SPORTS: Top fish at Olson’s Resort Halibut Derby weighs 130 pounds

SEKIU — The winning flattie weighed in at more than 130 pounds at the Olson’s Resort Halibut Derby held last weekend in marine area 5,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder Baseball opens 2013 season with four games

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball, an elite Senior Babe Ruth program, opened the 2013 season 1-3 after winning the first game but dropping the next… Continue reading

Issaquah's Brian Maher

Women’s record set; Boston Marathon survivor claims overall title at North Olympic Discovery event

PORT ANGELES — The course record fell in the women's race and a Boston Marathon survivor won the men's event at the 2013 North Olympic… Continue reading

Issaquah's Brian Maher
William “Woody” Woods of Everett

‘Topped off season just right,’ fisherman who landed 225-pound halibut off Dungeness Spit says

SEQUIM — William “Woody” Woods boated from Everett to Sequim on Friday and caught the fish of his life on the last day of halibut… Continue reading

William “Woody” Woods of Everett
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225-pound halibut caught in Strait off Sequim

SEQUIM — An Everett-area fisherman pulled in a 75-inch, 225-pound halibut near Sequim on Friday. Our outdoors columnist, Lee Horton, is working on a full… Continue reading

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North Olympic Discovery Marathon highlights big running weekend

PORT ANGELES — Runners and walkers galore are in the Clallam County area this weekend for the 11th annual North Olympic Discovery Marathon, the biggest… Continue reading

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OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut season coming to end

HALIBUT, HALIBUT AND more halibut is the big news in the great outdoors as I pinch-hit for outdoors columnist Lee Horton, who had a day… Continue reading

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LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: New rowing coach has trained champions

JOHN HALBERG HAS big dreams for the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association. Among the biggest are to start a college rowing program at Peninsula College, and… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Rocky Swartzrock spends his 93rd birthday at Cedars

LAST WEEK’S COLUMN was written in advance, and I missed out on a late and great story from Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course. Sterling Epps… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim and Port Angeles softball teams set up for good 2014 seasons

The Sequim and Port Angeles softball teams left the 2A state tournament in Selah empty-handed. But it is completely reasonable to expect both teams will… Continue reading

Sophomore Sammy Rae pitches for Quilcene in Yakima. -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Quilcene’s softball team captures fourth place in state

YAKIMA — Quilcene softball did more than rewrite the history books. The Rangers, who had never won a state game in five trips, ripped the… Continue reading

Sophomore Sammy Rae pitches for Quilcene in Yakima. -- Photo by Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
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SPORTS: Another first for Quilcene as softball team wins first state game

YAKIMA — Quilcene High School just keeps coming up with those all-time firsts this 2013 spring season. For the second time in two weeks, another… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Area track athletes excel at state

While Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby had the best individual performance, the Crescent boys had the top team effort from the North Olympic Peninsula at the 2013… Continue reading

SPORTS: Joyce angler wins Port Angeles Halibut Derby

PORT ANGELES — Second time was the charm for the Port Angeles Salmon Club’s 2013 Halibut Derby winner Sunday. Robert Beauvais of Joyce won the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Area tennis players have close matches at state; other prep reports

SEATTLE — North Olympic Peninsula tennis players came up just short of placing at the state Class 2A championships. Michael and Marcus Konopaski of Port… Continue reading

SPORTS: Brocklesby wins state track title; McMullin third; Welever and Christie second

TACOMA — Sequim senior Jayson Brocklesby ended his high school track and field career with a bang. He captured the Class 2A state championship in… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Port Angeles, Sequim fall short at state softball tournament

SELAH — Port Angeles and Sequim both left the 2A state softball tournament at Carlon Park without a trophy. The Wolves made an earlier than… Continue reading

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Jayson Brocklesby

SPORTS: Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby wins state in high jump; softball games delayed

TACOMA -- Sequim's Jayson Brocklesby won the 2A state high jump title with a jump of 6 feet, 5 inches Friday at Mount Tahoma Stadium.… Continue reading

Jayson Brocklesby
Big ugly

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Halibut derby this weekend

THERE'S MONEY SWIMMING out in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Port Angeles becomes the center of halibut fishing on the North Olympic Peninsula, if… Continue reading

Big ugly

SPORTS: 1B and 1A track teams rev up for state meet

CHENEY — Crescent will rely on a trio of throwers and a couple of hurdlers intent on beating each other in its attempt to bring… Continue reading