Matt Schubert

SPORTS: Port Angeles holds off Sequim 3-1 in boys soccer

SEQUIM — Last year, the “curse of Chris Saari” was lifted by the Port Angeles boys soccer team. Now, after beating the Sequim Wolves 3-1… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT ON PREPS: Martin starts off hot

MAN HAS IT been cold this spring. And wet. Just ask any of the area’s spring sports teams, and they’ll tell you, the story of… Continue reading

SPORTS: Loggers, Riders shine at Crescent Invitational

JOYCE — The field was smaller than normal, but there was still plenty of competition at the Crescent Invitational track and field meet Saturday. One… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Great time to fish West End rivers

APRIL CAN BE a mighty fine month for West End river buffs. The out-of-town crowd begins to tail off as interest in the winter steelhead… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Matt Schubert’s five best bets to do this weekend

■ Sol Duc steelhead — Steelhead and springers are sharing space on the Sol Duc. No matter which one you happen to hook, you really… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim comes from behind to beat archrival Port Angeles 12-10 in sloppy, muddy baseball game

SEQUIM — Only one pitcher conquered Mound Everest amid Thursday afternoon’s damp, drizzly chill at Sequim High School. Oddly enough, it was a knuckleballer. Jake… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim rallies late to beat archrival Port Angeles in softball

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim softball team didn’t have to just play its first full game of the season Wednesday. It also had to survive.… Continue reading

Lots of mud, lots of speed, lots of noise at downhill mountain bike races [**Gallery AND Video**]

PORT ANGELES — The mud-speckled spectators of Port Angeles' Dry Hill reveled in the Sunday afternoon drizzle. Armed with bullhorns, boomboxes and cowbells throughout the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Monument to youth baseball/softball volunteers unveiled in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Art Girt sipped his sparkling cider to keep from choking up. His former coaching partner, Denver Gouge, as well as fellow longtime… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Little tykes to go fishing in Port Angeles Kids Fish Derby

WANT TO ENTERTAIN yourself for a couple of hours? Park somewhere along either of the Lincoln Park ponds Saturday morning and take a good look… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Matt Schubert’s five best bets to do this weekend

■ Kids get hooked — Want to get your kid hooked to fishing? Bring him (or her) by the Port Angeles Kids Fishing Derby on… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Fly fisherman in his ‘special place’

DOUG ROSE MAY never run out of things to do on the North Olympic Peninsula. An avid fly fisherman, bird hunter and writer, the 61-year-old… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS RESULTS: Sequim baseball team handling marathon week just fine, thank you

SEQUIM — Midway through its marathon week, the Sequim baseball team is in good shape. The Wolves won their second game in a row Tuesday,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Ex-Port Angeles star sparks Gonzaga’s baseball hopes

SPOKANE — Eric Lane had to wait two extra years. But now that he's finally reached the highest level of college baseball, the Port Angeles… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT COLUMN: ‘Madman’ goes to watch the roller derby ‘dolls’

TALK ABOUT A quandary. How exactly does a man write about a flat track roller derby event without sounding like a complete creep? Can I… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: No April fooling, new fishing license needed today

WE’VE ALL DONE it before (or at least I have). You head out to your favorite hole in all your outdoor duds, you get to… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Matt Schubert’s five best bets to do this weekend

■ Derby days — Peninsula anglers get another blackmouth derby with the inaugural Discovery Bay Volunteer Fire Fighters Salmon Derby coming to the east side… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Salmon derbies spawn

BLESSED ARE THE litigious. They are given two salmon derbies where there was once one. Six weeks after the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby had its… Continue reading

PREP NOTES: Crescent football coach Rooney steps down

THE ARCHITECT OF the Crescent football team’s return to relevance stepped down Friday. After building the Loggers into a competitive eight-man program following a decade… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s habit of winning in sports has inspiration from its president

PORT ANGELES — Tom Keegan knows as well as anyone what an NWAACC championship team looks like. He’d been a part of two during a… Continue reading