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Peninsula College's Anna Petty battles Multnomah University goalkeeper Jennifer Alvilar for control of the ball during Tuesday's scrimmage at Walla Sigmar field in Port Angeles. (Jay Cline)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates crush South Puget Sound in second half

Women beat Multnomah in scrimmage

Quilcene's Andrew Perez runs for yardage against Crescent on Saturday in Quilcene. In on the play are Crescent's Conner Bauers (3) and Henry Bourm (15). Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Bigger, faster Quilcene looks to rebound

Rangers return six seniors and a big front line

Calvin Colander of Bellingham-based Team Improbability Drive heads for the handoff after finishing the mountain bike leg of the 2023 Big Hurt in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Big Hurt registration open; prices increase Sept. 1

PORT ANGELES — Athletes must register by Monday if they want to take advantage of lower prices for…

Master Alan Lindwall (in black, rear), head instructor for Seibu Ryu sword school of Iai-battojitsu of Seattle, spent Saturday at White Crane Martial Arts in downtown Port Angeles, teaching a seminar of the Japanese sword arts to the Gumdo class that practices the Korean sword arts with Grandmaster Robert Nicholls (black and gold trim, rear). The class is held at 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the dojang. (Courtesy photo)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Japanese sword arts seminar at White Crane

Master Alan Lindwall (in black, rear), head instructor for Seibu Ryu sword school of Iai-battojitsu of Seattle, spent…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Emma Gulley, 14, of Roy takes her turn in the senior girls breakaway during Saturday's Port Angeles Junior Rodeo at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. The event brought youth competitors from across Western Washington for two days of rodeo competition.

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JUNIOR RODEO: Rope ‘em, Cowgirls

Above: Emma Gulley, 14, of Roy takes her turn in the senior girls breakaway during Saturday’s Port Angeles…

Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula's Pau Vivas, right, is congratulated by teammates Angel Sandoval and Julius Koelle after scoring one of his three goals during the Pirates' 7-0 win over Portland.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men score six second-half goals in win

Vivas natural hat trick, Grau scores twice

Ibn Archer enjoyed an adventure over the weekend, sailing from Seattle to Neah Bay and fishing for salmon, Pacific cod and other flatfish with a group of friends. Archer is a Port Townsend High School graduate who works as a Network Development Manager III at Amazon in Seattle.

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OUTDOORS: Silvers slipping down the Strait

NEAH BAY AND La Push are now the only areas in which anglers can retain chinook off the…

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club champions are four-time defending Gross champ Jeff Jones, left, and Rick Towery (Net).

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AREA SPORTS: Jeff Jones wins 4th straight Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club title

Sequim’s Linda Hash wins Super Senior Amateur

Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Nil Grau controls the ball in the goal box while looking to score during the Pirates' 3-1 win over Tacoma at the NWAC Friendlies in Tacoma.

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MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula College breaks through in tussle with Tacoma

TUKWILA — Sophomore success sustained Peninsula College as the reigning Northwest Athletic Conference men’s soccer champions opened their…

Left, Robin Mather, a member of the Port Angeles cross-country teams between 1982-1985 and Burdette Greeny, a baseball player for the Roughriders who graduated in 1993, were among the 2024 inductees at the annual Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame ceremony. Mather went in as a team member while Greeny as an individual. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Special place creates special athletes

Inductees talk about community and humility

Peninsula’s Anna Petty, right, advances the ball past Whatcom’s Tori Oord during a match last year at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Petty, who scored 12 goals last year, is back for the Pirates this season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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COLLEGE SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula women get tough tests early

Play defending champion Columbia Basin on Tuesday

A fisherman shows off his halibut catch in Westport. Halibut season reopens today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast. David Bergeron/WDFW

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OUTDOORS: Halibut season reopens Friday

OLYMPIA — There will be up to another six weeks of late summer and fall halibut season as…

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Wenatchee, Portland to play for WCL championship

VANCOUVER, Wash. — For the first time since 2015, the West Coast League champion will be someone other…

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on Whidbey Island last week, as the Clallam County athletes came home with gold and silver medals. The Orcas extend a special thank-you to Whidbey Island Special Olympics for its hospitality in hosting the Tournament. (Courtesy photo)

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AREA SPORTS PHOTO: Clallam Special Olympics team wins medals

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area pickleball athletes win medals at senior games

LACEY — Several Olympic Peninsula senior athletes won silver and gold medals in pickleball at the Washington State…

Barry Wilcox winning his bronze medal at the para-cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023. (Casey Gibson/USOPC)

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PORT ANGELES ROUGHRIDER HALL OF FAME: Riders’ Barry Wilcox back in the saddle

Suffered major spinal cord injury in traffic accident, now races in para-cycling

Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt with her high school coach Brad Moore at Sequim’s new track surface earlier this month. Pyeatt just signed a scholarship to run track and field for Washington State as both her and Moore are now proud Cougars. (Tracie Pyeatt)

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COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt returns to the Pacific Northwest

Track star for the Wolves will now run for Washington State

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties' pitcher Joshua Verkuilen throws in the first inning against Cowlitz on Wednesday at Civic Field.

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LEFTIES: Summer a success for Port Angeles

Growth of pitching staff, Giesegh, Nunez impressive at the plate

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AREA SPORTS: Registration open for fall adult soccer, volleyball leagues offered by Peninsula College

Pickup basketball also set for noon at PC this fall

Western Washington Athletics Sequim’s Claire Henninger was recently named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defender of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection for her performance as Western Washington’s goalkeeper in voting held by league coaches.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger signs to play for Portuguese pro team

BELLINGHAM — After an All-League career for the Sequim Wolves followed by an NCAA national championship with Western…

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