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LEFTIES: Schueber, Mayer pitch well enough to win in extra-innings loss

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles held Kamloops to four hits, but the Lefties lost their third extra-inning game…

The Wilder Baseball Club A team won the American Legion Northwest District Tournament and will compete at the Class A American Legion State Championship starting Saturday in Spokane. Team members and coaches are, back row from left, coach Jadon Seibel, coach Landon Seibel, Ryland Prioette, Lane Wilson, Garret Buerer, Maeson Grice, Andre Campbell, Easton Fisher, Brandt Perry, Ian Smithson, Ethan Swenson, coach Shane Martin and front row, Brayden Martin, Carston Seibel, Eden Peterson, Carson Waddell, Owen Leitz, Harris Bower and Bubba Hernandez.

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AREA SPORTS: Wilder A starts American Legion baseball state tournament Saturday

T-Ball camp with Lefties Tuesday through Thursday

There are plenty of outdoors opportunities on the north Olympic Peninsula, especially if you look hard to find the hidden ones. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Olympic Peninsula in its full glory during summer weeks

Three-quarters of the nation right now is dealing with an intense heat wave and smoke from Canadian fires.…

Competitors participate in a Special Olympics bocce jamboree held Saturday at Fort Worden in Port Townsend.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bocce event prepares athletes for Special Olympics

PORT TOWNSEND — Nearly 80 competitors and volunteers gathered at the Fort Worden petanque/bocce courts Saturday in a…

Jason Headley of Port Hadlock had success during the Marine Area 9 opener last week, taking home limits of chinook with fishing partner Don Arnett of Diamond Point last Thursday and Friday.

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OUTDOORS: Midchannel Bank busy as always, but productive

Port Townsend fishery

WDFW photo Shrimping days were added in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp fishing to reopen in eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca

OLYMPIA — Recreational shrimp fishing will reopen in some Puget Sound marine areas, the Washington Department of Fish…

Adam Columbia, right, a Sequim High School graduate, competed Monday in the opening round of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men's Amateur. At left is fellow Sequim graduate Sean O'Mera, who competed at the Washington men's amateur along with Columbia in June.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim graduate Adam Columbia at Pacific Northwest men’s amateur

Wilder A off to play in state American Legion tournament

Port Angeles Lefties first baseman Owen Alsup takes the pickoff throw from his pitcher Reid Rasmussen to try to get Bend Elks runner Hunter Komine on Sunday at Civic Field in Port Angeles. Alsup later hit a home run. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties can’t find strike zone in 13-2 loss to Bend

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties got a solid start from pitcher Reid Rasmussen (Central Washington), but…

Wilder Baseball Club.

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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Wilder Sr. loses a pair of close games Sunday

Wilder A wins two games over the weekend

Port Angeles Lefties

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties take Bend to 11 innings, but lose 10-8

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties got into a wild, 11-inning epic with the Bend Elks on…

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BASEBALL: Port Angeles swept by red-hot Victoria

VICTORIA — Port Angeles starter Kailen Kimata yielded a three-run home run to Tyler Davis in the bottom…

Lefties shortstop B.Y. Choi bats against Springfield early this season at Port Angeles Civic Field. Choi, who also played in Port Angeles in 2022, was drafted this week by the San Diego Padres. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties’ B.Y. Choi drafted by San Diego Padres

PORTLAND, Ore. — B.Y. Choi of the Port Angeles Lefties was drafted by the San Diego Padres in…

Port Angeles Lefties.

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: PA bats quiet in loss to HarbourCats

VICTORIA, B.C. — After a tough first inning, the Port Angeles pitching stuff buckled down the rest of…

American League pitcher George Kirby, of the Seattle Mariners, throws in the fourth inning during the MLB All-Star baseball game in Seattle, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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ALL-STAR GAME: National League wins 3-2 at T-Mobile Park on Elias Diaz home run

Julio Rodriguez walk in bottom of ninth kept hope alive for AL

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LEFTIES: Purchase tickets through team site, not third-party upsellers

Online sites like Stubhub charging higher ticket prices

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Trent Jackson follows through on a single into right field during the Lefties' series-winning 3-2 victory over Wenatchee on Thursday at Civic Field.

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BASEBALL: Lefties knock Apple Sox out of first-half playoff berth

PA wins series against Wenatchee

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Roberto Nunez III slides safely back to first base as Wenatchee's Easton Amundson is a tad late with the tag on the throw from the pitcher.

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Lefties’ bats fizzle out vs. Sox

Muster only two base hits

Eric Lesch has been hired as the first Junior Sailing Program Director for the Community Boating Program, a Port Angeles-based nonprofit.

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BOATING: Community Boating Program hires Eric Lesch to lead junior sailing

Expanding to younger ages

Crabbers hauled in limits of Dungeness crab like this around the North Olympic Peninsula during the opening weekend of the summer recreational crabbing season.

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OUTDOORS: King season opener on fire in Area 6

THE CHINOOK OPENER was hot off Port Angeles and Sekiu with catch rates nearing a fish per angler…

Wilder Jr.’s Brandt Perry pitches against the Stanwood Cannons on Monday at Civic Field. Perry pitched a complete-game victory as Wilder Jr. swept two from the Cannons. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Jr. sweeps Stanwood Cannon

PORT ANGELES — The Wilder Junior Baseball Club concluded a highly successful week with a sweep against the…

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