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Washington State Guides Association Portland’s Grace Melville caught this hatchery steelhead with a Hawkins jig while fishing on an unnamed Olympic Peninsula river.

OUTDOORS: Shellfish dig changes slated Jan. 1 in Jefferson County

Razor clam digs Dec. 31-Jan. 6

 

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara drains a 3-pointer from the top of the key over the outstretched arm of a Cascade Christian opponent during a Nisqually League game at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.

PREP BASKETBALL: East Jefferson boys make strides with strong first half

Neah Bay blows out Sequim girls

 

Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts held their first home meet of the season recently at Klahhane Gymnastics Center. Back row, from left, Port Angeles’ Mya Callis, Denise Galvan, Lillian Sutherland, Tish Hamilton and Raynee Ciarlo. Bottom, Port Angeles’ Ryah Deleon, Elyse Brown and Sequim’s Emily Bair.

GYMNASTICS: Riders open season with home meet

Port Angeles freshman Elyse Brown impressed with a first-place finish on the bars as Port Angeles and Sequim prep gymnasts hosted their… Continue reading

 

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders stymied by Onalaska pressure, Jacoby

Port Angeles struggled in implementing every aspect of its pregame plan in a 74-52 nonleague girls basketball loss to Class 2B Onalaska… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark is guarded by Onalaska’s Renzy Marshall during the Roughriders’ 74-52 loss to the Loggers.
Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

FOOTBALL: Gridiron duo play in Tiki Bowl

Longtime friends and football teammates Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann competed in Saturday’s Hawaii Tiki Bowl at Kunuiakea Stadium. The duo, who started… Continue reading

Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.
Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Raimey Brewer avoids a flag grab by a Klahowya player during an Olympic League flag football game, the first on the Sequim High School football field.

PREPS: Sequim flag football defends turf in first home games

Sequim’s Kiley Winter scored three touchdowns, Ruby Moxley-Horgan added another and Stella Dennis hauled in an interception as the Wolves earned revenge on… Continue reading

Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Raimey Brewer avoids a flag grab by a Klahowya player during an Olympic League flag football game, the first on the Sequim High School football field.
Ben Ray/The Renton Reporter Sequim’s Noah Green, right, guards Lindbergh’s Christian Serrano on a drive to the rim on Wednesday in Renton.

PREPS: Wolves fall in regional round rematch

In a road rematch of the their Class 2A state regional round game last February, the Sequim Wolves put themselves in a position… Continue reading

Ben Ray/The Renton Reporter Sequim’s Noah Green, right, guards Lindbergh’s Christian Serrano on a drive to the rim on Wednesday in Renton.

OUTDOORS: Severity, frequency of storms increasing

all number among the recent destructive weather events… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula cheerleaders performed in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade on Dec. 7 in front of thousands of spectators lining the streets at Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach. From left, Port Angeles’ Madison Bishop, Forks’ Danikka King and Libby Owen and Port Angeles’ Addisen McNeece and Melia Webber.

AREA SPORTS: Forks, Port Angeles cheerleaders perform in Pearl Harbor Day Parade

Cheerleaders from Forks and Port Angeles represented the North Olympic Peninsula in the annual Pearl Harbor… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula cheerleaders performed in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade on Dec. 7 in front of thousands of spectators lining the streets at Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach. From left, Port Angeles’ Madison Bishop, Forks’ Danikka King and Libby Owen and Port Angeles’ Addisen McNeece and Melia Webber.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Allison Fricker avoids Olympic Trojan Kathryn James, right, trying to strip her flag during their flag football match Thursday evening in a heavy mist at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. The Roughriders beat Olympic 42-0 and Kingston 42-35 to improve to 3-1. Sequim (3-1) edged North Kitsap 15-14 and lost to Klahowya 35-6.

PREPS: Port Angeles flag football spikes the competition

Neah Bay boys win opener

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Allison Fricker avoids Olympic Trojan Kathryn James, right, trying to strip her flag during their flag football match Thursday evening in a heavy mist at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. The Roughriders beat Olympic 42-0 and Kingston 42-35 to improve to 3-1. Sequim (3-1) edged North Kitsap 15-14 and lost to Klahowya 35-6.
Port Angeles’ 400-yard free relay team achieved a state-qualifying time, improving their previous best by two seconds during the Riders’ swim meet against defending state-champion Bainbridge at Shore Aquatic Center on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swimmers are, from left, Patrick Ross, Miles Van Denburg, Adam Kaminski and Thomas Jones.

