Several islanders come home with titles from a meet in Federal Way.
The Panthers, Avalanche and Wild all brought home the gold.
Island news briefs
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.”
Island sports briefs.
Baseball all-star teams still alive for a chance to go to state.
Popular all-comers track meet starts Monday at Bainbridge High.
Sam Kuhn earns $2,000 in scholarships from A to Z Sports.
Several baseball all-star teams are still alive as play heats up.
Team earns spots on All-Metro team as well. With a new coach in tow in George Vukic, the Bainbridge boys soccer team finished with a winning record and finished the season one game short of state against their arch-rival in Mercer Island.
For their efforts this season, five Spartans made the All-Metro Mountain Division team.
Zach Connor was a second-team selection while Will O’Donnell was an honorable mention.
Three Spartans also made the All-Kitsap News Group team, as voted on by the sports writers of the Bainbridge Review, the North Kitsap Herald, the Central Kitsap Reporter, the Bremerton Patriot and the Port Orchard Independent:
