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COLUMN: Welcoming the return of local sports

IT’S BEEN ALMOST exactly a year. A year of dashed hopes and crushing lows. A few days of…

Port Angeles High School Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College still had a couple of inches of snow on the field Monday afternoon. The Port Angeles soccer girls are hoping to open their season tonight against East Jefferson, but that game may be postponed if the snow doesn't melt.

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PREP SPORTS: More preps back Tuesday and Wednesday after long hiatus

PORT ANGELES — Despite a bit of a hiccup from a weekend snowstorm, prep sports is finally returning…

Gonzaga guard Andrew Nembhard (3) drives to the basket in the second half during an NCAA college basketball game against BYU Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Gonzaga among the nouveau powerhouses of the NCAA

College basketball’s bluebloods earned elite status through multiple championships, sustained traditions of winning and revolving doors of star…

Washington guard Marcus Tsohonis (0) shoots over Washington State center Dishon Jackson (21) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Pullman, Wash., Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

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PAC-12 BASKETBALL: UW’s Tsohonis hits game-winner as Huskies nip Cougars

PULLMAN — Marcus Tsohonis scored a career-high 29 points, including a winning floater in the lane with 2.4…

Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press The late Kris “Sonic Guy” Brannon holds up a sign in support of adding an NBA team following the announcement of a new NHL hockey team in Seattle, at a celebratory party in December 2018, in Seattle.

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NBA BASKETBALL: Rumor mill is rumbling that Sonics’ return is in the works

SEATTLE — The dream that Sonics Guy believed in to his death, lives on.

Gonzaga forward Drew Timme (2) walls off the court following their NCAA college basketball game against BYU Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: No. 1 Zags crack 100; improve to 20-0

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FILE - Seattle Mariners' Mitch Haniger is congratulated and showered with sunflower seeds after his solo home run against the Houston Astros in the third inning of a baseball game in Seattle, in this Tuesday, June 4, 2019, file photo. Mitch Haniger never saw the field in 2020 for the Seattle Mariners. He barely saw the field in 2019. He's nearly three years removed from being an All-Star, but the Mariners believe that with Haniger now full healthy he can once again be that caliber of player. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Haniger healthy, hopes to regain All-Star form for Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE — Nearly three years have passed since Mitch Haniger was an All-Star and was viewed as part…

Port Angeles resident Hal Force stands at the summit of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 feet), Africa's highest peak and the fourth-tallest mountain in the world. (Photo courtesy Hal Force)

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OUTDOORS: Port Angeles’ Hal Force reaches summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak

PORT ANGELES — Eleven different changes to his airline itinerary, 52-hours of one-way travel and thousands of feet…

Port Angeles’ Lauren Larson, left, and Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt lead the pack at the beginning of a 2019 cross country race at Robin Hill Park. Prep runners can now run without masks at competitions after a change in state guidance. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP NOTEBOOK: Cross country runners now free to remove masks during races; spectator update

PORT ANGELES — Prep cross country runners can all breathe a little bit easier as part of a…

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife, Ciara, make a statement after Wilson won the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award at the NFL Honors ceremony as part of Super Bowl 55 on Feb. 5 in Tampa, Fla. (Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press)

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NFL’s Man of the Year Russell Wilson a little miffed

SEATTLE — Russell Wilson is tired of getting hit. Tired of taking sacks.

Seattle Storm forward Natasha Howard, right, drives past Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Phoenix on Sept. 3, 2019. The New York Liberty acquired Natasha Howard from the Seattle Storm as part of a three-team trade on Wednesday. (Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press file photo)

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Seattle Storm active on trade front

NEW YORK — The reigning WNBA-champion Seattle Storm made a number of trades to refashion their roster Wednesday,…

John McMillan/NOAA A NOAA study published recently in the scientific journal Genes suggests that steelhead trapped by dams in the Elwha River maintained the genetic diversity to return to the sea.

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OUTDOORS: Study — Trapped Elwha River steelhead maintained genetic diversity during isolation

PORT ANGELES — A recent study, with its roots going back to 2004, has showed promising news that…

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski (87), left, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrate together after the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

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SUPER BOWL LV: A mix of the weird and the familiar

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Port Angeles High School Port Angeles senior cross country runner Kathryn Guttormsen competes at Klahowya on Saturday. It was the first prep sports competition since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all prep sports last March.

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Roughriders’ harriers get back on course

SILVERDALE — Port Angeles cross country runners put in some fast times at their first meet in over…

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SWIMMING: Port Townsend opens pool for high school team

PORT TOWNSEND — The City of Port Townsend is opening the Mountain View Pool for the Port Townsend…

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Sequim, East Jefferson harriers win first races

SILVERDALE — After nearly a 12-month-long hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, prep sports finally returned Saturday with…

Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News Brady Simis of Renton, left and Angela Smith of Buckley get started on their 10K runs at the Elwha Bridge Run Saturday morning.

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Elwha Bridge Run attracts 221 runners

PORT ANGELES — More than 220 people hungry for competition came out to run in heavily safeguarded conditions…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Lauren Larson of Port Angeles nears the finish line to win the girls cross-country race in a three-way competition with Olympic and North Mason on Wednesday at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Much lost, but much gained for elite Port Angeles High School runner Lauren Larson

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Roughrider Lauren Larson possibly had some state championships taken away from her by…

Run the Peninsula Sue Stednek of Sequim competes in the 2020 Elwha Bridge Run. The Run the Peninsula series returns Saturday with the 2021 Elwha Bridge Run.

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Elwha Bridge Run returns Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The second annual Run the Peninsula Elwha Bridge Run 5K/10K along the Olympic Discovery Trail…

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Roughrider cross country runners begin practicing Monday at the Port Angeles High School track. The first cross country meets are scheduled Saturday as prep sports slowly return to the Olympic Peninsula. Only cross country can begin competing at the moment but other sports are practicing in hopes of beginning in mid-February.

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PREP SPORTS: Cross country leads the way as first prep sport to return to action

PORT ANGELES — It’s a baby step, but prep sports are slowly returning to action.

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