SPORTS: Forks beats Neah Bay 50-33 in boys basketball Saturday

NEAH BAY — Braden Decker scored 17 points to spark Forks to a 50-33 nonleague victory against Neah Bay on Saturday. The Red Devils scored… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay beats Forks 65-25 in girls basketball Saturday

NEAH BAY — Kaela Tyler ripped the nets for 20 points and Cherish Moss added 16 to spark Neah Bay to an easy romp over… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles slips past Olympic in girls basketball

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic League schedule is no longer a string of double-digit blowouts for the Port Angeles girls basketball team. As the Roughriders’… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim boys basketball team remains perfect on year; other prep reports

BELFAIR — The Sequim boys basketball team came into the season regarded as one of the Olympic League’s top teams. After winning its fifth straight… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Steelies cause a ruckus at West End rivers

THE WEST END turned into a parking lot last weekend. The rivers were finally in fishing shape, hatchery steelhead were swarming like a plague of… Continue reading

Port Townsend girls basketball falls at North Kitsap

POULSBO — The Port Townsend girls basketball team’s struggles at the free throw line came back to haunt them Thursday night. The Redskins saw a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum sweeps Forks in boys and girls basketball; Port Angeles beats Kingston in wrestling and other prep reports

CHIMACUM — The first two weeks of the Chimacum boys basketball team’s schedule looked grueling enough, with six games in 12 days. The way the… Continue reading

Chimacum boys hoops tops Forks, other prep scores from Wednesday

CHIMACUM — The Chimacum boys basketball team won its fourth game in eight days Tuesday night, holding off a late Forks rally to claim a… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: The 2011 mushroom contest [**Gallery**]

FUNGI HAS A way of popping up in unexpected places. Throughout my time on the North Olympic Peninsula, I have become acquainted with that fact.… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Port Townsend High School considers jumping to Nisqually League

THE FUTURE OF the Port Townsend athletic department will be decided in the next 10 days. After a spirited school board meeting a few weeks… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Family history at U.S. Senior Open course

I KNEW THAT name sounded familiar. The 2012 U.S. Senior Open will be held at Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Lake Orion, Mich., and… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum boys basketball rolls to 3-0 start; Forks boys win first game; Chimacum girls lose; Port Angeles wrestling wins tournament

CHIMACUM — The Chimacum boys basketball team remained perfect on the year by pounding Auburn Adventist Academy 70-49 in nonleague action Monday night. Quinn Eldridge… Continue reading

SPORTS: Clallam Bay beats Forks JV in boys basketball

CLALLAM BAY — The Clallam Bay boys basketball team turned a close first-half game into a rout in a 56-40 nonleague victory over Forks JV… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles and Kingston showdown in wrestling Wednesday night could determine the Olympic League title down the road

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic League wrestling title might be decided Wednesday night in the first dual meet of the season at Port Angeles High… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball rolls over North Mason on Tuesday night

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys basketball team rebounded from its first lost of the season with a dominating performance form start to finish… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball stuns North Mason

BELFAIR — Nine players scored for the Port Angeles girls basketball team in a balanced attack against North Mason in an Olympic League game Tuesday… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend rallies past Sequim in girls basketball action Tuesday night

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend girls basketball team rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to earn their first Olympic League win… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim easily handles Port Townsend in boys basketball action Tuesday night

SEQUIM — The Sequim boys basketball team took advantage of the young and inexperienced Port Townsend Redskins to remain unbeaten Tuesday night. The Wolves won… Continue reading

SPORTS: Forks boys basketball team gets by North Beach in nonleague competition

FORKS — It wasn’t pretty but the Forks boys basketball team held off North Beach 38-27 in nonleague action Monday night. It was the first… Continue reading

SPORTS: In the zone; dirty word for some, solid defense for others in girls basketball

There is a stigma attached to zone defense at all levels of basketball. To some coaches, using one is tantamount to sacrificing your basketball bona… Continue reading