Michael Carman

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP

Sequim goalkeeper Claire Henninger thought about what she could do to boost her team’s underclassmen-heavy roster prior to her junior soccer season. “I… Continue reading

GIRLS SOCCER: Sequim’s Claire Henninger is the All-Peninsula MVP
PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments

PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments

A Class 1B state championship-winning football team in Neah Bay. Port Townsend’s repeat trip to the 1A state playoffs. District playoff appearances… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Season’s five-best games produced thrilling moments
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite

An ice-cold night from the floor sunk Port Townsend in a 46-36 nonleague boys basketball loss to Vashon. The Redhawks were unable… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Ice-cold Port Townsend hoopsters fall; Forks wrestlers win Mount Baker Invite
PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP

The playmaking abilities of Sequim junior wide receiver/safety/kick returner Gavin Velarde has made opposition coaches mutter quiet curses to themselves on the sidelines… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Sequim’s Velarde is the All-Peninsula MVP
BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

Port Angeles produced its finest half of basketball thus far and caged the Centralia Tigers 74-58 in a nonleague boys basketball contest.… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Angevine, Port Angeles rain down treys on Centralia

OUTDOORS: Fishing, hunting license fees likely to rise

EARLIER THIS MONTH Gov. Jay Inslee rolled out a two-year state budget package that would invest more than $50 million to upgrade hatcheries, boost production… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team

Neah Bay’s Cameron Buzzell and Cole Svec have been voted All-Northwest Football League First Team selections on offense and defense by league coaches,… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay, Crescent players honored on All-Northwest Football League Team
OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch

A TASTY LITTLE stocking stuffer was handed out a few days before Christmas by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Olympic National Park.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Tentative razor clam dig eyed at Kalaloch
PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Munyagi Jr. voted Associated Press Class 1B Player of the Year

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Munyagi Jr. voted Associated Press Class 1B Player of the Year

Neah Bay junior quarterback/defensive back Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. has been voted the Associated Press Washington state player of the year for Class 1B.… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Neah Bay’s Munyagi Jr. voted Associated Press Class 1B Player of the Year
BOYS BASKETBALL: Centralia Tigers tame Sequim

BOYS BASKETBALL: Centralia Tigers tame Sequim

Sequim sophomore Riley Cowan and his fellow Wolves kept Centralia’s high-scoring senior in check, but the visiting Tigers still managed to come away… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Centralia Tigers tame Sequim
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Bay’s Mariah LaChester, left, drives around the tight defense ofQuilcene’s Katie Love during the Rangers’ 45-30 nonleague win over the Bruins.

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Quilcene girls get defensive in win over Clallam Bay

Quilcene evened the score against Clallam Bay with a 45-30 nonleague girls basketball victory… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Bay’s Mariah LaChester, left, drives around the tight defense ofQuilcene’s Katie Love during the Rangers’ 45-30 nonleague win over the Bruins.
BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles splashes North Kitsap

BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles splashes North Kitsap

The Port Angeles boys got five first-place finishes and four state qualifying times in a home… Continue reading

BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles splashes North Kitsap
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles posts deliver the goods in win over Port Townsend

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles posts deliver the goods in win over Port Townsend

Port Angeles broke open a close game with Port Townsend by going inside… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles posts deliver the goods in win over Port Townsend
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Strong third quarter helps Neah Bay top Forks

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Strong third quarter helps Neah Bay top Forks

Neah Bay deployed a deep bench to outpace an improved Forks squad in a 47-38 nonleague girls basketball game. It just took a… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Strong third quarter helps Neah Bay top Forks
BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks blows out Neah Bay in confidence-building win

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks blows out Neah Bay in confidence-building win

An in-season pep talk went a long way for sharp-shooting Forks forward Cort Prose. Prose scored 18 points on six 3-pointers in front… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Forks blows out Neah Bay in confidence-building win

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles bounces back with road win over North Kitsap

Port Angeles got back on track in a big way after a loss to Bremerton on Monday, going on the road to knock… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Fishing slows as temperature stays frigid

FRIGID CONDITIONS OVER the last week-plus, coupled with a lack of hatchery steelhead, have fishing at a bit of a standstill out on the West… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Scant three days of halibut fishing guaranteed this spring

A SWITCH TO in-season halibut management for all state marine areas is planned this spring. That’s after a 2016 halibut season that saw recreational anglers… Continue reading

GOLF: Wagner, Cedars at Dungeness, now operating Peninsula Golf Club

GOLF: Wagner, Cedars at Dungeness, now operating Peninsula Golf Club

THE GOLF COURSE that boasts some of the best views of any such facility on the North Olympic Peninsula now has a clearer vision of… Continue reading

GOLF: Wagner, Cedars at Dungeness, now operating Peninsula Golf Club
PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls, Port Angeles boys pick up division wins

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls, Port Angeles boys pick up division wins

Port Townsend’s third-quarter press helped the Redhawks turn a halftime tie with Klahowya into a 54-50 Olympic League 1A Division girls basketball… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend girls, Port Angeles boys pick up division wins