NCAA TOURNAMENT: Gonzaga a No. 1 seed, Huskies a No. 9

NCAA TOURNAMENT: Gonzaga a No. 1 seed, Huskies a No. 9

By Eddie Pells The Associated Press Looming at the top of this year’s March Madness bracket: Duke and its freshman force of nature, Zion Williamson.… Continue reading

  • Mar 18, 2019
  • By Pierre LaBossiere Peninsula Daily News
NCAA TOURNAMENT: Gonzaga a No. 1 seed, Huskies a No. 9

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim baseball one strike away from win; PA, Chimacum shut out

The Sequim baseball team came within one out of beating Aberdeen on the road, but a two-out, two-run base hit on a 3-and-2… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Well-rounded Wolves soccer wins big; PA soccers earns first-ever win at Kingston

PREP ROUNDUP: Well-rounded Wolves soccer wins big; PA soccers earns first-ever win at Kingston

Sequim was on the attack offensively from the early going in a 6-0 Olympic League boys soccer shutout of Bremerton on Friday. “It… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Well-rounded Wolves soccer wins big; PA soccers earns first-ever win at Kingston
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula’s Torres-Benito signs with Sacramento State

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula’s Torres-Benito signs with Sacramento State

Torres-Benito moving on to Sacramento St. PORT ANGELES – Peninsula College sophomore Shantel Torres-Benito signed a national letter of intent this week to continue her… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula’s Torres-Benito signs with Sacramento State
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim softball tops Forks in season opener

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim softball tops Forks in season opener

Sequim received five innings of no-hit pitching from senior Isabelle Dennis and the Wolves broke open a scoreless game with a three-run… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim softball tops Forks in season opener
OUTDOORS: Hatchery chinook limit raised starting Friday in Marine Area 6

OUTDOORS: Hatchery chinook limit raised starting Friday in Marine Area 6

*Today refers to Friday, March 15. A TWO-HATCHERY chinook bag limit is back in effect for Marine Area 6 (Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca)… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Hatchery chinook limit raised starting Friday in Marine Area 6

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Coed soccer and women’s basketball leagues forming in Port Angeles; T-ball registration open through Monday

Registration is underway for an adult coed soccer league run by the Port Angeles Parks… Continue reading

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles in season-opening match

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles in season-opening match

Sequim and Port Angeles opened up the girls tennis season with a rivalry match Wednesday at Sequim High School. The Wolves won all… Continue reading

GIRLS TENNIS: Sequim sweeps rival Port Angeles in season-opening match
BOYS SOCCER: Sequim beats rival Port Angeles with a wild comeback

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim beats rival Port Angeles with a wild comeback

Featuring nine combined goals, a goalkeeper-assisted score and a goal-line save by a defender in a spirited, entertaining and down to the… Continue reading

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim beats rival Port Angeles with a wild comeback
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks edges Chimacum in extra innings; Port Angeles golfers sweep Port Townsend

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks edges Chimacum in extra innings; Port Angeles golfers sweep Port Townsend

Forks got a two-run triple from Carter Windle in the bottom of the 10th inning to pull out a come-from-behind 6-5 win over… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks edges Chimacum in extra innings; Port Angeles golfers sweep Port Townsend
OUTDOORS: Ocean coho quotas rising for summer season

OUTDOORS: Ocean coho quotas rising for summer season

A COHO QUOTA nearly four-times as large as last summer may await silver anglers off Neah Bay this July, August and September. Salmon season setting… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Ocean coho quotas rising for summer season
PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim baseball shuts out Forks in season opener; Chimacum rolls over Kingston

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim baseball shuts out Forks in season opener; Chimacum rolls over Kingston

Getting in a full game before heavy rain came down, the Sequim Wolves got great pitching performances from a trio of hurlers, shutting… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Sequim baseball shuts out Forks in season opener; Chimacum rolls over Kingston
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area women win NWAC Honors

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area women win NWAC Honors

Peninsula College women’s basketball players were honored recently with inclusion on the Northwest Athletic Conference Northern… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Area women win NWAC Honors
GOLF: Legend Dan Jenkins passes away

GOLF: Legend Dan Jenkins passes away

A BORN STORYTELLER died March 7 at the age of 90. Dan Jenkins was best known for his decades of golf writing, filling the pages… Continue reading

GOLF: Legend Dan Jenkins passes away
FISHING DERBY: 19.35-pound salmon wins by a mile

FISHING DERBY: 19.35-pound salmon wins by a mile

Mark Thompson of Clinton caught the winning fish in the 2019 Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby early Friday morning. Then, he had to sit… Continue reading

FISHING DERBY: 19.35-pound salmon wins by a mile
NWAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: A lull too long for Peninsula women

NWAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: A lull too long for Peninsula women

Except for a rough 6-minute stretch in the third quarter, the Peninsula basketball women played a big, tough Wenatchee Valley team more than… Continue reading

NWAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: A lull too long for Peninsula women
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates’ ‘D’ dominates in NWAC tourney win

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates’ ‘D’ dominates in NWAC tourney win

For three quarters, the Peninsula basketball women put on a defensive clinic against Highline that threatened to shatter all sorts of Northwest Athletic… Continue reading

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates’ ‘D’ dominates in NWAC tourney win
PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles teams split in season-opening twin bills; Sequim soccer draws

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles teams split in season-opening twin bills; Sequim soccer draws

The Port Angeles baseball team, with most of its roster intact from last year’s league-champion squad, got its season off to a doubleheader… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles teams split in season-opening twin bills; Sequim soccer draws
PREPS: Port Angeles’ 1985 tennis state champs, 1959 gridiron greats heading to hall of fame

PREPS: Port Angeles’ 1985 tennis state champs, 1959 gridiron greats heading to hall of fame

A football team laden with speed led by an offensive-minded head coach with strategies ahead of… Continue reading

PREPS: Port Angeles’ 1985 tennis state champs, 1959 gridiron greats heading to hall of fame
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Nineteen-pound chinook leads derby heading into final day and other area events

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Nineteen-pound chinook leads derby heading into final day and other area events

Good-sized blackmouth chinook are found up and down the leaderboard after two days of fishing… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Nineteen-pound chinook leads derby heading into final day and other area events