Darrick Meneken

Sports special: Peninsula College’s second men’s soccer season previewed

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College enters its second men's soccer season today with a team which looks to improve greatly upon last year's 2-15-1 record.… Continue reading

The Darrick Meneken column: PA man in final 500 miles of West Coast hike

CASCADE LOCKS -- Now Marc Logan knows how banana slugs taste. Logan, the 23-year-old Port Angeles student attempting to hike the length of the Pacific… Continue reading

Port Angeles: World Series team returns home tonight

ABBEVILLE, La. -- The Port Angeles 16-and-under fastpitch team which placed fourth in the Babe Ruth World Series will return home tonight. The team is… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Babe Ruth girls eliminated from World Series

ABBEVILLE, La. -- Port Angeles ended its 16-and-under Babe Ruth fastpitch season Thursday as the fourth-best team in the country. The locals dropped Pitt County,… Continue reading

The Darrick Meneken outdoors column

This is truly a great summer to be a salmon angler on the North Olympic Peninsula. From the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

Forks: Another coach leaves high school’s athletics program

FORKS -- Boys basketball coach Scott Justus is the latest link in the chain of coaches leaving Forks High School. Justus, 36, has been hired… Continue reading

The Darrick Meneken outdoors column

Reports are coming in slowly from the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, which opened to salmon fishing Wednesday. It's still too early to tell… Continue reading

The Darrick Meneken outdoors column

Take down your calendar and circle July 21. That's when the western Strait of Juan de Fuca reopens to king salmon. Fishing for chinook --… Continue reading

Peninsula: College names athletic complex after former President Sigmar today

Start asking about Wally Sigmar and you begin to understand what he meant to the lives of so many. "He was a mentor, a friend,… Continue reading

PENINSULA: Big cycling event returns this weekend

Colorful costumes pinned against an Olympic Mountain backdrop and blurred in a mass of speed. That will be the scene this weekend in the Dungeness… Continue reading

PORT TOWNSEND: Run this weekend at Old Fort Townsend

> PORT TOWNSEND -- Kim Sands was on the heels of completing the Capital City Marathon last year when she decided to compete in the… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES: High school track star makes third state finals appearance

> PORT ANGELES -- Holly Diimmel knows what state championship track and field meets are all about. The Port Angeles High School junior today makes… Continue reading

CHIMACUM: High school baseball team off to state tournament

> CHIMACUM -- Call them the Magnificent Seven. Led by a core of seven seniors, all of whom have played varsity ball since their freshmen… Continue reading

PENINSULA: Community college basketball players signed by NCAA schools

> PORT ANGELES -- Even after taking last season off from intercollegiate basketball, former Peninsula College player Ray Munyagi drew the attention of NCAA Division… Continue reading

PENINSULA: HALIBUT SEASON OPENS TODAY OFF NEAH BAY AND LAPUSH; MAY 17 ELSEWHERE

> NEAH BAY -- Halibut seasons off Neah Bay and LaPush open today. The seasons off Sekiu/Pillar Point and in the eastern Strait of Juan… Continue reading