Bailey Johnson, left, and Penina Vailolo.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Bailey Johnson, Forks, and Penina Vailolo, East Jefferson

Our Athletes of the Week this week hail from opposite ends of the Olympic Peninsula.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC men lose final pre-conference game

DES MOINES — Following a pattern of several of their games this year, the Peninsula College men played…

Port Angeles' Sariah Doherty drives the lane against the Surfcoast Chargers, a team from Melbourne, Australia. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP (Updated): Australian team dominates paint against Roughriders

Forks girls crush Ilwaco

Members of the Port Angeles boys basketball team and the Surfcoast Chargers, a team based in Melbourne, Australia, get together for photos after their game Friday night in Port Angeles. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys take care of Australian squad in exhibition

PORT ANGELES — With Hunter Flores and Brock Hope back in the mix, the Port Angeles boys basketball…

Port Angeles' Kennedy Rognlien makes a leaping save late in the game against Hockinson in the 2A state playoffs, one of 16 saves she made in the game. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

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ALL-PENINSULA GIRLS SOCCER: PA’s Rognlien stopped offenses and set records

Full All-Peninsula girls soccer team named

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Swan, Highfield honored by state coaches association

OLYMPIA — Neah Bay’s Tyler Swan was named to the Washington State Football Coaches Association state 1B first…

Sequim Wolves

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim hoops falls to Sandpoint, Idaho

WENATCHEE — The Sequim boys basketball team got down early and battled to within six points of Sandpoint,…

Naomii Sprague scored her 1,000th point for the Crescent Loggers girls basketball team Tuesday. (Crescent Loggers)

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PREP ROUNDUP: (Updated) Port Angeles girls clamp down on defense in second half

Crescent’s Naomii Sprague scores 1,000th point

Peninsula Pirates

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women drop OT thriller with 0.2 of a second left

LONGVIEW — The Peninsula College women came within two-tenths of a second in overtime of beating Umpqua on…

Port Angeles Roughriders

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PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls hoops split pair in Meridian

Neah Bay boys, girls win; East Jefferson’s Liske first at King & Queen of the Castle

Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball

Cerise Moss is off to a hot start for the defending state champion Neah Bay girls basketball team…

Peninsula College.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula hangs on for eighth straight win

Pirates overcome rough second half to beat Chemeketa 57-52

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WRESTLING: East Jefferson places two wrestlers at Hammerhead Invite

BREMERTON — More than two dozen Olympic Peninsula wrestlers competed in the prestigious Hammerhead Invitational in Bremerton, one…

Sequim's Mason Rapelje goes in for a layup during Friday's victory over North Mason. The Wolves came back from a double-digit deficit to win 64-56. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Sequim roars back in second half to beat Bulldogs

SEQUIM — The Sequim boys basketball team overcame a terrible start and turned up the screws on defense…

Port Angeles' Brody Pierce drives the lane against Bainbridge on Friday in Port Angeles. The short-handed Roughriders kept pace with the Spartans until the final three minutes of the first half. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL: Short-handed PA falls to Bainbridge

PORT ANGELES — Shorthanded and out-sized by a huge Bainbridge Island team, the Port Angeles Roughriders actually hung…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Today’s Seahawks game will be televised on KCPQ Channel 13

SEATTLE — Today’s titanic game between the Seattle Seahawks and the L.A. Rams will be broadcast locally on…

East Jefferson's Luke O'Hara, the team's leading scorer last season, is back this year for the Rivals. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL PREVIEW: East Jefferson another team facing a new era

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson is another North Olympic Peninsula boys basketball team going through a lot of…

East Jefferson's Dillon Page-Castillo battle for a rebound against defending state champion Annie Wright in a game Tuesday in Port Townsend. Annie Wright won 89-44. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL: Defending champions Annie Wright run past East Jefferson

PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson boys basketball team ran into a juggernaut from defending 1A state champion…

East Jefferson's Jackson Dupuy performs a takedown of a Forks wrestler at East Jefferson's team duals held this weekend. (Ava Fletcher)

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PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson wrestlers win home tourney

PA bowling rolls two 700 games in beating Sequim

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PREP SPORTS: Sequim, PA postpone Tuesday games due to high wind warning

SEQUIM — Sequim and Port Angeles postponed their basketball games Tuesday night due to high winds forecast for…