Lee Horton

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Sekiu hot for silvers

IF YOU'RE WILLING to brave the rain, there are plenty of fishing opportunities this weekend. As expected, Sekiu has been the hotspot for saltwater salmon,… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Sekiu hot for silvers

IF YOU'RE WILLING to brave the rain, there are plenty of fishing opportunities this weekend. As expected, Sekiu has been the hotspot for saltwater salmon,… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Last chance for coastal salmon includes LaPush derby

FISHING SEASONS COME and go so quickly, don’t they? The salmon seasons on the northern coast came to a close Sunday. Doesn’t it seem like… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S PREP NOTES: Finding the positives after a rough football weekend

LAST WEEK WAS a tough one for most North Olympic Peninsula high school football teams. Neah Bay beat Clallam Bay 56-14, and Forks shut out… Continue reading

Sequim's Adam Knapman

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim rallies, but falls to Bremerton

SEQUIM — Pick any football cliche, and it probably applies to Sequim's 41-35 loss to Bremerton. A tale of two halves. A game of inches.… Continue reading

Sequim's Adam Knapman

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Popular pheasant hunting area closed

BAD NEWS FOR pheasant hunters: There will be no hunting in the area known as Voice of America this year. In fact, there probably won’t… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Beach cleanup this weekend

SOME THINGS CLEAN themselves. Cats, for example. But most things need a human touch, or they will become messier and messier. Washington’s coastal beaches will… Continue reading

Port Townsend quarterback Jacob King gets instructions from the sideline during the Redskins' 41-0 win over Coupeville last week. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

LEE HORTON’S PREP NOTES: Port Townsend rolling so far

GOOD THINGS ARE happening in Port Townsend. So far this season, the football team has a 28-13 win over 2A Granite Falls and a 41-0… Continue reading

Port Townsend quarterback Jacob King gets instructions from the sideline during the Redskins' 41-0 win over Coupeville last week. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend's Tim Russell breaks the tackle of Coupeville's Tyree Booker and rushes for first down in the opening quarter of the Redskins' 41-0 win at Memorial Field. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend runs over Coupeville

PORT TOWNSEND — Jacob King ran for three touchdowns for the second week in a row to lead Port Townsend to a 41-0 thrashing over… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Tim Russell breaks the tackle of Coupeville's Tyree Booker and rushes for first down in the opening quarter of the Redskins' 41-0 win at Memorial Field. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: ‘Going in the woods’ contaminating Big Quilcene River

UM, NO, THAT isn't a brown trout in the Big Quilcene River. Apparently, there's a big problem on the Big Quil — anglers are acting… Continue reading

SPORTS: Quilcene football team looking for new opponent this weekend

QUILCENE — Continuing a trend that has plagued North Olympic Peninsula high school football teams, Mary M. Knight has canceled its game with Quilcene. The… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Silvers and sun in the weekend forecast

IT MIGHT BE too early to completely check out mentally, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about the weekend. It’s going to be… Continue reading

Sequim quarterback Miguel Moroles throws the ball from his own end zone during the Wolves' 35-20 loss to New Westminster

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s new attitude; Neah Bay’s new opponent

SEQUIM — Ask Sequim football coach Erik Wiker whether he considers the Wolves a run-first or pass-first team, and he'll probably answer that his offense… Continue reading

Sequim quarterback Miguel Moroles throws the ball from his own end zone during the Wolves' 35-20 loss to New Westminster
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SPORTS: Defending NWAACC champion Peninsula College women’s soccer team could be even better this year

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women’s soccer team is having an eventful start to the 2013 season. Officially, the Pirates are 0-2, already with… Continue reading

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Sequim fullback Arnold Black loses control of the ball after a big hit by New Westminster linebacker Bogdan Pavel. Tim Wright/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim loses opener to New Westminster, 35-20

SEQUIM — Football can be a game of strategy controlled by men standing on the sideline. But sometimes, those men get in the way and… Continue reading

Sequim fullback Arnold Black loses control of the ball after a big hit by New Westminster linebacker Bogdan Pavel. Tim Wright/for Peninsula Daily News

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Idea to extend Marine Area 9 chinook fishery

REMEMBER THE MARINE Area 9 chinook fishery? It was great. But it lasted only 20 days. Well, Eric Elliott of The Fishin’ Hole (360-385-7031) in… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Idea to extend Marine Area 9 chinook fishery

REMEMBER THE MARINE Area 9 chinook fishery? It was great. But it lasted only 20 days. Well, Eric Elliott of The Fishin’ Hole (360-385-7031) in… Continue reading

SPORTS: 1B football preview: Neah Bay chasing another title

NEAH BAY — The Neah Bay Red Devils have made two consecutive appearances in the 1B eight-man state football championship. In 2011, the won the… Continue reading

Port Townsend quarterback Jacob King (7) hands off to Liam Anderson during practice. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: 1A football preview: High expectations for Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Nick Snyder was stopped at a grocery store a few days before football practices started last month. “So, are you guys going… Continue reading

Port Townsend quarterback Jacob King (7) hands off to Liam Anderson during practice. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Silver salmon invading Sekiu (and pinks are still out in force, too)

LET'S GET RIGHT to the point. “The silver horde is in at Sekiu,” John Albiso of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Coastal Conservation… Continue reading