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.

Peninsula's Payton Knowles connects on a belt-high fastball.

Sports Beat: Peninsula splits with GH, secures league baseball title

Apr 29, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

It’s time for the Sports Beat, a capsule of this week’s prep athletic events. We start with the game of the week on the baseball diamond as the Peninsula Seahawks

Peninsula High boys basketball coach Robles steps down

Apr 24, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

Matt Robles, the head boys basketball coach at Peninsula High School since 2016, resigned the position on Friday. Robles was a head coach from California who was hired to build

Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returns; Dragon Boats set for Sunday

Apr 23, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

The Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returned Saturday after missing the past two years due to Covid-19. The event continues Sunday, April 24, with the Dragon Boat races. Sunday’s racing starts

Sports Beat: Gig Harbor boys golf prevails in blustery conditions

Apr 22, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

It’s time for this week’s edition of the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the area’s prep athletic events. We will start with the matchup of the week on the

Baseball: Peninsula battles Capital for South Sound Conference lead

Apr 21, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

The Peninsula baseball team faced the Capital Cougars on Tuesday, April 19, in an important game at picturesque Sehmel Park in Gig Harbor. The contest was the first of a

Kayakers race in a previous Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup.

Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup gets back in the water this weekend

Apr 19, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

After a two-year hiatus, the Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returns this weekend, April 23-24, to Skansie Brothers Park. The races draw hundreds of participants and spectators to the downtown waterfront,

Sports beat: Peninsula wins boys soccer rivalry game

Apr 15, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

It’s time for this week’s edition of the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the area’s high school sports highlights. We start with the game of the week, a pivotal

Glory Eastabrook, turns on a ball with perfect technique, for a hit in the 6-0 win as Pitcher Alli Kimball watches from the dugout.

Sports Beat: Peninsula softball calms Tides

Apr 08, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

It’s time for the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the high school sports scene in Gig Harbor. We will begin with the game of the week: a fastpitch showdown

Peninsula, Gig Harbor both among top softball teams in state

Apr 06, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

Two of the top 18 Class 3A softball teams in the state, as ranked by the high school sports website Maxpreps, square off on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 6.

Gavin Sheets has 25 strikeouts on the season for Peninsula.

Peninsula High baseball atop the South Sound Conference

Apr 04, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

Peninsula High School’s South Sound Conference-leading baseball team is playing for more than meets the eye, according to coach Michael Johnson. The Seahawks (6-3, 5-1 SSC) are playing for their

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