Lee Horton

Sequim's Oscar Herrera

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Sequim girls win Port Angeles Invitational; boys take second

PORT ANGELES — Waverly Shreffler's four first-place finishes helped Sequim edge North Kitsap for the girls title at the Port Angeles Invitational track and field… Continue reading

Sequim's Oscar Herrera
Forks' Reece Blattner delivers a pitch to catcher Gavin Palmer during the Spartans' 14-3 loss at home to Tenino on Friday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim beats up on Chimacum and Shelton

CHIMACUM — Sequim is off to a hot start to the baseball season. In their wins over Shelton and Chimacum, the Wolves have scored 22… Continue reading

Forks' Reece Blattner delivers a pitch to catcher Gavin Palmer during the Spartans' 14-3 loss at home to Tenino on Friday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles' Audrey Little hits the return in her singles match against Coupeville's Valen Trujillo on Thursday at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles girls tennis tames Coupeville

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles claimed its first girls tennis victory of the season by edging Coupeville 4-3 at Port Angeles High School. The Roughriders… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Audrey Little hits the return in her singles match against Coupeville's Valen Trujillo on Thursday at Port Angeles High School. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula College sophomore Zhara Laster makes a pass while Lane's Sara Kesling defends during the NWAC championship game Sunday in Everett. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula trio breaks school records; two make choices for next stops

PORT ANGELES — Cierra Moss, Zhara Laster and Imani Smith broke a few records and came close to surpassing a few more during their Peninsula… Continue reading

Peninsula College sophomore Zhara Laster makes a pass while Lane's Sara Kesling defends during the NWAC championship game Sunday in Everett. (Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics)
Jessica Madison (25)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Port Angeles graduate Madison helps Alaska-Anchorage reach Elite Eight

AZUSA, Calif. — Jessica Madison and the University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves are moving on to the NCAA Division II women's basketball Elite Eight Madison, a… Continue reading

Jessica Madison (25)

PREP BASEBALL: Quilcene slams Port Townsend 14-1

QUILCENE — Mercy came in the form of a walk-off grand slam by A.J. Prater. Quilcene opened the high school baseball season on the North… Continue reading

Peninsula coach Alison Crumb huddles

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Disappointing finish doesn’t diminish Peninsula’s accomplishments

EVERETT — The wound is too fresh right now, the disappointment is too raw and the taste is too sour. The Peninsula Pirates' hearts are… Continue reading

Peninsula coach Alison Crumb huddles
Peninsula's Cierra Moss

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula falls to Lane in NWAC title game

EVERETT — The Peninsula College women's basketball team went down with pride. “Same thing you say about that team when they win. They're just tough,”… Continue reading

Peninsula's Cierra Moss
Peninsula's Imani Smith attempts a layup during the Pirates 66-44 NWAC semifinal victory against Lower Columbia at Everett Community College on Saturday. (Tracy Swisher/Northwest Athletic Conference)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College wins semifinal, play for second straight title Sunday in Everett

EVERETT — Imani Smith caught herself messing up the analogy. “We have a huge dart . . . target on our back,” Smith said Saturday… Continue reading

Peninsula's Imani Smith attempts a layup during the Pirates 66-44 NWAC semifinal victory against Lower Columbia at Everett Community College on Saturday. (Tracy Swisher/Northwest Athletic Conference)
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NWAC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – Peninsula women lose title game to Lane 76-59

EVERETT – The Peninsula College women’s basketball team fell short of repeating as the champion of the Northwest Athletic Conference. Instead, the Pirates settled for… Continue reading

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NWAC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – Peninsula women lose title game to Lane 76-59

EVERETT – The Peninsula College women’s basketball team fell short of repeating as the champion of the Northwest Athletic Conference. Instead, the Pirates settled for… Continue reading

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Peninsula's Imani Smith attempts a layup during the Pirates 66-44 NWAC semifinal victory against Lower Columbia at Everett Community College on Saturday. (Tracy Swisher/Northwest Athletic Conference)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula back in NWAC championship after semifinal win over Lower Columbia

