SPORTS BRIEFS: Registration open for Tour de Dungeness; Port Angeles hosting hoops playoffs

More than 400 racers are expected to compete as cycling returns to the Olympic Peninsula with the 20th annual Tour de Dungeness race… Continue reading

WRESTLING: Forks wins regionals, will send a total of 14 to state

WRESTLING: Forks wins regionals, will send a total of 14 to state

The Forks boys won four weight classes en route to a Region I Class 1A Wrestling Tournament championship and will send 13 boys… Continue reading

WRESTLING: Forks wins regionals, will send a total of 14 to state
PREP HOOPS: Port Townsend rally falls short; Port Angeles girls win again

PREP HOOPS: Port Townsend rally falls short; Port Angeles girls win again

The Port Townsend girls got off to a terrible start and with nothing to lose in the second half, put on a… Continue reading

PREP HOOPS: Port Townsend rally falls short; Port Angeles girls win again
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Pirates’ rally comes up short, but still tied for first place

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Pirates’ rally comes up short, but still tied for first place

The Peninsula College women found themselves in a deep hole in the second half against Everett, rallied late in the fourth quarter,… Continue reading

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Pirates’ rally comes up short, but still tied for first place

PREP ROUNDUP: PA, Sequim send 14 grapplers to Mat Classic; PA swimmers off to state

Port Angeles and Sequim combined to send 12 boys and two girls to the 2A state wrestling championships at the Mat Classic in… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates dispatch Trojans

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates dispatch Trojans

Peninsula College fought off a spirited challenge from Everett, pulling away late in the second half to earn an 88-79 men’s basketball… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates dispatch Trojans
GIRLS DISTRICT BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum wins, Port Angeles advances to regionals and Sequim falls

GIRLS DISTRICT BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum wins, Port Angeles advances to regionals and Sequim falls

By Michael Carman and Pierre LaBossiere Peninsula Daily News *Updated: Port Angeles defeated Renton 42-32 Saturday at Foss High School in Tacoma to advance to… Continue reading

GIRLS DISTRICT BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum wins, Port Angeles advances to regionals and Sequim falls
The Port Angeles gymnastics team won the 2A/3A West Central District Championship on Saturday. Team members are back row, from left, Lum Fu, Kenzee Richardson, Halle Coventon, Aiesha LaTourette, Nikaila Price, Elizabeth Sweet of Sequim and Cassandra Middlestead. From left, back row, are Cassidy Tamburro, Laura Rooney, Karlie Gochnour, Sydney Miner, Maya Wharton and Lesae Pfeffer of Sequim.

GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles wins district championship, will compete as team at state meet

The Port Angeles gymnastics team won the 2A/3A West Central District 3 Championship on Saturday, qualifying the entire team to compete at the… Continue reading

The Port Angeles gymnastics team won the 2A/3A West Central District Championship on Saturday. Team members are back row, from left, Lum Fu, Kenzee Richardson, Halle Coventon, Aiesha LaTourette, Nikaila Price, Elizabeth Sweet of Sequim and Cassandra Middlestead. From left, back row, are Cassidy Tamburro, Laura Rooney, Karlie Gochnour, Sydney Miner, Maya Wharton and Lesae Pfeffer of Sequim.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks goes wire-to-wire to win district opener

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks goes wire-to-wire to win district opener

Forks never trailed in earning its first boys basketball district victory in four seasons in a 68-56 win over Stevenson at Montesano High… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks goes wire-to-wire to win district opener

OUTDOORS: Halibut quota grows in 2017

I LEFT OUT some information concerning the halibut quota for 2017 when I discussed an effort to extend the length of halibut fisheries in upcoming… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Changes coming to blackmouth seasons

OUTDOORS: Changes coming to blackmouth seasons

ANGLERS HAVE BEEN doing fairly well for winter blackmouth in Marine Area 6 (Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca) and the state Department of Fish… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Changes coming to blackmouth seasons

GIRLS BASKETBALL UPDATE: Sequim, Port Angeles, Chimacum district games rescheduled for today

The Port Angeles, Sequim and Chimacum girls basketball teams will begin postseason play today (Friday) after Thursday’s closure of the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: McKnight paves way for Pirates in blowout win

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: McKnight paves way for Pirates in blowout win

Playing in their coach’s old high school gym, the Peninsula College women’s basketball got off to a scorching 29-6 start, stumbled slightly… Continue reading

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: McKnight paves way for Pirates in blowout win
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Rough night at the office for Peninsula offense

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Rough night at the office for Peninsula offense

Out of place, out of sorts and out of luck. The Peninsula College men’s basketball team struggled on both ends of the… Continue reading

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Rough night at the office for Peninsula offense

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles stung by Hornets’ buzzer beater

Port Angeles clawed back from a 20-point first-half deficit in its Class 2A West Central District boys basketball tournament opener, only to have… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: District play a stacked deck in West Central playoffs

PREP BASKETBALL: District play a stacked deck in West Central playoffs

Another year, another slate of West Central District Class 2A basketball tournament games played in the shadow of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: District play a stacked deck in West Central playoffs

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks falls in pigtail playoff

The Forks girls basketball season ended with a 43-27 loss to Tenino in a pigtail play-in game for the No. 4 playoff seed… Continue reading

PREP PLAYOFFS: Quilcene postponed again to Wednesday; Neah Bay, Clallam Bay to play playoff games in Port Angeles

The Quilcene basketball girls’ Sea-Tac 1B League playoff game originally set to be played Monday night has been rescheduled a second time due… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Franklin student wins marathon medal design contest

AREA SPORTS: Franklin student wins marathon medal design contest

Twelve-year-old Lilly Sanders, a Franklin Elementary School student, is the grand prize winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon’s Kids Medal Design… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Franklin student wins marathon medal design contest
SPORTS SHOT: Port Angeles Threat champs in Montesano

SPORTS SHOT: Port Angeles Threat champs in Montesano

The Port Angeles Threat fifth- and sixth-grade team went 5-1 at the Larry Quinn Memorial Tournament in Montesano last weekend, cpturing their first tournament championship.… Continue reading

SPORTS SHOT: Port Angeles Threat champs in Montesano