Lonnie Sharkey, the best bowler in Kitsap County, won his 90th Kitsap Scratch Bowling Organization title when he won the Westbay Auto Open at Hi-Joy Bowl in Port Orchard.

Sharkey, who averaged 244 in eight qualifying games, led the Westbay Auto Open after the semifinals when he shot games of 246, 243 and 268. He then beat Kenny Waltman, 259-224, in the TV finals.

Bob Zurbrugg qualified third in the Miller Chiropractic Under division, but rallied in the TV finals to knock off Nate Hipp, 223-202, Chuck Linne 234-153, and Charlie Lynch 220-175 in the championship game.

High game out of the money in the Westbay Auto Open was Tracey Almond with a 258. Milt Meeds rolled a 248 for high game out of the money n the Miller Chiropractic Under.

Yeik, O’Halek, Velarde win state wrestling titles

In one of the biggest state wrestling hauls in West Sound history, Caleb O’Halek and Branden Yeik from Olympic High School and Jake Velarde of North Kitsap came home from the 2010 Mat Classic with state championships.

Yeik won his second title in three years (he was second last year), beating Hamilton Noel of Liberty 13-7 in the 145-pound 3A title match. The victory was Yeik’s 107th and last career high school victory.

Only Yeik, South Kitsap’s Brent Chriswell (2005-06), Olympic’s Ty Smith (1993-94) and Preston Chadwick (1999-2000) of Central Kitsap have been two-time state winners from Kitsap County.

O’Halek beat Kario Wallin of Enumclaw 3-0 to win the 160-pound 3A championship.

Velarde beat Cody Yeik of Olympic for the third time in four meetings this year to win the 112-pound 3A title. He won 3-1 in overtime against Yeik, who is a close friend. Velarde is a freshman and Yeik, younger brother of Branden, is a sophomore.

Placing second in state were Bremerton’s Lauren Richardson at 103 pounds in the girls tournament (Richardson won last year), South Kitsap’s Connor Hartman (171) in 4A and Klahowya’s Neil Sell (152) in 2A.

Olympic finished fourth in the 3A team standings and Klahowya finished seventh in 2A.

Crackin’ Crab fest

set for March 6

The third annual Crackin’ Crab for Chuck’s Kids will be held March 6 at Bremerton’s Sons of Norway Hall. The social starts at 5:15 p.m. with dinner at 6.

Dinner includes Crab, with Papa John’s Pizza as an alternative, famous Dave’s Beans, homemade slaw. Beverages of choice are available.

There will be a raffle and silent auctions. The Bolero Trio provides music.

Cost for the event is $30 per person or four for $100. Corporate sponsorships are available for $400 for a table of eight.

To register call Lane or Deanna Dowell at (360) 479-1189 or visit www.semancik.org where orders can be placed via PayPal.

All money goes toward providing continuing education for Bremerton High School students who need the help. Last year over $6,000 was raised.

Prep concussion rule revised, strengthened

Effective with the 2010 high school football season, any player who shows signs, symptoms or behaviors associated with a concussion must be removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional.

That concussion rule was one of 12 changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee at its meeting last month in Indianapolis.

The previous rule directed officials to remove an athlete from play if “unconscious or apparently unconscious.” It also allowed for return to play based on written authorization by a medical doctor. Now, officials are charged with removing any player who shows signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion or balance problems, and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional.

