Former Port Angeles High School standout Krista Johnson puts up a shot against Lower Columbia last season. Johnson and fellow Port Angeles graduate Lenora Hofer are in their sophomore seasons at South Puget Sound

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Port Angeles graduates Johnson and Hofer return to face Peninsula tonight

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will host two fellow region leaders and a couple of familiar faces at the eight-team Battle in the Olympics starting… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles High School standout Krista Johnson puts up a shot against Lower Columbia last season. Johnson and fellow Port Angeles graduate Lenora Hofer are in their sophomore seasons at South Puget Sound
Port Townsend's Kaiden Parcher (55) tries to block a shot by Sequim's Jack Shea. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Hot-shooting Sequim defeats Port Townsend 55-45

PORT TOWNSEND — The Sequim boys basketball team won its second consecutive game by going on the road and defeating Port Townsend 55-45. The Wolves… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Kaiden Parcher (55) tries to block a shot by Sequim's Jack Shea. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim routs winless but resilient Port Townsend

SEQUIM — Jordan Miller and Adrienne Haggerty led Sequim to a 56-31 nonleague girls basketball victory over Port Townsend. Miller scored 18 points and Haggerty… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Nizhoni Wheeler (44) shoots against Olympic's Ella Hazzard

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles shuts down Olympic in league opener

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles and Olympic went five minutes without scoring a point in their Olympic League 2A girls basketball opener. No big deal… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Nizhoni Wheeler (44) shoots against Olympic's Ella Hazzard

PREP WRESTLING: Forks opens with strong trip to La Center

LA CENTER — The Forks wrestling team opened its season with a successful trip to La Center. First, the Spartans swept a pair of dual… Continue reading

Peninsula's Zhara Laster

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula takes fifth at Pierce tournament; ‘We have to get better,’ coach says

LAKEWOOD — The Peninsula Pirates aren't the team that won the Northwest Athletic Conference championship last year. They're the team that lost to Bellevue on… Continue reading

Peninsula's Zhara Laster
Port Angeles' Grayson Peet

BOYS BASKETBALL: Lacking intensity, Port Angeles lets win slip away against Blaine

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles boys basketball coach Kasey Ulin repeated the numbers 24 and 19 with emphasis after the Roughriders gave away a game… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Grayson Peet

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College earns two hard-fought road wins

VANCOUVER — Better results on the defensive end and valuing the basketball and limiting turnovers were the focus for the Peninsula College men in two… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Four Sequim grapplers place at Battle at the Border tourney

BLAINE — Sequim fared well at the Battle at the Border wrestling tournament, finishing ninth out 24 teams and finishing with four top-five placers. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brennan Gray

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles overcomes slow first half to rout Chimacum

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles and Chimacum both got what they wanted in the second half. The Roughriders wanted to play better, and the Cowboys… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Brennan Gray
OUTDOORS: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers

OUTDOORS: 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

OUTDOORS: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers
Chimacum's Sam Golden (15) runs into Port Angeles' Janson Pederson as Luke Angevine (13) looks on. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles boys regroup, roll past Chimacum in second half

CHIMACUM — It was a tale of two halves in Port Angeles' 83-58 boys basketball victory against Chimacum. “The game was 31-30 [Port Angeles] at… Continue reading

Chimacum's Sam Golden (15) runs into Port Angeles' Janson Pederson as Luke Angevine (13) looks on. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles' Tristin Butler swims a state time backstroke in the 200 individual medley. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles out-swims Sequim in league meet; Roughriders fare well in gymnastics season-opener

PORT ANGELES — Tristin Butler swam two state qualifying times and Port Angeles defeated Sequim 123-34 in the season opener for both boys swimming and… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Tristin Butler swims a state time backstroke in the 200 individual medley. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Backcountry Film Fest a substitute for skiing Hurricane Ridge

WHILE AMPLE SNOWFALL is in the forecast for Hurricane Ridge, organizers of the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Area said operations were not likely to begin… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim shares the ball, staves off Neah Bay

SEQUIM — ’Tis the season for giving. The Sequim Wolves gave the ball to each other and received a 65-60 win over Neah Bay on… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cei'J Gagnon

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay pushes past Sequim with second-half surge

SEQUIM — How did that happen? Coach Tony McCaulley struggled to pin down how the Neah Bay girls were able pull off a 55-35 win… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cei'J Gagnon

OUTDOORS: Backcountry Film Fest a substitute for skiing Hurricane Ridge

WHILE AMPLE SNOWFALL is in the forecast for Hurricane Ridge, organizers of the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Area said operations were not likely to begin… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Crescent boys tire late, fall to Sequim JV

JOYCE — Crescent hung with the Sequim junior varsity boys basketball team for much of the game before tiring late in a 59-29 loss. “Sequim… Continue reading

Forks' Jeffrey Schumack drives against Rochester's Riley Erickson (10) and Brock Hawes (24) during the Spartans' 57-48 win. Shumack scored seven points. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks plays together, earns first victory

FORKS — The Forks boys basketball coaching staff talked with their team about playing together before the Spartans' Evergreen League opener against Rochester. Forks appeared… Continue reading

Forks' Jeffrey Schumack drives against Rochester's Riley Erickson (10) and Brock Hawes (24) during the Spartans' 57-48 win. Shumack scored seven points. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Forks' Skyler DeMatties (left) drives around Rochester's Alexis Seymour during the Spartans' 52-32 loss to the Warriors. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks can’t get going in loss to Rochester

FORKS — Forks started slow in a 52-32 loss to Rochester in the Evergreen League opener for each team. The Spartans trailed 13-1 after one… Continue reading

Forks' Skyler DeMatties (left) drives around Rochester's Alexis Seymour during the Spartans' 52-32 loss to the Warriors. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News