Preps

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Walker Rondeau steals second while Ilwaco's Ethan Hopkins awaits the throw during the first game of a doubleheader at Fred Orr Memorial Field in Beaver.

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks baseball stays unbeaten with doubleheader sweep; Port Angeles tennis rolls past rival Sequim

Spartans tally 24 hits across pair of games

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Forks' Walker Rondeau steals second while Ilwaco's Ethan Hopkins awaits the throw during the first game of a doubleheader at Fred Orr Memorial Field in Beaver.
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim shortstop Hannah Bates, left, and second baseman Addie Smith converge on an infield fly ball during the Wolves' 8-6 loss to North Kitsap on Tuesday.

DIAMOND ROUNDUP: Sequim and Port Angeles softball falter late; Port Angeles baseball knocks North Kitsap from ranks of the unbeaten

Elijah Flodstrom, Kole Acker, Colton Romero big for Riders in win over Vikings

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim shortstop Hannah Bates, left, and second baseman Addie Smith converge on an infield fly ball during the Wolves' 8-6 loss to North Kitsap on Tuesday.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Anson Jones heaves the shot put 41 feet, 3 inches for second place in the shot put during a Nisqually League meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Tuesday.

TRACK AND FIELD: East Jefferson boys win home meet; girls second

The East Jefferson boys track team won its home Nisqually League meet by a big margin thanks to dominance in the distance… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Anson Jones heaves the shot put 41 feet, 3 inches for second place in the shot put during a Nisqually League meet at Blue Heron Middle School on Tuesday.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, front, tries to evade the defense of North Kitsap's Jonas La Tour during Thursday night's game at Port Angeles High School.

OLYMPIC LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Dunning, Vaara make first team

Seniors Wyatt Dunning and John Vaara of the Port Angeles Roughriders have been named to the first team of the all-Olympic League… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Wyatt Dunning, front, tries to evade the defense of North Kitsap's Jonas La Tour during Thursday night's game at Port Angeles High School.
Sequim's Jolene Vaara, left, and Hannah Bates pressure Port Angeles' Bailee Larson in the first half of a West Central District playoff game in February in Port Angeles. All three players made the first all-Olympic girls basketball team. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

OLYMPIC LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim, Port Angeles dominate all-league teams

The Port Angeles Roughriders and Sequim Wolves shared the Olympic 2A League championship, and they dominated the Olympic 2A League all-league basketball… Continue reading

Sequim's Jolene Vaara, left, and Hannah Bates pressure Port Angeles' Bailee Larson in the first half of a West Central District playoff game in February in Port Angeles. All three players made the first all-Olympic girls basketball team. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Logan Olson, Forks baseball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Logan Olson, Forks baseball

Logan Olson is off to a blazing start for the Forks Spartans baseball team. In his first game of the year March 18 against Sequim,… Continue reading

Logan Olson, Forks baseball
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Millie Long goes up for a layup and teammate Hope Glasser watches in the background. Long scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Pirates to a 67-61 win over Clackamas in the NWAC tournament semifinals in Everett on Saturday night.

NWAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Peninsula comes from behind to shock Clackamas

Pirates lose in championship game in overtime on a Lower Columbia buzzer-beater

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's Millie Long goes up for a layup and teammate Hope Glasser watches in the background. Long scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Pirates to a 67-61 win over Clackamas in the NWAC tournament semifinals in Everett on Saturday night.

PREP SOFTBALL, BASEBALL: Roughrider girls belt 7 home runs in sweep

Sequim girls, Port Angeles boys both win

TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Mooney, Pyeatt have big days at Bremerton meet

Sequim’s Tyler Mooney and Riley Pyeatt had huge days at a three-way track and field meet at Bremerton. Mooney won the 100-meter dash… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Liberty Lauer approches the ball in her singles match on Thursday against North Kitsap's Teegan DeVries at Port Angeles High School.

PREP ROUNDUP: PA softball, Sequim softball, golf all roll

Port Angeles managed a singles and doubles victory in a home loss to the Vikings. Senior Angelina Sprague triumphed 6-0, 7-5 over… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Liberty Lauer approches the ball in her singles match on Thursday against North Kitsap's Teegan DeVries at Port Angeles High School.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Xander Maestas, left, dribbles past Olympic's Justin Thorsen on Thursday evening at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

PREP SOCCER: Maestas comes through for Riders; Sequim beats NK in penalty kicks

Port Angeles rallied back after allowing an early goal and triumphed 2-1 over Olympic on a two-goal night by senior forward Xander… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Xander Maestas, left, dribbles past Olympic's Justin Thorsen on Thursday evening at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.
Saint Martin's Athletics Saint Martin's freshman Chloe Leverington, a 2021 Forks High School graduate, was named the Great Northern Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week For March 21-27 after throwing two complete games in two Saints' victories last weekend.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks’ Leverington earns Softball Pitcher of the Week award from Great Northern Athletic Conference

Youth softball clinic Friday in Sequim; Soccer cleat swap set for Monday

Saint Martin's Athletics Saint Martin's freshman Chloe Leverington, a 2021 Forks High School graduate, was named the Great Northern Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week For March 21-27 after throwing two complete games in two Saints' victories last weekend.

TRACK AND FIELD: East Jefferson girls claim first Nisqually League meet

Boys just behind Klahowya for second

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys soccer collects first league win

Sequim soccer, Forks baseball romp

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Abby Kimball slides into third ahead of the throw to Bremerton's Madison Gardner on Tuesday at Dry Creek School in Port Angeles.

PREP SOFTBALL: Roughriders keep bashing away

Port Angeles wins 12-0 over Bremerton

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles' Abby Kimball slides into third ahead of the throw to Bremerton's Madison Gardner on Tuesday at Dry Creek School in Port Angeles.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim tennis edges North Kitsap

The Sequim girls tennis team, behind a sweep from the Wolves’ singles players and a hard-fought doubles victory, beat North Kitsap 4-3 on… Continue reading

Pierre LaBossiere.

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Something special brewing at Peninsula College

Exciting things are happening with the Peninsula College women’s basketball team. For the first time since Mitch Freeman’s men’s team made a surprise run to… Continue reading

Pierre LaBossiere.
Lily Halberg, Port Angeles softball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lily Halberg, Port Angeles softball

Port Angeles’ Lily Halberg got off to a scorching start in the Roughriders softball team’s doubleheader sweep over Anacortes and Sehome on Saturday. In the… Continue reading

Lily Halberg, Port Angeles softball
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball girls belt five homers, romp in doubleheader

The Port Angeles girls softball team, returning to action after a 15-1 abbreviated season in 2021, started off with two big wins on… Continue reading

Port Angeles Roughriders.
Sequim Wolves.

PREP TRACK: Sequim boys and girls win at Port Angeles Invitational

The Sequim boys and girls track teams rode their sprinters and middle distance runners to each come in first place at the… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves.