I’m not much of a skateboarder. Heck, being on wheeled objects that require a great amount of balance never caught my interest; too much room for error, if you know what I mean.

Life in the water for Gig Harbor’s Krissy Forelli went from cool waters to choppy, but now she’s about to start her junior year at the University of Southern California with a clear frame of mind.

The Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Club is leaving next week for the junior national championships and an opportunity to qualify for the junior world championships next year in Moscow.

Gig Harbor High School basketball head coach Lyle McIntosh was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Thursday at the Tacoma Elks Club after 25 years and a record of 395-244.

The Tyee Cup was in full swing last weekend, as teams from around Washington state visited Gig Harbor for a weekend of competition for all ages.

It must have been pretty cool and somewhat exhausting to be a parent of a child who was a member of one of the two local Little League teams that went to the state playoffs last week.

The need for speed runs in the McKean family gene pool. Bruce McKean and his 11-year-old son, Parker, are go-kart competitors with numerous titles to prove their expertise.

Dave Andrews will shadow the U.S. men’s soccer team before and after they step onto the soccer field next month during the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

MOUNT VERNON — After losing to Selah National 5-1 in the first round of the Little League state juniors tournament at Skagit Valley College, Key Peninsula has won three straight, starting with a 10-2 victory against Northwest on Friday.

I like video games. John Madden Football is my favorite. I remember the first Madden game I got, Madden ’92, for the Sega Genesis console.

It was another bad first inning for the Gig Harbor American 9-10-year-olds in the first round of the Little League state tournament on Sunday.

Soccer is played internationally, and Gig Harbor-area kids experienced that firsthand last week when Peninsula Baptist Church connected with Ambassador in Sport to provide a soccer camp.

The last time Scott Russell was at a Little League state tournament, he was on the field as a player. Times have changed. Now Russell is the manager for the Key Peninsula juniors, a 13- and 14-year-old baseball team that beat East Jefferson 11-1 in five innings last week for the District 2 championship at the Gig Harbor Little League complex.

The Gig Harbor Bulldogs youth football organization heard some inspirational messages from a couple of professional football players on Thursday.

Gig Harbor High School graduate Matt Bernard played in the all-state football game July 3 at Central Valley High School in Spokane.

The Gig Harbor American 9-10-year-old players wore long faces in the dugout after the first inning Monday night at the Gig Harbor Little League complex.

The Key Peninsula 10-11s trailed by five runs against Gig Harbor American in the final inning of a loser-out District 2 Little League baseball game last Thursday at the Gig Harbor Little League complex.

Hayley Vivian, Ashley Nguyen, Hannah and Maddie Bukata aren’t your average youngsters. Their version of “hanging out” is much different.

Butterflies and his favorite song. Even falling behind in the first inning didn’t drown the spirits of RJ Green and the Gig Harbor American 9-10-year-old baseball team Thursday during the first round of the District 2 tournament at the Gig Harbor complex.

The right to move on in the District 2 Little League majors tournament Monday night came down to the final inning.

It’s a different kind of stress if you’re a kid this time of the year. There isn’t a greater moment knowing you get to wake up the next morning and not have to catch the bus or have your mom drop you off before she starts a workday.

Local golfer makes first hole in one in 40 years of play

Jerry Allen, 59, made his first hole in one at Madrona Links Golf Course in late May after 40 years of playing. Allen’s used his driver on a Par 4, 252 yard shot on the 14th hole.

The Key Peninsula Juniors, a Little League all-star team, went from playing the team to beat, to being the team on top last week.

The Gig Harbor American 10-11-year-olds are hoping for history to repeat itself.

Aubrey Lindberg never got to know her grandfather, but that didn’t stop the two from sharing the same passion: baseball.

Either nobody from Gig Harbor attended the world’s biggest 3-on-3 tournament in the world, or my column last week didn’t have the effect I hoped it might.

The Little League District 2 Majors Division tournament kicked off last weekend.

Residents from Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula and Fox Island completed the second annual Escape to Point Richmond open water swim across Colvos Passage last weekend.

Roy Davis has served his country in more ways than most people can say. Throughout the Fox Island resident’s life, Davis has earned prestigious medals as a firefighter. He was also an Air Force colonel.

After moving to Gig Harbor more than two years ago, Nick Lunzer heard about a startup football team called the Puget Sound Pirates.

It’s time to take it to the streets of downtown Spokane. This column is designed to generate interest for local families to submit photos and short stories about their experiences at Hoopfest, the biggest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the world. It’s an annual competition held the last weekend of June.

Baseball fever happens to many lovers of the game. Scott A. Capestany is no different.

Most people who retire simply like to relax: They’ll take vacations and absorb the free time. While Gig Harbor’s Al Weaver will tell you he still does that, his life as a 70-year-old Ironman competitor is cutting into his free time.

The Gig Harbor Little League baseball volunteer community metaphorically has to step up to the plate.

The Gig Harbor Little League non-profit organization has been selected to host the District 2 tournament this year — an unprecedented opportunity that could open bigger doors in the coming years.

The Key Peninsula Little League Majors Championship was hard fought between the top two teams from a competitive 25-team bracket.

The battle for the Gig Harbor Little League majors championship was highly contested between the Red Sox and Athletics on Friday night.

When 15-year-old Jay Watermeyer gets bored, he grabs a board. When he’s awake, he jumps a wake. And when the blowing winds aren’t strong enough, he wind skates. Out of every board he rides — there are at least a half-dozen of them — wind surfing is his favorite.

Put the baseball bats away and grab your trusty glove to snag some grounders.

The Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Club has returned from Montreal for the Pan American Canoe and Kayak Championships. The athletes who competed were part of a pioneering effort to get more local paddlers into international competition.

The Gig Harbor Little League Glory and Key Peninsula Little League Angles met for the minor league fastpitch championship last weekend in Gig Harbor.

Gig Harbor High School senior Miles Unterreiner won the Tacoma Athletic Commission’s Male Athlete of the Year award during the annual Banquet of Champions at the Tacoma Dome last week.

Green River Community College sophomore volleyball setter Rebecca Fister, a Gig Harbor High School graduate, was named the Gators’ Student-Athlete of the Year at the annual ASGRCC banquet last Friday.

Gig Harbor High School’s track and field and cross country teams have racked up awards in the past few years, including numerous state titles. Now, it’s the coaches’ turn to receive credit.

Peninsula High School senior Jake Hohbein hit an inside-the-park home run last Saturday at the all-state game in Yakima.