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Peninsula College’s Alecsis Smith goes up for a basket last weekend in the NWAC tournament in Pasco against Treasure Valley. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates prepare for Final Four matchup against defending champs

PORT ANGELES — The first challenge for the Peninsula College women will be to get to Pasco through…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, left, and Tyler Swan were named the North Olympic League’s girls and boys basketball MVPs.

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NORTH OLYMPIC BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Q Greene, Tyler Swan league MVPs

JOYCE — Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene and Tyler Swan were the girls and boys basketball MVPs of the…

Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter, running for Corban University in Salem, Ore., was second at the NAIA nationals in the 5,000-meter run last week. (Joe Gladfelter)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Gladfelter second at NAIA indoor nationals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter keeps collecting medals in distance events and came within one second…

James Taurman-Aldrich/Whitman County Gazette The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena early Sunday morning. The Lady Reds beat Garfield-Palouse in the championship game 54-41. It was the fourth state championship for seniors Qwaapeys Greene, Angel Halttunen, Cerise Moss, Wiinuk Martin and Lillie Yallup.

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STANDALONE PHOTO: Neah Bay celebrates fourth straight

The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena…

Qwaapeys Greene, left, Wiinuk Martin, right, Neah Bay girls basketball.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK; Qwaapeys Greene, Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

The Neah Bay girls basketball team could not have won four straight state basketball championships without their starting…

The Bremerton Knights hold their state championship trophy after beating the RA Long Lumberjacks 45-43 in the 2A boys state basketball championship Saturday at the Yakima SunDome. (Luke Caputo/Kitsap News Group)

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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Bremerton, Lummi win back-to-back state titles

YAKIMA — No. 1 seed and the Olympic League boys basketball champion Bremerton Knights (26-2) accomplished their mission…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene holds the girls’ basketball state championship trophy as her teammates celebrate its fourth straight title early Sunday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

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STATE 1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: It’s once, twice, four times for Lady Reds

Neah Bay wins its fourth straight state championship

Peninsula College’s Aspen Fraser (23) battles for a rebound with Umpqua’s Sydnee Muntifering (2) and two other Umpqua players in an NWAC Elite Eight game Sunday in Pasco. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: Pirates in the NWAC Final Four after handling Umpqua

PASCO — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team is headed to another NWAC Final Four, dispatching Umpqua 71-57…

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: 19 WCL alumni to play in World Baseball Classic

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 2026 World Baseball Classic that began this week will feature 19 West Coast League…

Cinco McNeal dunks against Treasure Valley on Wednesday at the NWAC Tournament in Pasco. The Pirates lost 81-61. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

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NWAC MEN’S TOURNAMENT: Pirates lose in opener

PASCO — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team rallied early in the second half, but simply couldn’t overcome…

Neah Bay’s Mathias Greene hit four 3-pointers and scored 15 points in the Red Devils’ 74-58 win over Sunnyside Christian in the state 1B tournament Wednesday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

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STATE 1B TOURNAMENT: Neah Bay boys in the quarterfinals

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay boys basketball team will finish somewhere in the top eight of the state…

Left, East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo was named to the All-Nisqually League’s first team, while EJ’s Luke O’Hara’s right, was also named to the first team. (Photos by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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All-NISQUALLY LEAGUE: Vailolo, O’Hara make first team

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo and Luke O’Hara made the all-Nisqually League girls and boys first…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Trio of Sequim, PA wrestlers make all-league team

Wrestling club registration and OJBR tryouts

Teanna Clark brings the ball up the court against Renton on Saturday at the University of Puget Sound court in Tacoma. Clark scored 16 points in the first half in Port Angeles’ 51-39 regional win sending the Roughriders to the state 2A tournament in Yakima. (Benjamin Ray/Federal Way Mirror)

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PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Three prep teams head to state tournaments

NWAC tournament begins this week with both PC teams

Becca Manson, Port Angeles girls basketball, left and Angel Halttunen, Neah Bay girls basketball

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Becca Manson, Port Angeles girls basketball and Angel Halttunen, Neah Bay girls basketball

Our Athletes of the Week came through in the clutch in a pair of postseason girls basketball games…

The Last Chance Basketball Tournament was held at the Port Angeles High School gyms and the Roosevelt Elementary School this weekend. It’s the sixth and final tournament of the year featuring boys and girls teams in grades fourth through eighth. It is called the Last Chance Tournament because the winning teams in each division will go onto the state tournament in Spokane in the spring. A total of 54 teams came from as far as Blaine, Bellingham, Anacortes, Sumner and Eatonville. Here, Logan Dilley from the Forks eighth-grade boys team drives around his opponent from Blaine. Blaine won this game 45-24. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SPORTS PHOTO: Last Chance tourney takes over PA gyms

The Last Chance Basketball Tournament was held at the Port Angeles High School gyms and the Roosevelt Elementary…

Port Angeles’ Morgan Politika passes the ball against Renton on Saturday night in Tacoma the Roughriders 2A state regional. Politika had seven points in the first half to help lead the Roughriders to a 51-39 win. (Benjamin Ray/Federal Way Mirror)

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GIRLS REGIONAL PLAYOFFS: Riders ride off to the SunDome with win

Sequim seasons ends against Nathan Hale

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STATE 1B REGIONALS: No. 1 Neah Bay girls survive scare from Lummi

Halttunen basket with 45 seconds left the game-winner

Seven sisters of the legendary Moss basketball family in Neah Bay traveled to Port Angeles to watch Ryana Moss play her final home game for Peninsula College on Wednesday night. Four of the Moss sisters — Cherish, Cierra, Ruth and Ryana — have played at Peninsula and six out of the seven have played for Neah Bay High School with Rose Moss, a sixth-grader, an almost certain future member of the team. From left are Cherish Moss, Cierra Moss, current Pirate Ryana Moss, Rose Moss, Cerise Moss, Ruth Moss and Caylee Moss. Caylee and Cerise are current Neah Bay players gunning for their fourth straight state championship. The Neah Bay girls team is coached by Cherish Moss. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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AREA SPORTS: Moss sisters get together at Peninsula College

Youth golf and lacrosse camps

Peninsula College’ Sam Tekeste is guarded by Skagit Valley’s Treyshawn Weatherspoon on Wednesday night. In the background are Skagit Valley’s Parker Nickerson and Peninsula’s Sam Halberg. Nickerson and Halberg were teammates at Port Angeles High School. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Skagit Valley wins on last second shot, but PC makes postseason

PORT ANGELES — The good news for the Peninsula College men’s basketball team — Shoreline beat Everett.