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Peninsula’s Kailer Smith accepts congratulations from his teammates after getting a hit during the Seahawks’ 2-1 loss to the Mount Si Wildcats on Saturday in a Class 3A state baseball playoff game in Centralia. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

Crunch-time mistakes cost Seahawks their season

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:31

CENTRALIA – Peninsula High pitcher Alex Weymiller had Mount Si’s Trevor Lane right where he wanted him.

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Peninsula’s Raleigh Winchester competes in the high jump during Friday’s West Central/Southwest bi-district track meet in Tacoma. Winchester failed to qualify for this weekend’s Class 3A state championships. ()

Gilman experiences highs, lows for Hawks

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:27

TACOMA — Jacob Gilman’s rollercoaster career with the Peninsula High School track and field team has taken a few more twists and turns in recent weeks.

LYNCH ADVANCES TO STATE MEET IN 800:

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:27

Junior Katie Lynch will make her first trip to Star Track, meeting her season-long goal in the 800-meter race with a fifth-place time of 2:18.71.

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Peninsula’s Gabby Wiltse fights for possession with Hannah Holly, right, of Curtis during the teams’ meeting last Wednesday at the South Sound girls water polo state tournament at Rogers High School in Puyallup. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

Seahawks’ season ends in eighth place

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:21

PUYALLUP — The Peninsula High School girls water polo team knows it’s not going to overwhelm any opponent with its depth.

JOST KEEPS TURNING IN BIG-TIME JUMPS:

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:16

Courtney Jost has begun to rewrite the Gig Harbor girls’ record books as a junior, and she placed in the top five at the bi-district meet in the triple jump, long jump and high jump.

Peninsula first baseman Tyler Stolz, right, and second baseman Brittany Surratt chase a pop fly during the Seahawks’ win over Auburn Mountainview on Friday. The Seahawks clinched a Class 3A state tournament berth with a 5-0 win. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

Seahawks check off another goal — return to state

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:15

TACOMA – Early in the high-school fastpitch season, the Peninsula Seahawks were making a lot of mental and physical errors, so head coach Melissa Miller devised a system for being accountable and fixing the mistakes.

Gig Harbor Tides goalkeeper Hannah Anderson was stellar in her team’s championship game win over Curtis on Saturday, and was rewarded with a spot on the all-state first team after the Tides earned a third straight title. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

three-peat is complete

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:13

UNIVERSITY PLACE — The Gig Harbor Tides and Curtis Vikings girls water polo programs are very familiar with each other, having met in five consecutive state-championship contests.

Gig Harbor’s Kate Frame takes off on the lead leg of the Tides’ 800-meter relay preliminary heat on Friday at the bi-district track and field championships. Frame and the Tides finished seventh overall to earn a spot in this weekend’s Class 4A state meet. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

Browne leads Gig Harbor to district track championship

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:09

TACOMA — Gig Harbor senior Justin Browne has proven himself to be one of Washington’s top high-school track and field athletes in 2012, and he’ll have a chance to do it once more this weekend at the Class 4A Star Track championships.

Chantler takes reins of Tides football program

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:03

Gig Harbor High School hired Aaron Chantler last week as its football coach, replacing Darren McKay, who was fired last month.

Peninsula’s Jake Richards smacks a base hit during the Seahawks’ West Central/Southwest  bi-district playoff loss to the Kelso Hilanders last Wednesday at Tacoma’s Heidelberg Park. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

Bats come alive as Hawks hammer Decatur, Hazen

Published: 05/15/12 21:44:29

TACOMA — A hot start to the 2012 high-school baseball season was in jeopardy for the Peninsula Seahawks last Wednesday.

JOST KEEPS TURNING IN BIG-TIME JUMPS:

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:16

Courtney Jost has begun to rewrite the Gig Harbor girls’ record books as a junior, and she placed in the top five at the bi-district meet in the triple jump, long jump and high jump.

Gig Harbor Tides goalkeeper Hannah Anderson was stellar in her team’s championship game win over Curtis on Saturday, and was rewarded with a spot on the all-state first team after the Tides earned a third straight title. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

three-peat is complete

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:13

UNIVERSITY PLACE — The Gig Harbor Tides and Curtis Vikings girls water polo programs are very familiar with each other, having met in five consecutive state-championship contests.

Peninsula’s Kailer Smith accepts congratulations from his teammates after getting a hit during the Seahawks’ 2-1 loss to the Mount Si Wildcats on Saturday in a Class 3A state baseball playoff game in Centralia. (NEIL PIERSON/GATEWAY PHOTO)

Crunch-time mistakes cost Seahawks their season

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:31

CENTRALIA – Peninsula High pitcher Alex Weymiller had Mount Si’s Trevor Lane right where he wanted him.

Peninsula’s Raleigh Winchester competes in the high jump during Friday’s West Central/Southwest bi-district track meet in Tacoma. Winchester failed to qualify for this weekend’s Class 3A state championships. ()

Gilman experiences highs, lows for Hawks

Published: 05/22/12 21:44:27

TACOMA — Jacob Gilman’s rollercoaster career with the Peninsula High School track and field team has taken a few more twists and turns in recent weeks.

Looking at the locals in 4A/3A state golf

Published: 05/23/12 16:55:35

The Washington state high-school golf tournaments concluded Wednesday around the state, and there was a lot of action involving some Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula residents.

3A fastpitch preview: Peninsula going for a trophy

Published: 05/21/12 15:06:49

While many prep sports award trophies to the top-eight teams at their respective state tournaments, fastpitch is not one of them. When 16 teams arrive Friday at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey for the Class 3A fastpitch tournament, only four will leave holding some hardware.

The three-peat is complete for Tides water polo team

Published: 05/19/12 20:47:12

It was another memorable night for water polo fans at the Curtis High School pool in University Place, as fans of the Gig Harbor Tides and Curtis Vikings programs filled the stands and lustily made noise as their teams battled for state championship.

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Tennis tourney is pure fun in the sun

Published: 05/15/12 21:44:21

Believe it or not, there aren’t too many times during the course of my job where I get to kick back, relax and just have fun watching an athlete do what he or she does best.

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