Preps

#30 Wyatt Dunning of the PA Riders drives around the guarding of a Kingston defender Tuesday night at the PAHS gym. dlogan

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles hits 15 3-pointers in 92-32 win

The Port Angeles Roughriders boys basketball team set the nets on fire Tuesday night with its outside shooting, burying 15 3-pointers in… Continue reading

#30 Wyatt Dunning of the PA Riders drives around the guarding of a Kingston defender Tuesday night at the PAHS gym. dlogan
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughrider girls able to rally past Kingston

Crescent wins big on Senior Night

Port Angeles Roughriders
Bailee Larson, Port Angeles girls basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Bailee Larson, Port Angeles girls basketball

Bailee Larson has been on fire lately for the Port Angeles Roughriders girls basketball team. Larson, who takes care of much of the Riders’ ball-handling… Continue reading

Bailee Larson, Port Angeles girls basketball
Forks Spartans

PREP ROUNDUP: Spartans boys win in Westport

Forks continued to tune up for the Class 2B Southwest District Tournament, running away from the Ocosta Wildcats in the second half of… Continue reading

Forks Spartans
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders overcome fouls to fend off Knights

Not shooting well and facing serious foul trouble, the Port Angeles Roughriders boys basketball team dug in deep on defense and pounded the… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
For ASB-PDN-220130 Sequim High School is proud to recognize Ben Sweet as he signs a letter of intent to join the men’s golf Team at Whitman College in Walla Walla. Ben is pictured with his father Tyler Sweet and mother Stephanie Sweet. Whitman competes at the NCAA Division III level and has recently been ranked in the division's top 25 programs.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Winter sports championships on schedule; Sweet signs with Whitman

Winter sports championships on schedule The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced minor modifications to state championship events for the winter season next month in compliance… Continue reading

For ASB-PDN-220130 Sequim High School is proud to recognize Ben Sweet as he signs a letter of intent to join the men’s golf Team at Whitman College in Walla Walla. Ben is pictured with his father Tyler Sweet and mother Stephanie Sweet. Whitman competes at the NCAA Division III level and has recently been ranked in the division's top 25 programs.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim, Port Angeles win on the road

The Sequim girls basketball team got 30 points and seven rebounds from Jolene Vaara to help beat Kingston on the road 63-47 on… Continue reading

Forks' Ryan Rancourt (32 ) out-jumps Raymond's Morgan Anderson (30) to start the overtime portion of Saturday night's league game played in Forks. Forks won 67-66. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BOYS ROUNDUP: Forks Spartans win in overtime

The Spartans boys basketball team showed some resiliency in an important overtime win over Raymond on Saturday. “Lots of crazy things happened in… Continue reading

Forks' Ryan Rancourt (32 ) out-jumps Raymond's Morgan Anderson (30) to start the overtime portion of Saturday night's league game played in Forks. Forks won 67-66. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
port angeles roughriders

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles takes No. 1 North Kitsap to the limit

Riders-Vikings in an instant classic

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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Eve Burke, left, and Anna Petty, right, surround North Kitsap's Jade Sunnenberg on Thursday night at Port Angeles High School.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles crushes league rival North Kitsap

Sequim remains in first place with win

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Eve Burke, left, and Anna Petty, right, surround North Kitsap's Jade Sunnenberg on Thursday night at Port Angeles High School.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News KONP Radio sportscaster Howard "Scooter" Chapman speaks to the crowd after the 2017 unveiling of a plaque naming the Civic Field press box the Scooter Chapman Press Box in recognition of his devotion to prep sports since the early 1950s. Chapman is retiring after a lifetime in broadcasting.

