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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sun Fun Color Run next Saturday

Huskies head football coach DeBoer to appear in Bremerton

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Port Angeles' John Vaara, left, looks for the hoop as North Kitsap's Aiden Olmstead defends the lane on Thursday night in Port Angeles.

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STATE REGIONAL BASKETBALL: Brother-sister duo of John and Jolene Vaara power Port Angeles boys and Sequim girls

Versatile posts lead Riders and Wolves

Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning drives around the defense of Lynden's Kobe Baar in the 2A regionals held Friday night in Mount Vernon. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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REGIONAL PLAYOFFS: PA boys fall after rough fourth quarter

MOUNT VERNON — One silver lining comes out of Port Angeles’ fourth-quarter collapse in Friday’s Class 2A State…

Sequim's Addie Smith drives around Lynden's Mallary Villars in the state 2A regional game held Friday night in Mount Vernon. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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REGIONAL PREP BASKETBALL: Wolves fall short of Yakima

MOUNT VERNON — A season that started in storybook fashion came to a disappointing conclusion as No. 13…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Former Peninsula College soccer player goes pro

HOUSTON — Former Peninsula College men’s soccer standout Sterling Penniston-John has signed an MLS NEXT Pro professional contract…

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: PA boys nipped by No. 1 White River; Sequim girls bounce back

SAMMAMISH — No. 7 Port Angeles couldn’t finish off top-ranked White River in the Class 2A District 2/3…

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Natalie Johnson of Port Angeles looks for position to shoot on Lynette Espinoza of Davis during a girls 100-pound match Friday at the state Mat Classic wrestling tournament in the Tacoma Dome. Johnson won the match by decision, 3-2. Johnson came in eighth in the state.

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MAT CLASSIC: Forks grapplers finish fourth in state; Queen a state champion

Editor’s note: Forks’ Hayden Queen won the 182-pound 2B wrestling championship Saturday night.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Defense leads to some potent offense for Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Defensive effort did the heavy lifting for the Peninsula College men basketball team in an…

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OUTDOORS: Salmon season-setting process gets underway

Saltwater anglers take note of a March 4 meeting to kick off the public participation portion of the…

Port Angeles' Lexie Smith, left and Sequim's Lauryn Stephens battle for rebounding positions. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls thump short-handed Sequim to reach fourth consecutive district title game

Riders face White River Saturday at Highline High School

Forks junior Kyra Neel (35) hauls in a rebound in a 2B District IV playoff game against Rainier on Feb. 15 at Castle Rock High School. (Eric Trent/The Daily Chronicle)

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks’ season ends on 3-point barrage; Sequim girls beat Enumclaw

Wolves to face Roughriders Thursday night in Port Angeles

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Port Angeles' John Vaara skies over Franklin Pierce's Brandon Herrera during the Roughriders' 68-51 Class 2A District 2/3 tournament victory Wednesday.

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles beats up Franklin Pierce to seal first state trip since 2011

Dunning hits for 28 points

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OUTDOORS: Steelhead group charts future course

Salmon smolts decimating Alaskan crab fry?

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks falls in district quarterfinals

Play Wahkiakum tonight at Rochester

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Jaylin Reed, Millie Long power Peninsula in men and women’s sweep of Bellevue

Reed scores 30, Long swipes 7 steals

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Port Angeles' Cheyenne Maggard, center, is joined by her parents Meghan and Brent as she signs her letter of intent to compete in air rifle at the University of Tennessee-Martin.

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SHOOTING SPORTS: Port Angeles sharpshooter Cheyenne Maggard sets her sights on Tennessee-Martin

Will compete in air rifle for NCAA program

Riley Pursley shoots over Wahkiakum's Dominic Curl (4) on the court at Rochester. Rochester won 65-50, edning the Spartans' season. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks blisters Ilwaco to stay alive; Port Angeles knocks off NK

Riders, Wolves share Olympic League crown

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Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, front, tries to evade the defense of North Kitsap's Jonas La Tour during Thursday night's game at Port Angeles High School.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles topples North Kitsap to earn share of Olympic League Championship *with photos and video

Roughriders stingy defensively, effective in half court offensively

Port Angeles' Xander Maestas actually made this shot Saturday against Sequim and picked up a foul for a 3-point play Saturday. Also in on the play are, from left, Sequim's Isaiah Moore, Zach Thompson, Cole Smithson and Tyler Mooney. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: PA boys able to hold off Sequim again

Forks teams win playoff openers

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WRESTLING: Three Riders win league titles at Subregional

BREMERTON — Three Port Angeles grapplers claimed Olympic League Subregional wrestling championships and a total of ten Sequim…