coach Andrea Dietzman is at the right. (Courtesy photo).
Forks' Haven Hoffman steals third base against the Brewster Bears in Yakima this weekend. The Spartans beat Brewster 13-5 and made it all the way tot he 2B state championship game. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE SOFTBALL: Forks falls in title game

Tie for best-ever finish by a team in school history

Forks' Haven Hoffman steals third base against the Brewster Bears in Yakima this weekend. The Spartans beat Brewster 13-5 and made it all the way tot he 2B state championship game. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE TRACK, TENNIS UPDATE: Sequim’s Skov second in pole vault

Sequim’s Garrett Little and Port Angeles’ Reef Gelder face each other in state 2A tennis semifinals

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Haven Hofman steals third base standing up in the Spartans’ 13-5 win over the Brewster Bears.

Forks to play for state softball championship UPDATED

First state title game appearance for Spartans

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Haven Hofman steals third base standing up in the Spartans’ 13-5 win over the Brewster Bears.

STATE TRACK & FIELD DAY 1: Sequim’s Jolene Vaara earns 2nd in long jump; East Jefferson’s Aliyah Yearian is 2nd in 1,600

Two record-setting North Olympic Peninsula prep athletes performers finished high atop their respective podiums at the state track & field championships Thursday night.… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Port Townsend’s Aliyah Yearian named WIAA Athlete of the Week

East Jefferson runner Aliyah Yearian earned a WIAA Athlete of the Week Award for her performance at the Class 1A West Central… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Keira Johnson slides in safely with a steal of second base during the Spartans' doubleheader with Pe Ell on Wednesday at Tillicum Park in Forks.

PREPS: Forks’ Keira Johnson, Elizabeth Soto make first-team all-league softball team

Rogers a first-teamer on baseball squad

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Keira Johnson slides in safely with a steal of second base during the Spartans' doubleheader with Pe Ell on Wednesday at Tillicum Park in Forks.
Olympic Peninsula players named to the Olympic League all-league first team. Clockwise, upper left, Hannah Bates, Sequim; Mia Pozernick, Sequim; Natalie Robinson, Port Angeles; Lily Halberg, Port Angeles; Lexi King, Sequim; Lainey Vig, Sequim; Taylee Rome, Sequim.

ALL-LEAGUE SOFTBALL: 13 Sequim, Port Angeles players make all-league teams

Sequim placed five girls on the All-Olympic League first team, while Port Angeles placed two players. The Roughriders, who finished second at… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula players named to the Olympic League all-league first team. Clockwise, upper left, Hannah Bates, Sequim; Mia Pozernick, Sequim; Natalie Robinson, Port Angeles; Lily Halberg, Port Angeles; Lexi King, Sequim; Lainey Vig, Sequim; Taylee Rome, Sequim.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Phoenix Flores, left, placed 34th at the state 2A golf championships while PA's Piper Williams finished 17th in the girls 2A state championship.

STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Piper 17th, Flores 34th at state

Port Angeles’ Piper Williams and Phoenix Flores finished as the top golfers from the Olympic Peninsula at the state 2A girls and… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Phoenix Flores, left, placed 34th at the state 2A golf championships while PA's Piper Williams finished 17th in the girls 2A state championship.
Port Angeles pitcher Cheyenne Zimmer throws in the first inning against Sequim on Friday afternoon in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS: Three Peninsula teams prepare for state

The Olympic Peninsula will have three teams playing 10 miles apart in three separate tournaments at the state softball tournaments beginning Friday.… Continue reading

Port Angeles pitcher Cheyenne Zimmer throws in the first inning against Sequim on Friday afternoon in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From left, Piper Williams, Cole Smithson and Edun Bailey are have qualified for the second round of the 2A state golf tournament.

STATE GOLF: Port Angeles’ Williams, Sequim’s Smithson lead the way

Total of five Olympic Peninsula prep golfers appear to have qualified for second round

From left, Piper Williams, Cole Smithson and Edun Bailey are have qualified for the second round of the 2A state golf tournament.
Sequim's Kendall Hastings plays against an Olympic opponent on April 21 in Sequim. Hastings won three matches at the West Central 2/3 2A tournament this weekend and finished second in the district, moving on to the state tennis championships this weekend at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

DISTRICT TENNIS PLAYOFFS: Sequim’s Hastings second; moves on to state tournament

Sequim’s Kendall Hastings finished second at the West Central District 2/3 tournament held this weekend at the Kitsap Tennis Center. Hastings beat K.… Continue reading

Sequim's Kendall Hastings plays against an Olympic opponent on April 21 in Sequim. Hastings won three matches at the West Central 2/3 2A tournament this weekend and finished second in the district, moving on to the state tennis championships this weekend at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Ivy Barrett, Sequim track and field

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ivy Barrett, Sequim track and field

Ivy Barrett is part of an extremely deep Sequim track and field team that is sending more than a dozen athletes to the state 2A… Continue reading

Ivy Barrett, Sequim track and field
Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter celebrates winning the 1,600 District 2/3 championship this weekend at Renton Stadium. He also won the 3,200 championship. (Joe Gladfelter photo)

2A TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim tallies eight district champions

Port Angeles’ Gladfelter wins the 1,600 and 3,200

Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter celebrates winning the 1,600 District 2/3 championship this weekend at Renton Stadium. He also won the 3,200 championship. (Joe Gladfelter photo)
Forks’ Keira Johnson steals second well ahead of the throw to Toledo’s Candance Clark Saturday in Fort Borst Park in Centralia, where Forks defeated the Riverhawks 4-2, earning a trip to the state tournament. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Forks drops final district game, seeded No. 7 at state tournament

The Forks softball team played Pe Ell/Willapa Valley for the fourth time this season, losing a close one Saturday afternoon 5-3 to the… Continue reading

Forks’ Keira Johnson steals second well ahead of the throw to Toledo’s Candance Clark Saturday in Fort Borst Park in Centralia, where Forks defeated the Riverhawks 4-2, earning a trip to the state tournament. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)