SPORTS: Sequim ends season with loss to Olympic

Boys Basketball Olympic 47, Sequim 40 SILVERDALE -- Sequim wrapped up the regular season with a loss to the Trojans on Tuesday. Ary Webb led… Continue reading

Atlanta bound? Griffey says decision hasn’t been made

PDN news sources The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today that former Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. had spurned the Mariners to sign with the Atlanta Braves, but… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2009
  • PDN news sources

SPORTS: Pirates bumped aside by Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES -- Valentine's Day delivered a pair of heart-breakers to the Stewart household in Peninsula College's NWAACC North Division basketball doubleheader against Skagit Valley… Continue reading

SPORTS: Clallam Bay one win away from 1B state tournament

SEQUIM -- Forget about style points. Clallam Bay senior forward Jesse Chartraw just wants to get to the Class 1B state tournament. After the Bruins… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Does superstition help at this weekend’s salmon derby? Can’t hurt!

ANGLERS WILL DO anything to turn things around. In the case of Wayne Bibbins of Down Home Charters (360-643-1960) in Port Townsend, it's getting his… Continue reading

SPORTS: Forks loss clarifies path to possible district play

FORKS -- The Forks boys basketball team's playoff picture cleared up after a 69-67 overtime loss to the Rochester Warriors on Thursday night. With the… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Olympic National Park fishing regulation changes proposed

HERE'S TO KEEPING it simple. Olympic National Park has decided to do just that with its proposed changes to fishing regulations on the Queets River.… Continue reading

Roughriders gain share of league championship — at least

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles High School's girls basketball team clinched at least a share of the Olympic League championship after blowing out North Mason… Continue reading

Clear view ahead for legally blind wrestler

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- Brian Hergert's nose presses against the computer screen. A wrestling match he'd finished a few hours earlier plays inches from his face.… Continue reading

Michalczik jumps at chance to coach in NFL

PORT ANGELES -- Jim Michalczik, one of the best football players to ever don a Port Angeles High School uniform, came so close to be… Continue reading

Port Angeles-raised Michalczik bolts Huskies to join Oakland Raiders staff

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Former Port Angeles High School football standout Jim Michalczik is no longer a Washington Husky. Michalczik joined the Oakland Raiders as the… Continue reading

Outdoors: The connection between halibut fishing, Hood Canal Bridge replacement

SOMETIMES, EVEN WHEN fishing is good, it's bad. Case in point: Last spring's recreational halibut fishery in Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

Peninsula College woman beat conference rival Bellevue

PORT ANGELES -- Go with what works. Peninsula College sophomores Brooke Helpenstell and Brittany Bridges couldn't be stopped coming off a high post pick on… Continue reading

Outdoors: Steelhead fishing poor all over the place

YES, MY DEAR Peninsulites, things could be worse. Just ask anglers around the rest of the state. As mediocre as the current winter steelhead season… Continue reading

Frosty fishing turns up results

Peninsula Daily News news sources 'Tis the steel-son! The snow stopped many people from steelheading over the past couple of weeks, but the few diehards… Continue reading

  • Jan 3, 2009
  • Peninsula Daily News news sources

Prize-winning fungus among us — results of the PDN’s mushroom contest

EDITOR'S NOTE: Columnist Matt Schubert's work normally appears in Sports, Page B1, on Thursdays and Fridays. His bonus column today chronicles the mushroom contest he… Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: Wakamatsu reportedly to be named Seattle Mariners manager

Don Wakamatsu is reported to be the new manager of the Mariners and an official announcement is expected on Wednesday. The bench coach of the… Continue reading

SPORTS — Another heartbreaker: Sequim’s season comes to close with last-second playoff defeat

TUMWATER -- The Sequim High School football team found a whole new level of heartbreak in its Class 2A first-round state playoff loss to the… Continue reading

SPORTS — Forks’ best season in eight years ends with playoff loss

BELLINGHAM -- Forks High School's most successful football season since a 2000 run to the Class 2A state quarterfinals ended Saturday with a 39-14 loss… Continue reading

SPORTS: ‘Big Dawgs’ linemen help lead Sequim to state playoffs

BREAKING NEWS: Centralia quarterback Forrest Ahrens threw a "hail Mary" pass from 25 yards out to a diving Dominick Courcy, who pulled in the pass… Continue reading