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EastJeffFBPreview-PDN-250830 Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Alex Garcia runs with the football while teammate Jackson Dupuy (7) serves as lead blocker during a 2024 contest against Klahowya at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. Both All-Nisqually League players return for the Rivals this fall.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Former PT head coach Nick Snyder returns to lead East Jefferson

Talent can be found on Rivals roster

EastJeffFBPreview-PDN-250830 Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson's Alex Garcia runs with the football while teammate Jackson Dupuy (7) serves as lead blocker during a 2024 contest against Klahowya at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. Both All-Nisqually League players return for the Rivals this fall.

AREA SPORTS: Cedars Women’s group gets selective, YMCA Youth Hoops registration

Sunny, warm weather greeted 17 members of The Cedars at Dungeness’ Women’s Golf Association… Continue reading

New Port Angeles High School assistant principal and athletic director Jarom Packer is pictured with his wife Merrin and three children.

PREPS: New Port Angeles High School AD Jarom Packer pulling double duty

New PAHS AD also assistant principal

New Port Angeles High School assistant principal and athletic director Jarom Packer is pictured with his wife Merrin and three children.
Port Angeles School District Port Angeles Athletic Director Dwayne Johnson speaks to a group of freshman during a pre-COVID orientation session. Johnson has received the Gareth Giles Memorial Award recognizing him for his leadership and dedication to Washington state students from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

PORT ANGELES ATHLETICS: Longtime athletic director Dwayne Johnson steps down

Dedicated to his work and lauded for his efforts by his peers, longtime Port Angeles athletic director Dwayne Johnson’s resignation was accepted… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District Port Angeles Athletic Director Dwayne Johnson speaks to a group of freshman during a pre-COVID orientation session. Johnson has received the Gareth Giles Memorial Award recognizing him for his leadership and dedication to Washington state students from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

AREA SPORTS: YMCA fall basketball registration underway

The Olympic Peninsula YMCA will hold fall youth basketball programs at its Sequim and Port… Continue reading

Gunnar Fjelstul set the state’s spear fishing record for halibut, catching this 58-pound flatfish while freediving over the weekend at Neah Bay. Fjelstul already held the state spearfish records for lingcod (31.34) and blue rockfish (5.08), both caught off Neah Bay in 2023.

OUTDOORS: Freediver spears record halibut

ANOTHER STATE FISHING record fell over the weekend, as spear gunner Gunnar Fjelstul entered the record books for the third time in as many years… Continue reading

Gunnar Fjelstul set the state’s spear fishing record for halibut, catching this 58-pound flatfish while freediving over the weekend at Neah Bay. Fjelstul already held the state spearfish records for lingcod (31.34) and blue rockfish (5.08), both caught off Neah Bay in 2023.
Jefferson County Parcel No. 991201001 at the corner of Linger Longer Road and Muncie Avenue is owned by Jefferson County and will provide about 20 parking spaces for anglers fishing the Big Quilcene River starting Saturday.

OUTDOORS: Big Quilcene River opens Saturday with changes to parking, access

EVEN WITH A rain storm forecast to approach the levels of the first big fall deluge, anglers will be hard-pressed to miss Saturday’s hatchery coho… Continue reading

Jefferson County Parcel No. 991201001 at the corner of Linger Longer Road and Muncie Avenue is owned by Jefferson County and will provide about 20 parking spaces for anglers fishing the Big Quilcene River starting Saturday.
The Cedars at Dungeness Women’s Golf Association held its club championship this week with Jane Peoples, right, earning the low gross title and Jodi Stone taking the low net championship.

AREA SPORT: Cedars at Dungeness crowns women’s club champions

Sports physical clinic set Saturday in PA

The Cedars at Dungeness Women’s Golf Association held its club championship this week with Jane Peoples, right, earning the low gross title and Jodi Stone taking the low net championship.
A.J. Demond

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates tab A.J. DeMond as new men’s head coach

Peninsula College has selected AJ DeMond, formerly an assistant coach at national junior college powerhouse College of Southern Idaho (CSI), to lead… Continue reading

A.J. Demond
Tacoma’s Travis Zaffino made his first trip back to Sekiu last weekend since childhood fishing trips with his dad and had good success, catching this fine hatchery chinook.

OUTDOORS: Chinook off the board in Sekiu

THE PLUG WAS pulled on the Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) hatchery chinook season with three days left on the board by the state Department of… Continue reading

Tacoma’s Travis Zaffino made his first trip back to Sekiu last weekend since childhood fishing trips with his dad and had good success, catching this fine hatchery chinook.
The Wilder Baseball Club family poses for a group photo Thursday night at The Babe Ruth 18U World Series at the Marion County Sportsplex in Ocala, Fla. Wilder Senior went 4-2 at the tournament a week after advancing to the American Legion state championship.

