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Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.

Neah Bay chinook put on ice

Neah Bay fishing season fully paused Tuesday

Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Wilder Senior pitcher Kole Acker throws in the first inning against WBS Colts Red on Thursday evening at Port Angeles Civic Field.

AMERICAN LEGION: Acker tosses 3-hitter, scores three runs in Wilder Senior win

Dick Brown Firecracker Tournament continues through Sunday at Civic Field

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Wilder Senior pitcher Kole Acker throws in the first inning against WBS Colts Red on Thursday evening at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Forks pitcher Logan Olson releases a pitch against Adna in the District 4 quarterfinals at Shelton High School May 7.

ALL-PENINSULA BASEBALL TEAM: Forks’ Logan Olson earns area MVP honors

Senior hit .463 with 7-1 record and 1.86 ERA

Forks pitcher Logan Olson releases a pitch against Adna in the District 4 quarterfinals at Shelton High School May 7.
East Jefferson football players, from left, Chris Fair, Logan Massie and Marshall Graves competed for the West All-Stars in a 36-12 loss to the East in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic, the all-state football game for Class 1B through 2A schools, last Saturday in Yakima.

AREA SPORTS: Peninsula athletes play in all-state football game; Athletic activities set in Forks for 4th of July weekend

North Olympic Peninsula players were on the losing end of a 36-12 outcome in a matchup of West and East teams in the… Continue reading

East Jefferson football players, from left, Chris Fair, Logan Massie and Marshall Graves competed for the West All-Stars in a 36-12 loss to the East in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic, the all-state football game for Class 1B through 2A schools, last Saturday in Yakima.

LEFTIES: Port Angeles drops shot at series sweep

Two big innings in a 17-6 loss did in Port Angeles’ chances at a series sweep of the Nanaimo NightOwls. The Lefties… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.

LEFTIES: Mason Persons walks it off for Port Angeles in 4-3 win over Nanaimo

Port Angeles took another chomp out of first-year West Coast League franchise Nanaimo, earning a 4-3 walk-off win over the NightOwls at… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.
The Port Angeles Illusion 18U fastpitch softball team recently went 5-0-1 and won the championship in the High School Open divsion of the USSSA Space Coast Cup Super Regional Tournament in Melbourne, Fla. Team members are: Macy Aumock, Mackenzie Burke, Gracie Copeland, Michaela Green, Libby Hardee, JoCy Kazlauskas, Cydne Moore, Jadeah Nordberg, Ava-Anne Sheahan, Lizzy Soto, Mikkiah Stevens, Taylee Rome, Alyssa Vandenberg and Cheyenne Zimmer. Coaches not pictured are head coach Warren Stevens and assistants Leeah Faris, Greg Faris, Bucky Johnston and Rick Pennington.

SOFTBALL: Port Angeles Illusion 18U wins Space Coast Cup Super Regional in Florida

Players come from Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, Chimacum, La Push and Joyce

The Port Angeles Illusion 18U fastpitch softball team recently went 5-0-1 and won the championship in the High School Open divsion of the USSSA Space Coast Cup Super Regional Tournament in Melbourne, Fla. Team members are: Macy Aumock, Mackenzie Burke, Gracie Copeland, Michaela Green, Libby Hardee, JoCy Kazlauskas, Cydne Moore, Jadeah Nordberg, Ava-Anne Sheahan, Lizzy Soto, Mikkiah Stevens, Taylee Rome, Alyssa Vandenberg and Cheyenne Zimmer. Coaches not pictured are head coach Warren Stevens and assistants Leeah Faris, Greg Faris, Bucky Johnston and Rick Pennington.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Wilder's Logan Olson, right, makes it to second, beating the throw to WBS Colts Red shortstop Grady Smith in last year's Dick Brown Tournament in Port Angeles.

