Swain's captured the Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball championship with a 12-7 win over Athlete's Choice. Team members and coaches are from left, coach Eric Flodstrom, Jude Wallace, Jordan Shumway, Hunter Tennell, Khyler Thompson, Joseph Ritchie, Aiden Swenson, Bryton Amsdill, Trae Hanson (behind trophy), Tanner Jacobsen, Luke Flodstrom, Tate Alton, coach Tim Adams, Ryland Proettie and Cody Martin.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Swain’s claims Olympic Junior Babe Ruth championship; Millie Long scores 25, hits game-winner at West Sound all-star game

Swain’s wins Olympic Jr. Babe Ruth title game

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Richie Amavizca of the Lefties is forced out at  home on a bases loaded infield hit against Driveline on Sunday.

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LEFTIES: Bats explode for PA; 30 runs in two wins

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties’ bats erupted over the weekend, scoring 15 runs in a 15-12…

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Logan Massie of East Jefferson is surrounded by Port Angeles' Kameron Meadows, left, and Jacob Felton, right, as Massie is backed up by teammates Hunter Cerna, left rear and Anton Jones during a February game in Port Angeles. East Jefferson is looking for a new head coach after the resignation of Patrick Gaffney.

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PREPS: Port Townsend athletic director and East Jefferson football coach Patrick Gaffney stepping down

Head coaching search underway

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LEFTIES: Bats slow to stir for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Maybe some extended sunshine will help the Port Angeles Lefties’ bats break out of the…

Starting Saturday anglers fishing off of Neah Bay will have the chance to bring home a chinook like this one caught by Bellingham's Tyler Dockins off Mushroom Rock during the 2020 salmon opener.

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OUTDOORS: Where to find the kings

Neah Bay always productive

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: West End Thunder drag races return this weekend

Peninsula College to host summer basketball camps in July and August

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OUTDOORS: Halibut and salmon two-fer Saturday

Anglers are about to make the jump from halibut to salmon, appropriate for salmon, a species named after…

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Lefties pitcher Preston Howey throws in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against the Bellingham Bells at Port Angeles Civic Field.

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LEFTIES: Early blast, strong pitching fell Port Angeles

Bellingham opens series with 4-0 win

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Sequim junior Petra Bernsten, right, controls her Bainbridge opponent during a match earlier this month. Bernsten has been selected the Olympic League Girls Wrestling MVP.

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PREP SPORTS: Sequim’s Petra Bernsten named Olympic League Girls Wrestling MVP

All-League wrestling; camp info

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Jeff Coston,right, won the 7 Cedars Senior Washington Open held at The Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim for the 11th time. Coston is joined by Chad Wagner, director of golf at The Cedars at Dungeness, left, and amateur champion Tom Brandes.

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GOLF BRIEFS: Sequim Realtors hoping to ‘level the field’ with upcoming tournament

SEQUIM — This tournament is on the level. The Level the Field Tournament hosted by the Sequim Association…

Port Townsend graduate and George Fox University track and field athlete Berkley Hill recently earned NCAA Division III All-American status after finishing seventh in the 10-event decathlon at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships held recently in Greensboro, N.C.

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TRACK AND FIELD: Port Townsend’s Berkely Hill earns NCAA All-America status in decathlon

PORT TOWNSEND — Berkley Hill exceled in four sports at Port Townsend High School, where he earned Nisqually…

Wilder Senior's Michael Grubb dives safely back to the first-base bag on a pickoff attempt as Seattle Select's Alex Ballot prepares to apply the tag during an American Legion game Monday at Civic Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Senior falters late in nine-inning loss

Olson strikes out six

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Port Angeles' Millie Long, left. drives around Kingston's Brianna Jorgensen in Port Angeles in May. Long was named the Olympic League 2A girls MVP.

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OLYMPIC LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Millie Long named league MVP

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Millie Long capped off a successful high school basketball career by being named…

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LEFTIES: Port Angeles loses series finale in Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA — The Lefties got four-hit by a septet of Walla Walla pitchers and were unable to…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Open house at Lincoln Park BMX; NPFC loses road game to top team

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Payton Cagey pitched for Wilder Junior against Rock Creek on Sunday at Volunteer Field in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Junior opens season with sweep

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Forks' Trey Baysinger (40) was named the Most Valuable Player of the boys basketball 2B Pacific League last week.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks’ Baysinger named Pacific League MVP

FORKS — Forks’ Trey Baysinger capped off his senior season for the Spartans by being named the Pacific…

Wilder Baseball Club.

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Sr. crushes Kitsap in sweep

Landon Seibel 7 RBIs in one game

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Free tennis camp; Hillclimb returns to Deer Creek Road

PORT ANGELES — There will be a free tennis camp for boys attending Port Angeles High School from…

Port Angeles lefties

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LEFTIES: Port Angeles’ huge rally in the ninth inning comes up just short

WALLA WALLA — The Port Angeles Lefties, dominated most of the game by Walla Walla, rallied in a…