SPORTS: Preview capsules of Class 1B girls basketball teams

Neah Bay is the team to beat again on the North Olympic Peninsula in Class 1B girls basketball action. The Red Devils have won the… Continue reading

SPORTS: Taholah pulls away from Crescent in fourth quarter of girls basketball game

TAHOLAH -- Crescent's Sara Moore tied for game-scoring honors with 17 points but it wasn't enough for the Loggers in a nonleague girls basketball game… Continue reading

SPORTS: How Peninsula teams fared at Fife wrestling tourney

FIFE -- The Port Angeles wrestling team had eight wrestlers score points to take second out of 13 teams at Fife behind Sunnyside. It was… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay wins basketball tourney . . . plus other prep results

AUBURN -- The Neah Bay boys basketball team continued its perfect start to the season after claiming the Muckleshoot Winter Tipoff this weekend. The Red… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boy swimmers place third

TACOMA -- The Port Angeles boys swim team took third out of six teams at the Flacon Relays at Foss High School on Saturday. "It… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Blown-out rivers makes it a good time for Christmas shopping

I'M NOT SURE what to say here. Sometimes going Christmas shopping is actually the right thing to do. Consider this weekend, almost completely devoid of… Continue reading

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

• Snowshoe walk -- The first of many ranger-led snowshoe walks will be offered today through Sunday atop Hurricane Ridge. The one-mile walks last 90… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles dunks Bremerton in boys swimming; Quilcene boys basketball win first league game; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles qualified for five district events while dominating Bremerton in an Olympic League boys swimming meet Thursday. Tyler Burke led the… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Huffing about stopping the puffing

FORGIVE MY WRITER'S block, but I'm trying to say goodbye to my Parliament Lights. It's hard to concentrate on much of anything -- even the… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Sequim cruises to win over Peninsula High

SEQUIM -- Sequim senior Nick Camporini let the game come to him Wednesday night. He was rewarded handsomely. So, too, was the Sequim boys basketball… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: TV shows show best, worst of golf

GOOD OR BAD, I've watched an inordinate amount of television in my life. Most of the time I can pride myself on watching shows that… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim girls snap 43-game losing streak with win over Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND -- After two years of losing, the Sequim girls basketball team finally got to celebrate. Leading from start to finish in their second… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Beach beats Forks boys basketball team; Chimacum and Quilcene boys both win; other prep reports

FORKS -- The Forks boys basketball team came out flat in the second half and paid for it in its first game of the season… Continue reading

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