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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Donald Rollman, head coach of the Peninsula Pirates mens team, waves a cut net in glory at the conclusion of Wednesday night's game against Everett with his team taking the NWAC North Region championship.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula head coach Donald Rollman takes flight for Seattle Pacific

PORT ANGELES — Donald Rollman may not have been seeking a new position in basketball, but he’s found…

Millie Long was an all-North and all-NWAC performer in both soccer and basketball for the Peninsula Pirates. This follows a hugely successful career at Port Angeles High School in soccer, basketball and track. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PENINSULA COLLEGE: Millie Long’s legacy will endure

PORT ANGELES — You could pretty much label her the Bo Jackson of Port Angeles and Peninsula College.

From left, Peninsula College Associate Dean for Athletics and Student Life Rick Ross, Peninsula College soccer and basketball player Millie Long and Baden NW Regional Manager Brandon Williams at the NWAC awards banquet in Pasco on Tuesday. (Duncan Stevenson photo)

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PENINSULA COLLEGE: Pirates and NWAC honor school’s top athletes

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College Athletics celebrated another successful year, winning all four North Region championships in men’s…

Peninsula College’s 201-11 men’s basketball team celebrates an NWAC championship. (Peninsula College)

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PENINSULA COLLEGE: Hoops heroes set for Hall of Fame induction

PORT ANGELES — The sport of basketball will hold court when Peninsula College holds its fifth Pirate Hall…

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton (2) blocks a shot by San Diego State guard Darrion Trammell during the second half of the men's national championship college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: UConn wins fifth national title since 1999

HOUSTON — After six games and 240 minutes of pure dominance that ran through March, then part of…

LSU's Alexis Morris shoots past Iowa's Caitlin Clark during the second half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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WOMEN’S NCAA: LSU beats Iowa, Clark to win first national championship

DALLAS — Kim Mulkey returned home to Louisiana wanting to bring LSU its first basketball championship. The Hall…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Taffel McCootie, left, and the University of Washington's Charlie Kosakoff compete for a loose ball on Saturday at Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula hosts powerhouse UW team at Wally Sigmar

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team not only got a little taste of big-time NCAA…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula College soccer coaches Jake Hughes, left, and Kanyon Anderson speak during the official opening of a new pitch surface at the Wally Sigmar Athletic Complex on Wednesday on the school's Port Angeles campus.

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SIGMAR FIELD: Peninsula College, soccer community celebrate new turf surface

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new $770,000 field turf surface that, according…

Peninsula College Peninsula College is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for a new field surface at Wally Sigmar Field.

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Ribbon cutting set for new Peninsula College soccer field surface

PORT ANGELES — Pirate soccer will celebrate a new field turf surface on Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula…

Peninsula’s Itaua Tuisaula battles through a Lane double team during the NWAC semifinals held Saturday in Pasco. Tuisaula had 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks before leaving the game with an ankle injury. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC SEMIFINALS: Peninsula College women battle injuries, fall in final seconds of overtime to Lane

Epic game swings back and forth all second half and OT

Peninsula College’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. goes up for a layup around Columbia Basin’s Ta’Veus Randle on Saturday in the NWAC tournament held in Pasco. Peninsula lost 77-73. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in opener to Columbia Basin

Pirates shoot 9-for-34 from outside

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula works down low while guarded by a Walla Walla defender during the Pirates' NWAC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal on Friday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women sail on to NWAC Final 4 with win over Walla Walla

Play in semifinals Saturday, March 18

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula, center, looks to pass surrounded by Shoreline defenders, including, from left, Leiah Naeata, Taylor Eldredge and Moemanogi Notoa on Saturday in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s Tuisaula is North Region MVP; Long Defensive POY and Crumb Coach of the Year

Pirates well-represented in North Region awards

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Roosevelt Williams Jr., right, shoulders his way past Skagit Valley's Omari Maulana during Wednesday's North Division game at Peninsula College.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. is North Region MVP

Ese Onakpoma is Defensive Player of the Year and Rollman COY

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Peninsula's Tati Kamae is fouled by Linn-Benton's Ruby Krebs during the first half of the Pirates' NWAC Women's Basketball Tournament game at Columbia Basin College in Pasco on Thursday.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula outlasts Linn-Benton 79-76

Pirate ship sails on to Elite 8 Friday

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula, right, heads for the paint as Everett's Lilly Frunk tries to hold her off on Wednesday night in Port Angele.

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NWAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Men, women get tough brackets

Both teams are No. 1 seeds

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Roosevelt Williams Jr. looks for the layup as Everett's Tyriq Luke, front, and Leon Sayers hold the lane on Wedneday's regular season finale at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: With title in hand, Peninsula falls in regular season finale

PORT ANGELES — With the North Region and the No. 1 seed to the NWAC Tournament locked up,…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Pirates head coach Ali Crumb emits a scream of excitement as she cuts down the net after her team clinched the NWAC North Region championship by defeating Everett on Wednesday in Port Angeles

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women cut down the nets as back-to-back North Region champs

Pirates finish 20-4, advance to NWAC Tourney

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Chasity Selden, right, drives to the lane as Bellevue's Jadyn Mueller runs interference on Wednesday night in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women to cut the nets

Pirates share North titles for first time since 2015

Peninsula Pirates.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women sweep at Edmonds

Pirates’ final home games Wednesday