Matt Schubert

Olympic League meet could be Port Angeles swim team’s home finale before pool closes

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles High School girls swim team's final practice of the season concluded exactly like any other in Amity Butler's 10… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School drops JV football program

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School head football coach Keith Moorman pointed to his team's low numbers this fall as "proof that football is… Continue reading

THE MATT SCHUBERT OUTDOORS COLUMN: Salmon derbies provide capper

THE FINAL FAREWELL to the summer saltwater salmon season comes with a pair of parties this weekend. In LaPush, of course, is the Last Chance… Continue reading

THE MATT SCHUBERT COLUMN: Something we Americans can agree on: free entry into national park

CHEAPSKATES OF THE North Olympic Peninsula — unite! The National Park Service is footing the bill this weekend for anyone looking to enjoy a taste… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT COLUMN: ‘It’s beyond mad house out here’

SEKIU REAL ESTATE promises to be hard to come by this weekend. Basically, if one were to base property values upon the events of the… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT OUTDOORS: Mother Nature’s cruel joke — summer arrives and it’s mid-September

TO SOME, THE sudden change in meteorological fortunes can only be described as a disaster. No, I'm not talking about the rash of hurricanes that's… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT: Razor clam season stutter-steps in region

DUST OFF THE lamp and start saving gas money. This fall's razor clam season demands both. Yes, it's time to start thinking about razors, with… Continue reading

Mountain bike racers going downhill fast — in the mud and rain

PORT ANGELES — A congregation of dirt-eating die-hards hit Port Angeles' Dry Hill to finish off the fourth leg of the six-race Fluidride Cup downhill… Continue reading

Sequim athletic director steps down for post in China

SEQUIM — Chris Olson thought he'd only make a brief pit stop in the Dungeness Valley. The place Olson's father referred to as "God's country,"… Continue reading

Friday’s game: Port Townsend’s state title run hits bump

TACOMA – The Port Townsend boys basketball team simply ran out of comebacks. After rallying from 10- and 9-point deficits to reach the Class 2A… Continue reading

Thursday night’s game: Port Townsend wins thriller, advances to state semis

TACOMA — The Port Townsend boys basketball team rewrote the same story it authored a day before at the Class 2A state basketball tournament. One… Continue reading

Port Townsend Redskins win first state tourney game; play River Ridge tonight

TACOMA — They just don't know any better. The Port Townsend boys basketball team won the same way it had all season against West Valley… Continue reading

Enrollment decline may lower Port Townsend High School’s athletic level to 1A

It appears that another shakeup, although a bit more minor than that of two years ago, could be looming for a few North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Sports: Sequim wins fourth consecutive league football title

SEQUIM - The most overlooked third of the game continued to pay dividends for the Sequim High School football team in Friday night's rain-soaked Class… Continue reading

Recalling that championship season with the coach who made it so

JOYCE - It takes more than one season to define former Crescent High School head football coach Gary Kautz. After all, his was a career… Continue reading

Port Townsend High athletic director steps down

PORT TOWNSEND - The Port Townsend School Board approved medical leave to high school athletic director Russ Hickman at Monday's board meeting, assistant principal Tom… Continue reading

Matt Schubert column: Hurricane Ridge opens this weekend

A GHOST-LIKE comet; a Seattle Mariners general manager who makes good decisions; a competent executive branch; a year in which Hurricane Ridge skiers can actually… Continue reading

Sequim football player goes into coma during game, undergoes brain surgery

SEATTLE -- Sequim High School football player Adrien Gault was reported in serious condition Saturday night after brain surgery at Harborview Medical Center. His stepfather,… Continue reading

Sports: Port Angeles-Sequim game turns into instant classic

PORT ANGELES -- With the ball sitting on the 20-yard-line and the Sequim crowd at a deafening roar, Port Angeles High School quarterback Stefan Walker… Continue reading

Sports: Peninsula College opens soccer preseason

PORT ANGELES -- It was the first day of practice for the Peninsula College men's soccer team Wednesday and already head coach Andrew Chapman was… Continue reading