Preps

TRACK & FIELD: Sprints and distance wins lift Roughriders at home meet

Crescent’s Bauers, Sprague win big at PA meet

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Payton Smithson returns a shot during her No. 2 doubles match with Port Angeles on Wednesday at Sequim. Smithson and Amalia Gonzalez teamed to beat Kayla Jones and Bridget Weed 6-3, 6-1.

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles

Three matches go the distance

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Payton Smithson returns a shot during her No. 2 doubles match with Port Angeles on Wednesday at Sequim. Smithson and Amalia Gonzalez teamed to beat Kayla Jones and Bridget Weed 6-3, 6-1.
Spartan Jorge Diaz kicks back over his head towards the Forks goal while teammates Brody Owen and DeAnthony Davila (8) look on. Also in the action are Elma's Matthew Wood (9) and Theo Flores (10). Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREPS: Forks soccer pushes Elma to the edge

Spartans fall 2-1

Spartan Jorge Diaz kicks back over his head towards the Forks goal while teammates Brody Owen and DeAnthony Davila (8) look on. Also in the action are Elma's Matthew Wood (9) and Theo Flores (10). Photo by Lonnie Archibald.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles shortstop Alex Angevine, left, tries to tag North Kitsap's Alex Elton in a rundown between first and second during the third inning on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Roughriders undone by big North Kitsap inning

Sequim, Forks win big

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles shortstop Alex Angevine, left, tries to tag North Kitsap's Alex Elton in a rundown between first and second during the third inning on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys soccer loses lead in second half

East Jefferson soccer wins

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson Rival Cash Holmes gets a face full of dirt as he beats the throw to Bellevue Christian Viking third baseman Oeclan Englund during a Monday game played in Chimacum.

PREP ROUNDUP: Riders’ staff outduels North Kitsap; EJ falls to Bellevue Christian

Port Angeles tennis sweeps Kingston

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson Rival Cash Holmes gets a face full of dirt as he beats the throw to Bellevue Christian Viking third baseman Oeclan Englund during a Monday game played in Chimacum.
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP ROUNDUP: (updated) Port Angeles softball remains perfect

Forks baseball wins on one-hitter

Port Angeles Roughriders.
Heidi Leitz, Port Angeles softball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Heidi Leitz, Port Angeles softball

What a spectacular start to the season for Port Angeles Roughriders softball player Heidi Leitz. Leitz already had a hot start to 2023 for the… Continue reading

Heidi Leitz, Port Angeles softball.
Forks Spartans.

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks girls win home track and field meet

Sequim golf boys nipped by Bainbridge by one stroke

Forks Spartans.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Zak Alton, center, keeps track of the ball as teammate Eli Fischer, left, and Olympic's Justin Thorsen look on during Thursday's match at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

PREPS: Port Angeles boys soccer opens up with a win on new Wally Sigmar Field turf

Sequim softball pounds out 26 runs

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Zak Alton, center, keeps track of the ball as teammate Eli Fischer, left, and Olympic's Justin Thorsen look on during Thursday's match at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.
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: Spartans softball splits Pacific League opener; East Jefferson baseball drops double dip

Forks split its Pacific League softball opening doubleheader, walking off the Titans with an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh in… 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.
Forks Spartans.

PREP BASEBALL: Forks earns doubleheader split with clutch hit

Port Angeles, Sequim softball teams win big

Forks Spartans.
Sequim’s Adrian Mendez dribbles the ball against Olympic on Tuesday night in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim soccer shuts out Olympic

Port Angeles and East Jefferson boys win

Sequim’s Adrian Mendez dribbles the ball against Olympic on Tuesday night in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Neah Bay's Allie Greene shoots a floater over the Mossyrock defense Saturday night in Spokane. Greene finished with 19 points, leading all scorers, in the 56-54 Neah Bay win. (Bridget Mayfield/for the Peninsula Daily News)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: It was a remarkable season of hoops on the Peninsula

While Gonzaga and the NCAA tournaments are still going, we’re out of the gymnasiums for a while and back outdoors on the Olympic Peninsula. Well,… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Allie Greene shoots a floater over the Mossyrock defense Saturday night in Spokane. Greene finished with 19 points, leading all scorers, in the 56-54 Neah Bay win. (Bridget Mayfield/for the Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball wins again behind trio of home runs

The Port Angeles softball team remained unbeaten, getting past 3A Gig Harbor 14-13 thanks to the Roughriders’ defense and home runs from… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders.
Elijah Flodstrom, Port Angeles baseball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Elijah Flodstrom, Port Angeles baseball.

It was hard to single out just one player for the Port Angeles Roughriders baseball team for our Athlete of the Week, but we’re going… Continue reading

Elijah Flodstrom, Port Angeles baseball
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP ROUNDUP: Roughriders soccer rallies late with pair of goals

PA softball outscores opponents 30-1 in pair of wins

Port Angeles Roughriders.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sequim's Preston Kurtze take the header over the top of Port Angeles' Zak Alton on Thursday in Port Angeles.

BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles snaps Rainshadow Rumble rivalry skid with win over Sequim

First rivalry win since 2018

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sequim's Preston Kurtze take the header over the top of Port Angeles' Zak Alton on Thursday in Port Angeles.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rivals' Audry Matthes hands off to Kay Botkin in the first leg of the 1x400 meter relay during a track meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Thursday. The team, including Aliyah Yearian and Camryn Hines won the event

PREP SPORTS: East Jefferson girls race to home track meet victory; PA baseball wins

Led by long-distance runners and sprint relay winners, the East Jefferson girls dominated the first Nisqually League meet of the season, the… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rivals' Audry Matthes hands off to Kay Botkin in the first leg of the 1x400 meter relay during a track meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Thursday. The team, including Aliyah Yearian and Camryn Hines won the event
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Alex Angevine, right, looks back after sliding into second as Bremerton shortstop Brian Infante lets the ball get past him, allioing Angevine to scramble to the bag in the second inning on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders open season with a no-hitter

PA crushes Bremerton 10-0; EJ’s Brody Moore strikes out 13

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Alex Angevine, right, looks back after sliding into second as Bremerton shortstop Brian Infante lets the ball get past him, allioing Angevine to scramble to the bag in the second inning on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.