Lee Horton

Port Angeles' Brennan Gray holds the ball while looking to make a pass against Liberty defenders Presley Sweeney

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls fall to Liberty, take fourth at districts

UNIVERSITY PLACE — Port Angeles lost its lead early in the fourth quarter and couldn't get it back in the third-place game of the 2A… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brennan Gray holds the ball while looking to make a pass against Liberty defenders Presley Sweeney
Peninsula's Cierra Moss tries to outrun Bellevue's Hannah Szendre. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula comes back from 20 points down to beat Bellevue and take over first place

PORT ANGELES — There was so much on the line, but there was the Peninsula College women's basketball team, trailing Bellevue by 20 points not… Continue reading

Peninsula's Cierra Moss tries to outrun Bellevue's Hannah Szendre. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles defenders

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Franklin Pierce downs Port Angeles 50-35 in district semis

TACOMA — The Port Angeles girls basketball team figured it was in for a challenge when it faced Franklin Pierce in the District 2/3 semifinals… Continue reading

Port Angeles defenders

STATE GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles’ Middlestead leads area by taking 31st in all-around

TACOMA — Port Angeles sophomore Cassii Middlestead had the North Olympic Peninsula best showing at the state gymnastics meet. The Roughriders placed eighth in the… Continue reading

Peninsula's Darrion Daniels

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College’s surge continues in win against Olympic

PORT ANGELES — Not much has come easy for the Peninsula College men's basketball team during its seven-game winning streak. All seven games have been… Continue reading

Peninsula's Darrion Daniels
Port Angeles' Emily Johnson

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Boe and Johnson stuck on the sidelines for Port Angeles’ postseason run

PORT ANGELES — There are two Roughriders with mixed emotions about the Port Angeles girls basketball team's run through the district tournament. The Riders have… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Emily Johnson
Port Angeles' Lexi Hefton performs on the balance beam at subregionals. Hefton is one of five Roughriders competing in the all-around at this weekends state competition. ()

GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles ready for another state experience

TACOMA — Soon after reaching state as a team last year for the first time since the 1990s, the Port Angeles gymnastics team set a… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Lexi Hefton performs on the balance beam at subregionals. Hefton is one of five Roughriders competing in the all-around at this weekends state competition. ()

BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay win streak snapped at 15 in Tri-District tournament semifinal loss to Seattle Lutheran

MOUNT VERNON — Neah Bay dropped its first game in two months in a 76-65 setback to Seattle Lutheran in the 1B Tri-District boys basketball… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Lambros Rogers looks to make a pass during the Roughriders' game against Bremerton on Feb. 2. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles bows out after district loss to Renton

TACOMA — The Port Angeles boys basketball team’s district tournament run came to an end with a 61-51 loss to Renton at Foss High School.… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Lambros Rogers looks to make a pass during the Roughriders' game against Bremerton on Feb. 2. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women earn postseason berth; men close to clinching

EVERETT — The Peninsula College basketball teams are closing in on the postseason. The women’s team officially clinched a spot in the Northwest Athletic Conference… Continue reading

The Port Angeles gymnastics team qualified for state by placing third at regionals in Des Moines. The team is

GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles takes third at regionals, qualifies for state

DES MOINES — Port Angeles placed third at regionals to qualify for the state gymnastics tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Friday and Saturday. The… Continue reading

The Port Angeles gymnastics team qualified for state by placing third at regionals in Des Moines. The team is
Neah Bay's Holly Greene

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Fourth-quarter spurt not enough for Neah Bay in Tri-District loss to Mount Vernon Christian

PORT ANGELES — Olivia Kuipers' parting gift was a 3-pointer with five minutes remaining in Mount Vernon Christian's 45-29 victory over Neah Bay in the… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Holly Greene

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls continue roll through districts, clinch regional berth

TACOMA — The Port Angeles girls basketball team locked down a regional berth by defeating River Ridge 39-34 at Foss High School. The Roughriders will… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Thomas Blevins takes on Reubin Hendricks of Burlington-Edison in the 170-pound class of the 2A Region 1 tournament. Blevins lost the first-round match to Hendricks and then was eliminated by teammate Blake Mann. (Chris Tucker/Central Kitsap Reporter)

WRESTLING: Four area grapplers claim regional crowns; 21 going to state

BREMERTON — Four area wrestlers won championships and many more qualified for state at regional tournaments over the weekend. Port Angeles' Tyler Gale won the… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Thomas Blevins takes on Reubin Hendricks of Burlington-Edison in the 170-pound class of the 2A Region 1 tournament. Blevins lost the first-round match to Hendricks and then was eliminated by teammate Blake Mann. (Chris Tucker/Central Kitsap Reporter)

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: McGoff’s buzzer-beating trey keeps Port Angeles’ season alive

SUMNER — Noah McGoff started calling for the ball with 10 seconds left in the game. He finally got it when Lambros Rogers threw it… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek drives past Vashon's Olivia Larson

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend, Quilcene and Clallam Bay bounced from postseason

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend girls basketball team's season came to an end with its 46-35 loss to Vashon in a district play-in game… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek drives past Vashon's Olivia Larson
Port Angeles' Nizhoni Wheeler

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls rally back to beat Steilacoom

PORT ANGELES — Best halftime speech ever? Whatever it was, the Port Angeles Roughriders transformed into a completely different team between the final buzzer of… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Nizhoni Wheeler
(Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

OUTDOORS: Area’s halibut fisheries expected to all start on same day; blackmouth opens in Sekiu next week

IT'S ALMOST TIME for Sekiu to awake from its winter slumber. Fishing season in Marine Area 5 begins Tuesday with the blackmouth opener. But first,… Continue reading

(Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Port Angeles' Kyrsten McGuffey gets tangled up in a sea of Steilacoom Sentinels in the first quarter of Thursday's night's district playoff game at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls rally back to beat Steilacoom; other area postseason updates

PORT ANGELES – Best halftime speech ever? Whatever it was, the Port Angeles Roughriders transformed into a completely different team between the final buzzer of… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kyrsten McGuffey gets tangled up in a sea of Steilacoom Sentinels in the first quarter of Thursday's night's district playoff game at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles drops postseason opener to Steilacoom

STEILACOOM — Port Angeles failed to take advantage of freebies and allowed too many second chances in its 55-43 loss to Steilacoom in the opening… Continue reading