CROSS COUNTRY: Forks boys win Evergreen League title; girls finish second

FORKS — Forks had five top-15 finishers to claim the Evergreen League boys cross country championship at Lake Sylvia. Forks' girls team placed second at… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Phillip Greene (27) runs against Crescent's Luke Leonard (24) and Jakob Baillargeon. Also in on the play are Neah Bay's Reggie Buttram (28) and Crescent's KC Spencer (37). Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay runs to 32nd consecutive win; Quilcene loses to Seattle Lutheran

EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated to correct all mentions of Neah Bay's winning streak from 31 to 32 games due to their forfeit win over Lummi from… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Phillip Greene (27) runs against Crescent's Luke Leonard (24) and Jakob Baillargeon. Also in on the play are Neah Bay's Reggie Buttram (28) and Crescent's KC Spencer (37). Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Freshman quarterback Riley Cowan and Sequim can clinch third place in Olympic League 2A with a win over Bremerton on Thursday. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Postseason setup clear if Sequim wins, not so much if it loses; other area scenarios

SEQUIM — Last season, all Sequim had to do was beat Bremerton at home to lock up a postseason berth and avoid falling into a… Continue reading

Freshman quarterback Riley Cowan and Sequim can clinch third place in Olympic League 2A with a win over Bremerton on Thursday. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles' Gracie Long

CROSS COUNTRY: Port Angeles’ Long edges Sequim’s Shreffler for Olympic League girls crown; Sequim boys dominate, earn team title

SEQUIM — Port Angeles sophomore Gracie Long edged Sequim's Waverly Shreffler by less than a second to claim her second straight girls cross country title… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Gracie Long
Clallam Bay's Alan Greene attempts to avoid Tulalip's Nate Williams (77) while returning an interception. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Gritty Clallam Bay can’t complete comeback against Tulalip Heritage

CLALLAM BAY — There were many moments in Clallam Bay's 66-52 Northwest Football League loss to Tulalip Heritage in which the Bruins could have folded.… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Alan Greene attempts to avoid Tulalip's Nate Williams (77) while returning an interception. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend crushes Chimacum to remain unbeaten; other area reports

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend played musical chairs offensively due to injuries, but the result was the same: another Olympic League 1A blowout, this time… Continue reading

Sequim's Arnold Black (32) tries to elude Olympic's Logan Madison

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim scores rare touchdown on seventh-ranked Olympic but falls 48-6

SEQUIM — Sequim became only the third team to score on the Olympic Trojans, but the touchdown pass from Riley Cowan to Gavin Velarde was… Continue reading

Sequim's Arnold Black (32) tries to elude Olympic's Logan Madison
Port Angeles senior Carter Juskevich swims the breaststroke during a meet against Klahowya at William Shore Memorial Pool. Patty Reifenstahl

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles girls swimming wins fourth straight league title; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls swim team celebrated senior night and clinched their fourth straight Olympic League title with a 127-55 win against… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Carter Juskevich swims the breaststroke during a meet against Klahowya at William Shore Memorial Pool. Patty Reifenstahl
Port Angeles' Gracie Long

CROSS COUNTRY: Port Angeles’ Long edges Sequim’s Shreffler for Olympic League girls crown; Sequim boys dominate, earn team title

SEQUIM — Port Angeles sophomore Gracie Long edged Sequim's Waverly Shreffler by less than a second to claim her second straight girls cross country title… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Gracie Long
PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY UPDATE — First the good news: there is a next week

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY UPDATE — First the good news: there is a next week

EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated to correct the manner in which Geordyn Shinard scored his four touchdowns. He ran for three scores and caught another. SEQUIM —… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY UPDATE — First the good news: there is a next week
Clallam Bay's Alan Greene attempts to avoid Tulalip's Nate Williams (77) while returning an interception. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Gritty Clallam Bay can’t complete comeback against Tulalip Heritage

CLALLAM BAY — There were many moments in Clallam Bay's 66-52 Northwest Football League loss to Tulalip Heritage in which the Bruins could have folded.… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Alan Greene attempts to avoid Tulalip's Nate Williams (77) while returning an interception. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend crushes Chimacum to remain unbeaten; other area reports

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend crushes Chimacum to remain unbeaten; other area reports

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend played musical chairs offensively due to injuries, but the result was the same: another Olympic League 1A blowout, this time… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Townsend crushes Chimacum to remain unbeaten; other area reports
Sequim's Arnold Black (32) tries to elude Olympic's Logan Madison

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim scores rare touchdown on seventh-ranked Olympic but falls 48-6

SEQUIM — Sequim became only the third team to score on the Olympic Trojans, but the touchdown pass from Riley Cowan to Gavin Velarde was… Continue reading

Sequim's Arnold Black (32) tries to elude Olympic's Logan Madison
Emma Murray

SPORTS BRIEFS: Basketball officials meeting Sunday in Port Angeles . . . Port Angeles Swim Club in competition

Basketball officials meeting Sunday PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Basketball Officials Association is looking for potential junior high and high school basketball officials. The… Continue reading

Emma Murray

BOYS TENNIS: Port Angeles’ Pederson advances to districts

BREMERTON — Janson Pederson was the lone Port Angeles boys tennis player to advance to district play after the opening rounds of the Olympic League… Continue reading

Everett's Sergio Barrera

MEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula adds to division lead with win against Everett

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men's soccer team added to its lead at the top of the Northwest Athletic Conference North Division with a… Continue reading

Everett's Sergio Barrera

OUTDOORS: Hoochies a hit out on the Strait of Juan de Fuca

HOOCHIES OR COHO Killer spoons. Those are the ways of the angler seeking silvers on salt water. Football analysts on television enjoy pointing out that… Continue reading

Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Jim Unsworth Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

OUTDOORS: Speak up because state Department of Fish and Wildlife is listening

SINCE TAKING OVER as director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife last January, director Jim Unsworth has had a question. Unsworth has made… Continue reading

Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Jim Unsworth Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY UPDATE — First the good news: there is a next week

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY UPDATE — First the good news: there is a next week

EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated to correct the manner in which Geordyn Shinard scored his four touchdowns. He ran for three scores and caught another. SEQUIM —… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY UPDATE — First the good news: there is a next week

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim fighting for playoff positioning against seventh-ranked Olympic; other area previews

SEQUIM — The Sequim Wolves are locked into the postseason. Now begins the battle for positioning. Tonight the Wolves host seventh-ranked and undefeated Olympic (4-0,… Continue reading