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.
After winning the South Sound Conference’s Male Track Athlete of the Year award in 2022, Ben Stevens of Gig Harbor is once again dominating the league’s sprint events in 2023.
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The Gig Harbor boys soccer team continues to mow down opponents like a John Deere on a sunny day. The Tides are still undefeated at 15-0 and are ranked No.
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The Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returns to the waters off Skansie Park this weekend, April 29 and 30. The two-day event includes competitive racing for expert, novice and youth paddlers
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Toward the end of his sophomore wrestling season at Peninsula High School, Boden Clark started noticing some unusual bone pain. It’s wrestling. Pain is part of the deal. He figured
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Gig Harbor and Peninsula both came into their fastpitch game on April 17 unbeaten in South Sound Conference play. Only the Seahawks could say that after the rivalry game, as
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The Peninsula Seahawks have won six of their last seven games to draw within two games of the South Sound Conference baseball lead with six league games remaining. The Seahawks (8-5,
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Gig Harbor defeated Central Kitsap, 4-2, in boys soccer on Tuesday, April 18. Our friends at the Kitsap Sun newspaper in Bremerton provided these photos. Click on any image below
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The Gig Harbor baseball team took over first place in the South Sound Conference after beating previous league leader Timberline, 10-5, on Tuesday, April 11. The Tides (6-4, 6-1 South
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Gig Harbor stormed back from an early two-goal deficit to beat Peninsula, 3-2, on Thursday, April 6. The Tides (9-0, 7-0 South Sound Conference) are ranked No. 1 in the
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Now that Clara and Wyatt’s prime childhood sport-team-ready age is here and I’ve started Googling “youth sports near me,” I quickly discovered there’s not one easy place to find all the options.
I also don’t inherently know the difference between all the leagues and rec because not only am I new to town, but I’m not really a sports person either.
But fear not, sports newbies!
I’ve created the below go-to list to help navigate how to get your kid involved locally so looking will never feel like a chore again! (hopefully). In any case, this list serves as a starting point to get local offerings in Gig Harbor youth sports all in one place for those looking to continue their youth sports journeys – or begin a whole new one.
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