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Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles' Amaya Nelson earned a new personal best-time while swimming to a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly during an Olympic League swim meet with Sequim on Wednesday at the YMCA of Sequim.

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PREP SWIMMING: Deep roster helps Roughriders roll past Klahowya

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles won 10 of 12 events, swept four individual races and captured first place…

Port Angeles’ Allison Fricker, front, approaches the ball ahead of Bainbridge’s Isabella Saint Clair on Tuesday night at Peninsula College. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Riders hang tough with Spartans; Sequim shuts out North Mason

PORT ANGELES — Down a goal after playing a defensive-minded first half, Port Angeles decided to try and…

Sequim’s Kiley Winter sends a pass upfield as teammate Rainey Brewer, far left, looks on during the Wolves’ season-opener against Kingston on Thursday. Winter scored a goal for Sequim, but the Buccaneers came out on top 2-1 in the Olympic League contest. The Wolves host North Mason at 7 p.m. Tuesday. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREPS: Winter finds the net, but Wolves fall in OT thriller

SEQUIM — Sophie Greenleaf served a perfect 16-for-16, including a 13-serve run with four aces in the decisive…

East Jefferson's Luke O'Hara runs a gauntlet of Friday Harbor defenders during a Friday night non-league game played against Friday Harbor in Port Townsend's Memorial Field. East Jefferson won 14-13. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: East Jefferson drives for game winner, defense stands tall in fourth

Sequim defense stout in 17-6 win over Mariner

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula’s Grace Widergren, right, chases down a ball while attempting to hold off Skagit Valley’s Paige Mason during Wednesday’s contest at Wally Sigmar Field. Mason is a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate and former Roughriders soccer standout. The top-ranked Peninsula Pirates women’s soccer team snapped its 10-game home winning streak at Wally Sigmar Field with a 1-1 draw against Skagit Valley on Wednesday. Shiori Shintaku scored an unassisted goal in the 14th minute, but the Cardinals equalized early in the second half and held off Peninsula despite the Pirates’ 29-5 edge in shots and 9–0 advantage in corner kicks. Peninsula’s unbeaten and untied streak dated back to a 0-0 draw with Skagit Valley on Sept. 27, 2023.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women tie at home to Skagit Valley and PA’s Mason

Home winning streak snapped at 10

Port Angeles Cross Country Port Angeles’ Henry Wendel set a new personal record time of 19 minutes, 31.1 seconds in the 5,000-meters during Wednesday’s Olympic League cross country meet in Bremerton.

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PREPS: Rider runners set new bests in early season meet

BREMERTON — Port Angeles and Sequim runners fared well at the first Olympic League meet on a 5,000-meter…

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Jeremy Obah is held at the shoulder and stepped on by Skagit Valley's Robbie Spain during the Pirates' 7-0 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men have no trouble with Skagit Valley

In college soccer, the No. 1–ranked Peninsula men blanked No. 9 Skagit Valley 7–0. Edwin Diaz led the…

Longtime retired Port Angeles High School teacher and public address announcer Pete Rennie is stepping away from the mic to increase his time volunteering with Olympic Medical Center's Therapy Dog program with his three-legged boxer Tripp.

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PREPS: Longtime Port Angeles public address announcer Pete Rennie steps away

Known for “Let’s play some BASKETBALL!”

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing team of driver Dan Morrison and navigator Cody Catract make a qualifying run on Saturday on their home course of Extreme Sports Park.

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SPRINT BOATS: Wicked Racing driver Dan Morrison calls it a career, last laps this weekend

Sprint boat races will continue at ESP

Port Angeles Cross Country Port Angeles senior Leia Larson runs along a forested stretch during the Olympic League Cross Country Jamboree at Kitsap County Fairgrounds on Wednesday.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Riders, Wolves race at Olympic League Jamboree

BREMERTON — Port Angeles cross country runners opened the season with a 2-mile run at the Olympic League…

This Sequim pass to the Wolves’ Liam Wiker, No. 11 in white, was deflected by Forks’ Cash Barajas, No. 11 in navy blue, then intercepted by the Spartans’ Kingston Steffen and returned out to midfield. The Wolves held on in the closing moments for an 18-14 win on the Spartan Stadium turf. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News.

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PREP FOOTBALL: Schmadeke leads Sequim past Forks in season-opening thriller

Sophomore QB’s Kaden Miller (3) and Lane Helvy (2) toss 5 total TDs

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Estevan Ramos (yellow helmet) is wrapped up by a host of Meridian tacklers during 2024 contest in Forks. Buoyed by offseason training, the Spartans aim is to improve upon a difficult 2024 campaign.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks prepped and ready for return to contention

FORKS — An old trope has turned into a truism: High school football games are won in the…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Ian Smithson, center, slips past the defense of North Mason's Robert Hickerson, left, and Chris Arbogast during Friday night's game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Riders looking to rebound after rough 2024

PORT ANGELES — A senior-dominated squad with something to prove after a winless 2024 season, the focus for…

New Port Angeles High School assistant principal and athletic director Jarom Packer is pictured with his wife Merrin and three children.

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PREPS: New Port Angeles High School AD Jarom Packer pulling double duty

New PAHS AD also assistant principal

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AREA SPORTS: Cedars Women’s group gets selective, YMCA Youth Hoops registration

Cedars ladies get Selective as part of weekly game

EastJeffFBPreview-PDN-250830 Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Alex Garcia runs with the football while teammate Jackson Dupuy (7) serves as lead blocker during a 2024 contest against Klahowya at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. Both All-Nisqually League players return for the Rivals this fall.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Former PT head coach Nick Snyder returns to lead East Jefferson

Talent can be found on Rivals roster

Gunnar Fjelstul set the state’s spear fishing record for halibut, catching this 58-pound flatfish while freediving over the weekend at Neah Bay. Fjelstul already held the state spearfish records for lingcod (31.34) and blue rockfish (5.08), both caught off Neah Bay in 2023.

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OUTDOORS: Freediver spears record halibut

ANOTHER STATE FISHING record fell over the weekend, as spear gunner Gunnar Fjelstul entered the record books for…

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AREA SPORTS: YMCA fall basketball registration underway

Youth hoops offered this fall by YMCA

Port Angeles School District Port Angeles Athletic Director Dwayne Johnson speaks to a group of freshman during a pre-COVID orientation session. Johnson has received the Gareth Giles Memorial Award recognizing him for his leadership and dedication to Washington state students from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

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PORT ANGELES ATHLETICS: Longtime athletic director Dwayne Johnson steps down

PORT ANGELES — Dedicated to his work and lauded for his efforts by his peers, longtime Port Angeles…

Jefferson County Parcel No. 991201001 at the corner of Linger Longer Road and Muncie Avenue is owned by Jefferson County and will provide about 20 parking spaces for anglers fishing the Big Quilcene River starting Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: Big Quilcene River opens Saturday with changes to parking, access

EVEN WITH A rain storm forecast to approach the levels of the first big fall deluge, anglers will…

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