Matt Schubert

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Diggers’ paradise shaping up at Kalaloch

KALALOCH BEACH JUST might be a diggers’ paradise after all for the 2011-12 season that begins in late October. While adult razor clam populations have… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT: Speedy Sequim shuts out Forks, but Wolves still not fast enough for coach [**Video**]

SEQUIM — Sequim head coach Erik Wiker wants even more speed out of his Wolves this season. In one dizzying half of football against the… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Dryness to make hunting difficult

TRUDGE LIGHTLY, MY dear Peninsulites. As is usually the case during the first few weeks of hunting season on the North Olympic Peninsula, stealth equals… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Some league predictions [High school football preview section at bottom of home page]

SOMEONE MUST WIN, and someone must lose on the prep gridiron this fall. Here's a few not-so-bold predictions about how that will shake out in… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Archery hunting season starts today

ARCHERY DEER SEASON begins today on the North Olympic Peninsula. Those who want to bag a buck ought to think about heading east. The West… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Surgery doesn’t slow up Sequim football coach

HARD TO IMAGINE a season getting off to a rougher start than Erik Wiker’s did. After all, the longtime Sequim football coach was lying in… Continue reading

SENIOR GAMES: Mr. One Thousand — as in Senior Games medals — for Port Angeles’ Snipe

PORT ANGELES — The public address announcer requested a brief break three-quarters of the way through the Olympic Peninsula Senior Games swim meet at William… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Coho starting to make move into area

GIVE THE COHO this much: They've got good timing. Just as king season is set to close around the North Olympic Peninsula, the secondary salmon… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sea-run cutthroat trout are fish of a different color

SEA-RUN CUTTHROAT trout don’t typically inspire the same sort of crowds as their salmon counterparts. Still, a day targeting the anadromous trout is often much… Continue reading

SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula College men defend first NWAACC championship

PORT ANGELES — It would appear the Peninsula College men’s soccer program is running out of room to grow. A year after winning their first… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Pinks perfect for Kids’ Salmon Derby in Sekiu

LEAVE THE RITALIN in the medicine cabinet. With Humpy Madness 2011 still in full effect, little Joey and Josie should have little trouble focusing during… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Kalaloch unlikely to have razor clam harvest

RAZOR CLAM DIGGERS shouldn’t expect much, if anything, from Kalaloch Beach this fall. Olympic National Park completed its annual stock assessment of Kalaloch’s clam population… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: King salmon still the monarch of Peninsula waters, but pinks supreme

THE KINGS MAY be the thing in the saltwater salmon fishery, but it’s still awfully pink on the North Olympic Peninsula. All across the western… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Rising high in the mountains

EVERY HIKE DESERVES its reward. When I was a wee boy growing up in Arizona, that was usually a handful of Chips Ahoy cookies. Now… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent hires Scott to coach girls basketball team

JOYCE — Brian Scott beat cancer. Now he’ll try to get the Crescent girls basketball team to beat a few North Olympic League opponents. Scott… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Pinks crashing king salmon’s party

DISASTER IS IMMINENT, my dear Peninsulites. Either we raise the Peninsula pink salmon limit right now, or we threaten the very fabric of this summer’s… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Smelt season on Peninsula beaches

KEEP AN EYE on North Olympic Peninsula beaches. With the calendar days away from turning over into August, we’re getting awfully close to what is… Continue reading

SPORTS: Four-time Olympic winner is a gold-medal speaker at Port Angeles wrestling camp

PORT ANGELES — Bruce Baumgartner brought back a familiar message to the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday. Speaking for the ninth year in a row… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder Baseball falls a win short of Senior Babe Ruth World Series

PORT ANGELES — For five games, Wilder Baseball did all the little things at the Senior Babe Ruth Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament. In Sunday afternoon’s… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Kings rule out on West End

ODD YEARS AREN’T for everyone on the North Olympic Peninsula. Those who fall into the “king salmon or bust” category simply can’t be bothered to… Continue reading