Inside the Huddle
An all-sports blog dedicated to the greater Silverdale area
The Olympic High School fastpitch team, making its first appearance at the Class 2A state tournament in school history, lost 23-2 to Anacortes High School in the first round Friday morning.
Olympic is currently playing W.F. West High School (Chehalis) in the loser’s bracket. Anacortes advanced to play West Valley High School (Spokane) in the next round.
The state tournament, a double-elimination format and hosted at Carlon Park in Selah, concludes Saturday.
Erynne Lee has already earned a full-ride scholarship to golf for the Bruins next fall, but it never hurts to win a state title.
The Central Kitsap High School senior finished first at the Class 4A state girls golf championships Wednesday at the Downriver Golf Course in Spokane. Lee’s two-day total score of 137 was enough to secure her final high school title before attending the University of California, Los Angeles next year.
Lee shot a 71 in the first round and a 66 in the second to win the crown. Her sister, Katie Lee, also from Central Kitsap, finished sixth with a total score of 150.
The Cougars finished second overall.
The top scores from the tournament (via the WIAA):
| 1 | Erynne Lee | Central Kitsap HS | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| 2 | Jordan Ferreira | Bellarmine Prep. HS | 71 | 74 | 145 |
| 3 | Kristin Strankman | Richland HS | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| 3 | Megan Haase | Lewis and Clark HS | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| 5 | Catherina Li | Kentwood HS | 70 | 79 | 149 |
| 6 | Katie Lee | Central Kitsap HS | 76 | 74 | 150 |
| 7 | Alexus Song | Thomas Jefferson HS | 80 | 73 | 153 |
| 7 | Nicole Lomax | Newport HS | 78 | 75 | 153 |
| 7 | Alivia Brown | Bellarmine Prep. HS | 76 | 77 | 153 |
| 10 | Jennifer Liedes | Olympia HS | 74 | 80 | 154 |
The Kitsap Pumas Soccer Club announced Tuesday that it agreed to terms with 11 athletes to compete in the upcoming outdoor professional season.
The players include midfielder Nik Besagno, goalkeeper Dutsyn Brim, midfielder Matt Friesen, midfielder David Gray, defender Taylor Hyde, defender Mark Lee, defender Daniel Scott, midfielder Greg Miley, forward Warlen Silva, midfielder Bryan Burke and goalkeeper Bryan Meredith.
All 11 agreed to one-year contracts with a one-year club option.
Gray and Silva arrive to Kitsap after playing professionally in Scotland and Brazil, respectively. Meredith was drafted by the Seattle Sounders in the second round of the 2011 Super Draft last January. Both Meredith and Burke are rookies.
Besagno has the most professional experience of the signees with six years.
Meanwhile, Brim, Lee, Scott and midfielder and striker Cameron Hepple all earned league honors in the past two seasons. Hepple is currently under contract with the soccer club.
The Pumas play in the United Soccer League’s Premier Development League. Kitsap opens the season May 1 at Vancouver, and its home opener is scheduled for May 8 against Victoria.
Crosspoint’s Mosey earns all-state honorable mention
April 1st, 2011 at 2:50 pm by Mike BaldwinCrosspoint Academy senior Breyenne Mosey was selected as an honorable mention on the all-state prep girls basketball team March 31.
The senior post player averaged 16.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game for the Class 2B Warriors this season.
Mosey also tallied 2.8 steals per contest. Last month, she was also named to the all-Sea-Tac League’s first team. Crosspoint went 13-9 overall, 7-5 against the league.
Bremerton native Adrian earns title, Pac-10 honors
March 25th, 2011 at 3:54 pm by Mike Baldwin
Nathan Adrian, a Bremerton High School graduate, helped lead the University of California Golden Bears men’s swimming team to its first national championship in 31 years on March 26.
The senior swimmer won two individual and three relay championships, which included the 400-yard freestyle, 200 and 400 medley events at the three-day NCAA Championships in Minneapolis last week.
Adrian also won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 18.66 seconds, a new American record. The U.S. Olympic gold medalist won his third straight 100 freestyle title with a pool-record time of 41.10.
The Bremerton native set a state record in the 200 free with the Knights in 2006.
Following his championship performance, Adrian was named one of six Pac-10 Scholar Athletes of the Year Monday. Adrian, who is majoring in public health, has a 3.75 grade-point average. This is the first time Adrian has earned the award.
Rugby teammates, beauty queens story appears on Yahoo blog
January 27th, 2011 at 4:17 pm by Mike Baldwin
- Wood (left) and Rusinski of the Kitsap Renegades.
We featured Miss Silverdale Brittney Rusinski and Miss Kitsap Hannah Wood earlier this month as two local beauty queens who also compete for the Kitsap Grenades rugby team. Rusinski attends Central Kitsap High School and Wood is a student at Bremerton High School.
Here’s a link to our story: Tackles and tiaras
The story has since caught national internet attention on the Yahoo sports blog, Prep Rally.
Here’s a link to the blog post by Yahoo’s Cameron Smith.
