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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Wenatchee, Portland to play for WCL championship

VANCOUVER, Wash. — For the first time since 2015, the West Coast League champion will be someone other…

Head men's soccer coach Jake Hughes talks with his team during a practice at Wally Sigmar Field last week. The Pirates men and women are both ranked No. 1 in a preseason coaches' poll. (Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula College men’s, women’s soccer preseason No. 1

PORT ANGELES — Both the Peninsula College men’s and women’s soccer teams will begin the season as the…

Pierre LaBossiere on the summit of The Whistlers in Jasper National Park in 2023. (PIerre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Mountain town of Jasper is near and dear to my heart

PORT ANGELES — This was a depressing past couple of weeks for me.

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on Whidbey Island last week, as the Clallam County athletes came home with gold and silver medals. The Orcas extend a special thank-you to Whidbey Island Special Olympics for its hospitality in hosting the Tournament. (Courtesy photo)

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AREA SPORTS PHOTO: Clallam Special Olympics team wins medals

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area pickleball athletes win medals at senior games

LACEY — Several Olympic Peninsula senior athletes won silver and gold medals in pickleball at the Washington State…

Barry Wilcox winning his bronze medal at the para-cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023. (Casey Gibson/USOPC)

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PORT ANGELES ROUGHRIDER HALL OF FAME: Riders’ Barry Wilcox back in the saddle

Suffered major spinal cord injury in traffic accident, now races in para-cycling

Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt with her high school coach Brad Moore at Sequim’s new track surface earlier this month. Pyeatt just signed a scholarship to run track and field for Washington State as both her and Moore are now proud Cougars. (Tracie Pyeatt)

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COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt returns to the Pacific Northwest

Track star for the Wolves will now run for Washington State

Western Washington Athletics Sequim’s Claire Henninger was recently named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defender of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection for her performance as Western Washington’s goalkeeper in voting held by league coaches.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger signs to play for Portuguese pro team

BELLINGHAM — After an All-League career for the Sequim Wolves followed by an NCAA national championship with Western…

Airstream, a tiny snail named for the home on her back, bursts across the finish in a record run of less than four minutes in one of the early heats of the annual Joyce Daze slug races. (Sam Nugent)

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JOYCE DAZE: Gary shows his fury at annual slug races

JOYCE — It doesn’t get more exciting than this.

Port Angeles' Wyatt Hall had five hits in his first two games for the Port Angeles Lefties this weekend. The former star for the Roughriders and the Skagit Valley College Cardinals now plays for Cal State, San Bernardino. (Maevis Photography)

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties’ playoff hopes end as Edmonton sweeps three-game series

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties fell out of the playoff picture this weekend after getting swept…

A cyclist takes a photo of his friend during the Ride the Hurricane up Hurricane Ridge Road on Sunday morning. More than 800 cyclists from Canada and the U.S. participated in this year's 17-mile-long ride. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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RIDE THE HURRICANE: More than 800 cycle to Hurricane Ridge

A cyclist takes a photo of his friend during the Ride the Hurricane up Hurricane Ridge Road on…

The Port Angeles Youth Baseball team's Liam "Frosty" Grice comes home to score on a groundout during the 25th annual Dick Brown tournament at the Lincoln Park ballfields Saturday. A total of 12 teams attended the tournament for 18 games over two days. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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STANDALONE PHOTO: Dick Brown tournament’s silver anniversary

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Wilder Senior's Braydan White slides underneath the West Plains Cannons catcher at Civic Field on Monday night, tagging up and trying to score on a fly ball. White was called out at home. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNEY: Wilder Senior racks up hits, but falls to Cannons

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Senior had its chances, stranding five runners on base in the fifth and sixth…

The North Olympic Cap Ripken team won the state 12 and under championship this summer in Wenatchee then finished third at regionals. From left, front row, are Julian Dominguez, Noah Kiser, Coleman Keate and Kade Johnstad. From left, second row, are Jay Lieberman, Kyler Williams, Brycen Allen, Cooper Merritt, Gavin Doyle, Jacob Kinzey, Drake Spence, Liam Shea and Carson Greenstreet. From left, back row, are coaches Brian Greenstreet, Evan Kiser, Tyril Spence, Riley Shea and manager Rob Merritt. (Courtesy of Rob Merritt)

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CAL RIPKEN BASEBALL: North Olympic 12U team third at regionals

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Going up against squads from big communities in four states, the North Olympic 12U Cal…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Peninsula seniors win gold, silver medals

TUMWATER — Three Olympic Peninsula seniors won 16 medals at the state Seniors Track and Field championships last…

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties sweep Falcons; one game out of first place

KELOWNA, B.C. — The Port Angeles Lefties completed a three-game sweep over the Kelowna Falcons, vaulting themselves back…

An umpire gives an emphatic out sign as Wilder Senior shortstop Alex Angevine applies a tag to a Twin-Cities Titans player at second base in Sunday night’s AAA state tournament game at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder overwhelmed by Twin-Cities late

Seniors still alive in state tournament

Dan Morrison and Sami Gustafson of Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing dominated the ASBR Stihl unlimited class at Extreme Sports Park this weekend. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SPRINT BOATS: Wicked Racing cooks at home

PORT ANGELES — The racing was loud and the spills spectacular at this weekend’s American Sprint Boat Racing…

The winners of the 13th annual Sonny Sixkiller Huskies Celebrity Classic at Cedars at Dungeness. From left, Ed Cribby, Mark Mitrovich, Bob Mathews, Hunter Larson and Nick Larson played on the D.A. Davidson team. (Courtesy photo)

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SONNY SIXKILLER CLASSIC: D.A. Davidson team takes first

SEQUIM — The D.A. Davidson team of Mark Mitrovich, Nick Anderson, Bob Mathews, Hunter Larson and Husky celebrity…

The No. 360 Jolly Roger boat with Chris Farmer driving and Jen Farmer navigating goes airborne after leaving the water at the Extreme Sports Park qualifying Saturday. They crashed into a fence but both driver and navigator quickly got out of the boat. Finals were held Sunday at the Extreme Sports Park. Look in Tuesday's sports section for final results. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Thrills and spills during qualifying

The No. 360 Jolly Roger boat with Chris Farmer driving and Jen Farmer navigating goes airborne after leaving…