Matt Schubert

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Clamming coming to Kalaloch

START BRANDISHING SOME shovels. Digging is officially on at four of five ocean beaches this weekend. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Wednesday… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Clamming returning to Kalaloch, other Pacific beaches

START BRANDISHING SOME shovels. Digging is officially on at four of five ocean beaches this weekend. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Wednesday… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls basketball team smells league title after win against Kingston

PORT ANGELES -- In the blink of an eye, the Port Angeles girls basketball team took a stranglehold on the Olympic League race. Riding by… Continue reading

SPORTS: Jessica Madison aims for all-time basketball scoring record at Port Angeles High School

PORT ANGELES -- Scoring must be in the Madison DNA. The family just has a knack for lighting up scoreboards for Port Angeles High School… Continue reading

Former Sequim football player sues district, chiropractor over brain injury

SEQUIM -- Former football player Adrien Gault is suing the Sequim School District and Sequim Chiropractic Clinic for damages related to brain injuries suffered in… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men halt losing streak; women fall

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's basketball team rediscovered its winning ways Wednesday night -- barely. Peninsula, down by as many as 10 points… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Of bad news and good news

THIS IS THE winter of Peninsulites' discontent. It was bad enough that the Discovery Bay Salmon Derby was canceled Christmas Eve. Now we're looking at… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: You’re only a high school senior once

ONE OF THE great tragedies in life: you only get one senior year. It's especially tragic when events unfold like what happened to Port Angeles'… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles girls stay undefeated vs. Klahowya

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles girls basketball team had little trouble justifying its new state ranking Friday night. Putting together one of its more… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s basketball team stays perfect in division; women lose game

PORT ANGELES -- These Pirates age like fine wine. Peninsula College's older roster, led by 22-year-old guard Ryan Rutherford and forward Jason Gamblin, 24, continued… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Money is affecting area tournaments

NOT TO BEAT a dead(beat) horse, but cash keeps coming into play in high school athletics. As I mentioned in a column at the beginning… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys and girls basketball teams sweep Port Townsend

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles boys basketball team exorcised some demons in Tuesday night's Olympic League game against Port Townsend. Slow starts, free throw… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula pair casts (Rain)shadow

SEQUIM -- They came into this winter as the North Olympic Peninsula's top state wrestling championship hopefuls. As the season crossed its midway point at… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles beats Sequim 46-36 in Olympic League wrestling

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles has one of the best 145-pound wrestlers in the state. In the Roughriders' Olympic League dual meet against archrival Sequim,… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Steelhead counts look promising for Christmas weekend

WHO CARES IF the fat man didn't leave a new band saw under the Christmas tree? The rivers are coming back in shape -- and… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Santa, I want artificial turf at Civic Field

A LECHEROUS MAN once said, "The heart wants what the heart wants." Well, Santa, my heart has almost always been set on the wide world… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: 2A classified good for Port Angeles athletics

NO MORE NEED for speculation. Port Angeles High School is headed down to Class 2A. And that's nothing but good for Roughrider athletics. Having moved… Continue reading

SPORTS: Roughrider girls run roughshod over Sequim 73-25

SEQUIM -- Welcome to the machine. The Port Angeles girls basketball team continued its march to another Olympic League championship with a 73-25 dismantling of… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim heats up and beats Port Angeles, 45-31

SEQUIM -- It took three quarters for the Sequim boys basketball team's offense to show up. Once it did, the rival Port Angeles Roughriders --… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge opens Saturday for skiing, other snow activities

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Throw some wax on the skis, and dust off the parka. Hurricane Ridge will open to organized skiing activities this Saturday.… Continue reading