Michael Carman

OUTDOORS: Salmon season-setting gets started Feb. 28

OUTDOORS: Salmon season-setting gets started Feb. 28

THESE BRIGHT, SUNNY days are perfect for chasing fish. Catching them? That’s a different story. Anglers fishing for blackmouth off Port Townsend in Marine Area… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Salmon season-setting gets started Feb. 28
STATE WRESTLING: Bright lights await area grapplers at Mat Classic XXXII

STATE WRESTLING: Bright lights await area grapplers at Mat Classic XXXII

State championship hopefuls and new faces and Forks’ last go-around on the Class 1A mats highlight the North Olympic Peninsula’s 20-strong delegate of… Continue reading

STATE WRESTLING: Bright lights await area grapplers at Mat Classic XXXII
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys stay alive; Roughrider girls advance to district championship game

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys stay alive; Roughrider girls advance to district championship game

Facing elimination, Port Angeles bounced back from a district defeat to oust Olympic League foe Olympic 72-55 in the Class 2A West… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys stay alive; Roughrider girls advance to district championship game
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Neah Bay, Clallam Bay girls punch tickets to state regionals; Sequim girls and Forks boys stay alive
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Neah Bay, Clallam Bay girls punch tickets to state regionals; Sequim girls and Forks boys stay alive
OUTDOORS: Port Angeles markswoman competes at national tournament
OUTDOORS: Port Angeles markswoman competes at national tournament

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Youth baseball, softball signups and more

The final in-person registration event for North Olympic Baseball and Softball is set tonight at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E.… Continue reading

TRI-DISTRICT 1B PLAYOFFS: Clallam Bay girls stay alive

TRI-DISTRICT 1B PLAYOFFS: Clallam Bay girls stay alive

Michael Jordan had his flu game, a 38-point outburst in game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. Clallam Bay’s Patience Swan didn’t quite… Continue reading

TRI-DISTRICT 1B PLAYOFFS: Clallam Bay girls stay alive
TRI-DISTRICT 1B TOURNEY: Red Devils can’t get a final look

TRI-DISTRICT 1B TOURNEY: Red Devils can’t get a final look

It was theirs until it wasn’t and the finality of Neah Bay’s season-ending 54-53 Class 1B Tri-District Tournament play-in loss to the Lopez… Continue reading

TRI-DISTRICT 1B TOURNEY: Red Devils can’t get a final look
PORT ANGELES FOOTBALL: Wasche back at PAHS to lead Riders

PORT ANGELES FOOTBALL: Wasche back at PAHS to lead Riders

Brent Wasche and his family were happy to return to the Port Angeles community last fall and he will make his way… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES FOOTBALL: Wasche back at PAHS to lead Riders
PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys lose playoff opener; Sequim girls lose second-round game

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys lose playoff opener; Sequim girls lose second-round game

The Forks basketball boys got off to a slow start in their District 4 Tournament opener against Seton Catholic, falling behind 18-2 right… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys lose playoff opener; Sequim girls lose second-round game
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls cruise past Eatonville, earn fifth straight state regional berth

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls cruise past Eatonville, earn fifth straight state regional berth

With a state regional round berth on the line in its Class 2A West Central District tournament opener against Eatonville Friday night,… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls cruise past Eatonville, earn fifth straight state regional berth
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Depth, physicality and clutch free-throw shooting late lift Port Angeles boys past Fife

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Depth, physicality and clutch free-throw shooting late lift Port Angeles boys past Fife

Port Angeles held off a feisty Fife squad to open the district boys basketball tournament with a hard-fought 62-50 win over the… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Depth, physicality and clutch free-throw shooting late lift Port Angeles boys past Fife
<strong>Conor Dowley</strong>/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Sequim’s Melissa Porter goes up for a layup against Foster on Wednesday. Porter scored 14 of her game-high 19 points on the night off of fast breaks.

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Sequim girls floor Foster

Sequim’s focus may have been more on Fife and future district foes, but the end result was a ferocious 92-22 defeat of an… Continue reading

<strong>Conor Dowley</strong>/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Sequim’s Melissa Porter goes up for a layup against Foster on Wednesday. Porter scored 14 of her game-high 19 points on the night off of fast breaks.
OUTDOORS: Wolves are native to Olympics, but not likely to return

OUTDOORS: Wolves are native to Olympics, but not likely to return

BIOLOGISTS WORKING ON wolf management may be in the same kind of no-win situation as their counterparts in salmon management. That’s my takeway from taking… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Wolves are native to Olympics, but not likely to return
DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Methner provides a spark for Roughriders

DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Methner provides a spark for Roughriders

From the soccer field to the basketball court, Port Angeles senior Stuart Methner has never been afraid to shoot his shot. Shooting… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Methner provides a spark for Roughriders

PREP BASKETBALL: Crescent boys, girls lose close ones to Chief Kitsap

Crescent battled but troubles getting the ball in the basket inside were a big reason why the Loggers fell 46-39 to No. 15… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Coho returns looking grim

OUTDOORS: Coho returns looking grim

A GOOD PREDICTOR of potential ocean fishing seasons off our coast, the Oregon Production Index, was released by Oregon state fisheries officials. The index is… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Coho returns looking grim
New semi-pro soccer club seeks players

New semi-pro soccer club seeks players

Northern Peninsula Football Club tryouts set March 8

New semi-pro soccer club seeks players
MIKE CARMAN COLUMN: District playoffs feature plenty of rematches

MIKE CARMAN COLUMN: District playoffs feature plenty of rematches

A GLANCE AT the numerous district playoff basketball matchups this week might have prep hoops aficionados wondering if the calendar really did turn to 2020.… Continue reading

MIKE CARMAN COLUMN: District playoffs feature plenty of rematches
Sequim’s Lesae Pfeffer competes at subdistricts this weekend. She will move on to district in the beam and floor exercise.

GYMNASTICS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts qualify for district

Sequim and Port Angeles gymnasts advanced to the Class 2A/3A West Central District championship after qualifying at a Sub-District competition Thursday at Auburn… Continue reading

Sequim’s Lesae Pfeffer competes at subdistricts this weekend. She will move on to district in the beam and floor exercise.