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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Finding a new definition for normal

Ever so slowly, we’re feeling some semblance of normal again.

Port Angeles cross country runners from left, Caleb McLarty and Brock Tejeda on the course in Sequim. Rodger Johnson photo

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim girls; PA boys and girls win cross country duals

SEQUIM — Christening a new cross country course at the Dungeness Recreation Area outside of Sequim, the Port…

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Sequim's Amanda Weller and Kendall Hastings, at the net, look to teammate Kalli Wiker, lower left, for assistance as Port Angeles' Samantha Robbins, Ava Brenkman and Lillian Halberg look on during Saturdays match at Port Angeles High School.

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PREP VOLLEYBALL: Wolves near-perfect serving in win over the Roughriders

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim volleyball team got off to a hot start and got near-perfect serving all…

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FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Loggers’ Lee rushes for 330 yards; Budneks score 5 TDs for Quilcene

JOYCE — Crescent’s Wyatt Lee had a monster day, rushing for 330 yards on 35 carries and scoring…

East Jefferson's Anson Jones (24) looks for running room against the Kingston defense Friday night. Jones rushed for 92 yards as Kingston won 12-7.  (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

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PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: East Jefferson nearly knocks off Kingston; PA shut out

KINGSTON — The East Jefferson football team played tough defense and rallied with a touchdown in the final…

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PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night’s prep football scores

Friday’s Prep Football Scores

A landslide blocks safe passage along the Spruce Railroad Trail. Olympic National Park officials said heavy rain was the cause. (Photo courtesy of Noel Carey)

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OUTDOORS: Funding secured for repairing Spruce Railroad Trail

PORT ANGELES — Funding has been secured and a contractor lined up to repair a 280-foot-long stretch of…

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PREP SPORTS: East Jefferson swimmers improve times

PORT ANGELES — The East Jefferson swim team posted its second time trials this weekend at Shore Aquatic…

Forks' Hayden Baker (30) runs the ball against Pe Ell-Willapa Valley on Saturday. (Eric Trent/Daily Chronicle)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Spartans shut out Pe Ell-Willapa Valley; Quilcene romps

MONTESANO — Forks’ Hayden Baker scored four touchdowns as the Spartans romped over Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 49-0 in…

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Port Angeles cross country runners get off to a team start at Port Townsend on Saturday. From left, are Jayden McLarty, Reid Schmidt, Brian Guttormsen, Jason Gladfelter and Kowen Kasten.

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PREP ROUNDUP: Riders dominate Olympic in cross country

Sequim’s Pyeatt and EJ’s Allworth-Miles win

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PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson soccer posts shutout win; PA volleyball improves to 2-0

KINGSTON — East Jefferson picked up its first girls’ soccer win in Olympic 2A play, scoring a goal…

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John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal design contest.

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Kids medal grand prize winner announced

PORT ANGELES — Dry Creek Elementary School student John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the…

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PREP ROUNDUP: Young Forks soccer team falls to powerhouse Adna

FORKS — The Forks soccer girls went up against one of the strongest 1B teams in the state…

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PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson swimmers post time trials

PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson girls’ swim team got in its initial time trial at the Shore…

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Quilcene's Bishop Budnek Scampers for a 60-yard touchdown run during a Saturday home game against the Crescent Loggers. In on the play are Crescent's Wyatt Lee (12) and Darren Lee (88).

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PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene, Crescent renew rivalry; Forks nearly knocks off defending champ Onalaska

QUILCENE — With small- school football in flux all over the state due to COVID-19 restrictions, just getting…

Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter races in Saturday's dual meet again Sequim on Saturday at Kingston. Gladfelter won the boys' race.

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Pyeatt, Sequim girls win against PA

KINGSTON — In the first showdown of the season between elite cross country runners, Riley Pyeatt of Sequim…

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PREP FOOTBALL: Scores from around the state

Saturday’s Prep Football Scores

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim volleyball loses close match to Kingston; Quilcene nips Clallam Bay

SEQUIM — Wolves volleyball coach Jennie Webber Heilman hopes a close 3-2 defeat to Kingston doesn’t continue a…

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Port Angeles' Kennedy Bruch, 10, defends the net against East Jefferson Volleyball Team of Katie Ballard, left, and Sophie Patterson during a Tuesday game in Chimacum.

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PREP VOLLEYBALL: Port Angeles downs combined Jefferson team in opener

CHIMACUM — The prep volleyball season got back on the court after a 15-month COVID-19 pandemic hiatus with…

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COLUMN: Welcoming the return of local sports

IT’S BEEN ALMOST exactly a year. A year of dashed hopes and crushing lows. A few days of…