When Zach Peach tells the story of how he won a scholarship and made it to a Division I university, it’s a tale that leaves everyone in amazement.
“I ran in to Jon (Brandt, an assistant baseball coach at Bainbridge High School) on the ferry and he couldn’t believe it,” he said. “He was so amazed. He thought it was an amazing story.”
Both swimmers help their team to a fifth-place finish. Two Bainbridge Island Swim Club swimmers Julie Pendleton and Kim Williams, along with BISC head coach Bob Miller, who was the Pacific Northwest Zone Team head coach, were successful at the Western Zones Swimming Championships in Farmington, N.M. last week.
Pacific Northwest Swimming competed against teams from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
Karen Klein, Sundance Rogers take part in Danskin Sunday.
Several races were extremely competitive; Nance wins four events.
Four different teams make the top league in the state next year. Members of the Bainbridge FC girls U17 soccer team – those that were not on vacation or participating in other activities – got back on the practice fields at the high school last Wednesday after a two week break.
As they performed drills in the waning moments of the sun under the constant direction of coach Phil Avison, coach Peter Kepler talked about how quickly everything came together for them as a team after their formation.
“They’ve just jelled really well together,” he said.
Several islanders come home with titles from a meet in Federal Way.
The Panthers, Avalanche and Wild all brought home the gold.
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Christina Swanson wins Golden Gloves title in Florida.
Spartans host players, face lacrosse teams from England. POULSBO – If there was any indication that the girls lacrosse game between Bainbridge and Lady Eleanor Holles was a simple exhibition game, it wasn’t apparent to the Spartans.
There was plenty of pushing and shoving going on between both teams, with one of the Holles players carried off the field with a knee injury late in the game.
Afterwards, many of the girls talked to head coach Tami Tommila about the physical play of the British girls on the field.
Select baseball, two fastpitch teams come home with trophies.
Jason Taylor will climb Mt. Rainier to help people breathe. The snow capped peak of Mount Rainier is always in sight for Bainbridge resident Jason Taylor.
It’s visible from his home on Murden Cove where he lives with his wife Penny and two young children, it’s in the background when he goes for his daily run and it’s in sight when he drives to his job in Gig Harbor where he works for the Threshold Group as a investment advisor for foundations and wealthy families.
The mountain can even be seen from his office, as the building is located right next to the water and has a dock where he can get an even closer look if he so desires. “You just walk on that dock and it’s right there,” he said. “It beckons you.
“You can’t escape it. It’s everywhere you look. It dominates.”
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