Michael Carman

GOLF: Port Townsend’s Tonan wins old-time hickory title

GOLF: Port Townsend’s Tonan wins old-time hickory title

NEITHER HIS BRASSIE, his niblick nor his putter let him down in the end. Port Townsend Golf Club General Manager and golf pro Gabriel Tonan… Continue reading

GOLF: Port Townsend’s Tonan wins old-time hickory title
PREP FOOTBALL: Resolute Riders snap 17-game losing streak, beat the Redhawks 27-13

PREP FOOTBALL: Resolute Riders snap 17-game losing streak, beat the Redhawks 27-13

Port Angeles enjoyed a post-game celebration nearly two years in the making at Civic Field on Friday, snapping a 17-game losing streak… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Resolute Riders snap 17-game losing streak, beat the Redhawks 27-13
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum clamps down, Forks goes off, Sequim and Neah Bay fall

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum clamps down, Forks goes off, Sequim and Neah Bay fall

A ball-control offense and a solid defensive performance boosted Chimacum to a 13-6 win over South Whidbey and a 2-0 start to… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Chimacum clamps down, Forks goes off, Sequim and Neah Bay fall
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Port city showdown highlights area slate

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Port city showdown highlights area slate

The Port Townsend Redhawks will try and take flight after being grounded by ineligibility issues and forced to forfeit a game against… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Port city showdown highlights area slate
PREPS OPINION: Area football teams struggle to reach practice requirement

PREPS OPINION: Area football teams struggle to reach practice requirement

High school football players are held to a higher standard in regard to minimum practice requirements than nearly every other high school… Continue reading

PREPS OPINION: Area football teams struggle to reach practice requirement
AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMXers fare well at state championship

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMXers fare well at state championship

Lincoln Park BMX cyclists competed in 100-degree heat at the Washington State BMX Championship in Richland last… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Lincoln Park BMXers fare well at state championship

OUTDOORS: Coho biting in Quilcene Bay

ANGLERS LOOKING TO scratch that salt water salmon fishing itch might want to venture south to Quilcene Bay in Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal) for… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Speak up at Fish and Wildlife meetings in Port Angeles

JOHN OR JANE Q. Public will have the chance to offer input during three short comment periods at Friday and Saturday’s state Department of Fish… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Chimacum’s Peyton Hundley

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Chimacum’s Peyton Hundley

Chimacum’s Peyton Hundley only learned he would start at quarterback a few days before the Cowboys’ 21-6 triumph over Neah Bay. No matter. Hundley was… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Chimacum’s Peyton Hundley

GOLF: Drive for the Cure tourney at Sunland

Sunland Golf and Country Club will host its annual Drive for the Cure golf tournament and luncheon on Saturday, Sept, 16. This event… Continue reading

COLLEGE SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula women are reloaded to defend NWAC title

COLLEGE SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula women are reloaded to defend NWAC title

Sophomore leadership, some key transfers and a talented incoming crop of freshman should put the Peninsula… Continue reading

COLLEGE SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula women are reloaded to defend NWAC title
PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay

When Neah Bay’s Logan Halttunnen returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in Friday’s season opener with Chimacum, it seemed… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Chimacum comes together in win over Neah Bay
OUTDOORS: Survival chances poor for Atlantics

OUTDOORS: Survival chances poor for Atlantics

AFTER REACHING OUT to those in the know, I feel better about the net pen collapse that sent a portion of 305,000 farmed Atlantic salmon… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Survival chances poor for Atlantics
PREP FOOTBALL OPENER: Love for a sport in transition (plus prep picks)

PREP FOOTBALL OPENER: Love for a sport in transition (plus prep picks)

Summer’s never been my favorite season. And as the calendar flips to September and summer’s final three weeks slip past, football season,… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL OPENER: Love for a sport in transition (plus prep picks)
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clallam Bay squad keeping football alive

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clallam Bay squad keeping football alive

Wins and losses will take a back seat this fall for Clallam Bay. The Bruins will field a football team again this… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Clallam Bay squad keeping football alive

OUTDOORS: Atlantic salmon roundup continues

MOP-UP EFFORTS to recover more of the Atlantic salmon that escaped from a net pen containing 305,000 fish near Cypress Island in the San Juans… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Neah Bay has plenty of question marks

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Neah Bay has plenty of question marks

After losing the bulk of the stars from its Class 1B state championship-winning 2016 squad, including two former Associated Press 1B State… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Neah Bay has plenty of question marks
Peninsula’s Maddie Parton (11) vies for control of the ball with a Spokane player during the Pirates’ 4-3 win over the Sasquatch at the NWAC Friendlies in Tukwila on Friday.                                Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics

COLLEGE SOCCER: PC women sweep, men split at NWAC Friendlies

The Peninsula College women’s soccer team swept a pair of contests and the Pirate men split its matches at the regular-season opening NWAC… Continue reading

Peninsula’s Maddie Parton (11) vies for control of the ball with a Spokane player during the Pirates’ 4-3 win over the Sasquatch at the NWAC Friendlies in Tukwila on Friday.                                Rick Ross/Peninsula College Athletics
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene has size up front, speed in the back

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene has size up front, speed in the back

Quilcene head coach Trey Beathard is riding the fence about his team’s chances this fall. On one hand, the Rangers are a little… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Quilcene has size up front, speed in the back
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum filling gaps and plugging holes

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum filling gaps and plugging holes

When you’re low on numbers and lacking linemen, high school football teams have to adopt an “all hands on deck” mentality. That’s the… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Chimacum filling gaps and plugging holes