Peninsula College sophomore Miranda Schmillen

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College guard Schmillen signs to play at Multnomah University

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College guard Miranda Schmillen will continue her education and her basketball career at Multnomah University in Portland, Ore. “First of all,… Continue reading

Peninsula College sophomore Miranda Schmillen
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OUTDOORS: Halibut season opens today on Strait of Juan de Fuca

THE LURE OF the short halibut season has drawn the first wave of trailered boats and the pickups that pull them into Port Angeles in… Continue reading

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PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles one win from state after defeating White River; Quilcene in district semifinals

TACOMA — The Port Angeles baseball team stayed alive and moved within one win of a state berth by shutting down the White River Hornets… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent graduate Brian Shimko set to become Loggers head coach

JOYCE — Brian Shimko has been chosen to lead his former football team. Pending School Board approval on Thursday, May 28, Shimko, a 1994 Crescent… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Junior Babe Ruth tryouts . . . BMX track hosting new riders clinic

Olympic Junior Babe Ruth tryouts PORT ANGELES — Olympic Junior Babe Ruth is holding tryouts for its 14-year-old tournament team Sunday at Volunteer Field. The… Continue reading

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PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent graduate Brian Shimko set to become Loggers head coach

JOYCE — Brian Shimko has been chosen to lead his former football team. Pending School Board approval on Thursday, May 28, Shimko, a 1994 Crescent… Continue reading

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PREP BASEBALL: Port Angeles one win from state after defeating White River; Quilcene in district semifinals

TACOMA — The Port Angeles baseball team stayed alive and moved within one win of a state berth by shutting down the White River Hornets… Continue reading

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Chimacum's Ray Kaki returns a high volley as doubles partner Sarah Allen guards her alley during the Olympic League 1A tournament. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

GIRLS TENNIS: Chimacum duo nab district berth; three Sequim players advance to day two

CHIMACUM — Chimacum doubles team Sarah Allen and Ray Maki earned a district berth at the Olympic League 1A championships at Chimacum High School. Allen… Continue reading

Chimacum's Ray Kaki returns a high volley as doubles partner Sarah Allen guards her alley during the Olympic League 1A tournament. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS SOCCER: Sequim’s season wraps with district loss to White River

TACOMA — Sequim's season came to a close with a 2-1 loss to White River at Franklin Pierce Stadium in the District 2/3 boys soccer… Continue reading

Sequim's Jack Shea chips his third shot onto the green on the sixth hole during the Olympic League golf championship at Cedars at Dungeness. (George Leinonen/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP GOLF: Sequim’s Shea and McMenamin take home Olympic League 2A titles; Chimacum’s Bainbridge takes boys 1A crown

SEQUIM — Three area golfers earned match medalist honors at the Olympic League 1A/2A championships at Cedars at Dungeness. Sequim's Jack Shea was the top… Continue reading

Sequim's Jack Shea chips his third shot onto the green on the sixth hole during the Olympic League golf championship at Cedars at Dungeness. (George Leinonen/for Peninsula Daily News)
Chimacum pitcher Ryley Eldridge winds up for a pitch during her no-hit performance against Klahowya. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles shuts down Sequim, earns Olympic League 2A championship; Chimacum wins Olympic League 1A crown

PORT ANGELES — For the second straight year, Port Angeles is the Olympic League softball champion. This time, though, the Roughriders don't have to share… Continue reading

Chimacum pitcher Ryley Eldridge winds up for a pitch during her no-hit performance against Klahowya. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Bret Curtis was hired as head coach of the Port Angeles High School football team last week. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL: Meet the new Port Angeles High School football coach: Curtis wasting no time getting to work

PORT ANGELES — Bret Curtis was hired as the new head football coach at Port Angeles High School, and then he got to work. Two… Continue reading

Bret Curtis was hired as head coach of the Port Angeles High School football team last week. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Former Port Angeles resident Dave Gebhardt

GOLF: Area professionals come up short at U.S. Open qualifier

THE BEGINNING OF qualification for June's U.S. Open at Chambers Way didn't quite work out the way Sequim golf professionals Bill Shea and Tyler Sweet… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles resident Dave Gebhardt

TRACK AND FIELD: Area athletes and coach honored by Olympic League; other area reports

POULSBO — Area athletes and a coach were honored after last week’s Olympic League track and field championships at North Kitsap High School. Sequim junior… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members

YOUTH SPORTS: Swimming, baseball and softball roundup

Port Angeles Swim Club's record-breaking season continues FEDERAL WAY — Five Port Angeles Swim Club members broke club records at the May Flower Senior Meet,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club members
Jayson Brocklesby takes off on his personal-record setting pole vault of 12 feet

COLLEGE SPORTS: Brocklesby honored by NWAC; other reports of former area athletes

BREMERTON — Jayson Brocklesby of Olympic College has been named Northwest Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week after winning the NWAC decathlon championship. Brocklesby,… Continue reading

Jayson Brocklesby takes off on his personal-record setting pole vault of 12 feet
Led by seniors

PREP GOLF: Port Angeles boys senior foursome winding down spectacular run; Olympic League championships today at Cedars at Dungeness

PORT ANGELES — Healthy doses of talent and lasting friendships helped the Port Angeles boys golf team get back on top of the Olympic League… Continue reading

Led by seniors
Peninsula College assistant coach Tim Tucker

Tennis players say farewell to Peninsula College courts that will make way for planned Allied Health Building

PORT ANGELES — Goodbye tennis courts. Hello, Allied Health Building. A group of 14 people played in the Wooden Raquet Tournament on Saturday to say… Continue reading

Peninsula College assistant coach Tim Tucker
The Olympic Crosscutters

BASEBALL: Olympic Crosscutters bringing a new ballgame to the North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — American Legion baseball, a staple of small-town America from coast to coast, will soon provide an outlet for high-school-age players on the… Continue reading

The Olympic Crosscutters

GOLF: Area golf pros aiming to qualify for U.S. Open

DUPONT — Qualifying for the U.S. Open is not exactly an impossible dream — the name itself implies accessibility — but making it all the… Continue reading