Pierre LaBossiere

Salt Creek 24.

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: First Salt Creek 24 arrives Saturday

You’ve heard of 24 Hours at Le Mans? Get ready for 24 hours at Salt Creek. Only instead of race cars, feet… Continue reading

Salt Creek 24.
Forks Spartans.

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks volleyball locks up second place with win

The Forks volleyball team locked up second place in league with a 3-1 victory over Ocosta on Monday. With the win, the Spartans… Continue reading

Forks Spartans.
From left, Lukas Love, Crescent, and Nate Dahlgren, Forks.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Lukas Love, Crescent football, and Nate Dahlgren, Forks football

Our Athletes of the Week both had monster games that helped their teams to crucial victories this week. First, Nate Dahlgren had 238 yards rushing… Continue reading

From left, Lukas Love, Crescent, and Nate Dahlgren, Forks.
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Crescent's Lukas Love, left, sprints for the end zone pursued by Concrete's Adam Culver, center, and teammate Carter Clifford on Saturday in Joyce.

SATURDAY’S PREPS: Crescent’s defense shines in 34-6 win over Concrete

Loggers finish regular season with home game vs. Darrington on Saturday

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Crescent's Lukas Love, left, sprints for the end zone pursued by Concrete's Adam Culver, center, and teammate Carter Clifford on Saturday in Joyce.
Garrett Little competes against Port Angeles on Oct. 11. Little went 4-0 at the Olympic League boys tennis championship to win the league title. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

BOYS TENNIS: Sequim’s Garrett Little wins league title

Riders send two doubles teams to district tourney

Garrett Little competes against Port Angeles on Oct. 11. Little went 4-0 at the Olympic League boys tennis championship to win the league title. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Peninsula College Pirates.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women clinch playoff spot

Women will play Skagit Valley for North Region title Wednesday

Peninsula College Pirates.
Port Angeles Roughriders.

GIRLS SWIMMING: Port Angeles rallies to beat North Kitsap

The Port Angeles girls swim team emerged victorious over North Kitsap on the road this weekend, beating their strong rival 105-73. The Roughriders… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders.
Forks Nate Dahlgren (40) finds a hole in the Titans defense as he runs for a touchdown Friday night under the lights of Spartan Stadium where Forks defeated Pe Ell/Willapa Valley 21-18. Blocking are Walker Wheeler (63), Brody Lausche (46) and DeAnthony Davila (20). (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks defense holds in tense fourth quarter

Spartans fend off Pe Ell 21-18 to improve to 7-1

Forks Nate Dahlgren (40) finds a hole in the Titans defense as he runs for a touchdown Friday night under the lights of Spartan Stadium where Forks defeated Pe Ell/Willapa Valley 21-18. Blocking are Walker Wheeler (63), Brody Lausche (46) and DeAnthony Davila (20). (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Coach Dustin Clark talks to his players after the Port Angeles Roughriders crushed Kingston 63-0 on Thursday night in Kingston. The Riders have all but locked up a playoff spot with one game remaining against North Mason. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Eight Roughriders score in 63-0 romp over Kingston

Port Angeles guarantees a winning season

Coach Dustin Clark talks to his players after the Port Angeles Roughriders crushed Kingston 63-0 on Thursday night in Kingston. The Riders have all but locked up a playoff spot with one game remaining against North Mason. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
East Jefferson Rival Aliyah Yearian distances herself from the other 39 competitors during the girls varsity cross country 5K meet against multiple schools at Port Townsend Golf Course on Tuesday. Yearian and her teammate Fiona Fraser finished one-two at the race. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson harriers sweep home meet

Volleyball roundup from around the Peninsula

East Jefferson Rival Aliyah Yearian distances herself from the other 39 competitors during the girls varsity cross country 5K meet against multiple schools at Port Townsend Golf Course on Tuesday. Yearian and her teammate Fiona Fraser finished one-two at the race. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles quarterback Parker Nickerson, right, looks to pass while receiving a block by teammate Coner Martin, left, during Friday’s game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Roughriders are a special team this season

