‘Rag-tag,’ nearly coachless team wins Babe Ruth title on Friday. The Les Schwab team finished their Bainbridge Island Babe Ruth season with a story that could be substituted with the plot of any sports movie over the last 20 years. Les Schwab of Poulsbo sponsored a team on the island, but couldn’t find a coach. So employee Justin Biggs, 26, volunteered for the job – with an assist.
The Bainbridge FC GU 14 competitive select soccer team won a coveted slot in the fall’s Washington State Youth Soccer…
Season play came to a head this week with tournament action at Rotary.
The pair’s time makes them the 11th fastest scull duo nationally. Sam Hobbs and Andrew Powers, seniors at Bainbridge High School, finished fifth in the Petite final of the double scull at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 8-10. Their finish made the Hobbs/Powers duo effectively the 11th fastest double scull pairing in the country.
Baseball and softball title games are next Friday at 6 p.m.
Three different camps are ready to handle growing interest in team.
Two girl teams win titles, while the boys defend their title in a shootout in Poulsbo.
Willmann strong in the ring as the North All-Stars win two.
The team got to see and experience the New Orleans culture.
Four Seattle 4A schools may join the league in the coming years.
The Bainbridge Classic Horse Show celebrates a silver anniversary.
Island sports briefs.
Bainbridge didn’t get the breaks or the calls at the 3A state tournament. TACOMA – The Bainbridge fastpitch team went through every high and low a team can go through in a day of high pressure situations and tense games where one mistake can finish it.
But ultimately, it was a controversial – and later, an admitted blown – call that helped end their run at the 3A state tournament at the South End Recreation Area in Tacoma.