EVERETT — Imani Smith caught herself messing up the analogy. “We have a huge dart . . . target on our back,” Smith said Saturday… Continue reading

Peninsula's Imani Smith attempts a layup during the Pirates 66-44 NWAC semifinal victory against Lower Columbia at Everett Community College on Saturday. (Tracy Swisher/Northwest Athletic Conference)
Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (1) leaps into the air in celebration after the Red Devils defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline in the Class 1B state championship boys basketball game at Spokane Arena. Also part of the celebration are

WEEKEND REWIND: ‘We were coming out winners’ — Neah Bay boys win first state basketball championship [with photo gallery]

SPOKANE — First the worst, second and third the same, fourth the best of all the championship games. The Neah Bay boys basketball team broke… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (1) leaps into the air in celebration after the Red Devils defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline in the Class 1B state championship boys basketball game at Spokane Arena. Also part of the celebration are
Neah Bay players

BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay finally gets championship it has been chasing for generations

NEAH BAY — Other than watching his kids play, one of Kenrick Doherty Sr.'s favorite parts of going to state basketball tournaments in Spokane is… Continue reading

Neah Bay players
Neah Bay's Jericho McGimpsey ducks under Taholah's Terrance Jones for a score in the first round of the state tournament. McGimpsey is one of three senior starters the Red Devils will have to replace next season. (Roger Harnack/The Daily Sun Times)

BOYS BASKETBALL: State champion Neah Bay expects to return to title game

NEAH BAY — That monkey has been removed from the Neah Bay Red Devils' back. Now, in its place, is a target. “We're not going… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Jericho McGimpsey ducks under Taholah's Terrance Jones for a score in the first round of the state tournament. McGimpsey is one of three senior starters the Red Devils will have to replace next season. (Roger Harnack/The Daily Sun Times)
Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (1) leaps into the air in celebration after the Red Devils defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline in the Class 1B state championship boys basketball game at Spokane Arena. Also part of the celebration are

‘We were coming out winners’ — Neah Bay boys win first state basketball championship [with photo gallery]

SPOKANE — First the worst, second and third the same, fourth the best of all the championship games. The Neah Bay boys basketball team broke… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (1) leaps into the air in celebration after the Red Devils defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline in the Class 1B state championship boys basketball game at Spokane Arena. Also part of the celebration are
Neah Bay celebrates winning the Class 1B state championship Saturday night at Spokane Arena. (Al Camp/Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle)

STATE HOOPS: Team effort earns Neah Bay the first basketball title in school history

THERE WAS SOME chatter that the Neah Bay Red Devils were well aware of in the postseason. “We heard rumors that we were the least… Continue reading

Neah Bay celebrates winning the Class 1B state championship Saturday night at Spokane Arena. (Al Camp/Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle)
Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (1) leaps into the air in celebration after the Red Devils defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline in the Class 1B state championship boys basketball game at Spokane Arena. Also part of the celebration are

‘We were coming out winners’ — Neah Bay boys win first state basketball championship [with photo gallery]

SPOKANE — First the worst, second and third the same, fourth the best of all the championship games. The Neah Bay boys basketball team broke… Continue reading

Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. (1) leaps into the air in celebration after the Red Devils defeated Almira/Coulee-Hartline in the Class 1B state championship boys basketball game at Spokane Arena. Also part of the celebration are
Neah Bay celebrates winning the Class 1B state championship Saturday night at Spokane Arena. (Al Camp/Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle)

FINALLY STATE CHAMPS — Neah Bay boys win state title game on fourth try

SPOKANE — The Neah Bay boys claimed the school's first-ever basketball state championship by defeating Almira/Coulee-Hartline 73-48 in the Class 1B state championship game Saturday… Continue reading

Neah Bay celebrates winning the Class 1B state championship Saturday night at Spokane Arena. (Al Camp/Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula College men, women and coaches well-represented on all-region teams

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Ryley Callaghan highlights Peninsula College’s long list of Northwest Athletic Conference all-region basketball honorees. Callaghan, a sophomore guard, was voted North Region… Continue reading