Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes, right, evades the tackle of Olympic’s Donovan Weaver in a game in October at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes first team all-state

Port Angeles Roughriders’ football player Jason Hawes can add another honor to his long list. The Olympic League defensive MVP was named… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes, right, evades the tackle of Olympic’s Donovan Weaver in a game in October at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Eighty teams, some from as far away as Anacortes, Stanwood and Enunclaw, braved the road conditions to play in the annual Port Angeles Martin Luther King Jr. youth basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday. Games were played at Stevens Middle School, Roosevelt Elementary, Dry Creek, Lower Elwha and Queen of Angels. Here, Port Angeles sixth-grader Justin Johnson (3) looks to the basket against a team from Neah Bay as Port Angeles’ Logan Garling (23) is in on the play. Neah Bay won 57-42 in the game played at Stevens Middle School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PHOTO: MLK Jr. Tournament busy despite icy roads

Eighty teams, some from as far away as Anacortes, Stanwood and Enunclaw, braved the road conditions to play in the annual Port Angeles Martin Luther… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2024
  • By Dave Logan Peninsula Daily News
  • Area Sports
Eighty teams, some from as far away as Anacortes, Stanwood and Enunclaw, braved the road conditions to play in the annual Port Angeles Martin Luther King Jr. youth basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday. Games were played at Stevens Middle School, Roosevelt Elementary, Dry Creek, Lower Elwha and Queen of Angels. Here, Port Angeles sixth-grader Justin Johnson (3) looks to the basket against a team from Neah Bay as Port Angeles’ Logan Garling (23) is in on the play. Neah Bay won 57-42 in the game played at Stevens Middle School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Forks’ Kyle Lohrengel scores over Hoquiam’s Chance LaBounty on Friday evening in a nonleague game in Forks. Also in action for Forks are Titus Rowley (20) and Landin Davis (5). (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks holds off Hoquiam; Sequim beats Clover Park

The Forks Spartans overcame a barrage of 3-pointers from Hoquiam, coming from behind from a double-digit deficit to beat Hoquiam 65-58 on Friday… Continue reading

Forks’ Kyle Lohrengel scores over Hoquiam’s Chance LaBounty on Friday evening in a nonleague game in Forks. Also in action for Forks are Titus Rowley (20) and Landin Davis (5). (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men get winning bucket with 3 seconds left; Women win on 11 3-pointers

The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got a layup from Ese Onakpoma with three seconds left in the game to edge Edmonds 80-78… Continue reading

PREP WRESTLING: Tumaua, Blanton take first for Forks

Forks got first-place finishes from defending state champion Sloan Tumaua and Miley Blanton in wrestling tournaments this weekend, with a number of other… Continue reading

Port Angeles hosts youth basketball tournament

Total of 160 games played Saturday, Sunday

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Port Angeles' Teanna Clark shoots while defended by Sequim's Jolene Vaara as Dani Herman looks on during the Riders' 66-64 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry win Thursday.
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Port Angeles' Teanna Clark shoots while defended by Sequim's Jolene Vaara as Dani Herman looks on during the Riders' 66-64 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry win Thursday.
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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson shoots while defended by Sequim's Zeke Schamedke, center, and Charlie Grider during the Riders' 77-52 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry victory Thursday.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders’ run puts away Sequim

It was more of a snowy game than a Rainshadow Rivalry between the Port Angeles and Sequim boys basketball teams. And the Roughriders… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson shoots while defended by Sequim's Zeke Schamedke, center, and Charlie Grider during the Riders' 77-52 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry victory Thursday.

PREP SPORTS: Robinson bowls first ‘clean game’ in Port Angeles win

Abby Robinson’s games of 190 and 189 sparked Port Angeles in a 5-0 girls bowling win over Olympic… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula’s Shania Moananu, center, squeezes between Whatcom’s Ella Huyntington, left, and Alexa Rodriguez on Wednesday night at Peninsula College.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Allie Greene sinks five 3s to lead Peninsula women in win

It was a little rusty at times as the Peninsula College women’s basketball team played its first actual game in nearly a… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula’s Shania Moananu, center, squeezes between Whatcom’s Ella Huyntington, left, and Alexa Rodriguez on Wednesday night at Peninsula College.
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Peninsula's Ese Onakpoma makes a slam dunk after a quick steal against Whatcom on Wednesday evening in Port Angeles. Looking on is Whatcom's Glenn Wabaluku.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in final seconds vs. Whatcom

The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got into a physical back-and-forth affair with wild swings of momentum against Whatcom in the Pirates’… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Ese Onakpoma makes a slam dunk after a quick steal against Whatcom on Wednesday evening in Port Angeles. Looking on is Whatcom's Glenn Wabaluku.

PREP BASKETBALL: Crescent boys win 13th straight game

Logger girls beat Port Angeles JV for ninth straight win

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles, Sequim win ahead of showdown

Ahead of their big Olympic League matchup coming up tonight, both the Port Angeles and Sequim boys basketball teams won league games Tuesday… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Morgan Politika, left, drives to the lane defended by Kingston's Tati Fontes-Lawrence, right, on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles dialed in against Kingston

Sequim, East Jefferson earn big wins

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Port Angeles' Morgan Politika, left, drives to the lane defended by Kingston's Tati Fontes-Lawrence, right, on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll argues a call with side judge Jim Quirk (5) in the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. (Rick Scuteri/The Associated Press)

Carroll out as Seattle Seahawks coach

Moves into advisory role after 14 seasons

  • Jan 10, 2024
  • By Tim Booth The Associated Press
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll argues a call with side judge Jim Quirk (5) in the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. (Rick Scuteri/The Associated Press)
Janessa Ramos, left, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Janessa Ramos, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling

This week, we honor two athletes in different sports at opposite ends of the Olympic Peninsula as our Athletes of the Week. Janessa Ramos had… Continue reading

Janessa Ramos, left, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling.

OUTDOORS: WDFW approves razor clam digs this week

Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging on coastal beaches this week, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers… Continue reading

Mi Amada Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling

PREP GIRLS WRESTLING: East Jefferson’s Lanphear-Ramirez second at multi-state meet

Going up against more than 80 girls from Washington and Oregon this weekend, East Jefferson’s Mi Amada Lanphear-Ramirez finished second at the two-day… Continue reading

Mi Amada Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling
Port Angeles’ Eve Burke averaged 16 points a game over two games at the end of December for Linfield University in Oregon to be named the Northwest Conference Athlete of the Week. (Linfield University)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Eve Burke named Athlete of the Week for Linfield University

Linfield sophomore Eve Burke was tabbed Northwest Conference Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week last week. Burke, a Port Angeles High School… Continue reading

  • Jan 9, 2024
  • Peninsula Daily News 
  • Preps
Port Angeles’ Eve Burke averaged 16 points a game over two games at the end of December for Linfield University in Oregon to be named the Northwest Conference Athlete of the Week. (Linfield University)
Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze can't get a hold of a pass against Michigan during the second half of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

CFP CHAMPIONSHIP: Huskies fall short against Michigan in title tilt

Jim Harbaugh raised the championship trophy as gold and white confetti sprayed over his team and “We Are the Champions” blared. Nine years… Continue reading

Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze can't get a hold of a pass against Michigan during the second half of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)