GIG HARBOR – The Bainbridge Gold 10-11 year-old baseball All-Stars did their best to make it to state.
PORT ORCHARD – Everything was going right for Bainbridge Majors All-Star manager Greg Wellbrock and his team Thursday.
Even his family benefited when his daughter Victoria took home $180 from the fundraiser raffle pot.
“That was a good sign,” he said.
The Bainbridge Majors All-Stars did their part to make things go their way by scoring 36 runs in three days as they defeated South Kitsap Southern 12-4 in the Little League District 2 championship game in Port Orchard.
Olivia Driggers, Carly Tizzano, Andrew Kenny, and Ben Galbraith all won three events at Monday’s inaugural all-comers track meet.
Bainbridge Majors softball coach Melanie Edenholm suggested one minor adjustment to the batters against Sequim’s starting pitcher.
It paid off big time.
Bainbridge batted around in the fourth inning to score nine runs, rallying from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Sequim 11-5 in the Little League District 2 championship game at Snider Park in Poulsbo Monday night.
POUSLBO – Just like the thunderstorm that passed through, the Bainbridge Majors softball All-Stars struck hard and fast against the East Jefferson/South Jefferson/Port Townsend All-Stars Wednesday, defeating them 12-1 in five innings at Snider Park in Poulsbo.
The South Kitsap Babe Ruth All-Stars kept the Bainbridge All-Stars from knocking the ball around on Sunday like they did on Friday, defeating them 16-4 and 13-5 to win the District 8 title at Battle Point Park.
The Bainbridge Majors baseball All-Stars kicked off district play with two big wins in the Little League District tournament at Art Mikelsen Field in Port Orchard over the weekend.
For those baseball fans dismayed with the escapades of the Seattle Mariners – they of the 28-50 record at press-time – can take a trip back to yesteryear with the “Grand Old Game,” an exhibition baseball game played on the Fourth of July.
Put on by the Bainbridge Historical Baseball Society, this year’s contest takes place at the baseball field at Bainbridge High School at 9 a.m. and pits the Bainbridge Reds “All-Stars” against the Winslow “Homestead” Grays.
It was a year to remember for the Bainbridge fastpitch team this season.
The Spartans defeated Holy Names for the first time in recent memory as they raced through the regular season losing just one game and won its first Metro League Mountain Division title.
The Bainbridge Island Little League All-Stars were announced this week.
It was a tough year for the Bainbridge baseball team.
Injuries to numerous players – including its top returning pitcher in Colin Feldtman – and a lot of bad luck kept the Spartans from making a serious charge to the playoffs.
They started the season 5-1 and were ranked high in the 3A polls. But then came a long losing streak that dropped Bainbridge out of the rankings and the playoffs altogether.
Yankees pitcher Blake Swanson pitched 5 and 1/3 strong innings while his teammates backed him up with the bats as the Yanks defeated the Red Sox 10-6 in the Bainbridge Island Little League Majors championship Friday night at Lower Rotary Field.
With the impeding construction of the new artificial turf and the resurfacing of the track at Bainbridge High School, it put all-comers meet founder Jim Whiting in a bit of a pickle.
