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PORT ANGELES GIRLS BASKETBALL: Clutch 3-pointer, blocked shot lead to third-place district victory

TUKWILA — Lindsay Smith sank a corner 3-pointer while being fouled to put Port Angeles up 40-39 with…

Lummi guard Jerome Toby gets fouled by Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberly as he tries to shoot in the tridistrict championship game Saturday. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

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SATURDAY’S BOYS PREPS: Port Angeles boys fall short against Enumclaw; Neah Bay second at tridistrict

TUKWILA — This time, there was no huge rally in the second half.

The Port Angeles boys swim team placed in the top 12 in two relay events at the state swim and dive championships. From left are Edward Gillespie, Thomas Jones, Nolan Medgin and Finn Thompson. (Courtesy photo)

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STATE SWIM AND DIVE MEET: Sequim’s Ellefson top five in two events; Port Angeles relay teams top 12 in two

FEDERAL WAY — Sequim’s Colby Ellefson finished in the top five in two events at the boys swim…

From left, Sequim’s Lucy Spelker and Susannah Sharp and Port Angeles’ Scarlett Sullivan all qualified for the state gymnastics meet Friday. (Courtesy photo)

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GYMNASTICS: Three Port Angeles, Sequim gymnasts on to state

KENT — Three Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts moved on to the state gymnastics meet thanks to their…

Port Angeles' Ezra Townsend looks to pass against Steilacoom in Port Angeles on Thursday. The Roughriders finished the game on a 33-7 run to come from behind and win 63-49 to move on to a state-qualifying game Saturday against Enumclaw. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Riders ride epic comeback win

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team has thrived all year on rising up out of…

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith is surrounded by Foster defenders Wednesday night in Port Angeles in a bi-district playoff game. She scored 17 points as the Roughriders won 67-37 to qualify for the state 2A tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls dominate Foster 67-37

Game never in doubt as Riders qualify for state

Port Angeles’ Gus Halberg drives the ball against Sammamish on Tuesday night in Port Angeles. The Roughriders lost the district playoff game 65-57, but they are still alive in the postseason and play again at home tonight at 6 p.m. against Steilacoom. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles loses playoff opener but remains alive

PORT ANGELES — This time, there would be no miracle finish for the Port Angeles boys basketball team.

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1B BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys, girls qualify for state

NEAH BAY — The Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams both qualified for the state 1B basketball…

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PREP PLAYOFFS: Online tickets only for PA, Sequim bidistrict games

PORT ANGELES — Cash will not be taken for tonight’s Port Angeles and Sequim boys playoff basketball games…

The Klahhane XCel Gold team of Carly Mae Riggs, Paytynn Lindley, Gracelyn Goss, Lainey DePiro and Raynee Ciarlo took first place at the Realm Classic gymnastics meet this weekend in Everett. (Courtesy photo)

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GYMNASTICS: Klahhane Xcel Gold team takes first in Everett

EVERETT — The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel Gold Team placed first over the weekend at the Realm Classic, hosted…

The Port Angeles girls gymnastics team that competed at subdistricts late last week. From left, standing, are Shavari Epps, Scarlett Sullivan, Faith Carr, Summer Hirst-Lowe, Maddie Adams. From left, kneeling, are Ryah Deleon and Waverly Mead. (Courtesy photo)

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HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles, Sequim gymnasts qualify for district

TUMWATER — Sequim and Port Angeles gymnasts competed against seven other schools last week in the 2A/3A subdistrict…

Teyah Elofson-Cross, 11, of Port Angeles qualified for the UCI World BMX Championship in the 24-inch challenger class in Lexington, Va., this weekend. (Courtesy photo)

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BMX: Port Angeles’ Elofson-Cross qualifies for second UCI World Championship event

LEXINGTON, Va. — Port Angeles’ 11-year-old Teyah Elofson-Cross traveled across the country this past weekend to qualify for…

Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, shoots against Sequim on Feb. 6. She scored 26 points in the Port Angeles victory and is the Peninsula Daily News Athlete of the Week sponsored by Swain’s General Store in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Paige Mason, Port Angeles basketball

Port Angeles’ Paige Mason has been a big part of the Roughriders girls basketball team for the past…

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Port Angeles, Sequim boys and girls to host four playoff games

PORT ANGELES — Postseason basketball is moving into high gear this week as the Port Angeles boys and…

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Peninsula's Javon Ervin, center, pushes through the defense of Edmonds' Kalifa Ceesay, left, and Solomon Barnes on Saturday afternoon at Peninsula College.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates drop physical battle to Edmonds

PC remains tied for first place

Colby Ellefson.

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BOYS SWIMMING: Sequim’s Ellefson district champion in 200 freestyle

BREMERTON — Sequim’s Colby Ellefson is a bidistrict champion in the 200-yard freestyle.

Forks' Miley Blanton, left, and East Jefferson's Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez were both regional wrestling champions.

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks first at regionals

20 grapplers from around the Olympic Peninsula make the Mat Classic

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Peninsula's Shania Moananu, from, presses to the key defended by Edmond's Maggie Salas, left, and Jada Walters on Saturday at Peninsula College.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula finds a way, wins 12th straight through defense

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team remained unbeaten in the North Region, digging out of…

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PREP BASKETBALL: Forks boys crush Ocosta in district playoffs to set up rematch with Chief Leschi

ROCHESTER — The Forks boys basketball team got another big game from Aidan Salazer and blew out Ocosta…

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Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh, right, tries to avoid being boxed in by Bremerton's Frank Allen, left, and Trenton Bulmer on Thursday in Port Angeles.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders heat up from outside, best top-10 Bremerton

Earn second place in Olympic League with win