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Quilcene receiver Taylor Boling taps both of his feet down on the sideline while making a catch against Lummi on Saturday. Quilcene won 38-18. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene romps; Neah Bay crushes Wahkiakum

QUILCENE — The Quilcene Rangers football team got off to a nice start to their 2024 season as…

The Jeepers Creepers boat driven by Dillon Cummings of Sequim with navigator Mike McAneny makes its way through the course at the Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. The finals of the sprint boat racing took place Sunday. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SPRINT BOATS: Loud and fast boats back this weekend

The Jeepers Creepers boat driven by Dillon Cummings of Sequim, with navigator Mike McAneny, makes its way through…

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PREP FOOTBALL: Mistakes cost Roughriders early against Mount Baker

DEMING — The Port Angeles Roughriders football team made too many mistakes early and allowed too many big…

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PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night’s scores from around the state

Friday’s Scores

Kaiden Silva of Bellingham rides in the boys U7 category in the second running of the NW Cup at Dry Hill in May. The championship of the seven-race NW Cup series will be held Sunday at Dry Hill, one of three major sporting/outdoor events on the Peninsula this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Mountain bikes, sprint boats and runners to hit Peninsula

Separate events expected to bring hundreds of athletes, spectators to town

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Port Angeles' Blake Sohlberg, right, is followed by teammate Kason Albaugh, leaving Kingston's Noah Walter far behind on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Riders look to keep success rolling with brand new roster

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles football team wrote history last year, as the Roughriders enjoyed their most…

Forks quarterback Bubba Hernandez (8) runs the ball against Morton-White Pass in a 2023 game. Hernandez threw for 900 yards and rushed for 700 more and accounted for 24 total touchdowns in his freshman year. He returns this season to lead the Spartans’ offense. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks returns big class of freshmen

Team must replace many senior leaders, however

The Bad Influence 156 boat out of oregon competes at the Extreme Sports Park on July 27. The sprint boats are returning for another weekend of racing beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. It's part of a very busy weekend of sports with prep football beginning Friday, the NW Cup Downhill bike races all weekend at Dry Hill and the GOAT endurance run. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Busy weekend for sports approaches

The Bad Influence 156 boat out of Oregon competes at the Extreme Sports Park on July 27. The…

Neah Bay's Jodell Wimberley runs for a touchdown against Wellpinit in the state playoffs in 2022 in Forks. Wimberley, who rushed for 1,839 yards last year, is back for the Red Devils. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Neah Bay loaded for another title run

NEAH BAY — After getting to the final four of the state playoffs in two straight season, the…

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Crescent quarterback Henry Bourm, right, looks to pass while teammate Thomas Leonard fends off the Concrete defense on Saturday in Joyce.

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CRESCENT FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Loggers look to replace seniors

But plenty of firepower from last year returns

Peninsula College's Anna Petty battles Multnomah University goalkeeper Jennifer Alvilar for control of the ball during Tuesday's scrimmage at Walla Sigmar field in Port Angeles. (Jay Cline)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates crush South Puget Sound in second half

Women beat Multnomah in scrimmage

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Changes and new features for the upcoming prep season

The pads are cracking on the practice fields. Rosters are being set. Schedules being updated.

Calvin Colander of Bellingham-based Team Improbability Drive heads for the handoff after finishing the mountain bike leg of the 2023 Big Hurt in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Big Hurt registration open; prices increase Sept. 1

PORT ANGELES — Athletes must register by Monday if they want to take advantage of lower prices for…

Master Alan Lindwall (in black, rear), head instructor for Seibu Ryu sword school of Iai-battojitsu of Seattle, spent Saturday at White Crane Martial Arts in downtown Port Angeles, teaching a seminar of the Japanese sword arts to the Gumdo class that practices the Korean sword arts with Grandmaster Robert Nicholls (black and gold trim, rear). The class is held at 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the dojang. (Courtesy photo)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Japanese sword arts seminar at White Crane

Master Alan Lindwall (in black, rear), head instructor for Seibu Ryu sword school of Iai-battojitsu of Seattle, spent…

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Peninsula's Nil Grau, center, fights off Skagit Valley's Fernando Velazquez at Peninsula College's Wally Sigmar Field last season. Grau, who scored eight goals last year for the Pirates, returns for his sophomore season this year.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates loaded for NWAC title defense

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team will come in to this season being one of…

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Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.

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ROWING: OPRA members shine at home beach sprint regatta

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted its second annual beach sprint regatta on Hollywood Beach…

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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CLALLAM COUNTY FAIR: Demolition derby gets airborne

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford, lifting his car off the ground during the 2024 Demo…

Left, Robin Mather, a member of the Port Angeles cross-country teams between 1982-1985 and Burdette Greeny, a baseball player for the Roughriders who graduated in 1993, were among the 2024 inductees at the annual Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame ceremony. Mather went in as a team member while Greeny as an individual. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Special place creates special athletes

Inductees talk about community and humility

Peninsula’s Anna Petty, right, advances the ball past Whatcom’s Tori Oord during a match last year at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Petty, who scored 12 goals last year, is back for the Pirates this season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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COLLEGE SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula women get tough tests early

Play defending champion Columbia Basin on Tuesday

A fisherman shows off his halibut catch in Westport. Halibut season reopens today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast.
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OUTDOORS: Halibut season reopens Friday

OLYMPIA — There will be up to another six weeks of late summer and fall halibut season as…