Sequim's Kyle Kautzman enjoyed an excellent day of fishing near Salt Creek on his Old Town kayak. Kautzman caught a pair of good-sized hatchery coho after spending time releasing a number of kings and lingcod.

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OUTDOORS: Coho taking their sweet time to return in bulk

HATCHERY COHO APPEAR to be taking their time to return en masse to the Strait of Juan de…

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Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh, center, tries to escape the Blaine defense of Logan Villarreal, left, and Alejandro Moser-Hernandez, right, on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles defense stout in opening win

PORT ANGELES — It’s not even Labor Day yet and Port Angeles Roughriders head football coach Dustin Clark…

Forks running back Nate Dahlgren looks to avoid Sequim linebacker Sam Fitzgerald in the first half of Forks' 32-14 non-league win over the Sequim Wolves on Friday night. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Forks pounds out season-opening win over Sequim

Dahlgren 31 carries for 187 yards, 2 TDs; Wheeler 7-114, 2 TDs.

The Rivals’ Gary Zambor (1) holds off Kingston’s Aaron Fitsemons (44), as Charly Schweitzer (78) and Sean Jones (76) provide protection for quarterback Cash Holmes, during a game against the Kingston Buccaneers on Friday at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Kingston knocks down East Jefferson in opener

Bus issues force Quilcene to play Saturday at Naselle

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Granite Falls Tiger, Connor Wichman, (11) can only watch as East Jefferson Rival, Cash Holmes, dives into the end zone for six points after a 10 yard dash from scrimmage during a Friday night game in Port Townsend’s Memorial Field.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: East Jefferson enters season as title defender

Rivals have a large turnout for 2022

Quilcene quaterback Nathan Kieffer passes before being tackled by Crescent’s Cole Grooms on Thursday at Crescent High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Crescent young, building for the future

Loggers look to replace all-world RB Wyatt Lee

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Port Townsend Golf course celebrates 94th

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, center, slips past East Jefferson's Lonnie Kenney and Jerome Reaux Jr., right, as Nickerson's teammate, Brantyn Fisler, left, follows behind on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Roughriders ready to roll

Season opens Friday night

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Forks' Nate Dahlgren piled up nearly 1,300 rushing yards as a sophomore last season.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Spartans switching to power game

Personnel leads to shift in strategy to running game

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Quilcene's James Miller, right, hauls down Neah Bay's Neil Bowechop during an October 2021 contest in Quilcene.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene Rangers reload for another deep playoff run

Rangers made state title game last year

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE: Online coverage to increase for preps football coverage

As our subscribers are aware, delivery has changed for the Peninsula Daily News.

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More than two dozen volunteers helped the Lincoln Park BMX track put on double-point races and triple-point state qualifiers this weekend. More than 370 racers competed at the track this weekend and nearly twice that many are expected at the Pacific Northwest Gold Cup Finals set for Sept. 16-18.

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BMX RACING: 378 racers compete at Lincoln Park, more expected for NW finals

PORT ANGELES — In a bit of a dry run for the Pacific Northwest Gold Cup Finals to…

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Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart (30) shoots against the Las Vegas Aces during the second half in Game 1 of a WNBA basketball semifinal playoff series Sunday in Las Vegas.

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WNBA PLAYOFFS: Loyd scores 26 to hand Storm win over Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Jewell Loyd scored 26 points, including Seattle’s final six, and the Storm edged the Las…

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Seattle's Julio Rodriguez gestures at the end of a news conference held the day after announcing he signed a multi-year contract on Saturday in Seattle.

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SEATTLE MARINERS: Julio Rodriguez signs massive contract

Could be worth as much as $470 million

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The Cloudraker Skybridge spans a pair of summits at the top of Whistler Peak in British Columbia. It is 430 feet long and sits at 7,160 feet in elevation. It was built in 2018.

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OUTDOORS: A place to rake the clouds not so far away

Whistler Peak skybridge not for the faint of heart

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Neah Bay senior Julian Carrick looks for running room during a 2021 game against Mossyrock. Carrick is once again expected to start at quarterback and in the secondary for the Red Devils this season.

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Experienced Neah Bay seeking a deep playoff run

Julian Carrick, Kaeden Butterfield, Jodell Wimberly, Andre Greene all set to lead

North Olympic Peninsula pickleball players earned medals at the Oregon State Senior Games in Albany, Ore. Players from left, Bob Sester and Katinka Nanna of Sequim and  Lynda Schroeder and Steve Bennett of Port Angeles.

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AREA SPORTS: Pickleballers medal at Oregon State games; Races Sept. 18 in Quilcene

ALBANY, Ore. — Four North Olympic Peninsula pickleball players traveled south to compete in the 2022 Oregon State…

Demolition derby driver Morgan Seamonds (107) pushes Brandon Vale’s car (76) up and over a log barrier in a cloud of dust and exhaust in front of a sold-out crowd at the Clallam County Fairgrounds on Sunday evening. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Spills and thrills at the fair

Carson Holt, age 20, of Sequim, falls off his horse in the bareback riding competition at the Clallam…

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Lincoln Park BMX to hold state qualifiers

PORT ANGELES — The Lincoln Park BMX track will be holding state qualifier races at its track Friday…

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Marcia Isenberger, a three-sport star at Port Angeles High School who went on to become the top tennis player at Eastern Washington, speaks at the Roughrider Hall of Fame dinner Saturday night.

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ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME: [Updated] Speakers address how much Title IX changed sports for girls

10 individuals and two teams inducted