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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

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.
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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.
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.
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

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)
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Port Angeles' Anthony McMahan, top, tries to overturn Sequim's Jayms Vilona in the 144-lb. class on Saturday at Port Angeles High School.
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Port Angeles' Anthony McMahan, top, tries to overturn Sequim's Jayms Vilona in the 144-lb. class on Saturday at Port Angeles High School.
Sequim's Gracie Chartraw (4) drives against Kingston on Friday in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Gracie Chartraw (4) drives against Kingston on Friday in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
partan sisters Bailey Johnson (1) and Keira Johnson (5) get defensive against Chief Leschi in Forks where Forks defeated the Warriors 78 to 26.  Also in the action is Spartan Janessa Ramos (13).  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREPS: Forks girls basketball heats up on home floor

Janessa Ramos posts triple-double for Spartans

partan sisters Bailey Johnson (1) and Keira Johnson (5) get defensive against Chief Leschi in Forks where Forks defeated the Warriors 78 to 26.  Also in the action is Spartan Janessa Ramos (13).  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.
Sequim’s Garrett Little returns a shot as he takes on North Kitsap’s Indigo Gallagher-Zapf in No. 1 singles play on Sept. 13. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim’s Garrett Little returns a shot as he takes on North Kitsap’s Indigo Gallagher-Zapf in No. 1 singles play on Sept. 13. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Forks’ Landin Davis puts up a shot over Ocosta’s Kayden Turner while Forks’ Brody Lausche looks on. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks still in giving mood in win over Ocosta

Forks quickly shook off any winter break-induced rust, swiping 24 steals and sharing the ball offensively in a 73-25 pasting of Ocosta in… Continue reading

Forks’ Landin Davis puts up a shot over Ocosta’s Kayden Turner while Forks’ Brody Lausche looks on. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Port Angeles' Izzy Felton, left, rolls around Bainbridge's Stella Berry on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls battle to the last seconds

For the second straight game, the Port Angeles girls battled back from a deficit to give themselves a chance for a tie… Continue reading

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Port Angeles' Izzy Felton, left, rolls around Bainbridge's Stella Berry on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.
Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard drives to the rim against North Mason on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard drives to the rim against North Mason on Tuesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
The Vegas Golden Knights arrive dressed like Elvis before the NHL Winter Classic hockey game against the Seattle Kraken, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: 2024 off to a great start in the sports world

As 2023 becomes a thing of the past, we look forward to 2024. And what an exciting beginning to the year it has already been.… Continue reading

The Vegas Golden Knights arrive dressed like Elvis before the NHL Winter Classic hockey game against the Seattle Kraken, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)
Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Keira Johnson made history for the Forks girls basketball program last week. Johnson scored 26 points in a victory over Lummi at the Mount Vernon… Continue reading

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball