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Gemma Rowland and Peninsula College women’s soccer coach Kanyon Anderson celebrate after Rowland was honored with the Wally Sigmar award for soccer. The award is given to those who exemplify leadership, athleticism, academics and citizenship. (Peninsula College Athletics)

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PENINSULA COLLEGE: Pirates honor athletic award winners at year-end ceremony

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College Athletics celebrated its 2024-25 academic year accomplishments by handing out athletic awards to…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Registration extended for Rhody Run; NOBAS seeks volunteers

PORT TOWNSEND — The registration has been extended to 8 p.m. Saturday for Sunday’s running of the Jefferson…

Ten teams from around the state and 30 Port Angeles High School alumni competed last week at the Rumble on the Ridge adult basketball tournament. Winning the tournament was the 7 Cedars Casino team, which beat the Dream Team 65-57 in the championship game. The 7 Cedars team are, from left, Garrett Edwards, Daniel Horton, Rick Gooding, Kasey Ulin, Gabe Long, Xander Maestas, Dru Clark and Easton Joslin. Not pictured is Jim Halberg.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Gladfelter second at CCC championship; 7 Cedars wins Rumble on the Ridge

ASHLAND, Ore. — Port Angeles distance runner Jack Gladfelter finished second at the Cascade Collegiate Conference championships in…

Twenty-five Gymnasts from Port Hadlock’s Twisters Gymnastics brought home 39 medals from the Washington State Championships held in March. Another Twisters gymnast also won two regional medals. Top row, from left, Addie Plotner, Tia York, Emmeline Freund, Arden Moore, Avery Dean, Claire Harrison, Molly Brown, Addyson Reid and third row, Isabel Zamora, Addy Davis, Paisley Bergen, Lylia Paranada, Lorelei Chapman, Gwen Smith; second row, Khloe Przygocki, Maggie Brown, Sophia Borrayo, Reilly Goss, Addie Davis, Kyla Sanders, Lola Borrayo and front row, Kate Weber, Kennedy Jevne, Alexandria Armand, Emma Allen and Mia Wills.

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GYMNASTICS: Twisters Gymnasts shine at state competition

Twisters gymnasts shine at state meet

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AREA SPORTS: Flodstrom hits .400, earns All-Lonestar Conference honor

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State’s Ethan Flodstrom earned a spot on the All-Lone Star Conference Baseball second…

Dennis Tisdale of Queen of Angels school and his winning medal design for the North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids' marathon. With him is Queen of Angeles principal Ceci Kimball. (Port Angeles Marathon Association)

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Kids’ medal art winners announced

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Marathon Association announced the winners this week of its 2025 North Olympic…

Members of the Port Angeles Wrestling Club competed in the USA Wrestling Freestyle/Greco-Roman state tournament in Spokane this weekend. From left, are Jace Collins, Carson Grooms and Crew Disher. Coaches are, from left, Rob Grooms and Dom Timpero. (Courtesy of Rob Gale)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Trio of PA wrestlers compete at state; PA-NK softball rescheduled

SPOKANE — A trio of member of the Port Angeles Wrestling Club competed this weekend at the USA…

Riley Pyeatt, Washington State track and field.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim’s Pyeatt wins 1,500 at WSU

PULLMAN — Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt won her first individual outdoor race at the end of April as a…

Klahhane gymnasts competed at the USA Gymnastics Xcel regionals last week in Salem, Ore., and brought back medals. From left are gymnasts Lorelei Sanders, Abigail Odland, Carly Mae Riggs, Elyse Brown and Raynee Ciarlo. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

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GYMNASTICS: Klahhane gymnasts bring back medals from regionals

SALEM, Ore. — Five athletes from Klahhane Gymnastics competed last week at the USA Gymnastics Region 2 Xcel…

Two-year-old Cole Johanson makes a final adjustment to his line and lure before casting into the Bogachiel Rearing Pond on Sunday during the annual Kids Fish Day in Forks. About 180 kids 12 and under participated in the fishing fun sponsored by the West End Sportsmen's Club. The Forks Elks Lodge provided complimentary hotdogs, cocoa, donuts and coffee. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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FORKS KIDS FISHING DAY: Checking his lure

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Left, local Golfer and member of The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club, Ron Grant, scored a hole on April 23. On April 21, local golfer Steven Soha scored a hole in one on hole No. 4 at The Cedars at Dungeness. (Cedars at Dungeness)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Two more holes-in-one at Cedars

SEQUIM — There were two more holes in one last week at the Cedars at Dungeness.

Melinda Roark (126) leads the pack at the beginning of the Sequim Railroad Bridge Run 5K and 10K on Saturday. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: History made in perfect conditions at Sequim Railroad Bridge run

Bothell woman wins 10K overall; youth served in 5K

The first leg of this year’s Northwest Cup was held this past weekend at the Dry Hill race course. Nearly 500 racers from all across the Pacific Northwest competed. Here, Brandon Hintz of Seabeck flies down the bottom of the course. The NW Cup returns to Dry Hill May 16-18. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DOWNHILL BMX: NW Cup returns to Dry Creek with nearly 500 competitors

PORT ANGELES — Nearly 500 riders from all around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia competed in the…

Sequim’s Chrissy Brown (106) runs the Railroad Bridge Run 5K last year in Sequim with her 8-year-old son. More than 450 people are expected to participate in this year’s sixth annual race. (Run the Peninsula)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Railroad Bridge Run returns Saturday

SEQUIM — The second race in the Run the Peninsula series takes place with the sixth annual Railroad…

Photo by Caleb Steele Photography/ Petra Bernsten makes a dramatic entrance for her finals match at the NCWA National Championships in Louisiana in March.

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COLLEGE WRESTLING: Sequim’s Bernsten elevates her athletic career at WSU

SEQUIM — To finish her wrestling career at Washington State University, Petra Bernsten, 20, is going out as…

Rachel Hardies of Port Angeles finishes the half-marathon at this year’s Olympic Adventure Trail Run, which took place in near-perfect sunny conditions this weekend. (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: More than 340 have fun in the sun for the OAT Run

PORT ANGELES — More than 340 runners in the 12th annual Olympic Adventure Trail Run Saturday were treated…

Port Angeles' Jack Gladfelter, left, and Max Baeder, competed this weekend at the John Knight Invitational in Monmouth Oregon. Gladfelter now runs for Corban University in Salem, Ore., and Baeder runs for The Evergreen State College. (Joe Gladfelter)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Gladfelter, Baeder compete at Western Oregon meet

MONMOUTH, Ore. — Former Port Angeles track and cross-country teammates Jack Gladfelter and Max Baeder met again in…

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AREA SPORTS: Peninsula College’s Pirate Zombie Mud Run back May 17

PORT ANGELES — The Pirate Zombie Mud Run is back — and organizers say it’s bigger, muddier and…

Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press Clayton Ernst of Port Angeles, right, rides through the holeshot leading to the Desert 100 motorcycle races’ first turn last Sunday near Odessa. Ernst went on to win the 386-participant overall 50-mile race along with his 15-and-younger age division on his KTM.

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MOTORCYCLE RACING: Port Angeles’ Clayton Ernst wins Desert 100’s 50-mile race

Biggest racing weekend in Pacific Northwest

The Cedars at Dungeness Men’s Club member Robert Beaudette recorded his first hole-in-one on the par-3 11th hole on April 3.

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AREA SPORTS: Cedars member Bob Beaudette notches ace

Cedars’ Beaudette records his first hole-in-one