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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Winter Youth Bowling League at Laurel Lanes

PORT ANGELES — Laurel Lanes will host a Winter Youth Bowling League for ages 5–17 beginning Jan. 17.

Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann represented the North Olympic Peninsula in The Hawaii Tiki Bowl on Saturday in Kunuiakea Stadium in Honolulu.

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FOOTBALL: Gridiron duo play in Tiki Bowl

HONOLULU — Longtime friends and football teammates Brayden Wopperer and Dylan Mann competed in Saturday’s Hawaii Tiki Bowl…

North Olympic Peninsula cheerleaders performed in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade on Dec. 7 in front of thousands of spectators lining the streets at Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach. From left, Port Angeles’ Madison Bishop, Forks’ Danikka King and Libby Owen and Port Angeles’ Addisen McNeece and Melia Webber.

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AREA SPORTS: Forks, Port Angeles cheerleaders perform in Pearl Harbor Day Parade

Port Angeles, Forks perform in Pearl Harbor

Kylin Weitz, 12, of Port Angeles, finished second in the 12 girls expert class and 12 girls cruiser class at the BMX USA Grant Nationals in Tulsa, Okla., last week, just seven weeks after fracturing her ankle at the world championships in Copenhagen. At right is Sean Coleman, Lincoln Park BMX operator, who finished seventh in the 51-55 novice class. (Britney Rowland)

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LINCOLN PARK BMX: Just 7 weeks after breaking ankle, PA’s Kylin Weitz second in two events at grand nationals

PORT ANGELES — No one is ever going to accuse Kylin Weitz of not being tough or courageous.

Members of the Lincoln Park BMX were recognized by USA BMX as the top fundraising park in the nation for Race for Life. (Lincoln Park BMX)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX No. 1 in Race for Life

PORT ANGELES — The Lincoln Park BMX track led the country with the most raised while hosting Race…

Aaliyah Clark of Poulsbo (378) and Monica Castleberry of Lacey (21) lead a young runner at the start of the Jamestown S'Klallam Glow Run in Blyn late Saturday afternoon. The race had a record-breaking 900 participants this year. (Michael Dashiell/Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Record-setting crowd at Jamestown Glow Run

BLYN — A record-setting huge crowd of nearly 900 people ran in the annual Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run…

More than 350 runners are expected for the annual Jamestown S'Klallam Glow Run Saturday in Blyn. (Run the Peninsula)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Popular Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run returns Saturday

BLYN — The popular Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe 5K/10K Glow Run, the final leg of the Run the Peninsula…

Runners take off at the Port Angeles waterfront in the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. The men's 10K winner Michael Higuera (No. 372, in dark blue), is at the front of the pack. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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THANKSGIVING RUN: 340 come out to compete in annual Turkey Trot

PORT ANGELES — A total of 340 runners worked up an appetite for Thanksgiving dinner by coming out…

Jack Gladfelter of Port Angeles was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference male cross-country runner of the year. (CCC)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Gladfelter named CCC male runner of the year

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Jack Gladfelter of Corban University was named the 2025 Cascade Collegiate Conference McDonald’s Men’s Cross…

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: This Thanksgiving, I really have something to be thankful for

Every year at Thanksgiving dinner, we would be asked at the table what we were thankful for that…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Gladfelter 11th at NAIA cross-country nationals

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For the second straight year, Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter is an NAIA All-American in cross…

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)

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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…

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.

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

Fresno State senior has Roughrider, Pirate roots

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.

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PREPS: Neah Bay volleyball fifth at state tournament

Van Gordon leads Roughrider bowlers in opener

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

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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

Paige Mason, left, and Jack Gladfelter and Max Baeder, right.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Mason named NWAC defender of the week

Gladfelter, Baeder to NAIA nationals

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CARD COLLECTING: Trading card show set Saturday in Sequim

Sports cards, Pokemon and more

The Port Angeles Future Riders edged Neah Bay 20-19 in the North Olympic Youth Football A Squad Championship last Saturday at Civic Field. The Future Riders A Squad finished the season unbeaten at 7-0. Team members are Mason Martinez, Jarrett McNeely, Ryan Somers, Nick Somers, Blake Botero, Oliver Mathis, Blake Petersen, Taco Armenta, Wiliam Paings, Gurvey Singh, Kellen Irvine, Trust Christenson, Iren Coffey, Colby Horejsi, Leroy Armentat, Jacob Potter, Everett Andreason, Axel Plute, Silas Cooper, Kaidence Brant, Thomas Possinger, Preston Smith and Colin Neese. The team was coached by head coach KC Spencer, Grey Olekas, Shane Martin, Adam Plute, Joe Coffey and Brandon Irvine.

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AREA SPORTS: Future Riders A Squad wraps undefeated season with championship victory

Indoor soccer registration in Sequim

Fresno State Athletics Fresno State point guard Millie Long.

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AREA SPORT: PA’s Millie Long now starring for Fresno State women’s basketball team

The Cedars at Dungeness hosting holiday food bank benefit Dec. 13

Bud Denney Neah Bay’s senior class was celebrated before the Red Devils’ final home football game of the season. Neah Bay’s football seniors are, from left, Azariah Greene, Joe Smith, Tyler Swan, LeAnthony Jimmicum, Lelan Greene, Elijha Malinowski and Kane Greene.

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AREA SPORTS: YMCA and Sequim Youth Basketball registration, Youth wrestling in PA

Forks youth wrestling holds in-person signups