SPORTS BRIEFS: Learn to row on Sequim Bay . . . Forks sports dates . . . Free strider rides during Clallam Fair . . . BMX camp in Port Angeles

Learn to row next Sunday on Sequim Bay SEQUIM — Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association and Sequim Bay Yacht Club are holding a learn-to-row clinic Sunday,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: King fishing reopens off Neah Bay

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, August 14. THERE ARE YO-YO diets and there are yo-yo fisheries, and the chinook season in Marine Area… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Seventh-grade girls basketball tryouts in Port Angeles . . . Forks soccer shoot results . . . Former Sequim runner coaching at college

Seventh-grade girls basketball tryouts Sunday PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Girls Basketball Association and the Olympic Avalanche have joined forces in creating basketball opportunities… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: King fishing reopens today, Saturday off Neah Bay

THERE ARE YO-YO diets and there are yo-yo fisheries, and the chinook season in Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) qualifies as the latter. Anglers have… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Townsend youth football registration . . . swim season ends . . . adult coed soccer sign-ups . . . Avalanche tryouts

Port Townsend youth football registration PORT TOWNSEND — Registration begins this week for the rebooted Port Townsend Braves youth football program. The program has an… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members

SPORTS BRIEFS: Seventh-grade girls basketball tryouts in Port Angeles . . . Forks soccer shoot results . . . Former Sequim runner coaching at college

Seventh-grade girls basketball tryouts Sunday PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Girls Basketball Association and the Olympic Avalanche have joined forces in creating basketball opportunities… Continue reading

Mitch Blore

OUTDOORS: Kings, silvers and humpies are plentiful off Sekiu

EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated to correct the day of the chinook closures in Marine Areas 5 and 6 to Saturday, rather than Sunday. CHINOOK? CHECK. COHO?… Continue reading

Mitch Blore
Port Angeles Swim Club members

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Townsend youth football registration . . . swim season ends . . . adult coed soccer sign-ups . . . Avalanche tryouts

Port Townsend youth football registration PORT TOWNSEND — Registration begins this week for the rebooted Port Townsend Braves youth football program. The program has an… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members
Tasha Inong scored eight goals for the NWAC runner-up Peninsula College women's team in 2014. Peninsula College Athletics

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula women ranked eighth in preseason poll; other NWAC notes

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women's soccer team is ranked eighth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's preseason poll. The Pirates, after… Continue reading

Tasha Inong scored eight goals for the NWAC runner-up Peninsula College women's team in 2014. Peninsula College Athletics
Sequim FC's Pablo Salazar celebrates his goal in the first half with a backflip as teammates Juan Gonzalas

SOCCER: Sequim FC edges Port Angeles United in Super Cup showdown

PORT ANGELES — Sequim FC out-fought its rival to win the first ever Super Cup soccer derby. Pablo Salazar scored late in the first half… Continue reading

Sequim FC's Pablo Salazar celebrates his goal in the first half with a backflip as teammates Juan Gonzalas

GOLF: Tournament proceeds benefit those in need

A CHANCE TO golf for a good cause, in this case the Port Angeles Food Bank, is planned at Peninsula Golf Club on Saturday, Aug.… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Coaching carousel winding down for area high schools

PORT ANGELES — The prep coaching carousel has moved new leaders onto the North Olympic Peninsula, while other coaches have shifted seats on the bench.… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Big Hurt multi-sport race returns . . . Soccer registration in PA . . . YMCA flag football registration

SPORTS BRIEFS: Big Hurt multi-sport race returns . . . Soccer registration in PA . . . YMCA flag football registration

PORT ANGELES — The Big Hurt, a four-legged endurance contest consisting of a 16.5-mile mountain bike, a 3-mile kayak, a 30-mile road bike and a… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Big Hurt multi-sport race returns . . . Soccer registration in PA . . . YMCA flag football registration

OUTDOORS: Chinook bite building back up in Strait of Juan de Fuca

THE PINKS ARE thinning out along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, just in time for the chinook run to pick back up with a… Continue reading

The next day

OUTDOORS: Kelp beds prove productive for salmon fishing near Freshwater Bay

FISHING THE KELP beds along the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Freshwater Bay with lure designer and avid angler Pete Rosko last Thursday proved… Continue reading

The next day

ROWING: Sequim’s Elise Beuke advances to semifinals at World Junior Championships in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Sequim's Elise Beuke has advanced to the rowing semifinals at the World Junior Championships. Beuke, who will row at the… Continue reading

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SPORTS BRIEFS: Fall sports physicals in Jefferson County . . . CageworX seminar weekend . . . Badminton medals . . . and more

Fall physicals in Jefferson County PORT TOWNSEND — Sports physicals will be offered at school-based health centers set up at Port Townsend and Chimacum high… Continue reading

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ROWING: Sequim’s Elise Beuke advances to semifinals at World Junior Championships in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Sequim's Elise Beuke has advanced to the rowing semifinals at the World Junior Championships. Beuke, who will row at the… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Chinook bite building back up in Strait of Juan de Fuca

THE PINKS ARE thinning out along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, just in time for the chinook run to pick back up with a… Continue reading

The next day

OUTDOORS: Kelp beds prove productive for salmon fishing near Freshwater Bay

FISHING THE KELP beds along the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Freshwater Bay with lure designer and avid angler Pete Rosko last Thursday proved… Continue reading

The next day