Lori Hester, a former Army nurse, limited on salmon during a summer of 2021 fishing trip with the Olympic Peninsula chapter of Salmon for Soliders.

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OUTDOORS: Coho returns a bright spot in salmon forecast

Continued cuts in recreational chinook fishing opportunity once again impact Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet), while improved coho…

Port Angeles pitcher Elijah Flodstrom delivers a pitch to Sequim leadoff hitter Ayden Holland as Joseph Ritchie catches Monday night. Flodstrom pitched a complete-game shutout in a 10-0 win. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASEBALL: Riders roll past Wolves behind Flodstrom, Townsend

PORT ANGELES — With a spectacular background of fresh snow on the hills outside of Port Angeles, the…

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PREP BRIEF: Port Angeles tennis wins big over Bremerton

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls tennis squad beat Bremerton 6-1 on Monday, getting a clean sweep…

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Port Angeles' Xander Maestas, left, and Sequim's Aidan Henninger face off for ball control as Sequim's Harrison Bell looks on during Tuesday's match at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

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BOYS SOCCER: Sequim outpaces Port Angeles to sweep Rainshadow Rumble

Closer game this time between Wolves and Riders

Ben Sweet, Sequim boys golf

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ben Sweet, Sequim golf

Sequim golfer Ben Sweet started the season a little bit slowly, but he was really beginning to heat…

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Greg Billings caught this 43-pound halibut on opening day Thursday in Marine Area 6 (Low Point to Port Townsend).

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OUTDOORS: Big halibut being landed and razor clam limit will increase

OLYMPIA — Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed Friday that the next round…

Liam DeWolf, left, and Connor DeWolf with Klahhane Gymnastics in Port Angeles show off their medals from the Region 2 Men’s Championships held last weekend in Pocatello, Idaho. (Courtesy photos)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Klahhane gymnasts place at regional meet

POCATELLO, Idaho — Connor DeWolf and Liam DeWolf of Klahhane Gymnastics competed in Region 2 Men’s Gymnastics Championships…

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Port Angeles third baseman Elijah Flodstrom, left, lets the ball get past him after it struck Peninsula baserunner Tony Buchanan and bounced away on a third base steal on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders strand too many runners, allow Peninsula to run the bases in 7-1 loss

Team improves in 6-4 road loss to 3A Gig Harbor

Sequim Wolves.

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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim baseball wins first game; East Jefferson’s Behrenfeld second at Bellingham track invite

GRANITE FALLS — The Sequim baseball team rallied with three runs in the eighth inning and got great…

The Community Boating Program’s High School Sailing Team, representing high schoolers from all over Clallam County, competed at Shilshole Marina at an event hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle.

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SAILING: Community Boating Program youth sail in Seattle

SEATTLE — The Port Angeles High School Sailing team recently wrapped a fifth-place finish at a two-day regatta…

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Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, center, is surrounded by Lynden players during a state regional round game at Mount Vernon High School. Dunning is the All-Peninsula Boys Basketball MVP as selected by the Peninsula Daily News sports staff.

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ALL PENINSULA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM: MVP pick Wyatt Dunning was stunning for Port Angeles

Riders, Wolves, Spartans, Rivals, Red Devils, Loggers all represented

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Burke heads up talent-rich team

2021-22 All-Peninsula Girls basketball team

Port Angeles pitcher Teagan Clark throws in the first inning against Bremerton on Tuesday at the Dry Creek athletic complex in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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MICHAEL CARMAN COLUMN: RPI shows Olympic League a power in softball

Many spring sports are more like sprint sports as the busiest prep season of them all often is…

The Elite Competition Dance Team from The Dance Center by Erica Edwards in Sequim recently earned a Judge's Choice award and an invitation to perform in New York City for their musical theater large group routine "Beetlejuice." Team members include, in no particular order, Madison Edwards, Ayla Alstrup, Sofia Divinsky, Sydney Owens, Cyrus Deede, Eva Lancheros-Gillis, Joyce Caulfield, Ava Fuller, Emma Edwards, Mia Buhrer, Addysin Smith, Savanna DeRuyter, Tosca Kattau and Julianne Wilcox.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Dancer Center team earns invite to New York City

SEQUIM — The Elite Competition Dance Team from The Dance Center by Erica Edwards in Sequim recently wrapped…

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OUTDOORS: Sekiu closing for blackmouth

Marine weather workshop April 30

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert throws during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Peoria, Ariz. (Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Mariners go into 2022 with a ton of buzz

This might be the most buzz the Seattle Mariners have had since the early days of Ichiro.

Klahhane Gymnastics gymnasts Scarlett Sullivan, left, and Mariah Traband qualified for the USA Gymnastics Region 2 meet later this month.

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GYMNASTICS: Klahhane duo qualifies for regionals

PUYALLUP — The Klahhane Gymnastics Girls Xcel Team was among 1,550 girls participating in the Washington State Xcel…

Jim “Rocky” Root recently aced the par-3 17th hole at Peninsula Golf Club for his second career hole-in-one.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Root sinks hole-at-one at Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Jim “Rocky” Root recently carded his second career hole-in-one while playing at Peninsula Golf Club.

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Port Angeles' Eve Burke earned all-state honors after guiding the Roughriders back to the Class 2A state tournament. Burke is the Peninsula Daily News' 2021-22 All-Peninsula Girls Basketball MVP.

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ALL-PENINSULA GIRLS BASKETBALL: MVP race all about Eve Burke

Port Angeles senior posted 20 points, 9 rebounds, 4.5 steals per game

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Port Angeles pitcher Colton Romero struck out seven batters in three innings against Mount Tahoma last week.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Colton Romero, Port Angeles baseball

Port Angeles’ Colton Romero, just a sophomore, is still listed on the Roughriders’ junior varsity baseball roster.