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 and Peninsula kicked off their football seasons on Thursday, Aug. 31, with road defeats that included some high-level plays and some head-scratching mistakes. Early-season football can go that way. Each team lost large senior groups from last year. Rebuilding a football team is much like rebuilding a new engine: Rarely do you turn
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Peninsula and Gig Harbor both open their 2023 high school football seasons on the road on Thursday, Aug. 31. The Seahawks play Enumclaw at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at Enumclaw Stadium, 1456 Roosevelt Ave. It’s a rematch of the same two teams’ 2022 opener, when the Hornets squeezed past Peninsula for a 29-27 win. Enumclaw
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As the summer season continues to supply abundant sunshine, Gig Harbor is alive with sporting activities and eager participants who are outside getting much needed exercise. Two outdoor beach volleyball courts at Crescent Creek Park, on the corner of Crescent Valley Drive and 96th Street, provide one place to do that. On a recent Wednesday
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During an open house Tuesday, consultants and city staff unveiled five alternatives for Phases 2 and 3 that showed different field configurations for soccer, football, lacrosse and baseball/softball.
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The Gig Harbor Canoe & Kayak Racing Team came home from Florida with its 10th national championship. The team successfully defended its 2022 title at the 2023 American Canoe Associations Sprint Nationals Competition at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida. It is the 10th national title in the past 12 competitions for the local club.
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With the 2023-24 high school sports season approaching — football practice starts Aug. 16 — Gig Harbor Now presents its Super Seniors for the 2022-23 sports year. Super Seniors is a look at the seniors who had huge impacts on their teams during their careers at Gig Harbor or Peninsula high schools. This 2023 class
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With the 2023-24 high school sports season approaching — football practice starts Aug. 16 — Gig Harbor Now presents its Super Seniors for the 2022-23 sports year. Super Seniors is a look at the seniors who had huge impacts on their teams during their careers at Gig Harbor or Peninsula high schools. This 2023 class
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One Gig Harbor High School graduate is back in the Major Leagues. Another hopes to join him after being selected in the Major League Baseball draft on July 10. Toglia homers for Rockies The Colorado Rockies called up 2016 Gig Harbor grad Michael Toglia for his third stint in the big leagues on Friday, July
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PenMet Parks will ask voters in November to renew a six-year levy lid lift that would allow it to continue to collect property taxes of up to 6% more than the previous year instead of the state limit of 1%. When residents voted to form the district in 2004, they agreed to pay 75 cents
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Local athletes were well represented on spring sports All-South Sound Conference teams. Here are the Peninsula and Gig Harbor athletes selected: Boys soccer Most Valuable Player: Derrick Johnson, Gig Harbor, senior First team All-South Sound Conference Owen Ghent, Gig Harbor, senior Porter Hanson, Gig Harbor, senior Matt Ludlow, Gig Harbor, senior Sam Sutherland, Peninsula, senior
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