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Sequim’s Jennyfer Gomez, front, takes a header in front of Port Angeles’ Becca Manson last year at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Gomez, a second-team all-Olympic League selection, is back this year as a strong midfielder for the Wolves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW: Sequim seeks state bid with roster rich in talent

Taryn Johnson and her 52 career goals among returning players

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GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW: Port Angeles young, but Roughriders have plenty of skill

Return 10 varsity players

Spartan Gunner Rogers (16) and Sequim's Zeke Schmadeke (14) pull in a Forks pass for joint possession. Joint possession goes to the offense giving Forks a first down. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Forks holds back Sequim’s late charge

Crescent wins in a shutout

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene’s Mason Iverson, left, fights for yardage during a Sept. 2022 game against Crescent. Iverson led the Rangers in rushing yards last season and returns at fullback for Quilcene.

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PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene looking for return trip to state

Rangers becoming a 1B mainstay

Camano Island angler Wade La Fontaine caught this state-record dolphinfish (also known as mahi mahi or dorado) while charter fishing off Westport on Aug. 25. The 21-pound fish measured 48 inches in length.

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OUTDOORS: State-record dorado caught off Westport

Found in 70-degree water

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh, center, gets a block from teammate Landyn Jones as Anacortes' defenders Brock Beaner, left, and Braden Thomas close in during the first quarter on Friday in Port Angeles.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Senior-led Port Angeles should be in the playoff chase

PORT ANGELES — Talent, experience and maybe most importantly consistency in the coaching staff heads up the Port…

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Gary Zambor makes the catch at the 3-yard line during an October 2022 win over Klahowya. Zambor will be counted on once again to be a playmaker for the Rivals on both sides of the football.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: East Jefferson looking to learn

PORT TOWNSEND — A three-year starter returning at quarterback, experienced playmakers at wide receiver and a lineman who…

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Forks' Nate Dahlgren (40) busts loose for yardage during a 2022 game against Sequim.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Senior-heavy Forks team also has 14 freshmen

FORKS — Forks is set to rely on a deep and experienced crop of seniors providing leadership to…

Members of the Port Angeles Junior Badminton team, from left, Tyna Barinaga, Caroline Jensen; back row, Judy Brodhun and Susie Childers were part of a squad that won an unprecedented 11 nationals titles as well as three second-place finishes in the 1964 Junior Nationals Tournament held in Pomona, Callif. Port Angeles players reached the finals 12 of 15 events.

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HALL OF FAME: 1964 Port Angeles Junior Badminton squad leads slate of Port Angeles Hall inductees

Tickets for Aug. 26 dinner available

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted their Inaugural OPRA Coastal Beach Regatta at Hollywood Beach on Sunday. Port Angeles rower participation included from left, Mason Mai, Low Handicap Solo; Cooper Disque, second Place, Low Handicap Solo; Ella Shultz. fourth place Low Handicap Solo; and Harrison Fulton, third place High Handicap Solo.

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ROWING: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association’s coastal beach rowing event on Hollywood Beach a hit

More regattas to follow

Lake Stevens' Chelsey Schiessl reeled in her first-ever king while fishing out of Van Ripers' Resort in Sekiu with her husband MatthewSchiessl.

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OUTDOORS: NOAA warns large marine heatwave could lead to a return of the Blob

Warm water off shore

Port Angeles Lefties second baseman Robert Nunez jumps to catch a throw but isn't able to punch out Kelowna baserunner Eddie Fines on Sunday at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AREA SPORTS: Lefties’ Núñez, Schueber earn All-WCL Second Team recognition

Peninsula College women’s soccer opens home slate at noon Saturday

Eight East Jefferson Rivals wrestlers attended the Gene Mills Technique Camp in Sequim earlier this summer, learning from former world champion Gene Mills. Back row standing from left: Rylen Kruse, Aiden Glenn, Levi Donahue, Daltry Lammers and front, Grady White, Manaseh Ramirez, Mi Amada Ramirez and Zeke Banks.

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WRESTLING: East Jefferson grapplers compete, bond at Cusick and Sequim summer camps

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Rivals wrestlers were busy this summer, attending a pair of camps to improve…

Jefferson County Warriors members came home with medals after competing at the Southwest Regional Special Olympics of Washington BocceTournament held at Olympia's LBA Park on July 29. Warriors team members are, from left, Caitlin Whitish, Lindsey Starr, Blaine Wheeler, Gillian McCraken, and Reid Zimmer.

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS: Jefferson County Warriors medal at Southwest Region Bocce Tournament

OLYMPIA — Jefferson County Warriors members came home with medals after competing at the Southwest Regional Special Olympics…

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AREA SPORTS: Youth football camp led by Neah Bay’s Cameron Buzzell set Saturday and Sunday

West End Thunder drags this weekend in Forks

Lake Steven's Taylor Morris found success chinook fishing off Sekiu last weekend before the king fishery closed Aug. 15.

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OUTDOORS: With kings now closed, pinks take over Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound

IT’S A PRIME time for pinks as the humpbacked, odd-year schools make their way along the Strait of…

Peninsula’s Alfie Tucker front, gets tangled on the pitch with Pierce’s Manuel Lomeli during Saturday’s match at Wally Sigmar Field.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men stocked for a title run

Leading scorer Ayala returns

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Keilee Silva steps high for the ball as Bellevue's Daisy Morris look on during Wednesday's match in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women a chemistry experiment with large freshman class

Sequim’s Hannah Wagner, PA’s Anna Petty playing for Pirates

Chimacum and Peninsula College alumna Grace Johnson scored twice for the the Cal Poly Humboldt women’s soccer team during the Lumberjacks’ recent preseason tour of Australia during the 2023 Women’s World Cup. (Cal Poly Humboldt Athletics)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Chimacum standout, Peninsula College champ Grace Johnson stars on Australia tour

Playing for Cal Poly Humboldt

Richard Bauden of Port Angeles, left, in a 2000 Dodge, gets edged out for second place by Poulsbo’s Carl Jantz, driving a 1942 Willys Jeep during the Jefferson County Fair in Port Townsend on Sunday. Jantz won the 2014 Alaska Offroad Warriors reality competition off-road race with this vehicle, which covered 1,100 miles from south to north to the Arctic Ocean. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIR: Mud drags spin up fun

Mud in your Eye