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OUTDOORS: Hunting/fishing license fee increase passes state Senate, first since 2011

Sen. Mike Chapman votes against fee hikes

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Duran Ward applies the tag to North Mason's Boston Stanley as Sequim's Simon Skribner backs up the play and pitcher Zeke Schmadeke, right, looks on.

PREPS: Dearinger’s 3-run double does the job for Sequim

Devyn Dearinger’s bases-clearing two-out double capped a six-run comeback and lifted Sequim to an eventual 8-7 victory over North Mason at home in… Continue reading

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Duran Ward applies the tag to North Mason's Boston Stanley as Sequim's Simon Skribner backs up the play and pitcher Zeke Schmadeke, right, looks on.
Port Angeles Roughriders

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders rack up another road win

Pyper Alton earns comeback tiebreaker tennis win

Port Angeles Roughriders
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles freshman Madeline Walton competes in the long jump during a track and field meet held at Sequim High School. It was the first meet held on the recently resurfaced track in Sequim since 2021.

PREPS: Sequim’s rebuilt track hosts first meet

Sequim High School’s new running track made its official debut Thursday, welcoming five North Olympic Peninsula schools and Kingston to a seven-team Olympic… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Port Angeles freshman Madeline Walton competes in the long jump during a track and field meet held at Sequim High School. It was the first meet held on the recently resurfaced track in Sequim since 2021.
Andy Borchers

GOLF: Area golfers record hole-in-one’s

Jack McLinn, a Sequim golfer and member of The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course, recently recorded his… Continue reading

Andy Borchers
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in a case concerning spot shrimp unlawfully harvested from Hood Canal in May 2024.

OUTDOORS: Shrimp poaching case reveals light punishment for prized species

PENALTIES FOR POACHING spot shrimp are pretty light in our state. At least, that’s the takeaway after a recent court case in Jefferson County. Jefferson… Continue reading

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in a case concerning spot shrimp unlawfully harvested from Hood Canal in May 2024.

PREPS: Sequim’s Schmadeke, Dearinger combine on 1-hit shutout

Sequim pitchers Zeke Schmadeke and Devyn Dearinger combined on a one-hit shutout as the Wolves shut out Kingston 6-0 in an Olympic League… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Angeles soccer

PREPS: Sequim’s Musso nets hat trick in victory; PA blanks North Mason on the road

Sequim’s improvement in its second game, a 5-1 home boys soccer win over Kingston, highlighted by a Nico Musso hat trick, was seen… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Angeles soccer

AREA SPORTS: Attend Mariners’ game, support Clallam kids in need

Enjoy the Seattle Mariners-Houston Asros baseball game at T-Mobile Park July 20 and… Continue reading

Forks' Estevan Ramos (2) competes with Roughrider Matthew Miller (10) on the turf of Spartan Stadium where Port Angeles defeated Forks 2 to 0.  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

PREPS: Port Angeles boys soccer bests Forks, beats hail storm

Port Angeles boys and girls golfers top Sequim

Forks' Estevan Ramos (2) competes with Roughrider Matthew Miller (10) on the turf of Spartan Stadium where Port Angeles defeated Forks 2 to 0.  Photo by Lonnie Archibald.

BOYS SOCCER: East Jefferson opens strong, looks to keep high level in tough Nisqually League

A hat trick by freshman Alan Morales highlighted East Jefferson’s play in a 5-0 season-opening shutout of Nisqually League boys soccer foe… Continue reading

Photos by Alaska Anchorage Athletics Alaska Anchorage senior Millie Long has earned a number of accolades this season, including Great Northern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Millie Long earns Division II All-West Region honors

Previously won GNAC Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer

Photos by Alaska Anchorage Athletics Alaska Anchorage senior Millie Long has earned a number of accolades this season, including Great Northern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
Courtesy Bud Denney Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, right, received the WIAA Sportsmanship Medallion from Lauri McCaulley for her play in the Red Devils’ 51-36 state quarterfinal win over Oakesdale on Thursday at the Spokane Arena.

STATE BASKETBALL: Red Devils rally back; move on to Friday semifinal

Trailed 30-22 midway through 3rd, win 51-36

Courtesy Bud Denney Neah Bay’s Qwaapeys Greene, right, received the WIAA Sportsmanship Medallion from Lauri McCaulley for her play in the Red Devils’ 51-36 state quarterfinal win over Oakesdale on Thursday at the Spokane Arena.
Will Denner/The Columbian Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.

STATE BASKETBALL: Port Angeles has its chances against No. 7 Columbia River

Rally back but can’t take lead

Will Denner/The Columbian Columbia River’s Camy Drake goes up for a shot against Port Angeles during a Class 2A girls basketball state round of 12 game on Wednesday at the Yakima SunDome.
Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)

STATE 2A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Sequim can’t hold on to big leads

Wolves falter in fourth

Sequim’s Ethan Melnick (0) shoots a three over Dalton Stevens’ outstretched hand during Sequim’s 69-59 loss to Mark Morris in a Round of 12 game at the 2A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Wednesday. (Dylan Wilhelm /Daily Chronicle)
The Sequim Wolves defeated Lindbergh 44-36 Friday night in a Class 2A Boys Basketball State Regional Round contest at the UPS Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Sequim advanced to the state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome for the first time since 2013. The Wolves will face a loser-out contest at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

STATE REGIONAL ROUND: Sequim saves season, reaches Yakima with fourth-quarter comeback

Wolves stave off upstart Lindbergh Eagles 44-36

The Sequim Wolves defeated Lindbergh 44-36 Friday night in a Class 2A Boys Basketball State Regional Round contest at the UPS Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Sequim advanced to the state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome for the first time since 2013. The Wolves will face a loser-out contest at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Roy angler John Keizer caught this chinook while fishing off the coast last summer. Salmon seasons negotiations are underway this month.

OUTDOORS: Odd-year pinks no friend to kings, orcas

Crowding chinook out of lower river spawning sites

Roy angler John Keizer caught this chinook while fishing off the coast last summer. Salmon seasons negotiations are underway this month.
Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics The Peninsula College women's basketball team and head coach Alison Crumb celebrate its fourth straight NWAC North Division championship, and eighth league title in program history.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women celebrate fourth straight North Division championship

Second-straight unbeaten Division slate

Jay Cline/Peninsula College Athletics The Peninsula College women's basketball team and head coach Alison Crumb celebrate its fourth straight NWAC North Division championship, and eighth league title in program history.
Jake Busby has been selected as the next head football coach for the East Jefferson Rivals, the Port Townsend and Chimacum high school sports cooperative. Busby, a Florida native, has coached at the private and public school level in Florida and Washington. 

PREP FOOTBALL: Florida man Busby picked to lead East Jefferson

History of high-powered offenses

Jake Busby has been selected as the next head football coach for the East Jefferson Rivals, the Port Townsend and Chimacum high school sports cooperative. Busby, a Florida native, has coached at the private and public school level in Florida and Washington. 

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughrider girls roar back in fourth, reach district title game

Port Angeles rallied behind a 27-point fourth quarter to return to the Class 2A state tournament and the West Central District Girls Basketball… Continue reading