THE GAME: Long-awaited Port Angeles-Sequim showdown for league crown finally is here

PORT ANGELES -- The wait is finally over. After weeks of anticipation over what may very well be the biggest football game in the rivalry's… Continue reading

SPORTS: Big Game got bigger as Port Angeles, Sequim both in Top 10

PORT ANGELES -- The big game just got a little bigger. Not only will Friday night's showdown between Port Angeles and Sequim be played out… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer team in playoffs — after losing game

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's soccer team backed its way into the NWAACC playoffs after falling 1-0 to Highline on Wednesday at Civic… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area golf courses aren’t very spooky

HAVING PLAYED ALL the North Olympic Peninsula courses and having grown up here, I've yet to hear of any golf-related ghost stories from our area… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Kitsap beats Port Angeles 3-1 in volleyball; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles volleyball team did something no other Olympic League squad has done all season. Unfortunately for the Roughriders, they didn't… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles High School prepares for thousands of fans at big football game against archrival Sequim on Friday

PORT ANGELES -- How big is Friday night's football game between Port Angeles and Sequim? Almost too big for Port Angeles' Civic Field. More than… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum Cowboys win third straight do-or-die football game

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nobody puts these Chimacum Cowboys in a corner. The Cowboys refuse to go away in the Class 1A Nisqually League playoff race… Continue reading

SPORTS: Quilcene volleyball team qualifies for playoffs; other prep reports

QUILCENE -- The Quilcene volleyball team qualified for the playoffs by winning two Sea-Tac League matches this past week. In recent action, the Rangers won… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Rain coming this weekend should help fishing and hunting

WANT AFFIRMATION FROM a high power? Start praying for rain on the North Olympic Peninsula. It won't take very long for you to get a… Continue reading

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

• Hoodsport chum -- The great Hood Canal chum run is in. These frightening fish have flooded the waters around Hoodsport Hatchery in the last… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum faces Cedar Park Christian in crucial football game

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chimacum football team should be used to this by now. For the third straight week, the Cowboys find themselves in a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay beats Crescent for North Olympic League volleyball championship

JOYCE -- No experience needed. At least that's the way it seemed as the youthful Neah Bay volleyball team shut down Crescent 3-0 to repeat… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend duo go 1-2 at boys Olympic League Cross Country Championships

SEQUIM -- Bereket Piatt wasn't about to make the same mistake twice. A year after getting caught on the homestretch by North Kitsap's Tabor Reedy,… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Beauty is hook deep

CHUM SALMON DON'T need any help around Halloween. They're scary enough as it is. As one writer put it a few years ago, spawning chum… Continue reading

SPORTS: Olympic League meet today might add to array of past state cross country champions

SEQUIM -- Pat Durr felt compelled to make a prediction after the Salt Creek Invitational in September. Kingston's Marina Roberts had just dominated a field… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Spooky Halloween event set for Port Townsend Golf Club

A GENTLEMAN FROM Port Townsend wrote in with some kind words for my column and a query. Flattery will get you everywhere with me, so… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay beats Clallam Bay in volleyball, sets up championship showdown with Crescent; Port Angeles beats Sequim 5-3 in girls soccer and other prep reports

NEAH BAY -- The Neah Bay volleyball team moved into a tie for first place after beating Clallam Bay 3-0 on Tuesday to set up… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim beats Port Angeles 3-0 in key volleyball match; both teams tied for second in league

PORT ANGELES -- A single tear welled up in Christine Halberg's right eye as she tried to find the right words. It was the same… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent volleyball team warms up for rival Neah Bay by beating Sequim JV 3-1

JOYCE -- The Crescent volleyball team used a 3-1 nonleague victory over the Sequim JV on Monday as a tune-up for a showdown with Neah… Continue reading

SPORTS: Four advance for Port Angeles at the boys tennis subdistrict championships

TACOMA -- Four Port Angeles players advanced at the Class 2A subdistrict boys tennis tournament Friday at Clover Park High School. The Olympic League, South… Continue reading