PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles blows out Chief Sealth 48-0; other Peninsula high school results

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles football team began this season much like the last one: with a commanding blowout win over Chief Sealth on… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Dryness to make hunting difficult

TRUDGE LIGHTLY, MY dear Peninsulites. As is usually the case during the first few weeks of hunting season on the North Olympic Peninsula, stealth equals… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Some league predictions [High school football preview section at bottom of home page]

SOMEONE MUST WIN, and someone must lose on the prep gridiron this fall. Here's a few not-so-bold predictions about how that will shake out in… Continue reading

SPORTS: Forks football team opens season at Sequim; other first weekend match-ups of prep football teams

The high school football season kicks off this weekend with all nine North Olympic Peninsula schools in action. And tonight in Dungeness Valley, new Forks… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Archery hunting season starts today

ARCHERY DEER SEASON begins today on the North Olympic Peninsula. Those who want to bag a buck ought to think about heading east. The West… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Ludlow Resort is rated top golf resort in state

A ROUND OF polite golf hand clapping is in store as Port Ludlow Resort was recently named the Best Golf Resort in the entire state… Continue reading

SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer beats Trinity; prepares for Tukwila tournament

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team shut out Trinity Lutheran College Reserve 3-0 in a non-counting scrimmage game Sunday. The Pirates, 1-1… Continue reading

Smiles big on final day at Olympic Peninsula Senior Games

PORT ANGELES — Smiles all around seemed to be the highlight of the final day of the seventh annual 2011 Olympic Peninsula Senior Games on… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Surgery doesn’t slow up Sequim football coach

HARD TO IMAGINE a season getting off to a rougher start than Erik Wiker’s did. After all, the longtime Sequim football coach was lying in… Continue reading

SENIOR GAMES: Mr. One Thousand — as in Senior Games medals — for Port Angeles’ Snipe

PORT ANGELES — The public address announcer requested a brief break three-quarters of the way through the Olympic Peninsula Senior Games swim meet at William… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Coho starting to make move into area

GIVE THE COHO this much: They've got good timing. Just as king season is set to close around the North Olympic Peninsula, the secondary salmon… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sea-run cutthroat trout are fish of a different color

SEA-RUN CUTTHROAT trout don’t typically inspire the same sort of crowds as their salmon counterparts. Still, a day targeting the anadromous trout is often much… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Benefit golf tournament for spouses and children of war heroes

GOLFERS LOOKING FOR a reason to head over to play Sequim’s SunLand Golf & Country Club (besides nicely manicured greens and fairways) should look no… Continue reading

SPORTS: Victoria defeats Peninsula Pirates 5-1 in men’s soccer scrimmage

PORT ANGELES — The Gonzalez brothers make quite the pair. Miguel Gonzalez, who broke the Peninsula College men's soccer single-season scoring record in 2010, scored… Continue reading

SOCCER PREVIEW: Peninsula College men defend first NWAACC championship

PORT ANGELES — It would appear the Peninsula College men’s soccer program is running out of room to grow. A year after winning their first… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Pinks perfect for Kids’ Salmon Derby in Sekiu

LEAVE THE RITALIN in the medicine cabinet. With Humpy Madness 2011 still in full effect, little Joey and Josie should have little trouble focusing during… Continue reading

SPORTS: Area prep football practice heats up

The long grind of the high school football season began this week as teams around the state held their first practices of the fall Wednesday.… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Kalaloch unlikely to have razor clam harvest

RAZOR CLAM DIGGERS shouldn’t expect much, if anything, from Kalaloch Beach this fall. Olympic National Park completed its annual stock assessment of Kalaloch’s clam population… Continue reading

SPORTS: Concussion testing for athletes starts today

North Olympic Peninsula athletes can take preseason concussion testing starting today through a special program offered by SportsConcussions.org. Area athletes ages 10 and older can… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Angeles High School graduate assists LPGA tourney in Oregon

IT ALL STARTED back behind the since-shuttered Fairview Elementary School in the mid-1990s in Port Angeles. Fifth-grade teacher and Port Angeles High School golf coach… Continue reading