Wilder shortstop Dan Harker

BASEBALL: Firecracker Classic begins today in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The 16th annual Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Classic kicks off today with a pair of games featuring Wilder Baseball teams. Wilder Junior… Continue reading

Wilder shortstop Dan Harker
Eric Lane

BASEBALL: Former Port Angeles standout Lane returns for Firecracker Classic

PORT ANGELES — When the Wilder Baseball junior team opens the 16th annual Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Classic today at Civic Field with a game… Continue reading

Eric Lane

OUTDOORS: Crab season starts today

TEST CRAB FISHERIES conducted in April and May by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and tribal harvest were solid, leading the state to… Continue reading

GOLF: SunLand’s Sweet looks forward to next shot at PGA Championship

SUNLAND PRO TYLER Sweet ran into unforgiving bermuda greens and challenging course setups during his time at the PGA Professionals National Championship, but can’t wait… Continue reading

Wilder's Brady Konopaski

BASEBALL: Wilder Senior sweeps Castle Rock; Junior squad falls in title game

PORT ANGELES — Wilder Baseball continued its strong start to the season, with the senior squad sweeping a three-game weekend series at Civic Field with… Continue reading

Wilder's Brady Konopaski

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Pairs tennis tourney in Sequim

Pairs tennis tourney set in Sequim SEQUIM — The 2014 Sequim Doubles Tennis Tournament will be held at the Sequim High School tennis courts at… Continue reading

YOUTH SPORTS: North Olympic Baseball and Softball tournament teams announced

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Baseball and Softball has named five teams to take part in post-season competition this summer. The league will enter the… Continue reading

Ella Ruiz

SPORTS: Summer training increases strength, speed

PORT ANGELES — Every athlete wants to be faster and stronger. Doing so takes hard work, but it also takes smart work. “There's two or… Continue reading

Ella Ruiz

BASEBALL: Wilder Junior makes Anacortes Wood Bat Tournament title game

ANACORTES — Wilder Junior began pool play at the Anacortes Wood Bat Tournament on a roll after an 8-0 six-inning mercy-rule shutout of East Valley… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Dana Fox earned match medalist honors in every Olympic League match this season and placed sixth at the 2A state tournament. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS GOLF: Fox completes successful high school career as All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — Dana Fox recently wrapped the most successful Port Angeles High School girls golf career in more than a decade. It all started… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Dana Fox earned match medalist honors in every Olympic League match this season and placed sixth at the 2A state tournament. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Sequim freshman Alex McMenamin had the best nine-hole scoring average in the Olympic League. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS GOLF: Freshman phenom McMenamin earns All-Peninsula MVP

SEQUIM — Sequim freshman Alex McMenamin burst onto the Olympic League girls golf scene this season, making the game seem easy by garnering low rounds… Continue reading

Sequim freshman Alex McMenamin had the best nine-hole scoring average in the Olympic League. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Final countdown to summer salmon season

IT'S THE FINAL countdown to salmon season in Marine Area 5 (Sekiu), Marine Area 6 (eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca) and Marine Area 9… Continue reading

Fisherman in a drift boat fish Allen's Bar on the Hoh River. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the river's spring and summer hatchery chinook fishery. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Hoh River chinook closure irks area anglers and guides

FORKS — Nobody seems to be happy with the most recent effort by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect wild stock salmon… Continue reading

Fisherman in a drift boat fish Allen's Bar on the Hoh River. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the river's spring and summer hatchery chinook fishery. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Final countdown to summer salmon season

IT'S THE FINAL countdown to salmon season in Marine Area 5 (Sekiu), Marine Area 6 (eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca) and Marine Area 9… Continue reading

Fisherman in a drift boat fish Allen's Bar on the Hoh River. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the river's spring and summer hatchery chinook fishery. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Hoh River chinook closure irks area anglers and guides

FORKS — Nobody seems to be happy with the most recent effort by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect wild stock salmon… Continue reading

Fisherman in a drift boat fish Allen's Bar on the Hoh River. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the river's spring and summer hatchery chinook fishery. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Hold off on rescuing that wild baby animal

A FURRY LITTLE family of deer lives in back of me on an undeveloped lot near Lincoln Park. We've developed a cordial relationship, I give… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Hold off on rescuing that wild baby animal

A FURRY LITTLE family of deer lives in back of me on an undeveloped lot near Lincoln Park. We've developed a cordial relationship, I give… Continue reading

GOLF: SunLand’s Sweet competes with other PGA professionals

TYLER SWEET, THE SunLand Golf & Country Club head pro and general manager, recently ventured down to South Carolina to compete in the PGA Professional… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL: Sequim’s Wright named All-State

SEQUIM — Honors keep rolling in for recent Sequim High School graduate Brett Wright. Wright was named Tuesday to the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: North Olympic Peninsula represented at All-Star Classic

YAKIMA — North Olympic Peninsula football was well-represented at Saturday's 20th annual Earl Barden All-Star Classic, a contest matching the best recently-graduated players in classes… Continue reading