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Visitors view the ice and seating areas of Climate Pledge Arena during a media tour of the facility July 12 in Seattle. The arena will be the home of the NHL hockey team Seattle Kraken and the WNBA Seattle Storm basketball team as well as hosting concerts and other performing arts events. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Kraken make selections at expansion, entry drafts, announce home-opener

Seattle will host its first home game Oct. 23

Raul Ruidiaz tries to squeeze by a Sporting KC defender in Seattle’s 3-1 loss on Sunday at Lummen Field. (Mike Fiechtner/Sounders FC Communications)

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Sounders win at Austin, lose at home, but stay in 1st

With a number of veteran players remaining out of the lineup due to injury or international duty, the…

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BI Little League Majors still alive at state

The Bainbridge Island Little League baseball team was still alive in the Washington state tournament as of Wednesday,…

Fredy Montero holds off a Minnesota United defender in the Sounders first loss of the season on Sunday. (Photo: Minnesota United FC)

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Sounders 13-match unbeaten streak ends in Minnesota

The Seattle Sounders record-breaking unbeaten streak finally came to an end Sunday in the Twin Cities.

Cadence Robles reaches down into the dirt to honor the memory of classmate Gee Still, who recently passed away in an accident. Kris Bartlett Courtesy Photos

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Resilient North Kitsap juniors rally to reach state softball finals

From the coaches on down to the players, the North Kitsap junior All Stars run at the Washington…

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State reaches 70% vaccine initiation goal

The news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has improved in recent months, and the state Department of Health had…

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Seattle Kraken set for Wednesday’s expansion draft

Get ready to meet the Kraken.

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Krulish: An exciting late summer is ahead in Seattle

The state Department of Health finally shared some good COVID-related news this week as it announced 70 percent…

The Bainbridge LL Senior All Stars were coached by Larry Goode and Life Horwitz. The players were: Christian Benze, McCrea Curfman, Garrett Goade, Conor Grady, Spencer Grady, Matthew Grant, Jack Grant, Ben Hobbs, Monty Horowitz, Judah Marshall, Andrew O’Connell, Isaac Sellers, Miles Wieland, Owen Bernstein and AJ Stevens. (Photo courtesy Ed Wieland)

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BI baseball team that almost wasn’t goes 15-2

At the beginning of the Little League season, it looked like the Bainbridge Island senior baseball team wasn’t…

Mark Krulish

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Krulish: 2021 sports season one we’ll never forget

It was likely the shortest high school sports season in state history, cramming three seasons into four months,…

New Seattle Kraken head coach Dave Hakstol listens during a news conference June, 24 in Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

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Seattle Kraken putting together NHL coaching staff

The Seattle Kraken inaugural season is rapidly approaching, and with the expansion draft and first-year player entry draft…

Ben Kussie digs out of the box for the Reds in the 18th annual old-timers and alumni Stars and Strikes game as MacKenzie Bond waits on deck. Bond tripled home Kussie in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and send it to extra innings. (Photo courtesy Paimon Jaberi)

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Reds win BI’s Stars and Strikes game with walkoff double

Participants glad to be back after year off due to COVID

Dominic D’Amico makes the final out of the game at second base and avoids a collision with a Gig Harbor base runner in the District 2 championship. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

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BI Little League majors capture district championship

Team advances to state in Redmond July 17

Jaynie Davis (3) makes the grab coming over from leftfield as Layla Baker backs her up. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

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NK can’t flush away final 2 losses to Gig Harbor

The North Kitsap Little League Majors Softball All Stars had an unusual tradition this year. After a bad…

The annual Stars and Strikes 
old-timers game will take place 
at noon July 4 at Bainbridge 
High School. 
Review file photo

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Old-timers return to field in July 4 Stars and Strikes game

The “old-timers” are going to hit the diamond once again this year, and this time they’re the stars…

Ryan Rohrbacher flips the ball to Ely Olesen at first base after snagging an easy grounder. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

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Outscoring foes 51-0, BI one win away from title game

It’s been a long year since Little League tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and although…

Cache Holmes, shown here chasing down Bainbridge’s Cal Breen, will play football and wrestle at Southern Virginia in the fall. (KNG File Photo)

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NK gridder, wrestler to play both at Virginia college

Many high school athletes dream of playing a sport in college, but not many even think of playing…

Evelyn Collins-Winn, shown here during the Olympic League cross country championships on Bainbridge Island, will run at the University of Portland in the fall. (Mark Krulish/Kitsap News Group)

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Port Orchard Independent Female Athlete of the Year: Evelyn Collins-Winn

Whether it’s running or academics, South Kitsap High senior Evelyn Collins-Winn has never shied away from hard work.…

Mark Krulish | Kitsap News Group
Xavier Eaglin was a three-time state-placer for South Kitsap at the Mat Classic and won a title as a freshman in 2018, the first SK ninth grader to do so. Eaglin finished his senior year with an undefeated record and an SPSL championship.

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Port Orchard Independent Male Athlete of the Year: Xavier Eaglin

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down high school sports, young athletes everywhere began thinking about what their life…

Tim Gallagher, shown here swimming for Kingston High School, swam in the U.S. Olympic Time Trials last week in Omaha, Neb. (KNG File Photo)

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Kingston grad swims at U.S. Olympic Time Trials

It came about a year later than expected, but Tim Gallagher’s first experience at the U.S. Olympic Swimming…