LEFTIES WRAP-UP: Team stayed in playoff race; early rain hurt attendance

LEFTIES WRAP-UP: Team stayed in playoff race; early rain hurt attendance

It was the Port Angeles Lefties’ most competitive season, but it also left owner Matt Acker wanting more. The Lefties wrapped up… Continue reading

LEFTIES WRAP-UP: Team stayed in playoff race; early rain hurt attendance
GOLF: Area youth competing in junior amateur events at Port Ludlow

GOLF: Area youth competing in junior amateur events at Port Ludlow

JUNIOR GOLFERS FROM the North Olympic Peninsula are part of the field of the 65th Pacific Northwest Junior Boys Amateur and the 64th Pacific Northwest… Continue reading

GOLF: Area youth competing in junior amateur events at Port Ludlow
COLUMN: The crack of bats goes quiet for the summer

COLUMN: The crack of bats goes quiet for the summer

Another season when the crack of bats dies out, very soon to be replaced by the crack of shoulder pads on the practice field. A… Continue reading

COLUMN: The crack of bats goes quiet for the summer

LEFTIES: Lefties shut out in season finale

The Port Angeles Lefties completed their season with a 6-0 shutout loss against North Division champion Victoria… Continue reading

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties, short on pitching, pounded by Victoria

The Port Angeles Lefties fell victim to a record-setting night by the Victoria HarbourCats, who picked up… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2019
  • By Michael Carman Peninsula Daily News
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula College basketball camp and North Idaho faces ‘severe’ sanctions

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula College basketball camp and North Idaho faces ‘severe’ sanctions

The Peninsula College Kids Basketball Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to noon… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula College basketball camp and North Idaho faces ‘severe’ sanctions
OUTDOORS: New mountain bike park west of Port Angeles seeks to raise riders’ ability levels
OUTDOORS: New mountain bike park west of Port Angeles seeks to raise riders’ ability levels
OUTDOORS: Lyre River Conservation Area offers Strait-side solitude

OUTDOORS: Lyre River Conservation Area offers Strait-side solitude

A MISSED TURN turned out to provide one of the better walks I’ve enjoyed recently as well as a possible beach casting spot along the… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Lyre River Conservation Area offers Strait-side solitude
<strong>Olivia Vanni</strong>/The Daily Herald                                Everett AquaSox catcher Brennon ‘Benny’ Kaleiwahea gets high-fives from his teammates after hitting a home run Aug. 4 during a game against Spokane at Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium in Everett.

BASEBALL: Original Lefties player Benny Kaleiwahea in Mariners’ minor league organization

Brennon Kaleiwahea isn’t the type of person that’s going to take a blessing for granted in… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2019
  • By Michael Carman Peninsula Daily News
  • Lefties
<strong>Olivia Vanni</strong>/The Daily Herald                                Everett AquaSox catcher Brennon ‘Benny’ Kaleiwahea gets high-fives from his teammates after hitting a home run Aug. 4 during a game against Spokane at Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium in Everett.
LEFTIES: Short-handed Port Angeles eliminated from playoff chase

LEFTIES: Short-handed Port Angeles eliminated from playoff chase

Victoria first baseman Griffin Paxton homered twice and drove in five runs to lead his HarbourCats… Continue reading

LEFTIES: Short-handed Port Angeles eliminated from playoff chase

OUTDOORS: State Fish and Wildlife Commission approves big funding request

Guide logbooks approved; Anglers meet Tuesday in Port Townsend

LEFTIES: Victoria walks all over Port Angeles

The Lefties find themselves within one loss of being eliminated from playoff contention after Victoria scored eight runs in the final three… Continue reading

LEFTIES: Knights strike out 20 Lefties in 11-3 win

LEFTIES: Knights strike out 20 Lefties in 11-3 win

The Lefties, driving to stay in the playoff hunt, couldn’t muster much offense and got a… Continue reading

LEFTIES: Knights strike out 20 Lefties in 11-3 win
Miguel Gonzalez

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: PC alum Gonzalez wins championship with Miami FC

A star for the Peninsula men’s soccer team from 2010-11 helped set up… Continue reading

Miguel Gonzalez

GOLF: Tournament boosts cancer care

ONE OF THE more noble benefit golf tournaments, the annual Drive for the Cure Golf Tournament, will be held at Sunland Golf and Country Club… Continue reading

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Port Angeles’ Steven Johnson wins at Silver Mountain NW Cup

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Port Angeles’ Steven Johnson wins at Silver Mountain NW Cup

Steven Johnson of Port Angeles won his division at the sixth leg of the Northwest Cup… Continue reading

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Port Angeles’ Steven Johnson wins at Silver Mountain NW Cup
YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12-year-olds win Dick Brown division

YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12-year-olds win Dick Brown division

The Port Angeles 12-year-old team won its division title at the 22nd annual Dick Brown Memorial Baseball Tournament, beating… Continue reading

YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12-year-olds win Dick Brown division
Sam Nugent Extreme Slug Racing’s No. 11 “Slippen Slyde” (upper left) looked like a sure winner moments before it made a sudden about-face and headed back to the center. Slug No. 1 “General ‘Duke’ Lee” (center top) then easily won the race in under 20 minutes.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Slugs burn rubber in Joyce

Slugs get extreme at Joyce Daze JOYCE – It was a day at the races for local slugs and for visitors to Joyce Daze on… Continue reading

Sam Nugent Extreme Slug Racing’s No. 11 “Slippen Slyde” (upper left) looked like a sure winner moments before it made a sudden about-face and headed back to the center. Slug No. 1 “General ‘Duke’ Lee” (center top) then easily won the race in under 20 minutes.

OUTDOORS: Marine Area 9 to be reopened to Friday to hatchery Chinook

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened Marine Area 9 to hatchery… Continue reading

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties walk it off in 10 innings

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties walk it off in 10 innings

The Lefties rallied with two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to come from… Continue reading

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties walk it off in 10 innings