Michael Carman

GOLF: Tournament to benefit Port Angeles Food Bank

A CHANCE TO golf for a good cause, in this case the Port Angeles Food Bank, is planned at Peninsula Golf Club on Saturday, Aug.… Continue reading

Wicked No. 10M navigator Cara McGuire

SPRINT BOATS: Bad starter doesn’t stop Wicked Racing No. 10M from winning in front of hometown crowd

PORT ANGELES — In the first of two races this summer at Extreme Sports Park, the Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 10M team and crew… Continue reading

Wicked No. 10M navigator Cara McGuire
The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr posted a Did Not Finish in the quarterfinals. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

SPRINT BOATS: Bad starter doesn’t stop Wicked Racing No. 10M from winning at Extreme Sports Park

PORT ANGELES — In the first of two races this summer at Extreme Sports Park, the Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 10M team and crew… Continue reading

The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr posted a Did Not Finish in the quarterfinals. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr moved on with the third-fastest qualifying time in the 400 Class. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

SPRINT BOATS: Area teams survive qualifying round

PORT ANGELES — What began as a difficult day for area racing teams took a turn for the better in the last qualifying lap at… Continue reading

The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr moved on with the third-fastest qualifying time in the 400 Class. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
TNT Jeepers Creepers No. 99

SPRINT BOATS: Jeepers Creepers fueled by Cummings’ enthusiam

PORT ANGELES — Outsized personalities have long been a hallmark of motor sports, and the American Sprint Boat Racing Association is no exception. The high-spirited,… Continue reading

TNT Jeepers Creepers No. 99
The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr moved on with the third-fastest qualifying time in the 400 Class. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

Area sprint boat teams survive qualifying round

PORT ANGELES — What began as a difficult day for area racing teams took a turn for the better in the last qualifying lap at… Continue reading

The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr moved on with the third-fastest qualifying time in the 400 Class. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
TNT Jeepers Creepers No. 99

SPRINT BOATS: Jeepers Creepers fueled by Cummings’ enthusiam

PORT ANGELES — Outsized personalities have long been a hallmark of motor sports, and the American Sprint Boat Racing Association is no exception. The high-spirited,… Continue reading

TNT Jeepers Creepers No. 99
Jerry's Bait and Tackle held its annual king fishing contest last Saturday. From left to right

OUTDOORS: Pinks massing around Port Angeles; Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) to close at end of day Sunday

OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF pinks are hanging around off Port Angeles, boosting catch totals during a bit of a lull in the hatchery chinook run. “PA… Continue reading

Jerry's Bait and Tackle held its annual king fishing contest last Saturday. From left to right
The Sequim-based father and son duo of driver Paul Gahr

SPRINT BOATS: Rumbling race boats return to Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Sprint boat racers will deftly maneuver through corners and push the throttle to the limit on straightaways in front of an expected… Continue reading

The Sequim-based father and son duo of driver Paul Gahr
Jerry's Bait and Tackle held its annual king fishing contest last Saturday. From left to right

OUTDOORS: Pinks massing around Port Angeles; Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) to close at end of day Sunday

OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF pinks are hanging around off Port Angeles, boosting catch totals during a bit of a lull in the hatchery chinook run. “PA… Continue reading

Jerry's Bait and Tackle held its annual king fishing contest last Saturday. From left to right
The Sequim-based father and son duo of driver Paul Gahr

SPRINT BOATS: Rumbling race boats return to Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Sprint boat racers will deftly maneuver through corners and push the throttle to the limit on straightaways in front of an expected… Continue reading

The Sequim-based father and son duo of driver Paul Gahr
Wayne Chisholm

OUTDOORS: Chinook limit reduced to one fish off LaPush and Neah Bay starting Friday

HIGH CATCH RATES for anglers fishing for chinook in the Pacific Ocean waters off Neah Bay and LaPush have forced a change. Beginning Friday, anglers… Continue reading

Wayne Chisholm

GOLF: Every British Open should be at St. Andrews

IF THE ROYAL & Ancient moved every British Open to the Old Course at St. Andrews, would anyone on this side of the pond really… Continue reading

Forks' Brooke Peterson pins Elsa Gonzales of Kona Benton in the 145-pound girls wrestling semifinals at Mat Classic XXVII

GIRLS WRESTLING: Forks’ Peterson is All-Peninsula MVP

FORKS — The high school career of Forks' Brooke Peterson reflects a hard-fought quest for acceptance and respect. These are the same principles her chosen… Continue reading

Forks' Brooke Peterson pins Elsa Gonzales of Kona Benton in the 145-pound girls wrestling semifinals at Mat Classic XXVII

BASEBALL: Olympic Crosscutters fall at district tournament

PORT ANGELES — A series of unfortunate events felled the Olympic Crosscutters in a 4-3 AA American Legion District 2 Tournament loss to Lower Columbia… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Eric Thomson caught this 26-pound hatchery chinook Saturday on Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery is open off Port Townsend

BLINK AND YOU might miss the chinook fishery that opened Thursday in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). Scheduled for a scant 30 days, chinook retention… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Eric Thomson caught this 26-pound hatchery chinook Saturday on Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko
OUTDOORS: Pink run filling up the Strait of Juan de Fuca

OUTDOORS: Pink run filling up the Strait of Juan de Fuca

THE PINKS ARE here in numbers too big to ignore. Anglers can't really avoid them, either. The schools are just too big and too thick.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Pink run filling up the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Port Angeles' Eric Thomson caught this 26-pound hatchery chinook Saturday on Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery is open off Port Townsend

BLINK AND YOU might miss the chinook fishery that opened Thursday in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). Scheduled for a scant 30 days, chinook retention… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Eric Thomson caught this 26-pound hatchery chinook Saturday on Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko
OUTDOORS: Pink run filling up the Strait of Juan de Fuca

OUTDOORS: Pink run filling up the Strait of Juan de Fuca

THE PINKS ARE here in numbers too big to ignore. Anglers can’t really avoid them, either. The schools are just too big and too thick.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Pink run filling up the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Port Angeles' Eric Thomson caught this 26-pound hatchery chinook Saturday on Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery opens today off Port Townsend

BLINK AND YOU might miss the chinook fishery that opens today in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). Scheduled for a scant 30 days already, chinook… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Eric Thomson caught this 26-pound hatchery chinook Saturday on Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko