Preps

Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke, center, gets ready to tackle a Forks runner early this season in Sequim. Schmadeke made the all-Olympic League first team as a defensive back. (Michael Dashiell /Olympic Peninsula News Group)

ALL-OLYMPIC FOOTBALL: Port Angeles, Sequim land five players on first teams

Sequim and Port Angeles placed a total of five players in six positions on the All-Olympic first team this season. Port Angeles’ Hunter… Continue reading

Sequim’s Zeke Schmadeke, center, gets ready to tackle a Forks runner early this season in Sequim. Schmadeke made the all-Olympic League first team as a defensive back. (Michael Dashiell /Olympic Peninsula News Group)
White Crane Martial Arts’ Inka Burke, Zae Kasten and Maisie Chistison all won medals this weekend at the Washington State Taekwondo Master’s Union President’s Cup tournament in Federal Way. (White Crane Martial Arts)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: White Crane competitors win medals at state event

State allocations set for girls swimming

White Crane Martial Arts’ Inka Burke, Zae Kasten and Maisie Chistison all won medals this weekend at the Washington State Taekwondo Master’s Union President’s Cup tournament in Federal Way. (White Crane Martial Arts)
Dom Sprague runs the ball in the Loggers’ 48-14 win Friday night over North Beach. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Pair of Olympic Peninsula teams move on in postseason

There are two local 1B football powerhouses still alive in the postseason after last week’s action. Quilcene clobbered Oakville 52-0 on Friday… Continue reading

Dom Sprague runs the ball in the Loggers’ 48-14 win Friday night over North Beach. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Erika Williams, Forks volleyball, Pacific 2B League MVP.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Forks’ Williams named Pacific League MVP; Gladfelter fourth in CCC championship

Forks’ Erika Williams, who helped lead her volleyball team to a Pacific 2B League championship and to a berth at the state 2B… Continue reading

Erika Williams, Forks volleyball, Pacific 2B League MVP.
Dom Sprague, Crescent football.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dom Sprague, Crescent football

Crescent senior Dom Sprague left it all on the field in his final game for the Loggers football team. Sprague has had some good games… Continue reading

Dom Sprague, Crescent football.
The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at district with several swimmers moving on to state. Damun Seera, Lucy Townsend, Mia Francis, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgiersson, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, coach Sally Cole and Chloe Kay-Sanders. (Port Angeles Swim Team)

GIRLS SWIMMING: Port Angeles girls swim team third at district

Sequim sixth and East Jefferson 10th

The Port Angeles girls swim team finished third at district with several swimmers moving on to state. Damun Seera, Lucy Townsend, Mia Francis, Lynzee Reid, Danika Asgiersson, Amayah Nelson, Brooke St. Luise, Emerson DuBois, Lizzy Shaw, coach Sally Cole and Chloe Kay-Sanders. (Port Angeles Swim Team)
Crescent's Dom Sprague (No. 14) gained 312 yards rushing against North Beach on Friday night in Forks in the Loggers' 48-14 win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

1B PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent ends season on high note with a win

The Crescent Loggers football team didn’t get the opportunity to move on to postseason, but did finish out its season with a 48-14… Continue reading

Crescent's Dom Sprague (No. 14) gained 312 yards rushing against North Beach on Friday night in Forks in the Loggers' 48-14 win. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE CROSS COUNTRY: East Jefferson boys finish seventh in the state

The East Jefferson boys cross-country team finished seventh in the state in the 1A championships held at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco,… Continue reading

PREP DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: Sequim falls short of qualifying for state

The Sequim volleyball team got seed lower than it expected and that made the hill that much higher for the Wolves to try… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene's Mason Iverson leaps over his would-be Oakville Acorn tackler and runs for a first down in the first quarter of a Class 1B Quad District winner-to-state-game played under the lights on Friday in Port Townsend.

PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Quilcene romps; Sequim and Forks fall

The Quilcene Rangers football team found the Acorns to be a relatively easy nut to crack in a Class 1B Quad-District winner-to-state… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene's Mason Iverson leaps over his would-be Oakville Acorn tackler and runs for a first down in the first quarter of a Class 1B Quad District winner-to-state-game played under the lights on Friday in Port Townsend.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene’s Mason Iverson leaps over his would-be Oakville Acorn tackler and runs for a first down in the first quarter of a Class 1B Quad District winner-to-state-game played under the lights on Friday in Port Townsend.

