Forks head coach Mark Feasel pitches the ball to freshman Reece DePew during a drill at practice at Forks High School last week. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: B.C. teacher strike won’t affect Forks’ football game; other area notes

FORKS — The ongoing schoolteachers strike in British Columbia will not prevent the Mount Douglas Rams from crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca to… Continue reading

Forks head coach Mark Feasel pitches the ball to freshman Reece DePew during a drill at practice at Forks High School last week. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Millie Long of Port Angeles dribbles upcourt during an Olympic Avalanche practice at Peninsula College. The Avalanche is an elite team of 10-year-old girls from the North Olympic Peninsula who are in their first year playing together. Many players from a previous Avalanche team have gone on to play college sports.  --Photo: Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Olympic Avalanche the next generation of Peninsula basketball

PORT ANGELES — Mike Knowles was chatting with a reporter before an Olympic Avalanche basketball practice at Peninsula College last month. “Mike, it's time,” Avalanche… Continue reading

Millie Long of Port Angeles dribbles upcourt during an Olympic Avalanche practice at Peninsula College. The Avalanche is an elite team of 10-year-old girls from the North Olympic Peninsula who are in their first year playing together. Many players from a previous Avalanche team have gone on to play college sports.  --Photo: Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Anglers can keep wild coho on the coast beginning Monday

RUMORS REGARDING WILD coho retention off coastal fishing locales turned out to be true. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife met with federal officials… Continue reading

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women sweep Spokane at NWAC Friendlies

TUKWILA — The Peninsula College men and women outscored their opponents 14-2 and won all four matches at the 48-team Northwest Athletic Conference Friendlies soccer… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers can keep wild coho on the coast beginning Monday

RUMORS REGARDING WILD coho retention off coastal fishing locales turned out to be true. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife met with federal officials… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Summer crab season draws to a close

SUMMER CRAB SEASON will wrap Monday at sunset in many of the marine areas bordering the North Olympic Peninsula. These include Marine Area 4 (east… Continue reading

Peninsula's Steven Rodriguez (13) challenges Chemeketa's Elvis Pavon for the ball during the NWAC Friendlies at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. Rodriguez had a goal and an assist for the Pirates in their 5-1 win. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula men and women open with wins at NWAC Friendlies

TUKWILA — The nationally-ranked Peninsula College Pirates opened their 2014 soccer season right where they left off: winning at Starfire. The two-time defending Northwest Athletic… Continue reading

Peninsula's Steven Rodriguez (13) challenges Chemeketa's Elvis Pavon for the ball during the NWAC Friendlies at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. Rodriguez had a goal and an assist for the Pirates in their 5-1 win. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Trip to Boeing Classic a highlight of vacation

I DON’T VACATION well. Sure, I can play the part, looking relaxed and care free while sipping an adult beverage, but inside I have a… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Summer crab season draws to a close

SUMMER CRAB SEASON will wrap Monday at sunset in many of the marine areas bordering the North Olympic Peninsula. These include Marine Area 4 (east… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay ranked second in preseason poll

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay and Lummi are the early favorites in 8-man football. The defending state champions Red Devils are ranked second in Class… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec
Neah Bay's Cole Svec

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay ranked second in preseason poll

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay and Lummi are the early favorites in 8-man football. The defending state champions Red Devils are ranked second in Class… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec

GOLF: Trip to Boeing Classic a highlight of vacation

I DON’T VACATION well. Sure, I can play the part, looking relaxed and care free while sipping an adult beverage, but inside I have a… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles baseball/softball volunteer leader Jim Lunt dies at age 71

PORT ANGELES — For generations of Port Angeles baseball and softball-playing youth who fielded a grounder, caught a pop fly or swung for the fences,… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles baseball/softball volunteer leader Jim Lunt dies at age 71

PORT ANGELES — For generations of Port Angeles baseball and softball-playing youth who fielded a grounder, caught a pop fly or swung for the fences,… Continue reading

Longtime North Olympic Baseball and Softball president Jim Lunt looks out over a Lincoln Park playfield in 2009. Lunt died Monday at age 71. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Kanyon Anderson

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula Pirates seek strength through unity

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College soccer program made history in 2013, and they hope to write the next chapter of that Northwest Athletic Conference… Continue reading

Kanyon Anderson
Kanyon Anderson

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula Pirates seek strength through unity

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College soccer program made history in 2013, and they hope to write the next chapter of that Northwest Athletic Conference… Continue reading

Kanyon Anderson

OUTDOORS: Another way to Olympic Hot Springs while the road is closed

“Two monsters, one Quileute and one Elwha, met occasionally in massive combat at the boundary between the Elwha and Quileuete territory. Evenly matched, they laid… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Another way to Olympic Hot Springs while the road is closed

“Two monsters, one Quileute and one Elwha, met occasionally in massive combat at the boundary between the Elwha and Quileuete territory. Evenly matched, they laid… Continue reading

Coho (silver) salmon runs are primed to arrive along the West End once the rains return.

OUTDOORS: Stellar coho fishing on its way for North Olympic Peninsula anglers

THE BULK OF the vaunted summer king salmon season has come and gone with a lilywhite whimper rather than a lion's roar, but a wave… Continue reading

Coho (silver) salmon runs are primed to arrive along the West End once the rains return.
Coho (silver) salmon runs are primed to arrive along the West End once the rains return.

OUTDOORS: Stellar coho fishing on its way for North Olympic Peninsula anglers

THE BULK OF the vaunted summer king salmon season has come and gone with a lilywhite whimper rather than a lion's roar, but a wave… Continue reading

Coho (silver) salmon runs are primed to arrive along the West End once the rains return.