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The state’s No. 1-ranked Class 3A girls soccer team will be in action tonight, Nov. 15, when Gig Harbor (16-1-1) faces University of Spokane (12-7-1) at Roy Anderson Field at 7 p.m. The game is the state tournament opener for Gig Harbor. No. 17-seed U-Hi advanced to face the Tides by defeating No. 16 Mountain
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Darrin Reeves resigned as head football coach at Gig Harbor High School, he told his team during a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Reeves just completed his second season at the helm of the Tides. He compiled an 11-9 overall record and a 9-4 conference record in those two seasons. Reeves guided the Tides to
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Peninsula’s Elektra Higgins and Gig Harbor’s Taylor Sletner are among the top contenders at the state cross country championships on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Sun Willows Golf Course in the Tri-Cities. Higgins has run the state’s fourth-best time this year but defeated second- and third-ranked runners in Washington, the Rodriquez sisters from Mercer Island, at
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The Gig Harbor (16-1-1) girls soccer team remained red-hot and won the West Central District 3 championship over Peninsula (14-3-1), 3-1, on Nov. 7 at Mount Tahoma High School. The Tides continued their winning ways with a convincing performance in a game that matched the state’s No. 1- and No. 2-ranked Class 3A teams in
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The parks district says its only option to ensure Madrona Links remains an 18-hole public course is to acquire a 14.3-acre privately owned parcel through eminent domain.
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Postseason updates for football, girls soccer, tennis, cross country, swimming and volleyball.
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The family of a Gig Harbor High School quarterback who was seriously injured during Fish Bowl 2023 is suing Peninsula School District. Also named as defendants in the suit are Ross Filkins, coach and athletic director of Peninsula High School, as well as the PHS student who made the tackle. The suit, filed in U.S.
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Freshman Nadia Schwab scored two goals for the Tides in the soccer championship game. Both teams advance in the postseason.
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The Tom Taylor Family YMCA, having raised $5.5 million of $7 million needed to build two lighted, artificially turfed fields, seeks help reaching the finish line.
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Gig Harbor Tides started fast and had to hold on at the end to defeat Bellarmine, 28-26, in an instant classic at Roy Anderson Field on Friday, Oct. 26. The Tides jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the first quarter when do-it-all running back Ryland Geldermann ran around left end, swatting away the arms
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