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Eagles runner (No. 10) Noah Kiser slides into home hoping to beat the tag of the Elks catcher Kyler Williams, but Williams got the tag down for the out in the Cal Ripken Majors championship game Saturday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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NORTH OLYMPIC BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL: Elks win Majors title second year in a row

PORT ANGELES — For the second year in a row, Elks won the Cal Ripken Majors championship, beating…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Participants in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon OMC 5K/10K race take off from the start at Port Angeles City Pier on Saturday.

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NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA MARATHON: Winners come from near and far on opening day

PORT ANGELES — More than 500 runners from as far away as Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Amsterdam braved…

The Port Angeles NJROTC Air Rifle team competes during a recent regional event. Team members from left, Joseph Maggard, Michael Aranda, Sadie Miller, Tallulah Meneely, and Brenna Murphy. The Air Rifle team is raising funds to travel to the Civilian Marksmanship Program's National competition in July.

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SHOOTING SPORTS: Port Angeles NJROTC advances to National competition in Ohio in July

Cadets Sadie Miller, Joseph Maggard, Michael Aranda, Tallulah Meneely and Brenna Murphy.

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AREA SPORTS: Local 155 earns walk-off win in Babe Ruth action

Begin postseason tournament Saturday

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AREA SPORTS: Operation Uplift golf tournament June 9 at The Cedars at Dungeness

BMX league for beginners starts Monday

Runners take off at the beginning of the 2023 North Olympic Discovery Marathon at 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. The two days of running events begins Saturday with the marathon and half-marathon Sunday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: North Olympic Discovery Marathon returns this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Saturday and Sunday is North Olympic Discovery Marathon weekend, as the jewel event of the…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMX clinic hosted by Olympian Nyhaug

PORT ANGELES — Canadian BMX Olympic champion Tory Nyhaug will be giving a clinic at the Lincoln Park…

Bob Anderson/Port Angeles Golf The Port Angeles boys golf team from left, Sky Gelder, Austin Worthington, Reid Schmidt, Nate Anderson and Max Gagnon, recently competed at the Class 2A State Tournament at Liberty Lake Golf Course in the Spokane Valley. Anderson shot a 76 in his opening round and was looking for a high finish before a spring squall complicated matters for all players, dropping temperatures with cold rain and wind. He ended up earning 20th place.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: YMCA flag football registration open until May 31

East Jefferson Little League screens “The Sandlot” outdoors Saturday night

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Millie Long, right, drives past the defense of Shoreline's Symone Pease during Wednesday's season finale in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Millie Long transfers to Alaska Anchorage

Same school/coach of Port Angeles star Jessica Madison

The Cedars at Dungeness Women’s 18-hole golf group held their annual Member/Member Golf Tournament on Tuesday with 20 players braving the elements while playing a game of Queen’s of the Green. The pairings of Mimi Shin and Jane Peoples and Lori Wyngaert and Lori Oaks tied for the top spot while Lisa Chon and Carin Bunney were second and Bobbie Piety and Yoon Park third. Marlene Hirschfeld and Judy Reno won Best Costume.

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AREA SPORTS: Wilder Baseball Club tryouts begin Saturday at Civic Field

Jefferson County Parks & Recreation hosting summer basketball camp

Jake Anstett of Port Angeles competes in the Nitro Nationals Hillclimb competition outside of Sunnyside this weekend. Anstett won three out of six races and finished second in three others. (Roger Harnack/Cheney Free Press)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PA’s Anstett dominates at Nitro Nationals

SUNNYSIDE — Port Angeles’ Jake Anstett dominated the Washington Nitro Nationals Motorcycle Hillclimb this weekend, winning three first…

Elon Gromyko of Lynnwood races in the boys' 7 and under category at the second Northwest Cup race in Port Angeles on Sunday. in the U7 men’s category. More than 500 riders from several states and Canadian provinces competed in the three days of downhill racing this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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NORTHWEST CUP: It was all downhill at Dry Hill

More than 500 racers take on Port Angeles courses

Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend's Seamus Fraser, in white tank top, leads the pack at the beginning of the 44th annual Rhody Run held Sunday in Port Townsend. Fraser went on to win the 10K.

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RHODY RUN: Nearly 900 runners take to Port Townsend streets

PORT TOWNSEND — Nearly 900 runners took on the 2024 Jefferson Healthcare 44th annual Rhody Run 5K and…

Lincoln Park BMX Port Angeles' Teyah Elofson-Cross, left, and Kylin Weitz represented Lincoln Park BMX and Team USA while competing at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Rock Hill, S.C. earlier this week. Kingston's Wyatt Christensen also trains at Lincoln Park BMX and won a world championship at the event.

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BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lincoln Park BMX riders represent track and country

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Lincoln Park BMXers represented track and country while competing in the 2024 UCI BMX…

Riley Pyeatt (1513), a 2022 Sequim graduate and state track champion in two events, now running for Abilene Christian, came in third at the Western Athletic Conference championships in the 800 meters this past weekend. (Joshua Beam)

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TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Pyeatt third in the WAC in the 800

Distance runner won two state championships for the Wolves and a Nike Nationals title

Lincoln Park BMX Lincoln Park BMX racers Teyah Elofson-Cross and Kylin Weitz of Port Angeles will ride for Team USA at the UCI World BMX Finals in Rock Hill, S.C. Sunday through May 18. The fifth-graders attend Dry Creek (Elofson-Cross) and Franklin elementary schools (Weitz).

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AREA SPORTS: Lifeguard certification courses in June, August at Sequim YMCA

Port Angeles basketball and wrestling camps set for July

The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration 13-team tournament held in Chehalis this weekend. The Xplosion went 5-0 in the tournament, beating Bonney Lake 12-1 in the championship game. The Xplosion's Madisyn Wright hit two inside-the-park home runs in the championship game. From left to right in the park home runs in the championship game. From left, top row, are coach Brad Holloway, coach Richard Wright, Mattison Messenger, Pepper McCaslin, Allison Leitz, Alaine Jennings, Riley Nichols, coach Brittney Rowland and coach Jenessa Balch From left, front, are Chloe Holloway, Ayla Balch, Kylin Weitz, Madisyn Wright, Valerie Charles, Teyah Elofson-Cross and Kaylee Konopaski. (Courtesy of 12U Explosion)

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12U SOFTBALL: Xplosion explodes on the scene at Chehalis tournament

The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration…

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association La Push's James Lesniak makes his way upwind on Port Angeles Harbor during the first Edizgigantus Coastal Rowing Regatta with the MV Coho ferry and Red Lion Hotel in the background.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Rowers compete in Port Angeles Harbor; Balance bike free event

PORT ANGELES — The first Edizgigantus Coastal Rowing Regatta took place in Port Angeles Harbor last week, hosted…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Youth lacrosse camp starts Monday

Volleyball, flag football registration

Conor and Liam DeWolf of Port Angeles celebrate their second- and fourth-place all around medals from the 2024 Men’s Western National Championship late last week in Chandler, Ariz. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

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KLAHHANE GYMNASTICS: PA brothers win big at Western championship

CHANDLER, Ariz. — Port Angeles’ Liam DeWolf, 14, placed second in the all-around and brother Conor DeWolf, 16,…