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WEST COAST LEAGUE: 19 WCL alumni to play in World Baseball Classic

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 2026 World Baseball Classic that began this week will feature 19 West Coast League…

Cinco McNeal dunks against Treasure Valley on Wednesday at the NWAC Tournament in Pasco. The Pirates lost 81-61. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

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NWAC MEN’S TOURNAMENT: Pirates lose in opener

PASCO — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team rallied early in the second half, but simply couldn’t overcome…

Neah Bay’s Mathias Greene hit four 3-pointers and scored 15 points in the Red Devils’ 74-58 win over Sunnyside Christian in the state 1B tournament Wednesday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

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STATE 1B TOURNAMENT: Neah Bay boys in the quarterfinals

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay boys basketball team will finish somewhere in the top eight of the state…

Left, East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo was named to the All-Nisqually League’s first team, while EJ’s Luke O’Hara’s right, was also named to the first team. (Photos by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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All-NISQUALLY LEAGUE: Vailolo, O’Hara make first team

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo and Luke O’Hara made the all-Nisqually League girls and boys first…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Trio of Sequim, PA wrestlers make all-league team

Wrestling club registration and OJBR tryouts

Teanna Clark brings the ball up the court against Renton on Saturday at the University of Puget Sound court in Tacoma. Clark scored 16 points in the first half in Port Angeles’ 51-39 regional win sending the Roughriders to the state 2A tournament in Yakima. (Benjamin Ray/Federal Way Mirror)

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PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Three prep teams head to state tournaments

NWAC tournament begins this week with both PC teams

Becca Manson, Port Angeles girls basketball, left and Angel Halttunen, Neah Bay girls basketball

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Becca Manson, Port Angeles girls basketball and Angel Halttunen, Neah Bay girls basketball

Our Athletes of the Week came through in the clutch in a pair of postseason girls basketball games…

The Last Chance Basketball Tournament was held at the Port Angeles High School gyms and the Roosevelt Elementary School this weekend. It’s the sixth and final tournament of the year featuring boys and girls teams in grades fourth through eighth. It is called the Last Chance Tournament because the winning teams in each division will go onto the state tournament in Spokane in the spring. A total of 54 teams came from as far as Blaine, Bellingham, Anacortes, Sumner and Eatonville. Here, Logan Dilley from the Forks eighth-grade boys team drives around his opponent from Blaine. Blaine won this game 45-24. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SPORTS PHOTO: Last Chance tourney takes over PA gyms

The Last Chance Basketball Tournament was held at the Port Angeles High School gyms and the Roosevelt Elementary…

Port Angeles’ Morgan Politika passes the ball against Renton on Saturday night in Tacoma the Roughriders 2A state regional. Politika had seven points in the first half to help lead the Roughriders to a 51-39 win. (Benjamin Ray/Federal Way Mirror)

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GIRLS REGIONAL PLAYOFFS: Riders ride off to the SunDome with win

Sequim seasons ends against Nathan Hale

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STATE 1B REGIONALS: No. 1 Neah Bay girls survive scare from Lummi

Halttunen basket with 45 seconds left the game-winner

Seven sisters of the legendary Moss basketball family in Neah Bay traveled to Port Angeles to watch Ryana Moss play her final home game for Peninsula College on Wednesday night. Four of the Moss sisters — Cherish, Cierra, Ruth and Ryana — have played at Peninsula and six out of the seven have played for Neah Bay High School with Rose Moss, a sixth-grader, an almost certain future member of the team. From left are Cherish Moss, Cierra Moss, current Pirate Ryana Moss, Rose Moss, Cerise Moss, Ruth Moss and Caylee Moss. Caylee and Cerise are current Neah Bay players gunning for their fourth straight state championship. The Neah Bay girls team is coached by Cherish Moss. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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AREA SPORTS: Moss sisters get together at Peninsula College

Youth golf and lacrosse camps

Peninsula College’ Sam Tekeste is guarded by Skagit Valley’s Treyshawn Weatherspoon on Wednesday night. In the background are Skagit Valley’s Parker Nickerson and Peninsula’s Sam Halberg. Nickerson and Halberg were teammates at Port Angeles High School. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Skagit Valley wins on last second shot, but PC makes postseason

PORT ANGELES — The good news for the Peninsula College men’s basketball team — Shoreline beat Everett.

Peninsula College’s Veniza Jackson drives to the basket against Skagit Valley College on Wednesday night in Peninsula’s 74-49 win, the Pirates’ 54th straight win in the North Region. Jackson finished the night with 13 points. Also in on the play is Ryana Moss (Neah Bay High School). (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: PC women complete another perfect season in the North

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women know that their undefeated streak in the NWAC’s North Region will…

Port Angeles wrestlers who won medals at the state championships held celebrate at the Tacoma Dome this weekend. At left, senior Oliver Martinez closed out his high school career with a seventh-place medal at 175 pounds. Center, Lilly Ann Lancaster won a fifth-place medal at 115 pounds at the girls state championship. At right, Kyler Williams won a seventh-place medal at 126 pounds.

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PREP WRESTLING: Port Angeles trio places at Mat Classic

Port Angeles wrestlers who won medals at the state championships held celebrate at the Tacoma Dome this weekend.…

Forks’ Bailey Johnson and Titus Rowley were selected as the Pacific 2B League’s girls and boys basketball MVPs.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Forks’ Johnson, Rowley league MVPs

FORKS — Putting a cherry on top to their successful seasons, Forks’ Bailey Johnson and Titus Rowley were…

Forks’ Jade Blair, left and Ken Daman both won state championships this weekend at the Mat Classic in Tacoma. (WIAA)

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks duo of Jade Blair and Ken Daman make history

FORKS — Forks has had a lot of state wrestling champions in its history, but Ken Daman and…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Pickleball Tournament results and Sequim soccer registration

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Pickleball Tournament was held Saturday and Sunday at Roosevelt Elementary School in Port…

Neah Bay’s Cerise Moss made seven 3-pointers to help the Red Devils beat Crosspoint in the 1B Tri-District tournament Saturday. Here, she shoots against Muckleshoot Tribal last week in a playoff game held in Sequim. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Four Olympic Peninsula teams move on to regional round

After a busy weekend of district playoff basketball, four Olympic Peninsula basketball teams remain standing, moving on to…

Miles Van Denburg, left, and Thomas Jones contributed 105 points as individuals and relay team members for Port Angeles at the state 1A/2A meet this weekend.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones, Port Angeles swim and dive

The Port Angeles boys swim and dive team had its best showing at state in more than a…

Everett Thometz celebrates his hole-in-one at hole No. 8 at the Cedars at Dungeness.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Possible extra game time, date set for Peninsula men

Hole in one at Cedars at Dungeness