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Seattle Seahawks running back DeeJay Dallas (31) runs the ball against the Detroit Lions during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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SEAHAWKS: Seattle erupts for 51 points in win over Lions

SEATTLE — Rashaad Penny rushed for a career-high 170 yards and two touchdowns, Russell Wilson threw three of…

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OUTDOORS: More kings, fewer coho set to return in 2022?

Mulling future salmon seasons is a great idea while waiting for the snow to melt — or melt…

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Walker Ward runs with the football against Bainbridge during a February game, one of the first prep sporting events held in 11 months due to the pandemic.

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SPORTS: Return of athletics highlights 2021

PORT ANGELES — The return of organized sports and competitions to the fields, courts and trails of the…

Washington State wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling (88) catches a pass in the end zone to score a touchdown as he's defended by Central Michigan defensive back Rolliann Sturkey (37) during the second half of the Sun Bowl NCAA college football game in El Paso, Texas, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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SUN BOWL: Cougars get to play, but lose to fired-up Central Michigan 24-21

EL PASO, Texas — Central Michigan came to the desert southwest to play in one bowl game and…

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Junior hockey tourney canceled

The remainder of the world junior hockey championship in Canada has been canceled over fears of a COVID-19…

FILE - Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager heads off the field after flying out against the Los Angeles Angels in a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in Seattle. Seager announced his retirement on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, after 11 seasons in the majors, all with the Mariners. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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SEATTLE MARINERS: Kyle Seager retires after 11 years

SEATTLE — Kyle Seager announced his retirement Wednesday after 11 seasons in the majors, all with the Seattle…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: NWAC delays return of basketball season two weeks

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Olympic Medical Foundation Executive Director Bruce Skinner runs in a marathon in Antarctica in 2019. Skinner, who ran the Fiesta Bowl from 1980 to 1990, is being inducted into the Bowl Season Leadership Hall of Fame on Jan. 1.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s Bruce Skinner honored

Fiesta Bowl turned into a major event

Chicago Bears wide receiver Damiere Byrd (10) grabs a 2-point conversion pass in the end zone to score over Seattle Seahawks' Ugo Amadi during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Seattle. The Bears won 25-24. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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A swift and painful downfall

Last-place finish a certainty now

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Cougars in El Paso hoping for an opponent

Miami pulls out due to COVID-19

Xander Maestas, Port Angeles basketball

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Xander Maestas, Port Angeles boys basketball

Xander Maestas has been a big part of the Port Angeles Roughriders boys basketball team’s success this year.

Chicago Bears wide receiver Damiere Byrd (10) grabs a 2-point conversion pass in the end zone to score over Seattle Seahawks' Ugo Amadi during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, in Seattle. The Bears won 25-24. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Take heart, Seahawks supporters

The Seahawks’ hopes for a playoff berth were dashed long before the Chicago Bears’ Damiere Byrd made an…

FILE - Coach John Madden of the Oakland Raiders is carried from the field by his players after his team defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 1977 John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, the NFL said. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)

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NFL: Coaching, broadcasting legend John Madden dies

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a…

Courtesy of Christine Halberg The Momentum One Volleyball Academy U18 Tsunami won the silver division at its first tournament of the season in Auburn earlier in December. From left, back row, are Emi Halberg, Alexis Perry, Jasmine Messinger, Ava Hairell, Sam Robbins and Josephine Edgington. From left, front row, are Keana Rowley, Jayde Wold and Lily Halberg.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Momentum One volleyball teams open season

PORT ANGELES — Momentum One Volleyball Academy directors, coaches and athletes are excited to start their second season…

Bishop Budnek (2) runs the ball in the state 1B championship game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline. (Jim Wilkerson/for Peninsula Daily News)

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EIGHT-MAN MVP: Bishop Budnek was a difference-maker for Quilcene

QUILCENE — Quilcene senior Bishop Budnek overcame a slew of injuries, some preexisting, others of recent vintage, to…

Crescent's Wyatt Lee (12), left, tries to outrun Quilcene's Kevin Alejo (13) in a game in September. Both Lee and Alejo were named to the 8-man All-Peninsula football team. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL-PENINSULA 8-MAN FOOTBALL: Budnek, Lee, Carrick among selections

• All-Peninsula 8-Man Football MVP: Bishop Budnek, sr., Quilcene: Injuries limited Budnek to seven games, but what an…

Stephen Brashear/The Associated Press Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery, bottom, scores a touchdown on a carry against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half Sunday in snowy Seattle.

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SEAHAWKS: Seattle loses on Bears’ late two-point conversion

SEATTLE — Jimmy Graham caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Nick Foles with 1:01 remaining, Damiere Byrd made…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Daniel Cable escapes the Bainbridge defense on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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ALL-PENINSULA FOOTBALL MVP: Port Angeles’ Daniel Cable did a lot of everything for Riders

Major contributions on offense, defense and special teams

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Daniel Cable, center, weaves around East Jefferson defenders, from left, Malachi Azariah McDonald, Gerald Lindsey and Christopher Fair on Friday in Port Angeles.

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PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles’ Daniel Cable heads up 2021 All-Peninsula 11-man Football Team

Standouts from Forks, Sequim, Port Angeles and East Jefferson

Spartan freshman Brody Lausche drives the key against Hoquiam's Justice Stankavich, (23), Zander Jump (10), and Owen NcNeill (5). Forks defeated Hoquiam 54 to 39. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Freshmen Lausche and Micheau lift Forks in win over Hoquiam

Play big minutes in victory

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