Michael Carman

BASEBALL: Wilder wins pool at wood-bat tournament, plays today in quarterfinals; Crosscutters start 0-2

CENTRALIA — Wilder Baseball Club closed out pool play with an 11-0 win over Bulldog White of Kent at the 64-team GSL College Showcase. The… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association coach Debby Swinford will offer the first in a series of summertime youth rowing camps for ages 11-18 at the Association's Ediz Hook boathouse in Port Angeles on Monday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ROWING: Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association offers competitive and recreational outlets

PORT ANGELES — With Mount Angeles and the Olympic range providing a stunning backdrop, it’s hard not to dream of future rowing glory for youth… Continue reading

Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association coach Debby Swinford will offer the first in a series of summertime youth rowing camps for ages 11-18 at the Association's Ediz Hook boathouse in Port Angeles on Monday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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OUTDOORS: Cutting buoy lines hurts commercial crabbers’ bottom line

SEEMS I STIRRED up a hornet's nest. Thursday's outdoors column opened by discussing the trouble recreational salmon anglers encountered when they came in contact with… Continue reading

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BASEBALL: Wilder opens with two wins at prestigious wood bat tournament

CENTRALIA — Strong pitching, solid defending and timely hitting has Wilder Baseball undefeated after its first two games at the 64-team GSL College Showcase. Wilder… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Joey Kang

OUTDOORS: Ediz Hook best spot during chinook opener

ANGLERS WHO AVOIDED the commercial crab pots left to soak in the trolling lanes off Ediz Hook had pretty solid success in the first days… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Joey Kang
Port Angeles' Greg Halberg

TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles’ Greg Halberg coaching U.S. Olympic hopeful

EUGENE, Ore. — A Port Angeles resident is in Track Town, USA this week for the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field at the University… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Greg Halberg
The Olympic Crosscutters toured Oregon State University baseball facilities at Goss Stadium and met with former Beavers players and coaches. Team members are

BASEBALL: Crosscutters pay visit to Oregon State University

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Olympic Crosscutters traveled south this week for a three-game set against a team of players from Central Valley. The Cutters dropped… Continue reading

The Olympic Crosscutters toured Oregon State University baseball facilities at Goss Stadium and met with former Beavers players and coaches. Team members are
Wilder shortstop Matt Hendry

BASEBALL: Wilder splits pair of games at Firecracker Classic

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball Club is putting in the work, as evidenced by crafty pitching, solid hitting and nifty nabs on defense. It’s the… Continue reading

Wilder shortstop Matt Hendry

BASEBALL: Crosscutters fell Bremerton

SEQUIM — Quilcene’s Andy Johnston tossed a complete game two-hitter and the Olympic Crosscutters continued their undefeated start to the season with an 11-1 win… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Rough start for host Wilder at Firecracker Classic

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball Club has some work to do if it wants to win its host tournament. Wilder opened the 18th annual Dick… Continue reading

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OUTDOORS: Fish on — salmon season underway

ANGLERS CAN REAP the rewards of a difficult salmon-season setting process today when fishing opens for hatchery chinook and sockeye off most of the North… Continue reading

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BASEBALL: Plenty of fireworks starting today at Wilder’s annual Fourth of July tournament

PORT ANGELES — Fireworks ban in the Port Angeles city limits? Sure, but don’t tell that to Wilder Baseball Club. The venerable Senior Babe Ruth… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Pull in some prized crustaceans when Dungeness crab season starts in earnest Friday

THE PENINSULA PINCERS? Consider that a free suggestion for the West Coast League baseball team that’s expected to call Civic Field in Port Angeles home… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Wilder plays best ball of the summer at big-time tournament

LACEY — Wilder Baseball Club manager Mike Politika said his team showed him something at the United States Specialty Sports Association/GSL State Tournament. “We played… Continue reading

GOLF: Celebrate independence with a round of golf

RED, WHITE AND blue. Golf has imprinted all three colors on myself at some point, both literally and figuratively. Too much time in the sun… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Olympic Crosscutters pick up four wins in Kitsap tournament

BREMERTON — The Olympic Crosscutters American Legion baseball team went 4-0 over the weekend at the 17U Bankers Invite Tournament at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.… Continue reading

SOFTBALL: Port Angeles’ Nizhoni Wheeler selected as All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — It's an often-repeated scene for batters facing Port Angeles' commanding junior pitcher Nizhoni Wheeler. Having just struck out at the plate, opposition… Continue reading

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OUTDOORS: Bogachiel Pond teeming with trout

EVEN MORE RAINBOW trout, 2,326 this go-round, have been stocked in the Bogachiel Rearing Pond at the Bogachiel Fish Hatchery west of Forks. Those fish… Continue reading

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Port Townsend's Wanda Synnestvedt tees off during the Washington State Super Senior Women's Amateur at SunLand Golf & Country Club. Synnestvedt shot 88 Wednesday and finished sixth. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

GOLF: Atkinson holds slim one-shot lead entering final round of state women’s amateur

SEQUIM — Brigham Young University’s Lauren Atkinson has a chance to go wire-to-wire and win the Washington State Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur at SunLand Golf… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Wanda Synnestvedt tees off during the Washington State Super Senior Women's Amateur at SunLand Golf & Country Club. Synnestvedt shot 88 Wednesday and finished sixth. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim angler Robert Rohner brought this 85-pound halibut aboard last month off Sekiu. ()

OUTDOORS: Chinook seminar lined up for Tuesday in Sequim

A CHANCE TO learn technique, shape strategy and figure out where to go and what to do while chinook fishing will be offered Tuesday at… Continue reading

Sequim angler Robert Rohner brought this 85-pound halibut aboard last month off Sekiu. ()