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East Jefferson's Traycen Brown drives while defended by Cascade Christian's Josiah Gopaul during a 2023-24 contest at Chimacum High School.

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BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: East Jefferson looking to run and fun

New era for Rivals

Port Angeles’ Isaac Meek powers to victory in the 200-yard freestyle, setting the first of two new personal bests in the Riders’ swim meet victory over Klahowya at Shore Aquatic Center.

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PREPS: Port Angeles swimmers sink Klahowya in season-opening meet

Forks boys basketball completes comeback vs. Aberdeen

(Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group) Sequim's Gracie Chartraw (No. 4) looks to pass against North Mason on Tuesday in Sequim. She is still recovering from an injury last season, but is expected to be one of the Wolves’ leading scorers, said coach Joclin Julmist.

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PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Sequim girls plan to play scrappy

Being scrappy: that’s a major goal for this year’s Sequim girls varsity basketball squad to become successful, said…

Sequim guard Bobbi Mixon drives around a pair of North Mason defenders Tuesday in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim goes cold from the field against North Mason

Port Angeles girls drop game to Bainbridge

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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Riders lose after buzzer-beater forces OT; Wolves improves to 4-0

BAINBRIDGE — The Port Angeles boys basketball team was one second away from beating Bainbridge on the road,…

Forks Titus Rowley goes up for a basket against Coupeville on Monday night in Forks. The Spartans won 55-47. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys, girls hoops sweep

FORKS — Forks’ big man Titus Rowley was barely able to play in the Spartans’ basketball game against…

Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard attacks the rim during a 2023-24 contest against North Mason. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Sequim aims high in 2024-25

Wolves return talented roster

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PENINSULA COLLEGE: Registration open for winter leagues

PORT ANGELES — Registration is now open for adult recreation winter volleyball and basketball leagues, as well as…

The Forks girls wrestling team finished second at The Prairie Open this weekend, beaten only by Yelm, a 4A school. From left, back row, are coach James Salazar, manager Moli Luong, Kinley Rondeau, Jade Blair, Riley Tjepkema, Alexis Koskela and Natalie Horejsi. From left, bottow row, are LaRayne Blair, Lilly Galeana, Flora Horejsi and Viviana Luna. (Forks High School)

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PREP WRESTLING: Forks girls second at Yelm tourney

East Jefferson, Sequim, Forks boys all get weight champions at weekend meets

Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cerise Moss, Neah Bay girls basketball

Neah Bay’s Cerise Moss had a spectacular opening game for the Red Devils, who go into this season…

The Evergreen State College’s Max Baeder, from Port Angeles, finished eighth in the NAIA Men’s Marathon Classic held this weekend in Sacramento, Calif. Baeder set a TESC record in the marathon. (The Evergreen State College)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sheppard’s 34 leads Sequim to victory; PA’s Baeder 8th in NAIA marathon

FIFE — The Sequim boys basketball team got another monster game from Solomon Sheppard in beating Clover Park…

Dustin Hines of Port Townsend won the Jamestown Glow Run 5K, a year after finishing second in the same race. John Mauro, also of Port Townsend, won the 10K. Matt Sagan/Cascadia Films

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JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM GLOW RUN: More than 600 enjoy the lights and the gloaming

BLYN — More than 600 people from the Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific Northwest enjoyed what is turning…

Peninsula College's Jelissa Julmist is surrounded by three Bellevue defenders Saturday in Port Angeles. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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PENINSULA COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Men, women go combined 6-0 over weekend

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team dominated its home Pirates Classic tournament this weekend, while…

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GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay begins title defense, smothers Port Angeles in 43-28 win

PORT ANGELES — The Neah Bay girls basketball team graduated a number of players over the past two…

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SATURDAY PREP BASKETBALL: Roughrider boys turn the screws on defense

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team has shown it can score. On Saturday night, the…

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Young Spartans will play through growing pains

FORKS — The Forks girls basketball team will be young this season and will see some growing pains,…

From left, Lincoln Park BMX's Teyah Elofson-Cross, Kylin Weitz, track operator Sean Coleman and Chloe Holloway represented the Olympic Peninsula at the BMX Grand Nationals last weekend in Tulsa, Okla. At right is USABMX president BA Anderson. Wietz won a first-place medal at Grand Nationals. (Lincoln Park BMX)

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BMX RACING: Lincoln Park riders excel at BMX Nationals

TULSA, Okla. — Several Lincoln Park BMX racers competed at the BMX Grand Nationals held last weekend in…

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Port Angeles' Gus Halberg, left, is pursued by Bremerton's Enoch Taylor on Thursday at Port Angeles High School.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Roughriders reloading in 24-25 slate

One player with significant varsity experience

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark, left, takes to ball to the lane as Sequim’s Libby Turella follows along on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles a year older, still tough defensively

PORT ANGELES — For years now, the Port Angeles girls basketball team has been young, fielding a number…

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Sequim’s Bobbi Mixon attempts to save the ball from going out of bounds during the Wolves’ season-opening 50-30 loss to Anacortes on Wednesday.

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PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim girls humbled in home opener; Forks boys win at East Jefferson

SEQUIM — Anacortes’ stifling man-to-man defense limited Sequim to just 21.3 percent shooting offensively (10-for-47), rolling off a…