Sports
Senior Angie Rapada returns this year at third base.
Wound up and ready to go
March 2, 2002 10:00 am

Sitting in the home team dugout behind third base, fastpitch coach Steve Nelson surveyed the scene in front of him with satisfaction.
“I’m really pleased with the support from the administration to upgrade the field and make it on a par with the other facilities here,” he said.
A new chain-link fence encloses the playing field. Piping overhead provides a framework to cover the dugouts. The backstop rises more than 10 additional feet into the air, and soon a 45-degree angle piece extending out over home plate will be installed.

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The Spartan soccer team had 55 players turn out at tryouts for 36 team spots this year.
More than one goal in mind
March 2, 2002 5:00 am

In past years, it’s been almost a slam dunk for the boys soccer team to make the state playoffs – and almost as great a certainty that they wouldn’t go beyond the first round.
This year – the Spartans’ first in Metro, which co-captain Adam Brenneman terms “the best league in the state” – the reverse is likely to be true: Just making the playoffs will be a formidable task, but once there the chances of advancing at least to the second round appear favorable.

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Amid hundreds of bicycles
Willy-nilly to Chilly Hilly
February 27, 2002 8:00 am

In one respect, David and Sachiko Williams of Renton were like many of the more than 3,000 cyclists who enjoyed sunny but cold weather in Sunday’s 30th Chilly Hilly – they hadn’t ridden in months.
In another respect, they were unique – they were on the same bike as their two children, six-year-old Ken and five-year-old Emi. The parents rode a standard tandem, while the youngsters were on a two-seater Adams Manufacturing Co. Trail-a-Bike, which attached to the rear seat post of the tandem.
For Ken, this is becoming standard procedure; he’s completed three Chilly Hillys. “My favorite part was the downhills,” he said.

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Rezayat has been a leader on the basketball court for her entire prep career.
Absolutely FABulous
February 23, 2002 1:00 pm

As Blanchet’s Michelle Augustavo lined up to take two nail-in-the-coffin free throws in Tuesday’s season-ending basketball game – with less than one second showing on the clock – Spartan senior guard Fab Rezayat had a vision.
“The last four years flashed in front of me,” she said. “It was really sad. I didn’t want things to end, especially not like that.”

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‘Wonderful year’ comes to an end
‘Wonderful year’ comes to an end
February 20, 2002 6:00 pm

The gymnastics team concluded what coach Cindy Guy called “a wonderful year” as Dana Cuykendall placed sixth in beam with a score of 9.3 and teammate Brooke Nall had a 9.1 for eighth in Saturday’s finals at the 3A WIAA State Gymnastics Championships at the Tacoma Dome.

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Girls bow out with loss to Blanchet
Girls bow out with loss to Blanchet
February 20, 2002 12:00 pm

The girls basketball team ended its season with a 54-49 loss to Blanchet in
the District 2 Tournament on Tuesday. The Spartans led by 12 points midway
through the third quarter, but pressure defense and a barrage of three-point
shots allowed the Braves to close the gap and open a five-point lead of their
own with two minutes left. The Spartans got to within one, but Blanchet sank
four late free throws to secure the win.
Christine Schwager scored 11 points to lead Bainbridge scoring, while Alice
Russell and Fab Rezayat both added 10. It was the final game for seniors
Courtney Kimball, Natalie Berry, Schwager and Rezayat.
The team finished the season with a 13-11 record.
A complete game story will appear in Saturday’s Review.

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Jacob Hayashi (left) looks for the ref’s decision against Billy Weisgerber.
Grapplers bow out at State
February 20, 2002 9:00 am

Mat Classic XIV, the state wrestling championships, is a two-day event. Unfortunately, it proved to be Friday-and-out for the three Bainbridge wrestlers who qualified, as they were all eliminated by 9 p.m. that evening.

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High, 3m; humidity, 100 percent
High, 3m; humidity, 100 percent
February 16, 2002 8:00 am

About a year after moving to Bainbridge in the late ‘80s, Chris Miller showed up at the Ray Williamson Pool and asked the cashier what kinds of diving boards it had.
“You know how to dive?” he was asked.
Miller replied that he’d been a competitive diver and coach for a number of years.
The cashier asked him to wait and disappeared.
“Five minutes later, a tall guy with arms down to his knees comes out, crosses his arms, and says, ‘I understand you know how to dive,’” Miller recalls, chuckling at the memory.

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UPDATE: Girls rebound after swatting by towering Eastside foe
UPDATE: Girls rebound after swatting by towering Eastside...
February 13, 2002 3:00 pm

UPDATE: With the Bainbridge girls basketball team trailing Liberty by five points with seven minutes remaining to play, Fab Rezayat ignited a scoring explosion that accounted for 26 points as the Spartans defeated the Patriots 60-51 on Tuesday afternoon. Rezayat scored 13 of her team-high 17 points in that span, including six of six from the foul line in the final minute. Natalie Berry added 12 and Alice Russell had 10.
The Spartans face second-ranked Rainier Beach on Saturday at 3:00 at Bellevue Community College.
Full details of Tuesday’s game will appear in Saturday’s Review.
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Facing a 6-foot-6 opponent in Eastside Catholic’s Sarah McKay, the BHS girls’ basketball played right into her hands.
Literally.

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Five spring on to state
Five spring on to state
February 13, 2002 2:00 pm

The gymnastics team scored the second-highest point total in school history and Emily Roche set a school record in the vault, but it wasn’t enough to send the Spartans to Friday’s state meet as a team.
Instead, five girls from what coach Cindy Guy called “my best team ever” will compete in one or more individual events.

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Routines are perfected through hard work and practice
Ready? OK!
February 9, 2002 8:00 am

Normally, football halftime shows provide the perfect excuse to get up, have a snack, balance the checkbook, walk the dog.
But several Bainbridge families are likely to be glued to their televisions during today’s Pro Bowl halftime show in Honolulu, hoping for a glimpse of their daughters.

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Gymnastics team takes home the trophy
Gymnastics team takes home the trophy
February 6, 2002 5:00 pm

Island sports fans who glanced at the headline in Sunday’s Seattle Times received a rude shock. “Gymnastics: Ballard wins first Metro League title,” it said.
The truth – which was accurately reported in the accompanying story – was that the BHS gymnastics team easily won the school’s first Metro League trophy in Saturday’s competition at Ballard, finishing with 172 points to the hosts’ 155.1.

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