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SPORTS: Top fish at Olson’s Resort Halibut Derby weighs 130 pounds

SEKIU — The winning flattie weighed in at more than 130 pounds at the Olson’s Resort Halibut Derby…

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SPORTS: Wilder Baseball opens 2013 season with four games

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball, an elite Senior Babe Ruth program, opened the 2013 season 1-3 after winning…

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Women’s record set; Boston Marathon survivor claims overall title at North Olympic Discovery event

PORT ANGELES — The course record fell in the women’s race and a Boston Marathon survivor won the…

William “Woody” Woods of Everett

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‘Topped off season just right,’ fisherman who landed 225-pound halibut off Dungeness Spit says

SEQUIM — William “Woody” Woods boated from Everett to Sequim on Friday and caught the fish of his…

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225-pound halibut caught in Strait off Sequim

SEQUIM — An Everett-area fisherman pulled in a 75-inch, 225-pound halibut near Sequim on Friday. Our outdoors columnist,…

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North Olympic Discovery Marathon highlights big running weekend

PORT ANGELES — Runners and walkers galore are in the Clallam County area this weekend for the 11th…

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OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut season coming to end

HALIBUT, HALIBUT AND more halibut is the big news in the great outdoors as I pinch-hit for outdoors…

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LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: New rowing coach has trained champions

JOHN HALBERG HAS big dreams for the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association. Among the biggest are to start a…

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SPORTS: Sequim and Port Angeles softball teams set up for good 2014 seasons

The Sequim and Port Angeles softball teams left the 2A state tournament in Selah empty-handed. But it is…

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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Rocky Swartzrock spends his 93rd birthday at Cedars

LAST WEEK’S COLUMN was written in advance, and I missed out on a late and great story from…

Sophomore Sammy Rae pitches for Quilcene in Yakima. -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

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SPORTS: Quilcene’s softball team captures fourth place in state

YAKIMA — Quilcene softball did more than rewrite the history books. The Rangers, who had never won a…

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SPORTS: Joyce angler wins Port Angeles Halibut Derby

PORT ANGELES — Second time was the charm for the Port Angeles Salmon Club’s 2013 Halibut Derby winner…

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SPORTS: Area track athletes excel at state

While Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby had the best individual performance, the Crescent boys had the top team effort from…

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SPORTS: Another first for Quilcene as softball team wins first state game

YAKIMA — Quilcene High School just keeps coming up with those all-time firsts this 2013 spring season. For…

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SPORTS: Area tennis players have close matches at state; other prep reports

SEATTLE — North Olympic Peninsula tennis players came up just short of placing at the state Class 2A…

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SPORTS: Brocklesby wins state track title; McMullin third; Welever and Christie second

TACOMA — Sequim senior Jayson Brocklesby ended his high school track and field career with a bang. He…

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SPORTS: Port Angeles, Sequim fall short at state softball tournament

SELAH — Port Angeles and Sequim both left the 2A state softball tournament at Carlon Park without a…

Jayson Brocklesby

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SPORTS: Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby wins state in high jump; softball games delayed

TACOMA — Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby won the 2A state high jump title with a jump of 6 feet,…

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LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut derby this weekend

THERE’S MONEY SWIMMING out in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Port Angeles becomes the center of halibut…

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SPORTS: 1B and 1A track teams rev up for state meet

CHENEY — Crescent will rely on a trio of throwers and a couple of hurdlers intent on beating…