t SK girls team’s Sodorff stepping down for move
A popular theory among entrepreneurs is that rewards don’t come without risk.
It’s a philosophy in which Amy Igloi-Matsuno firmly believes.
In April 2006, Igloi-Matsuno and her husband, Grant Matsuno, moved quickly to purchase the former J.J.’s restaurant on Bay Street on the recommendation of her father, a real-estate developer.
The freshly pressed white T-shirts that dubbed the South Kitsap football program as Narrows League Bridge Divisions champions and Class 4A state participants last year already were donned by coaches.
t Former two-time state wrestling champion will continue his career at Boise State.
West Sound rebounds Saturday with 39-13 win against Wildcats
Basketball season doesn’t tip off for another four months, but that hasn’t prevented the South Kitsap boys team from keeping busy.
The Wolves completed their annual five-day camp last week at Gonzaga University, and coach John Callaghan is upbeat about the team’s progress.
The Nissan Sentra is packed three times a week to make the 80-mile drive from Silverdale to Bothell.
Even in these times, when gas stations can’t seem to adjust the listed prices quickly enough, Wendy Hughes picks up her daughter, Lauren, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week and heads to the Wildlife Committee of Washington/Kenmore Shooting Range in Bothell.
Incoming South Kitsap School District Superintendent Dave LaRose envisioned a transitional year where he would work “hand in hand” with Bev Cheney.
Cheney, SKSD’s superintendent since 2001, announced June 13 that she changed her retirement date from next year to June 30.
The motion was formally approved by the school board Wednesday night.
LaRose, 42, who has served as assistant superintendent for school and family support the last two years, said he looked forward to that “one-on-one mentoring,” but still will be able to collaborate with Cheney in the future.
Eric Bergeson guided both the boys and girls soccer programs at South Kitsap High School as recently as three years ago.
He resigned as girls coach immediately after the Wolves’ 2-1 loss Nov. 8, 2005 in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs against Jackson of Mill Creek.
The field at South Kitsap High School didn’t look much different than the last time he stepped onto it.
The lot only is five acres and sits just a few miles off State Route 16, but its openness and quiet serenity create a country feel.
It’s not exactly destitute, though.
Wander through the yard — if the dogs don’t make their presence known first — to the electric fence where Joe Swinney stores his family of bulls. Behind the wires are the 1,920-pound Smilin-Sugartooth Shorty, Captain ’n Krunch (1,700 pounds), Tornado Blanco (1,000), Cinnamon (1,600), the mother, and the first heifer she and Shorty produced, Thunder Cloud (800), who was born last month.
t But Romar seeking nothing less than ‘championship’-level talent for Huskies.
The transition from Bev Cheney to Dave LaRose as superintendent of the South Kitsap School District will occur more quickly than expected.
Cheney, who turns 59 next month, announced Thursday that she will retire on June 30 instead of next year, as had been previously announced.
Rachel Cabacungan summed it up succinctly shortly before graduating from South Kitsap High School: “This is pretty unreal.”
And she wasn’t the only one feeling that way. Dressed in maroon caps and gowns, 672 seniors strode down the red carpet stretched along the Tacoma Dome’s concrete floor on Friday night, cementing their place as Wolves alumni.
t Proceeds from game will benefit area youth baseball.
The roster before the season looked strong enough to be the best in Jim Fairweather’s five seasons.
There was an offense with enough power and speed, and a pitching staff with two starters who threw around 90 mph.
But one starter fell ineligible and the other, Collin Monagle, didn’t start a game because of weakness in his right shoulder.
Senior Tyler Sartor said Fairweather had a simple message for the team: Deal with it.
Transparency wasn’t the buzz word in a vocabulary lesson — it just felt that way at Wednesday’s South Kitsap School District board meeting.
Coming off its first state appearance in five years, the South Kitsap High School football team might feel like it’s playing a playoff schedule at Joe Knowles Field this fall.
The South Kitsap community received its first opportunity to meet superintendent candidate Dave La Rose in a question-and-answer forum Wednesday at East Port Orchard Elementary.
t Fastpitch team scores just three runs in two games at district tourney.
