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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)

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PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson harriers sweep home meet

Volleyball roundup from around the Peninsula

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)

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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.

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)

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

Wolves’ scoring machine to sign with NCAA Division II powerhouse

Jennyfer Gomez, left, and Landyn Jones.

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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.

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

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

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Abdurahim Leigh, right, dribbles past Shoreline's Brennon Odonnell during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

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

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team got a goal from Abdurahim Leigh in the opening…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS 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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PREP FOOTBALL: Roughriders shock Bainbridge 48-14

Landyn Jones four touchdowns for 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)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Loggers crush Lummi behind special teams

JOYCE — The Crescent football team started off the game scoring 20 points without running a single play…

Colby Ellefson, Sequim cross country

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

ARLINGTON — Sequim’s Colby Ellefson had an excellent race in this weekend’s Nike Hole in the Wall, finishing…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Officials needed for basketball, other sports

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Basketball Officials Association is in need of high school and middle school…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS 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.

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PREP SOCCER: Sequim girls outmuscle Port Angeles

Jennyfer Gomez two goals for the Wolves

The 2022 Larry Scott Trail 5K, 10K and half-marathon is part of the Run the Peninsula series that also includes the North Olympic Discovery Marathon. (Run the Peninsula)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Larry Scott Trail Run set for Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The fifth annual Run the Peninsula Larry Scott Trail run will take place Saturday in…

Harper McGuire, Port Angeles swimming.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Harper McGuire, Port Angeles girls swimming

The Port Angeles High School girls swim team is having a spectacular start to its season, going 4-1…

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PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson’s Yearian, Fraser shine at the Hole in the Wall

ARLINGTON — Numerous Port Angeles and East Jefferson runners participated in the Nike Hole in the Wall Cross…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Fin Moutune, top, takes the header above Whatcom's Eduardo Rocha, front, and Josiah Dupree on Saturday in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men vault into first place with win

Peninsula women win 8-0

With Spartans Walker Wheeler (63) and Brody Lausche (46) blocking, Forks running back Nate Dahlgren picks up good yardage against Friday Harbor in a non league game played Saturday afternoon in Sequim. Photo by Lonnie Arachibald.

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PREP FOOTBALL: Spartans win 40-6 to improve to 5-1

SEQUIM — The Forks football team got physical and bounced back from their first loss of the year…

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FRIDAY’S PREP FOOTBALL SCORES (updated): Rough night for Port Angeles, Sequim on the road

PA loses to No. 7-ranked Bremerton 49-7, Sequim downed by Olympic 42-0

Forks Spartans.

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PREP ROUNDUP: Forks soccer loses tight game to Ocosta 1-0

FORKS — The Spartans’ Janessa Ramos stopped numerous Ocosta shots in a tight defensive soccer battle as Forks…

State plate winners from the Lincoln Park BMX track gathered at Lincoln Park on Sunday. Plate winners include Teyah Elofson-Cross, Kylin Weitz, Nyah Langdon, Trinity Gaither, Bennett Gray, Bradan Gray, Jackson Beal, Zach Slota, Silas Ruder, Ellie Schmedding, Aspen Maxfield, Easton Schmedding, Carmelo Kompkoff, Logan Gray, Bennett Gray, Kristopher Giffin, Matthew Graham, Chloe Holloway, Danny Goettling, Daniel Stroup, Chloe Maxfield, Ellie Perez, Graysen Pinell, Kali Hopper, Ryker Rossi, Thomas Schroeder, Toby Kreider, Cash Coleman, Anthony Perez and Greg Volker. Not in the photo are Mason Wilcox-Olton, Kameron Langdon, cory Cooke, Levi Oravetz, jason Faris, Mylee Schroeder, Gideon Oravetz, Thomas Penn, Nyah Langdon, Makaylie Underwood, Ryan Albin Jr. and Adam Oravetz. (Lexie Winters)

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LINCOLN PARK BMX: Local riders earn 55 state plates

Six state champions in eight classifications from Olympic Peninsula

Blake Sohlberg, Port Angeles football.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Blake Sohlberg, Port Angeles football

It was widely known coming in to this season that Port Angeles Roughriders football player Blake Sohlberg was…