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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, right, dribbles past Olympic's Jackson Barrett on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL: Riders running roughshod over league opponents

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team got off to a somewhat sluggish start, but got…

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The Port Angeles and Sequim gymnastics team competed in its first event Tuesday at Bainbridge Island. From left, are Madisyn Ripley, Chloe Notari, Susannah Sharp, Faith Carr, Kori Miller, Waverly Mead, Amara Brown. Not pictured are Summer Hirst-Lowe, Maddie Abrams and Lucy Spelker.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles, Sequim gymnasts begin season

BAINBRIDGE — Port Angeles and Sequim had their first gymnastics meet against Bainbridge Island on Tuesday with a…

From left, Forks' Kyra Neel  competes with Neah Bay's Ryana Moss, Angel Halttunen and Allie Greene in Forks. Neah Bay came from behind in the closing minutes to defeat Forks 54-50 in a nonleague contest. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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PREP ROUNDUP: Neah Bay girls get past Forks; EJ girls win first game

FORKS — The Forks girls basketball team had a chance to tie the game after Neah Bay came…

Photo courtesy of WWU Athletics / Claire Henninger makes a save in the NCAA Division II national quarterfinal game. A former Sequim soccer standout, Henninger is graduate student at Western Washington University and helped the WWU women's soccer team earn its second national title with a 2-1 win over West Chester (Pa.) on Dec. 3.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Former Sequim goalkeeper wins national championship at WWU

BELLINGHAM — Sequim’s Claire Henninger’s athletic career hit a lot of road bumps, including a big disruption caused…

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The Forks boys wrestling team celebrates winning the Tony Saldivar Ironman tournament held in Granger this weekend. Forks beat out 18 other teams to win the team title with Sloan Tumaua and Matthew Montes winning their weight divisions.

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks boys, girls celebrate first- and second-place trophies at Tony Saldivar Ironman

The Forks boys wrestling team celebrates winning the Tony Saldivar Ironman tournament held in Granger this weekend. Forks…

Jolene Vaara, left, Sequim girls basketball, and Keira Johnson, Forks girls basketball.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Jolene Vaara, Sequim girls basketball; and Keira Johnson, Forks girls basketball

Two Olympic Peninsula girls’ basketball players have gotten off to scorching starts this young season, earning our co-Athletes…

Peninsula Pirates.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Shorthanded Pirates sweep pair of games at Triton Classic

EDMONDS — Coming off its first loss of the year to a winless team and missing top scorer…

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Forks' Keira Johnson skies for a layup during the Spartans' 74-25 win over South Bend on the road Friday night.

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PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: (Updated) Sequim girls improve to 4-0 on the season

Forks girls win big; Crescent boys 5-0

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks boys win Tony Saldivar Ironman tournament

GRANGER — A year after coming in second at the same tournament, the Forks boys wrestling team won…

Peninsula Pirates.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula beats Lower Columbia in rematch

LONGVIEW — For the second time in a week, the Peninsula women held off the No. 2-ranked team…

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Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh pulls down a loose ball as Bremerton's David Klega, left, tries to push him away during Tuesday's matchup at Port Angeles High School.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders romp again, beat Knights 86-46

Forks boys win first game of the year

Sequim Wolves

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim girls basketball roars back to beat Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — In a battle between two good Olympic Peninsula girls basketball teams, Sequim scored 25 points…

At left, Fresno State quarterback Jake Haener, a former Husky, will face off against Washington State quarterback Cam Ward in the Jimmy Kimmel Bowl on Dec. 17 in Los Angeles. (The Associated Press)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: UW, Fresno State joined at the hip

I’ve circled the date of Dec. 17.

Lower Columbia's Courtney Swan, of Neah Bay, drives against her former Neah Bay teammate Ruth Moss, who now plays for Peninsula College. In on the play are Lower Columbia's Aivine Soakai (34), Kyla McCallum (25) and Peninsula's Millie Long, far right, background.
(Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women hold off Lower Columbia

PORT ANGELES — Missing several key players, the Peninsula College women’s basketball team got off to an 0-2…

Peninsula College Pirates.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men win two, improve to 7-0

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team improved its record to 7-0 on the season with…

Tyler Hunter, Port Angeles basketball

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tyler Hunter, Port Angeles boys basketball

The Port Angeles boys basketball team is off to a 2-0 start and averaging 89.5 points a game…

Noah Plotnik of Sequim (627), Dylan Zehr of Maple Valley (561) and Sean Southard of Sequim (722) take off in the Jamestown S’Klallam Run late Saturday afternoon in Blyn. Runners competed in 5K and 10K races, wearing headlamps in the twilight and dark. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM RUN: More than 340 competitors light up the Olympic Discovery Trail

Runners compete in series’ final event of 2022 season

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Port Angeles' Isaiah Shamp, right, leans into the defense of Foster's Liam Glanville, left, and Ronnie Toms on Saturday at Port Angeles High School.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Roughrider boys overwhelm Foster 92-69

PA girls lose to tall W.F. West squad

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Forks Matthew Montes wrestles Cayden Beauregard of Sequim in the Forks Invitational held Saturday. Montes won his match and his 113-pound weight division.

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WRESTLING: Forks boys win home tournament

FORKS — The Forks boys won their season-opening invitational wrestling tournament, edging out Port Angeles, East Jefferson and…

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PREP ROUNDUP: Crescent boys move to 2-0 on the season

JOYCE — The Crescent Loggers boys basketball team moved to 2-0 on the season, getting 24 points and…