Preps

Quilcene Rangers

PREP ROUNDUP: Quilcene baseball wins again in eighth inning

The Quilcene Rangers baseball team won its second game of the year in extra innings, scoring two runs in the eighth to get… Continue reading

Quilcene Rangers
Lexie Smith, Port Angeles softball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lexie Smith, Port Angeles softball

Lexie Smith is wrapping up an outstanding prep sports career this spring with the Port Angeles softball team and is putting up monster numbers so… Continue reading

Lexie Smith, Port Angeles softball.
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP ROUNDUP: Miller nets hat trick in PA soccer victory

Port Angeles track girls shine at Mount Tahoma meet

Port Angeles Roughriders
Forks Spartans

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Forks doubles up Crosspoint

Sequim, Port Angeles drop nonleague games

Forks Spartans
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Port Angeles’ Lexie Smith jumps on home plate after hitting a grand slam home run while her teammates wait to celebrate during the Roughriders’ win over Sequim.
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Port Angeles’ Lexie Smith jumps on home plate after hitting a grand slam home run while her teammates wait to celebrate during the Roughriders’ win over Sequim.
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An errant pickoff attempt skipped past Sequim first baseman Braydon White and Port Angeles baserunner Alex Angevine. Angevine advanced to third base on the play, scoring on another throwing error.

BASEBALL: Play at the plate lifts Sequim in instant classic win over rival Port Angeles

In a game for the ages, the Sequim baseball team broke a long losing streak at Port Angeles’ Civic Field, and it… Continue reading

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An errant pickoff attempt skipped past Sequim first baseman Braydon White and Port Angeles baserunner Alex Angevine. Angevine advanced to third base on the play, scoring on another throwing error.

BASEBALL: Roughriders rally back past rival Sequim in 7-4 triumph

Back-to-back doubles by Kody Williams and Jordan Shumway, the latter an RBI shot to center field, lifted Port Angeles past rival Sequim 7-4… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Matthew Miller heads the ball at Wally Sigmar Field on Tuesday as Sequim's Joshua Alcaraz (2) and Preston Kurtze are in on the play. Miller scored two goals in a 2-1 victory. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders outlast Wolves in entertaining battle

In an entertaining and physical battle between Olympic Peninsula rivals, the Port Angeles boys soccer team got a pair of goals from… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Matthew Miller heads the ball at Wally Sigmar Field on Tuesday as Sequim's Joshua Alcaraz (2) and Preston Kurtze are in on the play. Miller scored two goals in a 2-1 victory. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Sequim's Jericho Julmist goes up for a shot on March 5 against Mark Morris in the 2A State Tournament. He led the Wolves with 28 points.

ALL-PENINSULA MVP: Jericho Julmist, clutch performer with more to prove

It’s hard to believe that Sequim’s Jericho Julmist barely even touched a basketball last year. This season, he absolutely erupted on the local… Continue reading

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Sequim's Jericho Julmist goes up for a shot on March 5 against Mark Morris in the 2A State Tournament. He led the Wolves with 28 points.
Port Angeles’ Faerin Tait picked up three top-10 at the Arnie Young Invitational track meet this weekend, including a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles. She had already posted the fourth-best time in the state in the 100 hurdles.

PREP ROUNDUP: Tait, other Riders shine at Arnie Young Invite; EJ soccer wins

Faerin Tait, Brody Pierce and Hunter Flores all had solid showings and numerous athletes posted personal-best times and distances in the 28-team Arnie… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Faerin Tait picked up three top-10 at the Arnie Young Invitational track meet this weekend, including a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles. She had already posted the fourth-best time in the state in the 100 hurdles.
Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball

Sequim’s Devyn Dearinger had a game to remember on March 26 against North Mason. With the Wolves down 7-5 in the fifth inning, Dearinger hit… Continue reading

Devyn Dearinger, Sequim baseball.
East Jefferson track

PREP ROUNDUP: EJ girls pick up three first-place finishes at the Trojan Twilight

The East Jefferson girls picked up three first-place finishes and came in fifth as a team at the Trojan Twilight track and field… Continue reading

East Jefferson track
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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.
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Forks’ Orlando Camacho kicks the ball past Hoquiam defenders including Israel Rosales (6). Also in action for Forks is Margarito Gonzalez Black (11). The Spartans scored four second-half goals to beat the Grizzlies 5-1.
East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez goes airborne to head the ball away from Klahowya defenders during a Nisqually League game played in Port Townsend’s Memorial Stadium on Tuesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOCCER: East Jefferson falls 2-1 to Klahowya

The East Jefferson boys soccer team outshot Klahowya and kept the game close, but defensive lapses cost the Rivals in a 2-1… Continue reading

East Jefferson’s Manaseh Lanphear-Ramirez goes airborne to head the ball away from Klahowya defenders during a Nisqually League game played in Port Townsend’s Memorial Stadium on Tuesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Klahhane Xcel team. From left, Kinley Matthews, Laqouia DePiro, Lainey, DePiro, Aubrie Huisman, Harper Waterkotte, Lucy Monaghan, Lorelei Sanders, Penny Goodwin, Emily Bair, Reagan Haguewood and Zayleigh McCullem. (Klahhane Gymnastics)
The Klahhane Xcel team. From left, Kinley Matthews, Laqouia DePiro, Lainey, DePiro, Aubrie Huisman, Harper Waterkotte, Lucy Monaghan, Lorelei Sanders, Penny Goodwin, Emily Bair, Reagan Haguewood and Zayleigh McCullem. (Klahhane Gymnastics)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: North Kitsap’s Orness to be inducted into hall of fame

Longtime North Kitsap boys basketball coach Scott Orness will be among the coaches inducted into the 2025 Hall of Fame class by… Continue reading

Colin Feik, Sequim soccer.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Colin Feik, Sequim soccer

Colin Feik played a role in every goal in Sequim’s 4-1 boys’ soccer victory over Olympic last week. It seems like in every win for… Continue reading

Colin Feik, Sequim soccer.
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Port Angeles' Harper Willis, right, looks at a loose ball in front of North Kitsap's Gavin Alfonso on Friday at Peninsula College.

PREP SOCCER: (Updated) North Kitsap still tops in the league, blanks Port Angeles

Feik three assists and a goal in Sequim victory over Olympic

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Port Angeles' Harper Willis, right, looks at a loose ball in front of North Kitsap's Gavin Alfonso on Friday at Peninsula College.
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Max Gagnon of Port Angeles tees off on Thursday at Peninsula Golf Course.

PREPS: Roughrider golf, softball head into spring break in first place

Port Angeles boys golf stayed unbeaten with a 169-231 win over Kingston on Thursday even as their scores dipped as heavy rains… Continue reading

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Max Gagnon of Port Angeles tees off on Thursday at Peninsula Golf Course.