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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: No shot? No Seahawks, No Sounders, No Huskies, No concerts, No Canada

This week, the hammer came down on COVID-19 mandates. I’ve been seeing it coming for weeks.

Quilcene Rangers.

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PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene Rangers beat 1A foe at 11-man; Neah Bay loses wild shootout in OT

BELLEVUE — Playing short-handed at the 11-man level and playing a 1A opponent at the last minute, the…

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Peninsula College's Tim Deser (23) fights for the ball with Wenatchee Valley's Sebastian Aviles on Sunday afternoon at Wally Sigmar Field. The Pirates won 3-0 behind three goals in the second half.

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MEN’S SOCCER: Pirates win on second-half flurry of goals

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Pirates men’s soccer team found itself stymied for the first 67 minutes of…

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SATURDAY’S PREP SCORES: Quilcene wins opener; Neah Bay loses wild one in OT

By The Associated Press

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FRIDAY’S PREP FOOTBALL SCORES: Forks beats Sequim; East Jefferson, Port Angeles nipped

Friday’s PREP FOOTBALL scores

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Granite Falls Tiger, Connor Wichman, (11) can only watch as East Jefferson Rival, Cash Holmes, dives into the end zone for six points after a 10 yard dash from scrimmage during a Friday night game in Port Townsend’s Memorial Field.

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PREP FOOTBALL: (Updated) East Jefferson, Port Angeles both lose close games

(Updated with more Port Angeles Roughrider information)

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lefties lead-off batter Nick Oakley hits for a single in the first inning on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties’ Nick Oakley named to WCL second team

Shortstop hit .290 with 5 HRs, 21 RBIs, 10 steals

Monkey Face at Smith Rock State Park. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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OUTDOORS COLUMN: Triumph in a place called Misery

Once upon a time, I climbed mountains.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife just released its Hunting Prospects for the 2021 hunting seasons. Cody Nelson/Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

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OUTDOORS: WDFW releases Hunting Prospects for fall 2021

OLYMPIA — Fall marks the start of hunting seasons for deer, elk, waterfowl and upland game birds in…

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Cherie Simkins, left, and Bob Sheedy, right, both 2020 inductees, speak at the Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame dinner held at Civic Field on Saturday night.

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ROUGHRIDER HALL OF FAME: Dinner at Civic Field inducts 14 individuals, two teams

PORT ANGELES — Two classes of the Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame came together at Civic Field…

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Sequim Elks Golf Tournament set

Women’s golf results and ODT trail segment closure

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OUTDOORS BRIEF: Additional elk tags available

OLYMPIA — Hunters who bought a multi-season permit application for elk earlier this year, but were not selected…

No. 32 Damien Avila of Spokane and No. 228 Vaunn Zimmerman of Redmond doing a little wiggle with his bike trying to get some advantage to overtake the leader and in the lead No. 12 Peyton Calhoun of Port Orchard in Sunday's Gold Cup qualifier at the Lincoln Park BMX track in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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LINCOLN PARK BMX: A total of 876 riders compete in weekend of qualifiers

PORT ANGELES — State and Gold Cup qualifying races this weekend at the Lincoln Park BMX track attracted…

Port Angeles High School graduate Bob Peterson, left, meets with Egypt's Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Isreal's Menachem Begin in the 1970s. After starring as a Roughriders football player, Peterson joined the U.S. Air Force and will be inducted into the Roughrider Hall of Fame on Saturday.

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PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Bob Peterson, member of 2020 class, has met kings and emperors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Port Angeles’ Bob Peterson went from playing football to “carrying the football” in his lifetime.

Peninsula College's Chunghwan Lee (15), goes up for a header against the University of Washington's Ryan Sailor (4) in a scrimmage played Sunday at the University of Washington. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men scrimmage against powerful UW

SEATTLE — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team, which last played less than three months ago, got on…

Kathleen LaBossiere in 1969.

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: A champion who was better than she realized

Last week would have been my mother’s 91st birthday.

Sam Nugent photo Turbo the slug came, he saw and he conquered at Joyce Daze this weekend.

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Long live Turbo … we’re just two weeks away from fall sports

You know you’re doing local news when you’re rewriting a press release on Turbo the extreme sports slug.

The Lefties' Nick Oakley rounds third base Sunday at Civic Field on his way to score on a double by Nathan Chong. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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LEFTIES: Port Angeles loses in dramatic 11-inning see-saw game (Updated)

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties took the Yakima Pippins to 11 innings Sunday in a wild…

Photo by Sam Nugent Competitors jockey for position in the Extreme Slug Racing in Joyce this weekend. The event raised a record $801 in donations to Clallam County Fire District No.4. The event is sponsored by Family Kitchen of Joyce, Wilder Auto, Fogtown Coffee and Bedford Sodas. No slugs were harmed and they were released back to the wild after the races.

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JOYCE DAZE: Turbo dominates extreme slug races

JOYCE — Crowds cheered as “Turbo the Slug” took the Triple Crown of Joyce Daze Slug Racing, winning…

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OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp reopens in Marine Area 6 on Wednesday

OLYMPIA — Recreational spot shrimp will reopen in four Puget Sound marine areas, including most of the eastern…