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Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Nil Grau controls the ball in the goal box while looking to score during the Pirates' 3-1 win over Tacoma at the NWAC Friendlies in Tacoma.

MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula College breaks through in tussle with Tacoma

Sophomore success sustained Peninsula College as the reigning Northwest Athletic Conference men’s soccer champions opened their title defense with a 3-1 win over… Continue reading

Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Nil Grau controls the ball in the goal box while looking to score during the Pirates' 3-1 win over Tacoma at the NWAC Friendlies in Tacoma.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Nil Grau, center, fights off Skagit Valley's Fernando Velazquez at Peninsula College's Wally Sigmar Field last season. Grau, who scored eight goals last year for the Pirates, returns for his sophomore season this year.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates loaded for NWAC title defense

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team will come in to this season being one of the most-hunted teams in the NWAC. Not… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Nil Grau, center, fights off Skagit Valley's Fernando Velazquez at Peninsula College's Wally Sigmar Field last season. Grau, who scored eight goals last year for the Pirates, returns for his sophomore season this year.
Courtesy of OPRA Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.

ROWING: OPRA members shine at home beach sprint regatta

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted its second annual beach sprint regatta on Hollywood Beach earlier this month. The event brought in… Continue reading

Courtesy of OPRA Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.
Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

CLALLAM COUNTY FAIR: Demolition derby gets airborne

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford, lifting his car off the ground during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this… Continue reading

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula’s Anna Petty, right, advances the ball past Whatcom’s Tori Oord during a match last year at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Petty, who scored 12 goals last year, is back for the Pirates this season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula women get tough tests early

Play defending champion Columbia Basin on Tuesday

Peninsula’s Anna Petty, right, advances the ball past Whatcom’s Tori Oord during a match last year at Wally Sigmar Field in Port Angeles. Petty, who scored 12 goals last year, is back for the Pirates this season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Left, Robin Mather, a member of the Port Angeles cross-country teams between 1982-1985 and Burdette Greeny, a baseball player for the Roughriders who graduated in 1993, were among the 2024 inductees at the annual Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame ceremony. Mather went in as a team member while Greeny as an individual. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Special place creates special athletes

Inductees talk about community and humility

Left, Robin Mather, a member of the Port Angeles cross-country teams between 1982-1985 and Burdette Greeny, a baseball player for the Roughriders who graduated in 1993, were among the 2024 inductees at the annual Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame ceremony. Mather went in as a team member while Greeny as an individual. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Patrick Mahoney of Raymond takes aim at his wooden target during the springboard chop competition during Saturday's logging show in the grandstands arena of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. Mahoney went on to win the event against two other competetors.

CLALLAM COUNTY FAIR: Hack attack at logging show

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Patrick Mahoney of Raymond takes aim at his wooden target during the springboard chop competition during Saturday’s logging show in the… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Patrick Mahoney of Raymond takes aim at his wooden target during the springboard chop competition during Saturday's logging show in the grandstands arena of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. Mahoney went on to win the event against two other competetors.
A fisherman shows off his halibut catch in Westport. Halibut season reopens today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast. David Bergeron/WDFW

OUTDOORS: Halibut season reopens Friday

There will be up to another six weeks of late summer and fall halibut season as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife… Continue reading

A fisherman shows off his halibut catch in Westport. Halibut season reopens today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast. David Bergeron/WDFW

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Wenatchee, Portland to play for WCL championship

For the first time since 2015, the West Coast League champion will be someone other than the Corvallis Knights. On Wednesday night,… Continue reading

Head men's soccer coach Jake Hughes talks with his team during a practice at Wally Sigmar Field last week. The Pirates men and women are both ranked No. 1 in a preseason coaches' poll. (Peninsula College)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula College men’s, women’s soccer preseason No. 1

Both the Peninsula College men’s and women’s soccer teams will begin the season as the preseason No. 1-ranked squads in the Northwest… Continue reading

