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
Peninsula College women's soccer coach Kanyon Anderson

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula College head coach Kanyon Anderson, program earn 100th victory

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Pirates' 2-1 win over Everett was a little more special because of the recent rivalry between the last two Northwest… Continue reading

Peninsula College women's soccer coach Kanyon Anderson
Peninsula's Lexi Krieger

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula Pirates use their heads to beat Everett, move to the top of division

PORT ANGELES — Kennady Whitehead has the bruises to prove it. A goose egg on her left eyebrow. A dark spot over her right eye.… Continue reading

Peninsula's Lexi Krieger
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
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
Olympic's Hanna Troy

PREP SPORTS: Olympic capitalizes on Port Angeles miscues in a 4-0 girls soccer win; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls soccer team controlled much of the early going against Olympic, before the second-place Trojans capitalized on some Roughrider… Continue reading

Olympic's Hanna Troy
Forks wrestling coach Bob Wheeler gestures during Mat Classic XXV at the Tacoma Dome in 2013. Wheeler will be inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Saturday. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP WRESTLING: Forks coach Bob Wheeler to be inducted into coaches’ Hall of Fame

SEATAC — Longtime Forks wrestling coach and teacher Bob Wheeler estimates he's logged nearly 300,000 miles traveling from his Port Angeles home to Forks and… Continue reading

Forks wrestling coach Bob Wheeler gestures during Mat Classic XXV at the Tacoma Dome in 2013. Wheeler will be inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Saturday. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula's Lexi Krieger

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Peninsula Pirates use their heads to beat Everett, move to the top of division

PORT ANGELES — Kennady Whitehead has the bruises to prove it. A goose egg on her left eyebrow. A dark spot over her right eye.… Continue reading

Peninsula's Lexi Krieger
Kanyon Anderson and the Peninsula College women's soccer program are playing for their 100th win in a match against Everett today at Wally Sigmar Field. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE SOCCER: Stakes are high in Peninsula’s showdown with Everett today

PORT ANGELES — Not everything is on the line when the Peninsula College women's soccer team hosts Everett this afternoon at Wally Sigmar Field, but… Continue reading

Kanyon Anderson and the Peninsula College women's soccer program are playing for their 100th win in a match against Everett today at Wally Sigmar Field. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College women's basketball coach Alison Crumb

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Defending champion Peninsula competing for repeat

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College was the Cinderella story of the 2015 Northwest Athletic Conference tournament, surprising the field to win the first women's basketball… Continue reading

Peninsula College women's basketball coach Alison Crumb
Kanyon Anderson and the Peninsula College women's soccer program are playing for their 100th win in a match against Everett today at Wally Sigmar Field. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE SOCCER: Stakes are high in Peninsula’s showdown with Everett

PORT ANGELES — Not everything is on the line when the Peninsula College women's soccer team hosts Everett this afternoon at Wally Sigmar Field, but… Continue reading

Kanyon Anderson and the Peninsula College women's soccer program are playing for their 100th win in a match against Everett today at Wally Sigmar Field. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College men's basketball coach Mitch Freeman

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula Pirates deeper, aiming to better last season’s NWAC run

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men's basketball team was the surprise story of the Northwest Athletic Conference tournament in March, bringing home a third-place… Continue reading

Peninsula College men's basketball coach Mitch Freeman
Neah Bay quarterback Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (10) looks for a hole against Lummi as running back Cole Svec (16) blocks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

The Chimacum Cowboys would rather be the hammer than the nail. If they only could. They finally were. Chimacum claimed its first win in nearly… Continue reading

Neah Bay quarterback Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (10) looks for a hole against Lummi as running back Cole Svec (16) blocks. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Long takes third at Terry Rice Classic; other area reports

GIG HARBOR — Port Angeles put its youth on display at the 29th annual Terry Rice Frosh/Soph Classic at Sehmel Homestead Park. The Roughriders’ girls… Continue reading

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women plunder Shoreline

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women's soccer team might have found itself guilty of looking forward in a 2-0 win over Shoreline at Wally… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Kyle Keys fends off the defensive efforts of Crescent's Luke Leonard

PREP FOOTBALL: Clallam Bay’s speed bests Crescent’s brawn

JOYCE — Clallam Bay used the football field to full advantage in beating up on Crescent for the second time this season. The Bruins’ speed… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Kyle Keys fends off the defensive efforts of Crescent's Luke Leonard

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Long takes third at Terry Rice Classic; other area reports

GIG HARBOR — Port Angeles put its youth on display at the 29th annual Terry Rice Frosh/Soph Classic at Sehmel Homestead Park. The Roughriders’ girls… Continue reading

Sequim's Aylee Bennett leaps for a loose ball as Port Angeles' Emma Smith looks on. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles outlasts rival Sequim in penalty kick shootout, then beats Bremerton on the road

PORT ANGELES — Rivalry games are often tests of pride and perseverance. And sometimes quirky bits of historical significance are part of the end result.… Continue reading

Sequim's Aylee Bennett leaps for a loose ball as Port Angeles' Emma Smith looks on. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum rallies for win, snaps 18-game losing streak; other area reports

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum rallies for win, snaps 18-game losing streak; other area reports

COUPEVILLE — Not many teams in the state are as happy this weekend as Chimacum. The Cowboys ended an 18-game losing streak with a 14-9… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum rallies for win, snaps 18-game losing streak; other area reports
Neah Bay's Cole Svec (16) runs past Lummi's Raven Borsey (13) for a big gain. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay goes on big-play spree to beat Lummi

NEAH BAY — Just like that. After its lead was cut to 14-6 right before halftime, Neah Bay went on a big-play tear to put… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec (16) runs past Lummi's Raven Borsey (13) for a big gain. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News