PREPS: Roughriders swimming pushes defending state champ Bainbridge to the limit

Port Angeles added a state-qualifying time, six new district cuts and set an impressive 22 personal-best times while pushing defending state-champion Bainbridge… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ 400-yard free relay team achieved a state-qualifying time, improving their previous best by two seconds during the Riders’ swim meet against defending state-champion Bainbridge at Shore Aquatic Center on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swimmers are, from left, Patrick Ross, Miles Van Denburg, Adam Kaminski and Thomas Jones.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Avery Dilley defends against Port Angeles’ Storey Schmidt during the team’s season opener last week.

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Forks wants to repeat as league champs, compete for state berth

Forks returns its entire starting five from its district playoff run last season as the Spartans seek to repeat with their fourth straight… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Forks’ Avery Dilley defends against Port Angeles’ Storey Schmidt during the team’s season opener last week.
Neah Bay Red Devils

PREP BASKETBALL: 4-0 Neah Bay girls run past Forks

Neah Bay executed its halfcourt offense and got numerous good looks inside in blowing past Forks 71-40 in a nonleague girls basketball… Continue reading

Neah Bay Red Devils

BOWLING: Van Gordon sets new Roughrider pinfall record

Port Angeles dropped an Olympic League bowling match 5-2 to Bremerton, but team and personal records were set by Zoey Van Gordon… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara rises for a layup during the Rivals’ 71-42 season-opening win over Nisqually League foe Charles Wright on Thursday at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.

PREPS: East Jefferson Rivals rise to occasion in season-opening win

Five East Jefferson players reached double digits in scoring as the Rivals put away Charles Wright in the second half of a… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Luke O’Hara rises for a layup during the Rivals’ 71-42 season-opening win over Nisqually League foe Charles Wright on Thursday at Bruce Blevins Gymnasium.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles senior Teanna Clark drives while defended by Forks’ Karee Neel during the team’s season opener.

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Experienced Port Angeles looking to play like they practice

With much the same cast, the 2025-26 Port Angeles girls basketball team is seeking to find the formula it had in February,… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles senior Teanna Clark drives while defended by Forks’ Karee Neel during the team’s season opener.
Marcie Lammers Sequim sophomore Aiden Glenn gains an advantage over East Jefferson’s Aiden Kraft during a four-team season-opening jamboree at Port Townsend High School. Other teams in attendance were Port Angeles and Forks. Glenn and Kraft both wrestled at Mat Classic, the state wrestling tournament, last season.

WRESTLING JAMBOREE: Sequim, Port Angeles and Forks attend East Jefferson season kickoff

Marcie Lammers Sequim sophomore Aiden Glenn gains an advantage over East Jefferson’s Aiden Kraft during a four-team season-opening jamboree at Port Townsend High School. Other… Continue reading

Marcie Lammers Sequim sophomore Aiden Glenn gains an advantage over East Jefferson’s Aiden Kraft during a four-team season-opening jamboree at Port Townsend High School. Other teams in attendance were Port Angeles and Forks. Glenn and Kraft both wrestled at Mat Classic, the state wrestling tournament, last season.

OUTDOORS: Transition to mobile licenses beginning

MORE CELL PHONES plunging to the bottom of water bodies is the unintended consequence expected after the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced its… Continue reading

Sequim's Gracie Chartaw scored 30 points in a season-opening win over East Jefferson on Tuesday. Here, she is guarded by East Jefferson's Kaydence Plotner. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Chartraw hits for 30 in win over East Jefferson

Gracie Chartraw nearly poured in a triple-double in leading Sequim past East Jefferson 58-40 in the girls basketball season opener for each squad.… Continue reading

Sequim's Gracie Chartaw scored 30 points in a season-opening win over East Jefferson on Tuesday. Here, she is guarded by East Jefferson's Kaydence Plotner. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Addy Hoffman eyes the lane as she prepares to bowl during the Wolves’ match with North Mason at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles on Monday.

New bowlers roll for Sequim team

North Olympic League football and volleyball all-league teams

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Addy Hoffman eyes the lane as she prepares to bowl during the Wolves’ match with North Mason at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles on Monday.