PREPS: Quilcene sweeps basketball doubleheader with Crescent; All-North Olympic League volleyball awards

JOYCE — The Quilcene Rangers won both ends of a basketball doubleheader against the Crescent Loggers in convincing fashion. The Quilcene girls beat the Loggers… Continue reading

Peninsula's Geno Horsley

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: McKinney scores 27 as Peninsula College opens Pirate Classic with close win

PORT ANGELES — Young teams aren’t supposed to win close games. However, the Peninsula College men’s basketball team, without a single returner on the floor,… Continue reading

Peninsula's Geno Horsley
Forks' Sebastian Morales

PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling wins Forks Invitational; other prep reports

FORKS — Forks opened its season by winning its own wrestling invitational. The Spartans had to bow out of the Port Angeles Jamboree earlier in… Continue reading

Forks' Sebastian Morales
Port Townsend's Patricia Reeves

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim sweeps doubleheader with Port Townsend

SEQUIM — Sequim’s boys and girls basketball teams got the best of their Port Townsend counterparts in an Olympic League doubleheader at Rick Kaps Gymnasium.… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Patricia Reeves
Neah Bay lineman Carl Mack (39) and teammates Mitchell McGee (21)

PREP FOOTBALL: How Neah Bay returned to state championship glory

TACOMA — Nothing was going to keep Neah Bay from being state champions this year. Not sore hamstrings or banged-up knees. Not the Touchet Indians.… Continue reading

Neah Bay lineman Carl Mack (39) and teammates Mitchell McGee (21)
Port Angeles swimmer John Macias swam to state-qualifying times in 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke in the Roughriders' first home meet of the season.

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball holds off Olympic; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — New season, new Roughriders. Port Angeles moved to 2-0 on the season by holding off Olympic 74-72 in Olympic League boys basketball… Continue reading

Port Angeles swimmer John Macias swam to state-qualifying times in 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke in the Roughriders' first home meet of the season.

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Christmas Bird Counts kick off with warm-up Saturday

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT the Christmas season that makes me want to count birds. I went for a walk the other day and saw seven swans… Continue reading

Neah Bay players celebrate with the trophy after they beat Touchet 36-18 in the Class 1B high school football championship game at the Tacoma Dome. Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press

SIMPLY THE BEST! Neah Bay wins 1B state championship by beating Touchet 36-18 [Gallery]

TACOMA -- Nothing was going to keep Neah Bay from being state champions this year. Not sore hamstrings or banged-up knees. Not the Touchet Indians.… Continue reading

Neah Bay players celebrate with the trophy after they beat Touchet 36-18 in the Class 1B high school football championship game at the Tacoma Dome. Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press
Chris Petersen

Boise State’s Petersen to be next UW football coach

By John Boyle The [Everett] Daily Herald Chris Petersen, the Boise State coach who has said no to so many other big programs, has been… Continue reading

  • Dec 6, 2013
  • By John Boyle The [Everett] Daily Herald
Chris Petersen

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College hosting Pirate Classic this weekend

PORT ANGELES — Two days of men’s basketball are set for the Peninsula College gym this weekend as Peninsula College hosts the second annual First… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Wind, tides slowing blackmouth fishing

THE BLACKMOUTH FISHERY is off to a cold start. Conditions have been rough since the season opened Sunday, so not only are anglers not catching… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles boys get past Forks

FORKS — Port Angeles took an early lead and never let it go in its 56-43 win over Forks in nonleague boys basketball action. Derek… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Hayley Baxley shoots from a crowded lane against Archbishop Murphy. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls outduel Archbishop Murphy

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles didn't exactly shake off the first-game rust but managed to endure it in the Roughriders' season-opening 44-38 win over Archbishop… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Hayley Baxley shoots from a crowded lane against Archbishop Murphy. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Neah Bay's John Reamer hauls in a touchdown catch during the class 1B semifinals. Reamer is one of the many Red Devils who played on Neah Bay's football and basketball runner-up teams last year. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay motivated by second-place finishes; state championship game today

TACOMA — A pair of second-place finishes didn't sit well with the Neah Bay Red Devils. Neah Bay's football and basketball teams, which mostly are… Continue reading

Neah Bay's John Reamer hauls in a touchdown catch during the class 1B semifinals. Reamer is one of the many Red Devils who played on Neah Bay's football and basketball runner-up teams last year. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay wins 1B state championship by beating Touchet 36-18

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay wins 1B state championship by beating Touchet 36-18

TACOMA -- Nothing was going to keep Neah Bay from being state champions this year. Not sore hamstrings or banged-up knees. Not the Touchet Indians.… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay wins 1B state championship by beating Touchet 36-18
UPDATE -- 1B FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Neah Bay Red Devils are state champions after beating Touchet 36-18

UPDATE — 1B FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Neah Bay Red Devils are state champions after beating Touchet 36-18

TACOMA -- Neah Bay beat Touchet 36-18 to win the 2013 1B state football championship at the Tacoma Dome on Friday. Ezekiel Greene scored on… Continue reading

UPDATE -- 1B FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Neah Bay Red Devils are state champions after beating Touchet 36-18

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Christmas Bird Counts kick off with warm-up Saturday

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT the Christmas season that makes me want to count birds. I went for a walk the other day and saw seven swans… Continue reading

Neah Bay's John Reamer (34) teams with Bill Hanson (30) Ezekiel Greene (26) and Cameron Buzzell (14) to take down Cusick running back Alec Bluff. David Willoughby/for Peninsula Daily News

Neah Bay brings stout football defense to Friday’s state title game

NEAH BAY — There's a thin line between success and failure in 8-man football. Less players equals more space, and more space increases the chances… Continue reading

Neah Bay's John Reamer (34) teams with Bill Hanson (30) Ezekiel Greene (26) and Cameron Buzzell (14) to take down Cusick running back Alec Bluff. David Willoughby/for Peninsula Daily News
Forks' Skyler DeMatties (1) dribbles upcourt ahead of North Beach defender Mousie Shale

PREP BASKETBALL: Forks girls win opener over North Beach; other area reports

FORKS — Courtnie Paul scored 25 points to lead Forks to a 43-40 season-opening win over North Beach. The Spartans scored a big chunk of… Continue reading

Forks' Skyler DeMatties (1) dribbles upcourt ahead of North Beach defender Mousie Shale

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Discovery Bay Golf Course had ownership change

CHANGES HERALDED BY a switch in ownership are underway at Discovery Bay Golf Course near Port Townsend. Full ownership and control of the historic course… Continue reading