Date archive: August 2013

Ex-South Kitsap baseballer starts a journey that takes him to Nike

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Former South Kitsap academic and baseball star Travis Vetters is having some of the better experiences of his life. After a journey in professional baseball, ...

Random thoughts about Seattle sports

Clay Moyle and son Caleb I decided to knock out a quick article concerning a number of random sports-related thoughts going through my mind as the three-day weekend approaches. First, it looks ...

Who would have figured I would wind up with all the personal files of “Mr. Boxing”

Clay Moyle and son Caleb I don’t know how many of you reading this will be familiar with the name Nat Fleischer, but I’m sure it will ring a bell for most ...

Maybe the President can play rock-paper-scissors with Assad if he really wants to get extra tough

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Bumerton notes Viking Crush, Hoke’s new book, K-Mac and bigger Ken Wills, but no Mosher in Gorst

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. ...

Back in the Boneyard where foreign policy, the Brotherhood, football and running out of gas is popular

I don’t know what is going to come out of my fingers, so today I’m going to the Boneyard to let loose what thoughts I might have so I can ...

J&I/Elite slowpitchers set for third USSSA Class D World Tournament

J&I/Elite team By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Like the 1960s and ‘70s when slowpitch rock ‘n rolled in Bremerton and the Navy City was the king of the ...

Coaching success is bolstered by the unconscious as well as the conscious lessons we learn

Clay Moye and son Caleb I’ve been spending some time working with three girls on their individual basketball skills on a local outdoor covered court and continue to be pleasantly surprised ...

The magic of coed softball

Kitty Campagna It is that time of year again. That time when I wake up (after at least two snoozes), gently lower my feet to the floor and hobble to ...

I’m currently not winning, but I am not going to give up

I was wrong. Yeah, I was wrong for about the millionth time. This time it was my prediction readers like you are switching from newsprint for their news and ...

Matheny continues to move up as a top baseball prospect

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Olympic High School senior-to-be Shane Matheny is slowly working his way up the talent list of baseball players who are considered prospects. Well, actually he ...

The expertise of catching tuna off of Westport

Earl Sande with two kings I try to take at least one tuna trip out of Westport every summer. I am lucky enough to have two good friends that have the ...

The bigger than life Hill may make it tough sledding for North Mason opponents

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper It’s hard to believe sometimes that kids can start playing organized football at the age of four years old, but that is what North Mason senior ...

Battle with a brain tumor brings the Central Kitsap Keffers closer together as family

Hunter Keffer By George Edgar Special to The Sports Paper Sometimes it’s hard to play games with a lot on your mind, especially in high school. There are grades to think ...

Use PEDs in baseball and get caught? You are banned for life

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

The “line” that changed the game of basketball

Clay Moyle I came across an interesting article on-line the other day from 2012 titled “The Line That Changed the Game.” It was written by Lee Feinswog of NCCA.com and focused ...

Davis leads North Mason’s IHOP pancake makers

Chad Davis, and mud By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper It’s true that North Mason football has the odds stacked against it. The Bulldogs are the second smallest school ...

A-Rod would fit right in the Major Bizarro World League

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Summer of my youth part III

For many years, a detachment of railroad cars were parked alongside the main tracks. Why they were there and why they stayed there for so long, I do not know. All ...

Learning all about Love in Salem, Oregon

Another day in the Boneyard for me. I have to get rid of some thoughts so I can function and the Boneyard is the only place where I can ...