Peninsula College’s Veniza Jackson drives to the basket against Skagit Valley College on Wednesday night in Peninsula’s 74-49 win, the Pirates’ 54th straight win in the North Region. Jackson finished the night with 13 points. Also in on the play is Ryana Moss (Neah Bay High School). (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women complete another perfect season in the North

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women know that their undefeated streak in the NWAC’s North Region will…

Port Angeles wrestlers who won medals at the state championships held celebrate at the Tacoma Dome this weekend. At left, senior Oliver Martinez closed out his high school career with a seventh-place medal at 175 pounds. Center, Lilly Ann Lancaster won a fifth-place medal at 115 pounds at the girls state championship. At right, Kyler Williams won a seventh-place medal at 126 pounds.

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PREP WRESTLING: Port Angeles trio places at Mat Classic

Port Angeles wrestlers who won medals at the state championships held celebrate at the Tacoma Dome this weekend.…

Forks’ Bailey Johnson and Titus Rowley were selected as the Pacific 2B League’s girls and boys basketball MVPs.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Forks’ Johnson, Rowley league MVPs

FORKS — Putting a cherry on top to their successful seasons, Forks’ Bailey Johnson and Titus Rowley were…

Forks’ Jade Blair, left and Ken Daman both won state championships this weekend at the Mat Classic in Tacoma. (WIAA)

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks duo of Jade Blair and Ken Daman make history

FORKS — Forks has had a lot of state wrestling champions in its history, but Ken Daman and…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Pickleball Tournament results and Sequim soccer registration

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Pickleball Tournament was held Saturday and Sunday at Roosevelt Elementary School in Port…

Neah Bay’s Cerise Moss made seven 3-pointers to help the Red Devils beat Crosspoint in the 1B Tri-District tournament Saturday. Here, she shoots against Muckleshoot Tribal last week in a playoff game held in Sequim. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Four Olympic Peninsula teams move on to regional round

After a busy weekend of district playoff basketball, four Olympic Peninsula basketball teams remain standing, moving on to…

Miles Van Denburg, left, and Thomas Jones contributed 105 points as individuals and relay team members for Port Angeles at the state 1A/2A meet this weekend.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones, Port Angeles swim and dive

The Port Angeles boys swim and dive team had its best showing at state in more than a…

Everett Thometz celebrates his hole-in-one at hole No. 8 at the Cedars at Dungeness.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Possible extra game time, date set for Peninsula men

Hole in one at Cedars at Dungeness

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Class 1B BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys, girls both to state

AUBURN — Both the Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams are headed back to the state 1B…

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished fourth at state, the Roughriders’ best finish at state in more than a decade. From left, top, are Miles Van Denburg, Edward Gillespie, Jensen Wolfe, Isaac Meek, Liam Sholinder, Jack Root and Killian Waknitz. From left, bottom, are Jebow Nabua, Thomas Jones, Eli Warren, Adam Kaminski and Patrick Ross. (Sally Cole)

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BOYS SWIM AND DIVE: Port Angeles fourth at state meet

Relay teams all place; Van Denburg, Jones shine

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys season ended by Franklin Pierce

BREMERTON — The Port Angeles boys came painfully close to qualifying for the state 2A tournament, but fell…

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MAT CLASSIC WRESTLING: Forks’ Blair, Daman state champions

TACOMA — For the first time since 1992, the Forks wrestling programs have two state champions.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men, women both win heading into home finale

BREMERTON — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team did what it had to, winning two games it had…

Port Angeles, Sequim high schools

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS (updated): Port Angeles and Sequim qualify for state

Wolves’ Chartraw scores 43 points in victory over Orting

Port Angeles’ Ashton Gedelman brings the ball up the court against the defense of Sequim’s Mason Rapelje. Port Angeles won the loser-out District 3 tournament game in Sequim on Thursday 56-45. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Riders clutch on offense and defense in win over Sequim

Wolves’ season ends; PA on to play Franklin Pierce

Port Angeles' Teanna Clark, who scored 25 points, drives the ball up the lane against Orting on Wednesday night. The Roughriders won in dominant fashion 63-11. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders fire on all cylinders while crushing Orting 63-11

PORT ANGELES — In the Port Angeles girls’ most dominating win of the season, the Roughriders served notice…

Port Angeles Roughriders

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys dropped by Clover Park

LAKEWOOD — The Port Angeles boys basketball team had trouble handling the ball against Clover Park’s pressure, especially…

Neah Bay Red Devils

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1B BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay teams sweep in tournament openers

NEAH BAY — The Neah Bay boys and girls both moved into the semifinals of the 1B Tri-district…

Sequim's Gracie Chartraw was named the Olympic League MVP last week by the league's coaches. She is averaging 24.9 points a game for the Wolves. (Emily Mathiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sequim’s Gracie Chartraw named girls basketball league MVP

Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark named league’s defensive player of the year

Sequim's Solomon Sheppard, left, and Mason Rapelje were both named to the Olympic League's first team last week. (Photos by Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL-LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Sheppard, Rapelje make first team

Port Angeles’ Pierce, Flores on second team