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SPORTS: Port Angeles boys and girls basketball teams are a step away from Class 3A state tournament
The high school basketball playoffs have not been kind to the North Olympic Peninsula. A week that started…
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SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team beats division-leading Shoreline to make the playoffs
PORT ANGELES — Peter Stewart stared at the stat shaking his head, his tie undone and brow still…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S PREPS NOTEBOOK: A culture of basketball for Neah Bay
BASKETBALL IS KING in Neah Bay. Sure, the Red Devils are competitive in football, volleyball and track. But…
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SPORTS: Five North Olympic Peninsula wrestlers place at state championships
TACOMA — Brett Johnson sat alone in the corner of the Tacoma Dome. Tears welled up in his…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S STATE NOTEBOOK: Semifinal matches are toughest in the state tournament
FORGET ABOUT THE finals. The biggest pressure cooker at the Mat Classic comes a round earlier. As any…
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BREAKING SPORTS: Half of Peninsula’s wrestling contingent enters today’s competition
TACOMA — Half of the North Olympic Peninsula’s wrestling contingent remains alive at Mat Classic XXII after one…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Time for the monster steelheads on West End
THE MONTH OF the monsters is nearly upon us. Yes, March Madness is about to take over the…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Is this the time for your big steelie?
THE MONTH OF the monsters is nearly upon us. Yes, March Madness is about to take over the…
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SPORTS: Port Townsend wrestling coach Joey Johnson and son, Brett, seek state wrestling title
PORT TOWNSEND — Few are better acquainted with the challenges of surviving the Mat Classic than the Johnsons.…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: State allows Port Angeles halibut derby in May
THAT VOID YOU feel? That’s the emptiness left behind by the exclusion of the Discovery Bay Salmon Derby…
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SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball beats North Mason to punch ticket to playoffs
PORT ANGELES — North Mason might have the Olympic League’s best post player in John Fullington. But in…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: Teams that are going somewhere
BLAME IT ON the state’s insanely short 20-game schedule. High School basketball season just seems to fly by…
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SPORTS: Women’s softball may be eliminated at Peninsula College
PORT ANGELES — Softball is down to its final strike at Peninsula College. The women’s sports program, created…
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SPORTS: Neah Bay boys and girls basketball teams sweep Crescent for league titles
JOYCE — The biggest game in a decade for Crescent boys basketball was but a mere tune-up for…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: May halibut derby may be in jeopardy
COULD IT BE? Another North Olympic Peninsula fishing derby on the chopping block? That might just be the…
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SPORTS: Sequim boys basketball team sweeps Port Angeles first time in nine years; Port Angeles girls roll
PORT ANGELES — For something nine years in the making, you knew it had to take something special.…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Pin or go home for wrestlers
IT’S PIN OR go home time on the state high school wrestling scene. The beginning of February signals…
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SPORTS: Kingston beats Sequim for second time this season
KINGSTON — The Kingston boys basketball team squeaked past the Sequim Wolves for the second time this season…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Lack of local stats — except in Sequim
ANY HISTORICAL ARGUMENT concerning sports usually demands one thing: statistics. You can keep all of your legends and…
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MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Winter Sports Club still has plans for Hurricane Ridge this season
CROSS THOSE FINGERS for Hurricane Ridge Road. Bruch & Bruch Construction Inc. of Port Angeles took on the…