Port Angeles’ Isaac Halfacre and his sled dog team of Rakka, left, and Bruce recently claimed the Junior Alaskan Sled Dog and Racing Association’s Two Dog Novice 1-mile Junior World Championship.

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SLED DOG RACING: Port Angeles’ Isaac Halfacre enjoys Alaskan sled dog adventure

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Port Angeles boy and a pair of borrowed sled dogs recently enjoyed a truly…

Port Angeles wrestlers who won medals at the state championships held celebrate at the Tacoma Dome this weekend. At left, senior Oliver Martinez closed out his high school career with a seventh-place medal at 175 pounds. Center, Lilly Ann Lancaster won a fifth-place medal at 115 pounds at the girls state championship. At right, Kyler Williams won a seventh-place medal at 126 pounds.

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PREP WRESTLING: Port Angeles trio places at Mat Classic

Port Angeles wrestlers who won medals at the state championships held celebrate at the Tacoma Dome this weekend.…

Forks’ Bailey Johnson and Titus Rowley were selected as the Pacific 2B League’s girls and boys basketball MVPs.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Forks’ Johnson, Rowley league MVPs

FORKS — Putting a cherry on top to their successful seasons, Forks’ Bailey Johnson and Titus Rowley were…

Forks’ Jade Blair, left and Ken Daman both won state championships this weekend at the Mat Classic in Tacoma. (WIAA)

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks duo of Jade Blair and Ken Daman make history

FORKS — Forks has had a lot of state wrestling champions in its history, but Ken Daman and…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Pickleball Tournament results and Sequim soccer registration

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Pickleball Tournament was held Saturday and Sunday at Roosevelt Elementary School in Port…

Neah Bay’s Cerise Moss made seven 3-pointers to help the Red Devils beat Crosspoint in the 1B Tri-District tournament Saturday. Here, she shoots against Muckleshoot Tribal last week in a playoff game held in Sequim. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Four Olympic Peninsula teams move on to regional round

After a busy weekend of district playoff basketball, four Olympic Peninsula basketball teams remain standing, moving on to…

Miles Van Denburg, left, and Thomas Jones contributed 105 points as individuals and relay team members for Port Angeles at the state 1A/2A meet this weekend.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones, Port Angeles swim and dive

The Port Angeles boys swim and dive team had its best showing at state in more than a…

Everett Thometz celebrates his hole-in-one at hole No. 8 at the Cedars at Dungeness.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Possible extra game time, date set for Peninsula men

Hole in one at Cedars at Dungeness

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Class 1B BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys, girls both to state

AUBURN — Both the Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams are headed back to the state 1B…

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished fourth at state, the Roughriders’ best finish at state in more than a decade. From left, top, are Miles Van Denburg, Edward Gillespie, Jensen Wolfe, Isaac Meek, Liam Sholinder, Jack Root and Killian Waknitz. From left, bottom, are Jebow Nabua, Thomas Jones, Eli Warren, Adam Kaminski and Patrick Ross. (Sally Cole)

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BOYS SWIM AND DIVE: Port Angeles fourth at state meet

Relay teams all place; Van Denburg, Jones shine

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys season ended by Franklin Pierce

BREMERTON — The Port Angeles boys came painfully close to qualifying for the state 2A tournament, but fell…

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MAT CLASSIC WRESTLING: Forks’ Blair, Daman state champions

TACOMA — For the first time since 1992, the Forks wrestling programs have two state champions.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men, women both win heading into home finale

BREMERTON — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team did what it had to, winning two games it had…

Port Angeles, Sequim high schools

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS (updated): Port Angeles and Sequim qualify for state

Wolves’ Chartraw scores 43 points in victory over Orting

Port Angeles’ Ashton Gedelman brings the ball up the court against the defense of Sequim’s Mason Rapelje. Port Angeles won the loser-out District 3 tournament game in Sequim on Thursday 56-45. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Riders clutch on offense and defense in win over Sequim

Wolves’ season ends; PA on to play Franklin Pierce

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Forks’ Karee Neal, right, defends as Napavine’s Nicholle Valentine looks to shoot during a Class 2B District 4 semifinal against Forks at Castle Rock High School on Wednesday.

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Rough night for area squads

Forks boys and girls and Sequim girls all fall

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene goes up for a lay-up against Muckleshoot Tribal on Thursday in Sequim. Greene led the Red Devils with 28 points as Neah Bay won its Tri-District playoff game. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Greene goes off for 28 points as Neah Bay heads to Tri-District title game

SEQUIM — Neah Bay started off on a blisteringly hot pace and cruised past Muckleshoot 78-48 in a…

Port Angeles' Teanna Clark, who scored 25 points, drives the ball up the lane against Orting on Wednesday night. The Roughriders won in dominant fashion 63-11. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders fire on all cylinders while crushing Orting 63-11

PORT ANGELES — In the Port Angeles girls’ most dominating win of the season, the Roughriders served notice…

Sequim Wolves

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Sequim rally comes up short against Bainbridge

BAINBRIDGE — Sequim started strong, suffered a lull before the Wolves played themselves back into the contest, but…

Port Angeles Roughriders

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys dropped by Clover Park

LAKEWOOD — The Port Angeles boys basketball team had trouble handling the ball against Clover Park’s pressure, especially…