Sports

Gig Harbor Now is proud to cover Gig Harbor Tides and Peninsula Seahawk athletics, along with myriad parks and recreation events and opportunities available to the community.

Gig Harbor grad Rivera carves out a comfort zone in Cheney

Nov 14, 2023 | By: Leland Smith

For an offensive lineman, it doesn’t get much better than this. Your team clings, white-knuckled, to 24-23 lead with 10 minutes left on the game clock. Nine minutes and 18 plays later, an 84-yard drive ends in the land of six. Touchdown! Your team leads 31-23 and you can gleefully watch precious time tick away

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Le Mans sailboat race a well-loved and wacky local tradition

Nov 13, 2023 | By: Chapin Day

“All hands below deck!” Weather permitting, that strange command should echo around Gig Harbor next Saturday morning, Nov. 18, just five minutes before one of the world’s wackiest sailboat racing starts. Even the most committed landlubber ashore, ignorant of sail racing’s rules or which side is port and which side is starboard, can enjoy the

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Sports Beat: Flu-ravaged Tides fall in football playoffs

Nov 10, 2023 | By:

The Gig Harbor (7-3, 6-1) football season abruptly ended with a 28-7 playoff loss to Marysville-Pilchuck on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Roy Anderson Field. The Tides faced a formidable offensive and defensive line and gave away almost 25 pounds per position in the trenches. That proved to be the difference in the game as the

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Sports Beat: Gig Harbor volleyball beats Peninsula as teams finish tied for second in league

Nov 03, 2023 | By:

An ESPN banner hung over a tabletop at center court, with three Peninsula students energetically playing their parts as announcers for a girls volleyball showdown between Gig Harbor and Peninsula on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Full student sections from each school saw some fantastic volleyball with leaping kills, quick-handed saves, running serves, high-velocity spikes, and several

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Gig Harbor, Peninsula soccer teams advance to state

Oct 31, 2023 | By:

The fall sports season is churning through its final few weeks, with many local teams and individuals at or near the top of the South Sound Conference. This week features two rivalry games between Peninsula and Gig Harbor and much more, including individual district champions and state qualifiers. Both soccer teams advance to state Both

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Phase 2/3 sports center layouts whittled to two similar plans

Oct 30, 2023 | By:

The two Phase 3 soccer fields could be on the same level or at different elevations. If at on height, a high school-sized baseball diamond could be overlaid on them.

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Banged-up Peninsula Seahawks fall to Timberline

Oct 29, 2023 | By:

The Peninsula Seahawk (4-5, 4-3 South Sound Conference) football team played the Timberline Blazers (5-4, 4-3) on Friday, Oct. 27, for a chance to claim the league’s third place playoff spot, but fell to the Blazers at home, 35-0. The Seahawks, Blazers and Capital Cougars all ended the regular season with 4-3 SSC records. Those

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Sports Beat: Football playoff spot on the line for Peninsula

Oct 27, 2023 | By:

Both local football teams are in action tonight (Friday, Oct. 27). The Gig Harbor Tides (7-1, 6-0 South Sound Conference) travel to Yelm (8-0, 6-0) to take on the Tornados for a conference title, while the Peninsula Seahawks look to clinch third place in the conference and a Class 3A playoff spot against the Timberline

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Gig Harbor faces Yelm for league championship

Oct 26, 2023 | By:

The Gig Harbor football team has compiled an impressive 7-1 record this season, including six straight wins against South Sound Conference opponents, en route to a No. 10 ranking in the WIAA Class 3A RPI standings. They have done it in impressive fashion, winning South Sound Conference games by an average of 24 points per

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Fish Bowl investigation complete, school district announces

Oct 23, 2023 | By:

A Peninsula School District investigation into events at the Sept. 15 Fish Bowl football game between Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools found that “claims of inappropriate behavior beyond what the game officials addressed were unsubstantiated.” The district announced Monday, Oct. 23, that the investigation is complete. In announcing the completion, the district noted that

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