Preps

AREA SPORTS: Big game from Braydan White lifts Wolves

Brayden White led a strong Sequim batting attack as the Wolves battered Olympic 18-8… Continue reading

 

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Port Angeles’ Trae Hanan reaches out to tag home plate before North Kitsap catcher Greyson Prichard can tag him out. He was safe for the second run of the game for the Roughriders.

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders burn up the base paths in win over North Kitsap

The Port Angeles baseball team has had more than its share of tough losses this season. They were due for a tough,… Continue reading

 

Forks pitcher Conner Clark delivers the pitch to the North Beach batter on Tuesday at the Fred Orr Memorial Field where Forks took both games of this double header 8-1 and 24-3. (Lonnie Archibald/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASEBALL: Forks sweeps Hyaks; PA loses tough one-run game

The Forks baseball team didn’t get a lot of hits, but pitched strong and took advantage of North Beach errors in a sweep… Continue reading

 

Sequim, Port Angeles

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles, Sequim soccer teams both win

Port Angeles golf girls in top spot in Olympic League

Sequim, Port Angeles
Port Angeles pitcher Lynzee Reid delivers a pitch to catcher Persephone Perry in Monday's 17-0 victory over Bremerton. Reid and Heidi Leitz combined for a one-hitter, striking out nine in just five innings. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles isn’t missing a beat so far this season

The Port Angeles softball team keeps graduating great players to college programs every year, yet the team keeps rolling with another exceptional… Continue reading

Port Angeles pitcher Lynzee Reid delivers a pitch to catcher Persephone Perry in Monday's 17-0 victory over Bremerton. Reid and Heidi Leitz combined for a one-hitter, striking out nine in just five innings. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Quilcene Rangers

PREP ROUNDUP: Quilcene baseball wins again in eighth inning

The Quilcene Rangers baseball team won its second game of the year in extra innings, scoring two runs in the eighth to get… Continue reading

Quilcene Rangers
Lexie Smith, Port Angeles softball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lexie Smith, Port Angeles softball

Lexie Smith is wrapping up an outstanding prep sports career this spring with the Port Angeles softball team and is putting up monster numbers so… Continue reading

Lexie Smith, Port Angeles softball.
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP ROUNDUP: Miller nets hat trick in PA soccer victory

Port Angeles track girls shine at Mount Tahoma meet

Port Angeles Roughriders
Forks Spartans

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Forks doubles up Crosspoint

Sequim, Port Angeles drop nonleague games

Forks Spartans
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Port Angeles’ Lexie Smith jumps on home plate after hitting a grand slam home run while her teammates wait to celebrate during the Roughriders’ win over Sequim.
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Port Angeles’ Lexie Smith jumps on home plate after hitting a grand slam home run while her teammates wait to celebrate during the Roughriders’ win over Sequim.
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An errant pickoff attempt skipped past Sequim first baseman Braydon White and Port Angeles baserunner Alex Angevine. Angevine advanced to third base on the play, scoring on another throwing error.

BASEBALL: Play at the plate lifts Sequim in instant classic win over rival Port Angeles

In a game for the ages, the Sequim baseball team broke a long losing streak at Port Angeles’ Civic Field, and it… Continue reading

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An errant pickoff attempt skipped past Sequim first baseman Braydon White and Port Angeles baserunner Alex Angevine. Angevine advanced to third base on the play, scoring on another throwing error.

BASEBALL: Roughriders rally back past rival Sequim in 7-4 triumph

Back-to-back doubles by Kody Williams and Jordan Shumway, the latter an RBI shot to center field, lifted Port Angeles past rival Sequim 7-4… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Matthew Miller heads the ball at Wally Sigmar Field on Tuesday as Sequim's Joshua Alcaraz (2) and Preston Kurtze are in on the play. Miller scored two goals in a 2-1 victory. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders outlast Wolves in entertaining battle

In an entertaining and physical battle between Olympic Peninsula rivals, the Port Angeles boys soccer team got a pair of goals from… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Matthew Miller heads the ball at Wally Sigmar Field on Tuesday as Sequim's Joshua Alcaraz (2) and Preston Kurtze are in on the play. Miller scored two goals in a 2-1 victory. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Sequim's Jericho Julmist goes up for a shot on March 5 against Mark Morris in the 2A State Tournament. He led the Wolves with 28 points.

ALL-PENINSULA MVP: Jericho Julmist, clutch performer with more to prove

It’s hard to believe that Sequim’s Jericho Julmist barely even touched a basketball last year. This season, he absolutely erupted on the local… Continue reading

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Sequim's Jericho Julmist goes up for a shot on March 5 against Mark Morris in the 2A State Tournament. He led the Wolves with 28 points.
Port Angeles’ Faerin Tait picked up three top-10 at the Arnie Young Invitational track meet this weekend, including a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles. She had already posted the fourth-best time in the state in the 100 hurdles.

PREP ROUNDUP: Tait, other Riders shine at Arnie Young Invite; EJ soccer wins

Faerin Tait, Brody Pierce and Hunter Flores all had solid showings and numerous athletes posted personal-best times and distances in the 28-team Arnie… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Faerin Tait picked up three top-10 at the Arnie Young Invitational track meet this weekend, including a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles. She had already posted the fourth-best time in the state in the 100 hurdles.
Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball

Sequim’s Devyn Dearinger had a game to remember on March 26 against North Mason. With the Wolves down 7-5 in the fifth inning, Dearinger hit… Continue reading

Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball.
East Jefferson track

PREP ROUNDUP: EJ girls pick up three first-place finishes at the Trojan Twilight

The East Jefferson girls picked up three first-place finishes and came in fifth as a team at the Trojan Twilight track and field… Continue reading

East Jefferson track
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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.

AREA SPORTS: Forks boys soccer explodes with four late goals

Kid’s Fishing Derby April 12 in PA

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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.
East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez goes airborne to head the ball away from Klahowya defenders during a Nisqually League game played in Port Townsend’s Memorial Stadium on Tuesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: East Jefferson falls 2-1 to Klahowya

The East Jefferson boys soccer team outshot Klahowya and kept the game close, but defensive lapses cost the Rivals in a 2-1… Continue reading

East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez goes airborne to head the ball away from Klahowya defenders during a Nisqually League game played in Port Townsend’s Memorial Stadium on Tuesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)