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
Peninsula College soccer players who signed letters of intent to play at four-year universities include

COLLEGE SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Rodocker, nine other Peninsula Pirates sign to play at four-year schools

PORT ANGELES — Ten Peninsula College soccer players signed letters of intent to continue their careers at four-year universities Wednesday on national signing day. “As… Continue reading

Peninsula College soccer players who signed letters of intent to play at four-year universities include

OUTDOORS: Increased fluctuation in stream flows can harm salmon

INCREASING FLUCTUATIONS IN flows for Puget Sound rivers, including the Elwha, over the past 60 years provide some bad news for threatened chinook. More noticeable… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys still No. 3 in Associated Press poll; Neah Bay girls drop a spot

The Neah Bay boys maintained their No. 3 ranking in the most recent Associated Press Class 1B rankings. Sequim received one vote in the boys… Continue reading