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(Thursday, November 22, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
All-West Sound Team
Led an improved Bremerton defense and earned All-Olympic League 3A honors after racking up 129 total tackles for the Knights with 15 tackles for loss, including a sack. (more>>)

(Wednesday, November 13, 2007 - Seattle PI)
Where Are They Now?
Mike O'Brien, former Bremerton, Cal and Seahawks player
If you met Mike O'Brien on the football field, you wouldn't forget him. Chances are, though, he wouldn't remember you. O'Brien was a hell-bent defensive back with an affection for the head-on collision, playing courageously if not recklessly for West Bremerton High School, Olympic College, the California Golden Bears, the Seattle Seahawks and the USFL's Oakland Invaders. (more>>)

(Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Dixon Named Oly League 3A MVP
Olympic running back Larry Dixon was named Olympic League Class 3A Division offensive MVP Friday. The standout sophomore rushed for 1,634 yards and 15 touchdowns. Olympic's coach staff, led by coach Eric Allen, was named coaching staff of the year in the four-team circuit. Peninsula's Kodi Otero was named defensive MVP. (more>>)

(Thursday, November 8, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
All-State Guard Jack Crawford Passes Away
Jack passed away peacefully at Regional Hospital in Tukwila from complications of emphysema. He was born to Harold and Beatrice (Lovejoy) Crawford in Wakonda, SD. (more>>)

(November 2007 - The Sports Paper)
At Bremerton, the past is history
Philosopher George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” But what happens if there is no past? (more>>)

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OCTOBER 2007

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(Saturday, October 27, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
'Riders Air It Out Against Knights
They honored two Bremerton Heroes for their contribution to the community — Joanne Haselwood and Louie Soriano — at halftime Friday night, but there were few heroes for Bremerton on the Bremerton Memorial Stadium football field during its game with visiting Port Angeles. Instead, Port Angeles senior Chris Lane continued what he has done for most of the season to lead the Roughriders over the Bremerton Knights, 55-30, in an Olympic League contest. (more>>)

(Friday, October 26, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
The Center of 1947
For sixty seasons the 1947 Bremerton Wildcats have been the high watermark of Bremerton High football. “Whereas the Pirates have a good team, the Wildcats are great – among the finest prep teams ever assembled in Washington,” Bud Livesly wrote in the Yakima Herald after Bremerton’s 27-0 win on November 22, 1947. (more>>)

(Friday, October 26, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Bremerton Bucked Up for Memorial Stadium
Full-time tuition at Olympic College was $35 a quarter. Waterfront homes in Bremerton were going for $8,000 and under. Bremerton High students were selling raffle tickets to build a football stadium for a dollar apiece. "A buck was big money then," Bob Fredericks said. "It wasn't too much earlier you could get a 12-ounce hot dog for 10 cents and a big can of milkshake for 10 cents." (more>>)

(Saturday, October 20, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Oly Has Answer For Knights
Bremerton showed some major improvement, but wasn't able to take down Olympic League-leading Olympic High in the Knights' homecoming game on Friday night. Olympic had enough answers to emerge with a 30-16 victory at Memorial Stadium. (more>>)

(Friday, October 19, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Homecoming, A Time to Remember
Homecoming 2007, a time to celebrate. A time also to remember, especially for senior Richard Kendrick. Three years ago, when Kendrick walked the halls of Bremerton High for the first time as a sophomore, the certainty of graduation was in doubt, at least in some teacher's minds. But three years later, Kendrick is a highly respected senior, who others look to for leadership, he was nominated by his peer to the 2007 Homecoming Court, he is on track to graduate, and he is looking forward to going to college next year. (more>>)

(Monday, October 15, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Passing Game a Highlight in Loss at Peninsula
Football is a team sport, and never was that more evident than Friday in Purdy, Wash. The Bremerton Knights got off the bus, put their uniforms on, stepped onto to artificial turf of Paul Anderson Field, and let the Peninsula Seahawks roll to an easy 49-to-13 victory. (more>>)

(Sunday, October 14, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Bramwell Remembers Roots
Steve Bramwell gave a warm and gracious induction speech centered on health and wellness for athletes during the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame induction and banquet ceremonies Saturday at Bremer Student Center gym on the Olympic College Campus. (more>>)

(Saturday, October 13, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Seahawks Flyby Knights
The Peninsula Seahawks took off quickly to a 21-0 first quarter lead and never looked back as they routed the Bremerton Knights 49-13 at Anderson Field. (more>>)

