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Alecsis Smith has been an inside force off the bench for the Peninsula College women's basketball team, averaging 11.5 points and 11 rebounds a game in the first two games of the NWAC Tournament. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: 31-0 Lane awaits Peninsula women in NWAC semis

This weekend will be a true battle of titans, both literally and figuratively. The Peninsula College women are back in the Northwest… Continue reading

Alecsis Smith has been an inside force off the bench for the Peninsula College women's basketball team, averaging 11.5 points and 11 rebounds a game in the first two games of the NWAC Tournament. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles soccer opens season with dramatic win

The Port Angeles boys soccer team rallied for a pair of goals in the final six minutes of the second half to beat… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders
Neah Bay's Qwaapeys Greene was named the girls' MVP of the North Olympic League. (NFHS Network)

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay dominates all-NOL teams

Greene girls MVP; Chambers, Swan co-MVPs for boys

Neah Bay's Qwaapeys Greene was named the girls' MVP of the North Olympic League. (NFHS Network)
From left, Mariah Disque and Kadence Greul of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Club competed in the women’s Jr. U17 doubles boat at Vancouver Lake this weekend. (OPRA)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: OPRA rowers bring home medals; top players, coaches named in boys basketball

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association competed in its first regatta of the season at Vancouver Lake Spring Sprints on Saturday, with Cooper… Continue reading

From left, Mariah Disque and Kadence Greul of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Club competed in the women’s Jr. U17 doubles boat at Vancouver Lake this weekend. (OPRA)
The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third-straight state 1B championship in Spokane this weekend. (Cherish Moss)

PREP BASKETBALL RECAP: Neah Bay girls keep legacy going with another title

Neah Bay boys come within seconds of making championship game

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third-straight state 1B championship in Spokane this weekend. (Cherish Moss)
Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball

Pretty much the entire starting five for the Neah Bay girls basketball team contributed to the team’s third straight state Class 1B championship this weekend… Continue reading

Wiinuk Martin, Neah Bay girls basketball.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bremerton state champions in boys 2A basketball

For the second time in five years, a boys basketball state 2A champion has come out of the Olympic League. Olympic League co-champion… Continue reading

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third straight state 1B championship in Spokane on Saturday. (Cherish Moss)

1B GIRLS BASKETBALL: (updated) Neah Bay makes history with three straight state championships

Red Devils defeat Garfield-Palouse 46-36 in finals

The Neah Bay girls basketball team celebrates its third straight state 1B championship in Spokane on Saturday. (Cherish Moss)

STATE 1B BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys finish fifth

Heartbreaking loss in semifinals to rival Lummi

Geno Smith will be reunited with former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll in Las Vegas for the Raiders. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: QB Geno Smith traded to the Raiders

The Las Vegas Raiders are acquiring veteran quarterback Geno Smith from the Seattle Seahawks, team and league sources have confirmed to , swinging the first… Continue reading

Geno Smith will be reunited with former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll in Las Vegas for the Raiders. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Courtesy Bud Denney Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, right, received the WIAA Sportsmanship Medallion from Lauri McCaulley for her play in the Red Devils’ 51-36 state quarterfinal win over Oakesdale on Thursday at the Spokane Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL: Red Devils rally back; move on to Friday semifinal

Trailed 30-22 midway through 3rd, win 51-36

Courtesy Bud Denney Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, right, received the WIAA Sportsmanship Medallion from Lauri McCaulley for her play in the Red Devils’ 51-36 state quarterfinal win over Oakesdale on Thursday at the Spokane Arena.
Will Denner/The Columbian Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.

STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles has its chances against No. 7 Columbia River

Rally back but can’t take lead

Will Denner/The Columbian Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College’s Ciera Tugade Agasiva cuts through the South Puget Sound defense and gets to the rim for a layup during the Pirates’ NWAC women’s basketball tournament Elite 8 victory Thursday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

NWAC TOURNAMENT: Peninsula College women crush Clippers, return to Final 4

Head back next weekend for semifinal

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College’s Ciera Tugade Agasiva cuts through the South Puget Sound defense and gets to the rim for a layup during the Pirates’ NWAC women’s basketball tournament Elite 8 victory Thursday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

1B STATE PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay boys move to quarterfinals

The Neah Bay boys basketball team remained alive in the championship bracket with a come-from-behind 58-47 victory over Garfield-Palouse at the Spokane Arena… Continue reading

Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)

STATE 2A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Sequim can’t hold on to big leads

Wolves falter in fourth

Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)
Peninsula College’s Carliese O’Brien drives to the hoop against Chemeketa’s Ava Rubio (4) and Mady Diaz (2) in the first round of the NWAC tournament at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. Peninsula got up 36-5 at the half and went on to win 66-44. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

NWAC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: Peninsula defense, rebounding smothers Chemeketa

Pirates get up 36-5 at halftime

Peninsula College’s Carliese O’Brien drives to the hoop against Chemeketa’s Ava Rubio (4) and Mady Diaz (2) in the first round of the NWAC tournament at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. Peninsula got up 36-5 at the half and went on to win 66-44. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)
Peninsula College's Ciera Tugade Agasiva made the all-North first team. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula teams put six on all-North squads

As expected, the North Region-champion Peninsula College women are filling up the roster of the all-North teams. Named to the first team… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Ciera Tugade Agasiva made the all-North first team. (Jay Cline/Peninsula College)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim baseball team to hold youth clinic

The Sequim High School baseball team willhost a youth clinic for all players from third to eighth grades Saturday. The high school players… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

POSTSEASON BASKETBALL: Five area prep and college teams prepare for state, NWAC tournaments

Four Olympic Peninsula boys and girls basketball teams and one women’s college team will be busy hooping it up in central and… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Lindsay Smith, here playing against Bremerton, is leading the Roughriders in scoring this season. Smith and her teammates begin play at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
From left, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Lincoln Park BMX, and Finn Thompson, Port Angeles boys swimming.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Teyah Elofson-Cross, BMX, and Finn Thompson, swimming

Port Angeles sixth-grader Teyah Elofson-Cross is the latest BMX star to come from the Lincoln Park BMX track. In Houston this past weekend, she competed… Continue reading

From left, Teyah Elofson-Cross, Lincoln Park BMX, and Finn Thompson, Port Angeles boys swimming.