Michael Carman

Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.

Neah Bay chinook put on ice

Neah Bay fishing season fully paused Tuesday

Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.
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Wilder Senior pitcher Kole Acker throws in the first inning against WBS Colts Red on Thursday evening at Port Angeles Civic Field.

AMERICAN LEGION: Acker tosses 3-hitter, scores three runs in Wilder Senior win

Dick Brown Firecracker Tournament continues through Sunday at Civic Field

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Wilder Senior pitcher Kole Acker throws in the first inning against WBS Colts Red on Thursday evening at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Forks pitcher Logan Olson releases a pitch against Adna in the District 4 quarterfinals at Shelton High School May 7.
Forks pitcher Logan Olson releases a pitch against Adna in the District 4 quarterfinals at Shelton High School May 7.
East Jefferson football players, from left, Chris Fair, Logan Massie and Marshall Graves competed for the West All-Stars in a 36-12 loss to the East in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic, the all-state football game for Class 1B through 2A schools, last Saturday in Yakima.

AREA SPORTS: Peninsula athletes play in all-state football game; Athletic activities set in Forks for 4th of July weekend

North Olympic Peninsula players were on the losing end of a 36-12 outcome in a matchup of West and East teams in the… Continue reading

East Jefferson football players, from left, Chris Fair, Logan Massie and Marshall Graves competed for the West All-Stars in a 36-12 loss to the East in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic, the all-state football game for Class 1B through 2A schools, last Saturday in Yakima.

LEFTIES: Port Angeles drops shot at series sweep

Two big innings in a 17-6 loss did in Port Angeles’ chances at a series sweep of the Nanaimo NightOwls. The Lefties… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.

LEFTIES: Mason Persons walks it off for Port Angeles in 4-3 win over Nanaimo

Port Angeles took another chomp out of first-year West Coast League franchise Nanaimo, earning a 4-3 walk-off win over the NightOwls at… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.
The Port Angeles Illusion 18U fastpitch softball team recently went 5-0-1 and won the championship in the High School Open divsion of the USSSA Space Coast Cup Super Regional Tournament in Melbourne, Fla. Team members are: Macy Aumock, Mackenzie Burke, Gracie Copeland, Michaela Green, Libby Hardee, JoCy Kazlauskas, Cydne Moore, Jadeah Nordberg, Ava-Anne Sheahan, Lizzy Soto, Mikkiah Stevens, Taylee Rome, Alyssa Vandenberg and Cheyenne Zimmer. Coaches not pictured are head coach Warren Stevens and assistants Leeah Faris, Greg Faris, Bucky Johnston and Rick Pennington.

SOFTBALL: Port Angeles Illusion 18U wins Space Coast Cup Super Regional in Florida

Players come from Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, Chimacum, La Push and Joyce

The Port Angeles Illusion 18U fastpitch softball team recently went 5-0-1 and won the championship in the High School Open divsion of the USSSA Space Coast Cup Super Regional Tournament in Melbourne, Fla. Team members are: Macy Aumock, Mackenzie Burke, Gracie Copeland, Michaela Green, Libby Hardee, JoCy Kazlauskas, Cydne Moore, Jadeah Nordberg, Ava-Anne Sheahan, Lizzy Soto, Mikkiah Stevens, Taylee Rome, Alyssa Vandenberg and Cheyenne Zimmer. Coaches not pictured are head coach Warren Stevens and assistants Leeah Faris, Greg Faris, Bucky Johnston and Rick Pennington.

OUTDOORS: Chinook limit cut to one off Neah Bay starting today

Weekend of fishing trims 12 percent off quota

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Forks' Dalton Kilmer, center, is one of five North Olympic Peninsula athletes who will play for the West team in the Class 2A/1A/B Earl Barden Classic, the all-state football game, in Yakima on Saturday. Kilmer is joined by Forks football coach Trevor Highfield and his mom, Amy Kilmer.

