Preps

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
PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders clutch in final moments in 63-62 win

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders clutch in final moments in 63-62 win

The Roughrider basketball boys made a number of clutch plays in the final minutes and held on to beat Lakewood 63-62 in… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: Roughriders clutch in final moments in 63-62 win

PREP BASKETBALL SCORES: Port Angeles boys and girls win; scores from around the state

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Friday Night’s Scores Port Angeles 71, North Mason 39 North Kitsap 83, Olympic 54 Taholah 56, Neah Bay 46 Almira/Coulee-Hartline 56, Valley… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles roughs up short-handed North Kitsap

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles roughs up short-handed North Kitsap

Wood, Larson, Brady all have big nights offensively

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles roughs up short-handed North Kitsap
FORKS BASKETBALL: Tough night at the office for Spartans in doubleheader defeats

FORKS BASKETBALL: Tough night at the office for Spartans in doubleheader defeats

Forks trimmed Sequim’s lead to two early in the fourth quarter but couldn’t contain the Wolves down the stretch, falling 63-49 in a… Continue reading

FORKS BASKETBALL: Tough night at the office for Spartans in doubleheader defeats
BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles turns tables on North Kitsap

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles turns tables on North Kitsap

Roughriders rally from 20-point deficit to stun top-ranked Vikings

BOYS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles turns tables on North Kitsap
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim boys stumble at home; Unbeaten Wolves’ girls hoops squad keeps rolling

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim boys stumble at home; Unbeaten Wolves’ girls hoops squad keeps rolling

Sequim lost its first Olympic League 2A Division boys basketball game and had its three-game winning streak snapped after being beaten by Bremerton… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sequim boys stumble at home; Unbeaten Wolves’ girls hoops squad keeps rolling
Neah Bay’s Julian Carrick runs past Port Angeles Riders during the first half of Port Angeles’ win over the Red Devils last week. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

PREP BASKETBALL: Beefed-up hoops schedules a boon for athletes, coaches and fans

AN ADMIRABLE ASPECT of basketball, college or prep can be found in how the sport approaches scheduling. For most top-tier programs, or those that have… Continue reading

Neah Bay’s Julian Carrick runs past Port Angeles Riders during the first half of Port Angeles’ win over the Red Devils last week. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
PREP WRESTLING: North Peninsula a grappling hotbed

PREP WRESTLING: North Peninsula a grappling hotbed

Winter is the season that Olympic Peninsula athletes go inside to not just hit the hardwood. A large number of them also hit the mats.… Continue reading

PREP WRESTLING: North Peninsula a grappling hotbed
PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles not bringing back head coach Troy Mann

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles not bringing back head coach Troy Mann

Port Angeles is in the market for a high school football coach after Troy Mann’s contract was not renewed in a personnel… Continue reading

PREP FOOTBALL: Port Angeles not bringing back head coach Troy Mann

SPORTS BRIEFS: Crescent teams fall to Darrington; PA’s Borde wins at Fife Tournament

Down two starters, the Crescent Loggers basketball team had trouble keeping up with a good-shooting Darrington squad in a… Continue reading

PREP WRESTLING: Forks third at Granger Invite

Hayden Baker of Forks won his 170-pound weight division at the Tony Saldivar Granger Wrestling Invitational this weekend, helping to lead his team… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles goes baseline to beat state power W.F. West

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles goes baseline to beat state power W.F. West

Larson’s layup with less than 10 seconds lifts Riders

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Port Angeles goes baseline to beat state power W.F. West

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL: Forks, Sequim win big

Jayden Olson hit four 3-pointers and the Spartans had four girls with at least nine points in a 58-29 win over Port Townsend.… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Spartans and Roughriders romp

Forks’ press did damage defensively early and often as the Spartans doubled up Port Townsend 74-37 in a nonleague boys basketball contest… Continue reading

PREP BASKETBALL: PA, Forks teams win; scores from around the state

Prep Basketball, Friday’s scores Boys’ Basketball Port Angeles 81, Kingston 32 Forks 74, Port Townsend 37 Bremerton 54, Olympic 46 Lummi 77, Tulalip Heritage 34… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend gets going inside in win over rival Chimacum

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend gets going inside in win over rival Chimacum

Forks withstands upstart Crescent; Sequim squeaks by Kingston

BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Port Townsend gets going inside in win over rival Chimacum
BOYS BASKETBALL: Strong start, deep bench lift Port Angeles past Neah Bay

BOYS BASKETBALL: Strong start, deep bench lift Port Angeles past Neah Bay

Port Angeles is preparing to run with the upper half of a rugged Olympic League 2A Division that features the No. 1-ranked… Continue reading

BOYS BASKETBALL: Strong start, deep bench lift Port Angeles past Neah Bay
GIRLS BASKETBALL: State power Lynden remains a thorn in Port Angeles’ side

GIRLS BASKETBALL: State power Lynden remains a thorn in Port Angeles’ side

Port Angeles went toe-to-toe with state power Lynden but the Roughriders’ fourth-quarter shots wouldn’t fall and the Lions went home with a… Continue reading

GIRLS BASKETBALL: State power Lynden remains a thorn in Port Angeles’ side
BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles, Sequim hit the pool in opening meets

BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles, Sequim hit the pool in opening meets

The Port Angeles boys swim team narrowly lost to North Kitsap 84-81 in the Roughriders’ opening meet of the season. The Roughriders’ 200-yard… Continue reading

BOYS SWIMMING: Port Angeles, Sequim hit the pool in opening meets