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Former Port Angeles Roughriders standout Bailee Larson leads Lower Columbia College in scoring (14.8 points per game) and steals per game (3.2) for an NWAC tournament-bound Red Devils squad. (Lower Columbia College Athletics)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Bailee Larson having superb sophomore season for Lower Columbia

Ryana Moss voted North Olympic League girls basketball MVP

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Jason Ervin, right, is held off by Skagit Valley's Sylas Williams, left, and Connor Drinkwine on Wednesday night in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men stymied by Skagit Valley

Cardinals get revenge for Peninsula road win

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Allie Greene, right, puts the ball up over Skagit Valley's Madisyn Butenschoen on Wednesday on the Pirate home court in Port Angeles.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College seals third straight North Region crown

Sixth division title for head coach Alison Crumb

Forks’ Keira Johnson (5) was named the Pacific 2B League Most Valuable Player after leading her team to a 10-0 record in league this season. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PACIFIC 2B LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Forks’ Keira Johnson named league MVP

FORKS — The Forks girls’ basketball team went 10-0 in the Pacific 2B League this past season and…

Port Angeles wrestler Willow Harvey is joined by teammates, family and coaches for her college signing Wednesday at Port Angeles High School. From left are teammate Kennedy Brooke, grandmother Lorene Douglas, Harvey, mother Tiffany Cabral and coach Brian Cristion. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS WRESTLING: Port Angeles’ Willow Harvey signs to compete for Providence University

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles wrestler Willow Harvey is blazing a trail for the Roughriders’ girls wrestling program.

Port Angeles Roughriders.

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PREP PLAYOFFS: Port Angeles, Neah Bay to play in Tacoma

Forks girls, Neah Bay boys also in regionals

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates men, women sweep Olympic

BREMERTON — The Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams each won in dominating fashion this weekend, with…

The President’s Day Tournament sponsored by Ruddell Auto held in Port Angeles on Saturday and Sunday featured fourth- through eighth-grade teams, some of which came from as far away as Mount Vernon and Blaine. A total of 30 teams played in the tournament held at Port Angeles High School and Roosevelt Elementary. Here, Sequim seventh-grader #10 Aayden Soiseth (10) drives to the basket guarded by Port Angeles’s sixth-grade team member Payton Strohauer (21). Sequim won the game 35-23. The top two finishers in each division qualified for the Washington State Middle School Basketball Championship to be held in Spokane in March. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SPORTS PHOTO: Lots of hoops in Port Angeles for Presidents’ Day Weekend

The President’s Day Tournament sponsored by Ruddell Auto held in Port Angeles on Saturday and Sunday featured fourth-…

Sloan Tumaua, Forks wrestling, and Lexie Smith, Port Angeles girls basketball.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Sloan Tumaua, Forks wrestling, and Lexie Smith, Port Angeles basketball

Forks’ Sloan Tumaua accomplished an incredible feat, winning back-to-back state wrestling championships in two different weight classes.

Forks' Peyton Johnson, left, battles Port Angeles' Faye Dachs at the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome this weekend. Johnson won with a pin and finished sixth in the state at 115 pounds. Dachs won two matches over the weekend. (Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press)

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MAT CLASSIC: Forks’ Tumaua back-to-back state champ; Forks second as a team

TACOMA — For the second straight year, Forks’ Sloan Tumaua is a state champion, and for the second…

Port Angeles Roughriders.

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PORT ANGELES GIRLS BASKETBALL: Clutch 3-pointer, blocked shot lead to third-place district victory

TUKWILA — Lindsay Smith sank a corner 3-pointer while being fouled to put Port Angeles up 40-39 with…

Lummi guard Jerome Toby gets fouled by Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberly as he tries to shoot in the tridistrict championship game Saturday. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

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SATURDAY’S BOYS PREPS: Port Angeles boys fall short against Enumclaw; Neah Bay second at tridistrict

TUKWILA — This time, there was no huge rally in the second half.

The defending state champion Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its tridistrict championship Saturday in Mount Vernon. (Courtesy photo)

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PREP GIRLS ROUNDUP: Neah Bay wins district; Forks to state

MOUNT VERNON — No. 1 Neah Bay repeated as the tridistrict girls basketball tournament champions, blowing out rival…

The Port Angeles boys swim team placed in the top 12 in two relay events at the state swim and dive championships. From left are Edward Gillespie, Thomas Jones, Nolan Medgin and Finn Thompson. (Courtesy photo)

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STATE SWIM AND DIVE MEET: Sequim’s Ellefson top five in two events; Port Angeles relay teams top 12 in two

FEDERAL WAY — Sequim’s Colby Ellefson finished in the top five in two events at the boys swim…

From left, Sequim’s Lucy Spelker and Susannah Sharp and Port Angeles’ Scarlett Sullivan all qualified for the state gymnastics meet Friday. (Courtesy photo)

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GYMNASTICS: Three Port Angeles, Sequim gymnasts on to state

KENT — Three Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts moved on to the state gymnastics meet thanks to their…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men fall in double-OT thriller

Pirate women remain unbeaten atop North

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith is surrounded by Foster defenders Wednesday night in Port Angeles in a bi-district playoff game. She scored 17 points as the Roughriders won 67-37 to qualify for the state 2A tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls dominate Foster 67-37

Game never in doubt as Riders qualify for state

Sequim’s Gracie Chartraw avoids the defense of Enumclaw’s Sydney VanHoof, center, and Ava Smith during the Wolves’ Class 2A bi-district defeat at home Wednesday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim shots won’t fall in bi-district loss

Forks boys bow out with 2-2 district record

Port Angeles’ Gus Halberg drives the ball against Sammamish on Tuesday night in Port Angeles. The Roughriders lost the district playoff game 65-57, but they are still alive in the postseason and play again at home tonight at 6 p.m. against Steilacoom. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles loses playoff opener but remains alive

PORT ANGELES — This time, there would be no miracle finish for the Port Angeles boys basketball team.

Sequim’s Charlie Grider (11) defends the rim against Evergreen’s Mohamed Abdi (5) in Tuesday’s bidistrict basketball playoff game in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Sequim boys and Forks girls remain alive

SEQUIM — Sequim’s seniors came through in their final game in Rick Kaps Gym as the Wolves stayed…