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First-year Kitsap Pumas coach Peter Fewing gives instruction during the club’s open tryouts last weekend at Gordon Fields.

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Kitsap Pumas tryouts put me in my place

During warm-ups, my confidence soared. Surveying the talent, it was apparent I lacked the physical prowess of my…

Central Kitsap Commissioner Josh Brown

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At long last, Waaga Way extension opens

After almost two years of construction, and a three-month delay to open, the ribbon for Silverdale’s Greaves Way…

Central Kitsap's Kolby Hall

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For the love of Pete

Broccoli instead of candy? No way. A book rather than television? Couldn’t be. Cleaning up a mess? Impossible.…

The Schaaf family

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Bremerton’s Bree Schaaf Olympics-bound as women’s bobsled team member

It was 5 a.m., and the clang of a cowbell resonated through the Schaaf household. Husband and wife…

Kingston High School freshman Amanda Carper

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Olympic girls basketball gears for showdown with Port Angeles

With a seven-game win streak snapped, the Olympic High School girls basketball team on Friday will enter its…

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Voters approve Bremerton schools levy renewal

Bremerton voters overwhelmingly approved a levy renewal in Tuesday’s special election, with more than 63 percent voting “yes,”…

Olympic High School senior Larry Dixon breaks a tackle against North Kitsap High School during a game in 2009.

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Dixon chooses the Black Knights of Army

The challenge and the prospect of immediate playing time sold Larry Dixon on the United States Military Academy.…

Olympic High School senior Larry Dixon breaks a tackle during a game against North Kitsap High School in 2009.

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Dixon chooses the Black Knights of Army

The challenge and the prospect of immediate playing time sold Larry Dixon on the United States Military Academy.…

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Breathing new life into Old Town Silverdale

To revitalize Old Town Silverdale, the business community will need a theme, but it will also need some…

Olympic High School senior Blake Johnson signed on national signing day Wednesday to play football next fall at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

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Olympic, Central Kitsap athletes sign the dotted line

There were scribbles and smiles as five area athletes signed letters-of-intent on national signing day Wednesday. Olympic High…

Bremerton native and 1998 Olympic High School graduate Bree Schaaf will compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics Feb. 23-24 in the women's bobsled competition.

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Ice dreams: Bree Schaaf prepares for 2010 Winter Olympics

Bree Schaaf stood atop the tallest ice track in Germany, staring down 1,400 meters of steep, twisting slope.…

Bremerton High School boys basketball coach Casey Lindberg talks strategy during a timeout Tuesday in the Knights' 72-43 win over Olympic High School.

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Bremerton boys basketball eyeing outright league title

The Bremerton High School boys basketball team delivered another tail-whipping Tuesday to give the seniors a final victory…

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Head trauma leads to cultural shift in sports

Ryan Boddy couldn’t stay awake. For a week, the Olympic High School graduate dozed off during his morning…

Hydroplanes zip across Dyes Inlet during the Silverdale Thunder races in 2009.

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Silverdale Thunder hydros won’t likely roll this summer

The annual Silverdale Thunder hydroplane races have sputtered, at least for a year, and lean pocketbooks and low…

Ashley Wagner

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Ashley Wagner’s Olympic dreams are only beginning

One-half a revolution may have cost her an Olympics bid, but Ashley Wagner believes her dream will come…

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Klahowya wresters ready for league championships

Some of the area’s top wrestlers will begin their quests to the state championships when the Olympic League…

Bremerton High School’s Jarell Flora dunks Tuesday against North Kitsap in the Knights' 79-67

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Bremerton boys basketball secures 3A league title

POULSBO – Jarell Flora and Andre Coleman walked into the gym Tuesday with Mohawk hair styles and walked…

Olympic High School senior swimmer John Wojtech swims the butterfly during a practice Monday. He will compete at state next month.

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Olympic High School’s Wojtech faces tough swimming choice

Olympic High School’s John Wojtech has accomplished more this season than most swimmers do over entire careers, but…

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Bowling: Undefeated Olympic rolls on to districts

A quarter-century. That's how long it's been since a team from Olympic High School won a state championship,…

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Undefeated Olympic rolls on to districts

Lady Trojans bowling team takes 15-0 record into postseason.