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PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles soccer opens season with dramatic win

The Port Angeles boys soccer team rallied for a pair of goals in the final six minutes of the second half to beat… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
Neah Bay's Qwaapeys Greene was named the girls' MVP of the North Olympic League. (NFHS Network)

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay dominates all-NOL teams

Greene girls MVP; Chambers, Swan co-MVPs for boys

Neah Bay's Qwaapeys Greene was named the girls' MVP of the North Olympic League. (NFHS Network)
The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third-straight state 1B championship in Spokane this weekend. (Cherish Moss)

PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Neah Bay girls keep legacy going with another title

Neah Bay boys come within seconds of making championship game

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third-straight state 1B championship in Spokane this weekend. (Cherish Moss)
Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

Pretty much the entire starting five for the Neah Bay girls basketball team contributed to the team’s third straight state Class 1B championship this weekend… Continue reading

Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bremerton state champions in boys 2A basketball

For the second time in five years, a boys basketball state 2A champion has come out of the Olympic League. Olympic League co-champion… Continue reading

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third straight state 1B championship in Spokane on Saturday. (Cherish Moss)

1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: (updated) Neah Bay makes history with three straight state championships

Red Devils defeat Garfield-Palouse 46-36 in finals

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third straight state 1B championship in Spokane on Saturday. (Cherish Moss)

STATE 1B BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys finish fifth

Heartbreaking loss in semifinals to rival Lummi

Courtesy Bud Denney Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, right, received the WIAA Sportsmanship Medallion from Lauri McCaulley for her play in the Red Devils’ 51-36 state quarterfinal win over Oakesdale on Thursday at the Spokane Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL: Red Devils rally back; move on to Friday semifinal

Trailed 30-22 midway through 3rd, win 51-36

Courtesy Bud Denney Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, right, received the WIAA Sportsmanship Medallion from Lauri McCaulley for her play in the Red Devils’ 51-36 state quarterfinal win over Oakesdale on Thursday at the Spokane Arena.
Will Denner/The Columbian Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.

STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles has its chances against No. 7 Columbia River

Rally back but can’t take lead

Will Denner/The Columbian Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.

1B STATE PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys move to quarterfinals

The Neah Bay boys basketball team remained alive in the championship bracket with a come-from-behind 58-47 victory over Garfield-Palouse at the Spokane Arena… Continue reading

Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)

STATE 2A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Sequim can’t hold on to big leads

Wolves falter in fourth

Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)
Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

POSTSEASON BASKETBALL: Five area prep and college teams prepare for state, NWAC tournaments

Four Olympic Peninsula boys and girls basketball teams and one women’s college team will be busy hooping it up in central and… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From left, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Lincoln Park BMX, and Finn Thompson, Port Angeles boys swimming.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Teyah Elofson-Cross, BMX, and Finn Thompson, swimming

Port Angeles sixth-grader Teyah Elofson-Cross is the latest BMX star to come from the Lincoln Park BMX track. In Houston this past weekend, she competed… Continue reading

From left, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Lincoln Park BMX, and Finn Thompson, Port Angeles boys swimming.
Port Angeles Roughriders

STATE 2A GIRLS REGIONALS: (Updated) Port Angeles storms back again in the fourth to win

Roughriders move on to the Yakima SunDome

Port Angeles Roughriders

STATE 1B BASKETBALL: Neah Bay girls hit 12 treys to beat Pateros

The Neah Bay girls basketball team drilled 12 3-pointers, including six from Cerise Moss in overwhelming Pateros 66-31 in the state 1B regionals… Continue reading

The Sequim Wolves defeated Lindbergh 44-36 Friday night in a Class 2A Boys Basketball State Regional Round contest at the UPS Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Sequim advanced to the state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome for the first time since 2013. The Wolves will face a loser-out contest at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

STATE REGIONAL ROUND: Sequim saves season, reaches Yakima with fourth-quarter comeback

Wolves stave off upstart Lindbergh Eagles 44-36

The Sequim Wolves defeated Lindbergh 44-36 Friday night in a Class 2A Boys Basketball State Regional Round contest at the UPS Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Sequim advanced to the state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome for the first time since 2013. The Wolves will face a loser-out contest at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim High School baseball hosting youth clinic March 8

A youth baseball clinic for players in grades 3-8 hosted by the Sequim High School baseball team is planned for March 8. The… Continue reading

Penina Vailolo of East Jefferson was voted to the Nisqually League’s first team. She averaged 11.2 points and 11.7 rebounds a game this year for the Rivals.

ALL-NISQUALLY LEAGUE: Rivals’ Vailolo makes first team in girls basketball

East Jefferson girls basketball post player Penina Vailolo made the Nisqually League first team while teammate, point guard Kay Botkin made the second… Continue reading

Penina Vailolo of East Jefferson was voted to the Nisqually League’s first team. She averaged 11.2 points and 11.7 rebounds a game this year for the Rivals.
The Port Angeles 400 freestyle relay team finished sixth at the state swim meet in Federal Way this weekend, the top relay finish for the riders. From left are Finn Thompson, Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones and Patrick Ross. (Sally Cole)

STATE POSTSEASON RECAP: Big weekend for Forks wrestling, Port Angeles swimming

For the first time ever, both the Forks boys and the girls wrestling squads finished in the top 10 at the Mat Classic… Continue reading

The Port Angeles 400 freestyle relay team finished sixth at the state swim meet in Federal Way this weekend, the top relay finish for the riders. From left are Finn Thompson, Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones and Patrick Ross. (Sally Cole)
Abraham Montealegre, Forks wrestling.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Abraham Montealegre, Forks wrestling

Forks’ Abraham Montealegre kept up a tradition for the Spartans’ wrestling program. Forks has at least one state champion in wrestling nearly every year. Last… Continue reading

Abraham Montealegre, Forks wrestling.