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Port Angeles hosted the Fall Classic Basketball Tournament this weekend with 50 teams from as far away as Bainbridge and Everett. The tournament featured girls and boys from fourth through eighth grades playing games Saturday and Sunday at Port Angeles High School and Roosevelt and Stevens middle school gyms. Each division winner will have qualified for the state tournament in 2026. Here, Jack Jacobson, a Sequim Timberwolves seventh grader, drives around a player from Poulsbo. The Sequim Timberwolves won the game 50-25. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

LOCAL SPORTS: Hooping it up for the holidays in Port Angeles

Port Angeles hosted the Fall Classic Basketball Tournament this weekend with 50 teams from as far away as Bainbridge and Everett. The tournament featured girls… Continue reading

Port Angeles hosted the Fall Classic Basketball Tournament this weekend with 50 teams from as far away as Bainbridge and Everett. The tournament featured girls and boys from fourth through eighth grades playing games Saturday and Sunday at Port Angeles High School and Roosevelt and Stevens middle school gyms. Each division winner will have qualified for the state tournament in 2026. Here, Jack Jacobson, a Sequim Timberwolves seventh grader, drives around a player from Poulsbo. The Sequim Timberwolves won the game 50-25. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Addy Hoffman eyes the lane as she prepares to bowl during the Wolves’ match with North Mason at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles on Monday.

New bowlers roll for Sequim team

North Olympic League football and volleyball all-league teams

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Addy Hoffman eyes the lane as she prepares to bowl during the Wolves’ match with North Mason at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles on Monday.
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College’s Patrick Odingo, right, returns from an ankle injury that caused him to medically redshirt last season and undergo surgery in his native Australia. Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College’s Patrick Odingo, right, returns from an ankle injury that caused him to medically redshirt last season and undergo surgery in his native Australia.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College sets sail under new captain

Quick guards, length, tantalizing size inside

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College’s Patrick Odingo, right, returns from an ankle injury that caused him to medically redshirt last season and undergo surgery in his native Australia. Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College’s Patrick Odingo, right, returns from an ankle injury that caused him to medically redshirt last season and undergo surgery in his native Australia.
Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times Washington guard Sayvia Sellers drives to the hoop while defended by Fresno State’s Ava Marr, center, and Millie Long on Wednesday in Seattle.

AREA SPORTS: PA’s Millie Long takes on No. 25 UW

Fresno State senior has Roughrider, Pirate roots

Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times Washington guard Sayvia Sellers drives to the hoop while defended by Fresno State’s Ava Marr, center, and Millie Long on Wednesday in Seattle.
NOAA A Steller sea lion voices his displeasure along a rocky Pacific Coast tideland.

Outdoors: Sea lion numbers, appetites grow

Makah-Western Washington University study provides data on sea lion diet

NOAA A Steller sea lion voices his displeasure along a rocky Pacific Coast tideland.
Neah Bay's Ryana Moss is one of the leaders for the Peninsula College women's team this season. Moss scored in double figures in two straight games in Pasco last weekend. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Peninsula women look to uphold high standard

Pirates battling injuries early in the season

Neah Bay's Ryana Moss is one of the leaders for the Peninsula College women's team this season. Moss scored in double figures in two straight games in Pasco last weekend. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
Port Angeles bowler Zoey Van Gordon with her coach Becky Gundersen, left, signed to compete at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Neb. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BOWLING: PA’s Van Gordon makes history with college signing

Port Angeles High School senior Zoey Van Gordon made history Wednesday when she became the first Roughrider to sign a college letter… Continue reading

Port Angeles bowler Zoey Van Gordon with her coach Becky Gundersen, left, signed to compete at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Neb. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Neah Bay Red Devils.

STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay to make another long road trip

More than 1,800 miles of travel in seven days for the Red Devils

Neah Bay Red Devils.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Highline, Spokane win NWAC soccer titles

For the first time since 2022, neither the Peninsula College men nor women were in the NWAC soccer championship game. The men won… Continue reading

Left, Ava Shinkle, Sequim swim and dive; and Lynzee Reid, Port Angeles swim and dive.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Ava Shinkle, Sequim swim and dive; Lynzee Reid, Port Angeles swim and dive

Sequim’s Ava Shinkle and Port Angeles’ Lynzee Reid each had outstanding performances this weekend at the state 1A/2A swim and dive championships in Federal Way.… Continue reading

Left, Ava Shinkle, Sequim swim and dive; and Lynzee Reid, Port Angeles swim and dive.
Kasi Baker (18) scored a goal for the Peninsula College in the NWAC semifinals Friday in Tukwila. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

