SPORTS BRIEFS: Meeting tonight for prospective high school football officials . . . area athletes excel at Senior Olympics . . . Olympic Avalanche tryouts . . . basketball skills camp . . . and more

Football refs needed; clinic tonight PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Football Officials Association is seeking new football officials for this fall and will hold… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Alex Barry named All-Peninsula MVP for second year in a row

SEQUIM — If Alex Barry's last hurrah ended when he was put on a cart, his high school track and field career still would have… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News
Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Alex Barry named All-Peninsula MVP for second year in a row

SEQUIM — If Alex Barry's last hurrah ended when he was put on a cart, his high school track and field career still would have… Continue reading

Alex Barry won an individual state championship in the javelin and ran the third leg of Sequim's first-ever relay state championship. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Fishing closes on Quillayute River system on Saturday; Hoh River steelheading reopens; chinook heating up off Sekiu

LOW RIVERS JUST won't do. The Hoh River, however, is about to start doing. The state department of Fish and Wildlife will close fishing in… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Former pro Lillibridge holding clinic after Olympic Crosscutters tryouts

PORT ANGELES — After 10 years playing professional baseball, including six in the major leagues, Brent Lillibridge retired last year. He retired from professional baseball,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Fishing closes on Quillayute River system on Saturday; Hoh River steelheading reopens; chinook heating up off Sekiu

LOW RIVERS JUST won't do. The Hoh River, however, is about to start doing. The state department of Fish and Wildlife will close fishing in… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Former pro Lillibridge holding clinic after Olympic Crosscutters tryouts

PORT ANGELES — After 10 years playing professional baseball, including six in the major leagues, Brent Lillibridge retired last year. He retired from professional baseball,… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler runs placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the Class 2A state championships. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Waverly Shreffler picked as All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Waverly Shreffler changed things up her junior year. Instead of playing soccer for Sequim in the fall, as she had done her freshman… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler runs placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the Class 2A state championships. Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

SUCCESS CAN BE fleeting, especially when everyone finds out how well you're doing. The chinook fishery on the northern coast saw a limit decrease from… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay
OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay

SUCCESS CAN BE fleeting, especially when everyone finds out how well you're doing. The chinook fishery on the northern coast saw a limit decrease from… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishery shutting down this weekend in both sections of Neah Bay
Olympic Crosscutters infielder Blake Mann makes a throw during a game at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds earlier this month. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

BASEBALL: Olympic Crosscutters holding tryouts Saturday, Sunday for fall, next summer

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Crosscutters' season just ended. Now another begins. The Crosscutters, a first-year American Legion baseball team, will hold tryouts for its… Continue reading

Olympic Crosscutters infielder Blake Mann makes a throw during a game at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds earlier this month. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
Scooter Chapman

SCOOTER! Peninsula sports fixture Scooter Chapman making strides in rehab of two knees

PORT ANGELES — When he walks in, nearly everybody notices. “Scooter!” someone says. “I listened to you a little bit on the radio,” says someone… Continue reading

Scooter Chapman

BASEBALL: Rain outs end Wilder’s season early

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Wilder Baseball's 2015 season had a terrible ending that only Mother Nature could have written. Wilder's concluded its summer by waiting out… Continue reading

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Brothers Tristin and Cameron Butler combined to break 10 Port Angeles Swim Club records at the 2015 Alcoa Starlight Open in Wenatchee.

SPORTS BRIEFS: Swim club members set more records . . . Nathan Cristion earns award . . . Port Angeles tennis clinics . . . football officials needed

Port Angeles Swim Club records fall WENATCHEE — Fifteen Port Angeles Swim Club records fell when club members competed recently at the Alcoa Starlight Open… Continue reading

Brothers Tristin and Cameron Butler combined to break 10 Port Angeles Swim Club records at the 2015 Alcoa Starlight Open in Wenatchee.
Wicked No. 10M navigator Cara McGuire

SPRINT BOATS: Bad starter doesn’t stop Wicked Racing No. 10M from winning in front of hometown crowd

PORT ANGELES — In the first of two races this summer at Extreme Sports Park, the Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 10M team and crew… Continue reading

Wicked No. 10M navigator Cara McGuire
The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr posted a Did Not Finish in the quarterfinals. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

SPRINT BOATS: Bad starter doesn’t stop Wicked Racing No. 10M from winning at Extreme Sports Park

PORT ANGELES — In the first of two races this summer at Extreme Sports Park, the Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 10M team and crew… Continue reading

The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr posted a Did Not Finish in the quarterfinals. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

BASEBALL: Wilder opens tournament with a split

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Wilder Baseball split its first two games at the fourth annual GSL Clackamas Community College/Clark College Invitational Then the rain started falling… Continue reading

The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr moved on with the third-fastest qualifying time in the 400 Class. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

SPRINT BOATS: Area teams survive qualifying round

PORT ANGELES — What began as a difficult day for area racing teams took a turn for the better in the last qualifying lap at… Continue reading

The Sequim-based TNT Live Wire No. 2 team of Paul Gahr and Taylor Gahr moved on with the third-fastest qualifying time in the 400 Class. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
TNT Jeepers Creepers No. 99

SPRINT BOATS: Jeepers Creepers fueled by Cummings’ enthusiam

PORT ANGELES — Outsized personalities have long been a hallmark of motor sports, and the American Sprint Boat Racing Association is no exception. The high-spirited,… Continue reading

TNT Jeepers Creepers No. 99

YOUTH BASEBALL: Olympic Junior Babe Ruth bounced early at regional tournament

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Olympic Junior Babe Ruth was ousted from the 13U Pacific Northwest Regional tournament shy of the championship round. The area baseball team… Continue reading