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OUTDOORS: Hit bottom and stay there during Port Angeles Salmon Club’s Halibut Derby Saturday and Sunday

HITTING BOTTOM IN life is something we all try to avoid. In halibut fishing, however, hitting bottom, and…

Chimacum's Ryley Eldridge winds up to deliver a pitch during her no-hitter against Klahowya last week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP SOFTBALL: Chimacum back and thriving after sitting out 2014

CHIMACUM — Maybe more prep teams should sit a season out on the sidelines. After a year-long hiatus…

Port Angeles' Carly Gouge can slap hit or hit for power

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PREP SOFTBALL: Gouge’s slap hitting valuable for undefeated Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — A simple move across the plate at a young age followed by hours of training…

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GOLF: Season in full swing at North Olympic Peninsula courses

NOT EVERYONE CHOOSES to go camping or halibut fishing on Memorial Day Weekend. Some decide to stay close…

Chad Wagner

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GOLF: Cedars at Dungeness adds GolfBoards and FootGolf

SEQUIM — Shredding fairways is typically a crime, not an activity sanctioned by a golf course pro shop.…

Erik Gonzalez implores a Port Angeles wrestler to dig deep during a match at Mat Classic XXV

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PREP WRESTLING: Port Angeles’ Gonzalez leaving to teach and coach at Heritage High School in Vancouver, Wash.

PORT ANGELES — Erik Gonzalez, the Port Angeles High School coach and mentor who instilled confidence and inspired…

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OUTDOORS: Halibut catch totals force closure today off LaPush and Neah Bay

LAST WEEK’S HALIBUT opener in Marine Areas 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay) was good. A little too…

Erik Gonzalez implores a Port Angeles wrestler to dig deep during a match at Mat Classic XXV

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Erik Gonzalez leaving Port Angeles to teach and coach wrestling at Heritage High School in Vancouver, Wash.

PORT ANGELES — Erik Gonzalez, the Port Angeles High School coach and mentor who instilled confidence and inspired…

Chad Wagner

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GOLF: Cedars at Dungeness adds GolfBoards and FootGolf

SEQUIM — Shredding fairways is typically a crime, not an activity sanctioned by a golf course pro shop.…

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GOLF: Season in full swing at North Olympic Peninsula courses

NOT EVERYONE CHOOSES to go camping or halibut fishing on Memorial Day Weekend. Some decide to stay close…

Travis Paynter of Port Angeles pitches for Wilder against Sandberg Baseball during the Firecracker Classic at Civic Field last July. (David Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BASEBALL: Wilder tryouts Tuesday and Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball, a tradition-rich Senior Babe Ruth program for ages 16-18, will host two tryouts…

Travis Paynter of Port Angeles pitches for Wilder against Sandberg Baseball during the Firecracker Classic at Civic Field last July. (David Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BASEBALL: Wilder tryouts Tuesday and Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball, a tradition-rich Senior Babe Ruth program for ages 16-18, will host two tryouts…

Quilcene catcher A.J. Prater tags out Oakville's Alex Youcktan as he slides into home during the Class 1B Quad-District playoffs on Friday. The Rangers lost to the Acorns 8-0 on Friday and then were eliminated from the postseason with a 8-5 loss to Shoreline Christian at Muckleshoot Tribal School on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ season wraps one game shy of state tournament

TACOMA — Port Angeles’ season ended one game short of the state baseball tournament, losing to Franklin Pierce…

A file photo from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife of happy halibut fishermen. ()

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OUTDOORS: Halibut season opens in good form along Strait of Juan de Fuca

HORDES OF HALIBUT anglers poured onto the North Olympic Peninsula last weekend for the fishery’s opening day on…

Seattle-area angler David Lewis caught this 126-pound halibut at the Garbage Dump hole off Neah Bay. (Big Salmon Resort)

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OUTDOORS: Coast is the place to be for big fishing weekend

HALIBUT, LINGS, KINGS and rockfish make for quadruple-whammy potential this weekend off LaPush and Neah Bay. Those fishing…

Travis Paynter of Port Angeles pitches for Wilder against Sandberg Baseball during the Firecracker Classic at Civic Field last July. (David Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BASEBALL: Wilder tryouts Tuesday and Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball, a tradition-rich Senior Babe Ruth program for ages 16-18, will host two tryouts…

Travis Paynter of Port Angeles pitches for Wilder against Sandberg Baseball during the Firecracker Classic at Civic Field last July. (David Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BASEBALL: Wilder tryouts Tuesday and Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball, a tradition-rich Senior Babe Ruth program for ages 16-18, will host two tryouts…

Seattle-area angler David Lewis caught this 126-pound halibut at the Garbage Dump hole off Neah Bay. (Big Salmon Resort)

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OUTDOORS: Coast is the place to be for big fishing weekend

HALIBUT, LINGS, KINGS and rockfish make for quadruple-whammy potential this weekend off LaPush and Neah Bay. Those fishing…

A file photo from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife of happy halibut fishermen. ()

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OUTDOORS: Halibut season opens in good form along Strait of Juan de Fuca

HORDES OF HALIBUT anglers poured onto the North Olympic Peninsula last weekend for the fishery’s opening day on…

Former Port Angeles resident Dave Gebhardt

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GOLF: Area professionals come up short at U.S. Open qualifier

THE BEGINNING OF qualification for June’s U.S. Open at Chambers Way didn’t quite work out the way Sequim…