Port Angeles' Derek Schumacher

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles beat North Mason 74-64

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team equaled its win total from last year with a 74-64 Olympic League victory over North Mason.… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Derek Schumacher

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Anglers, steelhead waiting for rain

ANGLERS HAVE THEIR gear all ready and are just waiting for more steelhead to catch. Meanwhile, the steelhead are lingering at the bottom of the… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Send-off planned for Port Townsend’s Early

GOLFING WEATHER OF late has been a trifle frightful, those frozen fairways the opposite of delightful, but as long as it doesn’t snow, feel free… Continue reading

Port Townsend guard Cody Russell (2) uses a screen from teammate James Delagarza

PREP SPORTS: Port Townsend boys basketball falls to Kingston; other area reports

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend boys basketball team fell to Kingston 38-29 thanks to a scoreless fourth quarter. The Redskins and Buccaneers went into… Continue reading

Port Townsend guard Cody Russell (2) uses a screen from teammate James Delagarza

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Duck hunt gets assist from wind

THE NORTH OLYMPIC Peninsula has been experiencing a roller coaster weather pattern recently. The Peninsula freezes over, then thaws. Then it freezes again, and appears… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Send-off planned for Port Townsend’s Early

GOLFING WEATHER OF late has been a trifle frightful, those frozen fairways the opposite of delightful, but as long as it doesn’t snow, feel free… Continue reading

Quilcene's Megan Weller (21) dribbles past Rainier Christian's Heather Hoyt. Weller scored 10 points in the Rangers' 30-29 win. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP SPORTS: Quilcene girls basketball wins 30-29; other area reports

QUILCENE — The Quilcene girls basketball team won a 30-29 squeaker against Rainier Christian. “A high volume of turnovers, sloppy play, and rushed effort made… Continue reading

Quilcene's Megan Weller (21) dribbles past Rainier Christian's Heather Hoyt. Weller scored 10 points in the Rangers' 30-29 win. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula College assistant soccer coach Tim Tucker.

COLLEGE SOCCER: Peninsula College’s Tim Tucker selected as assistant coach of the year

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College assistant soccer coach Tim Tucker has been named the National Junior College West Region Assistant Coach of the Year by… Continue reading

Peninsula College assistant soccer coach Tim Tucker.

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Send-off planned for Port Townsend’s Early

GOLFING WEATHER OF late has been a trifle frightful, those frozen fairways the opposite of delightful, but as long as it doesn’t snow, feel free… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim girls lose to Crosspoint Academy

BREMERTON — Sequim couldn’t find its scoring touch in a 33-27 loss to Crosspoint Academy in nonleague girls basketball action. “We played our best game… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec (16) runs the ball against Touchet during the 1B state championship game at the Tacoma Dome. Svec

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay expects success to continue

NEAH BAY — Not long after Neah Bay had wrapped up the 1B football state championship, senior quarterback Josiah Greene was looking forward to the… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Cole Svec (16) runs the ball against Touchet during the 1B state championship game at the Tacoma Dome. Svec

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula Pirates beat Grays Harbor 76-64

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team pulled away from Grays Harbor in the final 10 minutes to improve to 3-0 on the… Continue reading

PREPS: Quilcene sweeps basketball doubleheader with Crescent; All-North Olympic League volleyball awards

JOYCE — The Quilcene Rangers won both ends of a basketball doubleheader against the Crescent Loggers in convincing fashion. The Quilcene girls beat the Loggers… Continue reading

Peninsula's Geno Horsley

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: McKinney scores 27 as Peninsula College opens Pirate Classic with close win

PORT ANGELES — Young teams aren’t supposed to win close games. However, the Peninsula College men’s basketball team, without a single returner on the floor,… Continue reading

Peninsula's Geno Horsley
Forks' Sebastian Morales

PREP SPORTS: Forks wrestling wins Forks Invitational; other prep reports

FORKS — Forks opened its season by winning its own wrestling invitational. The Spartans had to bow out of the Port Angeles Jamboree earlier in… Continue reading

Forks' Sebastian Morales
Port Townsend's Patricia Reeves

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim sweeps doubleheader with Port Townsend

SEQUIM — Sequim’s boys and girls basketball teams got the best of their Port Townsend counterparts in an Olympic League doubleheader at Rick Kaps Gymnasium.… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Patricia Reeves
Neah Bay lineman Carl Mack (39) and teammates Mitchell McGee (21)

PREP FOOTBALL: How Neah Bay returned to state championship glory

TACOMA — Nothing was going to keep Neah Bay from being state champions this year. Not sore hamstrings or banged-up knees. Not the Touchet Indians.… Continue reading

Neah Bay lineman Carl Mack (39) and teammates Mitchell McGee (21)
Port Angeles swimmer John Macias swam to state-qualifying times in 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke in the Roughriders' first home meet of the season.

PREP SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball holds off Olympic; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — New season, new Roughriders. Port Angeles moved to 2-0 on the season by holding off Olympic 74-72 in Olympic League boys basketball… Continue reading

Port Angeles swimmer John Macias swam to state-qualifying times in 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke in the Roughriders' first home meet of the season.

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Christmas Bird Counts kick off with warm-up Saturday

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT the Christmas season that makes me want to count birds. I went for a walk the other day and saw seven swans… Continue reading

Neah Bay players celebrate with the trophy after they beat Touchet 36-18 in the Class 1B high school football championship game at the Tacoma Dome. Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press

SIMPLY THE BEST! Neah Bay wins 1B state championship by beating Touchet 36-18 [Gallery]

TACOMA -- Nothing was going to keep Neah Bay from being state champions this year. Not sore hamstrings or banged-up knees. Not the Touchet Indians.… Continue reading

Neah Bay players celebrate with the trophy after they beat Touchet 36-18 in the Class 1B high school football championship game at the Tacoma Dome. Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press