PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Sequim and Port Angeles lose, will face each other in three-team playoff Tuesday for postseason berth

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Sequim and Port Angeles lose, will face each other in three-team playoff Tuesday for postseason berth

SEQUIM — Sequim and Port Angeles each gave each other golden opportunities to lock down a postseason berth but neither capitalized Thursday night. The Wolves… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Sequim and Port Angeles lose, will face each other in three-team playoff Tuesday for postseason berth

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay still No. 1 in Class 1B rankings; Port Townsend receiving votes in 1A poll

Neah Bay remains at the top of Class 1B in The Associated Press high school football rankings. The Red Devils have held the No. 1… Continue reading

Port Angeles quarterback Ryan Rodocker drops back to pass during last week's game against North Kitsap at Civic Field. The Roughriders play Kingston tonight with a postseason berth on the line. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Postseason on the line tonight for Port Angeles and Sequim

KINGSTON — They've earned the opportunity, now it's up to the Port Angeles and Sequim football teams to seize the moment — and possibly a… Continue reading

Port Angeles quarterback Ryan Rodocker drops back to pass during last week's game against North Kitsap at Civic Field. The Roughriders play Kingston tonight with a postseason berth on the line. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles girls soccer team wraps regular season with overtime loss, hosts playoff game tonight; other area reports

BELFAIR — The Port Angeles girls soccer team closed out the regular season with a 3-2 overtime loss to North Mason. Fortunately for the Roughriders,… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Basketball officials meet Sunday . . . Sequim softball star Lea Hopson coming home this spring . . . Storm King Lightning boys soccer wins

Basketball officials meet Sunday PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Basketball Officials Association will meet for the first time this season at Vern Burton Community… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles hosting youth hoops tournament Nov. 8-9 . . . All Class Port Angeles High School Basketball tourney taking entries . . . Emily Johnson honored as Roughrider Student-Athlete of the Week

P.A. hosting youth hoops tournament PORT ANGELES — The Youth Tipoff Tourney, with divisions for boys and girls basketball teams from fifth grade through high… Continue reading

Peninsula sophomore Mary Pierce

COLLEGE SOCCER: Sophomore day today at Peninsula College soccer matches

PORT ANGELES — The defending Northwest Athletic Conference champion Pirates are in the final week of their 2014 regular season with playoff matchups beginning to… Continue reading

Peninsula sophomore Mary Pierce

GOLF: Chambers Bay trims schedule in advance of U.S. Open

A THOUGHT OCCURRED to me as I drove the dark streets of West Seattle during Saturday night’s powerful wind storm. I made the trip over… Continue reading

Crescent quarterback Neil Peppard

PREP FOOTBALL: Marysville Pilchuck tragedy affects area football schedules — Crescent will host Neah Bay JV this Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The ripple effects of last Friday's school shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School have resulted in a reshuffling of the last games… Continue reading

Crescent quarterback Neil Peppard
PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay still No. 1 in Class 1B rankings; Port Townsend receiving votes in 1A poll

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay still No. 1 in Class 1B rankings; Port Townsend receiving votes in 1A poll

Neah Bay remains at the top of Class 1B in The Associated Press high school football rankings. The Red Devils have held the No. 1… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay still No. 1 in Class 1B rankings; Port Townsend receiving votes in 1A poll
Port Townsend's Laura Garcia

PREP SPORTS: Port Townsend girls soccer edges Chimacum 2-1 in extra time; Redhawks take rivalry volleyball match

CHIMACUM — The Port Townsend girls soccer picked up its first Olympic League victory on the season and earned revenge for an earlier loss to… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Laura Garcia
Sequim's Jack Ellison (54) and Brandon Stamper (33) team up to tackle Olympic fullback Geordyn Shinard last Friday. The Wolves will have one less day to prepare for this week's home game with Bremerton

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim and Port Angeles move games to Thursday due to potential tiebreaker playoff

Port Angeles and Sequim have both moved their football games this week from Friday night to Thursday night because they might need to take the… Continue reading

Sequim's Jack Ellison (54) and Brandon Stamper (33) team up to tackle Olympic fullback Geordyn Shinard last Friday. The Wolves will have one less day to prepare for this week's home game with Bremerton

PREP FOOTBALL: Three things learned last week

Out of nine North Olympic Peninsula football teams, as many as four or five will play in the postseason this year. Last year, only Neah… Continue reading

Peninsula's Brittney Yoshimura

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women play Bellevue teams to 1-1 draws

PORT ANGELES — The Bellevue Bulldogs are becoming thorns in the sides of the Peninsula College soccer teams. Bellevue has played the Peninsula men and… Continue reading

Peninsula's Brittney Yoshimura
Quilcene's A.J. Prater falls across the goal line for one of his touchdowns during the Rangers 34-6 home win over Seattle Lutheran. Quilcene has a week off before the start of the Quad-District playoffs. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene wins soggy league contest with Seattle Lutheran 34-6

QUILCENE — The supply of laundry detergent in the greater Quilcene area might dip to dangerously low levels in the wake of the Rangers' mud-soaked… Continue reading

Quilcene's A.J. Prater falls across the goal line for one of his touchdowns during the Rangers 34-6 home win over Seattle Lutheran. Quilcene has a week off before the start of the Quad-District playoffs. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Sequim's Jack Ellison (54) and Brandon Stamper (33) team up to tackle Olympic fullback Geordyn Shinard last Friday. The Wolves will have one less day to prepare for this week's home game with Bremerton

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim and Port Angeles move games to Thursday due to potential tiebreaker playoff

Port Angeles and Sequim have both moved their football games this week from Friday night to Thursday night because they might need to take the… Continue reading

Sequim's Jack Ellison (54) and Brandon Stamper (33) team up to tackle Olympic fullback Geordyn Shinard last Friday. The Wolves will have one less day to prepare for this week's home game with Bremerton
Peninsula's Brittney Yoshimura

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women play Bellevue teams to 1-1 draws

PORT ANGELES — The Bellevue Bulldogs are becoming thorns in the sides of the Peninsula College soccer teams. Bellevue has played the Peninsula men and… Continue reading

Peninsula's Brittney Yoshimura
Port Townsend's Ryan Clarke flies across the finish line for a decisive win in the boys race at the Olympic League cross country championship meet at Cedars at Dungeness. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

CROSS COUNTRY: Port Angeles girls, Sequim boys win league titles; other area reports

SEQUIM — North Olympic Peninsula runners dominated the Olympic League cross country meet at Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course. The Sequim boys and Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Ryan Clarke flies across the finish line for a decisive win in the boys race at the Olympic League cross country championship meet at Cedars at Dungeness. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles' Miki Andus

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles puts up a fight before falling to North Kitsap; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles gave North Kitsap a scare before falling 26-10 on senior night at Civic Field. The Roughriders (2-3, 4-4) played the… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Miki Andus
Quilcene's A.J. Prater falls across the goal line for one of his touchdowns during the Rangers 34-6 home win over Seattle Lutheran. Quilcene has a week off before the start of the Quad-District playoffs. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene wins soggy league contest with Seattle Lutheran 34-6

QUILCENE — The supply of laundry detergent in the greater Quilcene area might dip to dangerously low levels in the wake of the Rangers' mud-soaked… Continue reading

Quilcene's A.J. Prater falls across the goal line for one of his touchdowns during the Rangers 34-6 home win over Seattle Lutheran. Quilcene has a week off before the start of the Quad-District playoffs. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News