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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lefties seek voice for 2022 season

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties are seeking local talent to broadcast every home game this summer…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sequim's Michaela Green swings at a pitch from Port Angeles' Teagan Clark as catcher Zoe Smithson waits for the delivery on Friday in Port Angeles. Both teams will be playing at the Bi-district tournament and both teams start off one win away from qualifying for state.

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PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles No. 1 seed at district; Sequim No. 6

OLYMPIA — The Port Angeles softball team got a No. 1 seed at the Bi-district tournament that begins…

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JUNIOR BABE RUTH: Swain’s wins pair of games

PORT ANGELES — Swain’s defeated Local 155 10-7 and pushed into a tie for first place with Local…

The Rhody Run returns Sunday with 5K and 10K races beginning at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Rhody Run Redux registration still open

PORT TOWNSEND — Online registration for the Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run Redux ends at 11:59 p.m. today, but…

Kennedy Bruch signs a letter of intent to play volleyball and run track at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, N.C. with her father Jesse Bruch, mother Alissa Bruch and brother Jack Bruch. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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COLLEGE SIGNING: Roughrider Kennedy Bruch headed to St. Augustine’s in N.C.

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Kennedy Bruch brought out a big crowd of supporters who spoke not only…

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STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT: (Updated with viewing info) Sequim to face Burlington-Edison on Wednesday

SEQUIM — The Sequim boys soccer team will play familiar foe Burlington-Edison in the first round of the…

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Teagan Clark, Port Angeles softball

The Port Angeles softball team came into Friday’s game needing to win to ensure the Roughriders’ sixth Olympic…

Crescent graduate Raine Westfall won the hammer throw this weekend for Western Washington University at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference track and field championships held in Ellensburg. (Western Washington University)

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SPORTS BRIEFS: Crescent’s Westfall wins GNAC hammer throw championship

ELLENSBURG — Crescent High School graduate Raine Westfall, now a freshman at Western Washington University, won the women’s…

Forks' Logan Olson pitches a shutout against Ilwaco in the Southwest 2B district tournament Friday. Olson finished with nine strikeouts in a 7-0 win. (Jordan Nailon/Longview Daily News)

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PREP BASEBALL: Riders’ playoff run ends; Forks qualifies for regionals

TACOMA — The Port Angeles baseball team had a fantastic run at the 2A bi-district tournament, winning three…

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TRACK AND FIELD: East Jefferson boys, girls second at Nisqually League meet

VASHON — The East Jefferson boys and girls track teams, buoyed by their distance runners and throwers, both…

From left, Port Angeles head girls basketball coach Michael Poindexter, Eve Burke and assistant coach Jennifer Rogers at Burke's signing to play for Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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COLLEGE SIGNING: PA’s Eve Burke to hoop it up for Linfield

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Eve Burke was lauded not only for her success in finding a way…

Sailors Ella Schultz, middle, and Ozzy Minard earned a first-place finish in the first Kelly Cup Regatta hosted by the Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields and the Port Angeles Yacht Club (represented by Doug Mecham).

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SAILING: Port Angeles Sea Scouts qualify for Boston race

PORT ANGELES — Sea Scout sailors from Port Angeles, Seattle, Port Orchard and Portland came together to compete…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sequim second baseman Addie Smith just avoids into a collision with Port Angeles baserunner Heidi Leitz at first base during Friday's game at Dry Creek in Port Angeles.

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SOFTBALL: Riders bounce back to win Olympic League title

Pitchers’ duel between PA, Sequim comes down to pair of home runs

Courtesy photo Port Angeles freshman Blake Sohlberg came on in relief and pitched four solid innings as the Roughriders rallied from a four-run deficit for a 7-5 win in a loser-out district playoff against Olympic on Wednesday at Central Kitsap High School.

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PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles baseball stages late rally, stays alive in loser-out district contest

Sequim and Port Angeles softball win big

Wilder Senior third baseman Landon Siebel makes a throw to first during a 2021 contest at Civic Field. Tryouts for the American Legion baseball program will be held later this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Wilder sets tryout schedule

PORT ANGELES — Tryouts are set later this month for the original Olympic Peninsula boys of summer, Wilder…

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OUTDOORS: Razor harvest a record

Aided by higher daily limits for much of the fall and spring seasons, recreational razor clam diggers took…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Russell Wilson set for Week 1 return to Seattle

SEATTLE — The NFL wasted no time in setting up Russell Wilson with a return trip to Seattle…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles catcher Zoe Smithson, left, tags out North Kitsap's Alison Dovorak at home plate on Thursday in Port Angeles.

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PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles slips up at home in softball loss

Sequim boys fall, but still heading to state

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles pitcher Elijah Flodstrom throws in the second inning on Tuesday against Franklin Pierce at Volunteer Field in Port Angeles.

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PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles Roughriders win behind hot bats

Forks loses first game of the year, but still alive

Forks’ Arturo Dominguez-Gomez, left, kicks past Winlock’s Xavier Sancho at Spartan Stadium. Forks won 5-4. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys soccer team stays alive

Sequim soccer qualifies for state with dramatic win

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