Chimacum's Drew Yackulic (1) runs for yardage against the Bellevue Christian Vikings last season. Yackulic will be a senior for the new-look Cowboys. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum hoping for more Cowboys this season

This is the first installment of a team-by-team high school football camp preview of each North Olympic Peninsula team leading up to practices, which begin… Continue reading

Chimacum's Drew Yackulic (1) runs for yardage against the Bellevue Christian Vikings last season. Yackulic will be a senior for the new-look Cowboys. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
The Rum Runner race team of driver Jerimy Brewer and navigator Presley Lollar makes its way through the Extreme Sports Park course. The Tacoma-based team won the Unlimited class. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Area Sprint Boat teams not quite fast enough to win checkered flags

PORT ANGELES — Speed squared off against speed in the finals of Saturday's Sprint Boat races at the Extreme Sports Park. Unfortunately, none of the… Continue reading

The Rum Runner race team of driver Jerimy Brewer and navigator Presley Lollar makes its way through the Extreme Sports Park course. The Tacoma-based team won the Unlimited class. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
The TNT Live Wire boat from Sequim

Area Sprint Boat teams not quite fast enough to claim checkered flags

PORT ANGELES — Speed squared off against speed in the finals of Saturday's Sprint Boat races at the Extreme Sports Park. Unfortunately, none of the… Continue reading

The TNT Live Wire boat from Sequim
Sequim's Jeepers Creepers racing team of driver Dillon Cummings and his mother

Sprint boat teams roar in Port Angeles!

PORT ANGELES — A family dynamic lies at the heart of much of sprint boat racing. A spin through racing programs or a walk through… Continue reading

Sequim's Jeepers Creepers racing team of driver Dillon Cummings and his mother
Sequim's Jeepers Creepers racing team of driver Dillon Cummings and his mother

Sprint boat teams roar in Port Angeles!

PORT ANGELES — A family dynamic lies at the heart of much of sprint boat racing. A spin through racing programs or a walk through… Continue reading

Sequim's Jeepers Creepers racing team of driver Dillon Cummings and his mother

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishing inconsistent in Strait; silvers off LaPush

THE LAST GASP of chinook fishing in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is inconsistent. The king fishery in Marine Areas 5 ( Sekiu) 6… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Great Olympic Adventure Trail Run set for September; Big Hurt race returning in 2015

OUTDOORS ENTHUSIASTS OFTEN seek new challenges, experiences and thrills. Two such events, one set for this September and another eyed for reintroduction in September of… Continue reading

Super modified-class boat Obsession

Sprint Boat racing returns to Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Thousands of sprint boat spectators and fans are expected to flock to the Extreme Sports Park's water-logged race course for Saturday's American… Continue reading

Super modified-class boat Obsession
YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U falls to 1-2 at World Series.

YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U falls to 1-2 at World Series.

ALACHUA, Fla. — The runs came early and often in Port Angeles 12U's Cal Ripken World Series National Division pool play contest with Gilchrist, Fla.,… Continue reading

YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U falls to 1-2 at World Series.
YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U falls to 1-2 at World Series.

YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U falls to 1-2 at World Series.

ALACHUA, Fla. — The runs came early and often in Port Angeles 12U’s Cal Ripken World Series National Division pool play contest with Gilchrist, Fla.… Continue reading

YOUTH BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U falls to 1-2 at World Series.

BASEBALL: Port Angeles 12U wins 12-8 at World Series in Florida

ALACHUA, Fla. — Port Angeles 12U rebounded nicely from being shut out a day earlier to beat Sylvan Hills, Ark., 12-8 at the Cal Ripken… Continue reading

Super modified-class boat Obsession

Sprint Boat racing returns to Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Thousands of sprint boat spectators and fans are expected to flock to the Extreme Sports Park's water-logged race course for Saturday's American… Continue reading

Super modified-class boat Obsession

OUTDOORS: Chinook fishing inconsistent in Strait; silvers off LaPush

THE LAST GASP of chinook fishing in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is inconsistent. The king fishery in Marine Areas 5 ( Sekiu) 6… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Great Olympic Adventure Trail Run set for September; Big Hurt race returning in 2015

OUTDOORS ENTHUSIASTS OFTEN seek new challenges, experiences and thrills. Two such events, one set for this September and another eyed for reintroduction in September of… Continue reading

GOLF: Upcoming events at area courses

Here is a quick run-down of the events happening at area courses in the coming weeks: TaylorMade demo SEQUIM — SunLand Golf & Country Club… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: New coaches at Chimacum and Quilcene

CHIMACUM — Some familiar faces will be in new places when high school football practices begin in a few weeks. Please try to follow along.… Continue reading

Sequim pitcher Makayla Bentz was voted Olympic League MVP by the league's softball coaches after leading the Wolves to a share of the league championship. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SOFTBALL: Sequim’s Bentz named All-Peninsula MVP [Corrected]

SEQUIM — Makayla Bentz savors these types of moments. The Sequim softball team traveled to face Port Angeles for the last game of the regular… Continue reading

Sequim pitcher Makayla Bentz was voted Olympic League MVP by the league's softball coaches after leading the Wolves to a share of the league championship. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles swimmer Ashlee Reid won four district championships and placed at state in the 100-yard freestyle

GIRLS SWIMMING: Port Angeles’ Reid named All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — When Ashlee Reid was picked as a captain for the Port Angeles girls swimming team the role trumped her personal aspirations for… Continue reading

Port Angeles swimmer Ashlee Reid won four district championships and placed at state in the 100-yard freestyle
Taekwondo instructor Sterling Chase breaks five bricks with a speed kick during martial arts testing at White Crane Martial Arts in Port Angeles. Chase tested for the high rank of seventh dan

MARTIAL ARTS: White Crane taekwondo and gumdo sword students test for black belts

PORT ANGELES — Finely honed and intricately choreographed combinations of kicks, punches and chops, coupled with defensive blocks and sword play, were on display Friday… Continue reading

Taekwondo instructor Sterling Chase breaks five bricks with a speed kick during martial arts testing at White Crane Martial Arts in Port Angeles. Chase tested for the high rank of seventh dan
Eric Thomson landed this chinook using kandlefish jigs Monday in Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko

OUTDOORS: Absence of chinook a mystery in Strait of Juan de Fuca

THE CURIOUS CASE of the late-arriving chinook. The piecemeal run in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is a mystery so far. And the clock… Continue reading

Eric Thomson landed this chinook using kandlefish jigs Monday in Freshwater Bay. Pete Rosko