Matt Schubert

SPORTS: Top-ranked Cascade Christian ruins Port Townsend’s homecoming game

PORT TOWNSEND -- Tom Webster loves everything about his Port Townsend football team . . . except for the results on Friday nights. The first-year… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Duck hunting just got better on the North Olympic Peninsula

DUCK HUNTING HAS finally come to the people of the North Olympic Peninsula. For the first time in more than 100 years, an area west… Continue reading

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

• Sol Duc salmon -- Listen, I can't say this anymore than I already did in today's column, so I'll do it in all caps:… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Lake Sutherland closed to fishing?

LAKE SUTHERLAND IS many things to many people: Water skiing wonderland, sun-bathing sweet spot, Fourth of July fireworks freakfest. More than anything else, however, it… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Fall teams vying for playoff spots

CHAD OCHOCINCO HAS nothing on high school volleyball players. When it comes to the volley, set and spike set, celebrations are an art form. We're… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles football team remains undefeated with win against North Mason

PORT ANGELES -- Worst to first? What would have seemed unthinkable just two months ago is slowly morphing into reality for the Port Angeles football… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Silvers a force in Elwha River

NOBODY'S WALKING ON their backs, but coho are certainly showing up in the Elwha River. Despite a so-so preseason forecast, the North Olympic Peninsula's secondary… Continue reading

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

• Elwha coho -- My favorite fishing instructor Ron "the Missing" Link had one mantra: "Always fish where there are fish." Given the early returns… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Fall fishing bountiful on Peninsula lakes

ANGLERS NEED NOT bid adieu to North Olympic Peninsula lakes with autumn's arrival. Sure, a damp and drafty day on a lake in November, December… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim, Port Angeles dream game shaping up

COACHES MAY LOATH looking ahead, but I certainly don't. In fact, I'm going to do a little of that here. Go ahead and look at… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Last chance at silver fishery

THE TERROR ENDS now. After years of searching, I've finally found a solution to Port Angeles' greatest plague -- raccoons. The city's servile citizenry need… Continue reading

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

• Salmon derby -- The LaPush Last Chance Salmon Derby returns to the coast this Saturday and Sunday. The entry fee is $25, with cash… Continue reading

SPORTS: Football Previews: Sequim takes on North Mason in a game that could determine league championship

BELFAIR -- Nobody in the Olympic League rules October quite like Sequim football head coach Erik Wiker. And few know that better than North Mason,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men No. 1 in NWAACC coaches’ poll, defeat Tacoma

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's soccer team had a large target placed on its back Wednesday morning. The Pirates then spent the afternoon… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Time to look for look-alike mushrooms again

THE NORTH OLYMPIC Peninsula finds itself in decay. As dark, damp and drafty days descend upon our fair continental corner, parasitic behavior is on the… Continue reading

Field of dreams delayed: $1.5 million Peninsula College soccer field must wait

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College's dream field likely will have to remain just that this fall. Originally slated to open in August, $1.5 million Sigmar… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles escape with 14-9 win over Kingston

KINGSTON -- The team that couldn't win suddenly doesn't know how to lose. In a game that they were outgained 283 yards to 69, the… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Silvers starting their final journey in area rivers

ADMIT IT. Part of you wants the salmon to succeed. For all of the energy you devote to hooking a king and coho, you know,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles Roughriders take on ex-coach at Kingston tonight; other prep football previews

KINGSTON -- Perhaps it's poetic justice. The only thing standing between the Port Angeles football team and its first 4-0 start since 1992 is one… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Love on the Sol Duc River

IT'S BEEN A long journey for the summer silvers of the Sol Duc River. They've dodged gillnets, hooks and hordes of predators the past three… Continue reading