The Gig Harbor girls soccer team stamped its ticket to the Class 4A West Central District playoffs.

The Gig Harbor volleyball team beat Olympia last Saturday in the Narrows League tournament championship at Mount Tahoma High School in five games, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 15-12.

Peninsula senior running back Darrian Creamer feels pain; he just doesn’t complain about it.

The Gig Harbor vs. Olympia volleyball match last Thursday authenticates my love for competition.

The Gig Harbor and Olympia volleyball teams didn’t disappoint in the Narrows League championship match.

The Gig Harbor cross country team doesn’t know anything different except winning the Class 4A Narrows League meet.

The Peninsula boys cross country team won the Class 3A South Puget Sound/Western Cascade Conference sub district cross country race at Fort Steilacoom last Saturday by placing five of its seven distance runners in the top 10.

The Peninsula Seahawks boys golf team has proven to be among the best in school history. Call it a year-long brotherhood.

Elizabeth Betterbed is the quintessential student-athlete. The 2006 Gig Harbor High School graduate — currently a senior at Army University in West Point, N.Y. — is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in NCAA Division I women’s soccer.

BUCKLEY — Peninsula head football coach Ross Filkins said something strange always happens when the Seahawks travel to White River.

Gig Harbor senior volleyball player Kelsie Jenkins’ eyes began to fill up with tears after the Tides swept Bellarmine Prep in three games last Wednesday in a Class 4A Narrows League contest at Gig Harbor High School.

Running is an innate ability on the playground. It doesn’t require hand-eye coordination or a specific skill set.

The Peninsula Seahawks played hard, but they needed more than effort against the perennial powerhouse Bonney Lake Panthers.

High school lacrosse is coming to Gig Harbor. Members of the community were accepted for provisional membership in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association last month.

Lacrosse is considered to be the “in” sport, and that’s changed just in the past two decades.

A goal-line stand with just more than three minutes to play helped the Peninsula Seahawks beat the Bonney Lake Panthers 27-22 in an important Class 3A South Puget Sound League game last Friday at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

Despite struggling to put away the Foss Falcons last Friday at Roy Anderson Field, the Gig Harbor Tides came away with a 31-28 Class 4A Narrows League victory.

PORT ORCHARD The Gig Harbor Tides girls soccer team played to a scoreless tie in a Class 4A Narrows League match against the undefeated South Kitsap Wolves last Thursday at South Kitsap High School.

The Peninsula Athletic Association offices have moved to the Jim and Carolyn Milgard Family HOPE Center, 8502 Skansie Ave. in Gig Harbor.

You got the feeling Friday night that the Peninsula Seahawks had a point to prove during the 31st annual Fish Bowl.

I’ve always believed events are the biggest way to define a community. And the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula communities feel very strongly about football.

The Gig Harbor and Peninsula high school cross country teams had exceptional performances at the 36th annual Sunfair Invite last weekend at Franklin Park in Yakima.

It’s was easy to spot Joe Jarzynka on a football field. He was the smallest guy with the long, golden, curly hair that drooped from his helmet. It swayed and bounced through the air when he ran.

The Gig Harbor Tides girls soccer team scored four goals in less than 10 minutes to beat the Lincoln Abes 8-0 last week.

Sometimes they’ve been intense, and other times they’ve been flat.

The Peninsula Seahawks’ volleyball match against the Capital Cougars last Thursday night had the look of reinforcing the Seahawks’ struggles of beating a quality opponent.

Those who don’t plan to attend the 31st annual Fish Bowl between the Gig Harbor and Peninsula high school football teams on Friday are going to miss out. It’ll be a memorable game between two solid football programs that are gaining momentum in their respective leagues.

When the Gig Harbor Tides don’t turn the ball over, they are tough to beat.

The Peninsula Seahawks golf team has an interesting mix of boys and girls this season. They all gathered two weeks ago at Performance Golf Center in Gig Harbor and played a friendly match of putt-putt.

The Peninsula Seahawks’ swimming and diving team had an impressive showing at last year’s Class 3A state championship meet, placing seventh at the King County Aquatic Center.

The Gig Harbor boys tennis team is deeper than in years past. And despite an early season loss to Bellarmine Prep, the Tides are looking to contend with the Olympia Bears for the No 2 spot in the Narrows League.

It proved to be another lopsided high school football game Friday night when the Peninsula Seahawks dismantled the Auburn Mountainview Lions 48-7 in Class 3A South Puget Sound League play at Roy Anderson Field.

There isn’t a magical formula for the success of the Gig Harbor Tides girls swimming and diving team this season.

They may not be tall, but they make up for it with heart and intensity.

Who can argue with covering high school football from the sidelines?

Three weeks into the season, hometown supporters finally saw what Gig Harbor football is about.

The Peninsula boys tennis has big shoes to fill after losing Lance Wilhelm, last year’s Class 3A state singles champion, to graduation.

Turnovers usually come back to bite you.

After I watched the Peninsula High School football team two weeks ago, I was excited to watch Gig Harbor play on their home turf against rival South Kitsap at Roy Anderson Field.

Both teams were hungry for their first win of the season. And there isn’t a better match in which to get that victory than the crosstown rivalry between the Gig Harbor and Peninsula high school girls soccer teams.

Narrows League standings through Friday

The Peninsula High School girls soccer team is excited for its second season in the Class 3A South Puget Sound League.

The Gig Harbor Tides girls soccer team was never out of a match last year, including at the district tournament, when one goal kept the Tides from advancing to the Class 4A state bracket.

If there were a tide rolling in, the Gig Harbor High School volleyball team would be the sharks.

If there’s one Peninsula Seahawks team that felt the effects of the Class 3A South Puget Sound League last year, it was the volleyball squad.