Michael Carman

OUTDOORS: Clam dig a mixed bag at Kalaloch

OUTDOORS: Clam dig a mixed bag at Kalaloch

KALALOCH’S MUCH-ANTICIPATED razor clam opening, the first digs on that beach since 2011, proved a mix bag last Sunday and Monday. “I was out there… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Clam dig a mixed bag at Kalaloch
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks girls net first league win in three years

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks girls net first league win in three years

Forks rallied from a 33-23 deficit after three quarters to push past Hoquiam 42-40 and win its first Evergreen League girls basketball game… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks girls net first league win in three years
BOYS BASKETBALL: Kingston roughs up Port Angeles

BOYS BASKETBALL: Kingston roughs up Port Angeles

Port Angeles ran into a buzzsaw from Kingston, falling 68-46 at home to a tall, good-shooting boys basketball team sporting a 10-3… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Kingston roughs up Port Angeles
PREP BASKETBALL: Port Townsend fends off Chimacum challenge

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Townsend fends off Chimacum challenge

The Port Townsend boys fended off a tough challenge from Chimacum, pulling out a… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Townsend fends off Chimacum challenge
YEAR IN REVIEW: Neah Bay’s basketball title is top story of 2016

YEAR IN REVIEW: Neah Bay’s basketball title is top story of 2016

Over the seasons the carpeted floors inside the locker rooms of Spokane Arena have absorbed their fair share of heartbroken tears. The… Continue reading

YEAR IN REVIEW: Neah Bay’s basketball title is top story of 2016

OUTDOORS: Seafood feast there for the taking

A SEAFOOD FEAST to ring in the New Year is certainly possible for brave outdoors enthusiasts. It might take today and tomorrow due to lack… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls hoops rallies for win; Port Angeles wrestlers win North Mason Classic

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls hoops rallies for win; Port Angeles wrestlers win North Mason Classic

Port Townsend posted 26 fourth-quarter points to force overtime and eventually triumph over Wahluke 60-55 in overtime in the girls opener at… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls hoops rallies for win; Port Angeles wrestlers win North Mason Classic
Garrett Edwards

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Edwards has been steady off the bench for Riders

Port Angeles sophomore Garrett Edwards has provided a scoring punch while coming off the bench for the Roughriders boys basketball team this… Continue reading

Garrett Edwards
SWIMMING: Port Angeles Swim Club members have a killer Christmas

SWIMMING: Port Angeles Swim Club members have a killer Christmas

This was the fifth year of the Killer Kristmas — a Christmas-time tradition of the Port Angeles Swim Club that was started… Continue reading

SWIMMING: Port Angeles Swim Club members have a killer Christmas
GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP

Sequim goalkeeper Claire Henninger thought about what she could do to boost her team’s underclassmen-heavy roster prior to her junior soccer season. “I… Continue reading

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP
PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments

PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments

A Class 1B state championship-winning football team in Neah Bay. Port Townsend’s repeat trip to the 1A state playoffs. District playoff appearances… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite

An ice-cold night from the floor sunk Port Townsend in a 46-36 nonleague boys basketball loss to Vashon. The Redhawks were unable… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite
PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP

The playmaking abilities of Sequim junior wide receiver/safety/kick returner Gavin Velarde has made opposition coaches mutter quiet curses to themselves on the sidelines… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP
BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

Port Angeles produced its finest half of basketball thus far and caged the Centralia Tigers 74-58 in a nonleague boys basketball contest.… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

OUTDOORS: Fishing, hunting license fees likely to rise

EARLIER THIS MONTH Gov. Jay Inslee rolled out a two-year state budget package that would invest more than $50 million to upgrade hatcheries, boost production… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team

Neah Bay’s Cameron Buzzell and Cole Svec have been voted All-Northwest Football League First Team selections on offense and defense by league coaches,… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team
OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

A TASTY LITTLE stocking stuffer was handed out a few days before Christmas by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch
PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Munyagi Jr. voted Associated Press Class 1B Player of the Year

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Munyagi Jr. voted Associated Press Class 1B Player of the Year

Neah Bay junior quarterback/defensive back Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. has been voted the Associated Press Washington state player of the year for Class 1B.… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Munyagi Jr. voted Associated Press Class 1B Player of the Year
BOYS BASKETBALL: Centralia Tigers tame Sequim

BOYS BASKETBALL: Centralia Tigers tame Sequim

Sequim sophomore Riley Cowan and his fellow Wolves kept Centralia’s high-scoring senior in check, but the visiting Tigers still managed to come away… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Centralia Tigers tame Sequim
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Bay’s Mariah LaChester, left, drives around the tight defense ofQuilcene’s Katie Love during the Rangers’ 45-30 nonleague win over the Bruins.

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene girls get defensive in win over Clallam Bay

Quilcene evened the score against Clallam Bay with a 45-30 nonleague girls basketball victory… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Bay’s Mariah LaChester, left, drives around the tight defense ofQuilcene’s Katie Love during the Rangers’ 45-30 nonleague win over the Bruins.