Lee Horton

Port Angeles' Colby Wait finishes the North Olympic Discovery Marathon last year. Wait ran a personal-record 3:04:59 at the Tacoma City Marathon in April. (Dewi Sprague Photography)

MARATHON: Course reflects original vision of race organizers

The North Olympic Discovery Marathon will stick to the Olympic Discovery Trail this year. Sunday’s race is again a point-to-point marathon now that Railroad Bridge… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Colby Wait finishes the North Olympic Discovery Marathon last year. Wait ran a personal-record 3:04:59 at the Tacoma City Marathon in April. (Dewi Sprague Photography)

PREP SOFTBALL: Port Angeles catcher Lunt voted Olympic League MVP; Fork’s Lausche is all-league

Port Angeles' Lauren Lunt was voted Olympic League 2A softball MVP by the league's coaches. Lunt, a junior who spent most of her time at… Continue reading

Sequim graduate Elise Beuke

ATHLETES ELSEWHERE: Sequim graduate Elise Beuke rows at NCAA championships

GOLD RIVER, Calif. — Sequim High School graduate Elise Beuke helped the University of Washington women place fifth at the NCAA rowing championships at Lake… Continue reading

Sequim graduate Elise Beuke
Wilder's Curan Bradley fires a pitch while third baseman Matt Hendry

BASEBALL: Wilder starts season with sweep of Renegades

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball opened the 2016 season with a doubleheader sweep of Renegades at Civic Field. Travis Paynter and Curan Bradley combined to… Continue reading

Wilder's Curan Bradley fires a pitch while third baseman Matt Hendry
Colten Barnes pitches for the Kitsap BlueJackets in 2015. Barnes

BASEBALL: BlueJackets exhibition game Wednesday will give Port Angeles a taste of West Coast League

PORT ANGELES — West Coast League baseball will be in Port Angeles a year earlier than expected. But only for one night. The Kitsap BlueJackets,… Continue reading

Colten Barnes pitches for the Kitsap BlueJackets in 2015. Barnes
Sequim's Waverly Shreffler

STATE TRACK AND FIELD: Perfect run, painful jump yield championships for Sequim’s Shreffler, Clallam Bay’s Willis

Everything was perfect for Waverly Shreffler. Every jump was painful for Clayton Willis. The North Olympic Peninsula’s two state track and field champions had different… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler

STATE TENNIS ROUNDUP: Sequim’s Richards eighth at 2A boys tournament

SEATTLE — Sequim’s Matthew Richards claimed an eighth-place finish at the Class 2A state boys tennis singles championships at Nordstrom Tennis Center. Richards lost his… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler

STATE TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Sequim’s Shreffler wins 800-meter championship [UPDATED]

Updated from print edition. CHENEY — Clallam Bay's Clayton Willis won the Class 1B long jump state championship late Saturday afternoon. Willis jumped 20 feet,… Continue reading

Sequim's Waverly Shreffler
Bailey Kieffer is 17-2 in her first season as Quilcene's top pitcher. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

STATE SOFTBALL: Quilcene back and better than ever; plus Class 2A and 1A previews

YAKIMA — Could it be? “I think this is the best team we’ve had,” Quilcene softball coach Mark Thompson said this week. The Rangers (19-2)… Continue reading

Bailey Kieffer is 17-2 in her first season as Quilcene's top pitcher. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim senior Oscar Herrera

STATE TRACK PREVIEW: Sequim’s Herrera, Clallam Bay’s Willis chasing state titles

Oscar Herrera exemplifies the payoff of four years of hard work. Clayton Willis hasn't been around long enough to have a career to look back… Continue reading

Sequim senior Oscar Herrera
Sequim's Bobbi Sparks attempts to tag Fife's Maggie Crist at second base during the District 2/3 tournament at Sprinker Fields last week. Sequim's Jordan Bentz

PREP SOFTBALL: Sequim, Chimacum punch tickets to state tournament, join state-bound Port Angeles and Quilcene

