SPORTS: Chimacum boys basketball team suffers first loss of year

PORT TOWNSEND — Seattle Academy stopped the Chimacum boys basketball team’s winning streak at eight Thursday night. The Cardinals (5-2) beat the Cowboys (8-1) 55-31… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum holds off archrival Port Townsend at Crush in the Slush tourney; Port Angeles beats Overlake in own tourney and other prep reports

PORT TOWNSEND — Landon Cray scorched the nets for 20 points to spark Chimacum over archrival Port Townsend in the first round of the Redskins’… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent loses by only four points to strong Kingston JV team at Winter Classic tourney in Port Angeles on Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Three players scored in double figures for the Crescent boys varsity 1B team as the Loggers came close to upsetting 2A Kingston’s… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College beats Yakima Valley at Clackamas Holiday Invitational

OREGON CITY, Ore.— Peninsula College’s J.T. Terrell ripped the nets for 27 points to spark the Pirates to an opening-round victory at the Clackamas Holiday… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball team wins own Winter Classic tournament; Elliott voted tourney MVP

PORT ANGELES — Marshall Elliot, Easton Napiontek’s backup, ripped the nets for 24 points to spark the Port Angeles boys basketball team to the championship… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles graduate presiding over Alamo Bowl, featuring Washington Huskies and Baylor Bears

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Port Angeles graduate Derrick Fox had a front-row seat to the Washington Huskies playing the Baylor Bears in the 2011 Alamo… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend boys basketball team breaks into win column

PORT TOWNSEND— Kyle Kelly sparked the Port Townsend boys basketball team to its first victory of the year Thursday night. Kelly swished in 21 points… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend wins girls title at Crush in the Slush tourney by beating archrival Chimacum in slugfest

PORT TOWNSEND — Bring out the boxing gloves in this one. Port Townsend outscored archrival Chimacum 25-9 in the fourth quarter to win 62-43 in… Continue reading

SPORTS: Raymond beats Forks in a battle of 6-1 boys basketball teams at North Beach Christmas Classic on Thursday

NORTH BEACH — Two 6-1 boys basketball teams in Forks and Raymond faced off in the opening round of the two-day North Beach Christmas Classic… Continue reading

SPORTS: 2A Port Angeles falls to 4A South Kitsap; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — Class 4A South Kitsap was a little too much for 2A Port Angeles in girls basketball nonleague action Tuesday night. The Wolves,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum boys basketball rolls to eighth straight win; beats archrival Port Townsend on Wednesday night

PORT TOWNSEND — Landon Cray scorched the nets for 20 points to spark Chimacum over archrival Port Townsend in the first round of the Redskins’… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent boys fall to King’s JV at Port Angeles basketball tourney Wednesday

PORT ANGELES — King’s held off Crescent 55-43 in the first round of the first Port Angeles Winter Classic Tournament on Wednesday. The Loggers played… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend girls basketball team rips Orting 54-14 at Crush in the Slush tournament Wednesday

PORT TOWNSEND — Irina Lyons burned the nets for 19 points to lead the Port Townsend girls basketball team to a dominating 54-14 nonleague win… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Area links planning events on, after New Year’s Eve

HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE WITH a long, rectangular package under his or her Christmas tree opened it to find something exciting like a new driver or putter… Continue reading

SPORTS: Bishop Blanchet beats Sequim in girls basketball competition Tuesday night

SEATTLE — The Sequim girls basketball team struggled on the road against Bishop Blanchet in nonleague action Tuesday night. Bishop Blanchet ran away from the… Continue reading

SPORTS: South Kitsap holds off Port Angeles in girls basketball action Tuesday night

PORT ANGELES — Class 4A South Kitsap was a little too much for 2A Port Angeles in girls basketball nonleague action Tuesday night. The Wolves,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Prep basketball tournaments set for Port Angeles and Port Townsend this week

Area prep basketball fans who stayed home for the holidays could be into a little slice of heaven this week because there will be two… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wrestling teams showing star power

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAID that there was no star power in wrestling this year on the North Olympic Peninsula because there are no returning top-three state… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Forks raises unbeaten streak to 5

FORKS — The Forks boys basketball team finds itself in unfamiliar territory as Christmas day arrives. After topping Neah Bay for the second time this… Continue reading

SPORTS: Ex-Port Angeles Roughrider looks to Rose Bowl game

PORT ANGELES — Nobody was beating down Josh Sanford’s door following his senior year of high school. Then a 6-foot-2, 260-pound all-league left tackle for… Continue reading