ALL-STATE FOOTBALL: Six players representing West

Rivals, Roughriders, Rangers and Spartans in 2A/1A/B game

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Forks' Dalton Kilmer, center, is one of five North Olympic Peninsula athletes who will play for the West team in the Class 2A/1A/B Earl Barden Classic, the all-state football game, in Yakima on Saturday. Kilmer is joined by Forks football coach Trevor Highfield and his mom, Amy Kilmer.

LEFTIES: Twelve walks lead Bells over Port Angeles

Port Angeles pitchers combined to allow 12 Bellingham walks and dug a 6-0 hole on the way to a 6-5 loss to the… Continue reading

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Golfers competing in a U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier tee off on the first hole at Port Ludlow Golf Course on Tuesday.

GOLF: Port Ludlow hosts U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier

Sequim’s Sweet shoots 3-over-par 75, ties for 16th

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Golfers competing in a U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier tee off on the first hole at Port Ludlow Golf Course on Tuesday.

LEFTIES: Bellingham walks it off in series opener

Parker leading team in batting average, RBIs

The front side of the 2022 Ride the Hurricane cyclist jersey. Today is the final day to order a jersey for the Aug. 7 ride presented by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
The front side of the 2022 Ride the Hurricane cyclist jersey. Today is the final day to order a jersey for the Aug. 7 ride presented by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder of the Mekong and University of Nevada-Reno
 A 661-pound giant freshwater stingray caught and released near a remote Cambodian island in the Mekong River is the largest freshwater fish in the world. 
Wonder of the Mekong and University of Nevada, Reno

OUTDOORS: Hunter education class changes for youth

World’s largest freshwater fish caught

Wonder of the Mekong and University of Nevada-Reno
 A 661-pound giant freshwater stingray caught and released near a remote Cambodian island in the Mekong River is the largest freshwater fish in the world. 
Wonder of the Mekong and University of Nevada, Reno
Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula chapter
A full Dungeness crab pot awaits crabbers during a run to check pots on the Strait of Juan de Fuca last summer.
Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula chapter
A full Dungeness crab pot awaits crabbers during a run to check pots on the Strait of Juan de Fuca last summer.
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Lefties second baseman Kemet Brown bats in the first inning against Bend on Thursday in Port Angeles.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Lefties second baseman Kemet Brown bats in the first inning against Bend on Thursday in Port Angeles.

AREA SPORTS: Free youth football camp in Forks; basketball and soccer camps in Jefferson County

Friday summer youth volleyball sessions begin June 28 in Sequim

Tranco Transmission won the 12U softball city championship over P.A. Power Equipment 10-3 last Saturday. Tranco players are, back row, from left, Athena Grego, Paeton Elofson, Parker Horn, Norah Delgado, Sophie Weed and, front row, Catherine Chance, Morgan Politika, Madison Wright, Juno Rognlien and Olivia McCallister. Not Pictured: Alyssa Romero and London Wilkinson. The team was managed by Kim Politika and coached by Joe Politika and Nils Rognlien.

AREA SPORTS: Tranco Transmission wins 12U softball crown

Oregon State wrestlers leading Forks camp June 28-29

Tranco Transmission won the 12U softball city championship over P.A. Power Equipment 10-3 last Saturday. Tranco players are, back row, from left, Athena Grego, Paeton Elofson, Parker Horn, Norah Delgado, Sophie Weed and, front row, Catherine Chance, Morgan Politika, Madison Wright, Juno Rognlien and Olivia McCallister. Not Pictured: Alyssa Romero and London Wilkinson. The team was managed by Kim Politika and coached by Joe Politika and Nils Rognlien.
Port Angeles Lefties.
Port Angeles Lefties.
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Lefties' Golden Tate hits into an RBI double as Bend catcher Isah Burk looks on during the first inning on Tuesday evening at Port Angeles Civic Field.

LEFTIES: Former Seahawk Golden Tate thrills Civic Field with his baseball skills

Tate hits an RBI double, scores a run, steals a base and makes a diving grab

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Lefties' Golden Tate hits into an RBI double as Bend catcher Isah Burk looks on during the first inning on Tuesday evening at Port Angeles Civic Field.