AMERICAN LEGION: Dick Brown Memorial Tournament returns Thursday

The Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Tournament returns to Civic Field with two local teams playing among 17 games from Thursday through Sunday.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Wilder's Logan Olson, right, makes it to second, beating the throw to WBS Colts Red shortstop Grady Smith in last year's Dick Brown Tournament in Port Angeles.
Kayden Beauregard the catcher for the Nanaimo Night Owls is a little late receiving the throw as the Lefties' Riley Parker slides head first into home safely for Port Angeles in the bottom of the fourth inning. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Port Angeles Lefties win in return home

Home, sweet home for the Port Angeles Lefties. The Lefties began a long stretch of mostly home games at Civic Field on… Continue reading

Kayden Beauregard the catcher for the Nanaimo Night Owls is a little late receiving the throw as the Lefties' Riley Parker slides head first into home safely for Port Angeles in the bottom of the fourth inning. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Open courts for PAHS boys tennis players

There will be open courts hosted by Port Angeles High School head boys tennis coach Brian Gundersen from 11 a.m. to 1… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Kamloops wins weekend series against Lefties

Port Angeles wins Saturday game in the ninth inning

Port Angeles Lefties.
Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) holds the Stanley Cup after the Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals on Sunday in Tampa, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Avalanche bury the Lightning for Stanley Cup

Nathan MacKinnon could not find the words. Gabriel Landeskog cracked a smile and a joke. After years of playoff disappointments, the Colorado… Continue reading

  • Jun 26, 2022
  • By Stephen Whyno The Associated Press
  • NHL
Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) holds the Stanley Cup after the Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals on Sunday in Tampa, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Several members of the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels scuffle after Mariners' Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

MARINERS: Seattle brawls with Angels, but drops game

A lengthy bench-clearing brawl resulted in the ejections of six players and both managers in the second inning of the Los Angeles… Continue reading

  • Jun 26, 2022
  • By Greg Beacham The Associated Press
  • Mariners
Several members of the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels scuffle after Mariners' Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

OUTDOORS: Chinook limit cut to one off Neah Bay starting today

Weekend of fishing trims 12 percent off quota

Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group Forks' Dalton Kilmer, center, is one of five North Olympic Peninsula athletes who will play for the West team in the Class 2A/1A/B Earl Barden Classic, the all-state football game, in Yakima on Saturday. Kilmer is joined by Forks football coach Trevor Highfield and his mom, Amy Kilmer.

ALL-STATE FOOTBALL: Six players representing West

Rivals, Roughriders, Rangers and Spartans in 2A/1A/B game

Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group Forks' Dalton Kilmer, center, is one of five North Olympic Peninsula athletes who will play for the West team in the Class 2A/1A/B Earl Barden Classic, the all-state football game, in Yakima on Saturday. Kilmer is joined by Forks football coach Trevor Highfield and his mom, Amy Kilmer.

LEFTIES: Twelve walks lead Bells over Port Angeles

Port Angeles pitchers combined to allow 12 Bellingham walks and dug a 6-0 hole on the way to a 6-5 loss to the… Continue reading

Courtesy WA Golf Golfers competing in a U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier tee off on the first hole at Port Ludlow Golf Course on Tuesday.

GOLF: Port Ludlow hosts U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier

Sequim’s Sweet shoots 3-over-par 75, ties for 16th

Courtesy WA Golf Golfers competing in a U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier tee off on the first hole at Port Ludlow Golf Course on Tuesday.
The 1967 Port Angeles Roughriders football team went 9-0 and featured Bernie Fryer, who went on to play basketball at the University of Washington.

ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME: Two historic teams to be inducted

Two of the best teams in the history of Port Angeles High School athletics will join 11 individuals in being inducted into… Continue reading

The 1967 Port Angeles Roughriders football team went 9-0 and featured Bernie Fryer, who went on to play basketball at the University of Washington.

LEFTIES: Bellingham walks it off in series opener

Parker leading team in batting average, RBIs

Nike video Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt celebrates with her teammates, from left, Eve Mavy, Hi’ilei Robinson and Bloomenrader after winning the women’s 4x400 emerging athlete championship at the Nike Nationals held in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., this weekend.

TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim 4×400 team wins at Nike Nationals

Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter third in 2-mile run

Nike video Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt celebrates with her teammates, from left, Eve Mavy, Hi’ilei Robinson and Bloomenrader after winning the women’s 4x400 emerging athlete championship at the Nike Nationals held in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., this weekend.