Team earns spots on All-Metro team as well. With a new coach in tow in George Vukic, the Bainbridge boys soccer team finished with a winning record and finished the season one game short of state against their arch-rival in Mercer Island.
For their efforts this season, five Spartans made the All-Metro Mountain Division team.
Zach Connor was a second-team selection while Will O’Donnell was an honorable mention.
Three Spartans also made the All-Kitsap News Group team, as voted on by the sports writers of the Bainbridge Review, the North Kitsap Herald, the Central Kitsap Reporter, the Bremerton Patriot and the Port Orchard Independent:

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Several more make the All-Metro team for their success. The Bainbridge fastpitch team had one of their most successful seasons in years. They got big wins over Central Kitsap, Holy Names and West Seattle en route to a tie for second place in the Metro League Mountain Division. From there, the Spartans overcame a heartbreaking defeat to Holy Names to take third at the Metro tournament, then defeated Ingraham and Issaquah on the first day of the district tournament to make their first trip to state since 2002.
Bainbridge also won a game at state, the first since 1989 when slowpitch softball was still played.

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They make a Cinderella run through the playoffs to win it all. A Cinderella run through the playoffs led to a Little League Championship for the Tigers.
Unlike their prior playoff games in which they rallied from deficits to win, the survivors of the American League playoffs jumped out to an early lead in the championship game.
They never let their National League counterparts in the Diamondbacks, back in the hunt, winning the Bainbridge Island Little League baseball title game 8-3 last Friday.

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After spending 23 years at BHS, Neal White is closing the book on a fine career. It’s the end of another year at Bainbridge High School.
As students play pickup games on the football field and sit and chat with one another in the courtyard, Neal White, along with all the other teachers and administrators, wraps up his end of the year duties, just like any other year.
But this year, White is doing them for the last time – all with a smile on his face, as evidenced by the PowerPoint presentation showing various pictures and moments of his life that was put together for his retirement party a few weeks ago.
“I look back and I think ‘Those were some great times,’” he said. “Those pictures brought back a lot of memories.”

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Team finished at .500 during regular season, but got hot at end. The Racers defeated the Commotion 6-5 in the Little League Majors softball championship game Friday at Strawberry Hill Park.
The Commotion finished in first place during the regular season, going 13-3 while the Racers finished in third place at 8-8, but won their last five regular season games.

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‘Rag-tag,’ nearly coachless team wins Babe Ruth title on Friday. The Les Schwab team finished their Bainbridge Island Babe Ruth season with a story that could be substituted with the plot of any sports movie over the last 20 years. Les Schwab of Poulsbo sponsored a team on the island, but couldn’t find a coach. So employee Justin Biggs, 26, volunteered for the job – with an assist.

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Season play came to a head this week with tournament action at Rotary.

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The pair’s time makes them the 11th fastest scull duo nationally. Sam Hobbs and Andrew Powers, seniors at Bainbridge High School, finished fifth in the Petite final of the double scull at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 8-10. Their finish made the Hobbs/Powers duo effectively the 11th fastest double scull pairing in the country.

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Three different camps are ready to handle growing interest in team.

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