Sports

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Sports Beat: Gig Harbor leads league, Peninsula in second

Mar 24, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Gig Harbor boys soccer team reeled off five straight wins to start the season, including a crucial 2-1 victory over South Sound Conference power Central Kitsap on Thursday, March

Sports Beat: Strong group returns for Gig Harbor golf

Mar 17, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Gig Harbor boys golf team, looking to improve on an eighth-place showing at state last spring, returns several talented golfers and adds a promising freshman. Shane Henderson is in

Gig Harbor’s Christensen marathons her way into Guinness Book of World Records

Mar 16, 2023 | By: Lee Jorgenson

Editor’s note: This piece was submitted by community member Lee Jorgenson, who is a personal friend of the subject of the article. Tami Christensen of Gig Harbor recently returned from

Sports Beat: 12 earn basketball all-conference honors

Mar 10, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

Twelve local players earned All-South Sound Conference recognition for the 2022-23 season. Honored were: Boys Basketball First Team All-South Sound Conference Luke Browne, Gig Harbor, senior (fourth all-conference selection, including

Former Gig Harbor star Jarzynka dies on Olympic Peninsula fishing trip

Mar 08, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

Joe Jarzynka, who starred on the football field for Gig Harbor High School and the University of Washington, died while fishing on the Sol Duc River near Forks on Sunday,

Sports Beat: Bad quarter ends Tides’ state run

Mar 03, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Gig Harbor boys basketball season ended Feb. 25 with a 69-60 loss to Shorecrest in the regional round of the Class 3A state tournament. Gig Harbor (21-4) led 50-40

Investigator unable to substantiate alleged slur at girls basketball game

Feb 25, 2023 | By: Christina T Henry

Allegations of a racial slur at a Jan. 11 girls’ basketball game between Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools are unsubstantiated, according to an investigation initiated by Peninsula School District.

Sports Beat: Hammer wins two state swim titles for Gig Harbor

Feb 24, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

It was Hammer time for Gig Harbor at the state swimming and diving championships Feb. 16 to 18 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. Freshman phenom Aiden

Gig Harbor girls clinch state tournament berth

Feb 20, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Gig Harbor girls basketball team is going to state after a hard-fought 50-41 overtime win against Central Kitsap on Friday, Feb. 17. This game was a defensive battle, and

Sports Beat: Tides beat Timberline, play for district title

Feb 17, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Gig Harbor boys basketball team reached the championship game of the Class 3A District 3/4 tournament with a 58-54 overtime win over Timberline on Thursday, Feb. 16, at Auburn

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