WRESTLING: Sequim, Port Townsend boys and girls fare well at Hammerhead Invitational

BREMERTON — The Sequim boys wrestling team continued to show improvement after earning a ninth-place finish out of 40 teams from multiple classifications at the… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles humbled by Tumwater

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team's three-game winning streak was snapped when it lost 52-33 at home to Tumwater. The Roughriders were… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club's Mina Bojarzin swims the breaststroke at the Divisional meet.

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Swim Club at divisional meet . . . New Year’s run/walk in Port Townsend . . . area athletes elsewhere

Port Angeles Swim Club excels at divisional meet SILVERDALE — Port Angeles Swim Club had many top-10 finishes at the Fall Divisional Meet that took… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club's Mina Bojarzin swims the breaststroke at the Divisional meet.
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PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles wins gymnastics meet in Sehome

SEHOME — Maya Wharton and Cassii Middlestead led Port Angeles to victory at a three team meet at North Coast Gymnastics. Wharton placed second in… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Cherish Moss

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula Pirates take second at crossover

PORT ANGELES — When the Peninsula Pirates were called to receive their second-place trophy, there was a few seconds of hesitation before a few players… Continue reading

Peninsula's Cherish Moss

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles, Rogers, beat up on Klahowya

PORT ANGELES — A fast start buoyed by tough defense propelled the Port Angeles boys basketball team to its third straight win, a 67-40 blowout… Continue reading

Forks' Parker Browning shoots while defended by Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay presses the issue in comeback win over Forks

FORKS — North Olympic Peninsula neighbors Forks and Neah Bay put on a show in a nonleague boys basketball game that saw the Red Devils… Continue reading

Forks' Parker Browning shoots while defended by Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek goes up for a basket against Chimacum. Meek led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Redhawks to victory. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Meek and a strong rebounding effort propel Port Townsend to rivalry win

Port Townsend 45, Chimacum 32 PORT TOWNSEND — The Redhawks made things tough for the rival Cowboys offensively and earned their first win of the… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek goes up for a basket against Chimacum. Meek led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Redhawks to victory. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Forks' Alexis Leons (40) shoots over Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson (23) while the Spartans' Sage Barr (13) and the Red Devils' Jessica Greene (3) look on. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay 3-pointers sink Forks

FORKS — The math is simple for the Neah Bay girls basketball team. Three-point shots provide more of a return on investment than two-pointers, provided… Continue reading

Forks' Alexis Leons (40) shoots over Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson (23) while the Spartans' Sage Barr (13) and the Red Devils' Jessica Greene (3) look on. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula rebounds to finish fourth at crossover — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Peninsula College finished fourth. EUGENE, Ore. — The Peninsula College men's basketball team bounced back… Continue reading

South Puget Sound's Lenora Hofer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Homecoming a happy one for Port Angeles graduates Johnson and Hofer

PORT ANGELES — Krista Johnson heard it all. The “Kris-ta! Kris-ta! Kris-ta!” The Makah war song. The former teammates in the crowd cheering for her.… Continue reading

South Puget Sound's Lenora Hofer

WRESTLING: Port Angeles drops Forks and Kingston in double dual meet

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles earned wins against Kingston and Forks in a double dual wrestling meet. Port Angeles topped the Buccaneers 48-21 and edged… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers

WEEKEND REWIND: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers

PORT TOWNSEND — The days of wild steelhead and wild rainbow trout retention are numbered on the North Olympic Peninsula, potentially signaling the end of… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers
OUTDOORS: Will new steelhead regulations impact fishing on the West End?

OUTDOORS: Will new steelhead regulations impact fishing on the West End?

THE RIPPLE EFFECTS stemming from last week's decision by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission outlawing wild steelhead and wild rainbow trout retention on eight… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Will new steelhead regulations impact fishing on the West End?
Sequim's Riley Cowen

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim boys drop close league game to Kingston; Port Angeles teams off to fast league starts

SEQUIM — Sequim fell to 0-2 in Olympic League 2A boys basketball play with a 45-41 loss at home to Kingston. The Wolves find themselves… Continue reading

Sequim's Riley Cowen

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Neah Bay has three honored by North Olympic League — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Savannah Goodrich was voted best setter. Neah Bay senior Holly Greene was named to the… Continue reading

Peninsula's Jenise McKnight

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula wins home debut against South Puget Sound, faces Big Bend tonight

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Pirates used a late first half run to pull away from South Puget Sound in the opening round of the… Continue reading

Peninsula's Jenise McKnight
Forks' Jeffrey Schumack (2)

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks stymied by Aberdeen’s pressure

FORKS — Forks missed out on a chance to make an early statement in the Evergreen League boys basketball standings when it lost 67-49 to… Continue reading

Forks' Jeffrey Schumack (2)

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Greene sisters help Neah Bay tame Shorewood Christian

SEATTLE — The Neah Bay girls basketball improved to 3-0 with a 55-34 road rout of the Shorewood Christian Lions. Jessica Greene made 5 of… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers asking for changes to halibut season schedule

CHANGE, EVEN WHEN it seems like common sense, still takes time. Such is the case for the recreational halibut fishery in the state of Washington.… Continue reading