Members of the Port Angeles High School football team take part in line drills Wednesday at the school's practice field. Football practices opened throughout the state Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP NOTES: Five things to watch heading into football season on the North Olympic Peninsula

MANY FINALLY GET to see the fruits of their offseason labors. For others, it's a cruel reminder of the conditioning they never got around to… Continue reading

Members of the Port Angeles High School football team take part in line drills Wednesday at the school's practice field. Football practices opened throughout the state Wednesday. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Pro tours coming to region

GOLF FANS SEEKING an up close and personal view of professional golfers have two Pacific Northwest-based opportunities in the following weeks. Starting Friday, Champions Tour… Continue reading

Junior lineman Nate Weller (78) is one of the top returners for Quilcene

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene in transition

This is the ninth and final installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices,… Continue reading

Junior lineman Nate Weller (78) is one of the top returners for Quilcene
Port Townsend's Keegan Khile

PREP FOOTBALL: New era in Port Townsend

This is the eighth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Keegan Khile
Crescent's Zach Fletcher (14) tries to get away from a pair of Rainier Christian tacklers last season. Fletcher led Crescent in all-purpose yards as a junior in 2013. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Crescent still young, still learning

This is the seventh installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Crescent's Zach Fletcher (14) tries to get away from a pair of Rainier Christian tacklers last season. Fletcher led Crescent in all-purpose yards as a junior in 2013. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles junior Ryan Rodocker

PREP FOOTBALL: Strong core of linemen will lead Port Angeles

This is the sixth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Port Angeles junior Ryan Rodocker
Port Angeles junior Ryan Rodocker

PREP FOOTBALL: Strong core of linemen will lead Port Angeles

This is the sixth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Port Angeles junior Ryan Rodocker

COUNTY FAIR/OUTDOORS — Bull riders and bronco busters at Clallam County Fair rodeo

FRIENDS OF MINE can attest: I become mesmerized by televised rodeo events and will often pause with rapt attention to watch bull or bareback bronco… Continue reading

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College adds height to frontline

PORT ANGELES — The 2014-15 Peninsula College men's basketball team got bigger recently. Head coach Mitch Freeman has signed two players with size in Jonah… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: State weighs potential wild coho rule change

THE POTENTIAL TO retain wild coho salmon along our state's Pacific Ocean coastline may soon exist, albeit for a short time. Through Sunday, anglers had… Continue reading

Sequim quarterback Miguel Moroles led the Wolves in passing and rushing as a junior in 2013. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim moving forward

This is the fifth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Sequim quarterback Miguel Moroles led the Wolves in passing and rushing as a junior in 2013. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: State weighs potential wild coho rule change

THE POTENTIAL TO retain wild coho salmon along our state's Pacific Ocean coastline may soon exist, albeit for a short time. Through Sunday, anglers had… Continue reading

COUNTY FAIR/OUTDOORS — Bull riders and bronco busters at Clallam County Fair rodeo

FRIENDS OF MINE can attest: I become mesmerized by televised rodeo events and will often pause with rapt attention to watch bull or bareback bronco… Continue reading

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College adds height to frontline

PORT ANGELES — The 2014-15 Peninsula College men's basketball team got bigger recently. Head coach Mitch Freeman has signed two players with size in Jonah… Continue reading

Sequim quarterback Miguel Moroles led the Wolves in passing and rushing as a junior in 2013. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim moving forward

This is the fifth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Sequim quarterback Miguel Moroles led the Wolves in passing and rushing as a junior in 2013. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Forks running back Dmitri Sampson (40) carries the ball against Nooksack Valley last season. Sampson

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks looking to replace lost linemen

This is the third installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Forks running back Dmitri Sampson (40) carries the ball against Nooksack Valley last season. Sampson

COUNTY FAIR/OUTDOORS — Bull riders and bronco busters at Clallam County Fair rodeo

FRIENDS OF MINE can attest: I become mesmerized by televised rodeo events and will often pause with rapt attention to watch bull or bareback bronco… Continue reading

Brent Stephens had a 15-26 record in two seasons at Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL: Stephens leaving Port Angeles for college job

PORT ANGELES — Brent Stephens is moving on, for real this time. Stephens is leaving after two years as the Port Angeles boys basketball coach… Continue reading

Brent Stephens had a 15-26 record in two seasons at Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Clallam Bay running back Casey Randall (43) runs upfield against Neah Bay last season. The Bruins will count on Randall's big-play ability this season. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Opportunities knocking for Clallam Bay Bruins

This is the fourth installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Clallam Bay running back Casey Randall (43) runs upfield against Neah Bay last season. The Bruins will count on Randall's big-play ability this season. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Thrilling ending to major season

IT ONLY TOOK until the final round of the final major of the year but golf fans finally got the edge-of-your-seat ending we’ve been waiting… Continue reading