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MAT CLASSIC WRESTLING: Forks’ Blair, Daman state champions

TACOMA — For the first time since 1992, the Forks wrestling programs have two state champions.

Port Angeles, Sequim high schools

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS (updated): Port Angeles and Sequim qualify for state

Wolves’ Chartraw scores 43 points in victory over Orting

Port Angeles’ Ashton Gedelman brings the ball up the court against the defense of Sequim’s Mason Rapelje. Port Angeles won the loser-out District 3 tournament game in Sequim on Thursday 56-45. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Riders clutch on offense and defense in win over Sequim

Wolves’ season ends; PA on to play Franklin Pierce

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Forks’ Karee Neal, right, defends as Napavine’s Nicholle Valentine looks to shoot during a Class 2B District 4 semifinal against Forks at Castle Rock High School on Wednesday.

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Rough night for area squads

Forks boys and girls and Sequim girls all fall

Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene goes up for a lay-up against Muckleshoot Tribal on Thursday in Sequim. Greene led the Red Devils with 28 points as Neah Bay won its Tri-District playoff game. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Greene goes off for 28 points as Neah Bay heads to Tri-District title game

SEQUIM — Neah Bay started off on a blisteringly hot pace and cruised past Muckleshoot 78-48 in a…

Port Angeles' Teanna Clark, who scored 25 points, drives the ball up the lane against Orting on Wednesday night. The Roughriders won in dominant fashion 63-11. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Roughriders fire on all cylinders while crushing Orting 63-11

PORT ANGELES — In the Port Angeles girls’ most dominating win of the season, the Roughriders served notice…

Sequim Wolves

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PREP BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Sequim rally comes up short against Bainbridge

BAINBRIDGE — Sequim started strong, suffered a lull before the Wolves played themselves back into the contest, but…

Port Angeles Roughriders

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PREP PLAYOFF BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys dropped by Clover Park

LAKEWOOD — The Port Angeles boys basketball team had trouble handling the ball against Clover Park’s pressure, especially…

Neah Bay Red Devils

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1B BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Neah Bay teams sweep in tournament openers

NEAH BAY — The Neah Bay boys and girls both moved into the semifinals of the 1B Tri-district…

Sequim's Gracie Chartraw was named the Olympic League MVP last week by the league's coaches. She is averaging 24.9 points a game for the Wolves. (Emily Mathiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sequim’s Gracie Chartraw named girls basketball league MVP

Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark named league’s defensive player of the year

Sequim's Solomon Sheppard, left, and Mason Rapelje were both named to the Olympic League's first team last week. (Photos by Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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ALL-LEAGUE BASKETBALL: Sequim’s Sheppard, Rapelje make first team

Port Angeles’ Pierce, Flores on second team

The Port Angeles boys 200-yard medley team of, from left, Miles Van Denburg, Patrick Ross, Thomas Jones and Edward Gillespie, won the District 3 title this weekend at Shore Aquatic Center in Port Angeles. (Sally Cole)

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BOYS DISTRICT SWIM MEET: (updated) Port Angeles second at district

Riders send three relay teams, three individuals and a diver to state

Nolan Bacchus, Sequim basketball.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Nolan Bacchus, Sequim basketball

The Sequim boys basketball team had great balance in their District 3 2A tournament victory over North Mason…

Port Angeles' Miriam Cobb carries the ball against Klahowya in the third-place state tournament game Saturday in Federal Way. Port Angeles beat Klahowya 14-0 to finish third in the state in the program's inaugural year of existence. Also in on the play are Port Angeles' Pyper Alton (6) and Audrey Rudd (5). (Kevin Hanson/Enumclaw Courier-Herald)

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GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL: Port Angeles girls upset Klahowya, finish third at state

FEDERAL WAY — The Port Angeles girls flag football team got a measure of revenge against Klahowya on…

Port Angeles' Brock Hope goes up for a shot against the defense of Orting on Saturday in Port Angeles. The Roughriders won 48-33 to move on to the double-elimination phase of the District 3 2A tournament. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP BASKETBALL: PA smothers Orting 48-33 to move on in playoffs

PORT ANGELES — It wasn’t especially pretty, but the Port Angeles boys basketball team toughed out a gritty,…

Sequim coach Craig Brooks talks to Zeke Schmadeke (0) and Solomon Sheppard during the game Saturday in Sequim. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim opens playoffs with huge win

Wolves beat Bulldogs 69-42; Forks’ Titus Rowley 32 points, 34 rebounds in victory

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DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Sequim girls stay alive with big win over Olympic

SEQUIM — Sequim shook off a slow start, navigated early foul trouble for do-it-all point guard Gracie Chartraw…

The Port Angeles girls flag football team will play Klahowya for third/fourth place in the Class 1A/2A state tournament today at 10 a.m. at Federal Way Stadium.

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STATE FLAG FOOTBALL: Roughriders’ upset bid derailed in state semifinals

Port Angeles held 14-0 lead

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East Jefferson’s Landon Hoppe shoots a long jump shot while defended by a Vashon player during the Rivals’ 55-53 Nisqually League loss at Chimacum High School on Thursday.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: East Jefferson takes mental step forward in final minutes of loss to Vashon

CHIMACUM — East Jefferson boys basketball head coach Alex Little belives his team turned a corner mentally in…

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East Jefferson’s Penina Vailolo drives around a pair of Vashon Pirates on her way to the rim during the Rivals’ 55-30 Nisqually League win at Chimacum High School on Thursday.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Seniors pave the way for East Jefferson win on senior night

Vailolo scores 32 points with 23 rebounds in victory