Lots of mud, lots of speed, lots of noise at downhill mountain bike races [**Gallery AND Video**]

PORT ANGELES — The mud-speckled spectators of Port Angeles' Dry Hill reveled in the Sunday afternoon drizzle. Armed with bullhorns, boomboxes and cowbells throughout the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Monument to youth baseball/softball volunteers unveiled in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Art Girt sipped his sparkling cider to keep from choking up. His former coaching partner, Denver Gouge, as well as fellow longtime… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Little tykes to go fishing in Port Angeles Kids Fish Derby

WANT TO ENTERTAIN yourself for a couple of hours? Park somewhere along either of the Lincoln Park ponds Saturday morning and take a good look… Continue reading

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

â–  Kids get hooked — Want to get your kid hooked to fishing? Bring him (or her) by the Port Angeles Kids Fishing Derby on… Continue reading

SPORTS: Class 1A powerhouse Chimacum blasts Sequim 17-0 in baseball

SEQUIM — Midway through the season, the Chimacum Cowboys baseball team is starting to look like a Class 1A contender once again. Coming off a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Olympic Peninsula Eagles semipro football team looking for a few big men

PORT ANGELES — Where’s the beef? That’s what Olympic Peninsula Eagles head coach Mike McMahan is wondering after several weeks of practice for his semipro… Continue reading

SPORTS: Mountain biking returns to Dry Hill for Northwest Cup qualifying event

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Dirt Society can do more than just shovel around dirt. As it turns out, the downhill mountain biking club based… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Fly fisherman in his ‘special place’

DOUG ROSE MAY never run out of things to do on the North Olympic Peninsula. An avid fly fisherman, bird hunter and writer, the 61-year-old… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS RESULTS: Sequim baseball team handling marathon week just fine, thank you

SEQUIM — Midway through its marathon week, the Sequim baseball team is in good shape. The Wolves won their second game in a row Tuesday,… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Get your 2012 Master’s tickets now! Two Port Angeles golfers already there

THE TOUGHEST TICKET in golf, if not all of sports, became a little more obtainable Monday. Just as practice rounds were beginning for this weekend’s… Continue reading

SPORTS: Ex-Port Angeles star sparks Gonzaga’s baseball hopes

SPOKANE — Eric Lane had to wait two extra years. But now that he's finally reached the highest level of college baseball, the Port Angeles… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Kingston blanks Sequim in soccer 3-0

SEQUIM — Kingston spoiled the Sequim boys soccer team’s return from spring break with a 3-0 nonleague victory Monday. “We didn’t practice during spring break… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT COLUMN: ‘Madman’ goes to watch the roller derby ‘dolls’

TALK ABOUT A quandary. How exactly does a man write about a flat track roller derby event without sounding like a complete creep? Can I… Continue reading

Bye-bye FSN: New name — Root Sports — same channel for Mariners games starting tonight

Peninsula Daily News news sources It's April 1, but this is no foolin' -- for years Seattle Mariners fans have watched most games on Fox… Continue reading

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MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: No April fooling, new fishing license needed today

WE’VE ALL DONE it before (or at least I have). You head out to your favorite hole in all your outdoor duds, you get to… Continue reading

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

â–  Derby days — Peninsula anglers get another blackmouth derby with the inaugural Discovery Bay Volunteer Fire Fighters Salmon Derby coming to the east side… Continue reading

SPORTS: Forks boys soccer loses 1-0 heartbreaker to Tenino

TENINO — The Forks boys soccer team left the rain forest for the I-5 corridor to get in an Evergreen Division game despite two days… Continue reading

SPORTS: Madison, Doherty named to all-state basketball teams

SEATTLE — Port Angeles senior Jessica Madison finished her career as the Roughriders’ all-time leading scorer. Now, she may very well be the first Port… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Salmon derbies spawn

BLESSED ARE THE litigious. They are given two salmon derbies where there was once one. Six weeks after the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby had its… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Getting smart about phones; Discovery Bay and SkyRidge events

I ENTERED THE age of the smartphone by purchasing a used Android phone recently. I’m young enough to have never lived in a home without… Continue reading