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South Kitsap’s Bryce Broome and Austin Kanouse and Central Kitsap’s Greg Cleveland will play for the East team in the annual East-West Football game in Moses Lake. Here’s the West roster.
The Earl Barden Classic, the annual football game for small-school players, is also Saturday in Yakima. North Kitsap’s AJ Milyard was the only local selected to that game.

By Kitsap Sun staff

Bainbridge’s Michael Crowley, Will Economy and Sebastian Scales were named to the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association All-State boys team Monday.

Crowley, a midfielder, was named to the Class 3A first team. Scales, a forward, and Economy, a midfielder, were added to the second team.

In 2A, midfielders Daniel Norberg and Nathan Foster of North Kitsap were named to the second team.

No local players were named to the 4A or 1A teams.

The teams are voted on by high school boys soccer coaches from around the state.

Keep reading for the list of the 3A and 2A teams

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The Port Townsend Redskins could be getting a new nickname. An advisory committee formed by the school board recommended a change as many find the term offensive.
The school board is expected to discuss the findings at the next meeting on June 24.
Last year, the Washington State Board of Education asked school districts to reevaluate potentially offensive nicknames.

To limit concussions and other injuries, Texas is moving toward limiting contact during football practice to 90 minutes per week. You can read about that here.
It’s an interesting move coming from the state where high school football is king and it shows how things are changing in the sport.
The WIAA approved new rules for summer practices in the spring. It came in response to an amendment that would ban helmets during the offseason in an effort to eliminate contact and decrease concussions.
I was at the WIAA winter coalition meeting in March where the summer practice amendment was discussed. I heard some of the discussion and the state coaches association knows change to their sport is coming and they’re hoping to be out in front on the issue before others change their sport for them.
It’s going to be interesting to see how this issue moves. If Texas is willing to make these changes, it could just be the first domino toward the rest of the states.
And if this is the way the sport is going, how will the sport evolve? Will it change the on-field product? Will it dramatically alter how many are injured in the sport? How will the higher levels of the sport evolve?

Bainbridge’s Madeline Stevenson, Paige Brigham, Sallie Marx and Regan Wortley were all named to the Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association All-State teams for varsity.

It’s the third year Stevenson has been an all-state player and the second for Brigham. Stevenson (senior, goaltender), Marx (junior, midfielder) and Wortley (senior, defender) were all named to the first team while Brigham (sophomore, attack) was named to the second team.

Five Central Kitsap boys soccer players were named to the All-Narrows League first team this week.
Goalkeeper Lorenzo Alvarenga, forward Kurt Koemmpel, midfielders Steven Johnson and Derrick Bonafilia and defender Alex Moon received first-team honors. Midfielder Aaron Weathington was the lone first-team from South Kitsap.
Central Kitsap’s Christopher Floro and Stadium’s Adam Becker shared coach of the year honors.
All-Narrows League
MVP—Max Harvey, sr., Stadium, F
Co-coaches of the year—Christopher Floro, Central Kitsap; Adam Becker, Stadium
First team
Goalkeeper—Lorenzo Alvarenga, sr., Central Kitsap
Forward—Kurt Koemmpel, sr., Central Kitsap; Bjorn Brynestad, sr., Gig Harbor; Andrew Foreman, sr., Stadium.
Midfielder—Drew Barker, jr., Bellarmine Prep; Steven Johnson, jr., Central Kitsap; Derrick Bonafilia, sr., Central Kitsap; Davis McCall, jr., Gig Harbor; Jacob Beardemphl, sr., Stadium; Garret Harp, sr., Stadium; Aaron Weathington, jr., South Kitsap.
Defender—Alex Moon, sr., Central Kitsap; Kyle Miyake, jr., Gig Harbor; Tyler Foster, sr., Stadium; Bryce Ikeda, so., Stadium.
Second team
Goalkeeper—Ian Fry, sr., Stadium; Davin Johnson, so., Olympia; Jacob Radawick, sr., Yelm.
Forward—Cameron Watson, sr., Central Kitsap; Gabriel Castillo, so., Stadium.
Midfielder—Tanner Stepp, so., Gig Harbor; Connor Bitterman, sr., South Kitsap; Vladislav Afichuck, sr., Stadium.
Defender—Connor Thompson, so., Bellarmine; Dylan Abrams, sr., Central Kitsap; Colin Hanneman, jr., Central Kitsap; Elliott Duea, sr., Gig Harbor; Austin Yon, jr., Stadium; Cole Murphy, sr., Stadium.

