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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Becca Manson, right, works to keep control as Sequim’s Raimey Brewer approaches in midfield on Thursday at Wally Sigmar Field. KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Becca Manson, right, works to keep control as Sequim’s Raimey Brewer approaches in midfield on Thursday at Wally Sigmar Field.

PREPS: Steady senior Becca Manson shows adaptibility for Port Angeles

Forks football players named to Central 2B West All-League team

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Becca Manson, right, works to keep control as Sequim’s Raimey Brewer approaches in midfield on Thursday at Wally Sigmar Field. KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Becca Manson, right, works to keep control as Sequim’s Raimey Brewer approaches in midfield on Thursday at Wally Sigmar Field.
Bud Denney Neah Bay’s senior class was celebrated before the Red Devils’ final home football game of the season. Neah Bay’s football seniors are, from left, Azariah Greene, Joe Smith, Tyler Swan, LeAnthony Jimmicum, Lelan Greene, Elijha Malinowski and Kane Greene.

AREA SPORTS: YMCA and Sequim Youth Basketball registration, Youth wrestling in PA

Youth wrestling registration will be available in the Forks Elementary School lobby from 5 p.m. to 6:30… Continue reading

Bud Denney Neah Bay’s senior class was celebrated before the Red Devils’ final home football game of the season. Neah Bay’s football seniors are, from left, Azariah Greene, Joe Smith, Tyler Swan, LeAnthony Jimmicum, Lelan Greene, Elijha Malinowski and Kane Greene.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Grace Liske, left, returns the ball as teammates Penina Vaiolo, back, and Emily Liske look on during a Class 1A West Central District volleyball tournament loser-out contest with Seattle Christian at Chimacum High School on Tuesday. The Rivals fell 3-1 to the Warriors to end their season with a 13-5 record, a seven-win improvement from 2024 and the first winning season since Chimacum and Port Townsend combined athletics in 2021.

DISTRICT PLAYOFF PREPS: Desjardins penalty kick holds up in Port Angeles win; East Jefferson volleyball bows out after successful season

East Jefferson volleyball fell 3-1 to the Warriors to end their season with a 13-5 record, a 7-win improvement from 2024 and the… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson’s Grace Liske, left, returns the ball as teammates Penina Vaiolo, back, and Emily Liske look on during a Class 1A West Central District volleyball tournament loser-out contest with Seattle Christian at Chimacum High School on Tuesday. The Rivals fell 3-1 to the Warriors to end their season with a 13-5 record, a seven-win improvement from 2024 and the first winning season since Chimacum and Port Townsend combined athletics in 2021.
Lilly Anne Lancaster, Port Angeles soccer.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lilly Anne Lancaster, Port Angeles girls soccer

Port Angeles’ Lilly Anne Lancaster is getting hot for the Roughriders at the right time of year. Lancaster scored a hat trick in just five… Continue reading

Lilly Anne Lancaster, Port Angeles soccer.
Crescent’s Jackson Girard (20) fights to get to the goal line pylon in first half action against Mary M. Knight in Joyce on Saturday. Helping to block is Connor Avrett (49). (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Crescent finishes season perfect; EJ wins three straight

EJ ends season on three-game winning streak

Crescent’s Jackson Girard (20) fights to get to the goal line pylon in first half action against Mary M. Knight in Joyce on Saturday. Helping to block is Connor Avrett (49). (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim Wolves.

GIRLS PREP SOCCER: Sequim holds on to win postseason opener

The Sequim girls soccer team won its loser-out playoff game this weekend, hanging on at the end to beat Franklin Pierce 3-2. The… Continue reading

Sequim Wolves.
Crescent's Liam Sprague stretches for more yardage against Mary M. Knight on homecoming day at Crescent High School. The Loggers won to finish the season 9-0. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: (Updated) Crescent finishes season perfect; EJ wins third game in a row

Forks makes playoffs, Neah Bay tunes up

Crescent's Liam Sprague stretches for more yardage against Mary M. Knight on homecoming day at Crescent High School. The Loggers won to finish the season 9-0. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Port Angeles cross country celebrates during the Westside Classic meet in Tacoma this week. Six members of the team qualified for the state 2A championship, including four boys. (Angie Gooding/Port Angeles Cross Country)

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: PA, Sequim to send nine runners to state

EJ boys win 1A district; girls second

The Port Angeles cross country celebrates during the Westside Classic meet in Tacoma this week. Six members of the team qualified for the state 2A championship, including four boys. (Angie Gooding/Port Angeles Cross Country)
Port Angeles' Lilly Anne Lancaster scores one of her three goals against Washington on Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles wallops Washington 9-0 in playoff opener