PREP SPORTS: ‘Scooter’ Week celebrates retiring broadcasting legend Scooter Chapman

Chapman to appear on KONP next week

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News KONP Radio sportscaster Howard "Scooter" Chapman speaks to the crowd after the 2017 unveiling of a plaque naming the Civic Field press box the Scooter Chapman Press Box in recognition of his devotion to prep sports since the early 1950s. Chapman is retiring after a lifetime in broadcasting.
Port Angeles Naval Elks Lodge Hoopshoot winners advancing to the district finals are from left, Quinn Herr, Skylar Wheeler, Morgan Politika, Sawyer Davis, Makai McAfee, Jude Sprague and event coordinator Evan Boyd. The district finals will be held at the Vern Burton Community Center with registration beginning at noon. Hoopshoot is an annual basketball free-throw shooting contest for children ages eight to 13 across the country.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Hoopshoot winners announced

First-place Raymond holds down Forks girls basketball

Port Angeles Naval Elks Lodge Hoopshoot winners advancing to the district finals are from left, Quinn Herr, Skylar Wheeler, Morgan Politika, Sawyer Davis, Makai McAfee, Jude Sprague and event coordinator Evan Boyd. The district finals will be held at the Vern Burton Community Center with registration beginning at noon. Hoopshoot is an annual basketball free-throw shooting contest for children ages eight to 13 across the country.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angele's John Vaara, left, tips the ball away from Bainbridge Island's Everett Moore, front, and Charlie Diiorio Triesch on Tuesday night at Port Angeles High School.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles digs deep defensively, dumps Bainbridge

Vaara and Dunning combine for 32 points, 30 rebounds in blowout

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angele's John Vaara, left, tips the ball away from Bainbridge Island's Everett Moore, front, and Charlie Diiorio Triesch on Tuesday night at Port Angeles High School.
Port Angeles senior Teagan Clark, seated at center, signs a letter of intent to play softball at Skagit Valley College with her family in attendance including dad Dustin Clark, mom Tasha Clark, sister Teanna and brother Dru.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Teagan Clark signs to pitch for Skagit Valley

Newest Cardinal advocated for prep athletes during pandemic shutdown

Port Angeles senior Teagan Clark, seated at center, signs a letter of intent to play softball at Skagit Valley College with her family in attendance including dad Dustin Clark, mom Tasha Clark, sister Teanna and brother Dru.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bailee Larson’s big game boosts Port Angeles over Bainbridge

Riders, Sequim and Neah Bay all win

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Logan Olson scores over Neah Bay in a fast-paced contest in which the Spartans prevailed 62-54 over the Red Devils.

PREP BASKETBALL: Forks and Neah Bay split boys and girls hoops doubleheader

Spartans have big games with Raymond this week

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Logan Olson scores over Neah Bay in a fast-paced contest in which the Spartans prevailed 62-54 over the Red Devils.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Crescent girls hoops win again

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife seek feedback

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Forks’ Keira Johnson has been red-hot through January, helping the Spartans to their first-place position in the Pacific 2B League standings. Johnson hit five 3-pointers… Continue reading

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball
Aiden Henninger of Sequim, with his father, Ray, left and mother Ann Marie Henninger, signs to play soccer at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.

PREP SOCCER: Sequim’s Henninger signs with Franciscan

Aidan Henninger has signed a letter of intent to play for NCAA Division III Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. Henninger, homeschooled though grade… Continue reading

Aiden Henninger of Sequim, with his father, Ray, left and mother Ann Marie Henninger, signs to play soccer at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.
Courtesy photo The Port Angeles/Sequim/Crescent gymnastics team won a dual with Kingston this weekend. From left, back row, are Faith Caar, Maddie Adams, Kathryn Jones, Yau Fu, Jessamyn Schindler and Mei-Ying Harper-Smith. From left, front row, are Ellie Turner, Danica Pierson, Aubrie Scott, Alex Schmadeke, Amara Brown and Susannah Sharp.

GYMNASTICS: Olympic Peninsula gymnasts shine

Sequim, Port Angeles and Crescent gymnasts took the top six all-around spots in a meet with Kingston High School this weekend. A… Continue reading

Courtesy photo The Port Angeles/Sequim/Crescent gymnastics team won a dual with Kingston this weekend. From left, back row, are Faith Caar, Maddie Adams, Kathryn Jones, Yau Fu, Jessamyn Schindler and Mei-Ying Harper-Smith. From left, front row, are Ellie Turner, Danica Pierson, Aubrie Scott, Alex Schmadeke, Amara Brown and Susannah Sharp.