There’s something different about this year’s edition of the Port Angeles Roughriders football team. I’ve only been here since 2016, but I’ve heard all the… Continue reading

Port Angeles quarterback Parker Nickerson, right, looks to pass while receiving a block by teammate Coner Martin, left, during Friday’s game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim’s Taryn Johnson has scored 72 goals for the Wolves’ soccer team in her high school career and will be signing to play for Minnesota State, Mankato. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Taryn Johnson keeps her goals lofty

Wolves’ scoring machine to sign with NCAA Division II powerhouse

Sequim’s Taryn Johnson has scored 72 goals for the Wolves’ soccer team in her high school career and will be signing to play for Minnesota State, Mankato. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Jennyfer Gomez, left, and Landyn Jones.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Jennyfer Gomez, Sequim girls soccer, and Landyn Jones, Port Angeles football

Jenny Gomez had a fantastic week for the Sequim girls soccer team. Gomez, a midfielder, scored two spectacular and perfectly placed long-distance goals in a… Continue reading

Jennyfer Gomez, left, and Landyn Jones.
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Peninsula's Abdurahim Leigh, right, dribbles past Shoreline's Brennon Odonnell during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula men crush Shoreline to remain tied for first

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team got a goal from Abdurahim Leigh in the opening minute of its game against Shoreline, setting… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Abdurahim Leigh, right, dribbles past Shoreline's Brennon Odonnell during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.
Margaret Shull, 27, of Puyallup leads the female runners at the start of the Run the Peninsula's Larry Scott Trail Run half-marathon Saturday in Port Townsend. Shull went on to win the women's half marathon with a time of 1:38:31.72. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

RUN THE PENINSULA: More than 300 take on the Larry Scott Run

Five of top seven athletes in 5K event are 13 or younger

Margaret Shull, 27, of Puyallup leads the female runners at the start of the Run the Peninsula's Larry Scott Trail Run half-marathon Saturday in Port Townsend. Shull went on to win the women's half marathon with a time of 1:38:31.72. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Port Angeles' Jason Hawes, right, picks an opening in the in the line after receiving a key block by teammate  Brandt Perry, left, during Friday's game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PREP FOOTBALL: Roughriders shock Bainbridge 48-14

Landyn Jones four touchdowns for Port Angeles

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Port Angeles' Jason Hawes, right, picks an opening in the in the line after receiving a key block by teammate  Brandt Perry, left, during Friday's game against Bainbridge at Port Angeles Civic Field.
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Sequim goalkeeper Kalli Grove clutches the ball after withstanding a shot by Port Angeles' Pyper Alton, lower left, and is assisted by teammate Amara Gonzalez, center, on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER: Sequim girls outmuscle Port Angeles

Jennyfer Gomez two goals for the Wolves

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Sequim goalkeeper Kalli Grove clutches the ball after withstanding a shot by Port Angeles' Pyper Alton, lower left, and is assisted by teammate Amara Gonzalez, center, on Tuesday in Port Angeles.
Crescent’s Tommy Leonard runs the ball Tuesday against Lummi with blocking help from teammate Dominiq Sprague (14) in Joyce. Crescent won 58-0. (Crescent football)

PREP FOOTBALL: Loggers crush Lummi behind special teams

The Crescent football team started off the game scoring 20 points without running a single play on offense as the Loggers’ special teams… Continue reading

Crescent’s Tommy Leonard runs the ball Tuesday against Lummi with blocking help from teammate Dominiq Sprague (14) in Joyce. Crescent won 58-0. (Crescent football)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Officials needed for basketball, other sports

The North Olympic Basketball Officials Association is in need of high school and middle school officials for all sports but specifically for… Continue reading

Colby Ellefson, Sequim cross country

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim’s Ellefson 19th at Nike Hole in the Wall

Sequim’s Colby Ellefson had an excellent race in this weekend’s Nike Hole in the Wall, finishing 19th in the men’s varsity gold division.… Continue reading

Colby Ellefson, Sequim cross country