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The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at this weekend’s bidistrict championships. Top row, from left, Danika Asgeirsson, Amayah Nelson, Yau Fu, Harper McGuire, Lynzee Reid, Emerson DuBois, Olivia Mesen. Bottom row, from left, Brooke St. Luise, Lizzy Shaw, head coach Sally Cole, assistant coach Lisa Walls, Chloe Kay-Sanders, Erin DeMarco. (Courtesy photo)

POSTSEASON SWIMMING: Port Angeles girls third at bidistrict

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at the bidistrict swim and dive meet, sending multiple competitors to state. Port Angeles… Continue reading

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at this weekend’s bidistrict championships. Top row, from left, Danika Asgeirsson, Amayah Nelson, Yau Fu, Harper McGuire, Lynzee Reid, Emerson DuBois, Olivia Mesen. Bottom row, from left, Brooke St. Luise, Lizzy Shaw, head coach Sally Cole, assistant coach Lisa Walls, Chloe Kay-Sanders, Erin DeMarco. (Courtesy photo)

PREP FOOTBALL: State playoff schedule set

The Port Angeles football team will play Tumwater at 7 p.m. Friday at Tumwater District Stadium in the Roughriders’ state playoff opener. Meanwhile,… Continue reading

Sequim goalkeeper Kalli Grove, here stopping a goal against Port Angeles in October, stopped two penalty kicks in a bidistrict playoff win Tuesday over Enumclaw to help send the Wolves to the state 2A tournament. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

DISTRICT SOCCER: (Updated) Sequim seals state tournament berth with rally, penalty-kick shootout win

Wolves make state for third time in history

Sequim goalkeeper Kalli Grove, here stopping a goal against Port Angeles in October, stopped two penalty kicks in a bidistrict playoff win Tuesday over Enumclaw to help send the Wolves to the state 2A tournament. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Port Angeles girls soccer team celebrates beating Enumclaw in penalty kicks and qualifying for the state 2A tournament. (Kevin Hanson)

GIRLS PREP SOCCER: (Updated) Port Angeles, Sequim both headed to state tournament

Roughriders win on penalty kicks to qualify for state

The Port Angeles girls soccer team celebrates beating Enumclaw in penalty kicks and qualifying for the state 2A tournament. (Kevin Hanson)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Eliana Barden, on ground, is dogpiled by her teammates, clockwise from left, Taya Bohenko, Shawna Larson, Sydney Soskis, Maylin Rivera and Caneel Corpuz after Barden fired off the winning goal in overtime to defeat the North Idaho Cardinals 1-0 in Saturday's NWAC quarter-final game in Port Angeles.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women win 1-0 in OT to return to Final Four

The Peninsula College women, facing a team that was packing its entire squad in the defensive end in an apparent attempt to… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Eliana Barden, on ground, is dogpiled by her teammates, clockwise from left, Taya Bohenko, Shawna Larson, Sydney Soskis, Maylin Rivera and Caneel Corpuz after Barden fired off the winning goal in overtime to defeat the North Idaho Cardinals 1-0 in Saturday's NWAC quarter-final game in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Nil Grau, right, takes the header over Clark's Wilson Fresh as Grau's teammate, Abdurahim Leigh, looks on at front during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates dominate red-hot Clark to return to Final Four

After missing out on the NWAC Final Four last year, the Peninsula College men’s soccer team is returning to Tukwila after a… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Nil Grau, right, takes the header over Clark's Wilson Fresh as Grau's teammate, Abdurahim Leigh, looks on at front during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

STATE CROSS COUNTRY: East Jefferson’s Yearian second, Fraser third at state meet

With two runners in the top three, the East Jefferson girls cross country team finished in the top 10 for the second straight… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders

DISTRICT FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: (Updated) Roughriders go smashmouth to hammer Franklin Pierce 28-18

Riders will face No. 1 Tumwater in state tournament

Port Angeles Roughriders
Bubba Hernandez catches a punt during the first half of Forks' 20-7 loss to Onalaska in a district crossover on Nov. 3. (Josh Kirshenbaum/The Chronicle)

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Forks falls in winner-to-state game; Neah Bay wins big — onto state

Quilcene falls to Naselle

Bubba Hernandez catches a punt during the first half of Forks' 20-7 loss to Onalaska in a district crossover on Nov. 3. (Josh Kirshenbaum/The Chronicle)
Forks' Kaidence Rigby tips the ball over a Napavine defender during the Spartans' loss against Napavine in the 2B District 4 Tournament on Saturday in Adna. (Dylan Wilhelm/The Chronicle)

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Forks, Sequim denied chance to make state

