Chimacum's Kiersten Snyder (2) dribbles between Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Motivated Chimacum earns playoff berth with win over Port Townsend

CHIMACUM — A motivated Chimacum girls basketball team earned bragging rights on senior night, the Janelle Perillo Memorial Trophy and most importantly a playoff berth… Continue reading

Chimacum's Kiersten Snyder (2) dribbles between Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek

GOLF: Tickets getting scarce for upcoming U.S. Open

GALLERY TICKETS FOR the four-day U.S. Open tournament June 18-21 at Chambers Bay near Tacoma are sold out. There are still gallery and Trophy Club… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women blow out Edmonds; men lose 77-66

LYNNWOOD — The Peninsula College women and men went on the road and split a Northwest Athletic Conference North Division doubleheader with Edmonds. The Pirates… Continue reading

Branden Currie of Port Angeles

WRESTLING: Port Angeles wins sub-regional title, sends 13 to regionals; Sequim qualifies four for regionals

PORT ANGELES —The postseason push to the Tacoma Dome for the state wrestling championship has begun in earnest for area wrestlers. Host Port Angeles dominated… Continue reading

Branden Currie of Port Angeles
Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Rodocker going from Port Angeles to Division I

PORT ANGELES — Paxton Rodocker has signed her name thousands of times. But it was different when she was signing a letter of intent to… Continue reading

Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles junior Hayley Baxley

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ resiliency shows in upset of Kingston

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls basketball team entered this season carrying the burden of the program's recent success. All the Olympic League championships.… Continue reading

Port Angeles junior Hayley Baxley
Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Rodocker going from Port Angeles to Division I

PORT ANGELES — Paxton Rodocker has signed her name thousands of times. But it was different when she was signing a letter of intent to… Continue reading

Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

SPORTS BRIEFS: Chimacum honors former coach Mike Clarke . . . Jessica Madison scores career-high 23 points . . . Crescent athletic director honored [corrected]

[Editor's note: Updated to correct the Crescent athletic director's honor and the starting times of the Port Townsend-Chimacum games.] Chimacum to honor former coach Clarke… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Chimacum honors former coach Mike Clarke . . . Jessica Madison scores career-high 23 points . . . Crescent athletic director honored [corrected]

[Editor's note: Updated to correct the Crescent athletic director's honor and the starting times of the Port Townsend-Chimacum games.] Chimacum to honor former coach Clarke… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Sam Signor

BOYS BASKETBALL: Spencer’s late layup lifts Crescent to win over Clallam Bay

JOYCE — Freshman KC Spencer took an inbounds pass with 14.7 seconds left and drove the length of the court to convert the eventual game-winning… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Sam Signor
Crescent's Alyssa Hutto

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hobbled Clallam Bay overcomes injuries to knock off Crescent

JOYCE — With starters Atokena Abe, Molly McCoy and Kyla Wilson out with recent ankle injuries, the Clallam Bay girls basketball bench looked more like… Continue reading

Crescent's Alyssa Hutto

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Quilcene falls to sixth seed after loss, hosts playoff game Monday

PUYALLUP — Quilcene's girls basketball team dropped to sixth place in the SeaTac League after a 64-49 loss to Mount Rainier Lutheran. The Rangers (5-5,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Expected rain this weekend postpones steelhead trip

A WEEK OR more of prime winter steelhead fishing conditions out on the West End drew to a close with ample rainfall overnight Thursday. And… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly has been hired as the new football coach at Forks High School. ()

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks hires Shetterly to lead football program

FORKS — Forks High School has hired Craig Shetterly as its new football coach. The Quillayute Valley School District Board of Directors unanimously approved Shetterly's… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly has been hired as the new football coach at Forks High School. ()
Clallam Bay's Sam Signor

BOYS BASKETBALL: Spencer’s late layup lifts Crescent to win over Clallam Bay

JOYCE — Freshman KC Spencer took an inbounds pass with 14.7 seconds left and drove the length of the court to convert the eventual game-winning… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Sam Signor
Crescent's Alyssa Hutto

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hobbled Clallam Bay overcomes injuries to knock off Crescent

JOYCE — With starters Atokena Abe, Molly McCoy and Kyla Wilson out with recent ankle injuries, the Clallam Bay girls basketball bench looked more like… Continue reading

Crescent's Alyssa Hutto

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Quilcene falls to sixth seed after loss, hosts playoff game Monday

PUYALLUP — Quilcene's girls basketball team dropped to sixth place in the SeaTac League after a 64-49 loss to Mount Rainier Lutheran. The Rangers (5-5,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Expected rain this weekend postpones steelhead trip

A WEEK OR more of prime winter steelhead fishing conditions out on the West End drew to a close with ample rainfall overnight Thursday. And… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly has been hired as the new football coach at Forks High School. ()

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks hires Shetterly to lead football program

FORKS — Forks High School has hired Craig Shetterly as its new football coach. The Quillayute Valley School District Board of Directors unanimously approved Shetterly's… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly has been hired as the new football coach at Forks High School. ()
Sequim's Adrian Espinoza

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim knocks off league-leading North Kitsap

SEQUIM — Some high school coaches dread senior night because the emotions associated with the event can lead to slow starts and uneven performances. This… Continue reading

Sequim's Adrian Espinoza