All the pieces fell into place as the Port Angeles girls soccer team had its most dominant performance of the season, winning… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Lilly Anne Lancaster scores one of her three goals against Washington on Saturday at Wally Sigmar Field at Peninsula College. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's men's and women's soccer teams celebrate earning Northwest Athletic Conference North Region Championships and first-round byes in the NWAC Playoffs. The Pirate men (noon) and women (2:30 p.m.) will host quarterfinal contests Nov. 8 at Wally Sigmar Field.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women celebrate North Region titles on Sophomore Recognition Day

Will host playoff doubleheader Nov. 8

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics Peninsula College's men's and women's soccer teams celebrate earning Northwest Athletic Conference North Region Championships and first-round byes in the NWAC Playoffs. The Pirate men (noon) and women (2:30 p.m.) will host quarterfinal contests Nov. 8 at Wally Sigmar Field.
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles’ Mariah Traband, left, heads a ball past Sequim’s Harper Moore and toward teammate Morgan Politika, right, and Sequim’s Brooklynn Schmidt during a game earlier this month.

PREPS: Riders await playoff date

Mariah Traband and Lilly Lancaster each scored two goals as Port Angeles shook off a slow first half and earned a 4-2 win… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles’ Mariah Traband, left, heads a ball past Sequim’s Harper Moore and toward teammate Morgan Politika, right, and Sequim’s Brooklynn Schmidt during a game earlier this month.

AREA SPORTS: Momentum One Volleyball Academy hosts travel team tryouts Saturday for U12-U14

U15-U18 tryouts set Nov. 23

Port Angeles’ Carson Waddell (2) throws the ball against Bremerton on Friday night. Torrential rain at the beginning of the game affected play, especially in the first half. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Games dictated by rain and defense this week

In a defensive battle dictated by torrential rain that deluged the field for the first half, the Port Angeles Roughriders football team… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Carson Waddell (2) throws the ball against Bremerton on Friday night. Torrential rain at the beginning of the game affected play, especially in the first half. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)
Nicholas Lyne of Victoria, B.C., competes in the Last Man Standing competition at the Salt Creek 24 this weekend. (Jesse Major Photography/Peninsula Adventure Sports)

SALT CREEK 24: Records fall despite high winds

The winds howled but records still fell at this year’s Salt Creek 24 endurance race at the Salt Creek Recreation Area. The… Continue reading

Nicholas Lyne of Victoria, B.C., competes in the Last Man Standing competition at the Salt Creek 24 this weekend. (Jesse Major Photography/Peninsula Adventure Sports)
Jordyn Julmist, Sequim volleyball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jordyn Julmist, Sequim volleyball

Every year, the Sequim volleyball team makes it a goal to knock off perennial powerhouse North Kitsap. Last week, for the first time in a… Continue reading

Jordyn Julmist, Sequim volleyball.
East Jefferson, Neah Bay

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: East Jefferson, Neah Bay win

The East Jefferson football team pitched a shutout,… Continue reading

East Jefferson, Neah Bay
Peninsula College

COLLEGE SOCCER: Pirates score in stoppage time for force a tie with Shoreline

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team will have to wait another game to lock up a North Region championship after a 2-2 tie… Continue reading

Peninsula College
Port Angeles running back Dylan Mann (22) gets blocking from teammate Stryder Wilhelm (62) as he rushes for some of his 101 yards Friday night against Bremerton. The Knights won in extremely wet conditions 21-0. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Roughriders lose soggy defensive battle to Bremerton

In a defensive battle dictated by torrential rain that deluged the field for the first half, the Port Angeles Roughriders football team… Continue reading

Port Angeles running back Dylan Mann (22) gets blocking from teammate Stryder Wilhelm (62) as he rushes for some of his 101 yards Friday night against Bremerton. The Knights won in extremely wet conditions 21-0. (Diamond Gentile/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES: Bremerton shuts out Port Angeles; East Jefferson, Neah Bay win

Sequim falls in wild shootout with Bainbridge

Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles senior Leia Larson, front, eyes the finish line while Sequim freshman Emily Bair (back) overtakes Olympic's Abigail Thatcher to earn a top-5 finish at the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Thursday.

CROSS COUNTRY: Port Angeles fares well at Olympic League Championships

Sequim’s Bair chases down fifth place

Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles senior Leia Larson, front, eyes the finish line while Sequim freshman Emily Bair (back) overtakes Olympic's Abigail Thatcher to earn a top-5 finish at the Olympic League Cross Country Championships at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Thursday.