Preps

Quilcene quaterback Nathan Kieffer passes before being tackled by Crescent’s Cole Grooms on Thursday at Crescent High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Crescent young, building for the future

Loggers look to replace all-world RB Wyatt Lee

Quilcene quaterback Nathan Kieffer passes before being tackled by Crescent’s Cole Grooms on Thursday at Crescent High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Granite Falls Tiger, Connor Wichman, (11) can only watch as East Jefferson Rival, Cash Holmes, dives into the end zone for six points after a 10 yard dash from scrimmage during a Friday night game in Port Townsend’s Memorial Field.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: East Jefferson enters season as title defender

Rivals have a large turnout for 2022

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Granite Falls Tiger, Connor Wichman, (11) can only watch as East Jefferson Rival, Cash Holmes, dives into the end zone for six points after a 10 yard dash from scrimmage during a Friday night game in Port Townsend’s Memorial Field.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene's James Miller, right, hauls down Neah Bay's Neil Bowechop during an October 2021 contest in Quilcene.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene Rangers reload for another deep playoff run

Rangers made state title game last year

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene's James Miller, right, hauls down Neah Bay's Neil Bowechop during an October 2021 contest in Quilcene.
Eric Trent/The [Centralia] Chronicle Forks' Nate Dahlgren piled up nearly 1,300 rushing yards as a sophomore last season.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Spartans switching to power game

Personnel leads to shift in strategy to running game

Eric Trent/The [Centralia] Chronicle Forks' Nate Dahlgren piled up nearly 1,300 rushing yards as a sophomore last season.
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Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Marcia Isenberger, a three-sport star at Port Angeles High School who went on to become the top tennis player at Eastern Washington, speaks at the Roughrider Hall of Fame dinner Saturday night.

ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME: [Updated] Speakers address how much Title IX changed sports for girls

10 individuals and two teams inducted

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Marcia Isenberger, a three-sport star at Port Angeles High School who went on to become the top tennis player at Eastern Washington, speaks at the Roughrider Hall of Fame dinner Saturday night.
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Neah Bay senior Julian Carrick looks for running room during a 2021 game against Mossyrock. Carrick is once again expected to start at quarterback and in the secondary for the Red Devils this season.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Experienced Neah Bay seeking a deep playoff run

Julian Carrick, Kaeden Butterfield, Jodell Wimberly, Andre Greene all set to lead

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Neah Bay senior Julian Carrick looks for running room during a 2021 game against Mossyrock. Carrick is once again expected to start at quarterback and in the secondary for the Red Devils this season.
Forks' Nate Dahlgren makes his cut between Wahkiakum defenders in Forks during a playoff game in November 2021. Dahlgren scored a pair of touchdowns in the win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Questions facing area gridiron teams

Dahlgren likely to carry much of the Spartans’ workload

Forks' Nate Dahlgren makes his cut between Wahkiakum defenders in Forks during a playoff game in November 2021. Dahlgren scored a pair of touchdowns in the win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim quarterback Lars Wiker wears a Guardian Cap during a spring 2021 game at North Kitsap. The Wolves have worn Guardian Caps in practice for a number of seasons. The NFL is requiring players to wear the caps during training camp to reduce potential impacts to players' brains.

FOOTBALL: NFL following Sequim’s lead with protective caps

Wolves have worn them for years

Sequim quarterback Lars Wiker wears a Guardian Cap during a spring 2021 game at North Kitsap. The Wolves have worn Guardian Caps in practice for a number of seasons. The NFL is requiring players to wear the caps during training camp to reduce potential impacts to players' brains.
Port Angeles Baseball Port Angeles head baseball coach Casey Dietz has resigned from the position after posting a 23-15 record, 18-9 in Olympic League play in two seasons as head coach.

PREP SPORTS: Dietz steps down as Roughriders baseball coach

Posted 23-15 record in two seasons

Port Angeles Baseball Port Angeles head baseball coach Casey Dietz has resigned from the position after posting a 23-15 record, 18-9 in Olympic League play in two seasons as head coach.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Driver Darrin Swindahl and navigator Ashley Swindahl of the Bandit Sprint Boat team compete on Saturday at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles.

