STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: PT’s Dances a triple winner at 1A meet; Long sets two school records

STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: PT’s Dances a triple winner at 1A meet; Long sets two school records

Seren Dances won three state championships and came in second in a fourth event in a spectacular weekend at the State 1A Track… Continue reading

STATE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: PT’s Dances a triple winner at 1A meet; Long sets two school records
Riders get oh, so close: Port Angeles loses state softball title game 5-1

Riders get oh, so close: Port Angeles loses state softball title game 5-1

The Port Angeles Roughriders (22-2) came up one game short of a state softball title, losing to WF West of Chehalis 5-1 in… Continue reading

Riders get oh, so close: Port Angeles loses state softball title game 5-1
STATE TRACK: Port Townsend’s Dances win 110, 300 hurdles

STATE TRACK: Port Townsend’s Dances win 110, 300 hurdles

Port Townsend’s Seren Dances is the boys’ state 1A champion in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles. Dances had the fastest 110-meter hurdle time… Continue reading

STATE TRACK: Port Townsend’s Dances win 110, 300 hurdles
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Jordan Bentz slides into third and was called out on this close play in the Wolves’ 2A state tournament game against Eatonville. Covering for Eatonville is Stella Eslinger.

STATE SOFTBALL UPDATE: Port Angeles rolls through 2A; Quilcene in state title game

Nizhoni Wheeler came up clutch at the plate and in the batters’ box as Port Angeles shut out Othello 1-0 and silenced slugging… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Jordan Bentz slides into third and was called out on this close play in the Wolves’ 2A state tournament game against Eatonville. Covering for Eatonville is Stella Eslinger.

STATE TENNIS: Sequim duos each win matches at state

The Sequim doubles’ teams of Justin Porter/Stephen Prorok and Jessica Dietzman/Hannah D’Amico each won matches at the state 2A Tennis Championships at the… Continue reading

PREP TRACK AND FIELD: North Olympic Peninsula athletes aiming for spots at state

By Pierre LaBossiere Peninsula Daily News Track and field athletes from all over the North Peninsula will be competing in districts this weekend for the… Continue reading

DISTRICT TRACK: PT’s Dances wins three events, PA’s Long two

Port Angeles’ Gracie Long won both the 1,600 and 3,200 races at the West Central 2A meet this weekend, while Port Townsend’s Seren… Continue reading

STATE TRACK: Port Townsend’s Dances fastest in the state in 300 hurdles prelims

Port Townsend’s Seren Dances so far has the fastest time among 1A boys in the state in the preliminaries of the 300-meter hurdles.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: More days added for halibut

OUTDOORS: More days added for halibut

MORE TIME ON the water for halibut anglers was recently approved by state Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries managers. At least one more day,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: More days added for halibut
STATE SOFTBALL: It all starts behind home plate for area teams

STATE SOFTBALL: It all starts behind home plate for area teams

Softball catchers have it rough. They spend half the game with knees bent in gritty dirt or mud, chase down wild pitches, charge… Continue reading

STATE SOFTBALL: It all starts behind home plate for area teams
PREP SOFTBALL: State-bound Port Angeles digging the long ball

PREP SOFTBALL: State-bound Port Angeles digging the long ball

Watching the Port Angeles softball team swing the bat, you can almost feel the panic sweat forming in the palms of opposition pitchers.… Continue reading

PREP SOFTBALL: State-bound Port Angeles digging the long ball
PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders, Wolves well represented on All-Olympic League team

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders, Wolves well represented on All-Olympic League team

Port Angeles got four first-teamers on the Olympic League 2A all-league baseball team, while Sequim placed two on the first team. The… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL: Roughriders, Wolves well represented on All-Olympic League team

STATE GOLF: Sequim boys and girls finish in top 10

Sequim senior Alex McMenamin capped her high school girls golf career with her fourth consecutive top-10 state finish after coming in sixth at… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Port Angeles’ Nizhoni Wheeler bats in an April 21 game against Olympic.

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles’ Wheeler is Olympic League MVP, Riders dominate first-team picks

Port Angeles Roughrider Nizhoni Wheeler was named the Most Valuable Player of the Olympic League 2A Division All-League softball team. Wheeler was… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Port Angeles’ Nizhoni Wheeler bats in an April 21 game against Olympic.
Peninsula Daily News                                An Olympic marmot looks out at the area around his Hurricane Hill burrow.

OUTDOORS: Coyotes, climate have impacted Olympic marmots

ONE WEEK FROM today, the Port Angeles Lefties will take the Civic Field diamond for their season opener attired in caps and jerseys featuring a… Continue reading

Peninsula Daily News                                An Olympic marmot looks out at the area around his Hurricane Hill burrow.

STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: McMenamin 7th after first day; five Sequim golfers make cut

Sequim’s Alex McMenamin shot an 80 on her first day at the 2A State Golf Tournament Tuesday, good for seventh place. McMenamin, who… Continue reading

PREP SOCCER: PA’s Schneider and St. George, Sequim’s Harris make first-team all league

PREP SOCCER: PA’s Schneider and St. George, Sequim’s Harris make first-team all league

Port Angeles’ Ben Schneider and Andrew St. George and Sequim’s Liam Harris both made the first team of… Continue reading

PREP SOCCER: PA’s Schneider and St. George, Sequim’s Harris make first-team all league
The Associated Press                                Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy (96) celebrates Seattle’s 27-24 victory over the Oakland Raiders in an NFL football game in Seattle in December 2000. The Orlando Police Department confirmed that Kennedy was found dead Tuesday in Orlando.

SEAHAWKS: ‘Gentle Giant’ Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy dies at 48

By Craig Hill and Gregg Bell McClatchy News Service Seahawks Hall of Fame defensive lineman and legend Cortez Kennedy died at the age of 48 on… Continue reading

The Associated Press                                Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy (96) celebrates Seattle’s 27-24 victory over the Oakland Raiders in an NFL football game in Seattle in December 2000. The Orlando Police Department confirmed that Kennedy was found dead Tuesday in Orlando.
Alex McMenamin

PREP GOLF: Sequim’s McMenamin, Wiker Olympic golf MVPs

Sequim’s Blake Wiker and Alex McMenamin were named the Olympic League golf MVPs, while Sequim’s boys’ coach Bill Shea… Continue reading

Alex McMenamin
Earning first-place honors at The Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners Memorial Tournament were, from left, Dot Forshee, Witta Priester, Sue Mobley and Kathy Benedict. The eighth annual event raised more than $4,000 for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.

GOLF: Port Ludlow to host Mid-Am qualifier

PORT LUDLOW GOLF Club will play a part in the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship when the Washington State Golf Association hosts a qualifier at the… Continue reading

Earning first-place honors at The Cedars at Dungeness Lady Niners Memorial Tournament were, from left, Dot Forshee, Witta Priester, Sue Mobley and Kathy Benedict. The eighth annual event raised more than $4,000 for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.