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In a scrimmage last between the new Port Angeles and Sequim flag football squads, Sequim's Lily Sparks tries to avoid having her flag pulled by Port Angeles defender Audrey Rudd. On the left is Port Angeles' Miriam Cobb. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL: Port Angeles, Sequim begin inaugural seasons Thursday

PORT ANGELES — This week, Olympic Peninsula high school girls begin play for the first time in flag…

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PREP BOWLING: PA rolls some solid scores, but loses to North Mason

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School bowling team faced off against North Mason, showcasing some impressive…

Sequim sophomore Andy Reynolds, at 6-foot-4, here shooting against Washington in Sequim on Saturday, looks to be a big contributor inside for the Wolves basketball team this season. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Sequim looks for return to state

SEQUIM — Last season, the Sequim basketball team had one of its best years in a decade or…

Solomon Sheppard, Sequim basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Solomon Sheppard, Sequim basketball

Solomon Sheppard had quite the debut to his 2025-26 season for the Sequim boys basketball team.

Sequim's Solomon Sheppard dunks late in the fourth quarter against Washington in the Wolves' 78-68 victory Saturday in Sequim. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL: Wolves bare their teeth in 29-point fourth quarter

SEQUIM — The Sequim Wolves overcame 14 Washington 3-pointers, scoring 29 points in a wild fourth quarter to…

Crescent Loggers

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PREP 1B BASKETBALL: Loggers boys and girls sweep Shoreline Christian

Sprague siblings score 72 combined points

Peninsula College Pirates

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates swept at Lower Columbia tourney, still seeking first win

LONGVIEW — It was a rough Lower Columbia tournament for the Peninsula College men’s basketball team, which lost…

Runners take off at the Port Angeles waterfront in the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. The men's 10K winner Michael Higuera (No. 372, in dark blue), is at the front of the pack. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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THANKSGIVING RUN: 340 come out to compete in annual Turkey Trot

PORT ANGELES — A total of 340 runners worked up an appetite for Thanksgiving dinner by coming out…

For the second straight year, Sequim setter Kenzi Berlund made the all-Olympic first team in volleyball. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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OLYMPIC LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL: Sequim’s Berglund makes first team two straight years

SEQUIM — For the second straight year, Sequim setter Kenzi Berglund has been named to the Olympic League…

Jack Gladfelter of Port Angeles was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference male cross-country runner of the year. (CCC)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Gladfelter named CCC male runner of the year

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Jack Gladfelter of Corban University was named the 2025 Cascade Collegiate Conference McDonald’s Men’s Cross…

Port Angeles' Emma Desjardins, left, made the first team All-Olympic League as a freshman after scoring 21 goals for the Roughriders. Here she is defending Sequim's Ruby Moxley-Horgan, who made the league's second team. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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ALL-LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER: Rognlien co-defensive MVP; PA, Sequim place five girls on first team

SEQUIM — The Port Angeles and Sequim soccer teams placed a total of five girls on the All-Olympic…

Pierre LaBossiere

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: This Thanksgiving, I really have something to be thankful for

Every year at Thanksgiving dinner, we would be asked at the table what we were thankful for that…

Port Angeles' Kenadie Ring competes against Sequim at Laurel Lanes on Monday, Ring bowled a 145 and 153 to help lead the Roughriders to a 7-0 win over the Wolves. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BOWLING: (Updated) Port Angeles bowlers cruise past Sequim

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls bowling team got solid games from the trio of Zoey Van…

DeSales' Maddox Filan catches a pass from quarterback Cohen Wood before Neah Bay's Caleb Cummins tackles him during their 2025 their class 1B championship football quarterfinal at Walla Walla High School on Saturday. Neah Bay stayed close to DeSales until the fourth quarter when the Fighting Irish scored 22 straight points to win 58-24. Neah Bay finished its season with an 8-3 record. (Kezia Setyawan, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

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STATE 1B FOOTBALL: Neah Bay keeps it close until the fourth quarter

Kezia Setyawan/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Peninsula College Pirates

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Smith’s 29 points, 15 rebounds leads Peninsula to first victory

DES MOINES — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team got its first victory of the season thanks to…

Kody Williams poses with his family after signing a commitment to play baseball for Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon. From left are brother Kyler Williams, father Josh Williams, Kody and mother Jenny Williams. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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COLLEGE SIGNING: Port Angeles’ Williams a man with a plan — signs to play baseball for Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES — Kody Williams knows what he wants and is determined to get it.

Port Angeles' Hunter Flores, left, and Sequim's Zeke Schmadeke, right, made the all-Olympic League first team for both defense and offense. Schmadeke was also named to the special teams first team as a kick returner. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News and Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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ALL-OLYMPIC LEAGUE FOOTBALL: PA’s Flores, Sequim’s Schmadeke make first team in offense and defense

Schmadeke also named first team for special teams

Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles girls soccer.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles girls soccer

Port Angeles’ Kennedy Rognlien capped off her prep soccer career with a spectacular performance against a powerful team…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Green River pulls away from Peninsula College men in second half

AUBURN — The Peninsula College men got off to good starts in all three games at the Green…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Gladfelter 11th at NAIA cross-country nationals

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For the second straight year, Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter is an NAIA All-American in cross…