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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women open NWAC North slate with victories

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women open NWAC North slate with victories

Impressive performances by freshmen guards Jaylin Moore and Everett Torres-Kahapea, and some important late-game free-throw shooting lifted Peninsula to an 82-79 NWAC North… Continue reading

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula men, women open NWAC North slate with victories
SEAHAWKS: Metcalf’s breakout game another step for rookie

SEAHAWKS: Metcalf’s breakout game another step for rookie

Amid an avalanche of attention following the best game of his career to date, DK Metcalf allowed… Continue reading

SEAHAWKS: Metcalf’s breakout game another step for rookie
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim saves best for last in win over North Kitsap
GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim saves best for last in win over North Kitsap
BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks starts league slate on a high note

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks starts league slate on a high note

Crescent gets back to team focus; Sequim hangs with No. 3 North Kitsap

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Forks starts league slate on a high note

OUTDOORS: Rivers dropping down rapidly

Likely to get rain over the weekend

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Learn avalanche awareness

Plus scholarship applications, little league, baseball clinic

A triumphant year in sports on the North Olympic Peninsula

A triumphant year in sports on the North Olympic Peninsula

A year of title triumphs at the league, state and regional conference levels, NCAA Division-I commitments, minor league successes and struggles and… Continue reading

A triumphant year in sports on the North Olympic Peninsula
CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Port Townsend girls knock off Granite Falls

CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Port Townsend girls knock off Granite Falls

The Port Townsend girls basketball team said new head coach Lorraine Rimson was being “mean” when she told the squad they were… Continue reading

CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Port Townsend girls knock off Granite Falls
CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Tigers too tough for Neah Bay girls to tame

CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Tigers too tough for Neah Bay girls to tame

Neah Bay struggled against Burlington-Edison’s pressure defense and the Tigers’ size inside in a 79-44 girls… Continue reading

CRUSH IN THE SLUSH: Tigers too tough for Neah Bay girls to tame

OUTDOORS: Usher in 2020 by taking a hike

FIRST DAY HIKES await those ushering in the New Year on the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday. Free admission will be provided to state parks… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Crush in the Slush tourney tips off at Port Townsend High School

Redhawks boys and girls, Neah Bay girls and Chimacum boys all competing

PREPS: Class 2B or not 2B re-classification question answered for Forks, Chimacum

PREPS: Class 2B or not 2B re-classification question answered for Forks, Chimacum

Port Townsend joining Nisqually League; other schools stay in current classes

PREPS: Class 2B or not 2B re-classification question answered for Forks, Chimacum
The Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center (elevation 5,242) in Olympic National Park is about a 17 mile drive from Port Angeles and offers a snack bar, gift shop and is where groups meet up for snow shoe tours. (Ken Lambert/Seattle Times/MCT)

OUTDOORS: Ridge open for snow fun; crabbing will continue after New Year’s

THE BEST OPTION for fun in the snow or wowing out-of-town visitors with natural scenery comes today through New Year’s Day atop Hurricane Ridge. After… Continue reading

The Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center (elevation 5,242) in Olympic National Park is about a 17 mile drive from Port Angeles and offers a snack bar, gift shop and is where groups meet up for snow shoe tours. (Ken Lambert/Seattle Times/MCT)
PREP BASEBALL: Casey Dietz named Port Angeles head coach

PREP BASEBALL: Casey Dietz named Port Angeles head coach

Port Angeles found its new head baseball coach in the Roughriders’ own dugout. Casey Dietz, an assistant on the 2019 Olympic League… Continue reading

PREP BASEBALL: Casey Dietz named Port Angeles head coach
GOLF: Area linksters enjoy Battle at Bandon

GOLF: Area linksters enjoy Battle at Bandon

a three-day trip to Bandon, Ore., to play three of the four full links… Continue reading

GOLF: Area linksters enjoy Battle at Bandon
ALL-PENINSULA FOOTBALL MVP: Sequim’s Taig Wiker valued for his versatility

ALL-PENINSULA FOOTBALL MVP: Sequim’s Taig Wiker valued for his versatility

Sequim junior Taig Wiker doesn’t lack for confidence — exactly the kind of personality trait a football team needs out of its signal… Continue reading

ALL-PENINSULA FOOTBALL MVP: Sequim’s Taig Wiker valued for his versatility
PREP SPORTS: Gymnasts tumble past Kingston

PREP SPORTS: Gymnasts tumble past Kingston

A combined group of Port Angeles, Sequim and Crescent gymnasts scored big in a 144.1-96.85 gymnastics meet victory over Kingston on Friday at… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS: Gymnasts tumble past Kingston
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Port Angeles’ Gary Johnson represents Roughriders

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Port Angeles’ Gary Johnson represents Roughriders

What a week for the Port Angeles Roughriders boys basketball team (3-0, 5-1). Port Angeles withstood a 28-0 run by No. 1… Continue reading

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Port Angeles’ Gary Johnson represents Roughriders
PREP BASKETBALL: Riders in control from opening tip

PREP BASKETBALL: Riders in control from opening tip

Port Angeles took the bite out of the North Mason Bulldogs offensively, holding North Mason to single-digit scoring in every quarter in… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Riders in control from opening tip
BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Brody Merritt signs to play for Lower Columbia

BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Brody Merritt signs to play for Lower Columbia

The reigning Olympic League MVP will pitch for a familiar face on a squad with a couple of former high school teammates.… Continue reading

BASEBALL: Port Angeles’ Brody Merritt signs to play for Lower Columbia