PIERRE LaBOSSIERE: Edgar Martinez update: Actually, he does have a chance for the Hall of Fame

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE: Edgar Martinez update: Actually, he does have a chance for the Hall of Fame

I WROTE A column a few weeks ago that Edgar Martinez would never make the Baseball Hall of Fame because of what I consider a… Continue reading

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE: Edgar Martinez update: Actually, he does have a chance for the Hall of Fame

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women win fifth out their last six

The Peninsula women got 27 points and 10 rebounds from Anaya Rodisha and 17 points, 11 rebounds from Alicia Dugan in a 74-69… Continue reading

SPORTS SHOT: Peninsula sports receive $5,000 donation from Wilder Auto

SPORTS SHOT: Peninsula sports receive $5,000 donation from Wilder Auto

Representatives from Peninsula College accept a check for $5,000 from Wilder Auto on Friday, Dec. 30 at the Peninsula Gym. “This is a very significant… Continue reading

SPORTS SHOT: Peninsula sports receive $5,000 donation from Wilder Auto
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kenrick Doherty Jr., Neah Bay

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kenrick Doherty Jr., Neah Bay

The defending state 1B champion Neah Bay boys’ basketball team got off to a slow start this season as players had an exceptionally long football… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kenrick Doherty Jr., Neah Bay

PREP BASKETBALL: Chimacum, Sequim girls split pair; Sequim boys also split

The Chimacum basketball girls split a pair of games at the Blaine Holiday Invitational, narrowly losing to Vashon 40-36, but coming back to… Continue reading

PREP HOOPS: Port Angeles boys, girls, Forks boys all split at tourneys

PREP HOOPS: Port Angeles boys, girls, Forks boys all split at tourneys

The Port Angeles Roughriders split a pair of games at their holiday tournament, crushing Rochester 61-21, then losing to a good R.A.… Continue reading

PREP HOOPS: Port Angeles boys, girls, Forks boys all split at tourneys
PREP HOOPS: Neah Bay boys getting back on track

PREP HOOPS: Neah Bay boys getting back on track

The defending 1B state champion Neah Bay basketball boys got off to a sluggish start this season, but they heated up in… Continue reading

PREP HOOPS: Neah Bay boys getting back on track

OUTDOORS: Seafood feast there for the taking

A SEAFOOD FEAST to ring in the New Year is certainly possible for brave outdoors enthusiasts. It might take today and tomorrow due to lack… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls hoops rallies for win; Port Angeles wrestlers win North Mason Classic

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls hoops rallies for win; Port Angeles wrestlers win North Mason Classic

Port Townsend posted 26 fourth-quarter points to force overtime and eventually triumph over Wahluke 60-55 in overtime in the girls opener at… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls hoops rallies for win; Port Angeles wrestlers win North Mason Classic
Port Angeles High School                                From left in back are Jaine Macias and Kenzie Johnson. From left in front are Felicia Che and Nadia Cole. The Port Angeles foursomewon the 200 medley relay race at the state 2A swim meet and came in fourth in the 200 freestyle relay. For their accomplishments,they are Peninsula’s swimming co-MVPs.

ALL-PENINSULA: Port Angeles’ ‘Big Four’ swimmers co-MVPs

The best swimmer on the Olympic Peninsula wasn’t necessarily an individual, but a unit. It’s a foursome that has the potential to… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School                                From left in back are Jaine Macias and Kenzie Johnson. From left in front are Felicia Che and Nadia Cole. The Port Angeles foursomewon the 200 medley relay race at the state 2A swim meet and came in fourth in the 200 freestyle relay. For their accomplishments,they are Peninsula’s swimming co-MVPs.

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Townsend to host annual ‘Crush in the Slush’

Boys and girls teams from as far away as Bellingham and Mattawa will converge on Port Townsend this week for the annual… Continue reading

Garrett Edwards

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Edwards has been steady off the bench for Riders

Port Angeles sophomore Garrett Edwards has provided a scoring punch while coming off the bench for the Roughriders boys basketball team this… Continue reading

Garrett Edwards
SWIMMING: Port Angeles Swim Club members have a killer Christmas

SWIMMING: Port Angeles Swim Club members have a killer Christmas

This was the fifth year of the Killer Kristmas — a Christmas-time tradition of the Port Angeles Swim Club that was started… Continue reading

SWIMMING: Port Angeles Swim Club members have a killer Christmas
GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP

Sequim goalkeeper Claire Henninger thought about what she could do to boost her team’s underclassmen-heavy roster prior to her junior soccer season. “I… Continue reading

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP
PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments

PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments

A Class 1B state championship-winning football team in Neah Bay. Port Townsend’s repeat trip to the 1A state playoffs. District playoff appearances… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite

An ice-cold night from the floor sunk Port Townsend in a 46-36 nonleague boys basketball loss to Vashon. The Redhawks were unable… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite
PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP

The playmaking abilities of Sequim junior wide receiver/safety/kick returner Gavin Velarde has made opposition coaches mutter quiet curses to themselves on the sidelines… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP
BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

Port Angeles produced its finest half of basketball thus far and caged the Centralia Tigers 74-58 in a nonleague boys basketball contest.… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

OUTDOORS: Fishing, hunting license fees likely to rise

EARLIER THIS MONTH Gov. Jay Inslee rolled out a two-year state budget package that would invest more than $50 million to upgrade hatcheries, boost production… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team

Neah Bay’s Cameron Buzzell and Cole Svec have been voted All-Northwest Football League First Team selections on offense and defense by league coaches,… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team