Boys Soccer

All-Olympic League

MVP—Daniel Norberg, sr., North Kitsap

Golden Boot—Nathan Foster, sr., North Kitsap

Coaches of the Year—Steve Haggerty (Olympic), Craig Smith (Kingston)

First team

North Kitsap—Nathan Foster, sr., MF; Zane Pierce, sr., MF; Brady Sparrow, sr., MF; Kingston—Nick Boles, sr., MF; Ross Burk, sr; MF; Tommy Nitchman, jr., D; Olympic—Harry Hanson, sr., GK; Trent’n Pajimula, sr., F; Franz Plum, sr., D; Sequim—Mason Barrett, sr., F; Port Townsend—Xavie Frank, sr., D; Bremerton—William Abad, sr., GK; Klahowya—James Charoenmak, sr., MF; North Mason—Colin Ralston, sr., F; Port Angeles—Jack Doryland, sr., GK.

Second team

North Kitsap—Henry Baldwin, fr., F; Noah Harrel, sr., D; Kingston—Simon Campo, sr., MF; Ansel Hartman, sr., MF; Alex Worland, so., GK; Olympic—Maxx Plum, sr., D; Shelby Romero, sr., MF; Ricky Wright, sr., MF; Sequim—Omar Flores, sr., MF; Port Townsend—Nick Silberman, sr., D; Daniel Charlton, jr., F; Bremerton—Michael Moran, sr., D; Chris Sargent, sr., MF; Klahowya—Matt Danielson, jr., F; North Mason—Aaron North, sr., D; Daniel Wiseman, so., F; Port Angeles—Abinet Hayden, sr., MF.

Honorable mention

North Kitsap—Tareg Matala-Alvarez, jr., MF; Christoph Richards, sr., D; Ethan Schmitt, fr., D; Kingston—Leo Hernandez, fr., D; Moises Larios, jr., F; Alex Newton, jr., F; Olympic—Nick Decker, so., MF; Makaleb McInnis, so., MF; Sequim—Nick Baird, jr., MF; Hector Baylon, jr., D; Lijah Sanford, jr., D; Port Townsend—Max Meier, jr., F; Jordon Ristick, sr., D; Michael Shively, sr., D; Bremerton—Tyler Enloe, sr., D; David Haneline, sr., F; Caleb Petroski, sr., MF; Klahowya—Kalub Carey, sr., D; Alijah Hawley, sr., D; Chris Hodgkinson, sr., GK; North Mason—Hector Schope, jr., MF; Nick Sebastian, so., MF; Bjorn Van Dijk, so., MF; Port Angeles—Miki Andrus, so., F; Tristan Isett, jr., D; Wei-Yan Fu, fr., MF.

Olympic swept the Olympic League awards with Shane Matheny earning MVP and Nate Andrews earning coach of the year.

All-Olympic League
MVP—Shane Matheny, sr., Olympic
Coach of the Year—Nate Andrews, Olympic
Sportsmanship—North Mason
First team
1B: Beau West, jr., Bremerton; 2B: Matt Fisher, sr., NK; 3B; Jacob Gotchall, so., Klahowya; SS: Trevor Ward, sr., Olympic; C: D.J. Wojcek, sr., Olympic.; DH: Zach Lovik, sr., Port Angeles; UT: Riley McKean, sr., North Mason; OF: Matt Noll, sr., Bremerton; Noel Torres, sr., Olympic; Theo Robinson, sr., Bremerton; P: Eli Fultz, sr., Bremerton; Kipp Cartharius, jr., Olympic; Shane Crowell, sr., North Kitsap.
Second team
1B: Nick Johnston, jr., Sequim; 2B: Brady Konopaski, jr., Port Angeles; 3B: Ben Merrill, sr., Bremerton; SS: A.J. Milyard, sr., North Kitsap; C: Marcus Konopaski, sr., Port Angeles; DH: Kevin Beamish, sr., Olympic; UT: Sean Dwyer, so., Port Townsend; OF: Kyler Gracey, sr., North Kitsap; Brian DeFrang, sr., Port Angeles; Mikole Hendricks, jr., Kingston; P: Ben Tamm, sr., North Kitsap; Dylan Kieffer, sr., Klahowya; Daniel Burggraaf, so., North Mason.
Honorable Mention
OF: Devon Courtney, sr., Port Townsend; Drew Fagan, sr., Klahowya; Kevin Herzog, sr., Port Townsend; Tayler Huddleston, sr., Olympic; Andrew Hecker, so., North Kitsap; Will Ekin, jr., North Kitsap; SS: Michael Konopaski, sr., Port Angeles; Jacob Burton, sr., Klahowya; Beau Rabedeaux, jr., Kingston; 2B: K.T. Deam, sr., Klahowya; 3B: Brian Bratlien, sr., North Kitsap; 1B: Conner Schnuit, so., Klahowya; Adam Lemmon, jr., North Kitsap; C: Connor Green, so., North Kitsap; Chase Schoonhoven, sr., North Mason; Zach Zurbrugg, jr., Bremerton; Brett Wright, jr., Sequim; P: Ethan Syverson, sr., Klahowya; Casey Windrel, so., Bremerton; Wes Giddings, sr., Port Angeles; Cody Russell, jr., Port Townsend; UT: Hunter Hohmann, so., North Mason.