(Friday, October 12, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
A Booster is More Than Just a Parent
Football is a huge high school extra-curricular activity. It requires more student-athletes to turn out than any other sport. It requires a larger coaching staff to instruct that any other sport. It requires more equipment in order to play a game than any other sport. It requires more game management staff that any other sport. Where does the necessary revenue and support staff come from in order to run a successful high school football program? (more>>)

(Friday, October 12, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
2007 Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame Bios
The following is being inducted into the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Olympic College. The induction ceremony begins at 2 p.m. (more>>)

(Sunday, October 7, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
No Stress for 'Sarge'
Kevin Sargent's NFL career ended in 1999 and the former Bengals lineman rarely looks back.
If you bumped into Kevin Sargent and didn't know him, you might suspect that he played in the NFL, or had in another lifetime. And you'd be right. (more>>)

(Saturday, October 6, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Riders Ride Out High-Scoring Knights
Two weeks ago, the scoreboard at Civic Field was lit up for 100 points in a 62-38 win by Olympic over Port Angeles. Friday night, the scoreboard was lit up again as the Roughriders and the visiting Bremerton Knights played adding machine football. (more>>)

(Friday, October 5, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
What Will Happen in Port Angeles Tonight?
Every high school football rivalry has its own flavor, created by the approach of the head coach, enhanced by the personality of the team and the community, topped off by the condition of the field and the venue that it resides in. Some rivalries are very mature. Like the Bremerton – South Kitsap rivalry, the oldest high school football rivalry in Kitsap County, that encompasses 75 games over a span of eight decades (1921 - 2005). (more>>)

(Monday, October 1, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Top Olympic League Running Backs Prove They Are Worth Watching
Two of the top Olympic League (3A) running backs faced-off Friday night at Silverdale Stadium – Bremerton senior Jamiere Abney and Olympic sophomore Larry Dixon. When the final whistle sounded, Abney had rushed for a game high 146-yards and one touchdown. Dixon's total in the book was 38-yards on ten carries. (more>>)

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(Saturday, September 28, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Johnson's Picks Help Keep Olympic Rolling
Johnson intercepted three passes, returning two of them for touchdowns, as the Trojans of coach Eric Allen blew away Bremerton Friday night at Silverdale Stadium, 47-13, to reach 2-0 in the Olympic League 3A chase and 4-1 overall. (more>>)

(Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Abney's Fast Start Slowed by Injury
When football fans looked at Jamiere Abney's 385 rushing yards and nine touchdowns after three Bremerton High School football games they may have thought the Knights senior already traveled a long ways. They would be right. But for the wrong reason. (more>>)

(Monday, September 24, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Knights Offense Not Present at League Opener
Bremerton Head Football Coach Nate Gillam predicted that the team with the fewest turnovers would win Friday night’s Olympic League opener between Bremerton and the visiting Peninsula Seahawks. His prediction came true, as the Knights lost two fumbles and threw an interception in a 36-to-6 loss to the Seahawks. (more>>)

(Saturday, September 22, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Seahawks Wear Down Knights
When the state reclassification took place a year ago, the Olympic League was reborn. The birth produced a football giant — the Peninsula Seahawks — that moved into the neighborhood. That giant, 13 years in the making under head coach Ross Filkins, led to a 3A Olympic League title last year and the powerful Seahawks opened their second league campaign Friday night with a methodical 36-6 victory over Bremerton at Memorial Stadium. (more>>)

(Friday, September 21, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Olympic League Opener against Peninsula, Tonight
Tonight, in the Olympic League season opener, the improving Bremerton Knights will be tested, as a team and individually. Coming into their house, Memorial Stadium, are the Peninsula Seahawks, 2006 Olympic League Champions. In the history of the football rivalry between these two schools, Bremerton has never beaten Peninsula. (more>>)  

(Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Knights Score First Win in 2007
Composure is not overrated. Just ask the Bremerton Knights, who took a 21-to-14 lead into halftime Friday night at Memorial Stadium, then held their composure in the second half and snap an 11-game losing streak by defeating visiting North Mason Bulldogs 28-to-26. (more>>)

(Saturday, September 15, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Knights Snap 11-Game Losing Streak
Speed kills, and more speed kills more. Bremerton welcomed back speedy Alex Griffin and the senior running back responded in a big way to help the Class 3A Knights snap an 11-game losing streak, beating the Class 2A North Mason Bulldogs 28-26 in a non-league Friday night. (more>>)