AROUND TOWN – Central Kitsap senior Shane Moskowitz finished 15th at the U.S. Cross Country Championships held in Spokane … Jeff Bevers is the new football coach at North Mason. Bevers, who also is the school’s track and field coach and weight training coach, replaces Phil Pugh, who retired for the second time at the end of the season. … DID YOU KNOW? – Comedic actor Will Ferrell was a placekicker in high school and graduated from USC with a degree in sports information. He worked as a sports broadcaster before turning to comedy and Saturday night Live. … PREP BASEBALL – Bremerton has hired Rob Tomlinson, who has done extensive youth coaching in the area, as its new coach, replacing Ken Plowman. Plowman lost his job when the school district determined classified employees of the district could not also be coaches. … Baseball Northwest ranks Central Kitsap senior outfielder Drew Vettleson as the top player in the state. Vettleson, an outfielder, has committed to play college ball at Oregon State. … PREP BOWLING – Olympic High School took second in 3A/2A at the State Championships held at Narrows Plaza in Tacoma. The Trojans finished behind Mark Morris of Longview. Klahowya wound up seventh in the 3A/2A competition … Central Kitsap took third in 4A after finishing seventh the previous two seasons. …. Klahowya’s Carys Bailey won the West Central 3A/2”A District tournament individual championship for the third consecutive time and then won the individual 3A/2A state championship. … Emerald Ridge won the 4A state title. … PREP WRESTLING – South Kitsap won its ninth straight Narrows League championship and then added the Region III 4A as well. . … Olympic took third at the 3A Sub-Regional Tournament and third at the Region III tournament. … Bainbridge placed fifth at the Metro League Tournament. … Klahowya won the 2A Sub-Regional Tournament, beating out second-place Kingston and third-place North Mason. The Buccaneers then edged North Mason to win the Region II 2A championship. … Bremerton’s Lauren Richardson won the 3A Sub-Regional tournament 103-pound championship. … PREP FOOTBALL – Mark McDonagh of Riverside-Brookfield (Illinois) High School set a national record this past season when he caught 165 passes in 10 games. … PREP SWIMMING – Andrew McCarthy of Bainbridge won the state 500 freestyle championship in 4:38.71. … Central Kitsap placed fourth and South Kitsap sixth at the West Central 4A District Meet. … PREP GYMNASTICS – North Kitsap took third at the West Central 3A District meet. … Bainbridge took second to Holy Names at the Metro League Meet. … . … PREP BASKETBALL – South Kitsap’s girls won the Bay Division of the Narrows League. The Wolves were eliminated at the West Central 4A District Tournament. … Central Kitsap’s girls were knocked out of the postseason at the 4A district tournament. … Bainbridge’s girls postseason ended in the first round of the SeaKing 3A District Tournament. … Olympic High School girls lost to Timberline in a 3A sub-district game for the second year in a row, dropping them out of the postseason. The Bremerton girls were also eliminated from the postseason in a 3A sub-district game. … Bremerton boys captured the Olympic League championship and beat sixth-ranked Capital to win the top seed to the West Central/Southwest 3A District tournament. Olympic High School boys were bounced from the playoffs despite Larry Dixon’s 32 points in a 66-58 loss to Timberline. … The Narrows League Bridge Division honored four SK Wolves and coach Mark Lutzenhiser. Junior Kelsey Callaghan, daughter of SK boys coach John Callaghan, was named the division’s MVP and junior Angela Romonsky, junior Dana Goularte and senior Molly Werder were named to the division’s first team. Lutzenhiser was named the division’s coach of the year. … Central Kitsap sophomore Krista Stabler was named to the Narrows League Bay Division first team. … Christian Wesley of CK was named to the boys Bay Division first team. … PREP SWIMMING – Olympic senior John Wojtech won the 100 breaststroke at the West Central 3A District meet. … COLLEGE REPORT – Olympic College women’s soccer coach Dick Lowry signed six players, four of them from local schools. Signing were Kasey Lloyd of Kingston, Angelique White of Bremerton, Mandy Walker of Central Kitsap, Holly Sieler of South Kitsap, Rachel Kimerley of Stadium and Siena Reynolds of Montesano. … Sarah Milne was a second-team All-Narrows League player at South Kitsap and a NWAACC All-East Region defender at Columbia Basin Community College and now will play next at Eastern Oregon University after accepting a scholarship to play soccer at the La Grande school. … Another South Kitsap athlete has found a home away from home. Robert Issa has signed to play football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. Waldorf is an NAIA school. Issa, a running back and linebacker at SK, will likely be a safety for the Warriors … Shannon Moskowitz was one of four Central Kitsap senior athletes to sign letters of intent to play their sport in college. Moskowitz will run in college at Boise State, and her twin brother Shane will run at Oklahoma State. Hannah Anderson will play soccer at Oregon State and Christian Wesley will play football at Central Washington. … Joining Wesley at Central is South Kitsap senior Leon La Deaux, who like Wesley will be a receiver for the Wildcats. …Central Kitsap teammates Conner Chesser and Spencer Williams will play football with SK’s Issa at Waldorf. Blake Johnson of Olympic High School signed to play football at Colorado State-Pueblo and North Mason senior John Fullington followed through on his earlier verbal commitment to Washington State and signed his letter of intent to play football for the Cougars. … Jason Simonis, who sat out a year, will play football at Eastern Oregon. Simonis quarterbacked Central Kitsap in the 2008 season. … Beth Donnelly has been hired as the Olympic College volleyball coach, replacing Kaelea Makaiwi, who resigned at the end of last season. Donnelly was the first-year coach at Bremerton High School. … Olympic’s Larry Dixon signed a letter of intent to play football at Army. He turned down an offer from Central Washington and Hawaii’s invitation to walk-on to play for the Cadets. Dixon will spend his first year at a prep school before heading to West Point, N.Y.