Mat Classic starts today; these local wrestlers will compete
Feb 20, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Peninsula girls wrestling team is a top contender to win a second consecutive state championship at Mat Classic.
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Gig Harbor boys fall a point short of upsetting top-seeded Auburn Mountainview
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Tides will learn their opening state tournament opponent on Sunday, Feb. 23.
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys open district play with double-overtime win
Feb 14, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor girls, meanwhile, fall in the first round and face a loser-out game on Saturday.
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys, girls secure district playoff berths
Feb 07, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Peninsula girls play for a district tournament berth on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the University of Puget Sound.
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Sports Beat | Peninsula ties for league bowling crown
Feb 03, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneAlso in this week’s sports roundup: Peninsula edges Gig Harbor in wrestling, the Tides and Seahawks face each other in the girls basketball playoffs, and more.
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Gig Harbor girls win first game under new coach
Jan 30, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor High School girls basketball team learned Jan. 27 that the Peninsula School District placed its coaching staff — head coach Tim Olson and assistants James Bonnici and Nikki Scott — on administrative leave for the remainder of this basketball season. The district cited an ongoing investigation in a statement on Jan. 28,
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Peninsula School District suspends all three Gig Harbor High girls basketball coaches for rest of season
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffAn interim coach, who has not yet been named, will lead the Tides for the rest of the current season.
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Sports Beat | Peninsula wrestlers ready to defend 2024 state championship
Jan 24, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe defending state champion Peninsula girls wrestling team put on a dominant display on Jan. 22 in a 42-20 win over River Ridge. Several Seahawks won by fall or major technical decisions to keep their conference record unblemished. Mira Sonnen Defending individual state champion Mira Sonnen was first on the mat for the Seahawks. Sonnen
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PenMet to name sports field in honor of Joe Jarzynka
Jan 23, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffJoe Jarzynka Memorial Fieldhouse will commemorate the former Gig Harbor High and University of Washington football star who died in 2023.
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Ty Buchanan the hero as Gig Harbor squeezes by Peninsula
Jan 17, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe senior guard made big plays on both ends of the court during the closing minutes of Wednesday’s boys Fish Basket game.
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