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STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay in state semifinals for rematch with Liberty Bell

Red Devils crush Liberty Christian 52-20 in semifinals

Former Port Angeles standout Wyatt Dunning is back to play his sophomore season with the Peninsula College men’s basketball team.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men set sail under new captain

PA’s Wyatt Dunning back

Abby Robinson bowled a 184 and 187 for Port Angeles in a 5-2 win over Sequim on Monday at Laurel Lanes. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS BOWLING: Roughriders outroll Wolves in first meeting of year

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles defeated Sequim 5-2 at Laurel Lanes on Monday in the first meeting of…

Sequim’s Jolene Vaara (25) and Arianna Stovall (33) were both named to the Olympic League first team for volleyball. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP VOLLEYBALL: Sequim’s Vaara, Stovall make first team all-Olympic League

POULSBO — Sequim middle hitters Jolene Vaara and Arianna Stovall made all-Olympic League first-team volleyball last week.

Peninsula College men’s soccer coach Jake Hughes, right, holds a gag “swear jar” poking fun of player Nil Grau, who used a number of swear words during an exuberant live-streamed postgame interview on Sunday after the team defeated Highline in the NWAC championship match on Sunday in Tukwila. The team was honored by the school at the Pirate Union Building on Tuesday. Next to the podium are players, from left, Manny Garcia, Konrad Muller, Pip van der Ende and Alfie Tucker. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula College honors NWAC champion men’s soccer team

Peninsula College men’s soccer coach Jake Hughes, right, holds a gag “swear jar” poking fun of player Nil…

The Peninsula College men celebrate their 2023 NWAC championship in Tukwila on Sunday after defeating Highline 11-10 in penalty kicks. (Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: NWAC champion Peninsula College men battled back from adversity all season

PORT ANGELES — A bus breaking down in a ferry line at the worst possible moment just kind…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Neah Bay football to play in Richland at 1 p.m. Saturday

OLYMPIA — The Neah Bay football team learned Monday that it will travel to Richland on Saturday to…

Yau Fu, Port Angeles swimming, left, and Tyler Swan, Neah Bay football.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Yau Fu, Port Angeles girls swimming; Tyler Swan, Neah Bay football

Our athletes of week the made their marks this weekend.

Peninsula College’s Nil Grau, left, and Abdurahim Leigh battle for a ball in front of the Highline net Sunday in Tukwila. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men NWAC champions

Pirates win penalty kicks 11-10

The Port Angeles girls swim team celebrates its fourth-place finish at the state 2A meet held in Federal Way this weekend. From left, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Danika Asgeirsson, Yau Fu, Harper McGuire, Lynzee Reid, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, Chloe Kay-Sanders and Oliva Mesen. (Courtesy photo)

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STATE SWIM MEET: Port Angeles girls finish fourth; highest finish since 2017

FEDERAL WAY — With all three Port Angeles relay teams finishing in the top eight, the Roughriders finished…

Shawna Larson (16), playing with a broken hand, gets off a shot Friday night in the NWAC semifinals. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

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NWAC SOCCER SEMIFINALS: Peninsula women lose heartbreaker in penalty kicks

TUKWILA — In a game that came down to inches and could have easily gone either way, the…

Neah Bay’s Jodell Wimberley runs against Winlock in a fierce rainstorm in Forks on Friday night. Wimberley scored seven touchdowns as Neah Bay won 86-6. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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STATE 1B FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay romps over Winlock 86-6

Red Devils back in state quarterfinals

Neah Bay’s Angel Halttunen digs the ball against Mossyrock in the state semifinals Thursday in Yakima. (Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press)

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STATE 1B VOLLEYBALL: Neah Bay falls in title game, finishes second in state

Champion Oakesdale has won seven out of the last eight championships

Port Angeles football team seniors include, clockwise from upper left, Jason Hawes, Parker Nickerson, Landyn Jones, Ezra Townsend, Kason Albaugh and Tanner Flores. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles seniors have climbed a big hill

COVID, injuries, heartbreak, but now a state berth

Port Angeles’ Kason Albaugh (12) runs the ball with Trevor Martin (58) blocking in a state playoff game Friday night against No. 1-ranked Tumwater. (Josh Kirshenbaum/The Chronicle)

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STATE FOOTBALL: Roughriders’ run ends against No. 1 Tumwater

State powerhouse too strong for Port Angeles

Sequim Wolves.

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STATE GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s season ends against Ridgefield

Team loses Johnson, Gomez, but returns a lot of freshmen

Neah Bay Red Devils.

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STATE VOLLEYBALL: Neah Bay in championship match

No. 2 Red Devils will face No. 1 Oakesdale for title

East Jefferson’s Ava Shiflett, left, was named to the Nisqually League girls soccer first team while Iris Mattern, right, was named the Nisqually League MVP. (Jim Emery photos)

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GIRLS SOCCER: East Jefferson’s Iris Mattern named Nisqually MVP

Teammate Shiflett makes first team

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STATE VOLLEYBALL: Neah Bay wins opener at state tourney

YAKIMA — The Neah Bay girls volleyball team won its opening match Wednesday at the state 1B volleyball…

Claire Henninger, Western Washington.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Henninger GNAC Defensive Player of the Year

BELLINGHAM — Led by senior goalkeeper Claire Henninger being selected as the Defensive Player of the Year, the…