There were so many records broken by West Sound track and field athletes — and some I’m just catching up with — in the last few weeks, I wanted to recap.
Let’s start with North Mason’s CJ Allen. He broke the Class 2A state meet record and lowered his West Sound record in the 300 hurdles. Allen ran a 37.28 in Friday’s prelims. The old record was 37.79. It was also the best time in the state this season.
Allen broke the West Sound record earlier this season. It was held by Central Kitsap’s Dom Demouchet at 37.82.
He was close to the West Sound record in the 110 hurdles. South Kitsap’s Roger Cooper, who made to a couple NFL training camps after a successful career at Montana State, holds the record at 14.14. Allen ran a 14.34.
Reagan Colyer broke her West Sound record in the 100 hurdles at 14.88 at districts. In the 300 hurdles, she was faster than the Class 2A state meet record, but was second place. The 43.44 lowered her own West Sound record of 43.56 set last season.
Central Kitsap’s Michael Thomas lowered his West Sound record in the 400 with a 47.83. There’s been an assault on that record this year as Thomas, Allen and South Kitsap’s LaForrest Church have all beaten it.
The previous record was a hand-timed 49.0 (49.24 converted) set by Jeff Ellison of East Bremerton in 1977 and Scott Christensen or Port Angeles in 1966.
Church anchored South Kitsap’s 4×400 relay which broke the West Sound record at 3:18.39 (along with Adam Gascoyne, Zach Sleigh and Mason Villarma). A South Kitsap team from 1988 had run a 3:20.05. Church (1:51.82) was also close to the 800 record.
Central Kitsap’s Rose Christen broke the West Sound record in the 800 at the district meet at 2:10.24. That breaks the record of Port Angeles’ Penny Graves, who ran a 2:10.98 in 1983. She was also close to the 1,600 record (4:53.91).
Central Kitsap (Destiny Dunbar, Keyera Gaulden, Kendra Fields, Jasmine Leaptrot) broke the record in the 4×200 relay in 1:43.76 at the Narrows League meet. It beat the Central Kitsap team that posted a 1:43.82 in 1991.
Correction: This post originally indicated that CK’s had broken the girls 4×100 relay record with a 48.88. North Kitsap still holds the record with the 48.49 set two year ago.
Also, Olympic sprinter Zach Smith was omitted. Smith ran a 21.60 at the state meet, one of three runners to go under the Class 2A state meet time. Smith beat the 1978 record set by Bremerton’s Jerome Walker. Walker ran a hand-time 21.6, which converts to a 21.9.
All told, that’s eight record broken this season.
Here’s a look at the updated West Sound record book:

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Sequim’s Ryleigh Zbaraschuk and Bailey Rhodefer were named co-MVPs of the Olympic League.

Four Wolves were named to the first team while coach Mike McFarlen was named the coach of the year. Port Townsend earned the sportsmanship award.

All-Olympic League

Co-MVPs — Ryleigh Zbaraschuk, Bailey Rhodefer, Sequim

Coach of the year — Mike McFarlen, Sequim

Sportsmanship — Port Townsend

First team — Pitcher: Makayla Bentz, Sequim. Catcher: Jazmine Royal, North Kitsap. 1B: Alexas Besand, Sequim. 2B: Gabbi Garcia, Kingston. SS: Hannah Grubb, Sequim. 3B: Mackenzie Willeford, Bremerton. OF: Sam Gorham, Olympic; Jennifer Reitan, Kingston; Columbia Raupt, Sequim. Util.: Emma Keller, North Kitsap.

Second team — Pitcher: Sarah Steinman, Port Angeles. Catcher: Kayla Gascoyne, North Mason. 1B: Mackenzie McMurrin, Kingston. 2B: Raelyn Lucas, Port Angeles. SS: Maddy Hinrichs, Port Angeles. 3B: Ashlee Reid, Port Angeles. OF: Dove Lucas, Port Angeles; Melissa Lewis, Sequim; Carly Gouge, Port Angeles. Util.: Kimber Bolin, North Mason.

Honorable mention — Megan Lee, Gen Polizzi, Port Townsend; Julie Johnson, Alyssa Gascoyne, North Mason; Adia Roberts, Jaimie Berry, Olympic; Kinsey Reed, Shelby Muhleman, Bremerton; Tori Kuch, Haley Gray, Port Angeles; Shelby Lott, Olivia Kirsch, Sequim; Allison Hilse, Madeline Glad, Kingston; Samantha Moore, Madison Wood, Klahowya; Miranda Holt, Taylor Knutsen, North Kitsap.