Date archive: March 2015
Kitsap Pumas Spring Challenge is Saturday at Gordon Field
The Kitsap Pumas Spring Challenge will be held Saturday (April 4) at Gordon Field next to the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. There is a $5 admission charge for the activities, which starts ...
Why do I hurt so much, and what is the meaning of life?
TERRY MOSHER Why do I hurt so much when I hear certain music sounds? Why do I hurt so much when I see a person I haven’t seen in a long ...
Kitsap Pumas’ newest addition is not a secret agent, but he is a Bond
JAKE BOND By Julie Diefendorf Special to The Sports Paper The Kitsap Pumas signed their very own 007 today (Monday, March 30) when they added outside back Jake Bond to their roster. He ...
Progress from the 1950s is clearly evident in basketball and March Madness
TERRY MOSHER I view the march of time as a march of progress, although you couldn’t convince me of that if you looked through the lens of ISIS, which is determined I ...
My body runs like my old 1950 Dodge; it just needs a new head gasket every once in a while
TERRY MOSHE It is tough getting old. Stuff happens and there is little you can do about it. Your body is like an old car that has parts vital to it operating ...
Kitsap Pumas add athletic Chimdum Mez to their roster
CHIMDUM MEZ By Julie Diefendorf Special To The Sports Paper The Kitsap Pumas continued to add to their already talented roster by signing Chimdum Mez, a six-foot-four, 210-pound forward from California. ...
My mixed up world, and who would do that?
I wrote some time ago that we often veer from what we really want to do with our lives and wind up doing something vastly different. I can be excused from ...
Leave the Northern Flickers alone, and just enjoy the sounds
Every March I look forward to the sound of hammering metal from several species of our local woodpeckers. It’s a sure sign that spring is near. The woodpeckers seem to like gutters, ...
Caught between two words, I stumble into being a sportswriter
TERRY MOSHER I was caught between two worlds. I blame my mother for that. She had the gall to get sick and die before I was old enough to explore the world ...
Wandering in the Boneyard with March Madness and political madness
TERRY MOSHER I’m back to the Boneyard today to let off some mental steam. My thoughts get swirling about so much I have to have some outlet, and this is one way ...
Pumas add midfielder Joe Masumiya
JOE MASUMIYA By Julie Diefendorf Special to The Sportspaper.org The Kitsap Pumas continued to add to their talented roster with the signing of midfielder Joe Masumiya of Lakewood, Calif. Masumiya, ...
Ashli Payne named All-American, Sawyer Kluge, makes honorable mention All-American
ASHLI PAYNE OF OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL SAWYER KLUGE OF BREMERTON ATLANTA (March 18, 2015) – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today the finalists for the 2015 WBCA ...
Chris Chandler headlines the 2015 State Hall of Fame inductees
CHRIS CHANDLER CELEBRATING THE 1999 SUPER BOWL VICTORY WITH ATLANTA Chris Chandler and James Edwards, who starred at the University of Washington and then went on to long pro careers in football ...
Smith, McInnis top my Fantasy Five basketball stars
TERRY MOSHER ALEX SMITH GRABS REBOUND IN CROWED ACTION I’m going to pretend to be a college recruiter, with the emphasis on pretend since I have no experience doing such a ...
Finding my way out of the Lost Highway
TERRY MOSHER I don’t know if you have heard Hank Williams sing the Lost Highway. Williams had a short life full of lost loves, drink and drugs, and he put all ...
Allen, Mann, Bachteler team takes Swiss Trios and Bumerton sees Kentucky winning March Madness
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 ...
Senior all-star games set for Tuesday at OC
The 13th Annual West Sound Senior High School Basketball games will be held Tuesday (March 17) at Bremer Student Center Gym on the Olympic College campus. Nominations from coaches to the games ...
Looking for answers why local high school basketball teams don’t fare well outside of this area
TERRY MOSHER A long time ago I came to the conclusion, as did others in the sports department of the Kitsap Sun that our local high school basketball teams don’t measure ...
Sad to report the sudden death of Chris Welp, who in 1983 led Olympic High School to the state basketball championship
Editor’s Note: Chris Well, the 7-foot exchange student from Germany who led Olympic High School to the 1983 state AA championship, has died of an apparent heart attack at his ...