The Gig Harbor Tides (20-4, 11-3 South Sound Conference) boys basketball team went in to the Peninsula gym and won their ninth straight game over their crosstown rivals, 58-35 on Feb. 1. The Tides and Seahawks (4-18, 2-12) were amped to play each other and the gym was full of spectators ready to watch some
The Gig Harbor (18-3, 9-2 South Sound Conference) boys basketball team dropped a 49-47 decision at Timberline (11-6, 9-2) on Wednesday, Jan. 24. A three-point attempt by Gig Harbor’s Michael Masini with four seconds left almost won it for Gig Harbor. It looked good but just glanced off the rim. Timberline raced out to a
The Gig Harbor Tides wrestling team dropped a 54-22 decision to North Thurston on Thursday, Jan. 18. The score wasn’t really indicative of a contest that saw the Tides dominate four matches and lose four matches, but forfeit the rest of the contests because they don’t have enough wrestlers in the middle and heavier weight
The Peninsula High school gym was packed for an overtime thriller on Wednesday, Jan. 10, as the Gig Harbor Tides (8-5, 5-2 South Sound Conference) and the Peninsula Seahawks(6-4, 4-3) girls basketball teams put on a show for local hoops fans. The Tides won 53-51, as both teams hit clutch shots down the stretch before
The Peninsula Seahawk boys wrestling team continued its winning ways with a complete team victory at home over the North Thurston Rams on Thursday, Jan. 4, by the score of 52-18. The Seahawks debuted a brand new wrestling mat, but it was the same old story for the Rams, who were dominated by both the
The Washington Huskies (14-0) play for the college football national championship versus the Michigan Wolverines (14-0) at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 in Houston, Texas. A couple former Gig Harbor Tides will suit up for the second-ranked Huskies. Samuel Peacock and Jake Jennings are busy preparing for the biggest game of their lives, but still
Our top sports stories of 2023 is headlined by Peninsula High School’s fastpitch state championship last spring.
The 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
Gig 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.
Gig 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.
