Port Angeles boys basketball head coach Brent Stephens coaches his team against Sequim in January. Stephens resigned after two years of coaching the Roughriders. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles coach Brent Stephens resigns

PORT ANGELES — The revolving door continues for the Port Angeles boys basketball team. Head coach Brent Stephens has resigned after two seasons, leaving Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles boys basketball head coach Brent Stephens coaches his team against Sequim in January. Stephens resigned after two years of coaching the Roughriders. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: 2014-15 state salmon season set

SALMON, THOSE KINGS of the underwater jungle, those titans of the deep whose flesh has launched thousands of boats and the construction of countless canneries,… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Hannah Little returns a shot during a singles match with North Kitsap's Amanda Turley at Port Angeles High School. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles girls tennis swept; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls tennis team felt the pain of top singles player Callie Peet’s injury in its Olympic League showdown with… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Hannah Little returns a shot during a singles match with North Kitsap's Amanda Turley at Port Angeles High School. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Annual Port Angeles Invite returns with a twist; other area golf reports

THE ANNUAL RETURN of an esteemed spring tournament — with a new twist — and the introduction of a youth program are on the bill… Continue reading

Chimacum's Yoshi Icuchi (44) looks to home plate for another play after making a force out on Bellevue Christian's Glen Boatman. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Chimacum baseball’s rally falls short; other area prep reports

CHIMACUM — Chimacum came oh-so-close to stopping its season-long losing streak but a final at-bat rally was stopped just short in a 5-4 loss to… Continue reading

Chimacum's Yoshi Icuchi (44) looks to home plate for another play after making a force out on Bellevue Christian's Glen Boatman. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Annual Port Angeles Invite returns with a twist; other area golf reports

THE ANNUAL RETURN of an esteemed spring tournament — with a new twist — and the introduction of a youth program are on the bill… Continue reading

Jeremy Chandler of Tucson

SPORTS: Aiello wins close Northwest Cup mountain bike race

PORT ANGELES — Closely contested downhill mountain bike races come down to the smallest details. “It could be hitting a root the wrong way,” Northwest… Continue reading

Jeremy Chandler of Tucson
Righteous Racing 17

SPORTS: Port Angeles-owned auto racing team takes seventh at Apple Cup race

YAKIMA — The Righteous Racing 17 team placed seventh at the 2014 Apple Cup at Yakima Speedway earlier this month. Thom and Jai VanGesen of… Continue reading

Righteous Racing 17
Clallam Bay's Molly McCoy finished fifth in the long jump and second in the high jump and 300-meter hurdles at the Forks Lions Club Invitational. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles girls win Forks Invite; Forks boys fourth

FORKS — The Port Angeles girls won the Forks Lions Club Invitational in dominating fashion. The Roughriders accumulated 182 points. Alaska’s Ketchikan was a distant… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Molly McCoy finished fifth in the long jump and second in the high jump and 300-meter hurdles at the Forks Lions Club Invitational. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Sequim's Jackson Oliver runs in the 4x400-meter relay at the Add It Up Invitational. Oliver won the high jump. Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News

TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim boys second at Add It Up Invite; other area reports

TACOMA — The Sequim boys track and field team was three points from winning the Add It Up Invitational at Franklin Pierce High School. The… Continue reading

Sequim's Jackson Oliver runs in the 4x400-meter relay at the Add It Up Invitational. Oliver won the high jump. Jesse Major/for Peninsula Daily News
Sequim's Tyler Ebert

PREP SOCCER: Sequim knocks off rival Port Angeles in extra time

PORT ANGELES — Sequim needed extra time to beat Port Angeles 1-0 when the Wolves finally got one past the Roughriders defense and goalkeeper Nicholas… Continue reading

Sequim's Tyler Ebert
Port Townsend's Skyler Coppenrath triple jumps for a distance of 41 feet and 10 inches during a track and field meet at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles girls win dual track meet; other area reports

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Angeles' girls track and field team dropped Port Townsend and Bremerton to improve to 3-1 in Olympic League meets on the… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Skyler Coppenrath triple jumps for a distance of 41 feet and 10 inches during a track and field meet at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SOFTBALL: Riders blank Olympic 8-0 to move to top of Olympic League; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles is alone at the top of the Olympic League softball standings after its 8-0 win over Olympic at Dry Creek… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Lingcod season starts strong in Neah Bay; other fishing reports

ANGLERS MAY FIND themselves in a bit of a gap in seasons here on the North Olympic Peninsula. Out in the saltwater, blackmouth season has… Continue reading

Quilcene base runner J.J. Smith

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene drops first league game; other area reports

QUILCENE — Quilcene lost its first 1B Sea-Tac League game of the season, falling to Mount Rainier Lutheran 10-4 at home. Jacob Pleines was 2… Continue reading

Quilcene base runner J.J. Smith
Issaquah's Luke Strobel will race in the Northwest Cup this weekend at Dry Hill in Port Angeles.

SPORTS: Port Angeles hosting mountain bike races this weekend

PORT ANGELES — World-class downhill mountain bike racing returns to the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend with the first of three Northwest Cup races at… Continue reading

Issaquah's Luke Strobel will race in the Northwest Cup this weekend at Dry Hill in Port Angeles.

OUTDOORS: Lingcod season starts strong in Neah Bay; other fishing reports

ANGLERS MAY FIND themselves in a bit of a gap in seasons here on the North Olympic Peninsula. Out in the saltwater, blackmouth season has… Continue reading

Quilcene base runner J.J. Smith

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene drops first league game; other area reports

QUILCENE — Quilcene lost its first 1B Sea-Tac League game of the season, falling to Mount Rainier Lutheran 10-4 at home. Jacob Pleines was 2… Continue reading

Quilcene base runner J.J. Smith
Issaquah's Luke Strobel will race in the Northwest Cup this weekend at Dry Hill in Port Angeles.

SPORTS: Port Angeles hosting mountain bike races this weekend

PORT ANGELES — World-class downhill mountain bike racing returns to the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend with the first of three Northwest Cup races at… Continue reading

Issaquah's Luke Strobel will race in the Northwest Cup this weekend at Dry Hill in Port Angeles.

OUTDOORS: Poetry, baseball to combine in Port Townsend

POETRY AND BASEBALL, linked together since the game first grew to popularity more than a century ago, will intertwine once again Wednesday at the Rose… Continue reading