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.

State title contenders crowd local cross country courses

Oct 11, 2023 | By:

Both local cross country teams have passed the midway point of their seasons with impressive results. Gig Harbor and Peninsula are respected programs that are churning out runners in contention for the South Sound Conference championships at Fort Steilacoom Park on Oct. 19 and the Class 3A state championships in Pasco on Nov. 4. The

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Sports safety agency suspends former coach at Gig Harbor gymnastics facility

Oct 09, 2023 | By:

The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended a former coach at a Gig Harbor gymnastics facility for two years, citing inappropriate conduct, emotional misconduct and physical misconduct. The organizations suspended Andrew Michael Smith, listed as a resident of Dupont and a former coach at NASA Gymnastics in Gig Harbor, on Sept. 6. It will remain in

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Sports Beat: Peninsula squeeks past Gig Harbor on volleyball court

Oct 06, 2023 | By:

The Peninsula Seahawk volleyball team (7-1, 6-1 South Sound Conference) got all they could handle from a Gig Harbor team (7-3, 5-2) that held late leads in the fourth and fifth sets. But the experienced Seahawks held on and closed out the Tides with an intense, 3-2 victory on Thursday, Oct. 5, at Gig Harbor

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Sports Beat: Gig Harbor blanks Peninsula in soccer rivalry match

Sep 29, 2023 | By:

Two of the region’s top soccer programs faced off Tuesday, Sept. 26, when Gig Harbor (6-1-1, 6-1 South Sound Conference) and Peninsula (5-2-1, 5-1-1) met at Roy Anderson Field. The Tides scored early and held on with a fine defensive effort to win 3-0 in a matchup with huge conference ramifications. Peninsula could have jumped

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Tides look like contenders in blowout win over Capital

Sep 23, 2023 | By:

The Gig Harbor Tides (3-1, 2-0 South Sound Conference) put it all together in a 52-15 thrashing of the Capital Cougars (2-2, 1-1) at Roy Anderson Field on Friday, Sept. 22. Confidence is defined as “a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s own abilities.” That aptly describes the way the Tides are playing since quarterback

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Sports Beat: Peninsula rallies for water polo win over Gig Harbor

Sep 22, 2023 | By:

The Fish Bowl boys water polo match between rivals Peninsula and Gig Harbor on Sept. 14 was an intense, one-point contest that saw the Seahawks complete a thrilling six-goal comeback to knock off the previously unbeaten Tides. Peninsula could have gone away quietly after falling behind by a wide margin. Instead they changed strategy, tightened

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Sounders think recently signed Fox Islander Hawkins is ‘going to be a beast’

Sep 20, 2023 | By:

Stuart Hawkins first started kicking a ball around with Gig Harbor-based Harbor Soccer Club, only about nine or 10 years ago.  He could soon find himself at Lumen Field, playing in Major League Soccer games with Sounders FC. And in the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia. After that? Anything is possible. Officially a Sounder The

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Peninsula School District investigating Fish Bowl injury

Sep 19, 2023 | By:

The Peninsula School District is investigating the serious injury of Gig Harbor High School quarterback Koi Calhoun and other incidents at the Sept. 15 Fish Bowl football game between the Tides and the Peninsula Seahawks. The district announced the investigation in a statement sent to reporters on Monday, Sept. 18, adding that it will make

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Gig Harbor overcomes deficit, loss of starting QB to win Fish Bowl

Sep 16, 2023 | By:

The streak is over. The Tide has turned. The Gig Harbor Tides overcame a 14-0 deficit and the loss of their starting quarterback to win the 45th Fish Bowl 21-20 on Friday, Sept. 15, at Roy Anderson Field. To say this game was an instant classic is still somehow an understatement. Thousands of spectators saw

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Sports Beat: Gig Harbor girls soccer scores 10 vs. Timberline

Sep 15, 2023 | By:

The Gig Harbor girls soccer team (3-0) played the Timberline Blazers (1-2-1) on Thursday, Sept. 14, at Roy Anderson Field, but the Tides did all the blazing. They fired flamethrowers into the net on their way to an impressive 10-0 victory to remain in first place in the South Sound Conference. Timberline sounded determined when

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