PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Wheeler is co-MVP of Olympic League 2A; other area players earn all-league honors

Port Angeles junior post Nizhoni Wheeler and Olympic junior point guard Danielle Monzon have been voted Olympic League 2A girls basketball co-MVPs by the league's… Continue reading

Danny Davis

WEEKEND REWIND: Anacortes angler’s 20-pound blackmouth wins Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby

GARDINER — Danny Davis' crabbing boat was the place to be during the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby over the weekend. Not only did Davis become… Continue reading

Danny Davis

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ Rogers voted all-league first team

Port Angeles senior post Lambros Rogers was voted All-Olympic League 2A first team by the league's boys basketball coaches. Rogers averaged 10.6 points, 12.8 rebounds,… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women join men as region champs, clinch top seed; men win ninth straight

MOUNT VERNON — For the first time in school history, the four sports teams at Peninsula College have all won region championships. The Peninsula College… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Sekiu, Hood Canal salmon fisheries still open

THE CLOSURE OF the blackmouth fishery in Marine Area 6 is a hit for anglers, but they aren't completely out of options. Area 6 (eastern… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Nizhoni Wheeler looks for a way around Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek during a game in Port Townsend earlier this season. Wheeler and the 10th-ranked Roughriders play ninth-ranked Anacortes in the 2A regionals today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls, Neah Bay boys and girls in win-or-go-home regionals

MOUNT VERNON — The season is on the line, and the Port Angeles Roughriders have to face the team that dealt them their first and… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Nizhoni Wheeler looks for a way around Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek during a game in Port Townsend earlier this season. Wheeler and the 10th-ranked Roughriders play ninth-ranked Anacortes in the 2A regionals today. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles’ Nicholls receives Grandmaster upgrade . . . Queen of Angels hoops recaps . . . Port Angeles golf starting soon . . . and more

Port Angeles’ Nicholls receives Grandmaster upgrade COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Grandmaster Robert Nicholls, owner of White Crane Martial Arts in Port Angeles, spent a week… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Tour de Dungeness next month . . . Olympic Avalanche make middle school championships

Tour de Dungeness next month SEQUIM —The 19th annual Tour de Dungeness bike race will take place on consecutive Saturdays next month. The 12-mile races… Continue reading

Former Peninsula College men's soccer team goalkeeper Angel Guerra shared his life story during Pirate Casino Night at 7 Cedars Casino. (Rich Riski)

COLLEGE SPORTS: Pirate Casino Night brings in $25,000 for Peninsula College athletics

PORT ANGELES — Last week's Pirate Casino Night, one of two signature fundraising events for Peninsula College athletic scholarships, was the most successful in its… Continue reading

Former Peninsula College men's soccer team goalkeeper Angel Guerra shared his life story during Pirate Casino Night at 7 Cedars Casino. (Rich Riski)

OUTDOORS: Lake Leland trout ‘waking up’ from winter

RISING WATER TEMPERATURES mean it’s only a matter of time before Lake Leland starts producing for anglers. “Lake Leland has been waking up with the… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay’s Moss picked for All-State team; Forks’ DeMatties voted all-league

Neah Bay's Ryan Moss was been selected to play in the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association All-State game. Moss, a 6-foot guard, was one of… Continue reading

Peninsula's Jeremiah Hobbs

MEN’S BASKETBALL: ‘We have to stay dialed in’ — already region champs, Peninsula Pirates still want to finish strong

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men's basketball team has achieved everything it wanted in the regular season. The Pirates are Northwest Athletic Conference North… Continue reading

Peninsula's Jeremiah Hobbs

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: First-place Peninsula faces must-win at Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women's basketball team had a huge win over Bellevue last week that gave them a one-game lead in the… Continue reading

Danny Davis

Anacortes angler’s 20-pound blackmouth wins Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby

GARDINER — Danny Davis' crabbing boat was the place to be during the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby over the weekend. Not only did Davis become… Continue reading

Danny Davis
Klahhane gymnasts who compted at the Charity Choice Invitational were

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Baseball and softball coaching clinic postponed . . . Gymnasts compete for a cause . . . and more

Coaching clinic slated for today postponed SEQUIM — The baseball and softball coaching clinic slated to take place today at 360 Sports Performance Training has… Continue reading

Klahhane gymnasts who compted at the Charity Choice Invitational were

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks’ Browning and Adams voted all-league

FORKS — Forks High School boys basketball players Parker Browning and Marky Adams were honored by the coaches of the Evergreen League this week. Browning,… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt

COLLEGE SPORTS: Chapman, Lunt, 2010 men’s soccer team among 2016 Peninsula College Hall of Fame inductees

PORT ANGELES — The 2010 Peninsula College men's soccer team, Scooter Chapman, Jim Clem, Jim Lunt and Rosemary Moorhead will be the next inductees into… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt
Sequim sophomore Matthew Craig stands on the podium after placing eighth in the 1-meter dive at the Class 2A state championships. (Susan Craig)

SWIMMING AND DIVING: Five area athletes earn spots on podium at state meet

FEDERAL WAY — The North Olympic Peninsula had five swimmers and divers reach the podium at the Class 2A state championships at the King County… Continue reading

Sequim sophomore Matthew Craig stands on the podium after placing eighth in the 1-meter dive at the Class 2A state championships. (Susan Craig)
Danny Davis

Anacortes angler’s 20-pound blackmouth wins Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby

GARDINER — Danny Davis' crabbing boat was the place to be during the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby over the weekend. Not only did Davis become… Continue reading

Danny Davis
Peninsula's Chris Reis (20) drives past the defense of Bellevue's Yonathan Michael. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula edges Bellevue to clinch region championship

PORT ANGELES — Seven points isn't a huge margin, but it kind of caught the Peninsula College men's basketball team off-guard. “It felt like we… Continue reading

Peninsula's Chris Reis (20) drives past the defense of Bellevue's Yonathan Michael. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)