Area Sports

Team Kiwi, driven by Chris Munro and navigated by Katie Munro, competes at the Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Team Kiwi, driven by Chris Munro and navigated by Katie Munro, competes at the Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS: Oyster races return to Quilcene on Sept. 19

The Quilcene Oyster Races, featuring a half-marathon and 5- and 10-kilometer running events, returns to Quilcene on Sept.… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Last-chance registration for Klahhane Gymnastics fall classes

Jones cards 5th ace, Perkins his 10th hole-in-one at Peninsula Golf Club

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Fee-free day Wednesday in state and national parks

Pool plans cardboard boat races for 18 and younger

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Field cleanup plus dinner and a movie Saturday in Sequim; Soccer refs needed; West End Thunder drags Saturday and Sunday

A day of field cleanup followed later by an old-fashioned spaghetti dinner and a baseball movie under the stars will be hosted Saturday… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School graduate Bob Peterson, left, meets with Egypt's Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Isreal's Menachem Begin in the 1970s. After starring as a Roughriders football player, Peterson joined the U.S. Air Force and will be inducted into the Roughrider Hall of Fame on Saturday.

PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Bob Peterson, member of 2020 class, has met kings and emperors

Port Angeles’ Bob Peterson went from playing football to “carrying the football” in his lifetime. Peterson, a three-sport star at Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School graduate Bob Peterson, left, meets with Egypt's Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Isreal's Menachem Begin in the 1970s. After starring as a Roughriders football player, Peterson joined the U.S. Air Force and will be inducted into the Roughrider Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Kathleen LaBossiere in 1969.

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: A champion who was better than she realized

Last week would have been my mother’s 91st birthday. Today, I’ve started writing her eulogy for her memorial. She passed away on Sept. 11 of… Continue reading

Kathleen LaBossiere in 1969.
Winners, left to right: Adam Shantz, Dean Owen, Derek Moore, Brandon Lancelle

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Golf tourneys, scrambles benefit schools, organizations

New uniforms for East Jefferson — the Port Townsend and Chimacum high school athletics combine — is the goal for a Port… Continue reading

Winners, left to right: Adam Shantz, Dean Owen, Derek Moore, Brandon Lancelle
Lincoln Park BMX Track was the center for BMX racing in Western Washington over the weekend as the park hosted state qualifying races for the state championships in Spokane next month and Gold Cup qualifiers for a five-state regional championship in Richland in September. 
In the 14 Expert class are No. 10 Josiah Ringstad of Port Orchard, #63 Cash Coleman of Port Angeles and in the lead, No. 6 Jackson Beal of Port Townsend.
Lincoln Park BMX Track was the center for BMX racing in Western Washington over the weekend as the park hosted state qualifying races for the state championships in Spokane next month and Gold Cup qualifiers for a five-state regional championship in Richland in September. 
In the 14 Expert class are No. 10 Josiah Ringstad of Port Orchard, #63 Cash Coleman of Port Angeles and in the lead, No. 6 Jackson Beal of Port Townsend.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Big Quilcene River clean-up Thursday; Mitch Black Memorial Golf Tournament coming up at Port Ludlow

A community clean-up of The Big Quilcene River watershed is planned today. The river provides drinking water for much of Jefferson County including… Continue reading

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Turbo the slug came, he saw and he conquered at Joyce Daze this weekend.

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Long live Turbo … we’re just two weeks away from fall sports

You know you’re doing local news when you’re rewriting a press release on Turbo the extreme sports slug. Yes, Turbo came, Turbo saw, Turbo kicked… Continue reading

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Turbo the slug came, he saw and he conquered at Joyce Daze this weekend.
Cameron Colfax of the Port Angeles 12s fires to home plate against the Federal Way Outlaws at the Dick Brown Memorial Baseball Tournament held this weekend at Lincoln Park. He struck out the side. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles teams place at Dick Brown baseball tournament

The PA 10s and PA 11s both finished second in their respective divisions during the 23rd annual Dick Brown Memorial Youth Baseball… Continue reading

Cameron Colfax of the Port Angeles 12s fires to home plate against the Federal Way Outlaws at the Dick Brown Memorial Baseball Tournament held this weekend at Lincoln Park. He struck out the side. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: BMX state, gold cup qualifiers this weekend

Friday through Sunday will be state and gold cup BMX qualifiers at the Lincoln Park BMX Track, the biggest… Continue reading

Photo by Sam Nugent
Competitors jockey for position in the Extreme Slug Racing in Joyce this weekend. The event raised a record $801 in donations to Clallam County Fire District No.4. The event is sponsored by Family Kitchen of Joyce, Wilder Auto, Fogtown Coffee and Bedford Sodas. No slugs were harmed and they were released back to the wild after the races.

JOYCE DAZE: Turbo dominates extreme slug races

Crowds cheered as “Turbo the Slug” took the Triple Crown of Joyce Daze Slug Racing, winning all three heats in the annual extreme… Continue reading

Photo by Sam Nugent
Competitors jockey for position in the Extreme Slug Racing in Joyce this weekend. The event raised a record $801 in donations to Clallam County Fire District No.4. The event is sponsored by Family Kitchen of Joyce, Wilder Auto, Fogtown Coffee and Bedford Sodas. No slugs were harmed and they were released back to the wild after the races.

AREA SPORTS: Free youth football camp Saturday in Sequim

Free Sequim Wolf Pack youth football camps for ages 6-12 will be held at the Sequim High School practice field from 10 a.m.… Continue reading

Austin Fahrenholtz was a two-time state diving champion for Port Angeles High School. He will be inducted into the Port Angeles High School Athletic Hall of Fame during a dinner and ceremony at Civic Field on Aug. 21. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS: Rider greats set for Port Angeles High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction

Tickets still remain for the Port Angeles High School Athletic Hall of Fame Induction dinner, which will be held Aug. 21 at… Continue reading

Austin Fahrenholtz was a two-time state diving champion for Port Angeles High School. He will be inducted into the Port Angeles High School Athletic Hall of Fame during a dinner and ceremony at Civic Field on Aug. 21. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Chinook closed in Marine Area 6

Retention of Chinook salmon was suspended Tuesday in Marine Area 6 (Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Lyre River east to Point… Continue reading

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KC Mack of Port Angeles has at least 500 old baseball gloves in his workshed for his business of turning gloves into wallets and other leather items.

BASEBALL: Port Angeles man turns baseball glove passion into thriving business

KC Mack turns antiques into wallets, other leather products

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KC Mack of Port Angeles has at least 500 old baseball gloves in his workshed for his business of turning gloves into wallets and other leather items.