Matt Schubert

SPORTS: Port Angeles wins third straight against Bremerton

BREMERTON -- If Port Angeles' two shutout victories weren't enough evidence, consider Friday night's showdown with the Bremerton Knights the smoking gun. Less than a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Cross country extravaganza at Salt Creek (**Gallery**)

SALT CREEK RECREATION AREA -- Marina Roberts kept the family tradition alive at the Salt Creek Invitational on Saturday. The Kingston junior dominated the varsity… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Fishing for coho in Sekiu really hot right now

MADNESS MADE ITS way to Sekiu. The annual two-week coho-keeper extravaganza kicked off to rave reviews Thursday, with the fishing hotter than the area's famed… Continue reading

SPORTS: Football preview: Port Angeles tries to go 3-0 at Bremerton on Friday night

BREMERTON -- The Port Angeles football team's defense is pitching a shutout two games into the 2010 season. One year removed from the program's first… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Time to dig up razor clams at Kalaloch, elsewhere

TIME TO GO to the beach. Gray days are here again. Autumn's arrival on the North Olympic Peninsula need not only be about fur, fish… Continue reading

SPORTS: It’s rough-and-tumble in girls soccer

It was just a regular soccer game for Chase O'Neil. The former Sequim defender battled for loose balls and threw her 5-foot-5 frame around against… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles less than perfect in shutout win over Forks

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Roughriders didn't score many style points in Friday night's home opener against the Forks Spartans. That didn't stop them… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Deer, elk being a little elusive right now

NATURAL SELECTION CAN be cruel. Take the first nine days of archery deer season on the North Olympic Peninsula. The opening two days produced a… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Fish flossing has nothing to do with dental hygiene

THE STATE'S SPORTFISHING rules pamphlet has its share of contradictions. None is bigger than the regulations governing flossing. No, we're not talking about good dental… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Flossing is a controversial way to fish

THE STATE'S SPORTFISHING rules pamphlet has its share of contradictions. None is bigger than the regulations governing flossing. No, we're not talking about good dental… Continue reading

PREP NOTEBOOK: Sequim shows depth in football talent

TALK ABOUT A competitive advantage. Sequim football coach Erik Wiker doesn't just have the best quarterback on the North Olympic Peninsula in Drew Rickerson. He… Continue reading

SPORTS: Hungry Wolves devour Forks 58-7

FORKS -- As much as things changed for the Sequim Wolves this offseason, the results look pretty familiar. The Wolves' revamped offensive and defensive lines… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Hunters hoping for some wet weather

A LITTLE RAIN would do North Olympic Peninsula hunters some good. With hunting season officially underway -- archery deer, archery cougar, grouse hunts all began… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Good time to go after Port Townsend coho

NOW COULD BE the time to head out to Marrowstone Island. Word of coho running through Admiralty Inlet is picking up more volume than a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Recalling Port Angeles High’s fabled 2000 soccer team

PORT ANGELES -- It might be the greatest anomaly in Port Angeles High School sports history: A boys soccer team that couldn't lose. That's exactly… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Hunting season is right around the corner

BETTER GET THOSE broadheads sharpened. Early archery hunting season is but a few days away on the North Olympic Peninsula. Bow hunters get first crack… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Quilcene offers antler display; hunting season right around corner

EVERY SET OF horns has its own circumstances. That's what makes the Quilcene Antler Show such a special event for organizer Mari Phillips. "It's just… Continue reading

Longtime Forks fishing and hunting guide back in business following severe injury

FORKS -- The outdoors defined Stephen Gordon Gracey. The wooded areas and rivers of the North Olympic Peninsula and Alaska were his life. As a… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Schools of tuna gathering off coast

FORGET ABOUT THE dolphin-free stuff. The North Olympic Peninsula coastline has a few tuna of its own. Schools of albacore tuna are currently swimming some… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: I could be world’s worst tennis player

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP DEMEANS us all sometimes. These are the moments that lay bare for all to see an undeniably ugly truth: somebody here can't cut… Continue reading