Lee Horton

An anonymous Seattle sports moment to forget. Seattle Post-Intelligencer/seattlepi.com

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Seattle probably deserves ‘miserable’ ranking

PERSONALLY, I'VE ALWAYS thought of Seattle as a miserable sports city. I grew up a Utah Jazz fan, and the SuperSonics were always a thorn… Continue reading

An anonymous Seattle sports moment to forget. Seattle Post-Intelligencer/seattlepi.com

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: King of kings caught in Sekiu

SOME GUYS SEEM to have all the luck. A prime example: Fred Dockendorf of Stanwood caught a 35-pound king in Marine Area 5 earlier this… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College selects Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman as men's basketball coach

SPORTS: Peninsula College selects Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman as men’s basketball coach

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College's search for a new men's basketball coach is over. Mitch Freeman, assistant basketball coach at California State Polytechnic University in… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College selects Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman as men's basketball coach

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Marine Area 9 chinook limit decreased

SOMEWHERE IN PORT Townsend there is a kid with a broken heart. He just got dumped by his girlfriend and he’s not taking it too… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College selects Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman as men's basketball coach

SPORTS: Peninsula College selects Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman as men’s basketball coach

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College's search for a new men's basketball coach is over. Cal Poly assistant coach Mitch Freeman has agreed to lead the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College selects Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman as men's basketball coach
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SPORTS: Former Port Angeles coach Knowles to assist Peninsula College women’s team

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College women’s basketball coach Alison Crumb decided to pursue a master’s degree, then lost her assistant coach and entire starting lineup… Continue reading

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LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Those pesky pinks invading area

PINK SALMON ARE wired different than chinook and coho. They only come around every other year — every odd year these odd fish come around… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Wind blowing, fishing slowing

A LOT OF salmon, but not much good weather. That's the saltwater fishing story so far this week. Let's start with the bad news. “They're… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Good week for kings

GEORGE ALEXANDER LOUIS is a fine name for a young prince, but princes are only news because of what they will probably be some time… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College starts interview process for new men’s basketball coach

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College committee in charge of hiring a new men’s basketball coach has begun interviewing candidates. “The head men’s basketball [coach]… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Brocklesby rewrites Sequim High School record books

SEQUIM — It’s safe to say the North Olympic Peninsula hasn’t seen many athletes like Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby. And not many have had a year… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Brocklesby rewrites Sequim High School record books

SEQUIM — It’s safe to say the North Olympic Peninsula hasn’t seen many athletes like Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby. And not many have had a year… Continue reading

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LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Salmon fishing going crazy along the Strait of Juan de Fuca

BACK IN THE saddle. After more than a week of vacation, I have returned to the North Olympic Peninsula. Every time I leave the Peninsula,… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Sequim’s McMullin triple jumps to the top for All-Peninsula honors

SEQUIM — Jasmine McMullin is so quiet that she can probably jump farther than her voice carries. That might not be saying much, though, considering… Continue reading

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LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Section of Sol Duc River will close to fishing

A PORTION OF the Sol Duc River will close to fishing on Saturday. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the river will… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Salmon, crab start well

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND looks like it will yield good results for anglers looking to celebrate our nation’s independence by reeling in a salmon or pulling… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Barrett becomes a scoring machine for the Sequim Wolves; voted All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Sequim boys soccer coach Dave Brasher needed a scorer. So, before the season, he approached Mason Barrett and told the senior defender he… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Jacob Pleines named All-Peninsula baseball MVP

QUILCENE — Quilcene pitcher Jacob Pleines had a feeling about the 2013 baseball season. “He talked about it during basketball season,” said Quilcene’s baseball head… Continue reading

Peninsula College basketball head coach Lance Von Vogt conducts a youth basketball camp Tuesday on the college's Port Angeles campus. Von Vogt is leaving the Pirates for William Jessup University. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Lance Von Vogt leaving Peninsula College for William Jessup University [Corrected]

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College head men's basketball coach Lance Von Vogt has resigned to take the same position at William Jessup University, an NAIA… Continue reading

Peninsula College basketball head coach Lance Von Vogt conducts a youth basketball camp Tuesday on the college's Port Angeles campus. Von Vogt is leaving the Pirates for William Jessup University. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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SPORTS: Zbaraschuk named softball All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Rylleigh Zbaraschuk won’t let a few losses ruin the fun. Coming into her senior year, the center fielder said the Sequim softball team… Continue reading

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