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Derek Binnersley of Victoria, B.C., crosses the finish line as the winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon. Binnersley, running his first marathon, won in a time of 2 hours, 48 minutes, 47.51 seconds, winning by more than 5 minutes. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Victoria runners lead the way in annual marathon

Series of races include 5K, 10K and kids event

Runners take off from Port Angeles City Pier at the start of Saturday's combined 5k and 10k runs, the opening races of the Olympic Discovery Marathon. In the front center is the 10K winner Kaeden Peterson of Kingston. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Youth is served at Saturday’s 5K and 10K races

Larson family: A first, a second, a third, a sixth and a 12th

Port Angeles Lefties

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WEST COAST LEAGUE BASEBALL: Lefties lose season-opener to Springfield on a ninth-inning walkoff

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Port Angeles Lefties got good pitching performances from their staff, but fell 4-3 in…

Samantha and Nathan Wilford of Brier run in the 2022 North Olympic Discovery Marathon. The marathon returns Sunday between Blyn and Port Angeles with 5K, 10K and the kids marathon Saturday in Port Angeles. (Cascadia Films)

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: More than 2,000 participants expected from 44 states, five countries

PORT ANGELES — More than 2,000 participants are signed up so far for the North Olympic Discovery Marathon…

Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall, a former Roughrider and Wilder, was a second-team all-NWAC player for Skagit Valley College this season in baseball and has signed to play with Cal State, San Bernardino. (Courtesy photo)

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COLLEGE BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Wyatt Hall signs with NCAA Division II Cal State San Bernadino

Hit team-high .324 for Skagit Valley this spring

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Lefties pitcher Dillon Dibrell throws in the first inning in the first game of a double header against Kamloops on Saturday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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WEST COAST BASEBALL: Lefties season begins Friday

First home game at Civic Field on June 9

Port Angeles’ Matthew Miller, left, chases a loose ball ahead of Kingston’s Edwin Vallecillo, right in a match this season in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL OLYMPIC BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Miller and Close, Sequim’s Feik make first team

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Matthew Miller and Landon Close, and Sequim’s Colin Feik all made the Olympic…

Aliyah Yearian, left, and Ellise Gardner, East Jefferson track

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Aliyah Yearian, Ellise Gardner, East Jefferson track and field

East Jefferson’s Aliyah Yearian and Ellise Gardner were both a big part of the Rivals girls finishing sixth…

Sequim's Mirek Skov finished second in  the pole vault with a height of 14 feet, 0 inches at the state 2A track and field championships held Saturday in Tacoma. (Michael Dashiell/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Another prep season wraps up with a flourish

Put a bow on this year’s prep season.

Sequim's Ivy Barrett finished second in the finals of the 400-meter run at the 2A state track and field championships held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: East Jefferson girls sixth; Sequim girls 10th

Several top-2 finishes among local athletes

Sequim tennis coach Mark Textor, left celebrates Sequim's two high finishes at state second-place boys' finisher Garrett Little and third-place girls' finisher Kendall Hastings. Assistant coach Andrea Dietzman is at the right. (Courtesy photo).

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STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Sequim’s Little second, Hastings third at state

East Jefferson doubles team takes fifth in 1A

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STATE TRACK, TENNIS UPDATE: Sequim’s Skov second in pole vault

Sequim’s Garrett Little and Port Angeles’ Reef Gelder face each other in state 2A tennis semifinals

Olympic Peninsula players named to the Olympic League all-league first team. Clockwise, upper left, Hannah Bates, Sequim; Mia Pozernick, Sequim; Natalie Robinson, Port Angeles; Lily Halberg, Port Angeles; Lexi King, Sequim; Lainey Vig, Sequim; Taylee Rome, Sequim.

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ALL-LEAGUE SOFTBALL: 13 Sequim, Port Angeles players make all-league teams

PORT ANGELES — Sequim placed five girls on the All-Olympic League first team, while Port Angeles placed two…

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Port Angeles' Phoenix Flores, left, placed 34th at the state 2A golf championships while PA's Piper Williams finished 17th in the girls 2A state championship.

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STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Piper 17th, Flores 34th at state

LIBERTY LAKE — Port Angeles’ Piper Williams and Phoenix Flores finished as the top golfers from the Olympic…

Port Angeles pitcher Cheyenne Zimmer throws in the first inning against Sequim on Friday afternoon in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS: Three Peninsula teams prepare for state

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula will have three teams playing 10 miles apart in three separate tournaments…

Caldwell, DeLeo and Beebe family members pose with Rhody Festival royalty at the Port Townsend Public Golf Course this weekend. Back row, from left are Chad Caldwell, Ron Wiley, Jim Beebe, Justice Beebe, Joey Beebe, Kelvin Kisner, Carlene Dahlman, Matt Dalman and Paul Dahlman. Middle row, from left are Leslie Shore, Danielle Babb, Karen Cartmel, Michael Babb, Tim Babb, James Babb, Pat Caldwell, Beth Caldwell (partial view), Tim Caldwell, Courtney Caldwell and Rebecca Beebe. Kneeling front, from left is  Jim Caldwell Memorial Rhody Festival Golf tournament organizer Rita Beebe, Rhody Princess Paige Govia and Queen Melody Douglas.

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GOLF: More than 100 golfers play Rhody events

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jim Caldwell Memorial Rhody Festival Golf tournaments raised more than $4,500 this month for…

From left, Piper Williams, Cole Smithson and Edun Bailey are have qualified for the second round of the 2A state golf tournament.

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STATE GOLF: Port Angeles’ Williams, Sequim’s Smithson lead the way

Total of five Olympic Peninsula prep golfers appear to have qualified for second round

Ivy Barrett, Sequim track and field

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ivy Barrett, Sequim track and field

Ivy Barrett is part of an extremely deep Sequim track and field team that is sending more than…

Rhody Run

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RHODY RUN: More than 800 athletes run race

PORT TOWNSEND — More than 800 runners hit the streets in and around Port Townsend on Sunday in…

Sequim's Kendall Hastings plays against an Olympic opponent on April 21 in Sequim. Hastings won three matches at the West Central 2/3 2A tournament this weekend and finished second in the district, moving on to the state tennis championships this weekend at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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DISTRICT TENNIS PLAYOFFS: Sequim’s Hastings second; moves on to state tournament

BREMERTON — Sequim’s Kendall Hastings finished second at the West Central District 2/3 tournament held this weekend at…