Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers' Arik Armstead during the second half of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: This weekend felt like history being made

Exactly a week after a truly historic volcanic explosion in the South Pacific that rattled pretty much everyone…

Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Keira Johnson, Forks basketball

Forks’ Keira Johnson has been red-hot through January, helping the Spartans to their first-place position in the Pacific…

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The Port Angeles/Sequim/Crescent gymnastics team won a dual with Kingston this weekend. From left, back row, are Faith Caar, Maddie Adams, Kathryn Jones, Yau Fu, Jessamyn Schindler and Mei-Ying Harper-Smith. From left, front row, are Ellie Turner, Danica Pierson, Aubrie Scott, Alex Schmadeke, Amara Brown and Susannah Sharp.

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GYMNASTICS: Olympic Peninsula gymnasts shine

PORT ANGELES — Sequim, Port Angeles and Crescent gymnasts took the top six all-around spots in a meet…

Sequim Wolves.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim girls remain perfect in league

BREMERTON — The Sequim girls basketball team blew open a competitive game with a 25-point fourth quarter in…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women win sixth straight

BREMERTON — The Peninsula men and women split a pair of games against North Region foe Olympic on…

Forks Spartans.

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WRESTLING: Forks wins Kalama tournament

KALAMA — The Forks wrestling team picked up five first-place finishes and took first place as a team…

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OUTDOORS: Additional razor clam digs slated

OLYMPIA — Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday confirmed the next round…

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles pulls past Neah Bay with third quarter-burst

PORT ANGELES — With both teams suffering from game postponements by the COVID protocols of other teams, the…

Sequim's Jaydin Possin (21) dribbles against the defense of North Kitsap's Jalen East on Thursday in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim scraps with No. 1 North Kitsap

Riders get 38-point performance from Wyatt Dunning

Aiden Henninger of Sequim, with his father, Ray, left and mother Ann Marie Henninger, signs to play soccer at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.

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PREP SOCCER: Sequim’s Henninger signs with Franciscan

SEQUIM — Aidan Henninger has signed a letter of intent to play for NCAA Division III Franciscan University…

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OUTDOORS: Salmon habitat could get a boost from riparian bill

A wide-ranging habitat restoration and riparian habitat bill that would earmark $90 million for the state Department of…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men knock off No. 1-ranked Skagit Valley in North Division opener

Pirate women also win handily in return to court

East Jefferson senior Gage Berry, top, pins Cascade Christian’s Aphelele Mzameko in the 182-pound weight class during the Rivals’ senior night victory over the Cougars on Wednesday at Port Townsend High School. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREPS: East Jefferson grapplers pin down a win over Cascade Christian

Forks girls beat South Bend on the road

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: State Parks Commission to meet at Fort Worden

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold its regular in-person commission meeting Jan. 27…

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RPI: Area teams place high in initial rankings

Forks boys in a very tough Pacific 2B League

Sequim's Keenen Green (4) drives the ball to the basket against Olympic on Monday night in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys bounce back in double-digit win over Olympic

Wolves girls beat Bellevue on the road

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Seattle fires DC Ken Norton Jr.

RENTON — The Seattle Seahawks have fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. and passing game coordinator Andre Curtis,…

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Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson, right, outpaces North Mason's Clay Alverts in Port Angeles' last home game in December.

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Fingers crossed for Port Angeles-North Kitsap rivalry to renew

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that on Saturday, we finally get to see Port Angeles and North Kitsap…

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Spartans crush South Bend

FORKS — Forks rolled past South Bend 64-17 in a Class 2B Pacific League boys basketball contest on…

Mia Gagnon, center, midfielder for the Port Angeles Roughriders girls soccer team, is joined by her teammates while announcing her intent to play soccer for Bellevue College. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS SOCCER: Roughriders’ Mia Gagnon moving on to the big city

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Mia Gagnon came in to the Port Angeles girls soccer program with a…