As South Kitsap’s track and field team enters the West Central District meet today and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School, its coach views it as just the beginning of a potentially successful run.
Grant could be worth $860,000 for district over four years
Burgher stymies Wolves’ bats until late innings as Emerald Ridge wins 5-2
Cunningham racks up six strikeouts as South Kitsap defeats Stadium 3-2
South Kitsap earns its first division crown in five years, now has its sights set on the ultimate prize
South Kitsap’s girls team advances several to districts on first day, while boys struggle after notable defections
Motherhood led Deanna Hunter to the massage table.
Now she is the co-owner of A Sound Massage & Spa on Piperberry Way in Port Orchard.
Johnson, Van Slyke hit home runs to lead South Kitsap to 8-1 win in regular-season finale against Wilson
Arper, Brewster both score twice to lead Wolves to 4-0 win against Shelton
South Kitsap has 21 track and field participants in the Oregon Relays
Monday’s game in Tacoma could determine Bridge Division champion
iCandy opened in Towne Square in January
After comeback win against Wilson, South Kitsap falls 9-7 against rival Cougars
Kevin Grandy believes there are two ways to become an alcoholic.
One is genetically – the other is practicing until you get it.
For Grandy, 50, his 1987 drunk-driving conviction was a result of the former.
“I think I’m in the category of the genetically predisposed,” he said, explaining that his first drink was five beers of a six-pack. “I was an alcoholic.”
Was, being the operative word.
Grandy went through the King County court system and got a deferred prosecution. By 1990, he had decided to become a counselor, and enrolled in Seattle University’s addiction-studies program. Five years later, he parlayed his counseling experience into a job with Kitsap County probation.
And now, he is the administrator and owner of Grandy Services, a treatment agency on Bay Street serving those with drug and alcohol problems, as well as domestic-violence problems. The agency received state certification on Feb. 25.
With assistance from corporate partner, SK alum Drew Polley sets sights on Boston Marathon, then the Olympic trials
It all began as little more than an open session to discuss the athletic facilities in the South Kitsap School District.
But more than five months later, the South Kitsap Community Sports Foundation has established its priorities.
Oregon State-bound right-hander guides Gig Harbor to 7-2 win against Wolves
Senior forward now has 12 goals this season as Wolves earn 4-0 win against Lincoln
Treasure hunters.
That was the analogy South Kitsap School District superintendent Dave LaRose used while discussing how to reach each student’s potential during last week’s Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce meeting at Blondie’s Restaurant & Lounge.
LaRose used his daughters — Lyndsi, a sophomore at UCLA, and Madison, a sophomore at Peninsula High School — as examples. He said his own influence alone would not have been enough for his children to “unlock” their full potential. But with the guidance of himself, his wife, Mindi, and others, he feels that is occurring.
