Forks FC celebrates its fifth-straight Peninsula College coed league championship. Forks won with a 7-1 victory over High Energy Metals at Wally Sigmar Field on Sunday. (Peninsula College)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks FC wins fifth Peninsula Soccer League title

PORT ANGELES — Forks FC captured its fifth-straight Peninsula Soccer League championship Sunday with a decisive 7-1 win…

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GIRLS SOCCER STATE TOURNAMENT: Sequim’s Kaia Lestage is caring and committed

Bond with teammates drives stellar play

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Peninsula's Nil Grau gives a high kick to keep the ball out of reach of Edmond's Enzo Buenaventura during a match at Wally Sigmar Field in October.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula College puts 10 on North Region first teams

VANCOUVER — The Peninsula College soccer teams got five women and five men named to the North Region…

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OUTDOORS: New round of razor clam digs approved

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers approved coastal razor clam digging days beginning…

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at this weekend’s bidistrict championships. Top row, from left, Danika Asgeirsson, Amayah Nelson, Yau Fu, Harper McGuire, Lynzee Reid, Emerson DuBois, Olivia Mesen. Bottom row, from left, Brooke St. Luise, Lizzy Shaw, head coach Sally Cole, assistant coach Lisa Walls, Chloe Kay-Sanders, Erin DeMarco. (Courtesy photo)

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POSTSEASON SWIMMING: Port Angeles girls third at bidistrict

MERCER ISLAND — The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at the bidistrict swim and dive meet,…

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PREP FOOTBALL: State playoff schedule set

OLYMPIA — The Port Angeles football team will play Tumwater at 7 p.m. Friday at Tumwater District Stadium…

Port Angeles’ Kennedy Rognlien, left, and Sequim’s Kalli Grove, right.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles soccer; Kalli Grove, Sequim soccer

The Port Angeles and Sequim girls soccer teams are both playing in the 2A state tournament this week.

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Peninsula's Eliana Barden, on ground, is dogpiled by her teammates, clockwise from left, Taya Bohenko, Shawna Larson, Sydney Soskis, Maylin Rivera and Caneel Corpuz after Barden fired off the winning goal in overtime to defeat the North Idaho Cardinals 1-0 in Saturday's NWAC quarter-final game in Port Angeles.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women win 1-0 in OT to return to Final Four

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women, facing a team that was packing its entire squad in the…

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Peninsula's Nil Grau, right, takes the header over Clark's Wilson Fresh as Grau's teammate, Abdurahim Leigh, looks on at front during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates dominate red-hot Clark to return to Final Four

PORT ANGELES — After missing out on the NWAC Final Four last year, the Peninsula College men’s soccer…

The Port Angeles girls soccer team celebrates beating Enumclaw in penalty kicks and qualifying for the state 2A tournament. (Kevin Hanson)

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GIRLS PREP SOCCER: (Updated) Port Angeles, Sequim both headed to state tournament

Roughriders win on penalty kicks to qualify for state

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STATE CROSS COUNTRY: East Jefferson’s Yearian second, Fraser third at state meet

PASCO — With two runners in the top three, the East Jefferson girls cross country team finished in…

Bubba Hernandez catches a punt during the first half of Forks' 20-7 loss to Onalaska in a district crossover on Nov. 3. (Josh Kirshenbaum/The Chronicle)

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PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Forks falls in winner-to-state game; Neah Bay wins big — onto state

Quilcene falls to Naselle

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PREPS: Teanna Clark curls in corner kick to lift Port Angeles girls soccer to winner-to-state game

BURIEN — Teanna Clark curled a corner kick into goal in the 63rd minute and Port Angeles held…

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Forks' Chloe Gaydeski eyes the ball as she prepares to send a spike over the net during the Spartans' 3-1 win over Toledo on Wednesday during the Class 2B District 4 Tournament.

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AREA SPORTS: Forks netters stay alive in bid for state volleyball berth

ONALASKA — Forks stayed alive in the Class 2B Southwest District 4 volleyball tournament on Wednesday, winning loser-out…

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Sequim senior captain Jenny Gomez has increased her goal scoring this season, part of the reason the Wolves are headed to the Class 2A state tournament.

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DISTRICT SOCCER: Gomez’s stellar senior season a big part of state-bound Sequim’s success

Scoring boom for team’s best distributor

Forks’ Walker Wheeler, left, and Nate Dahlgren, right, made the first team of the Central 2B North Division as defensive players. They also made the second team as offensive players. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP FOOTBALL: Four Spartans make all-league first team

FORKS — The Forks football team got four players — Nate Dahlgren, Sloan Tumaua, Walker Wheeler and Bubba…

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OUTDOORS: Salmon limit reduced for area rivers

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that daily limit for salmon will…

From left, Christine Buchanan from Camano Island, Michele Harmeling from Palmer, Alaska, and Elizabeth Castillo from Tacoma run in the Salt Creek 24 event held this weekend at the Salt Creek Recreation Area. More than $7,000 was raised during the charity event. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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SALT CREEK 24: They truly went the distance

SALT CREEK — Three women ran more than 100 miles and roughly $7,000 was raised for local charities…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Rivals soccer loses playoff heartbreaker; Klahhane gymnasts shine

TACOMA — The East Jefferson girls soccer team held a 2-0 lead in the second half in its…

Fiona Fraser, East Jefferson cross country.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Fiona Fraser, East Jefferson cross country

Fiona Fraser has quietly put together a spectacular senior season for the East Jefferson girls cross country team.