Heartbreak Saturday for the Forks Spartans in their quest to clinch a Class 2B state volleyball tournament berth and for the Sequim Wolves… Continue reading

Forks' Kaidence Rigby tips the ball over a Napavine defender during the Spartans' loss against Napavine in the 2B District 4 Tournament on Saturday in Adna. (Dylan Wilhelm/The Chronicle)

PREPS: Teanna Clark curls in corner kick to lift Port Angeles girls soccer to winner-to-state game

Teanna Clark curled a corner kick into goal in the 63rd minute and Port Angeles held on against Highline 2-1 in a Class… Continue reading

Eastern Washington Football Forks’ Luke Dahlgren, left, and offensive line teammate Wyatt Hansen are featured in the Eastern Washington football program’s uniform reveal ahead of today’s “White Out” home game against Cal Poly. The pair are pictured in a helicopter at Spokane’s Fairchild Air Force Base.

AREA SPORTS: Forks’ Luke Dahlgren featured in Eastern Washington football uniform reveal

Senior starts at offensive guard for Eagles

Eastern Washington Football Forks’ Luke Dahlgren, left, and offensive line teammate Wyatt Hansen are featured in the Eastern Washington football program’s uniform reveal ahead of today’s “White Out” home game against Cal Poly. The pair are pictured in a helicopter at Spokane’s Fairchild Air Force Base.
Josh Kirshenbaum/The Chronicle Forks' Chloe Gaydeski eyes the ball as she prepares to send a spike over the net during the Spartans' 3-1 win over Toledo on Wednesday during the Class 2B District 4 Tournament.

AREA SPORTS: Forks netters stay alive in bid for state volleyball berth

Forks stayed alive in the Class 2B Southwest District 4 volleyball tournament on Wednesday, winning loser-out contests against Pacific League foe Ocosta 3-1… Continue reading

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Josh Kirshenbaum/The Chronicle Forks' Chloe Gaydeski eyes the ball as she prepares to send a spike over the net during the Spartans' 3-1 win over Toledo on Wednesday during the Class 2B District 4 Tournament.
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim senior captain Jenny Gomez has increased her goal scoring this season, part of the reason the Wolves are headed to the Class 2A state tournament.

DISTRICT SOCCER: Gomez’s stellar senior season a big part of state-bound Sequim’s success

Scoring boom for team’s best distributor

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim senior captain Jenny Gomez has increased her goal scoring this season, part of the reason the Wolves are headed to the Class 2A state tournament.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Izzy Felton, front, gets tangled in the box with Renton goalkeeper Zitlaly Valeriano-Reyes during Tuesday's bidistrict playoff at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Riders get roughed up, but win postseason opener 2-0

When you look at the Port Angeles girls soccer roster, you will see a lot of sophomores and freshmen. That team full… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Izzy Felton, front, gets tangled in the box with Renton goalkeeper Zitlaly Valeriano-Reyes during Tuesday's bidistrict playoff at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks’ LeDuke Pacific 2B League volleyball coach of the year

Forks’ Jenn LeDuke was named the Pacific 2B volleyball coach of the year and the Spartans got three of their players named to… Continue reading

Peninsula College Pirates

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula College women No. 1 in national coaches’ poll

The Peninsula College women’s soccer team had an uphill climb all year to win the North Region, having to win its final… Continue reading

Peninsula College Pirates
From left, Christine Buchanan from Camano Island, Michele Harmeling from Palmer, Alaska, and Elizabeth Castillo from Tacoma run in the Salt Creek 24 event held this weekend at the Salt Creek Recreation Area. More than $7,000 was raised during the charity event. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

SALT CREEK 24: They truly went the distance

Three women ran more than 100 miles and roughly $7,000 was raised for local charities in the first Salt Creek 24 event… Continue reading

From left, Christine Buchanan from Camano Island, Michele Harmeling from Palmer, Alaska, and Elizabeth Castillo from Tacoma run in the Salt Creek 24 event held this weekend at the Salt Creek Recreation Area. More than $7,000 was raised during the charity event. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

OUTDOORS: Salmon limit reduced for area rivers

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that daily limit for salmon will be reduced beginning today on Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Forks’ Walker Wheeler, left, and Nate Dahlgren, right, made the first team of the Central 2B North Division as defensive players. They also made the second team as offensive players. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Four Spartans make all-league first team

The Forks football team got four players — Nate Dahlgren, Sloan Tumaua, Walker Wheeler and Bubba Hernandez — on the Central 2B North… Continue reading

Forks’ Walker Wheeler, left, and Nate Dahlgren, right, made the first team of the Central 2B North Division as defensive players. They also made the second team as offensive players. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)