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The Port Angeles girls swim team finished eighth at the 2A state swim championships this weekend, the 12th straight year Port Angeles has finished in the top 10. From left are, Amayah Nelson, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgeirsson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois and Lizzy Shaw. (Sally Cole)

STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Port Angeles girls eighth in the state

Sequim, EJ swimmers place

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished eighth at the 2A state swim championships this weekend, the 12th straight year Port Angeles has finished in the top 10. From left are, Amayah Nelson, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgeirsson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois and Lizzy Shaw. (Sally Cole)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates men drop game to Clippers

The Peninsula College men’s basketball team managed to hold South Puget Sound scoreless from beyond the 3-point line Saturday afternoon, but the Pirates… Continue reading

Left, Peninsula College's Nil Grau was named the North Region MVP for the second straight year. Grau led all of the NWAC with 47 points this season. Right, Peninsula College's Shawna Larson was named the North Region MVP. Larson led the NWAC with 34 points this season and it is her second straight season of making the all-North first team.(Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula teams dominate all-North selections

PC’s Grau, Larson both win North MVPs

Left, Peninsula College's Nil Grau was named the North Region MVP for the second straight year. Grau led all of the NWAC with 47 points this season. Right, Peninsula College's Shawna Larson was named the North Region MVP. Larson led the NWAC with 34 points this season and it is her second straight season of making the all-North first team.(Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

STATE VOLLEYBALL: Neah Bay makes state quarterfinals

The Neah Bay volleyball team is in the 1B state quarterfinals after beating Taholah 3-0 (26-24, 25-14, 25-22) in the Red Devils’ opening… Continue reading

Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke, center, gets ready to tackle a Forks runner early this season in Sequim. Schmadeke made the all-Olympic League first team as a defensive back. (Michael Dashiell /Olympic Peninsula News Group)

ALL-OLYMPIC FOOTBALL: Port Angeles, Sequim land five players on first teams

Sequim and Port Angeles placed a total of five players in six positions on the All-Olympic first team this season. Port Angeles’ Hunter… Continue reading

Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke, center, gets ready to tackle a Forks runner early this season in Sequim. Schmadeke made the all-Olympic League first team as a defensive back. (Michael Dashiell /Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Dom Sprague, Crescent football.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dom Sprague, Crescent football

Crescent senior Dom Sprague left it all on the field in his final game for the Loggers football team. Sprague has had some good games… Continue reading

Dom Sprague, Crescent football.
Peninsula College women's soccer players Desiree Dutra (No. 16), Ellise Maffeo and Risa Nishida (No. 5) all celebrate Maffeo's goal at the end of the first half in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field. Maffeo's goal was the only score of the game in a 1-0 Peninsula win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula women win quarterfinals with defense, goalkeeping

The Peninsula College women’s soccer team was probably a little rusty, having only played one game in 19 days and only 14… Continue reading

Peninsula College women's soccer players Desiree Dutra (No. 16), Ellise Maffeo and Risa Nishida (No. 5) all celebrate Maffeo's goal at the end of the first half in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field. Maffeo's goal was the only score of the game in a 1-0 Peninsula win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
Peninsula College's Austin Collins battles Tacoma's Porter Herbig (No. 4) and goalkeeper Leif Hunter for a loose ball in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at Walley Sigmar Field. Collins scored two goals in a 3-0 win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

PREP SOCCER: Peninsula men overcome injury, persevere to shut out Tacoma

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team, ranked No. 1 in the NWAC most of the season, received devastating news Thursday before its… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Austin Collins battles Tacoma's Porter Herbig (No. 4) and goalkeeper Leif Hunter for a loose ball in the NWAC quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at Walley Sigmar Field. Collins scored two goals in a 3-0 win. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at district with several swimmers moving on to state. Damun Seera, Lucy Townsend, Mia Francis, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgiersson, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, coach Sally Cole and Chloe Kay-Sanders. (Port Angeles Swim Team)

GIRLS SWIMMING: Port Angeles girls swim team third at district

Sequim sixth and East Jefferson 10th

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at district with several swimmers moving on to state. Damun Seera, Lucy Townsend, Mia Francis, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgiersson, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, coach Sally Cole and Chloe Kay-Sanders. (Port Angeles Swim Team)
Crescent's Dom Sprague (No. 14) gained 312 yards rushing against North Beach on Friday night in Forks in the Loggers' 48-14 win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

1B PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent ends season on high note with a win

The Crescent Loggers football team didn’t get the opportunity to move on to postseason, but did finish out its season with a 48-14… Continue reading

Crescent's Dom Sprague (No. 14) gained 312 yards rushing against North Beach on Friday night in Forks in the Loggers' 48-14 win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE CROSS COUNTRY: East Jefferson boys finish seventh in the state

The East Jefferson boys cross-country team finished seventh in the state in the 1A championships held at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco,… Continue reading

PREP DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: Sequim falls short of qualifying for state

The Sequim volleyball team got seed lower than it expected and that made the hill that much higher for the Wolves to try… Continue reading

Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles girls soccer goalkeeper

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Riders give No. 5 Spartans all they can handle

