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Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Annie Ellefson swims the 200-yard medley relay during a swim meet with East Jefferson on Wednesday at the Sequim YMCA.

GIRLS SWIMMING: Wolves slip past Rivals in pool play

Sequim edged East Jefferson 86-72 in an Olympic League girls swim meet Wednesday at the Sequim YMCA. “It was a great meet with… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Annie Ellefson swims the 200-yard medley relay during a swim meet with East Jefferson on Wednesday at the Sequim YMCA.
Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula's Nil Grau leaps for a header in front of a Skagit Valley opponent as teammate Edwin Diaz looks on during the Pirates' 2-1 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field.

MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula rallies for short-handed win

Down to 10 men, Pirates stay unbeaten with 2 late goals

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula's Nil Grau leaps for a header in front of a Skagit Valley opponent as teammate Edwin Diaz looks on during the Pirates' 2-1 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field.
Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula's Shawna Larson, center, concentrates on the ball in front of Skagit Valley's Paige Mason, right, a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate, and Stephanie Ortiz during the Pirates' 4-1 win Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Second-half surge lifts Peninsula

Three goals over 21 minutes in the second half gave the Peninsula College women all the cushion they would need in a… Continue reading

Jay Cline/for Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula's Shawna Larson, center, concentrates on the ball in front of Skagit Valley's Paige Mason, right, a 2024 Port Angeles High School graduate, and Stephanie Ortiz during the Pirates' 4-1 win Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field.
PA Roughriders

BOYS TENNIS: Roughrider boys take one match from state champion North Kitsap

Port Angeles boys tennis traveled to Poulsbo to take on the defending Class 2A state champion Vikings from North Kitsap and the Vikings… Continue reading

PA Roughriders
Sequim's Sasha Yada (20) battles for a ball against a Kingston player on Tuesday in Sequim. Kingston won the match 3-2 in penalty kicks. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim falls in penalty kick shootout heartbreaker

Riders win on the road in a shutout

Sequim's Sasha Yada (20) battles for a ball against a Kingston player on Tuesday in Sequim. Kingston won the match 3-2 in penalty kicks. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim's Sydney Clark, left, and Rose Gibson rise up to block a kill attempt from Kingston's Maddie Brown (15). Sequim won 3-0 to remain near the top of the Olympic League standings. (Michael Dashiell/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Sequim sweeps Kingston, remains solidly in third

The Sequim volleyball team swept Kingston 3-0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-20) to remain in third place and postseason in the Olympic League. After Tuesday’s… Continue reading

Sequim's Sydney Clark, left, and Rose Gibson rise up to block a kill attempt from Kingston's Maddie Brown (15). Sequim won 3-0 to remain near the top of the Olympic League standings. (Michael Dashiell/for Peninsula Daily News)
Spartan Miley Blanton (center) controls the ball between Ilwaco players Sharon Merino Orozco (6) and Jacquelyn Hernandez (10). Forks defeated the Fisherman 4 to 0 at Spartan Stadium. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks soccer breaks through for first win

Miley Blanton scores a hat trick

Spartan Miley Blanton (center) controls the ball between Ilwaco players Sharon Merino Orozco (6) and Jacquelyn Hernandez (10). Forks defeated the Fisherman 4 to 0 at Spartan Stadium. Photo by Lonnie Archibald.
Sequim Wolves, from left, Ethan Melnick, Malachi Hampton and Liam Wiker take on North Kitsap in Poulsbo in a rare Thursday game. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Sequim defensive battle sets up huge game Thursday

A serious traffic collision threw a wrench into the travel plans for both the Sequim Wolves and Port Angeles Roughriders. The collision delayed both teams… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves, from left, Ethan Melnick, Malachi Hampton and Liam Wiker take on North Kitsap in Poulsbo in a rare Thursday game. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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

Amayah Nelson, Port Angeles swimming.

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

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).
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.