Sports

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 boys soccer matchup between crosstown rivals. Gig Harbor vaulted to the top of the South Sound Conference soccer standings on Tuesday with an impressive 4-0

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. And they don’t even have to leave the peninsula to do it. No. 7 Peninsula and No. 18 Gig Harbor are both unbeaten in South

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 fallen brothers Caleb Wanaka and Jake Moore, who both died in tragic incidents in the offseason. An emotional memorial was held on Saturday, April 2,

Editor’s note: Every Friday during spring sports season, Gig Harbor Now will post a high school sports roundup that provides scores, highlights  and standout performances by areas athletes and teams. The Peninsula baseball team has begun this season with a 3-2 record. The Seahawks have some impressive players that can hit the ball hard and

The Seals team swimmers qualified through the state meet at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Gig Harbor boys basketball reached new heights this year — and they might be even better next season.

Gig Harbor’s boys basketball season came to an end one win short of a trophy. The Tides lost to Mountlake Terrace 73-71 on Friday at the Tacoma Dome, ending Gig Harbor’s season with a record of 23-4. Gig Harbor led by 14 points after one quarter and 11 at the half before Mountlake Terrace rallied.