Sports - Central Kitsap

An incredible student-athlete duo

The running joke between Carolyn Cross and Erin Curtis: Curtis is always right when they disagree because she’s a Cross-proclaimed genius, but Cross never admits it because she’s a gritty, perhaps stubborn, competitor.

Kitsap Pumas spin circles around Spiders

Club posts highest single-match goal output in 6-1 victory over Spokane to remain undefeated in league play.

Pumas eye Northwest Division crown

As Kitsap Pumas forward Stephen Phillips was interviewed, teammates Matt Friesen and Mark Conrad snuck behind him, dousing his jersey with ice water.

Silverdale Shoot-Out aims high for charity

Organizers are chalking up last-minute X’s and O’s and lacing their high-tops for the Silverdale Beach Hotel’s annual summer basketball tournament, the 3-on-3 Silverdale Shoot-Out.

Thunderbird Pro Rodeo a bucking success

With dust drifting across the arena floor, snot-blowing bulls shook cowboys like tambourines.

Retired Italian race car driver Sanguineti makes vino pit stop in Silverdale

From roaring speedways across Europe to the rolling vineyards of Tuscany, Antonio Sanguineti’s life has come full circle through speedometers and wine.

Slaughter County Roller Vixens bring roller derby to Kitsap

With her blonde hair billowing and roller skates squealing, Wendy Vermeers glides through a pack of elbow-throwing competitors.

‘No. 1 fan’ combines family with sport

Crinkled ticket stubs and faded game-day programs cling to a wall inside Mama Bear’s den.

Reign win USSSA state fastpitch title

Youth get their kicks with the Kitsap Pumas

With their smiles stretching from sideline to sideline, more than 40 young soccer players dug their cleats into the spongy grass at Gordon Field.