The high school basketball playoffs have not been kind to the North Olympic Peninsula. A week that started with five state tournament hopefuls -- outside… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Peter Stewart stared at the stat shaking his head, his tie undone and brow still wet with sweat. Amid the afterglow of… Continue reading
BASKETBALL IS KING in Neah Bay. Sure, the Red Devils are competitive in football, volleyball and track. But it is high school hoops that has… Continue reading
TACOMA -- Brett Johnson sat alone in the corner of the Tacoma Dome. Tears welled up in his eyes as he slowly untied his wrestling… Continue reading
FORGET ABOUT THE finals. The biggest pressure cooker at the Mat Classic comes a round earlier. As any North Olympic Peninsula high school wrestling coach… Continue reading
TACOMA — Half of the North Olympic Peninsula's wrestling contingent remains alive at Mat Classic XXII after one day of competition, with three wrestlers still… Continue reading
THE MONTH OF the monsters is nearly upon us. Yes, March Madness is about to take over the West End, and it has nothing to… Continue reading
THE MONTH OF the monsters is nearly upon us. Yes, March Madness is about to take over the West End, and it has nothing to… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Few are better acquainted with the challenges of surviving the Mat Classic than the Johnsons. Port Townsend's royal family of high school… Continue reading
THAT VOID YOU feel? That's the emptiness left behind by the exclusion of the Discovery Bay Salmon Derby from this year's Presidents Day weekend festivities.… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- North Mason might have the Olympic League's best post player in John Fullington. But in Tuesday night's clash with Port Angeles, it… Continue reading
BLAME IT ON the state's insanely short 20-game schedule. High School basketball season just seems to fly by in the Evergreen State. Here we are… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Softball is down to its final strike at Peninsula College. The women's sports program, created 10 years ago along with men's soccer,… Continue reading
JOYCE -- The biggest game in a decade for Crescent boys basketball was but a mere tune-up for the Neah Bay Red Devils. Playing at… Continue reading
COULD IT BE? Another North Olympic Peninsula fishing derby on the chopping block? That might just be the case if harvest numbers collected by the… Continue reading
IT'S PIN OR go home time on the state high school wrestling scene. The beginning of February signals the arrival of the postseason for state… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- For something nine years in the making, you knew it had to take something special. And in the final moments of Sequim's… Continue reading
KINGSTON -- The Kingston boys basketball team squeaked past the Sequim Wolves for the second time this season Friday night. With another possible showdown in… Continue reading
ANY HISTORICAL ARGUMENT concerning sports usually demands one thing: statistics. You can keep all of your legends and tales of wonder. I want to know… Continue reading
CROSS THOSE FINGERS for Hurricane Ridge Road. Bruch & Bruch Construction Inc. of Port Angeles took on the massive undertaking of rebuilding the washed-out road… Continue reading
