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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Abraham Montealegre, Forks wrestling

Forks’ Abraham Montealegre kept up a tradition for the Spartans’ wrestling program.

Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard goes up for a basket last week in a District 3 tournament game in Sequim against Foss. Sheppard had 14 points in a 56-46 win over Port Angeles on Saturday to help send the Wolves to the state tournament for the first time since 2012. In the foreground is Jericho Julmist (4). (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Sequim boys, Port Angeles girls prepare for state tournament

Both Neah Bay teams off to state, as well

The Port Angeles 400 freestyle relay team finished sixth at the state swim meet in Federal Way this weekend, the top relay finish for the riders. From left are Finn Thompson, Miles Van Denburg, Thomas Jones and Patrick Ross. (Sally Cole)

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STATE POSTSEASON RECAP: Big weekend for Forks wrestling, Port Angeles swimming

TACOMA — For the first time ever, both the Forks boys and the girls wrestling squads finished in…

The Port Angeles boys swim team finished sixth at state, the team's highest finish in more than a decade. From left, are, Liam Nicholson, Grant Butterworth, Finn Thompson, Jack Root, Thomas Jones, Nolan Medgin, Patrick Ross and Miles Van Denburg. (Courtesy of Sally Cole)

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STATE SWIM MEET: Port Angeles boys sixth; best finish in over a decade

FEDERAL WAY — The Port Angeles boys swim team had all three relay teams place and got some…

Neah Bay Red Devils The Neah Bay Red Devils celebrate their Tri-District tournament championship Saturday night in Auburn. Neah Bay goes to state looking to win its third straight state championship. From left, are, Cerise Moss, Kandi McGimpsey (12), Destiny Lawrence (22), Brianna McGimpsey (4), Trinity Johnson, Danica Halttunen (13), Wiinuk Martin (21), Qwaapeys Greene (15), Lillie Yallup (10), Angel Halttunen (2) and Caylee Moss (11). Obscured is Tisalee Ramos.

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PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Neah Bay girls win district championship; look to defend state title

AUBURN — The Neah Bay girls basketball team won another Tri-District tournament championship as the team now heads…

Forks' Abraham Montealegre celebrates his state championship at 110 pounds at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday. Montealegre is part of a long line of Forks state champions in wrestling. (Courtesy of Kyle Weakley)

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MAT CLASSIC WRESTLING: Forks boys, girls both finish in top 10; Montealegre a state champion

TACOMA — For the first time ever, both the Forks boys and the girls wrestling squads finished in…

Arlington Baptist University senior Kamron Meadows, a 2021 Port Angeles High School grad, was recently selected as the Central Southwest Conference Pitcher of the Week after tossing five scoreless innings and earning the win in relief as AB went on to win the NCCAA Division II Invitational against Southeastern Baptist. (Reese Couture)

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AREA SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Kamron Meadows throwing heat in Texas

Earns Conference Pitcher of the Week honor

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PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks’ season ended by Mossyrock

Neah Bay begins defense of state title with victory

Courtesy of Stephen Grimm East Jefferson's Rylen Kruse, left, here wrestling against Cascade Christian is one of four East Jefferson wrestlers with outstanding won-loss records looking to place at the Mat Classic this weekend.

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MAT CLASSIC: Huge contingent of Olympic Peninsula athletes head to Mat Classic

Forks alone to send 24 athletes to Tacoma Dome

Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Port Scandalous Roller Derby league members pose for a group photo during a recent practice. Roller Derby athletes traditionally use special names when they play. Back row left to right: Big Papa, Lily Hammer, Skully, Small Fry, Sinna Buns, Steel MadNOLA, Summit Slayer and Austin Plowers. Kneeling: Elastigirl, Malice in Wonderland and Sarah Strange.

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ROLLER DERBY: Port Scandalous Scandals, the tough little team that could

SEQUIM — The roller derby team the Port Scandalous Scandals will host its first bout of the 2025…

For the first time in four years, Sequim and Port Angeles rivals competed against each other on the track in college. Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt, left, a 2022 state champion in the 800 and 4x400, and Port Angeles’ Lauren Larson, who finished second in the 800, second in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600 in the state in 2019, met at the Husky Indoor Track and Field Classic in Seattle this weekend. They both competed in the 1-mile run and both finished under five minutes. Pyeatt, who ran for Abilene Christian for a couple of years but now competes for Washington State, finished 57th with a time of 4:52.23, while Larson, who now runs for Boise State, was 75th in a time of 4:54.85.

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COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Old rivals meet again and Port Townsend Crush

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Lindsay Smith, center, holds onto the ball surrounded by North Mason defenders, from left, Adrianna Tupolo, Adrianne Tupolo and Briana Cauhtenango on Tuesday's playoff game in Port Angeles.

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PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Roughriders rally in final 3 minutes to overcome North Mason

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls basketball team, which was given everything it could handle and then…

Left, the Port Angeles boys 200 freestyle relay team came in second at the West Central District III championships this weekend. Clockwise from top left are Finn Thompson, Patrick Ross, Miles Van Denburg and Thomas Jones. At right, Port Angeles’ Grant Butterworth won the West Central District III diving championship this weekend. (Port Angeles Swim Team)

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PREP DISTRICT SWIMMING: Port Angeles boys finish third

Grant Butterworth wins district diving title

The East Jefferson girls basketball team celebrates their district playoff win over Cascade Christian on Saturday in a game that the Rivals trailed by nine points in the fourth quarter. The win also assures the Rivals a winning season. (East Jefferson girls basketball)

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PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Peninsula teams prevail in must-win games

FIFE — The Port Angeles boys, Forks boys and girls and East Jefferson girls basketball teams all came…

Bailey Johnson, Forks basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Bailey Johnson, Forks basketball

Forks’ Bailey Johnson is getting red-hot at the perfect time of the year for the Spartans.

The Presidents’ Day Basketball Youth Tournament was held this weekend in Port Angeles with 40 teams coming from as far away as Elma, Sedro-Woolley, Belfair and Forks. Boys and girls teams had players in grades four through eight. Here, KaLeah Quilt of the seventh-grade Port Angeles girls team dribbles up the court against Shorewood. Shorewood won 22-21 on a last-second shot. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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STANDALONE PHOTO: Presidents’ Day hoops in Port Angeles

The Presidents’ Day Basketball Youth Tournament was held this weekend in Port Angeles with 40 teams coming from…

The Port Angeles and Sequim gymnastics teams competed at the District 3 meet this weekend. From left are head coach Elizabeth DeFrang, Lillian Sutherland, Lexi Possinger, Denise Galvan, Amelie Martin (Sequim), Lucy Spelker (Sequim), Shavari Epps, Ryah Deleon, Mya Callie and assistant coach Laura Rooney.

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GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles and Sequim will send two gymnasts to state

OLYMPIA — Two members of the Port Angeles/Sequim gymnastics team qualified to move on to the state championships…

Peninsula College's Ryana Moss battles in the paint against Olympic's Allie Greene (2). Moss and Greene were teammates on Neah Bay's state championship team in 2023. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women clinch playoff berth

Men win crucial game for postseason chances

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DISTRICT WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Forks girls second, Sequim boys third at district

MONTESANO — The Forks girls wrestling team finished a close second to 1A Montesano in the District 4…

Forks, East Jefferson

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks, East Jefferson win postseason games

Spartans’ Bailey Johnson scores 37

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