SPORTS: Peninsula College men’s soccer team in playoffs — after losing game

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's soccer team backed its way into the NWAACC playoffs after falling 1-0 to Highline on Wednesday at Civic… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area golf courses aren’t very spooky

HAVING PLAYED ALL the North Olympic Peninsula courses and having grown up here, I've yet to hear of any golf-related ghost stories from our area… Continue reading

SPORTS: North Kitsap beats Port Angeles 3-1 in volleyball; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles volleyball team did something no other Olympic League squad has done all season. Unfortunately for the Roughriders, they didn't… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles High School prepares for thousands of fans at big football game against archrival Sequim on Friday

PORT ANGELES -- How big is Friday night's football game between Port Angeles and Sequim? Almost too big for Port Angeles' Civic Field. More than… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum Cowboys win third straight do-or-die football game

PORT TOWNSEND -- Nobody puts these Chimacum Cowboys in a corner. The Cowboys refuse to go away in the Class 1A Nisqually League playoff race… Continue reading

SPORTS: Quilcene volleyball team qualifies for playoffs; other prep reports

QUILCENE -- The Quilcene volleyball team qualified for the playoffs by winning two Sea-Tac League matches this past week. In recent action, the Rangers won… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Rain coming this weekend should help fishing and hunting

WANT AFFIRMATION FROM a high power? Start praying for rain on the North Olympic Peninsula. It won't take very long for you to get a… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Matt Schubert’s five best bets to do this weekend

• Hoodsport chum -- The great Hood Canal chum run is in. These frightening fish have flooded the waters around Hoodsport Hatchery in the last… Continue reading

SPORTS: Chimacum faces Cedar Park Christian in crucial football game

PORT TOWNSEND -- The Chimacum football team should be used to this by now. For the third straight week, the Cowboys find themselves in a… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay beats Crescent for North Olympic League volleyball championship

JOYCE -- No experience needed. At least that's the way it seemed as the youthful Neah Bay volleyball team shut down Crescent 3-0 to repeat… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend duo go 1-2 at boys Olympic League Cross Country Championships

SEQUIM -- Bereket Piatt wasn't about to make the same mistake twice. A year after getting caught on the homestretch by North Kitsap's Tabor Reedy,… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Beauty is hook deep

CHUM SALMON DON'T need any help around Halloween. They're scary enough as it is. As one writer put it a few years ago, spawning chum… Continue reading

SPORTS: Olympic League meet today might add to array of past state cross country champions

SEQUIM -- Pat Durr felt compelled to make a prediction after the Salt Creek Invitational in September. Kingston's Marina Roberts had just dominated a field… Continue reading

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Spooky Halloween event set for Port Townsend Golf Club

A GENTLEMAN FROM Port Townsend wrote in with some kind words for my column and a query. Flattery will get you everywhere with me, so… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay beats Clallam Bay in volleyball, sets up championship showdown with Crescent; Port Angeles beats Sequim 5-3 in girls soccer and other prep reports

NEAH BAY -- The Neah Bay volleyball team moved into a tie for first place after beating Clallam Bay 3-0 on Tuesday to set up… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim beats Port Angeles 3-0 in key volleyball match; both teams tied for second in league

PORT ANGELES -- A single tear welled up in Christine Halberg's right eye as she tried to find the right words. It was the same… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent volleyball team warms up for rival Neah Bay by beating Sequim JV 3-1

JOYCE -- The Crescent volleyball team used a 3-1 nonleague victory over the Sequim JV on Monday as a tune-up for a showdown with Neah… Continue reading

SPORTS: Four advance for Port Angeles at the boys tennis subdistrict championships

TACOMA -- Four Port Angeles players advanced at the Class 2A subdistrict boys tennis tournament Friday at Clover Park High School. The Olympic League, South… Continue reading

SPORTS: Bellevue nips Pirates in men’s and women’s soccer action

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College men's soccer team's hold on the NWAACC West Division got a little more tenuous Saturday night. The Pirates dropped… Continue reading

SPORTS: Matt Schubert’s Preps notes: Playoff home fields unfair to North Olympic Peninsula football teams; Port Townsend loses much more than football game

SOMETIMES, HOME TEAMS travel too. Such will be the case for the Sequim and Port Angeles football teams in the first week of November. Both… Continue reading