Matt Schubert

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Port Angeles graduate hikes Continental Divide Trail

SOME DUDES WERE made for walking. Port Angeles native Dylan Carlson is one of those types. The 26-year-old Port Angeles High School Class of 2001… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: Port Townsend football team has stellar defense

THERE'S AN INHERENT difficulty that comes with writing a preseason football preview. Namely, nobody really knows what to expect. The coaches might have an idea,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Unusual play helps Port Townsend to beat No. 7 Vashon Island

PORT TOWNSEND -- It's better to be lucky than good. Port Townsend's defense was quite good against seventh-ranked Vashon Island in Friday night's Class 1A… Continue reading

SPORTS: ‘Best match of year’ propels Port Angeles to tennis win; other prep results

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles boys tennis team turned in its "best match of the year" in beating the Chimacum/Port Townsend combined team 6-1… Continue reading

SPORTS: Matt Schubert’s five best things to do this weekend

• Last Chance -- The LaPush Last Chance Salmon Derby comes to the West End this Saturday and Sunday. The event includes prizes for coho… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Free admission to Olympic National Park Saturday

THAT SOCIALIST OBAMA is at it again. Another round of free handouts is coming down the pike. But this isn't your typical corporate bailout. Oh… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: It’s time for the PDN mushroom contest again

HISTORIANS WILL CALL it a seminal moment some day. For it was then, and only then, that mushrooms were brought out of the shadows and… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT OUTDOORS: Time for mushroom photo contest again — do you got what it takes?

HISTORIANS WILL CALL it a seminal moment some day. For it was then, and only then, that mushrooms were brought out of the shadows and… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: It’s all about the Benjamins

THE STORY BEHIND the story this prep sports year is all about the Benjamins. Decreases in funding for school districts across the state have led… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend’s Piatt holds on for Salt Creek boys crown

JOYCE -- Bereket Piatt is number two no more. The Port Townsend junior proved he'll be a force to be reckoned with this cross country… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Coho opener makes Sekiu crazy

CRAZY COMES TOSekiu this weekend. With wild coho retention opening up in Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) on Saturday, the crowds are sure to arrive en… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Coho on final trip up Sol Duc

FORGET A SHOTGUN wedding. The Sol Duc summer coho simply can't wait. Hordes of the coho began leaping at the behest of their libidos at… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim slams Port Angeles 42-7

SEQUIM -- The Sequim-Port Angeles football rivalry is in danger of becoming one-sided. The Wolves dropped the Roughriders 42-7 before a packed house Friday night,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles takes on Sequim in key football game

SEQUIM -- It seems the fortunes of two football programs can be traced back to one game five years ago. It was the second week… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Giant squid may have left area

SOMEBODY CALL CAPTAIN Nemo. We've got some giant squid to deal with in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca. Or do we? A massive… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Kalaloch Beach should open to clams this fall

KALALOCH MAY BE closed no longer. The North Olympic Peninsula's lone razor clam outpost has been a ghost town each of the last two years.… Continue reading

SPORTS: Dean of the Peninsula’s coaches

SEQUIM -- Jennie Webber-Heilman remembers Port Townsend's new volleyball coach well. . . as a player. Nettie Witheridge, after all, was one of the many… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTEBOOK: The Eveready Bunny of clocks

THE CLOCK OPERATOR had it right. After the Sequim Wolves kicked off with a commanding 45-0 lead over the Forks Spartans in the third quarter,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim QB almost perfect in rout of Forks

SEQUIM -- Sequim quarterback Drew Rickerson was almost perfect on opening night. So too, were the rest of the Wolves (1-0 overall). Sequim debuted its… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S five things to do this weekend

• Tuna talk -- John Keizer and Paul Castillo of saltpatrol.com will speak at the Puget Sound Anglers-East Jefferson Chapter monthly meeting at the Marina… Continue reading