PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball loses first league game; other area reports

KINGSTON — The Port Angeles girls basketball team still holds a two-game lead in the Olympic League standings, but its league record is unblemished no… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Neah Bay boys still No. 1 in AP poll; Neah Bay girls ranked fourth

Washington Boys Basketball Prep Poll SEATTLE — How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Area courses hosting Super Bowl-inspired tournaments

A BUNDLE OF nerves is what I will likely be reduced to for Super Bowl XLVIII, the biggest Seahawks game I will ever have witnessed… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Madylan Coventon leaps during her floor routine.

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles gymnastics takes second at home meet; other area reports

PORT ANGELES — Madylan Coventon placed second in all four events to lead Port Angeles to a second-place finish in its lone home meet of… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Madylan Coventon leaps during her floor routine.
Port Angeles senior Austin Polly and the Roughriders have an important game against Kingston tonight at Port Angeles High School. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles in postseason hunt

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team hosts Kingston tonight in a key Olympic League matchup. The Roughriders and the Buccaneers are both… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Austin Polly and the Roughriders have an important game against Kingston tonight at Port Angeles High School. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Sequim's Vance Willis (12) tries to get around Olympic's Darren Towne (50) during the Wolves' overtime win over the Trojans at Olympic High School. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS PREP SPORTS: Sequim basketball beats Olympic in overtime; other area reports

BREMERTON — The Sequim boys basketball team took over sole possession of second place in the Olympic League by beating Olympic 57-55 in overtime. The… Continue reading

Sequim's Vance Willis (12) tries to get around Olympic's Darren Towne (50) during the Wolves' overtime win over the Trojans at Olympic High School. Jeff Halstead/for Peninsula Daily News
A retired jersey for Bernie Fryer hangs from the ceiling of the Peninsula College gym as members of the 1970 championship team are honored. Pictured are

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula beats Olympic behind strong second half

PORT ANGELES — At halftime, Peninsula College honored its title-winning 1970 men's basketball team and retired Bernie Fryer's No. 32 jersey. The current men's team… Continue reading

A retired jersey for Bernie Fryer hangs from the ceiling of the Peninsula College gym as members of the 1970 championship team are honored. Pictured are
Port Angeles High School graduate Macy Walker

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Former Port Angeles Roughriders Frazier and Walker helping rebuild Olympic program

PORT ANGELES — When Peninsula and Olympic faced off, it was more than Pirates versus Rangers. It was Roughriders versus Roughriders. On one side were… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School graduate Macy Walker
Peninsula's Alison Knowles drives past Olympic's Amanda Carper in the second half of the Pirates' 64-58 win. Knowles finished with a game-high 15 points. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula Pirates survive Olympic

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College women's basketball team rode the strength of a 21-5 run over 9:35 of the first half and survived a… Continue reading

Peninsula's Alison Knowles drives past Olympic's Amanda Carper in the second half of the Pirates' 64-58 win. Knowles finished with a game-high 15 points. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

WRESTLING: Port Angeles places second at Kelso invite

KELSO — The Port Angeles Roughriders wrestling team responded to its first Olympic League dual loss in nearly three years by finishing second at the… Continue reading

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll celebrates with Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson. The Associated Press

Seahawks rally, beat 49ers 23-17 for NFC title

By The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down and Seattle's top-ranked defense forced two late turnovers,… Continue reading

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll celebrates with Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson. The Associated Press
Chimacum's Mechelle Nisbet (4) is fouled while going up for a basket against Cedar Park's Nicole Kaufman at Chimacum High School. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Chimacum falls to Cedar Park Christian; other area results

CHIMACUM — The Chimacum Cowboys were outmatched by the taller, more experienced Eagles in Nisqually League girls basketball action. “Their length really bothered us,” Chimacum… Continue reading

Chimacum's Mechelle Nisbet (4) is fouled while going up for a basket against Cedar Park's Nicole Kaufman at Chimacum High School. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Native steelhead run should be arriving

ANGLERS MIGHT BE able to have their fish, eat it and watch the Seahawks, too. With the late start to Sunday's NFC Championship Game between… Continue reading

Sequim's Alexas Besand (45) tracks down a loose ball ahead of teammates Jordan Miller (30) and Hailey Lester (3) and Port Townsend's Megan Lee (14). Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys, girls hold off Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Propelled in each game by first-half scoring runs, the Sequim boys and girls basketball teams shut down fourth-quarter challenges to claim a… Continue reading

Sequim's Alexas Besand (45) tracks down a loose ball ahead of teammates Jordan Miller (30) and Hailey Lester (3) and Port Townsend's Megan Lee (14). Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling dominates Rochester; other area reports

FORKS — The Forks wrestling team had a dominating performance, beating 1A Evergreen foe Rochester 63-3. “I was very pleased with the team's performance,” Spartans… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula Pirates sweep Everett

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team earned its first NWAACC North Division win of the season and the women improved to 2-2… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kylee Jeffers

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles, zone defense continue to roll in win over Olympic

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles girls basketball team is in the zone. There's the 9-0 league record after beating the Olympic Trojans 58-40. But… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Kylee Jeffers

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Native steelhead run should be arriving

ANGLERS MIGHT BE able to have their fish, eat it and watch the Seahawks, too. With the late start to Sunday's NFC Championship Game between… Continue reading

Sequim's Alexas Besand (45) tracks down a loose ball ahead of teammates Jordan Miller (30) and Hailey Lester (3) and Port Townsend's Megan Lee (14). Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim boys, girls hold off Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Propelled in each game by first-half scoring runs, the Sequim boys and girls basketball teams shut down fourth-quarter challenges to claim a… Continue reading

Sequim's Alexas Besand (45) tracks down a loose ball ahead of teammates Jordan Miller (30) and Hailey Lester (3) and Port Townsend's Megan Lee (14). Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling dominates Rochester; other area reports

FORKS — The Forks wrestling team had a dominating performance, beating 1A Evergreen foe Rochester 63-3. “I was very pleased with the team's performance,” Spartans… Continue reading