OUTDOORS: West End saltwater salmon season coming

The saltwater salmon season will kick off in Marine Areas 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay). The coastal fisheries are open to salmon fishing, minus… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Squid show up around summer

ONCE UPON A time I was curious about squidding on the North Olympic Peninsula. The Big Boss Man (aka John Brewer) wanted me to look… Continue reading

SPORTS: Teams worthy of MVP mention

THE END OF each high school sports season means one thing at the Peninsula Daily News sports desk: It's All-Peninsula time. What first began as… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder Baseball loses twinbill heartbreakers — no-hit in one

PORT ANGELES -- Wilder Baseball lost a pair of heartbreaking one-run games under the lights at Civic Field late Sunday night. Kitsap Baseball of Bremerton… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Lots of halibut reported just in time for Sekiu derby

THREE REASONS TO visit sunny Sekiu this weekend: A)It's the only place anglers can score a halibut the rest of the season. B) Anyone lucky… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Puget Sound Anglers come through with hatchery help

THOSE WHO HOOK into a hatchery winter steelhead on the Clallam, Pysht or Lyre rivers in 2010-11 might consider penning a thank you letter. Without… Continue reading

GOLF: Playoff decides Clallam amateur tourney winner

IT TOOK A playoff after 54 holes to determine the first Clallam County Amateur tournament winner. John Moniz and Mike DuPuis played championship golf for… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim’s Gault picks up pieces after 2006 football concussion

SEQUIM -- Adrien Gault loved football. He "ate, breathed and drank" it while playing running back, cornerback and whatever else for the Sequim Wolves from… Continue reading

SPORTS: Fast times for North Olympic Discovery Marathon events

PORT ANGELES -- Maybe it was the cool, accommodating weather. Maybe it was because the Hood Canal Bridge opened early. For whatever reason, the seventh… Continue reading

SPORTS: Marathon inspiration wasn’t supposed to be there — but he is

PORT ANGELES -- Neil Jervis is supposed to be dead. That's what his doctors tell him. The hospice nurses keep telling him he doesn't have… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Hey fishermen, there IS such a thing as a free lunch

ANGLERS CAN ACTUALLY get a free lunch this weekend. The return of Free Fishing Weekend, set for Saturday and Sunday, gives anglers a chance to… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Rowing lessons to be offered

THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA Rowing Association and the Clallam County Family YMCA will offer on-water rowing lessons from Ediz Hook boathouse from 10 a.m. to 11:30… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Rowing association’s strong pull

TEAM SPORTS AT its pinnacle almost always boils down to one thing -- harmony. Whenever a group of athletes can operate on the same page,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Thousands expected for North Olympic Discovery Marathon on Sunday

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES -- Bridge or no bridge, they will come. At least that is the thinking of the organizers of the seventh… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles High doing coaching recruitment right

A LITTLE LESS than a year ago, I was offered the Port Angeles boys basketball coaching job. Yes, the proposal was made in jest (I'm… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder wins twinbill, feels like it’s on track

PORT ANGELES -- Wilder Baseball got back onto the track by taking a doubleheader from Olympia Sports Unlimited at Civic Field last weekend. Wilder, which… Continue reading

PREP NOTEBOOK: Port Angeles makes fast work of second coaching vacancy

IT DIDN'T LONG for Port Angeles to fill its other vacant coaching position. A few days after announcing the selection of its new football coach… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum softball ties its best-ever state finish

PASCO -- Chimacum tied its best-ever finish at the 1A state softball tournament after finishing fourth in an 11-10 extra inning loss to Connell on… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum baseball claims third place in state 1A tournament

YAKIMA -- The Chimacum Cowboys team didn't get what they came for. But don't expect them to give back the team's second Class 1A state… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim tennis teams combine for two trophies

SEATTLE ­-- Sequim's girls and boys tennis teams combined for a pair of trophies at the Class 2A state tournament at the University of Washington… Continue reading