Michael Carman

COUGARS: ESPN’s College GameDay visit just what Washington State fans deserve

COUGARS: ESPN’s College GameDay visit just what Washington State fans deserve

A 15-YEAR, nationwide odyssey ends at 6 a.m. Saturday when ESPN’s mainstay of a college football preview show, College GameDay, broadcasts from the rolling hills… Continue reading

COUGARS: ESPN’s College GameDay visit just what Washington State fans deserve
PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim claims league title and Rainshadow Rumble with win over Port Angeles

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim claims league title and Rainshadow Rumble with win over Port Angeles

Sequim senior lineman Johnnie Young repeated a mantra as he marched along the sideline before the opening kickoff in Friday’s Rainshadow Rumble. “This… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim claims league title and Rainshadow Rumble with win over Port Angeles
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum upended at home; Port Townsend and Forks win nonleague games

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum upended at home; Port Townsend and Forks win nonleague games

Turnovers and a potential touchdown ruled incomplete out of bounds were the difference as Chimacum fell 28-22 to Bellevue Christian in the Cowboys’… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum upended at home; Port Townsend and Forks win nonleague games

PREP ROUNDUP: Riders’ runners triumph

Port Angeles boys and girls cross country runners chased down Olympic League meet victories over North Kitsap at Olympic at the Kitsap County… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Sequim stomps Port Angeles to claim Olympic League championship, Rainshadow Rumble rivalry game

Sequim sealed the Olympic League 2A Division championship and blew out rival Port Angeles 46-6 in the Rainshadow Rumble football game on Friday… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Low flows could delay Dungeness River coho fishery

NO NEWS WILL be good news for anglers looking to drop a line in the Dungeness River for the scheduled fall hatchery coho fishery Tuesday.… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Olympic League title on the line in Rainshadow Rumble

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Olympic League title on the line in Rainshadow Rumble

An Olympic League 2A Division championship is on the line when Port Angeles visits Sequim in the Rainshadow Rumble tonight at 7 p.m.… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Olympic League title on the line in Rainshadow Rumble
OUTDOORS: Razor clam digs on tap Thursday night

OUTDOORS: Razor clam digs on tap Thursday night

THE FIRST RAZOR clam digs of the fall season will get underway tonight and continue through Saturday night at three ocean beaches. Diggers can pick… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Razor clam digs on tap Thursday night

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles clips Klahowya on late goal

The Port Angeles Roughriders girls soccer team continued their run of good results against state-ranked teams,… Continue reading

Area Sports Briefs: Sequim Youth Basketball sets dates for boys and girls tryouts; basketball officials needed

Seasons for SYB (Sequim Youth Basketball) Select teams start with tryout dates in mid-October. Team organizers would… Continue reading

GOLF: Peninsula’s Chad Wagner joins PGA elite

GOLF: Peninsula’s Chad Wagner joins PGA elite

Peninsula Golf Club’s Chad Wagner is officially a Class A PGA member after wrapping up the PGA Professional Golf Management Program last month. “It took… Continue reading

GOLF: Peninsula’s Chad Wagner joins PGA elite
PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Sequim faces huge road challenge against Olympic

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Sequim faces huge road challenge against Olympic

Sequim (3-0, 5-0) can go a long way toward sewing up the Olympic League 2A Division title tonight at Silverdale Stadium if the… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PICKS: Sequim faces huge road challenge against Olympic
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Redhawks steamroll Vashon; Sequim and Neah Bay win

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Redhawks steamroll Vashon; Sequim and Neah Bay win

Noa Montoya tossed three touchdowns to Dylan Tracer and ran for two other scores as Port Townsend put a solid hurtin’ on… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Redhawks steamroll Vashon; Sequim and Neah Bay win
PREP FOOTBALL: Turnovers doom Riders against Olympic

PREP FOOTBALL: Turnovers doom Riders against Olympic

Let’s hope Saturday night’s dance went better for the Port Angeles Roughriders than Friday’s homecoming football game. The Riders again made things… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Turnovers doom Riders against Olympic
PREP ROUNDUP: Forks volleyball wins league opener; PA soccer beats first-place Olympic

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks volleyball wins league opener; PA soccer beats first-place Olympic

Forks swept past Tenino 25-22, 25-16, 25-13 in its Evergreen League volleyball opener. “It was awesome to get our first league win in,”… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Forks volleyball wins league opener; PA soccer beats first-place Olympic
PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Port Townsend pounds Vashon; Wiker gets 100th win at Sequim; Olympic blows out Port Angeles

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Port Townsend pounds Vashon; Wiker gets 100th win at Sequim; Olympic blows out Port Angeles

Noa Montoya tossed three touchdowns to Dylan Tracer and ran in two more scores as Port Townsend put a solid hurtin’ on… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL UPDATE: Port Townsend pounds Vashon; Wiker gets 100th win at Sequim; Olympic blows out Port Angeles

OUTDOORS: Time to forage for fungi

A RAINY SEPTEMBER has produced prime fungi-growing conditions on the West End and in eastern Jefferson County areas of Olympic National Forest. I’ve got a… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Rams host hoops tryouts Sunday; Peninsula College soccer sweeps Shoreline

The Port Angeles Rams basketball team will be holding tryouts from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.… Continue reading

SPRINT BOATS: Racing teams competing for $10K prize Saturday

SPRINT BOATS: Racing teams competing for $10K prize Saturday

There’s a reason these boats have roll bars. Sprint boat teams will attempt to stay upright and on-course Saturday while competing for… Continue reading

SPRINT BOATS: Racing teams competing for $10K prize Saturday
PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles cross country teams race to victories

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles cross country teams race to victories

Port Angeles runners rolled to a home-meet victory Wednesday at Lincoln Park with the Roughriders winning both boys and girls races while… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Port Angeles cross country teams race to victories