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Amayah Nelson, Port Angeles swimming.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Amayah Nelson, Port Angeles swimming

Port Angeles’ Amayah Nelson has been a big part of the reason why the Roughriders girls swim team has started its season with four straight… Continue reading

 

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim volleyball sweeps Bremerton; wreck cancels swim meet

The Sequim volleyball team crushed Bremerton this weekend, allowing just 26 points in a 3-0 (25-3, 25-18, 25-5) victory. The win keeps the… Continue reading

 

The Run the Peninsula’s inaugural Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K on Oct. 19 will go along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News).

RUN THE PENINSULA: Spruce Railroad Run to debut Oct. 19

The fourth race of the 2024 Run the Peninsula Series set for Oct. 19 will be a brand new event, the Spruce… Continue reading

 

Former Port Angeles cross-country teammates Max Baeder, left, and Jack Gladfelter competed against each other at the Charles Bowles 8K Cross-Country Invitational in Salem, Ore., this weekend. Baeder runs for The Evergreen State college while Gladfelter runs for Corban University in Salem. (Joe Gladfelter)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Former Riders’ XC teammates compete in college

Former Port Angeles Roughriders teammates Jack Gladfelter and Max Baeder competed against each other at the 49th annual Charles Bowles 8K Cross-Country… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles cross-country teammates Max Baeder, left, and Jack Gladfelter competed against each other at the Charles Bowles 8K Cross-Country Invitational in Salem, Ore., this weekend. Baeder runs for The Evergreen State college while Gladfelter runs for Corban University in Salem. (Joe Gladfelter)
East Jefferson midfielder Olivia McClemans beats Bush's Kate Van Nimwegen to the ball in a nonleague game Saturday in Chimacum. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson soccer learns from powerhouse; PA swimmers dominate

The East Jefferson girls soccer team went up… Continue reading

East Jefferson midfielder Olivia McClemans beats Bush's Kate Van Nimwegen to the ball in a nonleague game Saturday in Chimacum. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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SATURDAY FOOTBALL: Crescent wins another wild one 56-52

The Crescent football team, beset by a rash of injuries, nearly blew a 28-point lead, but rallied with a game-winning 49-yard touchdown run… Continue reading

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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rivals' quarterback Silas Morford spots a hole and runs for yardage in a Nisqually League game played against the Klahowya Eagles on Friday night at Memorial Field in Port Townsend.

PREP FOOTBALL: Rivals show fight in homecoming game with Klahowya

Sequim edges Bremerton 7-6; Forks thumps Ilwaco 28-0

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rivals' quarterback Silas Morford spots a hole and runs for yardage in a Nisqually League game played against the Klahowya Eagles on Friday night at Memorial Field in Port Townsend.
Clallam Bay high school football coach and athletic director Brian Thomas has been recognized as a Week 4 Coach of the Week winner by the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington State Football Coaches’ Association Each recipient receives a $500 donation to the school’s football program and will be honored on-field at a Seahawks home game with their fellow recipients.

AREA SPORTS: Clallam Bay Bruins football honored by Seattle Seahawks, state coaches association

Coach of the Week Brian Thomas

Clallam Bay high school football coach and athletic director Brian Thomas has been recognized as a Week 4 Coach of the Week winner by the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington State Football Coaches’ Association Each recipient receives a $500 donation to the school’s football program and will be honored on-field at a Seahawks home game with their fellow recipients.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS In a scramble for a loose ball, players tangle at midfield, including, from left, Peninsula's Lauren Lases, Page Johnson, Bellevue's Karly Ellis and Peninsula's Jaeda Mae Edayan on Wednesday in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women stay unbeaten

Peninsula College posted all the offense it would need in the first half, pouring in four first-half goals and holding Bellevue scoreless… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS In a scramble for a loose ball, players tangle at midfield, including, from left, Peninsula's Lauren Lases, Page Johnson, Bellevue's Karly Ellis and Peninsula's Jaeda Mae Edayan on Wednesday in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula’s Caleb Rollo, right, passes around the defense of Bellevue’s Derek Johnson on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men come up clutch in stoppage time

Score two goals in final minutes

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula’s Caleb Rollo, right, passes around the defense of Bellevue’s Derek Johnson on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles.
Port Angeles Girls Swimming The Port Angeles girls swim team assembles before an Olympic League match with Bremerton at the Bremerton Family YMCA on Wednesday. Team members are, from left, Emerson DuBois, Amayah Nelson, Lynzee Reid, Lizzy Shaw, Mia Francis, Lucy Townsend, Damun Seera, Chloe Kay-Sanders, Grace Williams, Grace Kathol, Brooke St. Luise, Danika Asgiersson, Bella Sains, Shavari Epps, and Sally Kasten.

