Quilcene's Allison Jones (9) sets the ball for a spike as teammates Megan Weller (11)

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene volleyball wraps up regular season with sweep; other area reports

QUILCENE — Quilcene closed out the volleyball regular season with a three-set sweep of the Northwest Yeshiva 613s. The win was the Rangers' seventh straight,… Continue reading

Quilcene's Allison Jones (9) sets the ball for a spike as teammates Megan Weller (11)
The Port Angeles Future Riders A-White youth football team advanced to the playoffs this Saturday at 6 p.m. at Civic Field in Port Angeles after an undefeated season. The team is Chad Ward (2)

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Townsend’s Fraser wins cross country title . . . Olympic Junior Babe Ruth electing board . . . Storm King Lightning win . . . Future Riders undefeated

Port Townsend's Fraser claims cross country national title BELLINGHAM — Port Townsend High School assistant cross country coach Ian Fraser won a national championship at… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Future Riders A-White youth football team advanced to the playoffs this Saturday at 6 p.m. at Civic Field in Port Angeles after an undefeated season. The team is Chad Ward (2)
The Port Ludlow Guild of Seattle Children's Hospital raised almost $8

GOLF: Still time to vote for Cedars at Dungeness in Evening Magazine’s Best of Western Washington contest

TIME’S RUNNING OUT to vote for Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim as “Best Golf Course” in TV’s Evening Magazine’s annual “The Best of Western Washington”… Continue reading

The Port Ludlow Guild of Seattle Children's Hospital raised almost $8
Quilcene's Allison Jones (9) sets the ball for a spike as teammates Megan Weller (11)

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene volleyball wraps up regular season with sweep; other area reports

QUILCENE — Quilcene closed out the volleyball regular season with a three-set sweep of the Northwest Yeshiva 613s. The win was the Rangers' seventh straight,… Continue reading

Quilcene's Allison Jones (9) sets the ball for a spike as teammates Megan Weller (11)
Chimacum's Morgen Hartnett

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Chimacum downs Crescent 3-1 in nonleague match

CHIMACUM — Chimacum rebounded from a first set loss to push past Crescent 24-26, 25-11, 25-12, 25-10. “It was a nonleague game so we were… Continue reading

Chimacum's Morgen Hartnett

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Student-Athletes of the Week . . . Alison Maxwell honored for running exploits . . . Seahawks event Friday at Peninsula College

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles seniors Kate Haworth and Astrid Schick have been honored as Roughrider Student-Athletes of the Week for Oct. 6-11. Haworth is… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys coaching search re-opens after Reinhardt turns down offer

PORT ANGELES — Basketball practice begins in less than four weeks and the Port Angeles boys are still looking for a coach. Kevin Reinhardt, an… Continue reading

Peninsula College freshman forward Samuel McEntire battles Chemeketa's Gilberto Arreola for the ball at the NWAC Friendlies at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila earlier this season. The No. 1-ranked Pirates face off against West Division rival Highline on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men, women clash with Highline with division, playoff position on the line

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College soccer players and fans are bracing themselves for the biggest day of the 2014 season. The Peninsula women and men… Continue reading

Peninsula College freshman forward Samuel McEntire battles Chemeketa's Gilberto Arreola for the ball at the NWAC Friendlies at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila earlier this season. The No. 1-ranked Pirates face off against West Division rival Highline on Wednesday at Wally Sigmar Field. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

Sequim has had a crazy October. The Wolves have gone to overtime in each of their three games this month. The downside is that two… Continue reading

PREP NOTES: Olympic League football postseason race could get messy

KELLEN LANDRY'S GAME-WINNING catch created mayhem at Civic Field, with Port Angeles students and fans joining the team on the field to celebrate the Roughriders'… Continue reading

MEN’S SOCCER: Maciel leads Peninsula College past Clark; Highline showdown next

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Two early goals from sophomore Caio Maciel were all the Peninsula College men's soccer team needed to beat Clark on the road.… Continue reading

PREP NOTES: Olympic League football postseason race could get messy

KELLEN LANDRY'S GAME-WINNING catch created mayhem at Civic Field, with Port Angeles students and fans joining the team on the field to celebrate the Roughriders'… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Slow-starting Port Angeles girls soccer defeats Bremerton 3-1; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — Two days after a big rivalry game win, the Port Angeles girls soccer team struggled to find an early groove and it… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kate Haworth

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles girls top Sequim 2-0 for first season sweep since 2011

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated to correct the name of the Port Angeles player who made the cross that set up the second goal to Emma Smith]… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kate Haworth

OUTDOORS: Rain works magic on rivers, Dungeness now open for anglers

ALL THE RECENT rain has been a boon on the Dungeness River, which opened to coho, trout and other game fish retention Thursday. Cue the… Continue reading

Crescent's Zach Fletcher (14) is surrounded by

PREP FOOTBALL: Clallam Bay’s Casey Randall and Kyle Keys team to take down Crescent

CLALLAM BAY — Casey Randall and Kyle Keys teamed to account for nine of Clallam Bay's 11 touchdowns in a rain-soaked 69-14 trouncing of Crescent.… Continue reading

Crescent's Zach Fletcher (14) is surrounded by
Port Angeles running back Nathan Angevine (5) holds the Rainshadow Rumble trophy while surrounded by his teammates

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles takes to the air in overtime to down Sequim 20-14 in Rainshadow Rumble

PORT ANGELES — Long after the game had ended — after the Port Angeles students stormed the field, the Rainshadow Rumble trophy had been hoisted,… Continue reading

Port Angeles running back Nathan Angevine (5) holds the Rainshadow Rumble trophy while surrounded by his teammates
Chimacum's Brendon Naylor

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend clinches at least a share of Olympic League 1A title with win over Klahowya; other area reports

BREMERTON — A stifling defensive effort and a power rushing game propelled Port Townsend to a 27-9 victory over Klahowya. The win clinches at least… Continue reading

Chimacum's Brendon Naylor
Port Angeles senior Delanie Critchfield swims the 100 freestyle during the last home meet of her high school swimming career. Patty Reifenstahl

PREP SPORTS: Sequim volleyball sweeps Port Angeles for second time this season; other area reports

SEQUIM — Sequim (8-1, 10-1) swept Port Angeles (1-8, 1-10) for the second time this season, taking the senior night match 25-18, 25-18 25-10. “We… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Delanie Critchfield swims the 100 freestyle during the last home meet of her high school swimming career. Patty Reifenstahl

OUTDOORS: Rain works magic on rivers, Dungeness now open for anglers

ALL THE RECENT rain has been a boon on the Dungeness River, which opened to coho, trout and other game fish retention Thursday. Cue the… Continue reading