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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…

Washington State head coach Mike Leach, right, speaks with quarterback Anthony Gordon (18) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Stanford in Pullman, Wash., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

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WASHINGTON STATE FOOTBALL: Former coach Mike Leach dies

Gruff, pioneering and unfiltered, Mike Leach was one of the most influential football coaches of this or any…

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…

Eric Trent/Daily Chronicle 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…

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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…

Courtesy Eric Trent 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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PREPS: Forks wins big on the road as Neel has huge game

Neel 16 points, 17 rebounds for Spartans

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jelissa Julmist eyes the rim while double teamed during the Wolves' 56-43 win Thursday.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wolves get going in second half to beat Bremerton

SEQUIM — Sequim erased a slow first half in a 56-43 Olympic League girls basketball win over Bremerton…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Paige Mason of Port Angeles, center, tries to hold on as she slips past North Mason's Tanza Tupolo, left, Adrianne Tupolo, right, on Thursday in Port Angeles.

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PREP SPORTS: Roughriders kennel Bulldogs in boys and girls basketball action

Port Angeles swimmers, bowlers also win

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS 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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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Vaara pours in 29 points in Wolves’ win

Port Angeles girls bounce back with road win over Bremerton

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Keira Johnson scores over North Beach's Malia Cox in Forks on Wednesday evening where Forks defeated North Beach 59-15.

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PREPS: Forks girls get stingy in blowout basketball win

East Jefferson pins down win vs. Klahowya

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…

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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…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS 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

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News 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…

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