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene cracks Acorns, on to state tournament

The Rangers found the Acorns to be a relatively easy nut to crack in a Class 1B Quad-District… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Quilcene’s Mason Iverson leaps over his would-be Oakville Acorn tackler and runs for a first down in the first quarter of a Class 1B Quad District winner-to-state-game played under the lights on Friday in Port Townsend.
Skyler Smith/Blast Zone Media Forks' Cash Barajas attempts to haul in a pass despite the early contact of the Toledo defensive back during the Spartans' 63-20 Class 2B District 4 Crossover playoff on Friday at Kelso High School.

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks hangs for a half vs. No. 4 Toledo

Flashes of Forks’ football future were on display as the Spartans hung tough with No. 4 Toledo (9-1) for a half before fading… Continue reading

Skyler Smith/Blast Zone Media Forks' Cash Barajas attempts to haul in a pass despite the early contact of the Toledo defensive back during the Spartans' 63-20 Class 2B District 4 Crossover playoff on Friday at Kelso High School.

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders’ season comes to a close in district tournament

Finish fall campaign 9-9

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Lars Wiker, with ball, is tackled by, from left, Forks’ Gage Willenbrink, Bubba Hernandez and Sawyer Graham. Hernandez, Graham and Willenbrink were all honored in all-league voting by Class 2B Central League West Division coaches.

PREPS: Sawyer Graham, Bubba Hernandez lead Forks’ all-league football picks

Spartans comeback falls just short, one more shot at state

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Lars Wiker, with ball, is tackled by, from left, Forks’ Gage Willenbrink, Bubba Hernandez and Sawyer Graham. Hernandez, Graham and Willenbrink were all honored in all-league voting by Class 2B Central League West Division coaches.
Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles girls soccer goalkeeper

PREP SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Riders give No. 5 Spartans all they can handle

PA loses 2-1 in penalty kicks but still alive in postseason

Kennedy Rognlien, Port Angeles girls soccer goalkeeper
Port Angeles quarterback Blake Sohlberg hands off to running back Dylan Mann on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field against Olympic. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Area teams prepare for playoffs

This is the beginning of football playoffs this week with five local teams in the postseason and another team wrapping up its season with an… Continue reading

Port Angeles quarterback Blake Sohlberg hands off to running back Dylan Mann on Friday night at Port Angeles Civic Field against Olympic. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Millie Long, left, and Kyrsten McGuffey, both of Port Angeles, won Great Northern Athletic Conference players of the week last week in basketball and football. (Kyrsten McGuffey (20) scored four goals last week and leads the GNAC with eight this season (Photos by Stephanie Burgoon, Alaska-Anchorage and Imogene Eagan, Western Washington).

COLLEGE SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Long, McGuffey GNAC players of the week

Former Port Angeles Roughriders and Peninsula College teammates Kyrsten McGuffey and Millie Long were both honored last week by the Great Northwest… Continue reading

Millie Long, left, and Kyrsten McGuffey, both of Port Angeles, won Great Northern Athletic Conference players of the week last week in basketball and football. (Kyrsten McGuffey (20) scored four goals last week and leads the GNAC with eight this season (Photos by Stephanie Burgoon, Alaska-Anchorage and Imogene Eagan, Western Washington).
Kedryn DeScala, Port Angeles soccer, and Luke O’Hara, East Jefferson football.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Kedryn DeScala, Port Angeles soccer and Luke O’Hara, East Jefferson football

Port Angeles girls’ soccer player Kedryn DeScala did her best this weekend to extend the Roughriders season at least two more games. In a crucial… Continue reading

Kedryn DeScala, Port Angeles soccer, and Luke O’Hara, East Jefferson football.
Avery Dilley tips the ball against Toutle Lake in this District 4 2B volleyball tournament held in Forks on Saturday. Forks won 3-1 to move on to the district semifinals against Mossyrock in Raymond on Wednesday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Forks one win away from state; Sequim No. 2 seed at district

The Forks Spartans volleyball team is one win away from qualifying for the state 2B tournament, while Sequim goes into the 2A District… Continue reading

Avery Dilley tips the ball against Toutle Lake in this District 4 2B volleyball tournament held in Forks on Saturday. Forks won 3-1 to move on to the district semifinals against Mossyrock in Raymond on Wednesday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
These Port Angeles boys tennis players qualified for the District 3 tournament. From left are Tate Alton, Nathan Basden, Luke Flodstrom, Keatyn Hoch and Austin Worthington. Basden and Flodstrom won the district championship.

POSTSEASON BOYS TENNIS: PA’s Flodstrom, Basden win district championship

Port Angeles’ Nathan Basden and Luke Flodstrom won the District 3 boys tennis duos championship, coming from behind in the championship match at… Continue reading

These Port Angeles boys tennis players qualified for the District 3 tournament. From left are Tate Alton, Nathan Basden, Luke Flodstrom, Keatyn Hoch and Austin Worthington. Basden and Flodstrom won the district championship.