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GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Forks clinches second straight Pacific 2B League championship

Sequim girls crush Bremerton 70-41

Natalie Robinson, center, celebrates signing to play softball at Columbia Basin College with her former high school coach Randy Steinman, left, and her current coach Morgan Worthington. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles’ Natalie Robinson taking her big bat and arm to Columbia Basin College

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Natalie Robinson is taking her powerful arm and bat out to Tri-Cities.

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LOCAL SPORTS: Wintry weather prompts prep cancellations; Thursday games on

PORT ANGELES — A winter storm that featured both snow and freezing rain canceled prep sports on the…

Professional snowboarder Jason Robinson will introduce the snowboarding film “Flying High Again” at the Field Arts & Events Hall tonight. (Courtesy photo)

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OUTDOORS: Pro snowboarder to introduce ‘Flying High Again’

PORT ANGELES — Professional snowboarder and local resident Jason Robinson will introduce Flying High Again, the latest award-winning…

Susannah Sharp of Sequim, competing for the joint Port Angeles/Sequim gymnastics team, preforms on the balance beam Monday at a meet in Port Angeles against Bainbridge. Bainbridge edged Port Angeles/Sequim 164-139. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Roughriders fifth at Swimvitational

POULSBO — The Port Angeles boys swim team competed this weekend in the 10-team Swimvitational Meet, where each…

Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberley scores a touchdown in 2022 against Wellpinit in a state playoff game in Forks. Wimberley, who gained 1,839 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns for the Red Devils, made the all-state offensive team as a running back. (Photos by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Left, Forks’ Nate Dahlgren made the first team of the 2B state football defensive team as a linebacker. Here, he is running the ball on offense against Friday Harbor in a game that was played in Sequim. Right, Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberley scores a touchdown in 2022 against Wellpinit in a state playoff game in Forks. Wimberley, who gained 1,839 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns for the Red Devils, made the all-state offensive team as a running back. (Photos by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Forks’ Dahlgren, Neah Bay’s Wimberley among all-state selections

Four Neah Bay players named to 1B team

Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes, right, evades the tackle of Olympic’s Donovan Weaver in a game in October at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes first team all-state

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Roughriders’ football player Jason Hawes can add another honor to his long list.

Dallas Dunning, Port Angeles basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dallas Dunning, Port Angeles basketball

Port Angeles’ Dallas Dunning saved his best game of the season for the Rainshadow Rivalry against Sequim.

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PREP WRESTLING: Tumaua, Blanton take first for Forks

RAINIER — Forks got first-place finishes from defending state champion Sloan Tumaua and Miley Blanton in wrestling tournaments…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men get winning bucket with 3 seconds left; Women win on 11 3-pointers

EDMONDS — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got a layup from Ese Onakpoma with three seconds left…

Forks’ Kyle Lohrengel scores over Hoquiam’s Chance LaBounty on Friday evening in a nonleague game in Forks. Also in action for Forks are Titus Rowley (20) and Landin Davis (5). (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks holds off Hoquiam; Sequim beats Clover Park

FORKS — The Forks Spartans overcame a barrage of 3-pointers from Hoquiam, coming from behind from a double-digit…

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson shoots while defended by Sequim's Zeke Schamedke, center, and Charlie Grider during the Riders' 77-52 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry victory Thursday.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders’ run puts away Sequim

SEQUIM — It was more of a snowy game than a Rainshadow Rivalry between the Port Angeles and…

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles, Sequim win ahead of showdown

KINGSTON — Ahead of their big Olympic League matchup coming up tonight, both the Port Angeles and Sequim…

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Peninsula's Ese Onakpoma makes a slam dunk after a quick steal against Whatcom on Wednesday evening in Port Angeles. Looking on is Whatcom's Glenn Wabaluku.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in final seconds vs. Whatcom

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got into a physical back-and-forth affair with wild swings…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula’s Shania Moananu, center, squeezes between Whatcom’s Ella Huyntington, left, and Alexa Rodriguez on Wednesday night at Peninsula College.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Allie Greene sinks five 3s to lead Peninsula women in win

PORT ANGELES — It was a little rusty at times as the Peninsula College women’s basketball team played…

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OUTDOORS: WDFW approves razor clam digs this week

OLYMPIA — Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging on coastal beaches this week, Washington Department…

Mi Amada Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling

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PREP GIRLS WRESTLING: East Jefferson’s Lanphear-Ramirez second at multi-state meet

KELSO — Going up against more than 80 girls from Washington and Oregon this weekend, East Jefferson’s Mi…

Janessa Ramos, left, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Janessa Ramos, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling

This week, we honor two athletes in different sports at opposite ends of the Olympic Peninsula as our…

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Port Angeles' Anthony McMahan, top, tries to overturn Sequim's Jayms Vilona in the 144-lb. class on Saturday at Port Angeles High School.

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PREP WRESTLING: Area grapplers go to the mat at the annual Battle of the Axe

Forks goes 4-1 on the day to finish fifth

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men hold off Highline to get to .500

DES MOINES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got 32 points from Javon Ervin and held on…