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Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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POSTSEASON BASKETBALL: Five area prep and college teams prepare for state, NWAC tournaments

PORT ANGELES — Four Olympic Peninsula boys and girls basketball teams and one women’s college team will be…

From left, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Lincoln Park BMX, and Finn Thompson, Port Angeles boys swimming.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Teyah Elofson-Cross, BMX, and Finn Thompson, swimming

Port Angeles sixth-grader Teyah Elofson-Cross is the latest BMX star to come from the Lincoln Park BMX track.

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STATE 1B BASKETBALL: Neah Bay girls hit 12 treys to beat Pateros

TACOMA — The Neah Bay girls basketball team drilled 12 3-pointers, including six from Cerise Moss in overwhelming…

Port Angeles Roughriders

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STATE 2A GIRLS REGIONALS: (Updated) Port Angeles storms back again in the fourth to win

Roughriders move on to the Yakima SunDome

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula's Cinco McNeal attempts a layup while defended by Shoreline's Sherrell McCullum during the Pirates' Sophomore Night defeat against the Dolphins.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Last-second shot sinks Peninsula’s season

Miss out on tournament berth at the buzzer

Penina Vailolo of East Jefferson was voted to the Nisqually League’s first team. She averaged 11.2 points and 11.7 rebounds a game this year for the Rivals.

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ALL-NISQUALLY LEAGUE: Rivals’ Vailolo makes first team in girls basketball

SILVERDALE — East Jefferson girls basketball post player Penina Vailolo made the Nisqually League first team while teammate,…

TULSA, Okla. — This past weekend, members of the Lincoln Park BMX traveled to Tulsa, Okla., for the track operator summit and Lincoln Park received an award for being the No. 8 track out of 115 tracks on the West Coast. From left, are Cody Wilson Director of Track Operations USABMX, Sean Coleman, president/track operator of Lincoln Park BMX; Tommy Schroeder, volunteer and coach; Tami Baeder, volunteer registration lead; and Nichole Beal, Lincoln Park vice president and volunteer.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX recognized by USABMX

TULSA, Okla. — This past weekend, members of the Lincoln Park BMX traveled to Tulsa, Okla., for the…

Peninsula College's Jaiden Blackmon goes up for a layup against Everett College in Port Angeles on Jan. 25. Blackmon's the team's leading scorer at 15.5 points a game, is looking to help lead the Pirates into the playoffs with a win tonight over Shoreline. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Huge home games Wednesday night for the Pirates

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams are wrapping up their home schedules tonight,…

Bronze Team Photo: Nora Pecoraro, Addie Brown, Kinley Matthews, Lucy Monaghan, Adrie McGuire, Sasha Gmazel, Penny Goodwin, Reagan Haguewood

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KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: Xcel bronze team takes third at Great Wolf Lodge invite

CENTRALIA — The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel teams competed at the Great Wolf Lodge Invitational hosted by Precision Elite…

From left, Dennis and Dillon Tisdale of Port Angeles won first- and second-place medals at the Washington State USBC West Pepsi Sectionals held in Mount Vernon this weekend. (Trish Tisdale)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles youth bowlers and Olympic Pickleball results

MOUNT VERNON — Young bowlers Dennis Tisdale and Dillon Tisdale of Port Angeles took home big wins at…

Abraham Montealegre, Forks wrestling.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Abraham Montealegre, Forks wrestling

Forks’ Abraham Montealegre kept up a tradition for the Spartans’ wrestling program.

Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard goes up for a basket last week in a District 3 tournament game in Sequim against Foss. Sheppard had 14 points in a 56-46 win over Port Angeles on Saturday to help send the Wolves to the state tournament for the first time since 2012. In the foreground is Jericho Julmist (4). (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Sequim boys, Port Angeles girls prepare for state tournament

Both Neah Bay teams off to state, as well

The Port Angeles 400 freestyle relay team finished sixth at the state swim meet in Federal Way this weekend, the top relay finish for the riders. From left are Finn Thompson, Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones and Patrick Ross. (Sally Cole)

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STATE POSTSEASON RECAP: Big weekend for Forks wrestling, Port Angeles swimming

TACOMA — For the first time ever, both the Forks boys and the girls wrestling squads finished in…

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished sixth at state, the team's highest finish in more than a decade. From left, are, Liam Nicholson, Grant Butterworth, Finn Thompson, Jack Root, Thomas Jones, Nolan Medgin, Patrick Ross and Miles Van Denburg. (Courtesy of Sally Cole)

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STATE SWIM MEET: Port Angeles boys sixth; best finish in over a decade

FEDERAL WAY — The Port Angeles boys swim team had all three relay teams place and got some…

Neah Bay Red Devils The Neah Bay Red Devils celebrate their Tri-District tournament championship Saturday night in Auburn. Neah Bay goes to state looking to win its third straight state championship. From left, are, Cerise Moss, Kandi McGimpsey (12), Destiny Lawrence (22), Brianna McGimpsey (4), Trinity Johnson, Danica Halttunen (13), Wiinuk Martin (21), Qwaapeys Greene (15), Lillie Yallup (10), Angel Halttunen (2) and Caylee Moss (11). Obscured is Tisalee Ramos.

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Neah Bay girls win district championship; look to defend state title

AUBURN — The Neah Bay girls basketball team won another Tri-District tournament championship as the team now heads…

Forks' Abraham Montealegre celebrates his state championship at 110 pounds at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday. Montealegre is part of a long line of Forks state champions in wrestling. (Courtesy of Kyle Weakley)

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MAT CLASSIC WRESTLING: Forks boys, girls both finish in top 10; Montealegre a state champion

TACOMA — For the first time ever, both the Forks boys and the girls wrestling squads finished in…

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Wolves fend off Riders in final three minutes to earn trip to state

Jericho Julmist scores 29 in 56-46 Sequim victory

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GIRLS PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles upends league champ Bainbridge to win district title

Riders get revenge on Spartans for two league losses

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BOYS DISTRICT PLAYOFFS: (Updated) Port Angeles wins at the buzzer, will face Sequim again

LAKEWOOD — The Port Angeles boys basketball team lost some games this year at the buzzer.

Courtesy of Stephen Grimm East Jefferson's Rylen Kruse, left, here wrestling against Cascade Christian is one of four East Jefferson wrestlers with outstanding won-loss records looking to place at the Mat Classic this weekend.

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MAT CLASSIC: Huge contingent of Olympic Peninsula athletes head to Mat Classic

Forks alone to send 24 athletes to Tacoma Dome