NWAC SEMIFINAL: Peninsula College women come undone in second half

Pirates allow three second-half scores, had allowed one goal all season

Kasi Baker (18) scored a goal for the Peninsula College in the NWAC semifinals Friday in Tukwila. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
The Port Angeles girls swim team finished 12th at state this weekend. From left, top row, are Amayah Nelson, Lizzy Shaw and Lynzee Reid. From left, bottom row, are Anaya Tejeda, Chloe Kay-Sanders and Mia Francis. (Sally Cole)

STATE SWIMMING: PA, Sequim teams finish in top 18

PA’s Lynzee Reid third in diving; Sequim’s Ava Shinkle fifth in 200 IM

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished 12th at state this weekend. From left, top row, are Amayah Nelson, Lizzy Shaw and Lynzee Reid. From left, bottom row, are Anaya Tejeda, Chloe Kay-Sanders and Mia Francis. (Sally Cole)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women drop two on opening weekend

The Peninsula College women’s basketball team went up against two of the elite teams in the Northwest Athletic Conference this weekend and found… Continue reading

Neah Bay Red Devils

STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay fends off Garfield-Palouse in a shootout

Red Devils win 60-54 as Vikings’ rally comes up short

Neah Bay Red Devils
Matthew Strissel/Whitman County Gazette The Neah Bay volleyball team won a back-and-forth match with Wilbur-Creston-Keller 3-2 to earn fifth place at the Class 1B state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome. This is the Red Devils’ third state trophy in the last four years.

PREPS: Neah Bay volleyball fifth at state tournament

Port Angeles’ girls bowling team opened league play with a loss to Bremerton on the road… Continue reading

Matthew Strissel/Whitman County Gazette The Neah Bay volleyball team won a back-and-forth match with Wilbur-Creston-Keller 3-2 to earn fifth place at the Class 1B state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome. This is the Red Devils’ third state trophy in the last four years.
Port Angeles’ Kenny Riggs caught this 78.7-pound halibut on the final day of the 2016 Port Angeles Salmon Club Halibut Derby to win the $5,000 first prize. This was the last halibut derby held by the club due to reduced halibut seasons.

OUTDOORS: Salmon club eyes derby return

AS PART OF a push to grow membership numbers and reestablish some fishing traditions, the Port Angeles Salmon Club, an organization with roots dating back… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Kenny Riggs caught this 78.7-pound halibut on the final day of the 2016 Port Angeles Salmon Club Halibut Derby to win the $5,000 first prize. This was the last halibut derby held by the club due to reduced halibut seasons.
Taylor Balkom/The Columbian Port Angeles senior Kennedy Rognlien stretches to make a save during the Roughriders' 1-0 loss to Hockinson in a Class 2A girls soccer state tournament game at Battle Ground High School. This was Rognlien's 16th and final save of the game.

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: PA thwarted despite Rognlien heroics

Senior goalkeeper makes 16 saves

Taylor Balkom/The Columbian Port Angeles senior Kennedy Rognlien stretches to make a save during the Roughriders' 1-0 loss to Hockinson in a Class 2A girls soccer state tournament game at Battle Ground High School. This was Rognlien's 16th and final save of the game.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women in NWAC semifinals

Play Friday at 4 p.m.

Keylee Tavoi celebrates a Neah Bay point during the Red Devils Class 1B state volleyball tournament victory over Valley Christian. Neah Bay (19-3) faced Wilbur-Creston-Keller for the 5th-6th-place trophy late Thursday at the Yakima Valley SunDome. Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press

AREA SPORTS: Neah Bay places at Class 1B state volleyball tournament

Chipotle benefit Saturday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Sequim Junior Soccer

Keylee Tavoi celebrates a Neah Bay point during the Red Devils Class 1B state volleyball tournament victory over Valley Christian. Neah Bay (19-3) faced Wilbur-Creston-Keller for the 5th-6th-place trophy late Thursday at the Yakima Valley SunDome. Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press
Peninsula College defender Jeremie Kuelo (4) was named the North Region MVP in men's soccer. (Jay Cline/Peninsula Soccer)

NWAC SOCCER: Peninsula players earn North Region MVPs

The Peninsula College soccer programs netted two North Region MVPs for their men’s and women’s teams in Northwest Athletic Conference awards announced… Continue reading

Peninsula College defender Jeremie Kuelo (4) was named the North Region MVP in men's soccer. (Jay Cline/Peninsula Soccer)