PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay

When Neah Bay’s Logan Halttunnen returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in Friday’s season opener with Chimacum, it seemed… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay
OUTDOORS: Survival chances poor for Atlantics

OUTDOORS: Survival chances poor for Atlantics

AFTER REACHING OUT to those in the know, I feel better about the net pen collapse that sent a portion of 305,000 farmed Atlantic salmon… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Survival chances poor for Atlantics
PREP FOOTBALL OPENER: Love for a sport in transition (plus prep picks)

PREP FOOTBALL OPENER: Love for a sport in transition (plus prep picks)

Summer’s never been my favorite season. And as the calendar flips to September and summer’s final three weeks slip past, football season,… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL OPENER: Love for a sport in transition (plus prep picks)
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clallam Bay squad keeping football alive

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clallam Bay squad keeping football alive

Wins and losses will take a back seat this fall for Clallam Bay. The Bruins will field a football team again this… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clallam Bay squad keeping football alive

OUTDOORS: Atlantic salmon roundup continues

MOP-UP EFFORTS to recover more of the Atlantic salmon that escaped from a net pen containing 305,000 fish near Cypress Island in the San Juans… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Neah Bay has plenty of question marks

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Neah Bay has plenty of question marks

After losing the bulk of the stars from its Class 1B state championship-winning 2016 squad, including two former Associated Press 1B State… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Neah Bay has plenty of question marks
Peninsula’s Maddie Parton (11) vies for control of the ball with a Spokane player during the Pirates’ 4-3 win over the Sasquatch at the NWAC Friendlies in Tukwila on Friday.                                Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics

COLLEGE SOCCER: PC women sweep, men split at NWAC Friendlies

The Peninsula College women’s soccer team swept a pair of contests and the Pirate men split its matches at the regular-season opening NWAC… Continue reading

Peninsula’s Maddie Parton (11) vies for control of the ball with a Spokane player during the Pirates’ 4-3 win over the Sasquatch at the NWAC Friendlies in Tukwila on Friday.                                Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics
WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula women romp 9-0 in home opener

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula women romp 9-0 in home opener

The defending NWAC champion Peninsula women got a hat trick from Sydney Warren, shut out the Tacoma Titans with only one shot… Continue reading

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula women romp 9-0 in home opener
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene has size up front, speed in the back

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene has size up front, speed in the back

Quilcene head coach Trey Beathard is riding the fence about his team’s chances this fall. On one hand, the Rangers are a little… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene has size up front, speed in the back
AREA SPORTS: PA’s Lasorsa 12th in age group at World Duathlon Championships

AREA SPORTS: PA’s Lasorsa 12th in age group at World Duathlon Championships

Dave Lasorsa of Port Angeles competed in the World Duathlon Championships in Penticton, B.C., on Aug. 19, finishing 12th in the 60-64… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: PA’s Lasorsa 12th in age group at World Duathlon Championships

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Townsend-Sequim football game canceled; Pirates game free Tuesday

The season-opening game between Port Townsend and Sequim scheduled for Friday night has been canceled because Port Townsend will not have enough… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum filling gaps and plugging holes

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum filling gaps and plugging holes

When you’re low on numbers and lacking linemen, high school football teams have to adopt an “all hands on deck” mentality. That’s the… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum filling gaps and plugging holes

SPORTS BRIEFS: Discovery Bay Ladies’ summer results

Lynn Pierle was the winner of the Discovery Bay Ladies’ “Better nine” with a score of 34.5 on Thursday. Other top finishers… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers rounding up stray Atlantic salmon

OUTDOORS: Anglers rounding up stray Atlantic salmon

Anglers on the North Olympic Peninsula are doing their part to catch stray Atlantic salmon, part of a horde of escapees out of… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers rounding up stray Atlantic salmon
2017 PREP PREVIEW: Roughrider gallop into season optimistic with chip on their shoulders

2017 PREP PREVIEW: Roughrider gallop into season optimistic with chip on their shoulders

A young varsity Port Angeles Roughriders team will be one year older, stronger and wiser this season. And they’ll be one year… Continue reading

2017 PREP PREVIEW: Roughrider gallop into season optimistic with chip on their shoulders
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Howell to play softball for Pierce College

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Howell to play softball for Pierce College

A Firecracker 5K/10K Fun Run will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 4. The run… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Howell to play softball for Pierce College
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Skilled core returns for Sequim

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Skilled core returns for Sequim

For the tinder to flash and catch fire, it takes a lot of muscle up front to light the flame. That will be… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Skilled core returns for Sequim
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Smaller Crescent will rely on speed

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Smaller Crescent will rely on speed

The Crescent Loggers lost some tall timber to graduation in the form of McCabe Story, Wyatt McNeece… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Smaller Crescent will rely on speed
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend

Last season the biggest question mark surrounding Port Townsend football was how would players respond to… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new identity for Port Townsend
SPORTS SHOT: Truck rodeo champion and Port Townsend softball regular season winners

SPORTS SHOT: Truck rodeo champion and Port Townsend softball regular season winners

Above: The Grinders (Mean Bean) won the regular season of the Port Townsend Parks and Recreation Coed Softball League this season. In the season-ending tournament,… Continue reading

SPORTS SHOT: Truck rodeo champion and Port Townsend softball regular season winners