Lee Horton

Port Angeles' Cara Cristion

PREP SOFTBALL: Sequim beats Port Angeles for share of Olympic League title; will teams play again?

PORT ANGELES — There's no shame in sharing. Sequim beat Port Angeles 8-2 at Dry Creek Elementary to give both teams a piece of the… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Cara Cristion
Quilcene pitcher Jacob Pleines

PREP BASEBALL: Quilcene’s season comes to a rough end

QUILCENE — Quilcene's baseball season came to a stumbling conclusion before the Rangers reached the postseason. Needing only one win to qualify for the Bi-District… Continue reading

Quilcene pitcher Jacob Pleines

PREP NOTES: Exciting finish ahead for high school sports

CRUNCH TIME IS coming for the high school sports season. The state tournaments and meets are still two weeks away, but many teams have already… Continue reading

PREP NOTES: Sequim baseball stuck in a pack of contenders

SEQUIM — There’s an easy way for the Sequim baseball team to make the postseason and a hard, complicated way. The easy way is to… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Sean Dwyer looks towards the umpire after being tagged out trying to steal second base by Port Angeles's Matt Hendry. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASEBALL: Port Townsend rallies past Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Attaining a simple goal provided a big payoff for the Port Townsend baseball team. Jacob King hit a grounder toward second base… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Sean Dwyer looks towards the umpire after being tagged out trying to steal second base by Port Angeles's Matt Hendry. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend's Sean Dwyer looks towards the umpire after being tagged out trying to steal second base by Port Angeles's Matt Hendry. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASEBALL: Port Townsend rallies past Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Attaining a simple goal provided a big payoff for the Port Townsend baseball team. Jacob King hit a grounder toward second base… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Sean Dwyer looks towards the umpire after being tagged out trying to steal second base by Port Angeles's Matt Hendry. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College's Ash Apollon is one of the key returners from last season's NWAACC-champion men's team who will play for the Pirates at Saturday's Rumble in the Rainforest. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE SOCCER: Elite teams playing at Peninsula’s Rumble in the Rainforest

PORT ANGELES — With all due respect to the NWAACC, the largest assembly of soccer talent at Wally Sigmar Field in 2014 will be Saturday… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Ash Apollon is one of the key returners from last season's NWAACC-champion men's team who will play for the Pirates at Saturday's Rumble in the Rainforest. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles boys basketball head coach Brent Stephens coaches his team against Sequim in January. Stephens resigned after two years of coaching the Roughriders. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles coach Brent Stephens resigns

PORT ANGELES — The revolving door continues for the Port Angeles boys basketball team. Head coach Brent Stephens has resigned after two seasons, leaving Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles boys basketball head coach Brent Stephens coaches his team against Sequim in January. Stephens resigned after two years of coaching the Roughriders. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College's Ash Apollon is one of the key returners from last season's NWAACC-champion men's team who will play for the Pirates at Saturday's Rumble in the Rainforest. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE SOCCER: Elite teams playing at Peninsula’s Rumble in the Rainforest

PORT ANGELES — With all due respect to the NWAACC, the largest assembly of soccer talent at Wally Sigmar Field in 2014 will be Saturday… Continue reading

Peninsula College's Ash Apollon is one of the key returners from last season's NWAACC-champion men's team who will play for the Pirates at Saturday's Rumble in the Rainforest. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles boys basketball head coach Brent Stephens coaches his team against Sequim in January. Stephens resigned after two years of coaching the Roughriders. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles coach Brent Stephens resigns

PORT ANGELES — The revolving door continues for the Port Angeles boys basketball team. Head coach Brent Stephens has resigned after two seasons, leaving Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles boys basketball head coach Brent Stephens coaches his team against Sequim in January. Stephens resigned after two years of coaching the Roughriders. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Jeremy Chandler of Tucson

SPORTS: Aiello wins close Northwest Cup mountain bike race

PORT ANGELES — Closely contested downhill mountain bike races come down to the smallest details. “It could be hitting a root the wrong way,” Northwest… Continue reading

Jeremy Chandler of Tucson
Sequim's Tyler Ebert

PREP SOCCER: Sequim knocks off rival Port Angeles in extra time

PORT ANGELES — Sequim needed extra time to beat Port Angeles 1-0 when the Wolves finally got one past the Roughriders defense and goalkeeper Nicholas… Continue reading

Sequim's Tyler Ebert
Sequim's Tanner Rhodefer

PREP BASEBALL: Sequim routs rival Port Angeles 13-4

PORT ANGELES — Sequim again played like one of the top teams in the Olympic League by taking full advantage of Port Angeles' miscues in… Continue reading

Sequim's Tanner Rhodefer
Sequim's Tanner Rhodefer

PREP BASEBALL: Sequim routs rival Port Angeles 13-4

PORT ANGELES — Sequim again played like one of the top teams in the Olympic League by taking full advantage of Port Angeles' miscues in… Continue reading

Sequim's Tanner Rhodefer
Port Townsend runner Ryan Clarke

CROSS COUNTRY: Port Townsend’s Ryan Clarke earns All-Peninsula MVP

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend cross country runner Ryan Clarke noticed something during the Salt Creek Invitational in September. He was running alone. “I started… Continue reading

Port Townsend runner Ryan Clarke
Port Angeles' Maddy Hinrichs

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Port Angeles’ Maddy Hinrichs named All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — Maddy Hinrichs doesn't need even a second to think about what the best moment of her senior volleyball season was. “Beating Sequim… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Maddy Hinrichs
Neah Bay quarterback Josiah Greene (2) runs away from Touchet defender Carlos Rincon (23) during the Red Devils' 36-18 win in the Class 1B state championship game. David Willoughby/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Josiah Greene again wins All-Peninsula MVP

NEAH BAY — Josiah Greene recently signed a letter of intent to play football at MidAmerica Nazarene University this fall. Greene will play quarterback for… Continue reading

Neah Bay quarterback Josiah Greene (2) runs away from Touchet defender Carlos Rincon (23) during the Red Devils' 36-18 win in the Class 1B state championship game. David Willoughby/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASEBALL: Sequim off to explosive start

SEQUIM — The surprise of the baseball season so far has been Sequim's scorching start. The Wolves are 4-0 and have outscored their opponents 44-6… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Scott Methner and Sequim's Eli Berg battle for control of the ball at Sequim High School. Also in on the play is Cameron Chase (21) of Sequim and Vincent Ioffrida (11) and Wei-Yen Fu (10) of Port Angeles. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim blanks rival Port Angeles

SEQUIM — Sequim sophomore goalkeeper Austin Wagner made a pair of big saves early in the Wolves' match against rival Port Angeles. From there, Sequim… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Scott Methner and Sequim's Eli Berg battle for control of the ball at Sequim High School. Also in on the play is Cameron Chase (21) of Sequim and Vincent Ioffrida (11) and Wei-Yen Fu (10) of Port Angeles. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Area track and field athletes and baseball and softball players set to begin seasons

ASK YOUR FAVORITE high school softball or baseball player when their next game is and you’ll probably won’t receive a confident answer. Something like: “Well,… Continue reading