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Kennedy Rognlien was named the Olympic League Offensive Player of the Year after batting .622 in league play. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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ALL OLYMPIC LEAGUE SOFTBALL: PA’s Rognlien, Stevens receive top honors from league for offense, defense

PA’s Politika makes first team.

Port Angeles pitcher Kody Williams was named to the Olympic League first team in baseball this week. Williams formed a formidable one-two punch along with Brayden Martin down the stretch for the Roughriders. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL OLYMPIC LEAGUE BASEBALL: Sequim, PA place five on league’s first team

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles and Sequim baseball teams placed four players on the All-Olympic first team…

Tyson Pettingill, left, and Tommy Markey, right, are two of the expected big sluggers for the Port Angeles Lefties this season.

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WEST COAST LEAGUE BASEBALL: Port Angeles Lefties a mix of new and the familiar

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties begin their ninth season Friday with a mix of the new…

Photo courtesy Caleb Messinger/ Ashtyn Messinger, a home-schooled sixth grader who participates in Sequim youth sports, displays the heart she made before going into surgery at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Doctors installed a defibrillator after Ashtyn suffered cardiac arrest on a soccer field at Carrie Blake Community Park on Sunday, May 17.

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YOUTH SPORTS: Fast action saves young Sequim athlete after cardiac arrest on field

SEQUIM — A terrifying medical emergency on a Sequim soccer field is a powerful reminder of how training,…

Forks catcher Fynlie Peters was one of three Spartans named to the All-Pacific B League first team in softball. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PACIFIC 2B LEAGUE: Five Spartans make first team in softball, baseball

FORKS — The Forks baseball and softball teams landed five players on the Pacific 2B All-League first teams.

Riley Shea celebrates his hole-in-one at the Peninsula Golf Club earlier this month.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Three holes-in-one reported at area golf courses

SEQUIM — There were three holes-in-one reported this month at area golf courses.

Keanna Teed of Buckley receives her winning check of $5,000 from Port Angeles Mayor Kate Dexter for winning the Port Angeles Halibut Derby. A total of 244 anglers participated in the return of the derby. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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OUTDOORS: More than 240 battle for biggest fish in halibut derby

PORT ANGELES — More than 240 anglers braved some stiff winds in the return of the Port Angeles…

Left, Morgan Politika, Port Angeles softball, and Adrian Aragon, Sequim boys golf.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Morgan Politika, Port Angeles softball, and Adrian Aragon, Sequim golf

Our athletes of the week this week are a Port Angeles girl and a Sequim boy who had…

Darrell Duckett, a 2019 Port Angeles graduate who played football at Central Washington, has been hired as the new Port Angeles High School head football coach.

High School Sports

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles hires former Rider as new head football coach

Darrell Ducket played, coached at CWU

Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter was third in the 10,000-meter run at the NAIA nationals in Asheville, N.C., this weekend and sixth in the 5,000 meters. (Joe Gladfelter)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter third in the 10K at NAIA nationals

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Jack Gladfelter, a former track and cross-country athlete at Port Angeles High School, finished third…

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STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Port Angeles season draws to a close against Tumwater

CENTRALIA — The Port Angeles baseball team’s season came to an end Saturday as the Roughriders ran into…

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STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Sequim’s Thompson finishes sixth

SEATTLE — Sequim’s Calleigh Thompson made it to the state semifinals and finished sixth at the state 2A…

Defending state champion javelin thrower Teanna Clark, here competing in the Port Angeles Invitational, won the District 3 2A championship, breaking her previous school record with a throw of 141-8. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD: PA’s Teanna Clark breaks her own school record in javelin

PA boys third at district; Riders will send big contingent to state

The Port Angeles softball team celebrates its third-place trophy at the state 2A tournament held in Selah this weekend. From left, back row, are Parker horn, Nyomie Colfax, Lilly Anne Lancaster, Sophia Ritchie, Erika Osterburg, Morgan Politika, Allison Leitz, Mariah Traband, Keira Headrick and Mariah Disque. From left, front row, are the team’s seniors. From left, Abby Rudd, Mikkhia Stevens, Kennedy Rognlien and Lynzee Reid. (Morgan Worthington)

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STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Riders rally twice to finish third

Morgan Politika 5 HRs, 14 RBIs in four games

Quilcene’s Oliver Hopkins pitches to home plate in a state 1B tournament game in Quilcene against DeSales. DeSales won 6-1 as Quilcene’s season ended with a 12-4 record. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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STATE 1B BASEBALL: Quilcene undone by DeSales 4-run inning

QUILCENE — The Quilcene baseball team’s season came to an end in the opening round of the State…

The Port Angeles Salmon Club Halibut Derby returns Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: Halibut derby retuns this weekend after hiatus

PORT ANGELES — After a nine-year hiatus, the Port Angeles Salmon Club is bringing back the Halibut Derby…

Sequim's Calleigh Thompson finished second at district and will compete at the 2A state tennis tournament beginning Friday. (Andre Deitzman)

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PREP TENNIS: Two Olympic Peninsula players qualify for state

BREMERTON — Sequim senior Calleigh Thompson returns to the 2A state girls tennis championships at the Nordstrom Tennis…

While training in Port Angeles Harbor on Sunday, Lillian Kuehl and Julie Fischer with the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association were greeted by several harbour porpoises swimming right underneath them and leaping out of the water. (OPRA)

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ROWING: OPRA’s Oberly second at NW Youth championship

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Noah Oberly and Danielle Woodhouse of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association competed in the USRowing…

Jake Anstett of Port Angeles competes this weekend in the Washington Nitro Pro Hillclimb championship in Sunnyside. Anstett, a repeat champion at the event, finished second in Moto 1 in Saturday’s 450cc pro category, second in Moto 2 of Sunday’s 450cc pro category and third on the Moto 1 in the premier open competition. (Roger Harnack/Free Press Publishing)

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MOTORCYCLE HILLCLIMB: PA’s Anstett reaches podium multiple times at nitro nationals

Jake Anstett of Port Angeles competes this weekend in the Washington Nitro Pro Hillclimb championship in Sunnyside. Anstett,…

The Northern Peninsula Football Club “Blaze,” from left front row, Sarah Aschim (RE/MAX sponsor), Molly McAleer, Michael McAleer (RE/MAX sponsor), Trina Jackson (RE/MAX sponsor) , Devon Beck (RE/MAX sponsor). Katelyn Sheldon, Kennedy Mason and Beckie Lee. From left, back row, Jessica Haugen, Vianey Cadenas, Tom Harris (coach), Allison Roth, Kate Hall, Christine Loewe, Beth Rich, Monica Jacobs, Rachel Peck, Jeni Banks, Taryn Asmus, Mel Messineo, Bergen Boatright, Victoria Jones, Lupita S. Perez and Kristy Hilliker. (David Breeding)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula Soccer Club thanks supporters

PORT ANGELES — On Saturday, Northern Peninsula Football Club, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, thanked its volunteers and sponsors for…