Cougars fall short in bid to end South Kitsap’s streak
January 27th, 2011 at 3:29 pm by Mike BaldwinThe Central Kitsap High School wrestling team wanted to be the one to end South Kitsap High School’s 176-league dual winning streak that dates back to 1992.
But the Cougars fell short at home Tuesday night, losing 59-12. The Wolves extended their streak to 177 following the final Narrows League dual of the season.
Here are the full results from Tuesday:
103 – Kolby Fenton (SK) forfeit
112 – Colin Bryant (SK) tf. Drew Guertin (CK) 20-5
119 – Warren Sprecher (CK) forfeit
125 – Terrill Wilson (SK) p. Joey Troyer (CK) 2:58
130 – Matt Haberlach (SK) d. Terrill Anderson (CK) 14-10
135 – Raven Paulino (SK) p. Cody Magadaleno (SK) 1:40
140 – Greg Morrison (SK) p. Ian Sprecher (CK) 3:52
145 – Cody Barich (SK) p. Michael Solby (CK) :36
152 – Kris Fenton (SK) d. Tyler Kahl (CK) 5-3
160 – Adam Gascoyne (SK) p. Ryan Konkler (CK) :43
171 – Michael Neiner (SK) d. Brett McDonald (CK) 3-2
189 – Bryce Klatt (SK) p. Austin Rogers (CK) 3:25
215 – Eddie Meisner (SK) d. Joel Eklof (CK) 5-4
285 – Conner Hartmann (SK) p. Kyle Lanoue (CK) 1:40
About to mosey up to Silverdale Stadium for a doubleheader night of football.
Central Kitsap High School hosts Shelton High School at 5 p.m. Olympic High School hosts Kingston High School at 7:30 p.m.
It’s the first league matchup for both Central Kitsap of the Class 4A Narrows League and Olympic of the Class 3A/2A Olympic League. The Cougars (2-0) defeated the Trojans (0-2) in the Battle of Bucklin Hill last week, 35-0.
Here are some noteworthy stats through the first two weeks:
Central Kitsap
Running back Devon Lewis has a team-high five touchdowns, carrying the ball 41 times for 191 yards through two games.
Quarterback Brett McDonald has yet to throw an interception, completing 17 of 32 passes for 199 yards and one touchdown. He has rushed the ball 18 times for 196 yards, averaging 10.9 yards per carry. The senior also has a team-high 18 tackles on defense.
Central Kitsap’s defense has allowed 5.0 points per game, giving up one touchdown.
A win tonight would give the Cougars a 3-0 record for the first time in three seasons. The team sputtered out of the gate in 2008 and 2009 before turning it on midway through the season to advance to state both years.
Olympic
Quarterback Willie Kudera, a transfer from California, has completed 34 of 56 passes for 326 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.
The Trojans have managed just 158 yards rushing through two weeks, averaging 79 yards per contest. Their longest rush from scrimmage came on a Nathan Bezotte 22-yard run in a 28-20 season-opening loss against Fife High School.
Trey Fullilove leads the team in tackles with 11. He also has one interception.
Also…
In other action tonight, Klahowya Secondary School faces Sequim High School in what could be a one-sided affair.
The Eagles of Klahowya have been outscored 127-14 this season, losing by scores of 60-0 and 67-14. The team has yet to win (0-12) under second-year coach Lyle Prouse.
The Wolves of Sequim (1-1), meanwhile, have been picked by some to win the Olympic League.
Bremerton High School will look to win for the second time in as many weeks when it hosts Port Angeles High School at 7 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
The Knights (1-1) defeated Decatur High School of Federal Way 53-33 last week behind four touchdowns from two-way star Sabian Perrigo.
Bremerton hasn’t won a league title since 1993, so a win over Port Angeles could put the Knights in the running in the wide open Olympic League.
Drew Vettleson can finally relax. After all, he’s nearly a millionaire.
The 2010 Central Kitsap High School grad, an ambidextrous baseball player who was selected No. 42 overall in this summer’s Major League Draft, signed a contract late Monday with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Few specifics have been announced, but the deal is worth $845,000, according to Baseball America.
Vettleson signed the same evening as fellow Seattle-area player Josh Sale, a 2010 Bishop Blanchet High School grad who was selected No. 17 overall by the Rays. Sale’s deal is worth $1.62 million, according to Baseball America.
“It was a long arduous process, but in the end we’re happy to have two players that we have liked very much for a couple of years now join our organization,” said Rays Scouting Director R.J. Harrison in a statement released by the club. “We look forward to getting them into Rays gear and getting them started in professional baseball.”
The 19-year-old Vettleson is the first Central Kitsap grad to sign with a Major League club since Todd Linden did so with the San Francisco Giants in 2002. Linden now plays in Japan.
Vettleson would have played at Oregon State University had he not reached an agreement with the Rays.
Baseball America rated Vettleson the best pure hitter among high schoolers in the 2010 draft, according to the Rays, and he was the state’s second-highest rated prospect behind Sale. Vettleson hit .490 as a senior with seven home runs, 29 RBI, four doubles and four triples. He finished his career at Central Kitsap with 22 home runs.