Head men's soccer coach Jake Hughes talks with his team during a practice at Wally Sigmar Field last week. The Pirates men and women are both ranked No. 1 in a preseason coaches' poll. (Peninsula College)
Pierre LaBossiere on the summit of The Whistlers in Jasper National Park in 2023. (PIerre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Mountain town of Jasper is near and dear to my heart

This was a depressing past couple of weeks for me. Last week, I was supposed to take a vacation I had been… Continue reading

Pierre LaBossiere on the summit of The Whistlers in Jasper National Park in 2023. (PIerre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on Whidbey Island last week, as the Clallam County athletes came home with gold and silver medals. The Orcas extend a special thank-you to Whidbey Island Special Olympics for its hospitality in hosting the Tournament. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS PHOTO: Clallam Special Olympics team wins medals

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on… Continue reading

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on Whidbey Island last week, as the Clallam County athletes came home with gold and silver medals. The Orcas extend a special thank-you to Whidbey Island Special Olympics for its hospitality in hosting the Tournament. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area pickleball athletes win medals at senior games

Several Olympic Peninsula senior athletes won silver and gold medals in pickleball at the Washington State Senior Games held earlier this month. Winning… Continue reading

Barry Wilcox winning his bronze medal at the para-cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023. (Casey Gibson/USOPC)

PORT ANGELES ROUGHRIDER HALL OF FAME: Riders’ Barry Wilcox back in the saddle

Suffered major spinal cord injury in traffic accident, now races in para-cycling

Barry Wilcox winning his bronze medal at the para-cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023. (Casey Gibson/USOPC)
Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt with her high school coach Brad Moore at Sequim’s new track surface earlier this month. Pyeatt just signed a scholarship to run track and field for Washington State as both her and Moore are now proud Cougars. (Tracie Pyeatt)

COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt returns to the Pacific Northwest

Track star for the Wolves will now run for Washington State

Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt with her high school coach Brad Moore at Sequim’s new track surface earlier this month. Pyeatt just signed a scholarship to run track and field for Washington State as both her and Moore are now proud Cougars. (Tracie Pyeatt)
James Baker of Longview stalls out his nitrous oxide charged ‘76 Blazer in a race against Ethan Newman of Quilcene in his Chevy 350-powered 1980 Toyota pickup during the mud drags at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

MUD DRAGS: Jefferson County Fair wraps with muddy mayhem

James Baker of Longview stalls out his nitrous oxide charged ‘76 Blazer in a race against Ethan Newman of Quilcene in his Chevy 350-powered 1980… Continue reading

James Baker of Longview stalls out his nitrous oxide charged ‘76 Blazer in a race against Ethan Newman of Quilcene in his Chevy 350-powered 1980 Toyota pickup during the mud drags at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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LEFTIES: Active bats unable to stop losing skid

They went down swinging, that’s for certain. Port Angeles enjoyed a stellar night at the plate, collecting 14 hits, but the Lefties’… Continue reading

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties' pitcher Joshua Verkuilen throws in the first inning against Cowlitz on Wednesday at Civic Field.

LEFTIES: Summer a success for Port Angeles

Growth of pitching staff, Giesegh, Nunez impressive at the plate

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties' pitcher Joshua Verkuilen throws in the first inning against Cowlitz on Wednesday at Civic Field.

AREA SPORTS: Deer Run 5K on Naval Magazine Indian Island set Saturday

Chance to run or walk on closed Naval base

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties' Kosei Suzuki looks for an appeal from the umpires after Cowlitz' Shea Bowen makes a successful dash for second base during Wednesday's game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

LEFTIES: Port Angeles limited to three base hits in loss

Last game Thursday night 6:35 p.m.

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lefties' Kosei Suzuki looks for an appeal from the umpires after Cowlitz' Shea Bowen makes a successful dash for second base during Wednesday's game at Port Angeles Civic Field.