EXTREME SPORTS PARK: Sprint boats make return this weekend

YouTube personality ‘Cleetus McFarland’ to race this weekend

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Driver Darrin Swindahl and navigator Ashley Swindahl of the Bandit Sprint Boat team compete on Saturday at Extreme Sports Park in Port Angeles.
Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson muscles his way to the basket around a Central Kitsap defender during the Port Angeles summer basketball tournament Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

SUMMER BASKETBALL: Port Angeles hoops it up in weekend tourney

Basketball teams local and from abroad descended upon Port Angeles for two full days on nonstop hoops at Roughriders gyms in the… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Parker Nickerson muscles his way to the basket around a Central Kitsap defender during the Port Angeles summer basketball tournament Sunday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim’s Aidan Henninger, right, vies for a header with a Kingston defender during a game in April. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

ALL-PENINSULA BOYS SOCCER MVPs: Sequim’s Aidan Henninger and Brandon Wagner lead the pack

All area boys soccer team includes Forks, East Jefferson, Sequim and Port Angeles players

Sequim’s Aidan Henninger, right, vies for a header with a Kingston defender during a game in April. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Lily Halberg bats in the first inning as Bremerton catcher Attianna Cabato waits for the delivery from pitcher Brooke Baker on Tuesday in Port Angeles.

ALL PENINSULA SOFTBALL MVPs: Port Angeles’ Zoe Smithson and Lily Halberg share area MVP honors

Includes players from Port Angeles, Forks and Sequim

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Lily Halberg bats in the first inning as Bremerton catcher Attianna Cabato waits for the delivery from pitcher Brooke Baker on Tuesday in Port Angeles.
Sequim’s Ben Sweet watches his iron shot during a match with North Kitsap this spring. Sweet has been named the Peninsula Daily News’ All-Peninsula Golf MVP. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

ALL-PENINSULA GOLF MVP and TEAM: Sequim’s Ben Sweet finding tons of success

Olympic League champ wraps senior season with second at state

Sequim’s Ben Sweet watches his iron shot during a match with North Kitsap this spring. Sweet has been named the Peninsula Daily News’ All-Peninsula Golf MVP. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Forks pitcher Logan Olson releases a pitch against Adna in the District 4 quarterfinals at Shelton High School May 7.

ALL-PENINSULA BASEBALL TEAM: Forks’ Logan Olson earns area MVP honors

Senior hit .463 with 7-1 record and 1.86 ERA

Forks pitcher Logan Olson releases a pitch against Adna in the District 4 quarterfinals at Shelton High School May 7.
East Jefferson football players, from left, Chris Fair, Logan Massie and Marshall Graves competed for the West All-Stars in a 36-12 loss to the East in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic, the all-state football game for Class 1B through 2A schools, last Saturday in Yakima.

AREA SPORTS: Peninsula athletes play in all-state football game; Athletic activities set in Forks for 4th of July weekend

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East Jefferson football players, from left, Chris Fair, Logan Massie and Marshall Graves competed for the West All-Stars in a 36-12 loss to the East in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic, the all-state football game for Class 1B through 2A schools, last Saturday in Yakima.
Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group Forks' Dalton Kilmer, center, is one of five North Olympic Peninsula athletes who will play for the West team in the Class 2A/1A/B Earl Barden Classic, the all-state football game, in Yakima on Saturday. Kilmer is joined by Forks football coach Trevor Highfield and his mom, Amy Kilmer.

ALL-STATE FOOTBALL: Six players representing West

Rivals, Roughriders, Rangers and Spartans in 2A/1A/B game

Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group Forks' Dalton Kilmer, center, is one of five North Olympic Peninsula athletes who will play for the West team in the Class 2A/1A/B Earl Barden Classic, the all-state football game, in Yakima on Saturday. Kilmer is joined by Forks football coach Trevor Highfield and his mom, Amy Kilmer.
The 1967 Port Angeles Roughriders football team went 9-0 and featured Bernie Fryer, who went on to play basketball at the University of Washington.

ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME: Two historic teams to be inducted

Two of the best teams in the history of Port Angeles High School athletics will join 11 individuals in being inducted into… Continue reading

The 1967 Port Angeles Roughriders football team went 9-0 and featured Bernie Fryer, who went on to play basketball at the University of Washington.
Nike video Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt celebrates with her teammates, from left, Eve Mavy, Hi’ilei Robinson and Bloomenrader after winning the women’s 4x400 emerging athlete championship at the Nike Nationals held in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., this weekend.

TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim 4×400 team wins at Nike Nationals

Port Angeles’ Jack Gladfelter third in 2-mile run

Nike video Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt celebrates with her teammates, from left, Eve Mavy, Hi’ilei Robinson and Bloomenrader after winning the women’s 4x400 emerging athlete championship at the Nike Nationals held in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., this weekend.