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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Jarnigan, Port Angeles baseball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Jarnigan, Port Angeles baseball

What an incredible week for Port Angeles baseball player Lucas Jarnigan. It all began on April 29. Jarnigan came to bat in the bottom of… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lucas Jarnigan, Port Angeles baseball
Rowers from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association brought home several medals at the Lake Stevens Spring Sprints in late April. From left are OPRA members Maria England, Calum Swinford, ZiTao Harper-Smith, Ella Ventura, Nathan Mishler, Zachary Gavin, Harrison Fulton, Brighton Nickolson, Tyler Turne and ZiGui Harper-Smith.

ROWING: OPRA competitors bring home top medals from Lake Stevens

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association overcame terrible rowing conditions to bring home numerous medals from the Lake Stevens Spring… Continue reading

Rowers from the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association brought home several medals at the Lake Stevens Spring Sprints in late April. From left are OPRA members Maria England, Calum Swinford, ZiTao Harper-Smith, Ella Ventura, Nathan Mishler, Zachary Gavin, Harrison Fulton, Brighton Nickolson, Tyler Turne and ZiGui Harper-Smith.
BMX: Lincoln Park BMX track opens for the season

BMX: Lincoln Park BMX track opens for the season

The Lincoln Park BMX track opened for its 2019 season with 82 riders taking to the improved course in 22 races Sunday.… Continue reading

BMX: Lincoln Park BMX track opens for the season
MOUNTAIN BIKING: Local riders strut their stuff at NW Cup

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Local riders strut their stuff at NW Cup

It was a weekend for local riders to shine as 42 Olympic Peninsula riders races and four locals won at the second… Continue reading

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Local riders strut their stuff at NW Cup
PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders power their way to state; Sequim stays alive with win

PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders power their way to state; Sequim stays alive with win

The Port Angeles baseball boys are headed back to state, thanks to a five-run sixth inning and a five-RBI day from slugger Ethan… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders power their way to state; Sequim stays alive with win

TRACK AND FIELD: Chimacum’s Trafton, Port Townsend’s Tracer win three events at Olympic 1A meet

Port Townsend’s Nathan Cantrell and Eileen Leoso all won two events, while their teammate Dylan Tracer and Chimacum’s Jada Trafton took home three… Continue reading

PLAYOFF PREP SOCCER: Redhawks’ season ends on penalty kicks

PLAYOFF PREP SOCCER: Redhawks’ season ends on penalty kicks

The Port Townsend soccer boys came heartbreakingly close to moving on in the postseason, but it took a crossbar, an offsides call… Continue reading

PLAYOFF PREP SOCCER: Redhawks’ season ends on penalty kicks
Wyatt Hall scores Port Angeles’ first run in a 3-2 comeback win over North Kitsap that clinched a repeat Olympic League title for the Roughriders. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASEBALL: Déjà vu for the Roughriders in seizing league title

Entering the final inning trailing 2-1 and facing some dominant pitching, down to their final strike at one point, the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Wyatt Hall scores Port Angeles’ first run in a 3-2 comeback win over North Kitsap that clinched a repeat Olympic League title for the Roughriders. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
<strong>Jesse Major</strong>/Peninsula Daily News                                Walter Sorenson of Eugene, Ore., races at the Northwest Cup in Port Angeles last month.

NW Cup downhill mountain bike series returns to Port Angeles

Hundreds of mountain bikers will converge on Port Angeles again this weekend for the second leg of the Northwest Cup to be… Continue reading

<strong>Jesse Major</strong>/Peninsula Daily News                                Walter Sorenson of Eugene, Ore., races at the Northwest Cup in Port Angeles last month.

PREPS: Port Angeles baseball caps undefeated Olympic League season

You could’ve forgiven the Port Angeles baseball team if a letdown occurred against Bremerton at Civic Field on Tuesday. After repeating as… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: More than 400 compete in the first-ever Railroad Bridge run

AREA SPORTS: More than 400 compete in the first-ever Railroad Bridge run

More than 400 runners participated in the first-ever Run the Peninsula/Railroad Bridge 5K and 10K on Saturday, with Port Angeles and Sequim competitors… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: More than 400 compete in the first-ever Railroad Bridge run
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:: Natalie and Madison Coffey, Quilcene softball

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:: Natalie and Madison Coffey, Quilcene softball

What a huge day for Quilcene sisters Natalie and Madison Coffey. Playing in a doubleheader against Evergreen Lutheran on Thursday, Natalie Coffey had a home… Continue reading

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:: Natalie and Madison Coffey, Quilcene softball
PREP TRACK: Port Townsend’s Cantrell wins at Lakewood

PREP TRACK: Port Townsend’s Cantrell wins at Lakewood

Port Townsend’s Nathan Cantrell won the 3,200-meter race at the 19-school Lakewood Invitational with a sub-10 minute time that is among the best… Continue reading

PREP TRACK: Port Townsend’s Cantrell wins at Lakewood
TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles girls, Sequim boys run away from field at PA meet

TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles girls, Sequim boys run away from field at PA meet

The Sequim boys track and field team won 12 out of 17 events at a three-team meet with Port Angeles and Bremerton,… Continue reading

TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles girls, Sequim boys run away from field at PA meet
BASEBALL: Port Angeles claims senior night victory over Kingston

BASEBALL: Port Angeles claims senior night victory over Kingston

Eight Port Angeles seniors, some of whom have been playing baseball with and against each other for 10 years, were honored on… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Port Angeles claims senior night victory over Kingston
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Nathan Mishler to row in college

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Nathan Mishler to row in college

Will compete for Jacksonville University

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Nathan Mishler to row in college
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Logan Storm, Chimacum golf

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Logan Storm, Chimacum golf

Logan Storm has been leading the way this season for the Chimacum boys golf team. This weekend, Storm shot a nine-hole round of 43 to… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Logan Storm, Chimacum golf
PREP SPORTS: Clallam Bay’s Hannah Olson signs to play for Walla Walla University

PREP SPORTS: Clallam Bay’s Hannah Olson signs to play for Walla Walla University

Hannah Olson is one busy high school senior. A member of the Makah Tribe, she lives in Neah Bay and commutes to… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Clallam Bay’s Hannah Olson signs to play for Walla Walla University
PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Sports’ lesson — Get back up from the hardest knocks

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Sports’ lesson — Get back up from the hardest knocks

At Saturday night’s second annual Roughriders Hall of Fame, there were lots of stories about what a great community Port Angeles was to grow up… Continue reading

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Sports’ lesson — Get back up from the hardest knocks

SPORTS BRIEFS: Bike rodeo set for May 18 in Sequim

The Olympic Peninsula Bicycle Alliance will hold its second annual bike rodeo May 18 at… Continue reading