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Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberley scores a touchdown in 2022 against Wellpinit in a state playoff game in Forks. Wimberley, who gained 1,839 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns for the Red Devils, made the all-state offensive team as a running back. (Photos by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Left, Forks’ Nate Dahlgren made the first team of the 2B state football defensive team as a linebacker. Here, he is running the ball on offense against Friday Harbor in a game that was played in Sequim. Right, Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberley scores a touchdown in 2022 against Wellpinit in a state playoff game in Forks. Wimberley, who gained 1,839 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns for the Red Devils, made the all-state offensive team as a running back. (Photos by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Forks’ Dahlgren, Neah Bay’s Wimberley among all-state selections

Four Neah Bay players named to 1B team

Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes, right, evades the tackle of Olympic’s Donovan Weaver in a game in October at Port Angeles Civic Field. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles’ Jason Hawes first team all-state

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Roughriders’ football player Jason Hawes can add another honor to his long list.

Dallas Dunning, Port Angeles basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dallas Dunning, Port Angeles basketball

Port Angeles’ Dallas Dunning saved his best game of the season for the Rainshadow Rivalry against Sequim.

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PREP WRESTLING: Tumaua, Blanton take first for Forks

RAINIER — Forks got first-place finishes from defending state champion Sloan Tumaua and Miley Blanton in wrestling tournaments…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men get winning bucket with 3 seconds left; Women win on 11 3-pointers

EDMONDS — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got a layup from Ese Onakpoma with three seconds left…

Eighty teams, some from as far away as Anacortes, Stanwood and Enunclaw, braved the road conditions to play in the annual Port Angeles Martin Luther King Jr. youth basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday. Games were played at Stevens Middle School, Roosevelt Elementary, Dry Creek, Lower Elwha and Queen of Angels. Here, Port Angeles sixth-grader Justin Johnson (3) looks to the basket against a team from Neah Bay as Port Angeles’ Logan Garling (23) is in on the play. Neah Bay won 57-42 in the game played at Stevens Middle School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PHOTO: MLK Jr. Tournament busy despite icy roads

Eighty teams, some from as far away as Anacortes, Stanwood and Enunclaw, braved the road conditions to play…

Forks’ Kyle Lohrengel scores over Hoquiam’s Chance LaBounty on Friday evening in a nonleague game in Forks. Also in action for Forks are Titus Rowley (20) and Landin Davis (5). (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks holds off Hoquiam; Sequim beats Clover Park

FORKS — The Forks Spartans overcame a barrage of 3-pointers from Hoquiam, coming from behind from a double-digit…

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Port Angeles hosts youth basketball tournament

Total of 160 games played Saturday, Sunday

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson shoots while defended by Sequim's Zeke Schamedke, center, and Charlie Grider during the Riders' 77-52 Rainshadow Rumble rivalry victory Thursday.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders’ run puts away Sequim

SEQUIM — It was more of a snowy game than a Rainshadow Rivalry between the Port Angeles and…

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PREP SPORTS: Robinson bowls first ‘clean game’ in Port Angeles win

Robinson bowls over Olympic

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Port Angeles' Morgan Politika, left, drives to the lane defended by Kingston's Tati Fontes-Lawrence, right, on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles dialed in against Kingston

Sequim, East Jefferson earn big wins

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles, Sequim win ahead of showdown

KINGSTON — Ahead of their big Olympic League matchup coming up tonight, both the Port Angeles and Sequim…

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Peninsula's Ese Onakpoma makes a slam dunk after a quick steal against Whatcom on Wednesday evening in Port Angeles. Looking on is Whatcom's Glenn Wabaluku.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in final seconds vs. Whatcom

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team got into a physical back-and-forth affair with wild swings…

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PREP BASKETBALL: Crescent boys win 13th straight game

Logger girls beat Port Angeles JV for ninth straight win

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula’s Shania Moananu, center, squeezes between Whatcom’s Ella Huyntington, left, and Alexa Rodriguez on Wednesday night at Peninsula College.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Allie Greene sinks five 3s to lead Peninsula women in win

PORT ANGELES — It was a little rusty at times as the Peninsula College women’s basketball team played…

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OUTDOORS: WDFW approves razor clam digs this week

OLYMPIA — Razor clam diggers can look forward to more digging on coastal beaches this week, Washington Department…

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll argues a call with side judge Jim Quirk (5) in the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. (Rick Scuteri/The Associated Press)

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Carroll out as Seattle Seahawks coach

Moves into advisory role after 14 seasons

Mi Amada Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling

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PREP GIRLS WRESTLING: East Jefferson’s Lanphear-Ramirez second at multi-state meet

KELSO — Going up against more than 80 girls from Washington and Oregon this weekend, East Jefferson’s Mi…

Port Angeles’ Eve Burke averaged 16 points a game over two games at the end of December for Linfield University in Oregon to be named the Northwest Conference Athlete of the Week. (Linfield University)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Eve Burke named Athlete of the Week for Linfield University

McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Linfield sophomore Eve Burke was tabbed Northwest Conference Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Week last…

Janessa Ramos, left, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Janessa Ramos, Forks girls basketball, and Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez, East Jefferson wrestling

This week, we honor two athletes in different sports at opposite ends of the Olympic Peninsula as our…