MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Steelhead season off to slow start

GET THOSE BAG-holding hands ready. Start practicing those half-hearted nods, weak smiles and parallel-parking skills. Thanks to all the rain that fell on the North… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Thankful for . . .

IF I HAVE one vice, it’s my full-fledged fixation with fantasy football. As my special ladyfriend can attest — albeit, unenthusiastically — it is an… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Apple Cup Tournament set for Peninsula Golf Club

APPLE CUP WEEKS haven’t ended well in my time as a Cougar fan. My fandom turned in 2000 when I started attending the finest university… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay tries to get grounded and not let down for state semifinal game

NEAH BAY — Don’t let down. That’s the message coach Tony McCaulley is giving his Neah Bay football team this week as the Red Devils… Continue reading

SPORTS: Dream season for Peninsula College women’s soccer team

TUKWILA — Kanyon Anderson was kicking himself after the match. His Peninsula College women tested top-ranked Walla Walla as much as any other soccer team… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer team just misses out on history

TUKWILA — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team saw its shot at history slip away Saturday night. Fourth-ranked Chemeketa dealt the Pirates their first loss… Continue reading

SPORTS: Walla Walla ends Peninsula College’s dream of a women’s soccer NWAACC championship

TUKWILA — The Peninsula College women’s soccer team finally ran into an offense it couldn’t contain. Top-ranked Walla Walla cut short the Pirates’ bid for… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum baseball star headed to Seattle University

CHIMACUM — Seattle University has locked up another Chimacum High School baseball star. Landon Cray, a three-time PDN prep baseball MVP and all-state selection, signed… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay defeats Lummi to advance to the 1B state semifinals

BELLINGHAM — The Neah Bay football team exorcised some serious demons Friday night. Actually, they were Blackhawks. The Red Devils finally took care of their… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College women’s basketball team splits first two games of year

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The new-look Peninsula College women’s basketball team opened the year by splitting two games at the Clark Igloo Invitational on Friday and… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College women’s soccer team playing for NWAACC championship Sunday

TUKWILA — The Peninsula College women’s soccer team is making history and is on the verge of putting an exclamation point on it. The Pirates… Continue reading

Neah Bay gets past Lummi, moves on to Class 1B semifinals

BELLINGHAM — The Neah Bay football team shed one heck of a monkey off its back Friday night. The Red Devils finally took care of… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Let it snow as the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club puts on Winterfest on Saturday

SNOW IS ALREADY sitting atop Hurricane Ridge. Now is the time to make sure we get to enjoy it as much as possible. The Hurricane… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College women’s soccer team aiming for the top at NWAACC Final Four

TUKWILA — The Pirate women are just two wins away from their ultimate goal. The Peninsula College women’s soccer team has come from the back… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula men’s soccer team defending NWAACC title at Final Four this weekend

TUKWILA — It’s one thing to win a championship. It’s quite another to do it two years in a row. But to defend that title… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Anglers and hunters support Wild Olympics campaign

ONE OF THE assumptions often made about the Wild Olympics Campaign is that it’s anti-hunting and fishing. A group of Olympic Peninsula sportsmen from Aberdeen… Continue reading

SPORTS: Third time may be the charm as Neah Bay tangles with Lummi again in state playoffs

BELLINGHAM — Neah Bay is hoping third time’s the charm as the Red Devils face their nemesis Lummi in the state Class 1B quarterfinals Friday… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Friends stick together as two Port Angeles athletes sign letters for Central Washington University; playoff struggles

THEY’VE BEEN CLASSMATES since preschool. Why not college, too? Port Angeles seniors Kiah Jones and Easton Napiontek will share the same campus once again when… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula women’s basketball program ready to take a step up

PORT ANGELES — It won’t be so easy to push the Pirates around this season. That couldn’t be said about the Peninsula College women’s basketball… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay pounds Mary M. Knight in 1B football playoffs; next up is nemesis Lummi

TUMWATER — Neah Bay and Lummi probably are getting a little tired of seeing each other this year. The Red Devils earned a Class 1B… Continue reading