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Easton Dempsey at his George Fox college signing at Port Angeles High School last week with his brother Maximillian, mother Holly and grandmother Robbin Iredale. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles’ Easton Dempsey signs to run for George Fox

PORT ANGELES — Oregon is a center in the U.S. for track and field, and Port Angeles’ Easton…

Peninsula College women’s basketball player Alecsis Smith was named the MVP of the North Region. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

College Sports

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s Alecsis Smith North MVP; Rose North coach of the year

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College women’s basketball post player Alecsis Smith was named the North Region’s Most Valuable…

NCAA Men's Bracket

College Sports

NCAA Men’s Basketball Bracket

By Pierre LaBossiere

Tanner Lagrange, Port Angeles boys soccer.

High School Sports

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tanner Lagrange, Port Angeles boys soccer

Freshman Tanner Lagrange is already making his presence felt for the Port Angeles boys soccer team.

Maggie Leuzzi of the team “The Five Hoars-Men of the Apocalypse” comes to the relay exchange at the Port Angeles Boat Haven on Saturday. Waiting for her are her relay mates. She is carrying the relay baton of a knitted banana slug. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Sports

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: It was truly a frosty Frosty Moss Relay

PORT ANGELES — It was indeed a frosty Frosty Moss Relay this year.

High School Sports

LOCAL PREPS: Area coaches honored by state associations

OLYMPIA — Three Olympic Peninsula head coaches were honored recently by state coaches’ associations for their success this…

Sports

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Upper Hoh closed to fishing and more

PORT ANGELES — To align with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fishing season and to protect…

Port Angeles Roughriders

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PREP SOFTBALL, BASEBALL: Port Angeles teams start season 3-0

ANACORTES —Coming off a second-place finish at state last year, the Port Angeles girls softball team is off…

Port Angeles soccer player Matthew Miller (10) passes the ball forward to Roldan Lara (15) against Bremerton in Port Angeles on Saturday. Also in on the play is Port Angeles’ Sawyer Davis. The Roughriders came back from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BOYS SOCCER: Roughriders roar back from two-goal deficit to beat Bremerton

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys soccer team showed its toughness and resiliency, coming back from a…

Peninsula College’s Makena Patrick goes up for a shot against Walla Walla in Friday night’s NWAC semifinal. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

College Sports

NWAC SEMIFINAL: Walla Walla’s Sailors sinks Pirates’ championship hopes

PASCO — Peninsula College came close, but could never completely recover from digging a 15-point hole in their…

Peninsula College’s Alecsis Smith goes up for a basket last weekend in the NWAC tournament in Pasco against Treasure Valley. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

College Sports

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates prepare for Final Four matchup against defending champs

PORT ANGELES — The first challenge for the Peninsula College women will be to get to Pasco through…

Sports

AREA SPORTS: Clallam and Jefferson County YMCA’s hosting spring break youth sports camps

Camps in PA, Sequim and Port Townsend

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Forks' Dani Ornelas, left, heads the ball during the Spartans' season-opening 17-0 win over Chief Leschi at Spartan Stadium.

High School Sports

PREPS: Port Angeles boys soccer rolls in second half of season opener

STEILACOOM — Port Angeles started a goal down and lost a player to injury but made a short-handed…

Chilsey McKee caught this good-sized halibut along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Outdoors & Recreation

OUTDOORS: Halibut derby returning to PA

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND will see the reintroduction of what had become an annual outdoors tradition, the Port Angeles…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, left, and Tyler Swan were named the North Olympic League’s girls and boys basketball MVPs.

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NORTH OLYMPIC BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Q Greene, Tyler Swan league MVPs

JOYCE — Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene and Tyler Swan were the girls and boys basketball MVPs of the…

Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter, running for Corban University in Salem, Ore., was second at the NAIA nationals in the 5,000-meter run last week. (Joe Gladfelter)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Gladfelter second at NAIA indoor nationals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter keeps collecting medals in distance events and came within one second…

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The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena early Sunday morning. The Lady Reds beat Garfield-Palouse in the championship game 54-41. It was the fourth state championship for seniors Qwaapeys Greene, Angel Halttunen, Cerise Moss, Wiinuk Martin and Lillie Yallup.

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STANDALONE PHOTO: Neah Bay celebrates fourth straight

The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena…

Qwaapeys Greene, left, Wiinuk Martin, right, Neah Bay girls basketball.

High School Sports

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK; Qwaapeys Greene, Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

The Neah Bay girls basketball team could not have won four straight state basketball championships without their starting…

The Bremerton Knights hold their state championship trophy after beating the RA Long Lumberjacks 45-43 in the 2A boys state basketball championship Saturday at the Yakima SunDome. (Luke Caputo/Kitsap News Group)

High School Sports

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Bremerton, Lummi win back-to-back state titles

YAKIMA — No. 1 seed and the Olympic League boys basketball champion Bremerton Knights (26-2) accomplished their mission…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene holds the girls’ basketball state championship trophy as her teammates celebrate its fourth straight title early Sunday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

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STATE 1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: It’s once, twice, four times for Lady Reds

Neah Bay wins its fourth straight state championship