Area Sports

Courtesy of OPRA Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.

ROWING: OPRA members shine at home beach sprint regatta

The Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association hosted its second annual beach sprint regatta on Hollywood Beach earlier this month. The event brought in… Continue reading

Courtesy of OPRA Noah Oberly and Cooper Disque eye the turn buoy in Port Angeles Harbor as they get ready to head back to shore.
Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

CLALLAM COUNTY FAIR: Demolition derby gets airborne

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford, lifting his car off the ground during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this… Continue reading

Ryan Petty, No. 95, crashes into Brandon Rutherford during the 2024 Demo Derby at the Clallam County Fair this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Left, Robin Mather, a member of the Port Angeles cross-country teams between 1982-1985 and Burdette Greeny, a baseball player for the Roughriders who graduated in 1993, were among the 2024 inductees at the annual Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame ceremony. Mather went in as a team member while Greeny as an individual. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES HALL OF FAME: Special place creates special athletes

Inductees talk about community and humility

Left, Robin Mather, a member of the Port Angeles cross-country teams between 1982-1985 and Burdette Greeny, a baseball player for the Roughriders who graduated in 1993, were among the 2024 inductees at the annual Port Angeles Roughrider Hall of Fame ceremony. Mather went in as a team member while Greeny as an individual. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Patrick Mahoney of Raymond takes aim at his wooden target during the springboard chop competition during Saturday's logging show in the grandstands arena of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. Mahoney went on to win the event against two other competetors.

CLALLAM COUNTY FAIR: Hack attack at logging show

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Patrick Mahoney of Raymond takes aim at his wooden target during the springboard chop competition during Saturday’s logging show in the… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Patrick Mahoney of Raymond takes aim at his wooden target during the springboard chop competition during Saturday's logging show in the grandstands arena of the Clallam County Fair in Port Angeles. Mahoney went on to win the event against two other competetors.
Pierre LaBossiere on the summit of The Whistlers in Jasper National Park in 2023. (PIerre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Mountain town of Jasper is near and dear to my heart

This was a depressing past couple of weeks for me. Last week, I was supposed to take a vacation I had been… Continue reading

Pierre LaBossiere on the summit of The Whistlers in Jasper National Park in 2023. (PIerre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on Whidbey Island last week, as the Clallam County athletes came home with gold and silver medals. The Orcas extend a special thank-you to Whidbey Island Special Olympics for its hospitality in hosting the Tournament. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS PHOTO: Clallam Special Olympics team wins medals

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on… Continue reading

Clallam County Orca athletes from Sequim and Port Angeles competed against athletes from Anacortes, Bremerton, North Sound and Whidbey Island in the Bocce tournament on Whidbey Island last week, as the Clallam County athletes came home with gold and silver medals. The Orcas extend a special thank-you to Whidbey Island Special Olympics for its hospitality in hosting the Tournament. (Courtesy photo)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area pickleball athletes win medals at senior games

Several Olympic Peninsula senior athletes won silver and gold medals in pickleball at the Washington State Senior Games held earlier this month. Winning… Continue reading

Barry Wilcox winning his bronze medal at the para-cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023. (Casey Gibson/USOPC)

PORT ANGELES ROUGHRIDER HALL OF FAME: Riders’ Barry Wilcox back in the saddle

Suffered major spinal cord injury in traffic accident, now races in para-cycling

Barry Wilcox winning his bronze medal at the para-cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023. (Casey Gibson/USOPC)
Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt with her high school coach Brad Moore at Sequim’s new track surface earlier this month. Pyeatt just signed a scholarship to run track and field for Washington State as both her and Moore are now proud Cougars. (Tracie Pyeatt)

COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt returns to the Pacific Northwest

Track star for the Wolves will now run for Washington State

Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt with her high school coach Brad Moore at Sequim’s new track surface earlier this month. Pyeatt just signed a scholarship to run track and field for Washington State as both her and Moore are now proud Cougars. (Tracie Pyeatt)
James Baker of Longview stalls out his nitrous oxide charged ‘76 Blazer in a race against Ethan Newman of Quilcene in his Chevy 350-powered 1980 Toyota pickup during the mud drags at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

MUD DRAGS: Jefferson County Fair wraps with muddy mayhem

James Baker of Longview stalls out his nitrous oxide charged ‘76 Blazer in a race against Ethan Newman of Quilcene in his Chevy 350-powered 1980… Continue reading

