SPORTS: Port Townsend boys golf team beats North Mason 215-260

PORT TOWNSEND — Cody Piper scored 38 to spark the Port Townsend boys golf team to an easy Olympic League season opener against North Mason… Continue reading

PENINSULA COLLEGE SPORTS: First-year coach Von Vogt . . . what does he do for an encore?

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College men’s basketball coach Lance Von Vogt is going to have to do an awful lot for an encore. After guiding… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: A BCS for high schools without the computer?

STATE FOOTBALL JUST might go the way of the beauty contest. If some members of the Washington State Football Coaches Association have their way, how… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Spring light is just around the corner

STAY WITH ME, my dear Peninsulites. We’re almost out of the darkness that is a North Olympic Peninsula winter. Soon enough, we’ll be dusting off… Continue reading

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

â–  PA blackmouth — For whatever reason, it appears the chinook have decided to set up shop out in front of Ediz Hook. There’s hardly… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Razor clam closure is not a surprise

THE PREMATURE END to razor clam season at Kalaloch could hardly be labeled a surprise. As early as January, Olympic National Park coastal ecologist Steven… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Column streak broken at 77 because of illness

AS FAR AS streaks go, my 77 consecutive weeks of providing a golf column didn’t approach Cal Ripken Jr. status but it was a source… Continue reading

Peninsula College men’s basketball team wins Northwest championship, beats Pierce College 80-76

KENNEWICK — Lance Von Vogt clutched the net in his hands as he answered the question. The Peninsula College men's basketball team just claimed its… Continue reading

MEN’S BASKETBALL BULLETIN: Peninsula College wins Northwest championship

KENNEWICK — The Peninsula College men's basketball team made history tonight, winning the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges championship for the first time ever.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team upsets No. 1-ranked Tacoma to advance to semifinals at NWAACC championships

KENNEWICK — Thad Vinson, who couldn’t hit the side of a barn with a flamethrower most of the night, drilled a 3-pointer with 14 seconds… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay’s Drexler Doherty grows into more complete player

NEAH BAY — There was no need for an alarm clock in Drexler Doherty's neighborhood. His steady dribble pounded the blacktop each morning on the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay boys basketball team advances to state Class 1B semifinals for first time since 1986

SPOKANE — Drexler Doherty sank 18 points, including six points in the final moments, to spark the Neah Bay boys basketball team to the Class… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: The Big 3-0 and some truly monster steelheads

THE PASSING OF youth does not happen in a day. But on your 30th birthday — Thursday for yours truly — it certainly seems like… Continue reading

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

â–  Hoh steelhead — March is an awfully good month to be searching for steelies on the Hoh River. With a break in the weather… Continue reading

SPORTS: No. 1-ranked Colton too much for Neah Bay girls basketball team in state quarterfinals

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay girls basketball team ran into the buzzsaw of the No. 1-ranked Colton Wildcats in the first round of the Class… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team set for NWAACC tournament opener Saturday morning

KENNEWICK — Lance Von Vogt sure is setting the bar high in his first year at Peninsula College. The Pirates men’s basketball coach has his… Continue reading

SPORTS : Peninsula College men’s basketball team whips Shoreline for second seed to NWAACC championships

SEATTLE — DeShaun Freeman sparked the Peninsula College men’s basketball team to a road win over Shoreline and a No. 2 seed in the NWAACC… Continue reading

SPORTS: Regionals nothing more than state without atmosphere

THE WIAA MIGHT call it the state tournament. But trust me, the regional round of the Class 2A state basketball bracket felt like just another… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay girls and boys basketball teams earn trip to 1B Elite Eight state tournament

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — The Neah Bay girls took the easier route while the Red Devil boys took the harder trail, but at the end both… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball team plays with top team for three quarters but falls in end, just missing Elite Eight state tournament

TACOMA — The Port Angeles boys basketball coaching staff spent all year trying to persuade its team it could play with anyone. For most of… Continue reading