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BASEBALL: Olympic 14U puts a hurting on Helena in regional opener

PORT ANGELES — Olympic walked all over Helena, Mont. in its 14U Babe Ruth Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament…

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OUTDOORS: Expert anglers offer advice for fighting off dogfish, fishing off Ediz Hook

HATCHERY-SELECTIVE CHINOOK fishing finally picked up somewhat off Sekiu in Marine Area 5, while staying relatively fair off…

The Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 10 team of navigator Cara McGuire

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MOTOR SPORTS: Sprint boat races rev up Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Have no fear race fans, the sprint boats are here for the sixth consecutive summer.…

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OUTDOORS: Dungeness crab, spot shrimp safe to eat in Strait of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty Inlet, Hood Canal

EVER WONDER ABOUT potential health impacts from eating Dungeness crab and spot shrimp caught here on the North…

Clallam Bay long jumper Clayton Willis leaps into the pit during the Port Angeles Invitational. Willis won the Class 1B long jump state title

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BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Clallam Bay’s Clayton Willis is the All-Peninsula MVP

CLALLAM BAY — Soaking in a motel bath tub filled bucketful by small bucketful with ice isn’t how…

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GOLF: SkyRidge to host benefit for Sequim High School football

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS will soon illuminate the evening skies across the North Olympic Peninsula heralding the beginning of…

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler is the All-Peninsula Girls Track and Field MVP for the second straight year. She won the Class 2A 800-meter state championship. (Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Waverly Shreffler repeats as All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Amid the din and clamor of the crowd, Sequim’s Waverly Shreffler heard familiar voices at the…

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BASEBALL: Olympic Junior Babe Ruth hosting regional tournament starting today in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles is the epicenter of Babe Ruth baseball this week as the city and…

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BASEBALL: Crosscutters drop two games at state, wrap tournament today

BURLINGTON — The Olympic Crosscutters got off on the wrong foot at the American Legion AA State Baseball…

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BASEBALL: Wilder breaks out the bats in third-straight regionals win

QUINCY — Wilder Baseball Club broke out the bats to total 13 hits in a 9-6 win over…

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BASEBALL: Pitching, clutch hitting keep Wilder rolling at regionals

QUINCY — James Grubb went six strong innings and received some clutch two-out hitting as Wilder topped the…

A raft of 687 sea otters were spotted during an aerial survey s off of Hoh Head near the mouth of the Hoh River in late June. (Steve Jeffries/State Department of Fish and Wildlife)

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OUTDOORS: Sea otter madness close to Hoh Head

THE CALLS POURED in. To the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, to the National Parks Service and…

Brenda Kay Burke of Port Townsend caught these two good-sized chinook while fishing off the Garbage Dump near Neah Bay on Monday. ()

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OUTDOORS: Chinook ‘so-so’ so far off Neah Bay, poor off La Push

A GLANCE AT the Pacific Ocean salmon fishery produces a mixed bag of results off Neah Bay (Marine…

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BASEBALL: Paynter pitches well as Wilder opens regionals with win against Calgary

QUINCY — Extraordinary outings, like the 10-strikeout, five-hit complete game Travis Paynter tossed in Wilder’s 4-2 16-18U Senior…

The winning team from the Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners' Joker's Wild Nine Hole Invitational

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GOLF: Hospice benefit tournament set for Port Ludlow

THERE’S A SPECIAL comfort and a debt of gratitude one takes on when knowing a terminally-ill loved one…

Brody Merritt of the Olympic 14U Babe Ruth Baseball club follows through on a pitch at a recent tournament game. (Kerri Merritt)

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BASEBALL: Olympic 14U team preps for regionals with solid tournament play

OLYMPIA — The Olympic 14U baseball team recently wrapped a 3-1 weekend at the Battle of the Bats…

Justin Porter of the Olympic Crosscutters slides safely into home as Montesano catcher Nate Olson waits for the throw to the plate. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BASEBALL: Crosscutters fall in district title game

PORT ANGELES — Up 5-1 after two innings of their American Legion AA District Two district title game…

The Crosscutters' Gavin Velarde fields the throw from the catcher but can't apply the tag to Centralia's Joey Aliff at second base. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BASEBALL: Crosscutters clinch berth to American Legion state tournament

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Crosscutters sealed a spot in the American Legion AA State Tournament by slipping…

Port Angeles' Cenk Ozer

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SOCCER: Super Cup lives up to its name as Port Angeles stuns Sequim in overtime

PORT ANGELES — A comeback fit for a legend. Good thing one was standing on the Port Angeles…

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BASEBALL: Crosscutters rally for walkoff win in district tournament opener

PORT ANGELES — Logan Shaw’s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning scored…