Michael Carman

YOUTH SPORTS ROUNDUP: Area baseball and softball recaps

Dujue’ tosses no-hitter in Cal Ripken Elisha Dujue’ tossed a no-hitter, striking out 13 batters in five innings, as Lions topped Swain’s 3-1 in Cal Ripken… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles BMX track opens for season Sunday

The Lincoln Park BMX Track will hold its season-opening race today, at the track… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball keeps things rolling

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball keeps things rolling

Strong pitching and power hitting led the way for Port Angeles softball in a two-hit, 10-0 shutout of Kingston in five innings. “Callie… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball keeps things rolling
Mason’s Olson Resort                                Bonney Lake’s Tom Mazetis hauled in this 52-pound halibut fishing out of Sekiu on opening day Thursday.

OUTDOORS: Halibut opener held in perfect weather

HORDES OF ENTHUSIASTIC halibut anglers descended on the waters abutting the North Olympic Peninsula yesterday for the opener of halibut season. And they weren’t disappointed… Continue reading

Mason’s Olson Resort                                Bonney Lake’s Tom Mazetis hauled in this 52-pound halibut fishing out of Sekiu on opening day Thursday.
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Quilcene softball wins doubleheader

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Quilcene softball wins doubleheader

Quilcene pounded out 23 hits and scored 21 runs in a doubleheader blowout against Muckleshoot, 12-1 and 21-0. In the opener, Rangers catcher… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Quilcene softball wins doubleheader
PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles pitching staff a strength once again

PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles pitching staff a strength once again

Having lost four pitchers to graduation, three of whom are now playing at the collegiate level, its fair to say the Port… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles pitching staff a strength once again
PREP GOLF: Sequim’s Wiker and McMenamin win Olympic League championships

PREP GOLF: Sequim’s Wiker and McMenamin win Olympic League championships

A little local knowledge went a long way for Sequim golfers Blake Wiker and Alex McMenamin as… Continue reading

PREP GOLF: Sequim’s Wiker and McMenamin win Olympic League championships

OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp season starts Saturday

HALIBUT FISHING OPENED today in waters around the North Olympic Peninsula, but there’s another short-lived season opening soon. The recreational spot shrimp fishery starts Saturday… Continue reading

The Olympic Avalanche Black celebrate winning the eighth-grade girls’ division at the Swoosh Basketball Spring Slam Tournament in Anaheim, Calif. After winning the tournament, the girls celebrated by going to Disneyland. From left, back row, are Jada Cargo-Acosta, Myra Walker, Madison Cooke and Maggie Ruddell. From left, front row, are Emilia Long, Hannah Reetz, Camille Stensgard and Jaida Wood.

YOUTH SPORTS ROUNDUP: Elks racks up pair of wins in Cal Ripken

Elks racked up a couple of Cal Ripken Major League victories against Laurel Lanes and Swains last week. Elks used a balanced… Continue reading

The Olympic Avalanche Black celebrate winning the eighth-grade girls’ division at the Swoosh Basketball Spring Slam Tournament in Anaheim, Calif. After winning the tournament, the girls celebrated by going to Disneyland. From left, back row, are Jada Cargo-Acosta, Myra Walker, Madison Cooke and Maggie Ruddell. From left, front row, are Emilia Long, Hannah Reetz, Camille Stensgard and Jaida Wood.
GOLF: Boys and Girls Club tourney on tap during Irrigation Festival in Sequim

GOLF: Boys and Girls Club tourney on tap during Irrigation Festival in Sequim

THOSE GOLF COURSE fairways and greens in the Dungeness Valley wouldn’t be quite as lush without the water provided by irrigation, so it makes sense… Continue reading

GOLF: Boys and Girls Club tourney on tap during Irrigation Festival in Sequim

YOUTH SPORTS ROUNDUP: Baseball and softball recaps

Tranco 12U softball wins a pair of games Tranco beat PA Power 17-2 in 12U softball action this weekend. Tranco ‘s Lily Halberg and Grace… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Josiah Urquiah, left, dribbles past Port Angeles’ Hollund Bailey (5), and Andrew Borde during the Wolves’ 5-2 win over the rival Roughriders.

PREP SOCCER: Sequim speeds past Port Angeles, earns playoff spot

An energized Sequim soccer team put three goals in net in the first 18 minutes, including two… Continue reading

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Josiah Urquiah, left, dribbles past Port Angeles’ Hollund Bailey (5), and Andrew Borde during the Wolves’ 5-2 win over the rival Roughriders.

YOUTH SPORTS ROUNDUP: Area baseball and softball recaps

Lions dropped Rotary 7-3 in Cal Ripken League baseball action. Peyton King led Lions at the plate, going 3… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Sekiu offers last opportunity for salmon for nearly two months

THE FINAL WEEKEND of April offers up the final chance to hook a chinook in salt water for nearly two months in the waters of… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Crosscutters add 11U baseball team, tryouts set Saturday

Olympic Crosscutters will hold tryouts for its new 11U summer travel baseball team this Saturday and again Sunday,… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball shuts down Sequim

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball shuts down Sequim

Port Angeles claimed its 30th consecutive Olympic League 2A Division softball victory in a row after pushing past rival Sequim 8-1. The… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles softball shuts down Sequim
Jefferson Marine Resources Committee                                 State Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Camille Speck explains types of clams to attendees of the 2016 Digging for Dinner shellfish harvesting clinic in Jefferson County.

OUTDOORS: Clamming clinic coming up soon

THE SIGHT OF two friends collecting mussels from the rocks along the California coast popped into my social media feed over the weekend and put… Continue reading

Jefferson Marine Resources Committee                                 State Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Camille Speck explains types of clams to attendees of the 2016 Digging for Dinner shellfish harvesting clinic in Jefferson County.

GOLF: Rules fix limits at-home officials

NOBODY LIKES A tattletale, so in the wake of some unjust displays of golfing justice, the game’s governing bodies have come together to issue a… Continue reading

BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles is perfect against Olympic

BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles is perfect against Olympic

Strong at the plate, even stronger in the pitching circle. Port Angeles pitcher Nizhoni Wheeler tossed a perfect game, striking out 10… Continue reading

BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles is perfect against Olympic