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Anglers from left, Dave Lewis, Alea Holloway, Doug Demmrell and Josh Kilmer, all from the Port Townsend/Sequim area, caught these good-sized halibut while fishing the Pacific Ocean via Sekiu with Tom Burlingame of Excel Fishing Charters.

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OUTDOORS: Halibut still the priority for anglers

Kings being caught near Neah Bay

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LEFTIES: Port Angeles scores its fourth straight win

PORT ANGELES — The good times are continuing to roll offensively for the Port Angeles Lefties.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Justin Miller pitches for the Lefties in the first inning against the Highline Bears on Tuesday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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Port Angeles tames Highline Bears

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles plated 11 or more runs for the third straight game, dispatching the Highline…

Photo courtesy April Ryan/Pacific Whale Watch Association The humpback whale named Pop Tart for its love of breaching, surfaces in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pop Tart and two of his siblings were recently spotted off Port Angeles with their mother, Big Mama.

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OUTDOORS: Rare humpback whale sibling sighting off Port Angeles

Unlike those finicky eaters, the Southern Resident orca whales, humpback whales are showing a resurgence in the waters…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lefties third baseman Ricardo Amavizca leaps up for the ball as Driveline's Thomas Rudinsky slides into base during the third inning on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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LEFTIES: Port Angeles can’t pull off rally in 4-2 loss

PA beats Bellingham 9-3 Thursday

The Port Angeles Navy JROTC Precision Air Rifle Team became the first Port Angeles High School to qualify for the Navy JROTC National Championship. The team finished fifth in the nation in the virtual event. Team members from left are, back row, Meagan McCann and Kaeden Murphy and front, Cheyenne Maggard and Jenna Sanders.

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SHOOTING SPORTS: Port Angeles Navy JROTC rifilists aim is true

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members have been busy honing their precision…

Swain's captured the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball championship with a 12-7 win over Athlete's Choice. Team members and coaches are from left, coach Eric Flodstrom, Jude Wallace, Jordan Shumway, Hunter Tennell, Khyler Thompson, Joseph Ritchie, Aiden Swenson, Bryton Amsdill, Trae Hanson (behind trophy), Tanner Jacobsen, Luke Flodstrom, Tate Alton, coach Tim Adams, Ryland Proettie and Cody Martin.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Swain’s claims Olympic Junior Babe Ruth championship; Millie Long scores 25, hits game-winner at West Sound all-star game

Swain’s wins Olympic Jr. Babe Ruth title game

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Logan Massie of East Jefferson is surrounded by Port Angeles' Kameron Meadows, left, and Jacob Felton, right, as Massie is backed up by teammates Hunter Cerna, left rear and Anton Jones during a February game in Port Angeles. East Jefferson is looking for a new head coach after the resignation of Patrick Gaffney.

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PREPS: Port Townsend athletic director and East Jefferson football coach Patrick Gaffney stepping down

Head coaching search underway

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LEFTIES: Bats slow to stir for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Maybe some extended sunshine will help the Port Angeles Lefties’ bats break out of the…

Starting Saturday anglers fishing off of Neah Bay will have the chance to bring home a chinook like this one caught by Bellingham's Tyler Dockins off Mushroom Rock during the 2020 salmon opener.

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OUTDOORS: Where to find the kings

Neah Bay always productive

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OUTDOORS: Halibut and salmon two-fer Saturday

Anglers are about to make the jump from halibut to salmon, appropriate for salmon, a species named after…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lefties pitcher Preston Howey throws in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against the Bellingham Bells at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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LEFTIES: Early blast, strong pitching fell Port Angeles

Bellingham opens series with 4-0 win

Western Washington PGA Jeff Coston,right, won the 7 Cedars Senior Washington Open held at The Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim for the 11th time. Coston is joined by Chad Wagner, director of golf at The Cedars at Dungeness, left, and amateur champion Tom Brandes.

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GOLF BRIEFS: Sequim Realtors hoping to ‘level the field’ with upcoming tournament

SEQUIM — This tournament is on the level. The Level the Field Tournament hosted by the Sequim Association…

Port Townsend graduate and George Fox University track and field athlete Berkley Hill recently earned NCAA Division III All-American status after finishing seventh in the 10-event decathlon at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships held recently in Greensboro, N.C.

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TRACK AND FIELD: Port Townsend’s Berkely Hill earns NCAA All-America status in decathlon

PORT TOWNSEND — Berkley Hill exceled in four sports at Port Townsend High School, where he earned Nisqually…

Wilder Senior's Michael Grubb dives safely back to the first-base bag on a pickoff attempt as Seattle Select's Alex Ballot prepares to apply the tag during an American Legion game Monday at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Senior falters late in nine-inning loss

Olson strikes out six

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Dalton Kilmer pinned his Ilwaco opponent during the Class 2B Southwest District Tournament at Forks on Wednesday. Kilmer was one of 12 Spartans boys and girls to win district championships.

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WRESTLING: Forks pins down Southwest District Championship

FORKS — Forks wrestlers combined for 12 individual weight class championships as the Spartans dominated the Class 2B…

This 75-inch, 224-pound halibut was caught by Mike Mahoney of Park City, Utah, third from left, while fishing the Strait of Juan de Fuca out of Sekiu's Van Riper's Resort. The state record for Pacific halibut is a 288-pounder caught at Swiftsure Bank in September 1989.

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OUTDOORS: Free fishing weekend Saturday and Sunday with state parks access also complementary at times

National Forest access also free

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Lefties launch two homers but fall to Corvallis

Wrestling, basketball camps set this summer

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Port Angeles High School seeks new head football coach

Wasche returns to Oregon school

Photo courtesy of Discovery Bay Women's Golf Club Discovery Bay Women's Golf Club members celebrated Pat Burns' 102nd birthday after play June 9. Club members are, front row from left, Judith Murdock, Cindy Breed, Wanda Synnestvedt, Pat Burns, Jerri Torson, Diane Solie, Lynn Pierle; back row from left, Cindy Westwood, Karen Newman, Marianne Ott, Vicki Young, Sheila Kilmer, Norma Lupkes, Terry Graham, Dee Sweeney (captain), Jane Peoples, Starla Audette, Jane Guiltinan (co-captain). Not pictured are Barb Aldrich, Katherine Buchanan and Linda Deal.

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GOLF: Discovery Bay celebrates Patricia Burns’ 102nd birthday

PORT TOWNSEND — Summer-like weather greeted Discovery Bay Women’s Golf Club members gathered to celebrate one of their…

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