Michael Carman

PREP SPORTS: Forks soccer dominates; softball splits with state champion

PREP SPORTS: Forks soccer dominates; softball splits with state champion

The Forks soccer squad overwhelmed Coupeville in a 9-0 nonleague rout. With spring break, Coupeville had some players missing and Forks was able… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Forks soccer dominates; softball splits with state champion
COLUMN: Hope for Cougars hoops with arrival of new coach

COLUMN: Hope for Cougars hoops with arrival of new coach

coached by former Washington State head coach Tony Bennett —… Continue reading

COLUMN: Hope for Cougars hoops with arrival of new coach
SOFTBALL: Forks slugs past Class 3A Seattle Prep

SOFTBALL: Forks slugs past Class 3A Seattle Prep

More accustomed to playing against power pitchers in both the traditionally strong Evergreen League and in travel ball matchups, Forks had to… Continue reading

SOFTBALL: Forks slugs past Class 3A Seattle Prep
PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum loses in a wild one; PA and Sequim win

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum loses in a wild one; PA and Sequim win

The Chimacum Cowboys baseball team got into a wild back-and-forth game with Vashon, coming from way behind to tie the game, but ultimately… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum loses in a wild one; PA and Sequim win
Port Angeles freshman Eve Burke won the girls high jump by clearing 4-feet, 10 inches during the Retro Flying A Meet at Port Angeles High School on Thursday.                                Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

TRACK & FIELD: Port Angeles girls, Sequim boys win Flying A Retro meet (plus photos of Port Townsend, Chimacum and Port Angeles athletes)

The Port Angeles girls and Sequim boys dominated the host Roughriders annual Flying A Retro meet on Thursday at Port Angeles High… Continue reading

Port Angeles freshman Eve Burke won the girls high jump by clearing 4-feet, 10 inches during the Retro Flying A Meet at Port Angeles High School on Thursday.                                Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks limited to singles in softball loss

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks limited to singles in softball loss

The Forks and Hoquiam softball teams had the same number of hits, but Hoquiam did a better job of bunching its hits and… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Forks limited to singles in softball loss
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim golf teams sweep rival Port Angeles; plus baseball, softball, girls tennis recaps

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim golf teams sweep rival Port Angeles; plus baseball, softball, girls tennis recaps

Sequim swept Port Angeles in boys and girls nine-hole golf matches at Peninsula Golf Club on Wednesday. The four-best scores from the… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim golf teams sweep rival Port Angeles; plus baseball, softball, girls tennis recaps
OUTDOORS: Chinook feeding on candlefish near Port Angeles

OUTDOORS: Chinook feeding on candlefish near Port Angeles

BLACKMOUTH ANGLERS HAVE taken advantage of the relatively benign weather and tidal conditions in recent weeks around the Port Angeles area, successfully jigging for chinook… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Chinook feeding on candlefish near Port Angeles

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Friday is final day to register for women’s basketball league in Port Angeles

Registration is open for men’s and women’s softball leagues put on by the city… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Trout stocking plan for area, state lakes now out

THE RELEASE OF the state Fish and Wildlife Department’s 2019 Hatchery Trout and Kokanee Stocking Plan offers up a solid excuse to plan a fishing… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Chimacum hurlers flirt with a no-hitter

PREP ROUNDUP: Chimacum hurlers flirt with a no-hitter

Two days after Sequim pitchers threw a no-hitter, a trio of Chimacum pitchers came close to accomplishing the same feat. The Cowboys’ Wyatt… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Chimacum hurlers flirt with a no-hitter
BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles finds winning goal in second half, drops North Kitsap to remain in second in league play

BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles finds winning goal in second half, drops North Kitsap to remain in second in league play

Missing two starters to injury and another to a slightly different form of competition — the… Continue reading

BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles finds winning goal in second half, drops North Kitsap to remain in second in league play
TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Forks wins at six events; Sequim boys dominate league meet

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Forks wins at six events; Sequim boys dominate league meet

Forks boys and girls track athletes combined to win six individual events at a four-team meet at Hoquiam’s Sea Breeze Oval on Thursday.… Continue reading

TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Forks wins at six events; Sequim boys dominate league meet
PREP BASEBALL: Woods throws 2-hitter, Flodstrom homers as Port Angeles rolls against rival Sequim

PREP BASEBALL: Woods throws 2-hitter, Flodstrom homers as Port Angeles rolls against rival Sequim

Distractions were all around for the Port Angeles baseball team — playing its first home game of the season at Civic Field,… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL: Woods throws 2-hitter, Flodstrom homers as Port Angeles rolls against rival Sequim
PREP ROUNDUP: Johnnie Young throws complete-game as Sequim baseball earn blowout win

PREP ROUNDUP: Johnnie Young throws complete-game as Sequim baseball earn blowout win

Johnnie Young pitched a complete-game gem, allowing one run on five hits while striking out 10 and walking none in Sequim’s 10-1 dusting… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Johnnie Young throws complete-game as Sequim baseball earn blowout win
BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend all record shutout wins

BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend all record shutout wins

Ryan Tolberd netted a hat trick as Sequim continued their strong run of play with a shutout victory over North Kitsap at home… Continue reading

BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend all record shutout wins

OUTDOORS: Wild steelhead review urged on West End, presentation set Friday in Forks

A PRIVATE PUSH for an annual wild steelhead review on West End rivers will begin in earnest Friday with a presentation at the Olympic Natural… Continue reading

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders pull away from feisty Redhawks; Sequim wins again

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders pull away from feisty Redhawks; Sequim wins again

Port Angeles got a shutout from goalkeeper Anton Kathol and fought off a game… Continue reading

PREP SOCCER: Roughriders pull away from feisty Redhawks; Sequim wins again
GOLF: Simulator champions crowned

GOLF: Simulator champions crowned

A SUNNY RUN of weather is a perfect selling point to get back on the golf course after a trying winter. And the annual Merchants… Continue reading

GOLF: Simulator champions crowned
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula’s Torres-Benito signs with Sacramento State

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula’s Torres-Benito signs with Sacramento State

Torres-Benito moving on to Sacramento St. PORT ANGELES – Peninsula College sophomore Shantel Torres-Benito signed a national letter of intent this week to continue her… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula’s Torres-Benito signs with Sacramento State