PREPS: Port Angeles swimmers edge Bremerton

Rider tennis also wins big

Port Angeles Girls Swimming The Port Angeles girls swim team assembles before an Olympic League match with Bremerton at the Bremerton Family YMCA on Wednesday. Team members are, from left, Emerson DuBois, Amayah Nelson, Lynzee Reid, Lizzy Shaw, Mia Francis, Lucy Townsend, Damun Seera, Chloe Kay-Sanders, Grace Williams, Grace Kathol, Brooke St. Luise, Danika Asgiersson, Bella Sains, Shavari Epps, and Sally Kasten.
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Dawn Hulstedt runs ahead of Olympic’s Brynn Fulton and Port Angeles’ Leia Larson during the Olympic League cross country meet at Voice of America at the Dungeness Recreation Area on Wednesday.

CROSS COUNTRY: Wolves girls edge Riders at Voice of America meet

PA’s Larson top overall area finisher

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Dawn Hulstedt runs ahead of Olympic’s Brynn Fulton and Port Angeles’ Leia Larson during the Olympic League cross country meet at Voice of America at the Dungeness Recreation Area on Wednesday.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim boys basketball plans golf tournament plus dinner and auction event Nov. 16

Sequim boys basketball will hold a golf tournament and dinner and auction events on Nov. 16. A four-person… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Ava-Anne Sheahan, right, takes the header as Bremerton's Melanie Uhrich closes in on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.

GIRLS SOCCER: Shehan scores second-half hat trick for Port Angeles

Wolves fall 1-0 to league leading North Kitsap

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles' Ava-Anne Sheahan, right, takes the header as Bremerton's Melanie Uhrich closes in on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.
The top racers in the first- through second-grade division at the Little Hurt celebrate their medals Sunday. From left are Kelton Fogerty, Henry Herschmiller, Isaac Simoneau and Magnus Jensen. Herschmiller won his age group. (Photo by Courtney Nestler)

LITTLE HURT: Little ones get out and get active

More than 70 kids rode, ran and rowed around the campus of Peninsula College this weekend in the annual Little Hurt. The… Continue reading

The top racers in the first- through second-grade division at the Little Hurt celebrate their medals Sunday. From left are Kelton Fogerty, Henry Herschmiller, Isaac Simoneau and Magnus Jensen. Herschmiller won his age group. (Photo by Courtney Nestler)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles tennis sweeps Kingston

The Port Angeles boys tennis team swept Kingston 7-0, not losing a single set during the entire meet. In fact, Garret Buerer… Continue reading

Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke ran for 148 yards on 24 carries against the Port Angeles Roughriders on Friday night. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Sequim takes back the trophy; Quilcene wins a thriller

The Sequim Wolves had surely been looking forward to getting back the Rainshadow Rumble trophy all year after the Port Angeles Roughriders won… Continue reading

Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke ran for 148 yards on 24 carries against the Port Angeles Roughriders on Friday night. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Left, Andrew Perez-Lopez, Quilcene football, and Lilly Anne Lancaster, Port Angeles girls soccer.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Andrew Perez-Lopez, Quilcene football, and Lilly Anne Lancaster, Port Angeles girls soccer

This week, we recognize a pair of athletes who came through in the clutch for their teams in dramatic victories. Andrew Perez-Lopez pretty much did… Continue reading

Left, Andrew Perez-Lopez, Quilcene football, and Lilly Anne Lancaster, Port Angeles girls soccer.
Henry Nelson finishes the mountain bike stage in second place at Saturday’s Big Hurt at Pebble Beach in Port Angeles. Nelson finished third overall in the ironman category. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BIG HURT: More than 200 endurance athletes take on 55-mile race

A total of 48 ironman athletes and 68 two- , three- and four-person teams took on the annual Big Hurt in and… Continue reading

Henry Nelson finishes the mountain bike stage in second place at Saturday’s Big Hurt at Pebble Beach in Port Angeles. Nelson finished third overall in the ironman category. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Members of the “So Every BODY Can Move” teams competing at the Big Hurt get await their mountain bike teammates Saturday at Pebble Beach in Port Angeles. From left are Katya Madden (kayak), Nicole Ver Kuilen (cycling, running), Sierra Landholm (kayak) and Katy Gaastra (cycling). The group is working to require insurance companies to help pay for orthotics and prosthetics so people can not only be mobile but to be able to run and cycle. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BIG HURT: Adaptive teams compete and advocate for change

The two “So Every BODY Can Move” teams at this year’s Big Hurt weren’t just out for a race this weekend. They… Continue reading

Members of the “So Every BODY Can Move” teams competing at the Big Hurt get await their mountain bike teammates Saturday at Pebble Beach in Port Angeles. From left are Katya Madden (kayak), Nicole Ver Kuilen (cycling, running), Sierra Landholm (kayak) and Katy Gaastra (cycling). The group is working to require insurance companies to help pay for orthotics and prosthetics so people can not only be mobile but to be able to run and cycle. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)