Michael Carman

OUTDOORS: Wild steelhead recovery challenged by crowds on West End rivers

INCREASINGLY CROWDED CONDITIONS in and along West End rivers and banks are another challenge to the recovery of wild steelhead stocks. Forks is well known… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Maddie Boe three-peats as All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — Maddie Boe's success-laden high school soccer career with Port Angeles has been an ever-evolving process. As a freshman, she was an attack-minded… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

OUTDOORS: Details behind West End river rule changes

WHEN THE LAST names of area fishing guides are easy to spot on the high school basketball roster, you know Forks is a town with… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Maddie Boe three-peats as All-Peninsula MVP

PORT ANGELES — Maddie Boe's success-laden high school soccer career with Port Angeles has been an ever-evolving process. As a freshman, she was an attack-minded… Continue reading

Port Angeles senior Maddie Boe has earned her third straight All-Peninsula Girls Soccer MVP as selected by area coaches and the sports staff of the Peninsula Daily News. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

GOLF: Busy year in golf on the North Olympic Peninsula in 2015

OFTEN IGNORED BY golf’s decision makers, the Pacific Northwest stood tall in 2015, playing host to the 115th U.S. Open, the first national championship held… Continue reading

WRESTLING: Sequim, Port Townsend boys and girls fare well at Hammerhead Invitational

BREMERTON — The Sequim boys wrestling team continued to show improvement after earning a ninth-place finish out of 40 teams from multiple classifications at the… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Angeles, Rogers, beat up on Klahowya

PORT ANGELES — A fast start buoyed by tough defense propelled the Port Angeles boys basketball team to its third straight win, a 67-40 blowout… Continue reading

Forks' Parker Browning shoots while defended by Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

BOYS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay presses the issue in comeback win over Forks

FORKS — North Olympic Peninsula neighbors Forks and Neah Bay put on a show in a nonleague boys basketball game that saw the Red Devils… Continue reading

Forks' Parker Browning shoots while defended by Neah Bay's Rwehabura Munyagi Jr. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek goes up for a basket against Chimacum. Meek led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Redhawks to victory. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Meek and a strong rebounding effort propel Port Townsend to rivalry win

Port Townsend 45, Chimacum 32 PORT TOWNSEND — The Redhawks made things tough for the rival Cowboys offensively and earned their first win of the… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Kaitlyn Meek goes up for a basket against Chimacum. Meek led all scorers with 21 points to lead the Redhawks to victory. Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News
Forks' Alexis Leons (40) shoots over Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson (23) while the Spartans' Sage Barr (13) and the Red Devils' Jessica Greene (3) look on. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Neah Bay 3-pointers sink Forks

FORKS — The math is simple for the Neah Bay girls basketball team. Three-point shots provide more of a return on investment than two-pointers, provided… Continue reading

Forks' Alexis Leons (40) shoots over Neah Bay's Tristin Johnson (23) while the Spartans' Sage Barr (13) and the Red Devils' Jessica Greene (3) look on. Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula rebounds to finish fourth at crossover — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Peninsula College finished fourth. EUGENE, Ore. — The Peninsula College men's basketball team bounced back… Continue reading

WRESTLING: Port Angeles drops Forks and Kingston in double dual meet

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles earned wins against Kingston and Forks in a double dual wrestling meet. Port Angeles topped the Buccaneers 48-21 and edged… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers

WEEKEND REWIND: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers

PORT TOWNSEND — The days of wild steelhead and wild rainbow trout retention are numbered on the North Olympic Peninsula, potentially signaling the end of… Continue reading

WEEKEND REWIND: State commission curtails wild steelhead retention on many North Olympic Peninsula rivers
OUTDOORS: Will new steelhead regulations impact fishing on the West End?

OUTDOORS: Will new steelhead regulations impact fishing on the West End?

THE RIPPLE EFFECTS stemming from last week's decision by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission outlawing wild steelhead and wild rainbow trout retention on eight… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Will new steelhead regulations impact fishing on the West End?
Forks' Jeffrey Schumack (2)

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks stymied by Aberdeen’s pressure

FORKS — Forks missed out on a chance to make an early statement in the Evergreen League boys basketball standings when it lost 67-49 to… Continue reading

Forks' Jeffrey Schumack (2)

GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Greene sisters help Neah Bay tame Shorewood Christian

SEATTLE — The Neah Bay girls basketball improved to 3-0 with a 55-34 road rout of the Shorewood Christian Lions. Jessica Greene made 5 of… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Anglers asking for changes to halibut season schedule

CHANGE, EVEN WHEN it seems like common sense, still takes time. Such is the case for the recreational halibut fishery in the state of Washington.… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Grayson Peet

BOYS BASKETBALL: Lacking intensity, Port Angeles lets win slip away against Blaine

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles boys basketball coach Kasey Ulin repeated the numbers 24 and 19 with emphasis after the Roughriders gave away a game… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Grayson Peet

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Peninsula College earns two hard-fought road wins

VANCOUVER — Better results on the defensive end and valuing the basketball and limiting turnovers were the focus for the Peninsula College men in two… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Four Sequim grapplers place at Battle at the Border tourney

BLAINE — Sequim fared well at the Battle at the Border wrestling tournament, finishing ninth out 24 teams and finishing with four top-five placers. The… Continue reading