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PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim basketball girls improve to 3-0

SEQUIM — The Sequim girls basketball team went up by 20 points in the first quarter and remained…

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Cougs prepare for Sun Bowl

One perk that comes with qualifying for a bowl game is the “winter camp” that precedes it.

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Seahawks show resolve

Team sends message: ‘We ain’t dead yet’

Wyatt Dunning, Port Angeles basketball

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Wyatt Dunning, Port Angeles basketball

Port Angeles’ Wyatt Dunning has already served notice that he’s going to be a force to reckon with…

Peninsula College's Roosevelt Williams Jr. (12) looks to pass against Tacoma as he's guarded by Jared Franklin (33) and Daniel Mordi (21) on Sunday night in Port Angeles. Peninsula won the game 76-61.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates clamp down on ‘D’ to beat Tacoma

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team relied on a ferocious defense to win its Pirates…

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula wins Sunday, improves to 4-1

PORT ANGELES — If not for a bad 10 minutes Saturday night, the Peninsula College women might be…

Port Angeles Roughriders.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles wins at the buzzer

TACOMA — Missing six players, the Port Angeles boys basketball team relied on a huge game from Wyatt…

Forks' Jake Weakley, right, pinned East Jefferson's Gabe Evans in the 160-pound class during the Forks Wrestling Invitational held Saturday in the Spartan Gym. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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WRESTLING: Forks boys win at home invite

FORKS — The Forks boys and East Jefferson girls wrestling teams won against teams from southwest Washington and…

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Port Angeles' Paige Mason, center, tries to break through the Bonney Lake defense of Kaylie Hellner, left, and Ava Rice on Saturday in Port Angeles.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Riders can’t overcome slow start vs. Bonney Lake

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls basketball team is off to an 0-2 start, but they’re getting…

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Sequim's Sammie Bacon, left, and Forks' Keiri Johnson battle in the key while Sequim's Bobbie Mixon, right, looks on. The Sequim girls won 61-44.

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PREP BASKETBALL: (Updated) Sequim boys, girls win opener over Forks

Port Angeles girls lose to 4A Lake Stevens by two points

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Peninsula's Hope Glasser, front, looks for the basket while defended by Chemeketa's Marri-Ann Martinez and Erin Counts, right, during Saturday's game in the Pirate Classic tournament in Port Angeles. Looking on is Glasser's teammate Madison Cooke.

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Women, men lose openers at Pirate Classic

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men and women both lost close games in their openers of the…

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Quilcene's Bishop Budnek runs the ball against Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the 1B state football championship at Mount Tahoma High School on Saturday. ACH won 50-20. Also in on the play are Quilcene's Maxx Budnek (98), Dominic Smith (5) and Nathan Kieffer (11).

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STATE 1B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Quilcene roughed up in title tilt by ACH 50-20

Rangers have their best-ever finish in football

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Neah Bay rolls in opener; Peninsula men win big; WIAA Scholarship

SEQUIM — A hot-shooting Ryana Moss led the way with 23 points as the Neah Bay varsity rolled…

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OUTDOORS: Spring bear hunts halted on emotional, not factual basis

Black bear population stable; nursing sows not targeted by hunters

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Quilcene's Bishop Budnek totaled 240 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 37 carries in the Rangers' 36-12 semifinal win over Odessa. Budnek earned a WIAA Athlete of the Week honor for his efforts.

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STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Rangers eye first state title game appearance

Face Almira/Coulee-Hartline at noon Saturday

Wyatt Christensen of Kingston, won the 9-year-old expert class at the USA BMX Grand Nationals held in Tulsa, Okla., this weekend. Christensen calls the Lincoln Park BMX Track in Port Angeles his home track. (Courtesy photo)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX-based rider wins national title

PORT ANGELES — Kingston’s Wyatt Christensen, who rides at the Lincoln Park BMX Track in Port Angeles, won…

New restrictions have been put in place for steelhead fishing on outer coast rivers on the Olympic Peninsula. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

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OUTDOORS: Steelhead restrictions in place on outer coast

PORT ANGELES — State, tribal and Olympic National Park wildlife officials are taking steps to restrict fisheries along…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirate Classic set for this weekend

PORT ANGELES — The First Federal Pirate Classic returns to the Peninsula College gym this weekend for three…

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Jamestown S’Klallam Run set for Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The final race of the Run the Peninsula series, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe 5K/10K Glow…

Alex Schmadeke of Sequim High School signs a letter of intent to attend Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D. and compete in acro and tumbling. At her signing is her mother Kate Schmadeke, seated left and Zeke Schmadeke, seated right. Standing, from left, is coach Kelle Riley, grandmother Linda Swanson and grandparents Richard and Kathy Schmadeke. Alex also recognized her father Brent Schmadeke, who was not able to attend. (Sequim High School)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Schmadeke signs; Quilcene send-off and more

QUILCENE — Family, friends and supporters of the Quilcene Rangers football team will be assembling at 8 a.m.…