COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women keep postseason dreams alive; men’s hopes dim with loss

EVERETT — Peninsula College women’s basketball edged Everett 71-66 to stay in control of their NWAACC tournament destiny, while the men’s team’s playoff hopes dimmed… Continue reading

Joe Munn fishes through the ice at Lake Leland. Munn caught three trout fishing from the dock through a hole in the ice.

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Halibut seasons shortened again

THE DATES FOR the upcoming halibut season have been circulating throughout the North Olympic Peninsula. I hate to break your heart, but it appears this… Continue reading

Joe Munn fishes through the ice at Lake Leland. Munn caught three trout fishing from the dock through a hole in the ice.
Former Port Angeles High School baseball player Easton Napiontek

Port Angeles’ Easton Napiontek set for first baseball spring training with Texas Rangers

PORT ANGELES — Easton Napiontek is headed back to the pingpong table. The 2012 Port Angeles High School graduate, who was drafted in the 34th… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles High School baseball player Easton Napiontek

PREPS BASKETBALL: Quilcene boys and girls advance to 1B Tri-District tournament

TACOMA — Quilcene’s boys and girls basketball teams each advanced to Class 1B Tri-District play-in games Saturday, both against the Northwest District’s No. 2 seeds,… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women keep postseason dreams alive; men’s hopes dim with loss

EVERETT — Peninsula College women’s basketball edged Everett 71-66 to stay in control of their NWAACC tournament destiny, while the men’s team’s playoff hopes dimmed… Continue reading

PREPS BASKETBALL: Quilcene boys and girls advance to 1B Tri-District tournament

TACOMA — Quilcene’s boys and girls basketball teams each advanced to Class 1B Tri-District play-in games Saturday, both against the Northwest District’s No. 2 seeds,… Continue reading

Sequim's Rory Kallappa

BOYS BASKETBALL: Bremerton beats Sequim to earn Olympic League title

SEQUIM — Bremerton won the Olympic League boys basketball championship by beating Sequim 80-74 at Rick Kaps Gymnasium. But the eighth-ranked Knights had to work… Continue reading

Sequim's Rory Kallappa
Port Townsend's Cody Russell

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles holds off Port Townsend’s rally to win 50-48

PORT TOWNSEND — Appropriately enough for Senior Night, a pair of senior duos stood out on both sides as Port Angeles topped Port Townsend 50-48.… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Cody Russell

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Marine Area 9 salmon limit reduced

THE LAST THING a salmon derby needs is a daily limit decrease. The Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby is runs Saturday through Monday, and one portion… Continue reading

Payton Lee

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles seniors go out with win over Port Townsend; Sequim clinches postseason berth; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles dominated Port Townsend 63-26 after putting together some of their “smoothest play of the season,” according to coach Michael Poindexter.… Continue reading

Payton Lee
Peninsula's Xavier Bazile

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bazile scores record 43 points, but Peninsula Pirates swept by Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES — Xavier Bazile banked a 3-pointer at the buzzer that broke the modern school record, but it wasn't enough for the Peninsula College… Continue reading

Peninsula's Xavier Bazile
Port Townsend Golf Club director of golf Gabriel Tonan

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: 2015 U.S. Open seeking volunteers

ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY will wing its way to the Pacific Northwest in little more than a year. A second Lombardi Trophy making the trip to… Continue reading

Port Townsend Golf Club director of golf Gabriel Tonan
Peninsula College women's soccer players on hand for national signing day last week were

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula players sign up for next level

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College soccer program has become a pipeline to high-level university soccer. Players from the men’s and women’s teams officially signed… Continue reading

Peninsula College women's soccer players on hand for national signing day last week were

LEE HORTON’S PREP NOTES: Teamwork gives Sequim boys basketball shot at league title

SEQUIM BOYS BASKETBALL coach Greg Glasser made a point after last season to point out how much talent the Wolves had returning for 2013-14. Sequim… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Josiah Greene scores on a fast break ahead of Port Townsend's Cody Russell. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Neah Bay boys basketball routs Port Townsend; Port Angeles gymnastics reaches districts

NEAH BAY — Ryan Moss scored 21 points and Josiah Greene narrowly missed a double-double as Neah Bay beat Port Townsend 69-52 in nonleague boys… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Josiah Greene scores on a fast break ahead of Port Townsend's Cody Russell. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Matt Robbins of Port Angeles

WRESTLING: Port Angeles second at sub-regionals, sends eight to regionals; other wrestling reports

PORT ANGELES — Olympic League sub-regional tourney titles were earned by Port Angeles’ smallest wrestler, 106-pound Tyler Gale and two of its bigger grapplers, 220-pounder… Continue reading

Matt Robbins of Port Angeles
Port Angeles' Kylee Jeffers

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles outlasts Sequim, claims Olympic League title

SEQUIM — Bailee Jones' steal and pass to fellow senior Maddy Hinrichs sealed the Port Angeles girls basketball team's victory over the pesky Sequim Wolves.… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kylee Jeffers
Sequim's Anthony Pinza

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim beats Port Angeles, will play for Olympic League championship on Tuesday

SEQUIM — The Sequim boys basketball team will play for the Olympic League title after another win over Port Angeles. The Wolves scored the first… Continue reading

Sequim's Anthony Pinza
Chimacum's Lauren Thacker fights to retain possession of the ball against Vashon Island. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling wins Evergreen sub-regional; other area prep reports

HOQUIAM — Forks dominated a snow-compressed Evergreen 1A League sub-regional tournament, qualifying 19 grapplers and two alternates for the regional tournament at Blaine this weekend.… Continue reading

Chimacum's Lauren Thacker fights to retain possession of the ball against Vashon Island. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Cold weather slows fishing

THE NORTH OLYMPIC Peninsula is running out of diversions. The fishing hasn't been great and Hurricane Ridge hasn't received enough snow. What are anglers and… Continue reading