With the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing just weeks away, some Kitsap County residents are already in the athletic spirit.
It’s been a busy and interesting couple of weeks to be a Seattle sports fan.
From welcome departures (like the M’s Thursday cut of first baseman Richie Sexson) to departures that weren’t (take a guess), from improved performances (the M’s are no longer the worst team in baseball!) to careers that might be ending (Shaun who?), Seattle sports fans have watched a turbulent, if not manic, series of events unfold.
Jacki Hill has always been a fierce competitor.
Whether on the pitch, the hardwood or the track, Hill has always strived to do her best, excelling in all three sports and in the classroom.
But without a little help from her family, it may not have been that way.
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.
On the state baseball map, Silverdale is proving the middle ground between Bremerton’s Olympic College and Auburn’s Green River Community College.
Kitsap BlueJackets head coach Matt Acker, also the coach at Green River, and OC’s Ryan Parker, a first-year Jackets assistant, have gone from facing each other in opposing dugouts, to facing each other on opposite baselines, as the collegiate competitors have now teamed up with one goal in mind: Winning.
About the only thing hotter than the action on the arena floor was the sun that accompanied it.
The sun was shining brightly on the Thunderbird Pro Rodeo, a benefit event for Corey’s Day on the Farm and the Northwest Burn Foundation, kicking off the summer Kitsap rodeo season at Thunderbird Arena last weekend with temperatures reaching into the low 90s.
On the state baseball map, Silverdale is proving the middle ground between Bremerton’s Olympic College and Auburn’s Green River Community College.
Kitsap BlueJackets head coach Matt Acker, also the coach at Green River, and OC’s Ryan Parker, a first-year Jackets assistant, have gone from facing each other in opposing dugouts, to literally facing each other on opposite baselines, as the collegiate competitors have now teamed up with one goal in mind: Winning.
On the state baseball map, Silverdale is proving the middle ground between Bremerton’s Olympic College and Auburn’s Green River Community College.
Kitsap BlueJackets head coach Matt Acker, also the coach at Green River, and OC’s Ryan Parker, a first-year Jackets assistant, have gone from facing each other in opposing dugouts, to literally facing each other on opposite baselines, as the collegiate competitors have now teamed up with one goal in mind: Winning.
Olympic College volleyball will be providing summer volleyball camps in the Kitsap area for interested youth between the ages of 9 and 18.
About the only thing hotter than the action on the arena floor was the sun that accompanied it.
The sun was shining brightly on the Thunderbird Pro Rodeo, a benefit event for Corey’s Day on the Farm and the Northwest Burn Foundation, kicking off the summer Kitsap rodeo season at Thunderbird Arena last weekend with temperatures reaching into the low 90s.
On the state baseball map, Silverdale is proving the middle ground between Bremerton’s Olympic College and Auburn’s Green River Community College.
Kitsap BlueJackets head coach Matt Acker, also the coach at Green River, and OC’s Ryan Parker, a first-year Jackets assistant, have gone from facing each other in opposing dugouts, to literally facing each other on opposite baselines, as the collegiate competitors have now teamed up with one goal in mind: Winning.
“Streaky” probably would be the best word to describe the Kitsap BlueJackets play in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League season.
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Game one: On Saturday the Post defeated Olympia’s Riptide, 6-5.
Andy Smith, Eric Eley and Kurtis Pitcher pitched and Jamaal Smith caught. From the plate: Kramer Uvila, two hits, a homer and three RBI; Jamaal Smith, two hits including a double; Eli Olson, two hits; and Andy Smith, two RBI.
What began as a small, unstructured program some 25 years ago is now the thriving lifeline for 25 Special Olympic swimmers.
Judy Chase, a Special Olympics swim coach for more than 25 years, said when she first began working with the program there were only about 10 participants and it was never intended to be competitive.
In fact, the team didn’t even attend the state competition for at least seven years.
Multiple lives changed later, the North Kitsap Special Olympics Viking swim team has attended state for the last 15 years.
The Kitsap BlueJackets appeared to mirror the Seattle Mariners through the early part of the 2008 West Coast Collegiate Baseball League season.