Michael Carman

OUTDOORS: Chinook management plan may hurt fishing opportunity

IF SALMON ANGLERS in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) think they have it bad now, just wait. Shutdowns of summer king and winter blackmouth fisheries… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Neah Bay girls win season opener vs. Forks; Spartan boys top Red Devils

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Neah Bay girls win season opener vs. Forks; Spartan boys top Red Devils

Neah Bay broke open a close contest in the opening minutes of the third quarter, extending a five-point halftime advantage to double… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Neah Bay girls win season opener vs. Forks; Spartan boys top Red Devils
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Trojans swim past Riders

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Trojans swim past Riders

Olympic splashed past Port Angeles 110-62 in an Olympic League boys swim and dive meet at William Shore Memorial Pool on Tuesday.… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Trojans swim past Riders
Sweet Smile Creations The Storm King Shockers claimed the North Puget Sound League Boys U-11 Division II title Sunday at Albert Haller Fields in Sequim. Team members are, front row, from left, Max Lee, Adrian Mendez, Matthew Miller, Jude Wallace, Kyhlan Henderson, Conner Goff, Nic Jagger, Nico Musso, James Mason, Gus Halberg, Grant Butterworth, Memo Salgado and Jacob Olsen. Back row, coaches Dave Henderson, Michael Miller and Santiago Musso.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Storm King Shockers win championship; Port Angeles-born college football coach heading to Oregon State

The Storm King Shockers defeated South Tacoma United 4-3 in the championship match to capture the North Puget… Continue reading

Sweet Smile Creations The Storm King Shockers claimed the North Puget Sound League Boys U-11 Division II title Sunday at Albert Haller Fields in Sequim. Team members are, front row, from left, Max Lee, Adrian Mendez, Matthew Miller, Jude Wallace, Kyhlan Henderson, Conner Goff, Nic Jagger, Nico Musso, James Mason, Gus Halberg, Grant Butterworth, Memo Salgado and Jacob Olsen. Back row, coaches Dave Henderson, Michael Miller and Santiago Musso.

OUTDOORS: Halbut biomass down in Pacific Ocean, quota totals likely to fall

A HALIBUT QUOTA reduction is likely coming anglers’ way in 2018. Sequim’s Dave Croonquist was first alerted to this potential reduction last week when he… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks boys ride hot start to win over Port Townsend

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks boys ride hot start to win over Port Townsend

A fast start, coupled with players stepping up and filling roles, if not space in the box score, lifted Forks to a 61-48… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks boys ride hot start to win over Port Townsend
PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles stuffs Mount Tahoma

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles stuffs Mount Tahoma

Port Angeles controlled the paint offensively and defensively and dispatched Class 3A Mount Tahoma with relative ease 55-32 in a nonleague boys… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles stuffs Mount Tahoma
PREP ROUNDUP: Forks girls remain undefeated, Port Townsend boys win in wild finish

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks girls remain undefeated, Port Townsend boys win in wild finish

The Roughriders couldn’t keep 6-foot-2 Kirsten Ritchie out of the paint late and fell to the Class 3A Seahawks in a nonleague… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks girls remain undefeated, Port Townsend boys win in wild finish
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women host First Federal Pirate Classic this weekend

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women host First Federal Pirate Classic this weekend

The annual First Federal Pirate Classic brings five colleges to the Pirate gym for three days of basketball this… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women host First Federal Pirate Classic this weekend
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls stand tall in win over Aberdeen

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls stand tall in win over Aberdeen

Forks made it two wins in two nights by toppling Class 2A Aberdeen 55-45 in a nonleague girls basketball game. The Spartans (2-0)… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks girls stand tall in win over Aberdeen

OUTDOORS: Sol Duc hatchery coho season extended

ADDITIONAL FISHING TIME and the possibility of sunshine would be a nice break in the recent routine of rain, windstorm and a little more rain.… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women tip-off Friday night

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women tip-off Friday night

Peninsula College head coach Alison Crumb and her staff will open their 2017-18 women’s basketball season tonight with a… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women tip-off Friday night
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles swamps Bainbridge in season opener

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles swamps Bainbridge in season opener

Port Angeles had a little trouble getting the layup line started in pregame warmups before its season-opening girls basketball contest with Class… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles swamps Bainbridge in season opener
BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles rally from deep hole falls just short

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles rally from deep hole falls just short

Port Angeles found itself tested early in its season opener and showed flashes of potential on both ends of the floor in… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles rally from deep hole falls just short
Port Angeles’ Gary Johnson passes off during the Port Angeles High School Jamboree Monday night. Pressuring on defense is Forks’ Cort Prose (13). Port Angeles won this game 24-16 as the jaboree also featured teams from Port Townsend and Chimacum. Prep basketball season is now underway as the Port Angeles boys played their first game of the year Tuesday against Bainbridge, while the Roughrider girls open up their season at 7 p.m. Wednesday with a home game against Bainbridge. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

CARMAN: What to watch for this prep hoops season

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL season tips off in earnest this week with nonleague action for most but not all of the 18 boys and girls basketball… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Gary Johnson passes off during the Port Angeles High School Jamboree Monday night. Pressuring on defense is Forks’ Cort Prose (13). Port Angeles won this game 24-16 as the jaboree also featured teams from Port Townsend and Chimacum. Prep basketball season is now underway as the Port Angeles boys played their first game of the year Tuesday against Bainbridge, while the Roughrider girls open up their season at 7 p.m. Wednesday with a home game against Bainbridge. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Indoor soccer in Sequim; Peninsula men win

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Indoor soccer in Sequim; Peninsula men win

Registration is open for the fifth annual Sequim FC Indoor Soccer League. Due to limited space, registration… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Indoor soccer in Sequim; Peninsula men win
WRESTLING PREVIEW: Port Angeles grapplers have a new head coach

WRESTLING PREVIEW: Port Angeles grapplers have a new head coach

New Port Angeles wrestling head coach Rob Gale has hit the mat running in an effort to reach goals ranging from the… Continue reading

WRESTLING PREVIEW: Port Angeles grapplers have a new head coach

OUTDOORS: Halibut season nearly set

THE PACIFIC FISHERY Management Council met earlier this month in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Sequim’s Dave Croonquist, an avid fisherman and member of multiple angling-related… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Lefties 2018 schedule released

BASEBALL: Lefties 2018 schedule released

While the rains hammer home, visualize Civic Field on a warm July evening. That’s possible with the recent release of the West… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Lefties 2018 schedule released

OUTDOORS: Next round of razor clam digs set; state fishing records fall

WITH RISING RIVERS looking more like hot cocoa than fishable, only the hardiest or foolhardiest of anglers will be casting lines this holiday weekend. Alternative… Continue reading