Matt Schubert

SPORTS: Peninsula College softball team salvages a split with Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES -- Dena Houser's timing couldn't have been much better for the Peninsula College softball team. Peninsula was in danger of getting swept by… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles skeet shooter aims at Olympics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The United States will send just one women's skeet shooter to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The way U.S. shotgun… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Dungeness bird hunting area to stay open for at least three more years

NEED SOME BEDTIME reading? Try flipping through the state Department of Fish and Wildlife's draft management plan for the newly created North Olympic Wildlife Area… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Curious case of Terry Crane

WALK SOFTLY AND carry a sharp hook. These were the words of Terry Crane, a dark and demure derelict I met on the East Fork… Continue reading

SPORTS: Semipro Eagles football team revs up for scrimmage

SEQUIM -- It takes a whole lot of pride to play semipro football. Without six-figure deals, scholarships or homecoming queens waiting outside locker rooms (actually,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim’s softball team loaded with a lineup of outstanding hitters

SEQUIM -- Mel Hendrickson never had it so good. Armed with a lineup loaded with speed and power, the Sequim softball coach is blessed with… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: New fishing licenses needed by April 1

BEWARE THE END of March. April Fools' Day doesn't only apply to playful pranks and elaborate ruses. It also denotes those anglers who fail to… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Extreme athletes to hit North Olympic Peninsula this weekend for winter sports and downhill mountain biking

MOUNTAIN DEW MIGHT want to get its people out here. Things are about to become pretty extreme in the coming days on the North Olympic… Continue reading

SPORTS: Successful baseball coach didn’t play . . . baseball

CHIMACUM -- Sure, Loren Bishop played ball. Just not baseball. Hard to believe, but, yes, Chimacum High School's highly successful baseball coach doesn't have a… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Free events next two weekends at Hurricane Ridge

FREE IS FOR me. I've based my life upon that principle for years. Sign up for a credit card at a baseball game and get… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S MARCH MADNESS COLUMN: Area high school and college coaches pick their favorites in NCAA tournament

THERE'S ONE RULE to the bracket business: Don't get too cute. It's a temptation that is often hard to resist when it comes time to… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: O’Hara steps down as Port Townsend football coach

HE WANTED TO raise the bar. In back-to-back seasons, Port Townsend football coach Brian O'Hara did just that. Yet only a few months after guiding… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Topsy-turvy weather picks up fishing

THAT EL NIÑO sure knows how to mix it up. Give me spring when I'm expecting winter, then come with winter when I'm hoping for… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: The link between Chicago Cubs fans and fly fishing

CHICAGO CUBS FANS beget Cubs fans. And this, as most baseball fans will tell you, is a form of child abuse. It’s a problem that… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: The link between the Chicago Cubs fans and fly fishing

CHICAGO CUBS FANS beget Cubs fans. And this, as most baseball fans will tell you, is a form of child abuse. It's a problem that… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: Rays of spring sunshine on Peninsula’s athletic scene

SPRING CAN'T COME soon enough on the North Olympic Peninsula. Given the way the winter prep sports season came to an end -- basketball in… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Hurricane Ridge contest for snowboarding videos

“AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME” videos can take a back seat. Here comes another amateur movie contest sure to leave Bob Saget muttering mischievously. It’s the Videolympics;… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Hurricane Ridge contest for snowboarding videos

"AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME" videos can take a back seat. Here comes another amateur movie contest sure to leave Bob Saget muttering mischievously. It's the Videolympics;… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim’s Rutherford leads Peninsula College into NWACC tournament

PORT ANGELES -- Ryan Rutherford has spent a lot of time in the background during his basketball career. The Sequim Middle School varsity basketball coach… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Ups, downs of salmon fishing

SALMON SNOBS HAVE reason to rejoice, sort of. State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials expect an increase in chinook salmon returns on the coast… Continue reading