Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Robbie Ray throws during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Texas Rangers Monday, March 28, 2022, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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SEATTLE MARINERS PREVIEW: With trades and free agent signings, M’s look to improve on 90-win season

SEATTLE — After three years of tearing down, waiting for prospects to develop and an unexpected season of…

Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji (30) shoots as Villanova forward Eric Dixon defends during the second half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL: Longtime powers North Carolina, Kansas to face in title game

NEW ORLEANS — The Big (blue) Easy has one more bit of bedazzling in store.

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Rain Bear runners from left include Jill Guss, Audrey Thornburg, Arrow Brown, Beau Brown, Caroline Brown, and Jessica DiBarri.

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RUNNING: Training classes help people get ready for local races

PORT ANGELES — Through their Community Partnership with North Olympic Healthcare Network, Peninsula Adventure Sports and Rain Bear…

Kansas guard Remy Martin shoots around North Carolina forward Armando Bacot during the second half of a college basketball game in the finals of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Monday, April 4, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Rock, chalk, what a comeback; Kansas stuns North Carolina

NEW ORLEANS — What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for…

Forks' Chloe Gaydeski-St. John delivers a pitch against Pe Ell/Willapa Valley on Friday in Pe Ell. The Spartans' three-game win streak was snapped in a doubleheader sweep by Pe Ell/Willapa Valley, the top team in the Pacific 2B League. (Eric Trent/The Chronicle)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Forks soccer wins pair of games

Spartans’ softball win streak snapped

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Port Angeles pitcher Colton Romero throws in the first inning against Mt. Tahoma on Friday at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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BASEBALL: Port Angeles arms, bats overwhelm 3A Mount Tahoma

Riders win fourth straight, 10-0, behind one-hitter

Marysville angler Nick VandenBosch caught this wolf eel, a member of the wolffish family, while fishing off of Neah Bay last weekend.

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OUTDOORS: Pacific Ocean full of mystery

Angler reels in wolf eel

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Spring soccer league registration ends today; men and women’s hoops league April 8

Free safety gear for off-road riding Forks youth

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Forks' Walker Rondeau steals second while Ilwaco's Ethan Hopkins awaits the throw during the first game of a doubleheader at Fred Orr Memorial Field in Beaver.

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PREP ROUNDUP: Forks baseball stays unbeaten with doubleheader sweep; Port Angeles tennis rolls past rival Sequim

Spartans tally 24 hits across pair of games

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Sequim's Ethan Knight, right, is surrounded by Bainbridge defenders near the Spartans' goal box during the Wolves' 3-0 loss on Tuesday.

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BOYS SOCCER: Rough outcomes for Sequim, Port Angeles

Wolves, Riders both shut out

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Sequim shortstop Hannah Bates, left, and second baseman Addie Smith converge on an infield fly ball during the Wolves' 8-6 loss to North Kitsap on Tuesday.

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DIAMOND ROUNDUP: Sequim and Port Angeles softball falter late; Port Angeles baseball knocks North Kitsap from ranks of the unbeaten

Elijah Flodstrom, Kole Acker, Colton Romero big for Riders in win over Vikings

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East Jefferson’s Anson Jones heaves the shot put 41 feet, 3 inches for second place in the shot put during a Nisqually League meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Tuesday.

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TRACK AND FIELD: East Jefferson boys win home meet; girls second

PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson boys track team won its home Nisqually League meet by a big…

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OUTDOOR SPORTS: Registration opens for Rhody Run Redux

PORT TOWNSEND — Registration is open for the Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run Redux that is set for May…

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Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, front, tries to evade the defense of North Kitsap's Jonas La Tour during Thursday night's game at Port Angeles High School.

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OLYMPIC LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Dunning, Vaara make first team

PORT ANGELES — Seniors Wyatt Dunning and John Vaara of the Port Angeles Roughriders have been named to…

Sequim's Jolene Vaara, left, and Hannah Bates pressure Port Angeles' Bailee Larson in the first half of a West Central District playoff game in February in Port Angeles. All three players made the first all-Olympic girls basketball team. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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OLYMPIC LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim, Port Angeles dominate all-league teams

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Roughriders and Sequim Wolves shared the Olympic 2A League championship, and they…

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Peninsula College's Keeli-Jade Smith dribbles against Lower Columbia in the NWAC women's basketball championship game Sunday. Also in on the play at right is Peninsula's Itaua Tuisaula.

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NWAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: A dagger at the buzzer breaks the Pirates’ hearts

EVERETT — Oh, so close.

Logan Olson, Forks baseball

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Logan Olson, Forks baseball

Logan Olson is off to a blazing start for the Forks Spartans baseball team.

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OUTDOORS BRIEF: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife approves six days of razor clam digs beginning April 1

OLYMPIA — Razor clam enthusiasts can head to four coastal beaches as the Washington Department of Fish and…

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Peninsula College's Millie Long goes up for a layup and teammate Hope Glasser watches in the background. Long scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Pirates to a 67-61 win over Clackamas in the NWAC tournament semifinals in Everett on Saturday night.

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NWAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Peninsula comes from behind to shock Clackamas

Pirates lose in championship game in overtime on a Lower Columbia buzzer-beater

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PREP SOFTBALL, BASEBALL: Roughrider girls belt 7 home runs in sweep

Sequim girls, Port Angeles boys both win