BABE RUTH WORLD SERIES: Wilder Senior boys of summer bow out

Wilder Senior’s successful summer season came to an end at the 18U Babe Ruth World Series with a 12-2 loss in six… Continue reading

The Wilder Baseball Club family poses for a group photo Thursday night at The Babe Ruth 18U World Series at the Marion County Sportsplex in Ocala, Fla. Wilder Senior went 4-2 at the tournament a week after advancing to the American Legion state championship.
Tacoma angler Lorin Bell found bluefin tuna success on a Pacific Ocean trip earlier this month.

OUTDOORS: Water water holds tuna treasure trove

CALM BLUE OCEAN water right around the 60-degree mark on the thermometer is what bluefin tuna anglers are seeking right now off of our coastline.… Continue reading

Tacoma angler Lorin Bell found bluefin tuna success on a Pacific Ocean trip earlier this month.

LEFTIES: PA wraps with slugfest loss

Port Angeles’ offense came to play, busting out 16 hits, but the Lefties couldn’t keep Kamloops off the scoreboard in a 21-8… Continue reading

BABE RUTH WORLD SERIES: Wilder beats up on tourney host

Wilder Baseball Club took advantage of what tournament host Ocala, Fla., provided to advance to the quarterfinals of the Babe Ruth 16-18… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Tickets remain for PAHS Hall of Fame Dinner Aug. 16

Tickets remain for the Port Angeles High School Hall of Fame Dinner, scheduled for Aug.… Continue reading

The 10th annual Bob Cup Golf Tournament that honors the memory of life-long Sequim resident Bob Duncan and raises funds for the local Special Olympics program, the Clallam County Orcas, was won by the team of Jake Tjernell, Lance Scott, Jeff Sparks and Jesse Francis.

GOLF:

The 10th annual Bob Cup Golf Tournament that honors the memory of Bob… Continue reading

The 10th annual Bob Cup Golf Tournament that honors the memory of life-long Sequim resident Bob Duncan and raises funds for the local Special Olympics program, the Clallam County Orcas, was won by the team of Jake Tjernell, Lance Scott, Jeff Sparks and Jesse Francis.
Port Angeles Swim Club Port Angeles Swim Club's record are hanging on the walls of the Shore Aquatic Center again thanks to new record boards donated by Riddell Auto and First Federal Community Bank. The club's most recent record holders stand in front of the new boards from left: Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones, JB Vanderheiden and Almaz Faskhutdinov.

AREA SPORTS: Port Angeles Swim Club’s record times on display at Shore Aquatic Center

Record boards return thanks to Ruddell, First Fed

Port Angeles Swim Club Port Angeles Swim Club's record are hanging on the walls of the Shore Aquatic Center again thanks to new record boards donated by Riddell Auto and First Federal Community Bank. The club's most recent record holders stand in front of the new boards from left: Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones, JB Vanderheiden and Almaz Faskhutdinov.
The Olympic Junior Babe Ruth 13U team has qualified for the Babe Ruth World Series in Jamestown, New York after going 6-0 and winning the Pacific Northwest Babe Ruth Regional Championship in Meridian, Idaho this week. Team members are Julian Dominguez, Noah Kiser, Cooper Merritt, Drake Spence, Kyler Williams, Coleman Keate, Jay Lieberman Carson Greenstreet, Brycen Allen, Jacob Kimzey, Liam Shea, Gavin Doyle and Tristan Konopaski. The team is coached by Rob Merritt, Evan Kiser, Tyrell Spence and Bryan Greenstreet.

BABE RUTH: Olympic wins Pacific Northwest Regional Championship, will head to World Series in New York state

The hits just coming for the Olympic 13U Junior Babe Ruth club. Carson Greenstreet’s clutch two-out double capped a five-run rally in… Continue reading

The Olympic Junior Babe Ruth 13U team has qualified for the Babe Ruth World Series in Jamestown, New York after going 6-0 and winning the Pacific Northwest Babe Ruth Regional Championship in Meridian, Idaho this week. Team members are Julian Dominguez, Noah Kiser, Cooper Merritt, Drake Spence, Kyler Williams, Coleman Keate, Jay Lieberman Carson Greenstreet, Brycen Allen, Jacob Kimzey, Liam Shea, Gavin Doyle and Tristan Konopaski. The team is coached by Rob Merritt, Evan Kiser, Tyrell Spence and Bryan Greenstreet.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties third baseman Ty Thomas, right, is greeted at the plate by teammates Dom Dominguez, left, and Jeremy Giesegh after Thomas slugged a two-run homer in the third inning against Bellingham on Wednesday evening in Port Angeles.

LEFTIES: Thomas slugs HR, drives in four in win

A late-inning rally lifted Port Angeles to a 13-6 triumph over North Division-leading Bellingham on Wednesday night at Civic Field. Port Angeles… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties third baseman Ty Thomas, right, is greeted at the plate by teammates Dom Dominguez, left, and Jeremy Giesegh after Thomas slugged a two-run homer in the third inning against Bellingham on Wednesday evening in Port Angeles.

BABE RUTH NW REGIONALS: North Olympic opens tourney 3-0

The North Olympic Babe Ruth squad opened strong at the 13U Pacific Northwest Babe Ruth Regional Championships with three straight wins, including… Continue reading