Here’s a quick rundown on some volleyball leaders through this week. Stats are submitted by coaches.

KILLS

Name, school Total

Taylor Ottomano, NK 128

Sarah Baugh, NK 128

Racheal Diehl, CK 104

Natalie Pfaff, CK 98

Alexis Wesley, CK 79

Samantha Ellis, Kla 42

Kiah Jones, PA 42

Emily Cook, PA 33

Megan Shultz, Kla 14

Alyson Ormerod, Kla 10

Morgan Euzarraga, Kla 10

ASSISTS

Name, school Total

Hayley McDermed, CK 340

Sarah Baugh, NK 189

Abby Schmid, PA 181

Jordan Denning, NK 137

Emily Pruiett, Kla 44

Jessie Lynch, CK 38

Paige Antuna, Kla 15

ACES

Name, school Total

Sarah Baugh, NK 33

Hayley McDermed, CK 26

Jordan Chronister, CK 23

Racheal Diehl, CK 20

Taylyn Jeffers, PA 19

Natalie Pfaff, CK 19

Sonja Elofson, PA 18

Jessie Lynch, CK 18

Alyson Ormerod, Kla 11

Samantha Ellis, Kla 9

Emily Pruiett, Kla 6

BLOCKS

Name, school Total

Alexis Wesley, CK 41

Kiah Jones, PA 19

Claire Torstenbo, NK 19

Brian Hanson, CK 16

Emily Cook, Pa 16

Racheal Diehl, CK 11

Samantha Ellis, Kla 3

DIGS

Name, school Total

Jordan Chronister, CK 131

Jessie Lynch, CK 109

Natalie Pfaff, CK 101

Bryana Bohl, NK 71

Lindsay Kocker, NK 69

Chloe Johnston, PA 63

Sonja Elofson, PA 51

Sam Manwell, PA 48

Here’s some scores from tonight’s games around West Sound at 7:37 p.m.

O’Dea holds a 20-0 lead at halftime over Bainbridge as the Spartans celebrate homecoming on their new field. Bainbridge hasn’t been able to move the ball much and have gained just two yards of offense in its last four drives.

Fife is clinging to a 6-0 lead over North Mason in the first quarter.

South Kitsap leads Bellarmine 14-0 after one quarter as the Wolves try to separate themselves from the middle of the pack in the Narrows League. 

UPDATE (7:55 P.M.): Fife now leads Klahowya 20-0 at halftime.

UPDATE (8:04 P.M.): South is up 21-7 over Bellarmine at halftime. Also at the half, North Thurston leads Bremerton 35-0.

UPDATE (8:13 P.M.): Bainbridge is on the brink of scoring in the third quarter. Trailing O’Dea 27-0, the Spartans are in the red zone at O’Dea’s 11-yard line. It’s fourth and one. We’ll get an update as soon as we can.

Sequim is leading Kingston at NK Stadium, 60-0.

UPDATE (8:55 P.M.): It’s a final. O’Dea beat Bainbridge, 37-14. Also, South still leads Bellarmine Prep 21-7 going into the fourth quarter.

UPDATE (9:25 P.M.) Thanks to a reader we have a score on Central Kitsap’s game against Shelton. The Cougars of CK are leading the Highclimbers 46-7 in the third quarter.

Keep ‘em coming folks! We love to hear from you! If anyone else has any score updates, feel free to post the results.

UPDATE (9:29 P.M.): In a final at NK Stadium, visiting Sequim beat Kingston 74-0.

UPDATE (9:40 P.M.) Finals: South Kitsap 21, Bellarmine 13. Orting 55, Chimacum 0. Gig Harbor 41, Foss 0. Timberline 28, Port Angeles 25. Olympic 21, Yelm 14. Fife 26, Klahowya 0. Central Kitsap 73, Shelton 14.

Central Kitsap point guard Cody Thurmond has been selected to play in the Clash of the Classes All-Star basketball game Saturday at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
Thurmond and nine other standouts from Washington — including Abdul Gaddy, Peyton Siva, Josh Smith and Tony Wrotten, all of whom are ranked near the top of their class in many recruiting Web sites — will play the top players from Oregon.
The inaugural game will be broadcast on the Internet at www.courtsideentertainment.com.

Plenty of big games this week. The game of the week is Capital at North Kitsap. For the rest of this week’s slate, keep reading…

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Here’s a few more polls for you. Below is the Associated Press football poll. No local teams made it, but those who I think are deserving are Gig Harbor (4-1), North Mason (4-1) and North Kitsap (4-1). Maybe next week.

Also, here is the cross country poll. The North Kitsap girls are up to third; the NK boys are seventh, and the Kingston girls are sixth. Gig Harbor is dominating the 4A polls: The girls are No. 1 and the boys are second.

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By Jeff Graham

Here’s an update on the health of Port Townsend soccer player Margarete Moore, who was taken off the field on a stretcher after suffering a neck injury during the Redskins’ 2-1 win over Port Angeles on Tuesday night.

Port Towsend athletic director Scott Ricardo said Moore has been released from the hospital with a minor concussion. She suffered no spinal injuries and will be out of action for a week.

Just got off the phone with Bainbridge basketball star Ben Eisenhardt.
He committed to Seattle University on Monday.
Eisenhardt is a 6-foot-10 forward/center who played for Friends of Hoop over the summer.
We’ll have more on this later.

Looking Ahead
Game of the week: It’s a weekend full of big games, but we’re going with Capital at North Kitsap. Before it’s all said and done, this game could go a long way toward deciding who will win the inaugural Olympic/Western League title. NK would have been undefeated had it not been a three-minute span against Timberline in the fourth quarter where the Blazers scored 12 points and pulled out the win. Capital is undefeated in league. The Cougars lost a pair of tough games to open the season. They lost by a point to O’Dea and 7-0 to Olympia, a top five Class 4A team.

Other games: Another big game is Thursday as North Mason travels to Steilacoom. The winner is alone in first place in the Olympic/Nisqually League. Also, Klahowya will have revenge on its mind as Fife visits Silverdale Stadium. The Trojans have eliminated the Eagles from the playoffs the last two years. Bellarmine Prep is at South Kitsap. Both teams are tied for fifth place in the Narrows League and probably can’t afford another loss if it wants to make the playoffs.

Breaking in the new turf: Bainbridge plays its first home game of the season the new turf is ready to go. O’Dea is the first opponent.

Looking back
Game of last week: The most exciting game of last week was likely Kingston’s double overtime 21-14 loss to Washington. The Bucs are making strides.

Player of the week: It’s hard to not give the award to a running back who tops 200 yard. Olympic’s Larry Dixon rushed for 225 yards in a 34-20 loss to Timberline.

Narrows League: Surprise, surprise, Gig Harbor is top dog. With the graduation of so many seniors, GH has put together an impressive run in the NL. The Tides (5-0) lead Olympia and Wilson, but will face those two teams next. GH plays Wilson on Thursday then take on winless Foss and then Bellarmine and then Olympia.

Olympic/Nisqually League: Ninth-ranked North Mason is still No. 1 in the ONL and has beaten all comers. The Bulldogs could very easily win out and secure the top spot in the 2A classification well before the district meet at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion. It looks like Sequim could take the No. 2 spot in the 2A with Olympic and North Kitsap battling out for No. 1 among the 3A schools. 

Speaking of Oly-NK. That re-match of Oly’s 3-0 win from earlier this season is slated for next Thursday. That would definitely be a game to watch.

Here’s the latest Washington State Coaches Association volleyball poll. 2A North Mason and 2B King’s West are still the only local schools ranked in their respective classifications.