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The Queen of Angels boys basketball season has gotten off to a 2-1 start this season with wins over Stevens Middle School and Clallam Bay.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Queen of Angeles returns to hosting hoops

PORT ANGELES — After trailing by six points at halftime, the Queen of Angels boys basketball team went…

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APPLE CUP PREVIEW: Huskies looking for payback after 2021 Cougars game

APPLE CUP: Huskies looking for payback

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The fledging Port Angeles girls bowling team celebrates its first match, a win over Olympic, on Monday. From left are team members Zoey Van Gordon, Abby Rudd, Izzy Spencer, Kenadie Ring, Taylor Worthington, Violet Mills and Sophie Constant.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles bowlers lose a close match with Olympic

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School bowling team Tuesday traveled to All Star Lanes in Bremerton…

Left, Sequim’s Taryn Johnson made first-team all Olympic League in girls soccer. She already holds the all-time Sequim High School scoring record even though she is just a junior. Right, Port Angeles midfielder Anna Petty (14), made the all-Olympic League first team in girls soccer for the second straight year. (Photos by Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group and Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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OLYMPIC LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Petty and Commerton joined by Sequim’s Johnson on first team all-league

PORT ANGELES — Record-breaking goal-scorer Tayrn Johnson of Sequim was joined by Port Angeles’ Anna Petty and Saylah…

Sequim's Aiden Gockerell, left, and Port Angeles' Blake Sohlberg, right were among four Olympic Peninsula players named to the Olympic League first teams offense and defense. Sequim's Ayden Holland and Port Angeles' Jason Hawes were also named. (Photos by Michael Dashiell and Keith Thorpe, Olympic Peninsula News Group and Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL LEAGUE FOOTBALL: Sequim, PA put four players on Olympic League first teams

PORT ANGELES — Sequim’s Aiden Gockerell and Ayden Holland were joined by Port Angeles’ Blake Sohlberg and Jason…

Sequim's Kendall Hastings, left, was named the Olympic League volleyball offensive player of the year, while Port Angeles' Lily Halberg was named as a member of the all-league team. (Photos by Michael Dashiell and Keith Thorpe, Olympic Peninsula News Group and Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL: Sequim’s Kendall Hastings Olympic League offensive player of the year

PORT ANGELES — Sequim front-line force Kendall Hastings was named the Olympic League’s offensive volleyball player of the…

Jodell Wimberley, left, and Julian Carrick, Neah Bay football

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Jodell Wimberley, Julian Carrick, Neah Bay football

We’re choosing Neah Bay football teammates Jodell Wimberley and Julian Carrick as our co-Athletes of the Week.

Peninsula College Pirates.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men roar back from behind to win a pair

TACOMA — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team came from behind twice to win a pair of games…

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Neah Bay's Jodell Wimberley scores one of his five touchdowns against Wellpinit in the state 1B quarterfinals held in Forks, just getting past Wellpinit's Andrew Moyer (19). Neah Bay won 66-14.

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STATE 1B FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay crushes higher-ranked Wellpinit

Red Devils’ first trip to the state semifinals since 2016

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Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula finds herself surrounded by the Shoreline defense during Wednesday's game in Port Angeles.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW: No. 1 Pirates focus on the now

Peninsula returns several players from last year’s runner-up squad

Port Angeles Lefties

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: 2023 schedule released

VANCOUVER — Last week in Southern California, the West Coast League’s board of directors met to review a…

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Peninsula's Roosevelt Williams Jr., right, tries to push past Bellevue's Nate Johnson on Saturday evening on the Pirate home court.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Peninsula men turn a page with new team

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team has gotten past the effects of the COVID pandemic,…

The Peninsula College North All Stars soccer players competed in the Northwest Athletic Conference all-star game held Sunday at the Starfire Soccer Complex. From left, Dylan Pauw, Fernando Tavares, coach Jake Hughes, Tim Deser, Pau Vivas Ayala and Shu Kato.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men, women shine in all-star game

TUKWILA — A total of 10 Peninsula College men’s and women’s soccer players competed Sunday in the Northwest…

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Port Angeles libero Cindy Liang, center, sets the ball in a match in September in Port Angeles. Liang had 94 digs in three matches at the district volleyball tournament.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cindy Liang, Port Angeles volleyball

The Port Angeles volleyball team had a remarkable run at the West Central District 2/3 tournament last week.

neah Bay

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STATE 1B FOOTBALL: Neah Bay to face Wellpinit Saturday in Forks

OLYMPIA — Neah Bay’s state 1B football quarterfinal game with Wellpinit has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday…

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The Port Angeles girls swim team finished fifth at the state swim and dive championships, the team's highest finish since 2017. From left are assistant coach Lisa Walls, Mackenzie DuBois, Rachel Cooper, Lucia Garcia-Pulido, Lynzee Reid, Brooke St. Luise, Harper McGuire, Grace Possinger, Yau Fu, Lizzy Shaw, Danika Asgeirsson, Sara Wilson and coach Sally Cole.

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STATE SWIM MEET: Port Angeles girls finish fifth

Team’s best showing at state meet since 2017

Sequim, Port Angeles.

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DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS: Sequim, PA both fall just short of state

TACOMA — Both teams had good runs at the District 2/3 2A tournament, but the Port Angeles and…

Quilcene Rangers

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STATE 1B FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Quilcene overcome in second half by DeSales

WALLA WALLA — The Quilcene Rangers football team got off to a good start against DeSales, finding itself…

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Lincoln Park BMX track operator Sean Coleman, left, talks with track design assistant Colby Groves last year. Coleman was named volunteer of the year by the Washington Festivals and Events Association.

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LINCOLN PARK BMX: Track operator Sean Coleman named state Volunteer of the Year

PORT ANGELES — Several years ago, Sean Coleman took his kids out BMX riding and believed the facilities…

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PREP VOLLEYBALL. FOOTBALL: Forks all-league selections named

FORKS — Forks’ Kyra Neel was named the Pacific 2B League volleyball MVP and teammates Kadie Wood and…