Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

Pretty much the entire starting five for the Neah Bay girls basketball team contributed to the team’s third…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bremerton state champions in boys 2A basketball

YAKIMA — For the second time in five years, a boys basketball state 2A champion has come out…

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third straight state 1B championship in Spokane on Saturday. (Cherish Moss)

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1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: (updated) Neah Bay makes history with three straight state championships

Red Devils defeat Garfield-Palouse 46-36 in finals

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STATE 1B BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys finish fifth

Heartbreaking loss in semifinals to rival Lummi

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Peninsula College’s Ciera Tugade Agasiva cuts through the South Puget Sound defense and gets to the rim for a layup during the Pirates’ NWAC women’s basketball tournament Elite 8 victory Thursday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

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NWAC TOURNAMENT: Peninsula College women crush Clippers, return to Final 4

Head back next weekend for semifinal

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1B STATE PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys move to quarterfinals

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay boys basketball team remained alive in the championship bracket with a come-from-behind 58-47…

Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)

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STATE 2A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Sequim can’t hold on to big leads

Wolves falter in fourth

Peninsula College’s Carliese O’Brien drives to the hoop against Chemeketa’s Ava Rubio (4) and Mady Diaz (2) in the first round of the NWAC tournament at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. Peninsula got up 36-5 at the half and went on to win 66-44. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: Peninsula defense, rebounding smothers Chemeketa

Pirates get up 36-5 at halftime

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Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.

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STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles has its chances against No. 7 Columbia River

Rally back but can’t take lead

Peninsula College's Ciera Tugade Agasiva made the all-North first team. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula teams put six on all-North squads

PORT ANGELES — As expected, the North Region-champion Peninsula College women are filling up the roster of the…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim baseball team to hold youth clinic

SEQUIM — The Sequim High School baseball team willhost a youth clinic for all players from third to…

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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POSTSEASON BASKETBALL: Five area prep and college teams prepare for state, NWAC tournaments

PORT ANGELES — Four Olympic Peninsula boys and girls basketball teams and one women’s college team will be…

From left, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Lincoln Park BMX, and Finn Thompson, Port Angeles boys swimming.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Teyah Elofson-Cross, BMX, and Finn Thompson, swimming

Port Angeles sixth-grader Teyah Elofson-Cross is the latest BMX star to come from the Lincoln Park BMX track.

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Peninsula's Cinco McNeal attempts a layup while defended by Shoreline's Sherrell McCullum during the Pirates' Sophomore Night defeat against the Dolphins.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Last-second shot sinks Peninsula’s season

Miss out on tournament berth at the buzzer

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The Peninsula College women's basketball team and head coach Alison Crumb celebrate its fourth straight NWAC North Division championship, and eighth league title in program history.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women celebrate fourth straight North Division championship

Second-straight unbeaten Division slate

Penina Vailolo of East Jefferson was voted to the Nisqually League’s first team. She averaged 11.2 points and 11.7 rebounds a game this year for the Rivals.

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ALL-NISQUALLY LEAGUE: Rivals’ Vailolo makes first team in girls basketball

SILVERDALE — East Jefferson girls basketball post player Penina Vailolo made the Nisqually League first team while teammate,…

TULSA, Okla. — This past weekend, members of the Lincoln Park BMX traveled to Tulsa, Okla., for the track operator summit and Lincoln Park received an award for being the No. 8 track out of 115 tracks on the West Coast. From left, are Cody Wilson Director of Track Operations USABMX, Sean Coleman, president/track operator of Lincoln Park BMX; Tommy Schroeder, volunteer and coach; Tami Baeder, volunteer registration lead; and Nichole Beal, Lincoln Park vice president and volunteer.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX recognized by USABMX

TULSA, Okla. — This past weekend, members of the Lincoln Park BMX traveled to Tulsa, Okla., for the…

Peninsula College's Jaiden Blackmon goes up for a layup against Everett College in Port Angeles on Jan. 25.  Blackmon's the team's leading scorer at 15.5 points a game, is looking to help lead the Pirates into the playoffs with a win tonight over Shoreline. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Huge home games Wednesday night for the Pirates

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams are wrapping up their home schedules tonight,…

Bronze Team Photo: Nora Pecoraro, Addie Brown, Kinley Matthews, Lucy Monaghan, Adrie McGuire, Sasha Gmazel, Penny Goodwin, Reagan Haguewood

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KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: Xcel bronze team takes third at Great Wolf Lodge invite

CENTRALIA — The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel teams competed at the Great Wolf Lodge Invitational hosted by Precision Elite…

From left, Dennis and Dillon Tisdale of Port Angeles won first- and second-place medals at the  Washington State USBC West Pepsi Sectionals held in Mount Vernon this weekend. (Trish Tisdale)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles youth bowlers and Olympic Pickleball results

MOUNT VERNON — Young bowlers Dennis Tisdale and Dillon Tisdale of Port Angeles took home big wins at…