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Forks’ Keira Johnson steals second well ahead of the throw to Toledo’s Candance Clark Saturday in Fort Borst Park in Centralia, where Forks defeated the Riverhawks 4-2, earning a trip to the state tournament. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Forks drops final district game, seeded No. 7 at state tournament

CENTRALIA — The Forks softball team played Pe Ell/Willapa Valley for the fourth time this season, losing a…

Port Angeles Roughriders.

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PREP SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders finish second at district, seeded No. 6 at state tournament

LACEY — Port Angeles’ hugely successful softball district tournament ended with a flourish late Saturday with a wild…

Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter celebrates winning the 1,600 District 2/3 championship this weekend at Renton Stadium. He also won the 3,200 championship. (Joe Gladfelter photo)

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2A TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim tallies eight district champions

Port Angeles’ Gladfelter wins the 1,600 and 3,200

Port Angeles' Kole Acker releases a pitch against W.F. West in the opening round of state in Chehalis on May 20. (Photos by Alec Dietz/The Chronicle)

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STATE 2A BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ season comes to an end against No. 3-ranked W.F. West

CHEHALIS — The Port Angeles boys baseball team ran into a buzzsaw by the name of Hunter Lutman…

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DISTRICT TRACK: East Jefferson to send big contingent to state

Six district champions for Rivals; Forks’ Dahlgren a district champion

Forks Spartans

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PREP SOFTBALL: Forks qualifies for state tournament

CENTRALIA — The Forks softball team qualified for the state 2B tournament by beating Toledo 4-2 Saturday morning…

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SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Quilcene Rangers qualify for state tournament

QUILCENE — It’s been six years, but the Quilcene Rangers softball rebuild is nearly finished.

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SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Forks wins district opener behind Gaydeski, Soto

CENTRALIA — The Forks softball team got great pitching performances from Chloe Gaydeski and Lizzy Soto and took…

The Northwest Tandem Rally is coming to Sequim May 27-28, the first time the event has come to the Olympic Peninsula since 2000.

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OUTDOOR RECREATION: Tandem bike ride event set in Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Expect to see hundreds of tandem bicycles in the Sequim area on May 27-28.

The 5K and 10K routes of Sunday's Rhody Run through Port Townsend.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: More than 700 athletes expected in Rhody Run

PORT TOWNSEND — More than 700 people have signed up to run in Sunday’s Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run…

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Port Angeles baserunner Lily Halberg makes a diving slide into second as the ball gets past Sequim shortstop Hannah Bates last week in Port Angeles. Both teams begin play in the bi-district tournament Friday.

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PREP SOFTBALL DISTRICT PLAYOFFS: Tournament brackets set for Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks

OLYMPIA — The Port Angeles softball team picked up a No. 7 seed in the bi-district softball tournament,…

Ollie Thibault of Shawnigan Lake, B.C., competes in the NW Cup mountain biking downhill race at Dry Hill on Sunday. More than 500 racers took up the challenge on the Dry Hill courses this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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MOUNTAIN BIKING: NW Cup brings huge crowds to Olympic Peninsula

DRY HILL — More than 500 mountain bike daredevils from all over the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest…

Lizzy Soto, Forks softball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lizzy Soto, Forks softball

Lizzy Soto is just one of the reasons the Forks softball team gained a Pacific 2B League co-championship.

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Cullen Ren of Burnaby, B.C. flies around the last banked corner before the finish on the downhill race course for the Northwest Cup on Dry Hill west of Port Angeles on Sunday. Cullen, age 20, was racing in the K2 class. More than 500 bike riders came out to the course on Saturday and Sunday for the second race of the Northwest Cup. For results and more photos, look in Tuesday's Peninsula Daily News sports section.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: NW Cup returns to Dry Hill

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Aliyah Yearian, East Jefferson track.

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TRACK AND FIELD: East Jefferson girls second at Nisqually meet

Forks strong in relays, field events at Pacific 2B League meet

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PREP SOFTBALL: Forks softball loses pair before district tourney

MONTESANO — Forks softball wrapped up its regular season with a pair of losses, but it doesn’t matter…

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PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Josiah Gooding’s 9th-inning single sends Riders to state tournament

Port Angeles begins play at state tournament Saturday

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Port Angeles' Ava-Anne Sheahan bats in the second inning as Sequim catcher Mikki Green waits for the delivery on Friday in Port Angeles.

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PREP SOFTBALL: Riders jump on Wolves early

PA wins 8-1 to finish second in league; both teams to district

Port Angeles Roughriders.

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PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles wins pitchers’ duel

Forks sweeps to win share of Pacific 2B title

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Port Angeles’ Colton Romero, center, reaches the plate thanks to a sacrifice bunt by teammate Jordan Shumway, right, as Franklin Pierce catcher Trey Smith looks on helplessly in the second inning of Wednesday’s playoff game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP BASEBALL: Riders crush Franklin Pierce and live to play another day

PORT ANGELES — With their backs against the wall in a loser-out district playoff game, the Port Angeles…