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Wilder 10U pitcher Adrian McComb takes a throw from his catcher in a play at the plate at the Cal Ripken 10U state tournament Friday at Lincoln Park against the Lynden Lobos. Lynden’s Benji Burt got in under the tag to score. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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CAL RIPKEN, BABE RUTH STATE TOURNEYS: Wilder 12U goes 3-1 in pool play, Wilder 14U wins two of three

PORT ANGELES — The Wilder 12U team won three straight games Friday and late Thursday, with Carson Stoval…

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties battle Wenatchee tough in series finale

PORT ANGELES — After a pair of blowout losses, the Port Angeles Lefties gave the Wenatchee AppleSox all…

From left, are pickleball winners Marc Mullins, Lizz Neuteufel, Bryce Schroeder, Mika Nel, Steve Bennett and Jake Stein.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Pat Webber pickleball winners

PORT ANGELES — The fourth annual Pat Webber Memorial Pickleball Tournament was over the Fourth of July at…

More than 500 young baseball players from all around the Pacific Northwest take part in the Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth opening ceremonies at Civic Field on Wednesday night before the Port Angeles Lefties game. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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YOUTH BASEBALL: More than 500 players in town for tournaments

Wilder 14U opens with a win; Wilder 10U 2-0

Lillian Kuehl of Port Angeles is photographed near Cape Caution, B.C., by a crew member of the Northbound Nutters. In the background is Alex Fawcett of team Bristol Bear from Bristol, UK. (Gavin Brackett)

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RACE TO ALASKA: Third time was a charm for Port Angeles’ Kuehl

KETCHIKAN — Port Angeles’ Lillian Kuehl, who, unlike the other boaters in the Race to Alaska, spent three…

Port Angeles Lefties

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties drop game to AppleSox before huge crowd

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties pitching staff again struggled against powerful Wenatchee, giving up 14 hits…

Wilder Senior’s Kody Williams delivers to the plate at Volunteer Field on Tuesday. Williams pitched one of two Wilder Senior shutouts, the other by Brayden Martin, against the Lakeside UpperClass team from Bellevue. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Senior splits four with Lakeside

Martin, Williams each throw complete-game shutouts

Esther Wheeler of Sydney Australia rings the bell at the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Wednesday afternoon after completing the 750-mile Race to Alaska. Though not yet official, it appears Wheeler if the first woman to successfully finish the Race to Alaska in a solo vessel. (Esther Williams Instagram)

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RACE TO ALASKA: Australian kayaker makes history

KETCHIKAN — The final four became the final two Wednesday.

Port Angeles Lefties.

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties pitchers struggle in loss to first-place Wenatchee

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles pitchers struggled to find the strike zone in a 20-1 loss against first-place…

The Port Angeles Lefties’ Carter Enoch, left, and Ethan Wood made the North squad for the West Coast League All-Star game next week in Victoria, B.C.

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: PA’s Enoch, Wood make All-Star game

Game to be held next week in Victoria

Courtesy Eric Johnson Teams line up on the Civic Stadium diamond for the Northwest Washington Cal Ripken State Championships’ opening ceremony last year.

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YOUTH BASEBALL: Cal Ripken, Babe Ruth state tourneys set later this week in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Prepare for more than 500 young ballplayers taking over the fields at Lincoln Park, Volunteer…

Yato Kano (Prince Rupert, B.C.) of Team Rainy and Martin Rother (North Vancouver, B.C.) of Let’s Wing It are the first two kayakers to finish the 750-mile Race to Alaska since 2023. They arrived in Ketchikan at 6:20 p.m. Alaska time Sunday. (Race to Alaska)

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RACE TO ALASKA: Canadian kayakers finish together; four more boaters still going

PORT TOWNSEND — Up until this year, only eight kayaks, and six solo kayakers, had ever finished the…

The Lefties’ Sam Matosich slides safely home Sunday on a hit-and-run play at Civic Field against the Kamloops NorthPaws. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties win series against the NorthPaws with Sunday victory

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties won their first West Coast League series of the year Sunday,…

Wilder Baseball Club

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Junior splits four games at Vancouver Babe Ruth tournament

VANCOUVER — Wilder Junior split four games at the Babe Ruth state tournament this weekend, concluding with a…

Head on collisions were many during the annual Demolition Derby held Saturday at the Tillicum Park Arena in Forks during the Fourth of July celebration. A large crowd turned out to witness cars being smashed all over the Forks arena. (Lonnie Archibald/For Peninsula Daily News)

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FOURTH OF JULY: It was a smash burger in Forks

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Lefties pitcher Mason Seay pitches to the Cascade Collegiate League on Tuesday at Civic Field. Seay was the winner in an 18-5 Lefties victory. Playing third base is the Lefties’ Kaleb Campbell. (Dave Logan/Peninsula Daily News)

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: PAHS players contribute to 18-5 win

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties had their most convincing win of the season in a nonleague…

(File photo by KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS) Big Hurt iron man competitor Joey Gish of Sequim races through the transfer zone on the way to his kayak after finishing the mountain bike leg of the race in first place in September 2025 at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. Gish finished second to Michael Finley, who won the race for the fourth time.

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Summer perfect time to register for the Big Hurt

PORT ANGELES — The summer is peak training season for the Big Hurt, put on by Peninsula Adventure…

Wilder Baseball Club

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Senior comes from behind to beat Colts Red

PORT ANGELES — Fresh off of winning the Dick Brown Memorial Tournament, the Wilder Senior Baseball Club came…

Team Boogie Barge out of Tacoma was the first human-powered boat to complete the Race to Alaska from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. Boogie-Barge made the 750-mile trip in 11 days, 6 hours and 58 minutes. Team members are Blaken Hansen, Taylor Ffitch, Kian Flynn and Craig Bartlett.

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RACE TO ALASKA: Human-powered boat wins its category and all-women team celebrates

ABOVE — Team Boogie Barge out of Tacoma was the first human-powered boat to complete the Race to…

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Tribal crab boats tie up around the factory ship before dropping pots around Port Townsend Bay on Monday morning, ahead of recreational crabbing season in Marine Area 6.

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OUTDOORS: Crabbing season opens Friday

OLYMPIA — Summer crab fishing seasons will get underway Thursday in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and…

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