And then there were eight.
Leaves are down, brown and on the ground, but the pins are just now beginning to fall. The 2008-09 girls bowling season is here. Area teams are hopeful for the season, just now beginning, with Olympic and Klahowya looking to dethrone defending state champion Bremerton in the Olympic League, while CK hopes to contend with Wilson and Shelton for the Class 4A Narrows League regular season title.
For Bremerton girls soccer, the ride is over.
A year removed from the single greatest season in Bremerton girls bowling history, a Class 3A/2A state championship, coach Dean Wagner is ready for another roll to the top.
Ali Brown scores in 78th minute to give Lady Trojans 1-0 victory
With a two decade-long postseason absence in the rearview mirror and one more speed bump to smash, Bremerton’s caravan is barreling toward the state tournament with a head of steam.
Central Kitsap was eliminated from the girls soccer playoffs Monday, losing to Gig Harbor in a shootout (3-1), but Klahowya and Olympic are still alive.
Tonight, the Cougars look to accomplish what they also did last year: reach the state playoffs.
The table is set for Olympic volleyball.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Shane to race for school’s first individual state championship Saturday.
With arms raised, players formed a two-line tunnel and the student body ran through, celebrating Olympic volleyball’s biggest win in a long, long time.
The Jack-O-Lantern flames are snuffed, but girls soccer playoffs are fully ignited. Klahowya, Olympic and Central Kitsap are all in the midst of postseason play, having traveled different paths to where they are now. With the regular season officially in the books, here’s a look at what each team will face — and has faced — in playoff action.
The Bear Creek School scored three second-half goals to turn a scoreless halftime tie into a 3-0 victory against King’s West Tuesday.
From spoiler to Cinderella?
As the lights flicker on in the gym, a mahogany ball hits the hardwood, thumping like a heart and a hero’s silhouette crawls into the rafters.
Les Eathorne stands alone at midcourt in the East High School gymnasium, basketball in hand. It’s 1956 and he is the school’s new — first — boys basketball coach.
It’s the beginning of a decorated career at East High in Bremerton, a school Eathorne single-handedly put on the basketball map during its short existence.
They claim to be gentle giants, men with hearts bigger than their bulging biceps.
Bremerton coach Lance McCoy put it best.
Blake Staudenraus is ready to orchestrate a victory song with the strings on his racquet.
Bremerton coach Lance McCoy put it best.
“That’s as much a heartbreaker as I’ve been involved in in years,” McCoy said, somberly.
Olympic edged the Lady Knights soccer team 1-0 at Silverdale Stadium Tuesday, scoring in the 77th minute to break a stalemate and steal a win.
