Michael Carman

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Smaller Crescent will rely on speed

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Smaller Crescent will rely on speed

The Crescent Loggers lost some tall timber to graduation in the form of McCabe Story, Wyatt McNeece… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Smaller Crescent will rely on speed
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

Last season the biggest question mark surrounding Port Townsend football was how would players respond to… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend
GOLF: Pair win bragging rights at Port Townsend Golf Club

GOLF: Pair win bragging rights at Port Townsend Golf Club

A YEAR’S WORTH of bragging rights and personalized parking places go to Hazli Katsikapes and Brian Lux, the winner of the Port Townsend Golf Club’s… Continue reading

GOLF: Pair win bragging rights at Port Townsend Golf Club
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks embracing blue-collar mentality

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks embracing blue-collar mentality

Forks head football coach Emil West doesn’t utilize one unifying theme, a slogan or a handful of buzz words you might find coming… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Forks embracing blue-collar mentality
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic CrossCutters host tryouts Saturday in Sequim

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic CrossCutters host tryouts Saturday in Sequim

Tryouts for the Olympic CrossCutters select travel baseball team will be held Saturday in Sequim. Olympic Peninsula baseball… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic CrossCutters host tryouts Saturday in Sequim

GOLF: Club champions crowned

CLEARING AWAY THE cobwebs from a dog days of August vacation, I’m back with a column celebrating some area club champions of recent vintage. Peninsula… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Lookout spots for eclipse viewing

THE NORTH OLYMPIC Peninsula may not be in the path of totality for Monday’s solar eclipse, but the good folks at NASA say our area… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Check-in changes for anglers fishing Canadian waters

U.S. ANGLERS FISHING Canadian waters have a new procedure to follow when bringing back Canadian-caught fish to U.S. ports like Sekiu, Port Angeles and Neah… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula College men host soccer scrimmage in Sequim

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula College men host soccer scrimmage in Sequim

The Peninsula College men’s soccer team will host an exhibition friendly against Highline at 1 p.m. today… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula College men host soccer scrimmage in Sequim
PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night lights await as practices kick off season

PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night lights await as practices kick off season

North Olympic Peninsula high school football teams from Neah Bay to Quilcene opened preparations for the 2017 season sans pads and in… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Friday night lights await as practices kick off season
LEFTIES: Port Angeles picked to host 2018 WCL All-Star Game

LEFTIES: Port Angeles picked to host 2018 WCL All-Star Game

Civic Field and the Port Angeles Lefties will serve as hosts of the 2018 West Coast League All-Star Game, co-owner Matt Acker… Continue reading

LEFTIES: Port Angeles picked to host 2018 WCL All-Star Game
MOUNTAINEERING: Port Angeles grad summits Rainier just like her great-grandmother in 1919

MOUNTAINEERING: Port Angeles grad summits Rainier just like her great-grandmother in 1919

Nearly a century’s worth of snowfall have erased the tracks made by Effie Burnard, one of the… Continue reading

MOUNTAINEERING: Port Angeles grad summits Rainier just like her great-grandmother in 1919

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Free softball clinic Wednesday in Port Angeles

A free softball skills clinic for girls ages 7-16 will be held at the Lincoln Park fields… Continue reading

LEFTIES: Port Angeles snaps skid on solo homer

Jordan Ackerman’s solo home run to leadoff the top of the 11th inning stood up and Port Angeles triumphed over the Gresham… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Shorebound anglers can dance a jig

OUTDOORS: Shorebound anglers can dance a jig

SHOREBOUND MARINE AREA 9 anglers don’t have to put away their salmon rods until November’s early blackmouth season. Just because you can’t fish for hatchery… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Shorebound anglers can dance a jig
CYCLING: Ridge ride Sunday in Port Angeles

CYCLING: Ridge ride Sunday in Port Angeles

Cyclists from around the United States and Canada will ride to Hurricane Ridge on Sunday in the eighth annual Ride the Hurricane.… Continue reading

CYCLING: Ridge ride Sunday in Port Angeles
OUTDOORS: Pinks showing up in strength off Sekiu

OUTDOORS: Pinks showing up in strength off Sekiu

WHERE’S THAT WESTERLY afternoon breeze when you need it to clear out the smoke filtering down from our neighbors to the North? High temperatures and… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Pinks showing up in strength off Sekiu
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughrider Football Boosters meet Monday, sports physicals in Jefferson County, Snipe medals, Nicholls judges

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughrider Football Boosters meet Monday, sports physicals in Jefferson County, Snipe medals, Nicholls judges

A Port Angeles High School Football Booster Club meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday in… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Roughrider Football Boosters meet Monday, sports physicals in Jefferson County, Snipe medals, Nicholls judges

GOLF: Boeing Classic returns Aug. 25

PROFESSIONAL GOLF MAKES its return to our state for the 13th annual Boeing Classic, a 54-hole Champions Tour event at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in Snoqualmie… Continue reading

BMX: State championship qualifier results from Lincoln Park

BMX: State championship qualifier results from Lincoln Park

Results from the state BMX championship qualifier held Sunday at the Lincoln Park BMX Track in Port Angeles. 4 Balance Bike 1.… Continue reading

BMX: State championship qualifier results from Lincoln Park