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<\/a>The beat goes on with Washington football. New head coach Chris Petersen has just kicked off the team a player who punched another teammate in the face. It\u2019s another good sign that Petersen is going to do it his way, and that means with good character kids and attention to academics as well as putting good athletes in position to have success on the football field. I am liking this guy more and more, Big Dawg. And I also think that Bill Moos is building a good athletic program at Washington. Some people may not like his new basketball hire \u2013 Ernie Kent \u2013 but I do. Kent is a good character person who stresses good academics, too. He\u2019s also a good coach. Maybe the North will once again rise in the Pac-12.\u00a0 The North already has a good start with the unexpected success of the Washington baseball team. \u2026 Warren Cox did the unexpected and upset Lonnie Sharkey in the finale of the 29th<\/sup> Annual Kitsap Scratch Bowlers Organization\u2019s Non-Champions\/Champions Tournament held at All Star Lanes and sponsored by Don Holtz, Realtor and Talbot Excavating. Sharkey, the county\u2019s best bowler has 105 KSBO Titles on his resume and led the qualifying in the Champions portion of the Tournament. Cox, though, hasn\u2019t been paying attention to Sharkey\u2019s press clippings. He beat Sharkey in the title match 265-258. Brandon VanWinkle won the Non-Champions event, beating Travis Darting, 217-216 in the TV Finale. VanWinkle then won the King of the Hill title when he knocked off Box, 138-223, becoming the 11th Non-Champion to knock off the Champion. The final KSBO tournament of the season will be held Saturday (April 12) at Hi-Joy Bowl in Port Orchard. It\u2019s the Design Unlimited Open and the Mille Chiropractic 205 and Under Division. \u2026 We will find out soon just where two South Kitsap kids stand in relation to some of the better track and field athletes on the West Coast. Nolan Van Amen, a freshman that leads the state in the discus with a toss of 172-07, and Mason Villarma, a junior miler, are competing this weekend at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in California. Van Amen is competing in the men\u2019s open against some of the best strongmen around and Villarma is running the mile. Van Amen is tied for 38th<\/sup> in the nation in the discus with two others, including another freshman, Bronson Osborn of Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California. \u2026 Central Kitsap senior Rose Christen is second in the state and is fourth in the country in the 800 with a time of 2:10.64. Camas junior Alexa Efraimson tops the state and is second in the country with a 2:08.83. Christen is first in the state and 42nd<\/sup> in the country with a 56.63 in the 400. \u2026 Olympic sophomore Jaleel Elmore leads the state in the 400 at 49.45. That time is 101st<\/sup> in the country. Jeffrey Green, a senior from Miami Northwestern, has the country\u2019s best 400 time of 47.27. \u2026 You were impressed, Big Dawg, by the turnout Thursday night at McCormick Woods for the Elton Goodwin fundraiser. Around 200 people paid $30 a pop to attend and help raise money for a memorial scholarship in Elton\u2019s name, and to help pay for the renaming of the baseball field and for the scoreboard at South Kitsap High School where he won three state baseball titles and won over 500 games.<\/p>\n