OUTDOORS: Wild steelhead recovery challenged by crowds on West End rivers

INCREASINGLY CROWDED CONDITIONS in and along West End rivers and banks are another challenge to the recovery of wild steelhead stocks. Forks is well known… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Maddie Boe three-peats as All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — Maddie Boe's success-laden high school soccer career with Port Angeles has been an ever-evolving process. As a freshman, she was an attack-minded… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Details behind West End river rule changes

WHEN THE LAST names of area fishing guides are easy to spot on the high school basketball roster, you know Forks is a town with… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec was voted to the All-State first team offense by The Associated Press. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: North Olympic Peninsula players earn Associated Press All-State honors

SEATTLE — Five North Olympic Peninsula high school football players have been voted to the Class 1B All-State team by The Associated Press. The Peninsula… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec was voted to the All-State first team offense by The Associated Press. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Quilcene's Megan Weller

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Quilcene sweeps Crescent for second time this season; Forks wrestlers win tourney

QUILCENE — For the second time this season, Quilcene swept a basketball doubleheader against Crescent. The Rangers won Tuesday's boys game 49-42, and the Quilcene… Continue reading

Quilcene's Megan Weller
Port Angeles' Noah McGoff drives against Archbishop Murphy's Carson Truong during the first half of the Roughriders' 46-42 loss at Port Angeles High School. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles’ rally falls short against Archbishop Murphy

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles bounced back from an awful first quarter but couldn't completely overcome it in a 46-42 loss to Archbishop Murphy in… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Noah McGoff drives against Archbishop Murphy's Carson Truong during the first half of the Roughriders' 46-42 loss at Port Angeles High School. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News
Tulalip Heritage's Adiya Johnson gets sandwiched between Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Neah Bay falls after allowing late rally

NEAH BAY — Tulalip Heritage defeated Neah Bay 51-46 in a showdown of two of Western Washington top Class 1B girls basketball teams. The Hawks… Continue reading

Tulalip Heritage's Adiya Johnson gets sandwiched between Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson
Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Maddie Boe three-peats as All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — Maddie Boe's success-laden high school soccer career with Port Angeles has been an ever-evolving process. As a freshman, she was an attack-minded… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Busy year in golf on the North Olympic Peninsula in 2015

OFTEN IGNORED BY golf’s decision makers, the Pacific Northwest stood tall in 2015, playing host to the 115th U.S. Open, the first national championship held… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec was voted to the All-State first team offense by The Associated Press. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: North Olympic Peninsula players earn Associated Press All-State honors

SEATTLE — Five North Olympic Peninsula high school football players have been voted to the Class 1B All-State team by The Associated Press. The Peninsula… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec was voted to the All-State first team offense by The Associated Press. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

WRESTLING: Sequim, Port Townsend boys and girls fare well at Hammerhead Invitational

BREMERTON — The Sequim boys wrestling team continued to show improvement after earning a ninth-place finish out of 40 teams from multiple classifications at the… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles humbled by Tumwater

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team's three-game winning streak was snapped when it lost 52-33 at home to Tumwater. The Roughriders were… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club's Mina Bojarzin swims the breaststroke at the Divisional meet.

SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Swim Club at divisional meet . . . New Year’s run/walk in Port Townsend . . . area athletes elsewhere

Port Angeles Swim Club excels at divisional meet SILVERDALE — Port Angeles Swim Club had many top-10 finishes at the Fall Divisional Meet that took… Continue reading

Port Angeles Swim Club's Mina Bojarzin swims the breaststroke at the Divisional meet.
Back row from left

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles wins gymnastics meet in Sehome

SEHOME — Maya Wharton and Cassii Middlestead led Port Angeles to victory at a three team meet at North Coast Gymnastics. Wharton placed second in… Continue reading

Back row from left
Peninsula's Cherish Moss

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula Pirates take second at crossover

PORT ANGELES — When the Peninsula Pirates were called to receive their second-place trophy, there was a few seconds of hesitation before a few players… Continue reading

Peninsula's Cherish Moss

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles, Rogers, beat up on Klahowya

PORT ANGELES — A fast start buoyed by tough defense propelled the Port Angeles boys basketball team to its third straight win, a 67-40 blowout… Continue reading

Forks' Parker Browning shoots while defended by Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay presses the issue in comeback win over Forks

FORKS — North Olympic Peninsula neighbors Forks and Neah Bay put on a show in a nonleague boys basketball game that saw the Red Devils… Continue reading

Forks' Parker Browning shoots while defended by Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek goes up for a basket against Chimacum. Meek led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Redhawks to victory. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Meek and a strong rebounding effort propel Port Townsend to rivalry win

Port Townsend 45, Chimacum 32 PORT TOWNSEND — The Redhawks made things tough for the rival Cowboys offensively and earned their first win of the… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek goes up for a basket against Chimacum. Meek led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Redhawks to victory. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Forks' Alexis Leons (40) shoots over Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson (23) while the Spartans' Sage Barr (13) and the Red Devils' Jessica Greene (3) look on. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay 3-pointers sink Forks

FORKS — The math is simple for the Neah Bay girls basketball team. Three-point shots provide more of a return on investment than two-pointers, provided… Continue reading

Forks' Alexis Leons (40) shoots over Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson (23) while the Spartans' Sage Barr (13) and the Red Devils' Jessica Greene (3) look on. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula rebounds to finish fourth at crossover — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Peninsula College finished fourth. EUGENE, Ore. — The Peninsula College men's basketball team bounced back… Continue reading