Matt Schubert

OUTDOORS: Tough choice — Bosworth’s autobiography or this column

THE HAND HATH been forced. For whatever reason, the editors of the PDN found it necessary to publish a letter to the editor concerning yours… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend basketball team lives to play on by winning home finale

PORT TOWNSEND ¬­-- The Port Townsend boys basketball team's season lived on after a convincing 52-30 victory over Cedar Park Christian in loser-out Class 1A… Continue reading

SPORTS: Wrestling only physical? Just ask the participants about the ‘stress level’

THE ONE WORD that pops up the most at state: mental. No, it's not in reference to how crazy one has to be to put… Continue reading

SPORTS: Camp, Dixon win state wrestling titles

TACOMA -- Want a title for Port Angeles heavyweight John Camp's march toward the Class 3A state crown? Let's go with "Done in 60 seconds."… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Sunny, dry days spook the fish

SOMEONE MIGHT WANT to send out a search party for winter, because I'm not sure where it went. Isn't February on the North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Peninsula clams, clamming still sickly

THE MOST PRISTINE, untouched coastline in the state rests on the North Olympic Peninsula. With a few notable exceptions, Peninsula beaches have been controlled by… Continue reading

SPORTS: Pirates bumped aside by Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES -- Valentine's Day delivered a pair of heart-breakers to the Stewart household in Peninsula College's NWAACC North Division basketball doubleheader against Skagit Valley… Continue reading

SPORTS: Clallam Bay one win away from 1B state tournament

SEQUIM -- Forget about style points. Clallam Bay senior forward Jesse Chartraw just wants to get to the Class 1B state tournament. After the Bruins… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Does superstition help at this weekend’s salmon derby? Can’t hurt!

ANGLERS WILL DO anything to turn things around. In the case of Wayne Bibbins of Down Home Charters (360-643-1960) in Port Townsend, it's getting his… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Olympic National Park fishing regulation changes proposed

HERE'S TO KEEPING it simple. Olympic National Park has decided to do just that with its proposed changes to fishing regulations on the Queets River.… Continue reading

Clear view ahead for legally blind wrestler

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- Brian Hergert's nose presses against the computer screen. A wrestling match he'd finished a few hours earlier plays inches from his face.… Continue reading

Outdoors: The connection between halibut fishing, Hood Canal Bridge replacement

SOMETIMES, EVEN WHEN fishing is good, it's bad. Case in point: Last spring's recreational halibut fishery in Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

Peninsula College woman beat conference rival Bellevue

PORT ANGELES -- Go with what works. Peninsula College sophomores Brooke Helpenstell and Brittany Bridges couldn't be stopped coming off a high post pick on… Continue reading

Outdoors: Steelhead fishing poor all over the place

YES, MY DEAR Peninsulites, things could be worse. Just ask anglers around the rest of the state. As mediocre as the current winter steelhead season… Continue reading

Ex-Ohio State athletic director to help in search for new Port Angeles football coach

PORT ANGELES -- Retired intercollegiate athletic director Andy Geiger can name off quite a few home run hires in his storied career -- even a… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School football coach says he was forced out

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles High School football coach Keith Moorman said he was forced out of his position last week after back-to-back losing seasons.… Continue reading

Prize-winning fungus among us — results of the PDN’s mushroom contest

EDITOR'S NOTE: Columnist Matt Schubert's work normally appears in Sports, Page B1, on Thursdays and Fridays. His bonus column today chronicles the mushroom contest he… Continue reading

SPORTS — Another heartbreaker: Sequim’s season comes to close with last-second playoff defeat

TUMWATER -- The Sequim High School football team found a whole new level of heartbreak in its Class 2A first-round state playoff loss to the… Continue reading

SPORTS: ‘Big Dawgs’ linemen help lead Sequim to state playoffs

BREAKING NEWS: Centralia quarterback Forrest Ahrens threw a "hail Mary" pass from 25 yards out to a diving Dominick Courcy, who pulled in the pass… Continue reading

Salmon egg nests destroyed on Elwha River

PORT ANGELES -- The Elwha River dam removal project's primary purpose ¬­-- to restore salmon habitat on the North Olympic Peninsula's largest watershed -- suffered… Continue reading