Port Angeles' Heidi Leitz pitched a perfect game with 19 strikeouts in the state tournament semifinals victory over Mark Morris. The Roughriders finished second at state, falling to Aberdeen 2-1 in the finals. (Dan Rosenfield/Longview Daily News)

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STATE SOFTBALL: Port Angeles second in state after falling 2-1 to Aberdeen

Heidi Leitz throws two no-hitters, including a perfect game in semifinals

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Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz throws in the first inning against Liberty on Friday at Volunteer Field.

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STATE SOFTBALL: Leitz untouchable as Riders no-hit Woodland, advance to Saturday semifinal

SELAH — Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz was even better in her second outing of the day, tossing…

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DISTRICT TRACK & FIELD: Neah Bay, Clallam Bay, Crescent, Forks and East Jefferson athletes all qualify for state

TACOMA — Neah Bay, Clallam Bay and Crescent athletes all came away with Quad-District Track &Field Championships and…

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Jeremy Giesegh, a 2024 West Coast League All-Star, returns to Port Angeles after hitting .348 with 77 hits last summer.

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LEFTIES SEASON OPENER: New video scoreboard, signage installed at Civic Field

Italian beef sandwiches added

Port Angeles' Cale Wentz and Austin Worthington finished tied for 21st and tied for 33rd at the boys' Class 2A State Golf Tournament at The Riverside Golf Club in Chehalis. 

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PREP GOLF: Port Angeles ends up ninth at state

CHEHALIS — North Olympic Peninsula golfers had up-and-down days competing on the second and final day of their…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Quilcene pitcher Eli Allen throws in the first inning against Wahkiakum during Wednesday’s playoff game in Sequim.

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PREP SPORTS: Quilcene rally falls short

Tait qualifies for state in Track & Field

Port Angeles’ Jake Anstett, center, won the 450cc division of the American Motorcycle Association Pro Racing’s Washington Nitro Nationals Hillclimb in Sunnyside over the weekend. (Washington Nitro Nationals Hillclimb)

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AREA SPORTS: Motorcyclist Anstett rockets to Hillclimb victories

SUNNYSIDE — Port Angeles’ Jake Anstett blistered the field in the Pro 450 CC category at the Washington…

Third basemen Josiah Gooding is one of the excellent defensive players for the Port Angeles Roughriders baseball team. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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STATE BASEBALL PREVIEW: Port Angeles enters tournament riding high

PORT ANGELES — At midseason, it looked like a longshot for the Port Angeles baseball team to make…

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STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT: All Olympic Peninsula boys make first-day cut

CHEHALIS — All three Olympic Peninsula boys at the 2A state golf tournament at the Riverside Golf Club…

Coach Morgan Worthington talks to her players between innings at a game last week at Dry Creek Elementary. The Roughriders go in to the state tournament Friday ranked No. 3 in the state. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PORT ANGELES SOFTBALL: Roughriders loaded for another long run in state tournament

PORT ANGELES — Last year, the Port Angeles softball team graduated superstar Natalie Robinson, who won the Olympic…

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association's Danielle Woodhouse approaches the finish line at Lake Vancouver this weekend, where she finished second in the B final of the U17 singles race. (Sean Halberg)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: OPRA rower second at Lake Vancouver race

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association concluded its spring season Saturday, with members competing at the…

Port Angeles’ Ava-Anne Sheahan signed to play soccer for Corban University in Salem, Ore., last week surrounded by her family, from left, mother Megan Shean, brother Axel Johnston, sister Addy Johnston and father Bucky Johnston. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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COLLEGE SIGNING: Two-sport star Ava-Anne Sheahan chooses soccer at Corban

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Ava-Anne Sheahan could have easily picked one of two sports to continue her…

Kody Williams, Port Angeles baseball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kody Williams, Port Angeles baseball

Port Angeles baseball player Kody Williams has had a spectacular May for the Roughriders.

The Rhody Run’s women’s 10K winner, Fiona Fraser, (1131) is on the heels of her father, Ian (1132), who finished fourth among the men, as they exit the Jefferson County Fairgrounds at the start of the 44th annual Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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RHODY RUN: Port Townsend’s Fraser family dominates 10K

PORT TOWNSEND — The Fraser family of Port Townsend dominated the 44th annual Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run 10K…

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STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Port Angeles on to Selah to play Tumwater; Quilcene to play in Sequim

OLYMPIA — Times and locations have been picked for both the Port Angeles and Quilcene baseball teams, which…

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PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Port Angeles, Sequim come up short

LAKEWOOD — Both the Port Angeles and Sequim boys soccer teams fell short of qualifying for the state…

The Port Angeles softball team celebrates winning the District 3 2A tournament Saturday in Lacey. The Roughriders won by beating North Kitsap 8-1 and Olympic 8-0. (Morgan Worthington)

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PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles wins district championship

Riders crush rivals North Kitsap, Olympic to win title

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TRACK AND FIELD: Forks to send 20 athletes to district meet

Clallam Bay’s William Hull wins four individual events at NOL meet

Sequim’s Nico Musso, third from left, scores the second goal the Wolves’ 2-0 Class 2A West Central District Tournament victory over Bremerton on Thursday at Peninsula College’s Wally Sigmar Field. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT SOCCER: Sequim heads its way into state qualifer

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim boys soccer players and coaches both said they’ve been working hard this season…

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PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles’ Leitz strikes out 10 in district softball shutout victory

LACEY — Heidi Leitz threw a complete game five-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, Ava-Anne Sheahan and Kennedy Rognlien…