Lee Horton

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

Halfway through the regular season, the postseason prospects of most North Olympic Peninsula high school football teams are becoming more clear. Neah Bay, ranked No.… Continue reading

Aubree Officer of Port Angeles

ROWING: Beuke and Officer take first at Seattle regatta

SEATTLE — Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association rowers Elise Beuke and Aubree Officer are two for two. Beuke, a senior at Sequim High School, and Officer,… Continue reading

Aubree Officer of Port Angeles
Port Angeles' John Boesenberg tries to elude the tackle of Olympic's Ethan Goldizen at Civic Field. Boesenberg picked up 11 yards on the play. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Olympic runs over Port Angeles 32-19

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles was celebrating homecoming, but Olympic owned the turf of Civic Field. The Trojans racked up 257 yards on the ground,… Continue reading

Port Angeles' John Boesenberg tries to elude the tackle of Olympic's Ethan Goldizen at Civic Field. Boesenberg picked up 11 yards on the play. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles' Nathan Angevine

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles’ Angevine anticipates success

PORT ANGELES — Nathan Angevine is making the most of his move from quarterback to running back, and the move is certainly paying off for… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Nathan Angevine
Sequim freshman Gavin Velarde returned two kicks for touchdowns against North Kitsap. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

One month into the season, North Olympic Peninsula football teams are winning. The area's nine teams have a combined 21-15 record. Five of the teams… Continue reading

Sequim freshman Gavin Velarde returned two kicks for touchdowns against North Kitsap. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Sequim's Maeve Harris

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles triumphs 5-1 against rival Sequim

PORT ANGELES — After a few years of close wins and close losses, the Port Angeles girls soccer team finally routed rival Sequim 5-1. “It… Continue reading

Sequim's Maeve Harris

PREP NOTES: Sequim matters again in Olympic League football race

SURE, THEY HAVEN’T exactly faced a murderer’s row of opponents so far, but it’s no small feet that the Sequim Wolves have started the football… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

Last year was rough for a number of North Olympic Peninsula prep football teams. Two went winless in 2013, one had one win and another… Continue reading

Port Townsend's David Sua (5)

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend stakes claim to top 1A Olympic League spot with win against Klahowya

PORT TOWNSEND — Not much was stopping David Sua. Even a cleat to the face could only keep him down for about half of a… Continue reading

Port Townsend's David Sua (5)

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

It was a banner week for football on the North Olympic Peninsula. Collectively, the area went 8-1, with the only loss coming at the hands… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Elisha Winck (28) and Josh Monette (11) team up to bring down Lummi's Devin Cooper (9) as Neah Bay's Tommy Tyler (17) and John Reamer join the fray. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: No. 1 Neah Bay holds off No. 4 Lummi 38-26

NEAH BAY — Late in the fourth quarter, Neah Bay's Cole Svec and Josh Monette teamed up to drop Lummi's Devin Cooper for an 8-yard… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Elisha Winck (28) and Josh Monette (11) team up to bring down Lummi's Devin Cooper (9) as Neah Bay's Tommy Tyler (17) and John Reamer join the fray. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned in Week 1

One week of high school football is in the books. The North Olympic Peninsula might have already seen its best game of the year in… Continue reading

Sequim running back Ty Jones

PREP FOOTBALL: Big-play Sequim routs Chimacum

SEQUIM — Miguel Moroles ran and passed Sequim to its first football win since 2012. But for Moroles, the wait for victory has been even… Continue reading

Sequim running back Ty Jones
Forks head coach Mark Feasel pitches the ball to freshman Reece DePew during a drill at practice at Forks High School last week. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: B.C. teacher strike won’t affect Forks’ football game; other area notes

FORKS — The ongoing schoolteachers strike in British Columbia will not prevent the Mount Douglas Rams from crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca to… Continue reading

Forks head coach Mark Feasel pitches the ball to freshman Reece DePew during a drill at practice at Forks High School last week. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
The Olympic Avalanche

YOUTH BASKETBALL: Olympic Avalanche set for sixth-grade season, looking to add three players

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Avalanche have only been together for a little more than a year, but it's difficult for head coach Joe Marvelle… Continue reading

The Olympic Avalanche
Forks head coach Mark Feasel pitches the ball to freshman Reece DePew during a drill at practice at Forks High School last week. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: B.C. teacher strike won’t affect Forks’ football game; other area notes

FORKS — The ongoing schoolteachers strike in British Columbia will not prevent the Mount Douglas Rams from crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca to… Continue reading

Forks head coach Mark Feasel pitches the ball to freshman Reece DePew during a drill at practice at Forks High School last week. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Millie Long of Port Angeles dribbles upcourt during an Olympic Avalanche practice at Peninsula College. The Avalanche is an elite team of 10-year-old girls from the North Olympic Peninsula who are in their first year playing together. Many players from a previous Avalanche team have gone on to play college sports.  --Photo: Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Olympic Avalanche the next generation of Peninsula basketball

PORT ANGELES — Mike Knowles was chatting with a reporter before an Olympic Avalanche basketball practice at Peninsula College last month. “Mike, it's time,” Avalanche… Continue reading

Millie Long of Port Angeles dribbles upcourt during an Olympic Avalanche practice at Peninsula College. The Avalanche is an elite team of 10-year-old girls from the North Olympic Peninsula who are in their first year playing together. Many players from a previous Avalanche team have gone on to play college sports.  --Photo: Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Members of the Port Angeles High School football team take part in line drills Wednesday at the school's practice field. Football practices opened throughout the state Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP NOTES: Five things to watch heading into football season on the North Olympic Peninsula

MANY FINALLY GET to see the fruits of their offseason labors. For others, it's a cruel reminder of the conditioning they never got around to… Continue reading

Members of the Port Angeles High School football team take part in line drills Wednesday at the school's practice field. Football practices opened throughout the state Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Junior lineman Nate Weller (78) is one of the top returners for Quilcene

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene in transition

This is the ninth and final installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices,… Continue reading

Junior lineman Nate Weller (78) is one of the top returners for Quilcene
Crescent's Zach Fletcher (14) tries to get away from a pair of Rainier Christian tacklers last season. Fletcher led Crescent in all-purpose yards as a junior in 2013. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent still young, still learning

This is the seventh installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Crescent's Zach Fletcher (14) tries to get away from a pair of Rainier Christian tacklers last season. Fletcher led Crescent in all-purpose yards as a junior in 2013. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News