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Parker Nickerson of Port Angeles leads the way to win the boys 100 hurdles on April 19 on the track at Port Angeles High School.

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Here are some of the names to watch for in postseason track and field

This week, we enter the serious phase of track and field — district meets.

The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration 13-team tournament held in Chehalis this weekend. The Xplosion went 5-0 in the tournament, beating Bonney Lake 12-1 in the championship game. The Xplosion's Madisyn Wright hit two inside-the-park home runs in the championship game. From left to right  in the park home runs in the championship game. From left, top row, are coach Brad Holloway, coach Richard Wright, Mattison Messenger, Pepper McCaslin, Allison Leitz, Alaine Jennings, Riley Nichols, coach Brittney Rowland and coach Jenessa Balch From left, front, are Chloe Holloway, Ayla Balch, Kylin Weitz, Madisyn Wright, Valerie Charles, Teyah Elofson-Cross and Kaylee Konopaski. (Courtesy of 12U Explosion)

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12U SOFTBALL: Xplosion explodes on the scene at Chehalis tournament

The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration…

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Port Angeles' Donovan Heins set a new state standard in the long jump at the Olympic League Track and Field championships.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Donovan Heins, Port Angeles Track and Field

Donovan Heins has been a steady excellent performer all season for the Port Angeles boys track team.

More than 100 riders came out and enjoyed the Lincoln Park BMX track Sunday as the track also hosted boys and girls clinics put on by BMX elite champion rider Olivia Armstrong from Bend, Ore. A total of 106 riders in 26 motos raced after the clinics. Lincoln Park BMX is hosting a variety of events all spring and summer. For more information, go to www.LPBMX.com. (Courtesy of Lincoln Park BMX)

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BMX: Clinics by Oregon elite pro and much more at Lincoln Park

More than 100 riders came out and enjoyed the Lincoln Park BMX track Sunday as the track also…

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PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders to host district tournament game Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles baseball team picked up a No. 4 seed in the bi-district tournament…

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Port Angeles' Donovan Heins, left, and Parker Nickerson run in the 110-meter hurdles Thursday at the Olympic League Track and Field Championship at North Kitsap High School. Nickerson won both the 100 and the 300 hurdles while Heins won the long jump Saturday with the No. 1 distance in the entire state.

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PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Roughrider boys win Olympic League meet

Heins No. 1 long jump in state

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PREP BASEBALL: Sequim, Forks lose over weekend

POULSBO — The Sequim baseball team gave up seven runs in the first inning to North Kitsap in…

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SOFTBALL: Port Angeles bounces back with big win over Bainbridge

Sequim loses wild back-and-forth game with Kingston; Forks girls improve to 9-0 in league

Heidi Leitz (8) swings for a base hit against North Kitsap on Thursday. The Riders got up 4-0, but North Kitsap went on to win 15-4 to tie Port Angeles for first place. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SOFTBALL: North Kitsap takes control in late innings vs. Roughriders

Robinson sets PA’s new career HR record

Shortstop Alex Angevine makes a play on a ground ball against North Kitsap in an extra tiebreaker game played Tuesday in Poulsbo. North Kitsap was able to hold off Port Angeles 5-2 but the Riders will still be a high seed going into the district tournament. (Nicholas Zeller-Singh/Kitsap News Group)

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PREP BASEBALL: Vikings hold off Riders for Olympic League title

Port Angeles second to NK, ranked in top 10 and going to postseason

Sequim's Mia Kirner makes a play Tuesday in Sequim against North Mason. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP SOFTBALL: Sequim loses in late innings; Forks sweeps Ilwaco

SEQUIM — North Mason was able to break open a close game late against the Sequim softball team,…

image Olson to Micheau=Forks shortstop Landen Olson (9) made a great play on a hard hit ground ball then while falling down, threw Ilwaco's runner E Hopkins (45) out on a force at second covered by Spartan Dylan Micheau.  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

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PREP BASEBALL: Forks swept by Ilwaco in battle for league title

FORKS — The Forks baseball team had a shot for undisputed first place in the Pacific 2B League,…

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PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders beat Bucs to force extra game

PA to play at Cheney Stadium; Softball has rematch with defending state champion North Kitsap

Conor and Liam DeWolf of Port Angeles celebrate their second- and fourth-place all around medals from the 2024 Men’s Western National Championship late last week in Chandler, Ariz. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

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KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: PA brothers win big at Western championship

CHANDLER, Ariz. — Port Angeles’ Liam DeWolf, 14, placed second in the all-around and brother Conor DeWolf, 16,…

Eleanor Jones, 11, of Sequim wins the Sequim Railroad Run Saturday, taking first among the women in the 5K by two minutes. It was not her first Run the Peninsula first-place medal. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Sequim’s Eleanor Jones already a phenom at 11

SEQUIM — People who have competed in the Run Peninsula Races the past couple of years might have…

Zeke Schmadeke, Sequim baseball, left, and Brian Guttormsen, Port Angeles baseball. (Photos by Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group, and Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Zeke Schmadeke, Sequim baseball, and Brian Guttormsen, Port Angeles baseball

Our athletes of the week this week have helped power the Port Angeles and Sequim baseball teams to…

Parker Nickerson won the 110-meter hurdles at the 2024 Sunny and 70! Track and Field meet this weekend at Lakewood High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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TRACK AND FIELD: PA’s Nickerson wins 110 hurdles at Lakewood meet

LAKEWOOD — Port Angeles’ Parker Nickerson won the 110 hurdles at the 2024 Sunny and 70! Track and…

Port Angeles soccer player Cannon Wood (12) is elbowed out of the way by North Kitsap’s Ethan Peck (11) Friday night at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News).

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BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles loses to first-place North Kitsap

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys soccer team, rebuilding with a roster primarily of freshmen and sophomores,…

Men's 5K winner Langdon Larson of Port Angeles reaches the finish line at the Sequim Railroad Bridge Run. Larson won the 5K by nearly two minutes. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: (Updated) It was wet and wonderful at Sequim Railroad Run

Second of five-race series hosted by PA Marathon Association

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PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles crushes Kingston to remain in first place

Forks softball sweeps Ocosta to remain perfect in Pacific 2B League