State champions, dramatic comebacks and more: Our 2023 top sports stories
Dec 29, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneOur top sports stories of 2023 is headlined by Peninsula High School’s fastpitch state championship last spring.
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Gig Harbor boys rally from 16-point deficit to stun Timberline
Dec 21, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor boys basketball team rallied from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to win a thrilling South Sound Conference boys basketball showdown against Timberline, 58-57, on Tuesday, Dec. 19. A large crowd watched the Tides refuse to lose on their home court, as Gig Harbor pulled off the largest fourth-quarter comeback in the 11-year tenure
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Sports Beat: Tides remain unbeaten in boys basketball
Dec 15, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneGig Harbor boys opened the season with five straight wins, including a two-point thriller last week. Peninsula and Gig Harbor girls are both unbeaten in league play.
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Legendary Doris Heritage just loved to run
Dec 14, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneGig Harbor native Doris Heritage, now 81 years old, was the best female long-distance runner in the world and the only one to win five cross-country world championships in a row, from 1967 to 1971.
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Sports Beat: Peninsula girls basketball looking for another league title
Dec 08, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneThe reigning South Sound Conference champion Peninsula Seahawks girls basketball team (2-0) opened the season with a 50-36 win victory over Central Kitsap on Dec. 4. The Seahawk defense swarmed the Cougars and forced multiple turnovers that led to fast break points in the early-season showdown between South Sound Conference powers. The Peninsula defense was
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Investigation documents reveal details of highly tense Fish Bowl
Dec 08, 2023 | By: Vince DiceThe Peninsula School District disciplined coaches from both Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools following the chaotic Fish Bowl football game on Sept. 15, documents obtained via a public records request show. The district issued letters of reprimand to the coaches. The district also placed several Gig Harbor coaches on leave for an unknown period
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New faces abound for Gig Harbor boys and girls basketball teams
Dec 01, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneThe 2023-24 basketball season is upon us, so this week we will first take a look at the Gig Harbor High School teams. A preview of the Peninsula High teams is coming next week. We will also get acquainted with the new Tides girls basketball coach Tim Olson, who has visions of helping Gig Harbor
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Annual Turkey Trot fights hunger
Nov 25, 2023 | By: Julie Warrick AmmannDinosaurs, turkeys and tutus were among the colorfully styled ensembles runners sported as they gobbled up the road competing in the Gig Harbor Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Now an annual tradition, the Turkey Trot began in 2002 with just 15 friends, family and patients of Dr. Tim Holmes, an area chiropractor. Today, more than
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Sports Beat: Volleyball teams narrowly miss medal-round rematch
Nov 24, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneBoth local volleyball teams’ seasons ended one match before they would have played each other for seventh place at the WIAA Class 3A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Nov. 17 and 18. It’s probably fair to say the teams finished tied for ninth at the state. They previously tied for second in
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2023 LeMans race was short but sweet thanks to thick fog, still conditions
Nov 20, 2023 | By: Chapin DayA fog-shrouded start and winds that varied from light to nary a breath foreshortened Saturday’s annual Le Mans Yacht race, but not before the nearly two dozen yachts provided a dazzling display of sails and seamanship for spectators ashore. Onlookers who tried to watch the start from Gig Harbor’s north end saw nothing but a
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