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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC men lose final pre-conference game

Following a pattern of several of their games this year, the Peninsula College men played Highline tough well into the second half,… Continue reading

 

Port Angeles' Sariah Doherty drives the lane against the Surfcoast Chargers, a team from Melbourne, Australia. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP (Updated): Australian team dominates paint against Roughriders

Forks girls crush Ilwaco

 

Members of the Port Angeles boys basketball team and the Surfcoast Chargers, a team based in Melbourne, Australia, get together for photos after their game Friday night in Port Angeles. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys take care of Australian squad in exhibition

With Hunter Flores and Brock Hope back in the mix, the Port Angeles boys basketball team relied on its size and some… Continue reading

 

The Seahawks' Leonard Williams celebrates Seattle's 13-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night, locking up the NFC No. 1 seed. (Getty Images)

The Seahawks smothered the 49ers, then soaked it all in: ‘I don’t want today to end’

This time, the victory cigars were the perfect party favor. It was only two years ago that the Seattle Seahawks puffed… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2026
  • By Michael-Shawn Dugar The Athletic
  • Seahawks
The Seahawks' Leonard Williams celebrates Seattle's 13-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night, locking up the NFC No. 1 seed. (Getty Images)
Port Angeles' Kennedy Rognlien makes a leaping save late in the game against Hockinson in the 2A state playoffs, one of 16 saves she made in the game. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

ALL-PENINSULA GIRLS SOCCER: PA’s Rognlien stopped offenses and set records

Full All-Peninsula girls soccer team named

Port Angeles' Kennedy Rognlien makes a leaping save late in the game against Hockinson in the 2A state playoffs, one of 16 saves she made in the game. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Swan, Highfield honored by state coaches association

Neah Bay’s Tyler Swan was named to the Washington State Football Coaches Association state 1B first team this week. Swan, also a running… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim hoops falls to Sandpoint, Idaho

The Sequim boys basketball team got down early and battled to within six points of Sandpoint, Idaho, on New Year’s Day, but fell… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves
Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)

PREP ROUNDUP: (Updated) Port Angeles girls clamp down on defense in second half

Crescent’s Naomii Sprague scores 1,000th point

Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)
Peninsula Pirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women drop OT thriller with 0.2 of a second left

The Peninsula College women came within two-tenths of a second in overtime of beating Umpqua on Wednesday at the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic… Continue reading

Peninsula Pirates
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls hoops split pair in Meridian

Neah Bay boys, girls win; East Jefferson’s Liske first at King & Queen of the Castle

Port Angeles Roughriders
Peninsula College.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula hangs on for eighth straight win

Pirates overcome rough second half to beat Chemeketa 57-52

Peninsula College.
Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball

Cerise Moss is off to a hot start for the defending state champion Neah Bay girls basketball team and is a big part of the… Continue reading

Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.
Washington State Guides Association Portland’s Grace Melville caught this hatchery steelhead with a Hawkins jig while fishing on an unnamed Olympic Peninsula river.

OUTDOORS: Shellfish dig changes slated Jan. 1 in Jefferson County

Razor clam digs Dec. 31-Jan. 6

Washington State Guides Association Portland’s Grace Melville caught this hatchery steelhead with a Hawkins jig while fishing on an unnamed Olympic Peninsula river.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara drains a 3-pointer from the top of the key over the outstretched arm of a Cascade Christian opponent during a Nisqually League game at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.

PREP BASKETBALL: East Jefferson boys make strides with strong first half

Neah Bay blows out Sequim girls

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara drains a 3-pointer from the top of the key over the outstretched arm of a Cascade Christian opponent during a Nisqually League game at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.
Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.

GYMNASTICS: Riders open season with home meet

Port Angeles freshman Elyse Brown impressed with a first-place finish on the bars as Port Angeles and Sequim prep gymnasts hosted their… Continue reading

Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders stymied by Onalaska pressure, Jacoby

Port Angeles struggled in implementing every aspect of its pregame plan in a 74-52 nonleague girls basketball loss to Class 2B Onalaska… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.
Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

FOOTBALL: Gridiron duo play in Tiki Bowl

Longtime friends and football teammates Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann competed in Saturday’s Hawaii Tiki Bowl at Kunuiakea Stadium. The duo, who started… Continue reading

Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

WRESTLING: East Jefferson places two wrestlers at Hammerhead Invite

More than two dozen Olympic Peninsula wrestlers competed in the prestigious Hammerhead Invitational in Bremerton, one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Sequim roars back in second half to beat Bulldogs

The Sequim boys basketball team overcame a terrible start and turned up the screws on defense in the second half to overcome a… Continue reading

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Short-handed PA falls to Bainbridge

Shorthanded and out-sized by a huge Bainbridge Island team, the Port Angeles Roughriders actually hung tough with the Spartans until the final… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)