Preps

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Forks’ Landon Olson (24) and Brody Lausche challenge Neah Bay’s Tyler Swan inside for the rebound while Red Devil Daniel Cumming looks on.
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Forks’ Landon Olson (24) and Brody Lausche challenge Neah Bay’s Tyler Swan inside for the rebound while Red Devil Daniel Cumming looks on.
Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark goes up for a basket against North Kitsap in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Clark had a solid game with 14 points, five assists and four steals in a 53-28 Roughriders victory. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls overwhelm North Kitsap

Lindsay and Lexie Smith: 32 points and 18 rebounds

Port Angeles’ Teanna Clark goes up for a basket against North Kitsap in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Clark had a solid game with 14 points, five assists and four steals in a 53-28 Roughriders victory. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Roughriders.

PORT ANGELES BASKETBALL: Roughriders lose another heartbreaker at the buzzer

The Port Angeles boys basketball team rallied in the fourth quarter in a near-miraculous comeback against North Kitsap, but for the second time… Continue reading

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Sequim's Victoria Nava rolls in a match Monday against Port Angeles at Laurel Lanes. Nava led the Sequim bowlers with a two-game score of 313 while Port Angeles' Zoey Van Gordon led all bowlers with a 337 . (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Balanced Sequim girls outroll Port Angeles

The Sequim girls bowling team used consistent individual scores to beat Port Angeles at Laurel Lanes on Monday. The Wolves put up… Continue reading

Sequim's Victoria Nava rolls in a match Monday against Port Angeles at Laurel Lanes. Nava led the Sequim bowlers with a two-game score of 313 while Port Angeles' Zoey Van Gordon led all bowlers with a 337 . (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Gus Halberg, Port Angeles basketball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Gus Halberg, Port Angeles basketball

The boys on the Port Angeles basketball team had their backs against the wall entering their game against 5-0 Olympic on Friday. Lose, and the… Continue reading

Gus Halberg, Port Angeles basketball.
East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear Ramirez gets a pin against Charles Damien of Kingston at 150 pounds during the Rivals’ duals tournament held this weekend in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP WRESTLING: East Jefferson second at home invitational

East Jefferson finished second in its home Rivals Invitational Wrestling tournament this weekend. It was an eight-team bracketed team tournament similar to… Continue reading

East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear Ramirez gets a pin against Charles Damien of Kingston at 150 pounds during the Rivals’ duals tournament held this weekend in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS WRESTLING: Trio of Forks, Port Angeles girls take first at Olympic tourney

Forks’ Jade Blair and Peyton Johnson and Port Angeles’ Lilly Lancaster all won their weight classes at the Olympic Girls Wrestling Tournament held… Continue reading

BOYS SWIMMING: Riders dominate Buccaneers

The Port Angeles boys swim team came away with a commanding 116-66 nonleague victory over Kingston this weekend, winning 11 out of… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Gus Halberg drives the lane against Olympic on Friday night. Halberg had 25 points and went to the free-throw line 17 times in a 75-40 Port Angeles victory. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL: Riders bounce back with resounding win over Olympic

Sequim remains in first place after crushing Bainbridge

Port Angeles' Gus Halberg drives the lane against Olympic on Friday night. Halberg had 25 points and went to the free-throw line 17 times in a 75-40 Port Angeles victory. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Forks gets past Crosspoint; PA game suspended due to water leak

Playing without their big inside presence in Avery Dilley and coming off a lost Friday night against Toutle Lake, the Forks girls basketball… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Crescent boys make fourth-quarter stand in win vs. Crosspoint

Crescent came up with clutch stops defensively and converted on the other end to pull away from… Continue reading

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East Jefferson's Traycen Brown drives while defended by Cascade Christian's Josiah Gopaul during a 2023-24 contest at Chimacum High School.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

East Jefferson's Traycen Brown drives while defended by Cascade Christian's Josiah Gopaul during a 2023-24 contest at Chimacum High School.
Port Angeles’ Isaac Meek powers to victory in the 200-yard freestyle, setting the first of two new personal bests in the Riders’ swim meet victory over Klahowya at Shore Aquatic Center.

PREPS: Port Angeles swimmers sink Klahowya in season-opening meet

Forks boys basketball completes comeback vs. Aberdeen

Port Angeles’ Isaac Meek powers to victory in the 200-yard freestyle, setting the first of two new personal bests in the Riders’ swim meet victory over Klahowya at Shore Aquatic Center.
(Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group) Sequim's Gracie Chartraw (No. 4) looks to pass against North Mason on Tuesday in Sequim. She is still recovering from an injury last season, but is expected to be one of the Wolves’ leading scorers, said coach Joclin Julmist.

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Sequim girls plan to play scrappy

Being scrappy: that’s a major goal for this year’s Sequim girls varsity basketball squad to become successful, said head coach Joclin Julmist. Graduated from last… Continue reading

(Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group) Sequim's Gracie Chartraw (No. 4) looks to pass against North Mason on Tuesday in Sequim. She is still recovering from an injury last season, but is expected to be one of the Wolves’ leading scorers, said coach Joclin Julmist.
Sequim guard Bobbi Mixon drives around a pair of North Mason defenders Tuesday in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim guard Bobbi Mixon drives around a pair of North Mason defenders Tuesday in Sequim. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Riders lose after buzzer-beater forces OT; Wolves improves to 4-0

The Port Angeles boys basketball team was one second away from beating Bainbridge on the road, but the Spartans’ Luke Johnson hit an… Continue reading

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Forks Titus Rowley goes up for a basket against Coupeville on Monday night in Forks. The Spartans won 55-47. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys, girls hoops sweep

Forks’ big man Titus Rowley was barely able to play in the Spartans’ basketball game against Coupeville due to foul trouble, but it… Continue reading

Forks Titus Rowley goes up for a basket against Coupeville on Monday night in Forks. The Spartans won 55-47. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard attacks the rim during a 2023-24 contest against North Mason. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim’s Solomon Sheppard attacks the rim during a 2023-24 contest against North Mason. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
The Forks girls wrestling team finished second at The Prairie Open this weekend, beaten only by Yelm, a 4A school. From left, back row, are coach James Salazar, manager Moli Luong, Kinley Rondeau, Jade Blair, Riley Tjepkema, Alexis Koskela and Natalie Horejsi. From left, bottow row, are LaRayne Blair, Lilly Galeana, Flora Horejsi and Viviana Luna. (Forks High School)

PREP WRESTLING: Forks girls second at Yelm tourney

East Jefferson, Sequim, Forks boys all get weight champions at weekend meets

The Forks girls wrestling team finished second at The Prairie Open this weekend, beaten only by Yelm, a 4A school. From left, back row, are coach James Salazar, manager Moli Luong, Kinley Rondeau, Jade Blair, Riley Tjepkema, Alexis Koskela and Natalie Horejsi. From left, bottow row, are LaRayne Blair, Lilly Galeana, Flora Horejsi and Viviana Luna. (Forks High School)