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A Steller sea lion voices his displeasure along a rocky Pacific Coast tideland.

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Outdoors: Sea lion numbers, appetites grow

Makah-Western Washington University study provides data on sea lion diet

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Washington guard Sayvia Sellers drives to the hoop while defended by Fresno State’s Ava Marr, center, and Millie Long on Wednesday in Seattle.

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AREA SPORTS: PA’s Millie Long takes on No. 25 UW

Fresno State senior has Roughrider, Pirate roots

Port Angeles’ Kenny Riggs caught this 78.7-pound halibut on the final day of the 2016 Port Angeles Salmon Club Halibut Derby to win the $5,000 first prize. This was the last halibut derby held by the club due to reduced halibut seasons.

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OUTDOORS: Salmon club eyes derby return

AS PART OF a push to grow membership numbers and reestablish some fishing traditions, the Port Angeles Salmon…

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The Neah Bay volleyball team won a back-and-forth match with Wilbur-Creston-Keller 3-2 to earn fifth place at the Class 1B state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome. This is the Red Devils’ third state trophy in the last four years.

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PREPS: Neah Bay volleyball fifth at state tournament

Van Gordon leads Roughrider bowlers in opener

Kasi Baker (18) scored a goal for the Peninsula College in the NWAC semifinals Friday in Tukwila. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC SEMIFINAL: Peninsula College women come undone in second half

Pirates allow three second-half scores, had allowed one goal all season

Keylee Tavoi celebrates a Neah Bay point during the Red Devils Class 1B state volleyball tournament victory over Valley Christian. Neah Bay (19-3) faced Wilbur-Creston-Keller for the 5th-6th-place trophy late Thursday at the Yakima Valley SunDome. Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press

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AREA SPORTS: Neah Bay places at Class 1B state volleyball tournament

Chipotle benefit Saturday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Sequim Junior Soccer

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women in NWAC semifinals

Play Friday at 4 p.m.

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DISTRICT SOCCER: Wolves bow out with loss to North Kitsap

PA’s match delayed by Hood Canal Bridge collision closure

The Port Angeles Future Riders edged Neah Bay 20-19 in the North Olympic Youth Football A Squad Championship last Saturday at Civic Field. The Future Riders A Squad finished the season unbeaten at 7-0. Team members are Mason Martinez, Jarrett McNeely, Ryan Somers, Nick Somers, Blake Botero, Oliver Mathis, Blake Petersen, Taco Armenta, Wiliam Paings, Gurvey Singh, Kellen Irvine, Trust Christenson, Iren Coffey, Colby Horejsi, Leroy Armentat, Jacob Potter, Everett Andreason, Axel Plute, Silas Cooper, Kaidence Brant, Thomas Possinger, Preston Smith and Colin Neese. The team was coached by head coach KC Spencer, Grey Olekas, Shane Martin, Adam Plute, Joe Coffey and Brandon Irvine.

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AREA SPORTS: Future Riders A Squad wraps undefeated season with championship victory

Indoor soccer registration in Sequim

Nate Treat holds up a hatchery steelhead caught while fishing on the Bogachiel River near Forks. The Quillayute, Bogachiel and Calawah rivers will have a two hatchery steelhead limit through Feb. 28. The Hoh River also will have a two-hatchery steelhead limit through Feb. 15.

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OUTDOORS: Hatchery steelhead limit dropped out west

WITH PRESEASON FORECASTS of decreased seasonal wild steelhead returns, fish managers with the state Department of Fish and…

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East Jefferson’s Grace Liske, left, returns the ball as teammates Penina Vaiolo, back, and Emily Liske look on during a Class 1A West Central District volleyball tournament loser-out contest with Seattle Christian at Chimacum High School on Tuesday. The Rivals fell 3-1 to the Warriors to end their season with a 13-5 record, a seven-win improvement from 2024 and the first winning season since Chimacum and Port Townsend combined athletics in 2021.

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DISTRICT PLAYOFF PREPS: Desjardins penalty kick holds up in Port Angeles win; East Jefferson volleyball bows out after successful season

CHIMACUM — East Jefferson volleyball fell 3-1 to the Warriors to end their season with a 13-5 record,…

Fresno State Athletics Fresno State point guard Millie Long.

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AREA SPORT: PA’s Millie Long now starring for Fresno State women’s basketball team

The Cedars at Dungeness hosting holiday food bank benefit Dec. 13

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Becca Manson, right, works to keep control as Sequim’s Raimey Brewer approaches in midfield on Thursday at Wally Sigmar Field.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Becca Manson, right, works to keep control as Sequim’s Raimey Brewer approaches in midfield on Thursday at Wally Sigmar Field.

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PREPS: Steady senior Becca Manson shows adaptibility for Port Angeles

Forks football players named to Central 2B West All-League team

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Neah Bay’s senior class was celebrated before the Red Devils’ final home football game of the season. Neah Bay’s football seniors are, from left, Azariah Greene, Joe Smith, Tyler Swan, LeAnthony Jimmicum, Lelan Greene, Elijha Malinowski and Kane Greene.

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AREA SPORTS: YMCA and Sequim Youth Basketball registration, Youth wrestling in PA

Forks youth wrestling holds in-person signups

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Peninsula College's men's and women's soccer teams celebrate earning Northwest Athletic Conference North Region Championships and first-round byes in the NWAC Playoffs. The Pirate men (noon) and women (2:30 p.m.) will host quarterfinal contests Nov. 8 at Wally Sigmar Field.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women celebrate North Region titles on Sophomore Recognition Day

Will host playoff doubleheader Nov. 8

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Port Angeles’ Mariah Traband, left, heads a ball past Sequim’s Harper Moore and toward teammate Morgan Politika, right, and Sequim’s Brooklynn Schmidt during a game earlier this month.

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PREPS: Riders await playoff date

KINGSTON — Mariah Traband and Lilly Lancaster each scored two goals as Port Angeles shook off a slow…

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AREA SPORTS: Momentum One Volleyball Academy hosts travel team tryouts Saturday for U12-U14

U15-U18 tryouts set Nov. 23

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A North Olympic Peninsula cougar peers down from its perch in a cedar tree. Heart of a Lion, a documentary featuring the work of Olympic Cougar Project biologist Mark Elbroch, will be screened Nov. 14 at Peninsula College.

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OUTDOORS: Film spotlights area apex predator

A CHANCE TO witness the most elusive alpha predator on the North Olympic Peninsula comes with the full-length…

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PREP SWIMMING: Roughriders’ depth keeps meet close

The Port Angeles girls swim and dive team traveled to Poulsbo for its final meet of the season…

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Port Angeles senior Leia Larson, front, eyes the finish line while Sequim freshman Emily Bair (back) overtakes Olympic's Abigail Thatcher to earn a top-5 finish at the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Thursday.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Port Angeles fares well at Olympic League Championships

Sequim’s Bair chases down fifth place