SPORTS: Firecracker Classic baseball tournament opens today

PORT ANGELES — No need to wait until the Fourth of July to see some fireworks. With the 13th annual Dick Brown Memorial Firecracker Classic… Continue reading

MAT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Escape clauses for crabs

THERE’S LITTLE NUANCE behind the mind of a Dungeness crab. Outside of finding food, eating food and avoiding becoming food, little else concerns the crab… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Plenty of fireworks on links (replace your divots!)

THE MOST AMERICAN of celebrations is right around the corner. Why risk potential injury with legal and illegal fireworks? Go out and play a round… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay boy qualifies for Soap Box Derby finale

NEAH BAY — Joshua Monette qualified for the All American Soap Box Derby World Championships for the second year in a row earlier this month.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder runs out of gas at Oregon baseball tournament

SALEM, Ore. — Wilder Baseball’s tournament championship run fell one win short at the Post 9 Showcase Classic on Sunday night. The Senior Babe Ruth… Continue reading

SPORTS: New ground to cover for new Forks football coach

FORKS — Mark Feasel always wanted his own program. With the Forks football team, he’ll inherit one in need of a makeover. Feasel was named… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder playing for hardware in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. — Forget about that five-game losing streak to begin the season. After winning five of its last six, including two of three at… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum’s Cray state coaches’ association pick for player of year

CHIMACUM — The accolades continue to pile up for Chimacum junior Landon Cray. The Cowboys baseball standout, a three-time Nisqually League MVP, was named the… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Wild chinook salmon season starts Sunday

IT’S CALLED SELECTIVE fishing for a reason. Sometimes, you’ve got to throw the wild ones back in the ocean. Now is one of those times.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Matt Schubert’s five best bets to do this weekend

â–  Coastal salmon — Why not spend the sabbath chasing after salmon? Area 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay) open to wild chinook and hatchery… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Well, did you enjoy the summer?

SCUTTLEBUTT IS SUMMER arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday. Surely, my dear Peninsulites, you must know better than that. If there’s one thing… Continue reading

SPORTS: Girls basketball coach named at Port Angeles High

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles found its new head girls basketball coach sitting on the boys’ bench. The Port Angeles School District announced the selection… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A star is born at U.S. Open tournament; area golf news

YOUNG RORY WAS quite the story all week at the 2011 U.S. Open. Rory McIlroy’s performance was sublime. It also came at exactly the right… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College signs two more standouts for women’s soccer team

PORT ANGELES — Alaska soccer standouts Kendra Miner and Shelby Solomon have signed national letters of intent to play for Peninsula College this fall. Miner… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wilder Baseball sweeps a three-game series against Aberdeen

ABERDEEN — That sigh of relief heard on the North Olympic Peninsula last weekend was the elite Wilder Senior Babe Ruth Baseball program winning its… Continue reading

SPORTS: Eagles routed 52-0 by Bellingham

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Eagles picked the wrong time to break in a pair of new quarterbacks. The Eagles offense fell flat against… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Forecast is good for summer salmon season

SALMON SEASON IS almost here. North Olympic Peninsula anglers get their first tiny taste this weekend when Marine Area 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay)… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Matt Schubert’s five best bets to do this weekend

â–  Coastal salmon — The wait is over. Summer salmon begins Saturday in Area 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay). It could be good, it… Continue reading

SPORTS: Local 155 bowled over by Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles city Cal Ripken championship

PORT ANGELES — In a dynamite game Thursday night, Laurel Lanes claimed the 2011 Cal Ripken championship by defeating previously unbeaten Local 155 3-0 in… Continue reading

SPORTS: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) smackdown at 7 Cedars on Saturday night

BLYN — Bristol Marunde says athletes are built tougher on the North Olympic Peninsula. A handful of area fighters will get a chance to prove… Continue reading