SPORTS: Defending Olympic League girls basketball champions Port Angeles Roughriders ready to battle

PORT ANGELES -- Who wants to hit the fast-forward button? Surely, a few members of the Port Angeles girls basketball team wouldn't mind doing so.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Girls basketball preview capsules for area 2A-/1A teams

Port Angeles (2A) • Head coach: Mike Knowles (ninth year; 161-38 overall). • Last year: 16-0 in Olympic League, 18-5 overall; reached districts. • Returning… Continue reading

SPORTS: Prep basketball preview . . . is the 3-pointer bad for kids?

Greg Glasser was a senior at Spanaway when the 3-point line was first introduced to high school basketball in 1987. The first thing he did… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Steelhead are still running strong

ONE WOULD'VE THOUGHT Morgan Freeman was enough. We give FIFA the movie star of "Shawshank Redemption," and they give us the cold shoulder on our… Continue reading

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

• Go steelheading -- Forget about Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkah. The real December tradition on the North Olympic Peninsula is steelhead fishing. Given the crowds… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim boys basketball team beats Bainbridge 64-59

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND -- The Sequim boys basketball team (1-0) kicked off the season with a come-from-behind 64-59 nonleague win against Bainbridge (0-1) on Wednesday. "I… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Hurricane Ridge getting ready for snow, ski lovers

THE STREETS ARE safe once again. And now that Snowmageddon 2010 has come and gone, it's time to start thinking about Hurricane Ridge. After all,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys basketball pounds W.F. West in first game of season

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles came out on fire and beat highly respected W.F. West 64-51 in its first boys basketball game of the season… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Cedars at Dungeness golf director earns award

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN order for Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course PGA director of golf and general manager Bill Shea. Dungeness is in Sequim. Shea is… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer coach Andrew Chapman named coach of the year

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College men's soccer coach Andrew Chapman was named the NWAACC coach of the year Tuesday. It was the second time in… Continue reading

SPORTS SPECIAL: The mushroom contest

EDITORS NOTE -- Columnist Matt Schubert's work usually appears in Sports, Page B1, on Thursdays and Fridays. This bonus column chronicles the PDN's third annual… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay falls to nemesis Lummi in 1B state football semifinals

TACOMA -- The Lummi Blackhawk big-play machine struck again Saturday. The second-ranked Blackhawks eliminated Neah Bay in the Class 1B state football semifinals for the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball opens season with two close losses

LONGVIEW -- The Peninsula College men's basketball team opened the 2010-2011 season with two close losses at the Red Devil Classic on Friday and Saturday.… Continue reading

UPDATE: State playoff scores; Neah Bay loses to Lummi

1B Football Championship Semifinal Lummi 61, Neah Bay 14 2B Football Championship Semifinal South Bend 28, Orcas Island 12 3A Football Championship Semifinal Bellevue 35,… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: On snow and steelhead

WANT SOMETHING TO be thankful for? All the snow you see sitting on the ground right now should be gone by the end of the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay faces Lummi in semifinal game in Tacoma on Saturday

TACOMA -- It seems only fitting, doesn't it? A year after seeing its dream season denied by the Lummi Blackhawks, Neah Bay has a chance… Continue reading

SPORTS: New Peninsula College basketball coach draws on Greek philospher

PORT ANGELES -- Lance Von Vogt's goals aren't much different from any other college basketball coach. Championships, division titles, banners hanging from the rafters .… Continue reading

Dec. 15 meeting on proposed Elwha River (and possible Lake Sutherland) fishing moratorium

EDITOR'S NOTE — In addition to this article, see related November 2009 story below, "Lower Elwha Klallam tribe studying Lake Sutherland kokanee." PORT ANGELES —… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Giving some sporty thanks

TURKEY IS THAWING and grandma just said something wildly inappropriate. Yes, the time has come to give thanks. That might be a difficult proposition for… Continue reading

Championship caliber: Peninsula College men’s soccer team savors first conference title

PORT ANGELES -- Nothing beats the feeling of being better than the rest. And there's no squad better than the Peninsula College men's soccer team… Continue reading