Forks' Javier Contreras

PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling wins sub-regional championship; other area reports

Editor's note: Updated to include the first-place finish of Forks wrestler Jack Dahlgren. ELMA — Forks overwhelmed the rest of the Evergreen League to claim… Continue reading

Forks' Javier Contreras
Forks' Billy Palmer looks for an escape route against a pair of Montesano defenders. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball season ends short of postseason; other area reports

Editor's Note: Updated to correct the all-around finishes of Port Angeles and Sequim gymnasts. KINGSTON — The Port Angeles boys basketball season ended without a… Continue reading

Forks' Billy Palmer looks for an escape route against a pair of Montesano defenders. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Craig Shetterly ()

PREP FOOTBALL: New coach Shetterly brings experience, commitment to Forks team and community

FORKS — It's time to put down roots and stay awhile for new Forks football coach Craig Shetterly. Shetterly and his young family have had… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly ()

OUTDOORS: Less than a week left to buy tickets for the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby

LESS THAN A week remains to pick up tickets for the 2015 Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby, set for Friday through Sunday, Feb. 20-22. Anglers must… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys end regular season with win; Quilcene girls fall in league tournament

NEAH BAY — Neah Bay senior Abraham Venske put up all 19 of his points in the first half to lead the Red Devils to… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Chris Adkins (4) drives around Chimacum's Myles Hundley for a basket during the Redhawks' 59-50 rivalry game victory in Chimacum on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Ralls leads Port Townsend over rival Chimacum in season finale

CHIMACUM — The Port Townsend boys basketball team was able to accomplish something the youthful squad had trouble with at times this season in a… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Chris Adkins (4) drives around Chimacum's Myles Hundley for a basket during the Redhawks' 59-50 rivalry game victory in Chimacum on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Chimacum's Kiersten Snyder (2) dribbles between Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Motivated Chimacum earns playoff berth with win over Port Townsend

CHIMACUM — A motivated Chimacum girls basketball team earned bragging rights on senior night, the Janelle Perillo Memorial Trophy and most importantly a playoff berth… Continue reading

Chimacum's Kiersten Snyder (2) dribbles between Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek

GOLF: Tickets getting scarce for upcoming U.S. Open

GALLERY TICKETS FOR the four-day U.S. Open tournament June 18-21 at Chambers Bay near Tacoma are sold out. There are still gallery and Trophy Club… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women blow out Edmonds; men lose 77-66

LYNNWOOD — The Peninsula College women and men went on the road and split a Northwest Athletic Conference North Division doubleheader with Edmonds. The Pirates… Continue reading

Branden Currie of Port Angeles

WRESTLING: Port Angeles wins sub-regional title, sends 13 to regionals; Sequim qualifies four for regionals

PORT ANGELES —The postseason push to the Tacoma Dome for the state wrestling championship has begun in earnest for area wrestlers. Host Port Angeles dominated… Continue reading

Branden Currie of Port Angeles
Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Rodocker going from Port Angeles to Division I

PORT ANGELES — Paxton Rodocker has signed her name thousands of times. But it was different when she was signing a letter of intent to… Continue reading

Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles junior Hayley Baxley

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles’ resiliency shows in upset of Kingston

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls basketball team entered this season carrying the burden of the program's recent success. All the Olympic League championships.… Continue reading

Port Angeles junior Hayley Baxley
Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

COLLEGE SOCCER: Rodocker going from Port Angeles to Division I

PORT ANGELES — Paxton Rodocker has signed her name thousands of times. But it was different when she was signing a letter of intent to… Continue reading

Peninsula College midfielder Paxton Rodocker (24) defends Lane's Mecca Ray Rouse in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in November. (Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News)

SPORTS BRIEFS: Chimacum honors former coach Mike Clarke . . . Jessica Madison scores career-high 23 points . . . Crescent athletic director honored [corrected]

[Editor's note: Updated to correct the Crescent athletic director's honor and the starting times of the Port Townsend-Chimacum games.] Chimacum to honor former coach Clarke… Continue reading

SPORTS BRIEFS: Chimacum honors former coach Mike Clarke . . . Jessica Madison scores career-high 23 points . . . Crescent athletic director honored [corrected]

[Editor's note: Updated to correct the Crescent athletic director's honor and the starting times of the Port Townsend-Chimacum games.] Chimacum to honor former coach Clarke… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Sam Signor

BOYS BASKETBALL: Spencer’s late layup lifts Crescent to win over Clallam Bay

JOYCE — Freshman KC Spencer took an inbounds pass with 14.7 seconds left and drove the length of the court to convert the eventual game-winning… Continue reading

Clallam Bay's Sam Signor
Crescent's Alyssa Hutto

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hobbled Clallam Bay overcomes injuries to knock off Crescent

JOYCE — With starters Atokena Abe, Molly McCoy and Kyla Wilson out with recent ankle injuries, the Clallam Bay girls basketball bench looked more like… Continue reading

Crescent's Alyssa Hutto

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Quilcene falls to sixth seed after loss, hosts playoff game Monday

PUYALLUP — Quilcene's girls basketball team dropped to sixth place in the SeaTac League after a 64-49 loss to Mount Rainier Lutheran. The Rangers (5-5,… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Expected rain this weekend postpones steelhead trip

A WEEK OR more of prime winter steelhead fishing conditions out on the West End drew to a close with ample rainfall overnight Thursday. And… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly has been hired as the new football coach at Forks High School. ()

PREP FOOTBALL: Forks hires Shetterly to lead football program

FORKS — Forks High School has hired Craig Shetterly as its new football coach. The Quillayute Valley School District Board of Directors unanimously approved Shetterly's… Continue reading

Craig Shetterly has been hired as the new football coach at Forks High School. ()