PREP SOFTBALL: Quilcene gets best of Port Townsend in nonleague win

PORT TOWNSEND — The Quilcene softball team stayed unbeaten on the season after dropping its Class 1A neighbor to the north, Port Townsend, 10-0. “I… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Travis Paynter prepares to throw a pitch during the Roughriders' 4-2 over Sequim at Civic Field. Paynter pitched a complete-game 4-hitter

PREP BASEBALL: Travis Paynter paints the corners as Port Angeles tops rival Sequim

PORT ANGELES — Pitcher Travis Paynter worked the edges of the plate consistently in a complete-game victory for Port Angeles, tallying 11 strikeouts as the… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Travis Paynter prepares to throw a pitch during the Roughriders' 4-2 over Sequim at Civic Field. Paynter pitched a complete-game 4-hitter

GOLF: Masters week dawns with two big questions

IT’S MASTERS WEEK and time to get the excitement flowing for what typically amounts to the best day of the golfing season. I’ll be working… Continue reading

Amelia Pozernick pitches in a preseason scrimmage between the two Sequim Little League majors-level softball teams. The league's opening ceremonies are Saturday at the Sequim Little League fields and James Standard Park. ()

SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Adventure Trail Run this Saturday . . . Sequim Little League opening ceremonies . . . clam, oyster closure at Sequim Bay State Park

Olympic Adventure Trail Run this Saturday PORT ANGELES — The first leg of the Peninsula Adventure Sports Series begins with the Olympic Adventure Trail Run… Continue reading

Amelia Pozernick pitches in a preseason scrimmage between the two Sequim Little League majors-level softball teams. The league's opening ceremonies are Saturday at the Sequim Little League fields and James Standard Park. ()

SPORTS BRIEFS: Slowpitch softball registration underway in Port Angeles . . . Sea Hawkers meet Thursday in Sequim . . . Sequim seniors playing softball

Slowpitch softball registration PORT ANGELES — Sign-ups for the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department’s men’s and women’s slowpitch softball leagues is underway. Sign-up forms… Continue reading

Amelia Pozernick pitches in a preseason scrimmage between the two Sequim Little League majors-level softball teams. The league's opening ceremonies are Saturday at the Sequim Little League fields and James Standard Park. ()

SPORTS BRIEFS: Olympic Adventure Trail Run this Saturday . . . Sequim Little League opening ceremonies . . . clam, oyster closure at Sequim Bay State Park

Olympic Adventure Trail Run this Saturday PORT ANGELES — The first leg of the Peninsula Adventure Sports Series begins with the Olympic Adventure Trail Run… Continue reading

Amelia Pozernick pitches in a preseason scrimmage between the two Sequim Little League majors-level softball teams. The league's opening ceremonies are Saturday at the Sequim Little League fields and James Standard Park. ()

YOUTH SPORTS: Elks no-hits Laurel Lanes; Lions win first two games

Elks pitchers shut down Laurel Lanes PORT ANGELES — Elks pitchers Seth Woods, Connor Bear and Wyatt Hall combined for a five-inning no-hitter, striking out… Continue reading

TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim’s Shreffler sets meet record at Li’l Norway Invitational

POULSBO — Sequim junior Waverly Shreffler broke a meet record at the Li’l Norway Invitational at North Kitsap. Shreffler ran the girls 800-meter in 2… Continue reading

Alyse Armstrong transferred to Sequim from Nevada before her junior season and became an instant contributor for the Wolves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

VOLLEYBALL: Versatile Alyse Armstrong of Sequim is All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Sequim's Alyse Armstrong was raised on a steady diet of volleyball. A left-hander, Armstrong's standout play this season as a setter and an… Continue reading

Alyse Armstrong transferred to Sequim from Nevada before her junior season and became an instant contributor for the Wolves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim's Chloe Sparks

PREP SOFTBALL: Sequim wins slugfest over Olympic; other area reports

SEQUIM — The Sequim Wolves won an epic Olympic League softball showdown between two teams that entered the game unbeaten in league play with a… Continue reading

Sequim's Chloe Sparks
Port Angeles' Angel Rivero

PREP SPORTS: Schneider’s hat trick lifts Port Angeles boys soccer to victory; other area prep reports

PORT ANGELES — Tim Schneider's three second-half goals held up as Port Angeles defeated Olympic 3-2 in a wild Olympic League boys soccer match. “Olympic… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Angel Rivero
Alyse Armstrong transferred to Sequim from Nevada before her junior season and became an instant contributor for the Wolves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

VOLLEYBALL: Versatile Alyse Armstrong of Sequim is All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Sequim's Alyse Armstrong was raised on a steady diet of volleyball. A left-hander, Armstrong's standout play this season as a setter and an… Continue reading

Alyse Armstrong transferred to Sequim from Nevada before her junior season and became an instant contributor for the Wolves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby competes in the long jump as part of the decathlon at the Western Washington University Multi Event meet in Bellingham. Brocklesby is in the lead after the first day. (Dan Dittmer/Olympic College)

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim graduate Brocklesby leading decathlon after first day of Western Washington University meet

BELLINGHAM — Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby leads the decathlon at the Western Washington University Multi Event Meet after the first day of competition… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby competes in the long jump as part of the decathlon at the Western Washington University Multi Event meet in Bellingham. Brocklesby is in the lead after the first day. (Dan Dittmer/Olympic College)

OUTDOORS: Take caution when going after steelhead

KEEP ONE EYE on the sky for potential lightning strikes, and one peeled for submerged logs if you are steelhead fishing by drift boat on… Continue reading

Forks players

PREP SPORTS: Forks boys soccer shows improvement in close loss to Hoquiam; Port Angeles girls tennis falls to Kingston

FORKS — The Forks boys soccer team continued to show improvement in its 1-0 loss to the Hoquiam Grizzlies. “We played awesome. Really good,” Spartans… Continue reading

Forks players
Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby competes in the long jump as part of the decathlon at the Western Washington University Multi Event meet in Bellingham. Brocklesby is in the lead after the first day. (Dan Dittmer/Olympic College)

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim graduate Brocklesby leading decathlon after first day of Western Washington University meet

BELLINGHAM — Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby leads the decathlon at the Western Washington University Multi Event Meet after the first day of competition… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby competes in the long jump as part of the decathlon at the Western Washington University Multi Event meet in Bellingham. Brocklesby is in the lead after the first day. (Dan Dittmer/Olympic College)

OUTDOORS: Sport halibut fishing season will open in May

[Editor's note: Updated to include May 15 and 16 as halibut fishing dates in Marine Areas 6 and 9] UPCOMING HALIBUT SEASONS are relatively static… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Take caution when going after steelhead

KEEP ONE EYE on the sky for potential lightning strikes, and one peeled for submerged logs if you are steelhead fishing by drift boat on… Continue reading

Forks players

PREP SPORTS: Forks boys soccer shows improvement in close loss to Hoquiam; Port Angeles girls tennis falls to Kingston

FORKS — The Forks boys soccer team continued to show improvement in its 1-0 loss to the Hoquiam Grizzlies. “We played awesome. Really good,” Spartans… Continue reading

Forks players

OUTDOORS: Sport halibut fishing season will open in May

[Editor's note: Updated to include May 15 and 16 as halibut fishing dates in Marine Areas 6 and 9] UPCOMING HALIBUT SEASONS are relatively static… Continue reading