Cinderella made it to the ball, after all. The Bainbridge Spartans girls water polo team continued its improbably one-season turnaround by qualifying for the state tournament.
That was quite a bus ride home, no doubt. The Bainbridge Spartans are headed to the state 3A baseball tournament after the team beat O’Dea 14-6 to win the Metro League championship.
Bainbridge Islander Claire Nitsche competed alongside national equestrian riders this month and finished in the top 10 in the country.
In an epic “Battle of the Islands,” the Bainbridge girls junior varsity lacrosse team finished first out the season against Mercer Island with a 11-8 win.
The cup belongs to Bainbridge. Bainbridge Island FC’s U12 boys soccer team won the Washington Youth Soccer State Cup by stringing together two back-to-back gut-check victories against Seattle United Samba and Eastside FC to win the state title.
The Bainbridge girls lacrosse team and defending state champs began their run at another state championship Monday evening with an overwhelming 18-1 win over Kennedy.
Sometimes you just can’t get what you want, or so the old song says. But Bainbridge got what it needed in its regular season finale against Central Kitsap, as the Spartans squeezed five hits out of the Cougars to prevail 2-0 in girls fastpitch softball.