LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Clam, oyster seasons start early at Fort Flagler

IT TAKES A thick skin to survive in this world, or so I'm told. Apparently, it takes a shell to survive in the waters of… Continue reading

Sequim's Vance Willis

BOYS BASKETBALL: Sequim takes North Kitsap to the post, wins 70-61

SEQUIM — At Monday's practice Sequim boys basketball coach Greg Glasser encouraged his team to work the ball down low in the post on offense.… Continue reading

Sequim's Vance Willis

PREP BASKETBALL: Sequim girls upset North Kitsap; other area reports

POULSBO — The Sequim girls basketball team upset North Kitsap 34-31 to move into sole possession of second place in the Olympic League and set… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: A scenic round at West Seattle Golf Course

FROM OUR VANTAGE point atop Pigeon Point in West Seattle, the big city’s New Year’s fireworks turned out to be a real dud. I had… Continue reading

PREPS: Port Townsend, Chimacum heading up 1A Olympic League division

PORT TOWNSEND — Since he was hired as athletic director for the Port Townsend School District in mid-August, Scott Wilson has been working on establishing… Continue reading

Peninsula's Branden Charbonier

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College teams host Edmonds in NWAACC North Division home openers Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Pirates host Edmonds for their North Division women's and men's basketball home openers Wednesday. For the Peninsula women, it will… Continue reading

Peninsula's Branden Charbonier

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men, women drop division openers to Whatcom

BELLINGHAM — The Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams opened North Division play facing the NWAACC’s men’s and women’s second-leading scorers. And against the… Continue reading

Ricky Crawford of Port Angeles

WRESTLING: Port Angeles retains Axe; Forks places third

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles won its fourth consecutive Battle for the Axe as the Roughriders won all five of their matches in the tournament.… Continue reading

Ricky Crawford of Port Angeles
Forks' Halle Palmer

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Forks loses league game to Rainier 57-37

FORKS — Judging a game by its front and back cover, the Forks girls basketball team had nice 1A Evergreen League outing against Rainier. The… Continue reading

Forks' Halle Palmer
Forks' Leo Gonzales (24) stuffs a shot by Rainier's Bailey Miller. The ball became wedged in between the rim and the backboard

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks’ rally falls short against Rainier

FORKS — Forks boys basketball team fell in 1A Evergreen to Rainier 48-39 in a game that was either closer or more lopsided that the… Continue reading

Forks' Leo Gonzales (24) stuffs a shot by Rainier's Bailey Miller. The ball became wedged in between the rim and the backboard

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay routs Mary M. Knight

NEAH BAY — The Neah Bay girls basketball team beat Mary M. Knight for the second time in less than two weeks by a score… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Will the steelhead ever show up?

HOPE THAT THE hatchery steelhead will soon make a mighty winter run is dwindling. “The longer it goes, you start to wonder if [the run]… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: Will the steelhead ever show up?

HOPE THAT THE hatchery steelhead will soon make a mighty winter run is dwindling. “The longer it goes, you start to wonder if [the run]… Continue reading

WRESTLING: Port Angeles hosting Battle for the Axe on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Roughriders will look to defend its title at the ninth annual Olympic Shootout wrestling tournament, or Battle for the… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS: More anglers chasing steelhead, but success rate about the same

IT APPEARS MORE anglers are fishing for hatchery steelhead on the West End rivers, but it’s tough to say whether or not they are having… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Year in review: Part 2

HAPPY NEW YEAR, and welcome to part two of my annual look back at the way things went down golf-wise in the past year. Truthfully,… Continue reading

LEE HORTON’S SPORTS NOTES: Neah Bay football, Peninsula College soccer top Peninsula sports stories of 2013

I'M A FIRM BELIEVER that number-one rankings should not be shared. One is supposed to be a lonely number, especially at the top. If it… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles falls to Bonney Lake; Sequim drops two at tournament

BONNEY LAKE — The Port Angeles girls basketball team lost on the road to Bonney Lake in the last North Olympic Peninsula high school sports… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men go cold, take fifth at Big Bend

MOSES LAKE — The Peninsula College men’s team concluded its nonleague slate with a fifth-place showing at the Big Bend Holiday Tournament. The Pirates opened… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Forks wins title at The Rock tourney; other area reports

VASHON — After second- and third-place showings in its previous two tournaments, Forks came away with its second first-place finish of the year at The… Continue reading