Forks' Austin Pegram pulls a rebound away from Clallam Bay's Kelly Gregory (13). Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks boys beat Clallam Bay 46-31

FORKS — The Forks boys basketball team closed out its regular season slate with a 46-31 nonleague win over Clallam Bay. Both the Class 1A… Continue reading

Forks' Austin Pegram pulls a rebound away from Clallam Bay's Kelly Gregory (13). Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women split with Edmonds

EDMONDS — Peninsula College split an NWAACC North basketball doubleheader with Edmonds, with the women's team dropping the Tritons 65-52 and the Pirate men falling… Continue reading

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

Abraham Venske of Neah Bay makes a breakaway layup as Crescent's Martin Waldrip tries to prevent the score. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay sweeps North Olympic League doubleheader with Crescent

JOYCE — Balancing sportsmanship with a desire to hone a team's skill sets in advance of the postseason against an out-matched opponent is difficult. Neah… Continue reading

Abraham Venske of Neah Bay makes a breakaway layup as Crescent's Martin Waldrip tries to prevent the score. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Sequim's Caitlin Stofferahn

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sequim falls to North Kitsap 52-39

SEQUIM — The Sequim girls basketball team missed out on a chance to lock up a postseason berth when it lost to North Kitsap 52-39… Continue reading

Sequim's Caitlin Stofferahn

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Bird count, salmon derby options for upcoming holiday weekend

PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND features two outdoors options on the North Olympic Peninsula. One involves buying a ticket, grabbing some gear, getting a boat and competing… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Anne Meek works around the Bremerton defense. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Townsend girls beat Bremerton in coach’s last home game; other area reports

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend seniors Jewel Johnson, Jayde Richardson and Rilke Rutenbeck scored in double figures to lead the Redskins to a 51-43 Senior… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Anne Meek works around the Bremerton defense. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: An ace for the Seahawks

EVER HAVE ONE of those rounds of golf where you find yourself putting for birdie or to save par and the cup appears as wide… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Madylan Coventon performs on the balance beam during the Roughriders' win at Black Hills Gymnastics Center in Lacey.

PREP GYMNASTICS: Port Angeles set for postseason after closing regular season with win

LACEY — Next up, the postseason. The Port Angeles gymnastics team heads into Thursday's sub-district meet coming off its first team win of the regular… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Madylan Coventon performs on the balance beam during the Roughriders' win at Black Hills Gymnastics Center in Lacey.

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene girls basketball upsets Evergreen Lutheran; Port Townsend wrestling falls

TACOMA — The Quilcene girls basketball team upset second-place Evergreen Lutheran 46-41 in 1B Sea-Tac League play. In the first meeting between the teams this… Continue reading

Peninsula College guard Marissa Schwimmer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Another Peninsula comeback falls short

PORT ANGELES — Groundhog Day was a few hours away at tipoff, but like Phil Connors, the character played by Bill Murray in the movie… Continue reading

Peninsula College guard Marissa Schwimmer

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula shuts down Whatcom in 76-59 upset

PORT ANGELES — Darren Hechanova had a singular purpose in the Peninsula College men's basketball team's matchup with eighth-ranked Whatcom. Defend the NWAACC's leading scorer… Continue reading

Go Seahawks!

5 things to know after Seahawks win Super Bowl

By The Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Pete Carroll stood in the center of the locker room and gathered his Seattle Seahawks around… Continue reading

  • Feb 3, 2014
  • By The Associated Press
Go Seahawks!
Chimacum's Christopher Bainbridge passes the ball to a temmate as Cascade Christian's Jesse Howelis applies pressure. Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Chimacum boys basketball fall to Cascade Christian; Sequim bowling at districts

CHIMACUM — A scoreless first quarter was too much for the Chimacum boys basketball team overcome against Cascade Christian. The Cougars scored 14 unanswered points… Continue reading

Chimacum's Christopher Bainbridge passes the ball to a temmate as Cascade Christian's Jesse Howelis applies pressure. Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
A Seattle Seahawks fan celebrates after the Super Bowl victory The Associated Press

UPDATED — After a long wait, Seattle fans celebrate Seahawks’ Super Bowl stomping of Denver

By The Assciated Press SEATTLE — With shouts, cheers and fireworks, Seattle residents celebrated a dominant victory in the Super Bowl — the city's first… Continue reading

  • Feb 2, 2014
  • By The Assciated Press
A Seattle Seahawks fan celebrates after the Super Bowl victory The Associated Press
Port Angeles' Cameron Burns

BOYS BASKETBALL: League-leading Bremerton holds off Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Deonte Dixon took over in the fourth quarter to keep Bremerton's unblemished Olympic League mark intact with a 71-66 win over Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Cameron Burns
Forks freshman Parker Browning scores over Montesano's Kenny Roy (20) and Evan Bialkowsky (44). Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL: Montesano sweeps Forks boys and girls

FORKS — A lack of ballhandlers and an inability to maintain control of the ball at key moments downed Forks in a 62-47 Evergreen 1A… Continue reading

Forks freshman Parker Browning scores over Montesano's Kenny Roy (20) and Evan Bialkowsky (44). Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles girls earn share of league basketball title; other area reports

BREMERTON — Nizhoni Wheeler and Krista Johnson combined to score 14 of Port Angeles’ 16 points in the final period as the Roughriders pushed past… Continue reading

Born in Port Angeles

Port Angeles, John Elway’s birthplace, is firmly in Seahawks country

By Bob Ehalt The Denver Post PORT ANGELES — Sorry, John. Port Angeles will be severing its ties with one of its favorite sons for… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2014
  • By Bob Ehalt The Denver Post
Born in Port Angeles

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Subpar steelhead fishing on West End rivers

I’M SAYING YOU have a chance. The odds might not be terrific, but you should have a chance to catch (then release) a steelhead on… Continue reading