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Forks' Dani Ornelas, left, heads the ball during the Spartans' season-opening 17-0 win over Chief Leschi at Spartan Stadium.

High School Sports

PREPS: Port Angeles boys soccer rolls in second half of season opener

STEILACOOM — Port Angeles started a goal down and lost a player to injury but made a short-handed…

Chilsey McKee caught this good-sized halibut along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Outdoors & Recreation

OUTDOORS: Halibut derby returning to PA

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND will see the reintroduction of what had become an annual outdoors tradition, the Port Angeles…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, left, and Tyler Swan were named the North Olympic League’s girls and boys basketball MVPs.

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NORTH OLYMPIC BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Q Greene, Tyler Swan league MVPs

JOYCE — Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene and Tyler Swan were the girls and boys basketball MVPs of the…

Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter, running for Corban University in Salem, Ore., was second at the NAIA nationals in the 5,000-meter run last week. (Joe Gladfelter)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Gladfelter second at NAIA indoor nationals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter keeps collecting medals in distance events and came within one second…

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The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena early Sunday morning. The Lady Reds beat Garfield-Palouse in the championship game 54-41. It was the fourth state championship for seniors Qwaapeys Greene, Angel Halttunen, Cerise Moss, Wiinuk Martin and Lillie Yallup.

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STANDALONE PHOTO: Neah Bay celebrates fourth straight

The Neah Bay girls basketball team, coaches and managers celebrate their fourth straight state championship at Spokane Arena…

Qwaapeys Greene, left, Wiinuk Martin, right, Neah Bay girls basketball.

High School Sports

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK; Qwaapeys Greene, Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

The Neah Bay girls basketball team could not have won four straight state basketball championships without their starting…

The Bremerton Knights hold their state championship trophy after beating the RA Long Lumberjacks 45-43 in the 2A boys state basketball championship Saturday at the Yakima SunDome. (Luke Caputo/Kitsap News Group)

High School Sports

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Bremerton, Lummi win back-to-back state titles

YAKIMA — No. 1 seed and the Olympic League boys basketball champion Bremerton Knights (26-2) accomplished their mission…

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene holds the girls’ basketball state championship trophy as her teammates celebrate its fourth straight title early Sunday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

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STATE 1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: It’s once, twice, four times for Lady Reds

Neah Bay wins its fourth straight state championship

Peninsula College’s Aspen Fraser (23) battles for a rebound with Umpqua’s Sydnee Muntifering (2) and two other Umpqua players in an NWAC Elite Eight game Sunday in Pasco. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

College Sports

NWAC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: Pirates in the NWAC Final Four after handling Umpqua

PASCO — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team is headed to another NWAC Final Four, dispatching Umpqua 71-57…

High School Sports

STATE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys bounced by defending state champion No. 1 Lummi

Will play Liberty Christian Friday morning at 9 a.m.

Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press Neah Bay’s Angel Halttunen eyes the basket while guarded by a Pateros Nannie’s player during the Red Devils’ state quarterfinal win on Thursday night at the Spokane Veterans Arena.

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UPDATED STATE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay to play for 4th straight Class 1B championship Saturday night

Angel Halttunen, Wiinuk Martin lead Red Devils past Nannies

High School Sports

STATE BASKETBALL: Neah Bay comeback falls just short, Swan breaks single-season scoring mark

SPOKANE — Neah Bay’s second-half comeback attempt fell just shy of the mark, but a piece of program…

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: 19 WCL alumni to play in World Baseball Classic

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 2026 World Baseball Classic that began this week will feature 19 West Coast League…

Cinco McNeal dunks against Treasure Valley on Wednesday at the NWAC Tournament in Pasco. The Pirates lost 81-61. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College)

College Sports

NWAC MEN’S TOURNAMENT: Pirates lose in opener

PASCO — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team rallied early in the second half, but simply couldn’t overcome…

The 2025-26 Port Angeles High School varsity basketball team qualified for the state 2A tournament, finishing the season with an 18-8 record after losing to Archbishop Thomas Murphy on Wednesday.

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STATE BASKETBALL: Rough time for Riders in Yakima’s SunDome against ATM

YAKIMA — Beaten badly on the boards, Port Angeles put up a fight defensively but still made a…

Neah Bay’s Mathias Greene hit four 3-pointers and scored 15 points in the Red Devils’ 74-58 win over Sunnyside Christian in the state 1B tournament Wednesday morning in Spokane. (NFHS Network)

High School Sports

STATE 1B TOURNAMENT: Neah Bay boys in the quarterfinals

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay boys basketball team will finish somewhere in the top eight of the state…

Left, East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo was named to the All-Nisqually League’s first team, while EJ’s Luke O’Hara’s right, was also named to the first team. (Photos by Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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All-NISQUALLY LEAGUE: Vailolo, O’Hara make first team

PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo and Luke O’Hara made the all-Nisqually League girls and boys first…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Trio of Sequim, PA wrestlers make all-league team

Wrestling club registration and OJBR tryouts

Teanna Clark brings the ball up the court against Renton on Saturday at the University of Puget Sound court in Tacoma. Clark scored 16 points in the first half in Port Angeles’ 51-39 regional win sending the Roughriders to the state 2A tournament in Yakima. (Benjamin Ray/Federal Way Mirror)

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PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Three prep teams head to state tournaments

NWAC tournament begins this week with both PC teams

Becca Manson, Port Angeles girls basketball, left and Angel Halttunen, Neah Bay girls basketball

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Becca Manson, Port Angeles girls basketball and Angel Halttunen, Neah Bay girls basketball

Our Athletes of the Week came through in the clutch in a pair of postseason girls basketball games…