The North Olympic Peninsula's three other state softball teams learned their first-round opponents when the brackets were released Tuesday by the WIAA. Port Angeles (22-0)… Continue reading

Sequim's Bobbi Sparks attempts to tag Fife's Maggie Crist at second base during the District 2/3 tournament at Sprinker Fields last week. Sequim's Jordan Bentz
Chimacum golf coach Darren Posey

STATE GOLF ROUNDUP: Chimacum’s Porter and Bainbridge, Sequim’s McMenamin fare well in opening round

RICHLAND — Chimacum's Chris Bainbridge and James Porter and Sequim's Alex McMenamin are in position for high finishes heading into the final round of the… Continue reading

Chimacum golf coach Darren Posey
Sequim's Alex McMenamin makes a chip shot to the green on the 11th hole during the Olympic League Championships at The Cedars of Dungeness earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP GOLF: State tournaments tee off today

RICHLAND — Alex McMenamin is chasing her third straight top-10 state finish. Jack Shea is going for his second straight. The two Sequim golfers tee… Continue reading

Sequim's Alex McMenamin makes a chip shot to the green on the 11th hole during the Olympic League Championships at The Cedars of Dungeness earlier this month. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Quilcene softball opens against defending champs

QUILCENE — Finally, the Quilcene softball team gets someone besides the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors in the first round. Instead, the Rangers will face the defending state… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Curan Bradley slides back to first base as Sequim's Daniel Harker awaits a throw. Bradley was voted to the All-Olympic League 2A first team. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Paynter and Bradley picked for Olympic 2A first team; baseball and soccer all-league honors

Port Angeles senior pitchers Travis Paynter and Curan Bradley were both voted to the All-Olympic League 2A first team by the league's coaches. Paynter and… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Curan Bradley slides back to first base as Sequim's Daniel Harker awaits a throw. Bradley was voted to the All-Olympic League 2A first team. (Jay Cline/for Peninsula Daily News)
Quilcene's Katie Bailey rounds second base on her way to a stand-up triple against Rainier Christian. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene wins another district championship; Sequim and Chimacum play for state berths today

EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated to correct the dates of the state tournament, and to include the 1A and 1B state tournament information. QUILCENE — The Quilcene… Continue reading

Quilcene's Katie Bailey rounds second base on her way to a stand-up triple against Rainier Christian. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles, Sequim, Quilcene lose in state regionals

SPOKANE — Port Angeles and Sequim went one-and-out at the Class 2A state baseball tournament, but both teams had noble ends to their seasons. The… Continue reading

Port Townsend freshman Aubry Botkin took first in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles at the 1A West Central District meet at Bremerton High School. (Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News)

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Port Townsend’s Botkin, Chimacum’s Golden win two district titles apiece

BREMERTON — Port Townsend's Aubry Botkin and Chimacum's Sam Golden each hurdled to a pair of championships at the Class 1A West Central District Championships… Continue reading

Port Townsend freshman Aubry Botkin took first in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles at the 1A West Central District meet at Bremerton High School. (Dave Shreffler/for Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam Bay's Molly McCoy

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Clallam Bay’s McCoy, Willis win Tri-District titles

PORT ANGELES — Clallam Bay claimed four event titles at the Class 1B Tri-District Championships at Port Angeles High School. Molly McCoy was part of… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Molly McCoy
James Grubb pitches for Wilder Baseball against Lacey at Port Angeles' Civic Field in 2015. The summer baseball club will hold tryouts at Civic Field on Monday and Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BASEBALL: Wilder tryouts Monday and Tuesday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball tryouts will be held early next week at Civic Field. The North Olympic Peninsula’s long-standing summer baseball team will have… Continue reading

James Grubb pitches for Wilder Baseball against Lacey at Port Angeles' Civic Field in 2015. The summer baseball club will hold tryouts at Civic Field on Monday and Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)