Michael Carman

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles tests its mettle in road win over Bainbridge

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles tests its mettle in road win over Bainbridge

Port Angeles showed its strength late against Class 3A Bainbridge, pulling away in the final two minutes for a season-opening 54-48 road boys… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles tests its mettle in road win over Bainbridge
GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Experienced Chimacum looking to synch up in early going

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Experienced Chimacum looking to synch up in early going

With virtually its entire roster intact, the Chimacum girls basketball team came off a promising 2017-2018 with high hopes for this season. Those… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Experienced Chimacum looking to synch up in early going
BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum deeper this season

BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum deeper this season

Mark Bennett, an assistant on last season’s Chimacum boys basketball team, has moved over on the bench as head coach for the Cowboys… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum deeper this season
BOYS BASKETBALL: No ceiling for tall, experienced Roughriders

BOYS BASKETBALL: No ceiling for tall, experienced Roughriders

Practices have been intensely competitive in the first two weeks and Port Angeles boys’ basketball coach Kasey Ulin said he has told… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: No ceiling for tall, experienced Roughriders
GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Youthful Port Angeles on the offensive in the early going

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Youthful Port Angeles on the offensive in the early going

The journey tips off this week for most of the 18 boys and girls prep basketball teams on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Youthful Port Angeles on the offensive in the early going
STATE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Quilcene hoping to get their kicks against onside-heavy Odessa

STATE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Quilcene hoping to get their kicks against onside-heavy Odessa

Top-seeded Odessa’s resume speaks for itself, a 12-0 record in which the Tigers put up 90-plus points on two occasions and broke the… Continue reading

STATE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Quilcene hoping to get their kicks against onside-heavy Odessa

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles boys basketball hosts Green and White Day Saturday

The Port Angeles Boys Basketball Program will kick off the 2018-19 season with Green and… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Lake Leland fishing dock, Point Whitney boat ramp will see improvements

A JEFFERSON COUNTY lake was stocked with 1,258 rainbow trout earlier this week, but anglers will have to find another locale for some post-Thanksgiving fishing.… Continue reading

STATE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Quilcene’s Bruner, Reynolds have each other’s backs

STATE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Quilcene’s Bruner, Reynolds have each other’s backs

It’s not exactly Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside for Quilcene’s senior running backs Olin Reynolds and Ben Bruner. Both players have the ability… Continue reading

STATE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS: Quilcene’s Bruner, Reynolds have each other’s backs

GOLF: Options to hit up the links on Black Friday

Peninsula Golf Club’s 27th annual Apple… Continue reading

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College storms back in second half in road win over Lower Columbia, Port Angeles’ Wheeler

The Peninsula College women’s basketball team rallied and then held on in the closing seconds for a 65-62 road win over Lower Columbia.… Continue reading

The Associated Press                                Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew celebrates with fans after throwing seven touchdown passes in a 69-28 win over Arizona last Saturday.

APPLE CUP: Grateful for Washington State’s Mississippi Mustache

A FOLK HERO taking shape and adding more outrageous tales to the legend on a weekly basis is something to behold. That’s what’s occurred for… Continue reading

The Associated Press                                Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew celebrates with fans after throwing seven touchdown passes in a 69-28 win over Arizona last Saturday.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Quilcene’s Ben Bruner has ‘game of his career’ in state playoff win

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Quilcene’s Ben Bruner has ‘game of his career’ in state playoff win

Quilcene’s Ben Bruner had “the game of his career,” according to Rangers head coach Trey Beathard in a wild 54-50 come-from-behind Class 1B State Quarterfinal… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Quilcene’s Ben Bruner has ‘game of his career’ in state playoff win

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Sequim, Port Angeles girls soccer players earn All-League honors and more …

Port Angeles and Sequim girls soccer players are well represented in All-Olympic League… Continue reading

Nathan Mishler gets final advice from coach Deborah Swinford as he takes his boat out for his Men’s Junior 1x race.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: OPRA rowers compete at Head of the Lake Regatta

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association youth rowers recently competed on a gorgeous fall day in the… Continue reading

Nathan Mishler gets final advice from coach Deborah Swinford as he takes his boat out for his Men’s Junior 1x race.
STATE FOOTBALL: Quilcene’s Holdem Elkins knows when to throw

STATE FOOTBALL: Quilcene’s Holdem Elkins knows when to throw

Trusting in the arm of quarterback Holdem Elkins and a deep crop of talented backs and receivers has never been a gamble for… Continue reading

STATE FOOTBALL: Quilcene’s Holdem Elkins knows when to throw

OUTDOORS: WDFW budget woes could be forestalled in future

WITH A $31 million funding gap looming for the upcoming 2019-21 budget biennieum, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has submitted a budget to… Continue reading

FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Riley Cowan is Olympic League 2A MVP; Wolves, Riders represented on All-League team

FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Riley Cowan is Olympic League 2A MVP; Wolves, Riders represented on All-League team

Record-setting Sequim senior quarterback Riley Cowan was selected as The Olympic League 2A Division Football MVP in All-League team voting conducted by league… Continue reading

FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Riley Cowan is Olympic League 2A MVP; Wolves, Riders represented on All-League team

FOOTBALL: Port Townsend, Chimacum players make Nisqually/Olympic All-League team

Chimacum junior Jacob Williamson is a two-way first-team All-Nisqually/Olympic League football selection along the offensive and defensive lines, headlining a crop of Cowboys… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: State football schedule information; Volleyball tryouts Sunday in PA; Green and White Day on Nov. 24

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: State football schedule information; Volleyball tryouts Sunday in PA; Green and White Day on Nov. 24

Quilcene, Neah Bay and Crescent all learned Sunday who they are playing in the state 1B football playoffs. Now they… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: State football schedule information; Volleyball tryouts Sunday in PA; Green and White Day on Nov. 24