SPORTS: A heartbreaker for Forks boys basketball team that loses in double overtime in district tournament; other prep reports

CENTRALIA — It took two overtimes for Kalama to subdue Forks in the first round of the double-elimination Class 1A Southwest District boys basketball tournament… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball team nips Kingston on Saturday for third seed to districts

SILVERDALE — Mariah Frazier grabbed a defensive rebound with both teams tied 45-all in the final seconds, threw the ball down the court to Kiah… Continue reading

OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sol Duc steelhead attracting hordes of anglers

THE STEELHEAD ARE at or near their peak, and um, well, so are the anglers in the crowded but very fruitful Sol Duc River on… Continue reading

SPORTS: Playoff weekend for winter sports, including boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys swimming and gymnastics

The winding down of the high school winter sports season can mean only one thing. Playoffs and postseason tournaments. North Olympic Peninsula teams enter playoffs… Continue reading

OUTDOORS COLUMN: Presidents Day weekend salmon derby promises to be best ever

THE 2012 OLYMPIC Peninsula Salmon Derby, scheduled for Presidents Day weekend on Feb. 18-20, is being billed as the best ever. Like last year, the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent boys basketball team beats Clallam Bay; other prep reports

JOYCE — Joel Williams shot the lights out with 27 points and added 10 rebounds and five steals to lead the Crescent boys basketball team… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball team defeats Sequim

SEQUIM — Kiah Jones and Paxton Rodocker combined for 24 points to spark the Port Angeles girls basketball team to a 48-30 win over archrival… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim boys basketball team holds off archrival Port Angeles for second place in Olympic League

SEQUIM — Corbin Webb ended his high school career at his home Rick Kaps Gym with a bang. The 6-foot-2 Sequim senior was on fire… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls beat Sequim, earn at least tie for second place

SEQUIM — The Class 2A Port Angeles girls basketball team earned at least a tie for second place with 3A Bremerton by beating archrival Sequim… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Vandals strike at Port Townsend golf course

TROUBLEMAKERS VANDALIZED THE Port Townsend Golf Club on Sunday night, less than a week before the club’s “first major of the year,” the Arctic Open.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College signs five players to men’s soccer team

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College soccer coach Andrew Chapman this past week signed five very talented recruits, including two national champions out of Reno and… Continue reading

SPORTS: Webb sparks Sequim to 58-51 win over Port Angeles for second place in boys basketball action Tuesday night

SEQUIM — Corbin Webb’s final game at Rick Kaps Gym ended on a high note. The 6-foot-2 senior was on fire in the third quarter… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball visits Sequim to play for second place

SEQUIM — Games don’t get any bigger than this. The Port Angeles boys basketball team plays at Sequim tonight (at 7) in the final game… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s and women’s basketball teams split with Skagit Valley

MOUNT VERNON — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team hit the century mark again in slaying the Skagit Valley Cardinals 104-92 on Saturday night. The… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles, Forks dominate subregional wrestling tournaments; Sequim and Port Townsend also qualify six wrestlers each for regionals

North Olympic Peninsula wrestling teams make a statement at their subregional tournaments Friday and Saturday. There will be 32 area wrestlers moving on to regional… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim and Forks boys basketball teams both win crucial league games

SEQUIM — Jayson brocklesby burned the nets with 24 points to spark the Sequim boys basketball team to a crucial Olympic League victory Saturday night.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum boys basketball team holds off Life Christian in crucial game; other boys basketball reports

CHIMACUM — The Chimacum boys basketball team cemented at top-four playoff seed by beating Life Christian Academy of Tacoma in a crucial Nisqually League game… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay’s girls basketball team easily beats undermanned Crescent; other girls basketball results

JOYCE — State Class 1B girls basketball power Neah Bay had few problems with an undermanned Crescent team in North Olympic League action Friday night.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sol Duc River will be teeming with steelhead and anglers this weekend

FINALLY, THE RIVERS are cooperating and the steelhead are biting. And these steelies, this time are year, are the big ’uns. Fishing has been awful… Continue reading

SPORTS: Forks boys basketball team limps past Rochester; other prep reports

FORKS — Minus one of the top players on their team, the Forks Spartans boys basketball squad held off Rochester 48-45 in overtime Wednesday on… Continue reading