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The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel gold team of, from left, Emily Bair, Abigail Odland, Lorelei Sanders and Zayleigh McCullem finished first at the Freedom Invitational Gymnastics Meet at the Kitsap Pavilion last week. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

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KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: Xcel gold first at Freedom Invite

BREMERTON — Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel teams delivered an outstanding weekend of competition at the Freedom Invitational Gymnastics Meet,…

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AREA SPORTS: Peninsula women continue winning ways

Pirates win 47th straight North contest

More than 80 members of the Forks and Port Angeles wrestling clubs competed in a special event held in honor of Jim Ross, a lifelong supporter of wrestling in Forks who recently died of cancer.

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AREA SPORTS: Jim Ross’ legacy celebrated at Forks Wrestling Club event

Forks wrestling pays tribute to Ross’ legacy

The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel Silver Team of Aubrie Huisman, Kinley Matthews, Alexa Conway, Reagan Haguewood, Nora Pecoraro, Penny Goodwin, Sasha Gmazel and Lucy Monaghan at the Battle in Bellevue. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

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KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: Local gymnasts college a trove of medals

PORT ANGELES — The Klahhane Gymnastics Xcel team had a number of outstanding performances, bringing home several gold…

Handball doubles partners Michael Ewing, left, of Port Angeles and Chris Cardinal of Chimacum won the 41st Washington Athletic Club Handball Classic doubles championship last weekend at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle.

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AREA SPORTS: Handball duo racks up trophies, look to form youth handball program in PA

Area handball players win, form program

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AREA SPORTS: East Jefferson baseball and softball registration

Little League Call-Up Grant available

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Try the Y Day Saturday at YMCA’s in PA, PT, Sequim

Try the Y in PA, Sequim, PT

The Big Hurt at Pebble Beach in Port Angeles is one of the long-distance races that Peninsula Adventure Sports puts on from March. through October. (Matt Sagen, Cascadia Films)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: 2026 calendar released for long-distance events

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Adventure Sports has announced its 2026 calendar of outdoor endurance events.

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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…