James Baker of Longview stalls out his nitrous oxide charged ‘76 Blazer in a race against Ethan Newman of Quilcene in his Chevy 350-powered 1980 Toyota pickup during the mud drags at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

AREA SPORTS: Deer Run 5K on Naval Magazine Indian Island set Saturday

Chance to run or walk on closed Naval base

AREA SPORTS: Registration open for fall adult soccer, volleyball leagues offered by Peninsula College

Pickup basketball also set for noon at PC this fall

Western Washington Athletics Sequim’s Claire Henninger was recently named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defender of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection for her performance as Western Washington’s goalkeeper in voting held by league coaches.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger signs to play for Portuguese pro team

After an All-League career for the Sequim Wolves followed by an NCAA national championship with Western Washington, Claire Henninger has taken the next… Continue reading

Western Washington Athletics Sequim’s Claire Henninger was recently named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defender of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection for her performance as Western Washington’s goalkeeper in voting held by league coaches.
Airstream, a tiny snail named for the home on her back, bursts across the finish in a record run of less than four minutes in one of the early heats of the annual Joyce Daze slug races. (Sam Nugent)

JOYCE DAZE: Gary shows his fury at annual slug races

It doesn’t get more exciting than this. Slug-racing enthusiasts once again crowded around the race track to cheer on their favorite slugs at… Continue reading

Airstream, a tiny snail named for the home on her back, bursts across the finish in a record run of less than four minutes in one of the early heats of the annual Joyce Daze slug races. (Sam Nugent)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Cedars at Dungeness golf women compete

A total of 11 women from the Cedars at Dungeness Women’s Golf Association competed in the 3-3-3 competition. Marine Hirschfeld and Lisa Chon… Continue reading

A cyclist takes a photo of his friend during the Ride the Hurricane up Hurricane Ridge Road on Sunday morning. More than 800 cyclists from Canada and the U.S. participated in this year's 17-mile-long ride. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

RIDE THE HURRICANE: More than 800 cycle to Hurricane Ridge

A cyclist takes a photo of his friend during the Ride the Hurricane up Hurricane Ridge Road on Sunday morning. More than 800 cyclists from… Continue reading

A cyclist takes a photo of his friend during the Ride the Hurricane up Hurricane Ridge Road on Sunday morning. More than 800 cyclists from Canada and the U.S. participated in this year's 17-mile-long ride. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Port Angeles Youth Baseball team's Liam "Frosty" Grice comes home to score on a groundout during the 25th annual Dick Brown tournament at the Lincoln Park ballfields Saturday. A total of 12 teams attended the tournament for 18 games over two days. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

STANDALONE PHOTO: Dick Brown tournament’s silver anniversary

Above: The Port Angeles Youth Baseball team’s Liam “Frosty” Grice comes home to score on a groundout during the 25th annual Dick Brown tournament at… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Youth Baseball team's Liam "Frosty" Grice comes home to score on a groundout during the 25th annual Dick Brown tournament at the Lincoln Park ballfields Saturday. A total of 12 teams attended the tournament for 18 games over two days. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
Photo courtesy of Turella family / Sequim's Clare Turella celebrates a 17th place finish in the high jump at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Texas on July 25.

AREA SPORTS: Sequim’s Turella competes at Texas A&M in Junior Olympics

Turella competes at Texas A&M in Junior Olympics Sequim teen Clare Turella just keeps finding new bars to leap over and new personal milestones to… Continue reading

Photo courtesy of Turella family / Sequim's Clare Turella celebrates a 17th place finish in the high jump at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Texas on July 25.
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COLLEGE & OLYMPICS: Sequim grad Ruby Coulson starts journey as Stanford Tree mascot at Paris Olympics

Will perform at Cardinal football and basketball games starting Aug. 30

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Courtesy Eastern Washington Athletics Forks' Luke Dahlgren, second from right, shown during a pregame coin flip during the 2023 season, has been selected as a captain for the second straight season for the Eastern Washington football team.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Forks’ Luke Dahlgren an Eastern Washington captain for second straight season

Grad student also a four-time All-Big Sky Conference Academic Team pick

Courtesy Eastern Washington Athletics Forks' Luke Dahlgren, second from right, shown during a pregame coin flip during the 2023 season, has been selected as a captain for the second straight season for the Eastern Washington football team.