PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys lose playoff opener; Sequim girls lose second-round game

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys lose playoff opener; Sequim girls lose second-round game

The Forks basketball boys got off to a slow start in their District 4 Tournament opener against Seton Catholic, falling behind 18-2 right… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks boys lose playoff opener; Sequim girls lose second-round game
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls cruise past Eatonville, earn fifth straight state regional berth

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls cruise past Eatonville, earn fifth straight state regional berth

With a state regional round berth on the line in its Class 2A West Central District tournament opener against Eatonville Friday night,… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Port Angeles girls cruise past Eatonville, earn fifth straight state regional berth
DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Depth, physicality and clutch free-throw shooting late lift Port Angeles boys past Fife

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Depth, physicality and clutch free-throw shooting late lift Port Angeles boys past Fife

Port Angeles held off a feisty Fife squad to open the district boys basketball tournament with a hard-fought 62-50 win over the… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Depth, physicality and clutch free-throw shooting late lift Port Angeles boys past Fife

FRIDAY NIGHT’S PLAYOFF SCORES: Port Angeles girls win; Forks, Sequim lose

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Bear Creek School 41, Overlake School 39 Black Hills 61, Columbia River 56 Seattle Academy 71, The Northwest 44 Sunnyside 65, Eisenhower… Continue reading

<strong>Conor Dowley</strong>/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Sequim’s Melissa Porter goes up for a layup against Foster on Wednesday. Porter scored 14 of her game-high 19 points on the night off of fast breaks.

DISTRICT BASKETBALL: Sequim girls floor Foster

Sequim’s focus may have been more on Fife and future district foes, but the end result was a ferocious 92-22 defeat of an… Continue reading

<strong>Conor Dowley</strong>/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Sequim’s Melissa Porter goes up for a layup against Foster on Wednesday. Porter scored 14 of her game-high 19 points on the night off of fast breaks.
OUTDOORS: Wolves are native to Olympics, but not likely to return

OUTDOORS: Wolves are native to Olympics, but not likely to return

BIOLOGISTS WORKING ON wolf management may be in the same kind of no-win situation as their counterparts in salmon management. That’s my takeway from taking… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Wolves are native to Olympics, but not likely to return
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula’s Nate Despain, right, drives down court as Skagit Valley’s AJ Chappell defends on Wednesday at Peninsula College.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula’s Nate Despain, right, drives down court as Skagit Valley’s AJ Chappell defends on Wednesday at Peninsula College.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula squeezes Skagit Valley

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula squeezes Skagit Valley

Peninsula College roared to life with a huge run to finish the fourth quarter to pull away from Skagit Valley for an… Continue reading

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula squeezes Skagit Valley
DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Methner provides a spark for Roughriders

DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Methner provides a spark for Roughriders

From the soccer field to the basketball court, Port Angeles senior Stuart Methner has never been afraid to shoot his shot. Shooting… Continue reading

DISTRICT BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Methner provides a spark for Roughriders
COLLEGE SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Lucah Folden signs with Edmonds

COLLEGE SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Lucah Folden signs with Edmonds

Port Angeles’ Lucah Folden will be going away to college, but she will be returning home to play soccer at least once… Continue reading

COLLEGE SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Lucah Folden signs with Edmonds

PREP BASKETBALL: Crescent boys, girls lose close ones to Chief Kitsap

Crescent battled but troubles getting the ball in the basket inside were a big reason why the Loggers fell 46-39 to No. 15… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Coho returns looking grim

OUTDOORS: Coho returns looking grim

A GOOD PREDICTOR of potential ocean fishing seasons off our coast, the Oregon Production Index, was released by Oregon state fisheries officials. The index is… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Coho returns looking grim
PREP BASKETBALL: Forks teams put scares into Monte

PREP BASKETBALL: Forks teams put scares into Monte

Bulldogs pull games out in the fourth

PREP BASKETBALL: Forks teams put scares into Monte
GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Long, Wenzl make All-State team

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Long, Wenzl make All-State team

Port Angeles’ Millie Long was rewarded for her record-breaking girls soccer season by being selected to the first team of the All-State… Continue reading

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Long, Wenzl make All-State team
New semi-pro soccer club seeks players

New semi-pro soccer club seeks players

Northern Peninsula Football Club tryouts set March 8

New semi-pro soccer club seeks players
MIKE CARMAN COLUMN: District playoffs feature plenty of rematches

MIKE CARMAN COLUMN: District playoffs feature plenty of rematches

A GLANCE AT the numerous district playoff basketball matchups this week might have prep hoops aficionados wondering if the calendar really did turn to 2020.… Continue reading

MIKE CARMAN COLUMN: District playoffs feature plenty of rematches
EVERGREEN 1A BASKETBALL: Forks’ Hernandez-Flores, Baysinger co-MVPs of the league

EVERGREEN 1A BASKETBALL: Forks’ Hernandez-Flores, Baysinger co-MVPs of the league

Forks’ Tony Hernandez-Flores and Trey Baysinger were named the co-MVPs in basketball of the Evergreen 1A League Monday as all-league selections were made… Continue reading

EVERGREEN 1A BASKETBALL: Forks’ Hernandez-Flores, Baysinger co-MVPs of the league
COLLEGE SIGNING: Port Angeles swimmer Kenzie Johnson commits to Biola University

COLLEGE SIGNING: Port Angeles swimmer Kenzie Johnson commits to Biola University

One-third of a powerhouse trio that joined the Port Angeles High School girls swim team four years ago has signed to swim… Continue reading

COLLEGE SIGNING: Port Angeles swimmer Kenzie Johnson commits to Biola University
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Trey Baysinger, Forks basketball

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Trey Baysinger, Forks basketball

Forks’ Trey Baysinger has been a scoring machine all year for the Forks Spartans. Baysinger scored 29 points in a game last week against Hoquiam… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Trey Baysinger, Forks basketball
Sequim’s Lesae Pfeffer competes at subdistricts this weekend. She will move on to district in the beam and floor exercise.

GYMNASTICS: Sequim, Port Angeles gymnasts qualify for district

Sequim and Port Angeles gymnasts advanced to the Class 2A/3A West Central District championship after qualifying at a Sub-District competition Thursday at Auburn… Continue reading

Sequim’s Lesae Pfeffer competes at subdistricts this weekend. She will move on to district in the beam and floor exercise.