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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 Peninsula College soccer coaches Jake Hughes, left, and Kanyon Anderson speak during the official opening of a new pitch surface at the Wally Sigmar Athletic Complex on Wednesday on the school's Port Angeles campus.

SIGMAR FIELD: Peninsula College, soccer community celebrate new turf surface

Peninsula College cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new $770,000 field turf surface that, according to local coaches and college officials, will… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula College soccer coaches Jake Hughes, left, and Kanyon Anderson speak during the official opening of a new pitch surface at the Wally Sigmar Athletic Complex on Wednesday on the school's Port Angeles campus.
Forks Spartans.

PREP BASEBALL: Forks earns doubleheader split with clutch hit

Port Angeles, Sequim softball teams win big

Forks Spartans.
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.
Jelissa Julmist, Sequim Wolves

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim’s Julmist scores 18 points in all-state game

Sequim’s Hannah Bates and Jelissa Julmist played this weekend in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association girls all-state game for the 2A squad. The… Continue reading

Jelissa Julmist, Sequim Wolves
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
Lexi Winters photo Dena Dinius of Port Angeles competes in the 5K of the Red, Set Go St. Patrick's Day run/walk races held in Port Angeles this weekend.

FUN RUN: More than 220 competitors enjoy St. Patrick’s race in Port Angeles

More than 220 participants competed in this weekends Red, Set, Go St. Patrick’s Day run/walk that raises funds for the Olympic Medical… Continue reading

Lexi Winters photo Dena Dinius of Port Angeles competes in the 5K of the Red, Set Go St. Patrick's Day run/walk races held in Port Angeles this weekend.
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.
Peninsula’s Itaua Tuisaula battles through a Lane double team during the NWAC semifinals held Saturday in Pasco. Tuisaula had 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks before leaving the game with an ankle injury. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

NWAC SEMIFINALS: Peninsula College women battle injuries, fall in final seconds of overtime to Lane

Epic game swings back and forth all second half and OT

Peninsula’s Itaua Tuisaula battles through a Lane double team during the NWAC semifinals held Saturday in Pasco. Tuisaula had 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks before leaving the game with an ankle injury. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
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.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: East Jefferson’s Vandenberg makes first team All-Nisqually

East Jefferson’s Alyssa Vandenberg, the leading scorer for the Rivals, made the first team All-Nisqually League girls basketball team. Making the second team… Continue reading

Rhody Run Redux

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Registration open for Rhody Run Redux 2023

Sequim’s Julmist, Bates to play in all-state game

Rhody Run Redux
Matthew Miller, Port Angeles soccer

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Matthew Miller, Port Angeles boys soccer

Port Angeles High School freshman Matthew Miller had quite the varsity debut for the Roughriders boys soccer team. The Storm King veteran had a hat… Continue reading

Matthew Miller, Port Angeles soccer

GYMNASTICS: Klahhane gymnasts clean up with medals

Klahhane Gymnastics had a busy weekend as the girls team competed at the Skookum Showdown on Friday and Sunday, while the boys… Continue reading

East Jefferson’s Isaac Gurney, left, dribbles the ball against Port Angeles’ Keane McClain at Memorial Stadium in Port Townsend on Saturday. Port Angeles won 7-0. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BOYS SOCCER: Roughriders begin season with shutout

PA’s Matthew Miller: 3 goals and 3 assists

East Jefferson’s Isaac Gurney, left, dribbles the ball against Port Angeles’ Keane McClain at Memorial Stadium in Port Townsend on Saturday. Port Angeles won 7-0. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula College’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. goes up for a layup around Columbia Basin’s Ta’Veus Randle on Saturday in the NWAC tournament held in Pasco. Peninsula lost 77-73. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

NWAC TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in opener to Columbia Basin

Pirates shoot 9-for-34 from outside

Peninsula College’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. goes up for a layup around Columbia Basin’s Ta’Veus Randle on Saturday in the NWAC tournament held in Pasco. Peninsula lost 77-73. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
Sequim’s Jolene Vaara goes to the basket for two of her team-high 20 points in a 64-49 Olympic League win over North Kitsap. Vaara had six 20-point games and was named the Olympic League MVP and defensive player of the year. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

OLYMPIC LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Jolene Vaara named MVP, defensive player of the year

Sequim’s Jolene Vaara was named both the Olympic 2A League most valuable player and defensive player of the year in girls’ basketball.… Continue reading

Sequim’s Jolene Vaara goes to the basket for two of her team-high 20 points in a 64-49 Olympic League win over North Kitsap. Vaara had six 20-point games and was named the Olympic League MVP and defensive player of the year. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)