(Friday, September 14, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Final Non-League Game Before Olympic League Opener
Eighty years ago today - September 14, 1927 - high school football games had not started yet in Bremerton. Newly hired athletic director, football and basketball coach Michael Thorniley, a Puget Sound College graduate, was scrambling to find games for the season, using a telephone that was attached to the wall by a wire and required an operator to make the connection. North Mason High School, the Knights opponent at tonight's home game at Memorial Stadium, did not exist. And, the majority of the eligible football players had little or no experience. (more>>)

(Monday, Setember 10, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Not a Pretty Home Opener
For the second week in a row senior Jamiere Abney ran for over 100-yard and scored three touchdowns. It is his fifth game over 100-yards thus far in his three year high school career. His first touchdown, a 36-yard run, came on the Knights’ opening series of the second quarter. The last two touchdowns were scored in the fourth quarter, on runs of 19- and 9-yards. (more>>)

(Friday, September 7, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Knights to Sport a New Look for Anniversary
Home Opener
When the Bremerton Knights step onto their home turf tonight for the first time this season, on the 100th anniversary of football at Bremerton High, on the 60th anniversary of Memorial Stadium and the 1947 Cross-State Championship, the team will do so wearing brand new uniforms. Uniforms made possible by the hard work and donations of alumni, boosters and parents. (more>>)

(Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Tailgating, a Part of Friday Night Football
In hundreds of communities throughout the United States high school football is king. King because the community comes together after work on Friday night to enjoy each others company and be part of an event that occurs once a week, for little more than twelve weeks each fall. (more>>)

(Saturday, September 1, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
Klahowya Withstands Bremerton Rally
The Klahowya Eagles and Bremerton Knights certainly knew how to kick off the 2007 high school football season in spectacular fashion on Friday night. Darrel Normandy's game-saving tackle on Bremerton's two-point conversion attempt with time expired gave the Klahowya Eagles a thrilling 28-27 win before a packed house at Silverdale Stadium. (more>>)

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(Friday, August 31, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
A Season of Senior Expectations
It was four years ago that the last Knight graduated from Bremerton High and left to play college football. Western Washington University senior Tieba Bropleh, a ’04 Bremerton High graduate, lettered the last three years as a linebacker but will move this season to the other side of the ball as the Vikings starting fullback. (more>>)

(Thursday, August 30, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Football Preview)
Knights Celebrating Their Centennial
One hundred years ago, coach W.A. Hamilton fielded the first high school football team in Bremerton history. As the Knights open their 101st football season Friday night against Klahowya, what Hamilton would think of his old team, which has won just 17 times in the last 121 games over the last 13 seasons, is anybody's guess.
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(Monday, August 20, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Spirit is Rising at Bremerton
When you come to your first Bremerton football game this fall, whether the season opener on Friday, August 31st, at Silverdale Stadium against the Klahowya Eagles, or the home opener on Friday, September 7th, at Memorial Stadium against the Bainbridge Spartan, you will immediately notice a difference from last season. (more>>)

(Friday, August 17, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Freshman Football returns to Bremerton High
When was the last time 9th graders suited up as part of the Bremerton High football program? A seemingly easy question, but one that required a trip to the school district office and the ingenuity of a long-time employee to deduce. (more>>)

(Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - Kitsap Sun Sports)
The Rites of Passage
The cycle of life began anew on Wednesday with the first day of football practice for high schools across the state. (more>>)

(Monday, August 13, 2007 - BremertonFootball.com)
Mr. Football goes Down Under
Mr. Football is the highest honor the Bremerton High Football team can bestow on one of its member. Its prestige dates back to the early days of the program, which began in 1908. But few of its legendary recipients have capitalized on the potential of being a goodwill ambassador for Bremerton High and the football program. (more>>)

(August 2007 - The Sports Paper)
Path of Freedom gets boost from Olmsted
The veterans memorial project at Bremerton’s Memorial Stadium has moved to a new level with the addition of construction/project manager, Sean Olmsted. (more>>)

(August 2007 - The Sports Paper)
The evolution of high school sports, including football
It is interesting how sports is evolving. About 35 years ago it was illegal for basketball coaches to be present at open gyms. But any basketball coach who wants to stay ahead of the game now has gyms open so his athletes can get practice time. Fastpitch, baseball, soccer, volleyball all have gone year-around sports, and now the most expensive high school sport to equip – football – is making inroads to being more than a seasonal sport. (more>>)