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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…

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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…

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1B BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys, girls qualify for state

NEAH BAY — The Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams both qualified for the state 1B basketball…

Sequim’s Jack Henninger signs a letter of intent to play football at the University of Mary (North Dakota). The all-Olympic League kicker plans to study occupational therapy and kick for the Marauders’ football squad. Behind him are, from left, soccer coach David Breckenridge, football special teams coach Cody Buckmaster and football head coach Erik Wiker. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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COLLEGE SIGNING: Sequim’s Henninger signs to kick for University of Mary

SEQUIM — Jack Henninger spent much of the fall with a laser focus of splitting the uprights.

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PREP PLAYOFFS: Online tickets only for PA, Sequim bidistrict games

PORT ANGELES — Cash will not be taken for tonight’s Port Angeles and Sequim boys playoff basketball games…

The Klahhane XCel Gold team of Carly Mae Riggs, Paytynn Lindley, Gracelyn Goss, Lainey DePiro and Raynee Ciarlo took first place at the Realm Classic gymnastics meet this weekend in Everett. (Courtesy photo)

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GYMNASTICS: Klahhane Xcel Gold team takes first in Everett

EVERETT — The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel Gold Team placed first over the weekend at the Realm Classic, hosted…

The Port Angeles girls gymnastics team that competed at subdistricts late last week. From left, standing, are Shavari Epps, Scarlett Sullivan, Faith Carr, Summer Hirst-Lowe, Maddie Adams. From left, kneeling, are Ryah Deleon and Waverly Mead. (Courtesy photo)

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HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles, Sequim gymnasts qualify for district

TUMWATER — Sequim and Port Angeles gymnasts competed against seven other schools last week in the 2A/3A subdistrict…

Teyah Elofson-Cross, 11, of Port Angeles qualified for the UCI World BMX Championship in the 24-inch challenger class in Lexington, Va., this weekend. (Courtesy photo)

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BMX: Port Angeles’ Elofson-Cross qualifies for second UCI World Championship event

LEXINGTON, Va. — Port Angeles’ 11-year-old Teyah Elofson-Cross traveled across the country this past weekend to qualify for…

Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, shoots against Sequim on Feb. 6. She scored 26 points in the Port Angeles victory and is the Peninsula Daily News Athlete of the Week sponsored by Swain’s General Store in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Paige Mason, Port Angeles basketball

Port Angeles’ Paige Mason has been a big part of the Roughriders girls basketball team for the past…

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Port Angeles, Sequim boys and girls to host four playoff games

PORT ANGELES — Postseason basketball is moving into high gear this week as the Port Angeles boys and…