PA loses 2-1 in penalty kicks but still alive in postseason

Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles girls soccer goalkeeper
The Future Riders C team won the Olympic League championship late last month with a last-second victory. Back row, from left, are coach Nathan Hofer, Jonathan Ermineskin, Ashton Page, Seager Fowler, Jordan Billingsley, Damanson Sifagaloa, James Murray Jr., Cannon Delabarre, coach Josh Love, Jonathan Armenta, Duke Sifagaloa, Rhyder Murray, Paisley Johnson, Miles Philp, Coach Ryan Detorres, Camden Cox, Coach Lukas Cox, Joshua Shiepko and Ben Botero. From left, front row, are Dreyson Black, Alistair Hodge, Jackson Haguewood, Aaron Johnson, Dean Spurrier, Devin Gaines, Reed Lancaster, Levi Thompson, Kheeilan Murdock, Casey Goldsbury, Landyn Hutto, Donnie Fors, Kellan Detorres, TJ Goldsbury, Archer O’Leary and Liam Gilbert. (Courtsey of Denver Page)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Future Riders C team wins dramatic championship

The Future Riders C-Squad football team completed an unbeaten season by winning on a touchdown in the final seconds in a defensive… Continue reading

The Future Riders C team won the Olympic League championship late last month with a last-second victory. Back row, from left, are coach Nathan Hofer, Jonathan Ermineskin, Ashton Page, Seager Fowler, Jordan Billingsley, Damanson Sifagaloa, James Murray Jr., Cannon Delabarre, coach Josh Love, Jonathan Armenta, Duke Sifagaloa, Rhyder Murray, Paisley Johnson, Miles Philp, Coach Ryan Detorres, Camden Cox, Coach Lukas Cox, Joshua Shiepko and Ben Botero. From left, front row, are Dreyson Black, Alistair Hodge, Jackson Haguewood, Aaron Johnson, Dean Spurrier, Devin Gaines, Reed Lancaster, Levi Thompson, Kheeilan Murdock, Casey Goldsbury, Landyn Hutto, Donnie Fors, Kellan Detorres, TJ Goldsbury, Archer O’Leary and Liam Gilbert. (Courtsey of Denver Page)
Port Angeles quarterback Blake Sohlberg hands off to running back Dylan Mann on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field against Olympic. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Area teams prepare for playoffs

This is the beginning of football playoffs this week with five local teams in the postseason and another team wrapping up its season with an… Continue reading

Port Angeles quarterback Blake Sohlberg hands off to running back Dylan Mann on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field against Olympic. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Millie Long, left, and Kyrsten McGuffey, both of Port Angeles, won Great Northern Athletic Conference players of the week last week in basketball and football. (Kyrsten McGuffey (20) scored four goals last week and leads the GNAC with eight this season (Photos by Stephanie Burgoon, Alaska-Anchorage and Imogene Eagan, Western Washington).

COLLEGE SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Long, McGuffey GNAC players of the week

Former Port Angeles Roughriders and Peninsula College teammates Kyrsten McGuffey and Millie Long were both honored last week by the Great Northwest… Continue reading

Millie Long, left, and Kyrsten McGuffey, both of Port Angeles, won Great Northern Athletic Conference players of the week last week in basketball and football. (Kyrsten McGuffey (20) scored four goals last week and leads the GNAC with eight this season (Photos by Stephanie Burgoon, Alaska-Anchorage and Imogene Eagan, Western Washington).
Kedryn DeScala, Port Angeles soccer, and Luke O’Hara, East Jefferson football.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Kedryn DeScala, Port Angeles soccer and Luke O’Hara, East Jefferson football

Port Angeles girls’ soccer player Kedryn DeScala did her best this weekend to extend the Roughriders season at least two more games. In a crucial… Continue reading

Kedryn DeScala, Port Angeles soccer, and Luke O’Hara, East Jefferson football.
Avery Dilley tips the ball against Toutle Lake in this District 4 2B volleyball tournament held in Forks on Saturday. Forks won 3-1 to move on to the district semifinals against Mossyrock in Raymond on Wednesday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Forks one win away from state; Sequim No. 2 seed at district

The Forks Spartans volleyball team is one win away from qualifying for the state 2B tournament, while Sequim goes into the 2A District… Continue reading

Avery Dilley tips the ball against Toutle Lake in this District 4 2B volleyball tournament held in Forks on Saturday. Forks won 3-1 to move on to the district semifinals against Mossyrock in Raymond on Wednesday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Klahhane XCEL Bronze team celebrates its first-place finish at the Harvest Fest Gymnastics meet in Mukilteo this weekend. From left are Kinley Matthews, Penny Goodwin, Sasha Gmazel, Addie Brown, Lucy Monaghan, Aubrie Huisman, Nora Pecoraro, Adrie McGuire and Reagan Haguewood. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

Gymnastics: Klahhane XCEL Bronze team takes first place at Harvest Fest

The Klahhane Gymnastics XCEL Bronze team opened its competition season with a first-place team win at the Harvest Fest meet hosted by GYMagine… Continue reading

The Klahhane XCEL Bronze team celebrates its first-place finish at the Harvest Fest Gymnastics meet in Mukilteo this weekend. From left are Kinley Matthews, Penny Goodwin, Sasha Gmazel, Addie Brown, Lucy Monaghan, Aubrie Huisman, Nora Pecoraro, Adrie McGuire and Reagan Haguewood. (Klahhane Gymnastics)
These Port Angeles boys tennis players qualified for the District 3 tournament. From left are Tate Alton, Nathan Basden, Luke Flodstrom, Keatyn Hoch and Austin Worthington. Basden and Flodstrom won the district championship.

POSTSEASON BOYS TENNIS: PA’s Flodstrom, Basden win district championship

Port Angeles’ Nathan Basden and Luke Flodstrom won the District 3 boys tennis duos championship, coming from behind in the championship match at… Continue reading

These Port Angeles boys tennis players qualified for the District 3 tournament. From left are Tate Alton, Nathan Basden, Luke Flodstrom, Keatyn Hoch and Austin Worthington. Basden and Flodstrom won the district championship.