Michael Carman

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Olympic League play begins for Sequim, Port Angeles

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Olympic League play begins for Sequim, Port Angeles

League play begins tonight for Olympic League 2A Division members Sequim and Port Angeles. And while each North Olympic Peninsula team faces a… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Olympic League play begins for Sequim, Port Angeles
Angler Kevin Pennington brought in these two coho last weekend.                                Mason’s Olson Resort

OUTDOORS: Wade through the wild stock to find keeper coho

A WAVE OF wild coho swept in along the Strait of Juan de Fuca after the recent rains. It’s done little to knock down catch… Continue reading

Angler Kevin Pennington brought in these two coho last weekend.                                Mason’s Olson Resort
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles tennis takes North Kitsap to the limit

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles tennis takes North Kitsap to the limit

The Port Angeles boys tennis team nearly knocked off four-time defending Olympic League champion North Kisap, falling 4-3 to the Vikings at… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles tennis takes North Kitsap to the limit
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Clallam Bay digs in to beat Forks

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Clallam Bay digs in to beat Forks

Clallam Bay edged Forks in a tight, five-set volleyball match at Forks on Tuesday. The Bruins won 25-22, 28-26, 19-25, 15-25, 16-14 to… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Clallam Bay digs in to beat Forks
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Cole Uvila wraps successful rookie season in minor leagues

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Cole Uvila wraps successful rookie season in minor leagues

Port Angeles’ Cole Uvila recently wrapped his rookie season in Minor League Baseball with the Spokane Indians. Uvila… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Cole Uvila wraps successful rookie season in minor leagues
GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula pro part of cup-winning team

GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula pro part of cup-winning team

PENINSULA GOLF CLUB head pro Chad Wagner and his South team came away the victors at the Western Washington PGA’s annual Cutter & Buck North/South… Continue reading

GOLF COLUMN: Peninsula pro part of cup-winning team
GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles shows off quality in win over rival Sequim

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles shows off quality in win over rival Sequim

Port Angeles showed off its offensive quality and held Sequim off the scoreboard in a 3-0 Rainshadow Rumble girls soccer victory Saturday. “I… Continue reading

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles shows off quality in win over rival Sequim
PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s second-half surge edges Forks (With video highlights)

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s second-half surge edges Forks (With video highlights)

Fueled by three-second half touchdown passes by senior quarterback Riley Cowan, Sequim rallied from a 16-0 halftime deficit to edge Forks 20-16 Friday… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s second-half surge edges Forks (With video highlights)

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend comeback falls short, Neah Bay doubles up Taholah

The Redhawks spotted the Buccaneers a 24-point lead early in the first half before Port Townsend launched a comeback… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim volleyball spikes Port Angeles; Quilcene sweeps Port Townsend

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim volleyball spikes Port Angeles; Quilcene sweeps Port Townsend

The Sequim Wolves started their league season with a win, beating North Olympic Peninsula rival Port Angeles at home 25-15,… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim volleyball spikes Port Angeles; Quilcene sweeps Port Townsend

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Sequim rallies from big deficit to beat Forks (With video highlights)

Sequim senior Riley Cowan sparked a second-half comeback with three touchdown passes and a number of fleet-footed QB scrambles and keepers as the… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Silvers aplenty off Sekiu

SCHOOL IS IN session and the classroom is the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal for coho. Sekiu has been the hot spot.… Continue reading

TRAIL RUNNING: GOAT Run runners test their mettle Saturday

TRAIL RUNNING: GOAT Run runners test their mettle Saturday

The Great Olympic Adventure Trail (GOAT) Run featuring a trail-bound 50-kilometer ultra-marathon, marathon and half-marathon traversing Kelly Ridge between… Continue reading

TRAIL RUNNING: GOAT Run runners test their mettle Saturday
PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Forks-Sequim is a must-see matchup

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Forks-Sequim is a must-see matchup

A clash of styles awaits tonight as Sequim hosts Forks in the prep football game of the week and maybe the season. A… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Forks-Sequim is a must-see matchup

OUTDOORS: No razor digs at Kalaloch this year, possibility exists in 2019

KALALOCH BEACH WASN’T included on a tentative schedule of fall razor clam digs announced by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife this week. The… Continue reading

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula shuts out Spokane for first win of season

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula shuts out Spokane for first win of season

Peninsula broke through for two first-half goals and knocked off perennial NWAC Eastern Region power Spokane… Continue reading

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula shuts out Spokane for first win of season
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members come home with medals

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members come home with medals

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members Sean Halberg and Ivana Bacanovic raced in the USRowing Masters National Championship… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association members come home with medals
PREP FOOTBALL: Forks holds Port Angeles in check

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks holds Port Angeles in check

It wasn’t perfect or even pretty, but Forks was fierce defensively in a season-opening 28-8 win over Port Angeles, limiting the Roughriders to… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks holds Port Angeles in check
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Freshman QB plays well for Port Townsend; Sequim’s Cowan sets school passing record and other action

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Freshman QB plays well for Port Townsend; Sequim’s Cowan sets school passing record and other action

Coupeville’s Sean Toomey-Stout hurt Port Townsend in all three aspects of the game, racking up yardage in the run game, nearly returning… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Freshman QB plays well for Port Townsend; Sequim’s Cowan sets school passing record and other action
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Port Townsend’s Dylan Tracer tries to gain extra inches after being tackled by Coupville’s Sean Toomey-Stout during first half action of a game played in Memorial Field in Port Townsend on Friday.

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Forks holds down Port Angeles; Cowan sets career passing yardage record for Sequim in big win; Port Townsend upended at home

Forks’ running game produced two 100-yard ball carriers as the Spartans ran over Port Angeles 28-8 Friday night at Spartan Stadium as the… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Port Townsend’s Dylan Tracer tries to gain extra inches after being tackled by Coupville’s Sean Toomey-Stout during first half action of a game played in Memorial Field in Port Townsend on Friday.