PREP TRACK: Sequim sweep 3-way meet at Port Townsend meet

PORT TOWNSEND — Haleigh Harrison starts out where most girls finish on the high jump. Even as she works out the “kinks” in her best… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: What’s that thing in the sky?

THAT UNFAMILIAR ORANGE orb you see in the sky? I’ve been told that’s what men from earlier times once called the “sun.” Some say that… Continue reading

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

■ Lake warm up — Sunny days are here again. Break out the tackle box and untangle a few lines so you can be ready… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys dominate three-way track meet

PORT ANGELES — Better keep your eyes on Port Angeles thrower Troy Martin. As the senior state hopeful showed in the discus finals of Thursday’s… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Redtail surfperch is a little fish worth angling for in area

REDTAIL SURFPERCH ARE often the forgotten fish of the North Olympic Peninsula. Abundant in numbers, but smallish in size, the disc-like denizens of the area’s… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles shows no mercy against Olympic in softball; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles softball team is looking for a game. After yet another 10-run mercy-rule debacle Wednesday, the Roughriders are still searching.… Continue reading

Major League Baseball takes over operation of Los Angeles Dodgers

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Monday that he would appoint someone to oversee all operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers because of his "deep concerns"… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Mound Everest helps Sequim baseball team; other prep news

BASEBALL FIELDS ARE often unique. As one of the few games that allows for undefined dimensions, the sport lends itself to creative landscaping. And if… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area golf courses heating up with activity

THE SUN IS shining, the taxes are paid, temperatures are slowly inching upward and the North Olympic Peninsula golf season has started in earnest. Demo… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles holds off Sequim 3-1 in boys soccer

SEQUIM — Last year, the “curse of Chris Saari” was lifted by the Port Angeles boys soccer team. Now, after beating the Sequim Wolves 3-1… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles upsets North Kitsap 2-1 in eight innings to move up in the baseball standings; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles baseball team is making its playoff run at the right time. After belting Port Townsend on Monday, the Roughriders… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles sweeps Port Townsend in baseball and softball; other prep reports

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Angeles scored 10 runs in the third inning to beat winless Port Townsend 14-1 in an Olympic League baseball game Monday.… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT ON PREPS: Martin starts off hot

MAN HAS IT been cold this spring. And wet. Just ask any of the area’s spring sports teams, and they’ll tell you, the story of… Continue reading

SPORTS: Loggers, Riders shine at Crescent Invitational

JOYCE — The field was smaller than normal, but there was still plenty of competition at the Crescent Invitational track and field meet Saturday. One… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Great time to fish West End rivers

APRIL CAN BE a mighty fine month for West End river buffs. The out-of-town crowd begins to tail off as interest in the winter steelhead… Continue reading

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

■ Sol Duc steelhead — Steelhead and springers are sharing space on the Sol Duc. No matter which one you happen to hook, you really… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College basketball coach Von Vogt named coach of the year

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s first-year head coach Lance Von Vogt was named the 2011 NWAACC men’s basketball coach of the year Thursday. Von Vogt’s… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys, Sequim girls dominate three-way Olympic League track meet; other prep reports

SILVERDALE — The Sequim girls and Port Angeles boys dominated a three-way Olympic League track and field meet at Olympic High School on Thursday. The… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim comes from behind to beat archrival Port Angeles 12-10 in sloppy, muddy baseball game

SEQUIM — Only one pitcher conquered Mound Everest amid Thursday afternoon’s damp, drizzly chill at Sequim High School. Oddly enough, it was a knuckleballer. Jake… Continue reading

SPORTS: A heartbreaker as Montesano defeats Forks 3-2 in overtime in boys soccer

FORKS — Juan Carlos Beltran scored two goals within a minute of each other in the second half but the Forks boys soccer team fell… Continue reading