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2008 News Articles
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Kitsap Sun, Mon,
July 26,
2008
Jackets Drop Opener to Spokane
Playing in their first game since the West Coast Collegiate Baseball
League All-Star Game, the Kitsap BlueJackets lost 10-4
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Thurs,
July 24,
2008
BlueJackets Begin Postseason Push
The Kitsap BlueJackets readied themselves for the final stretch of
the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League regular season Thursday by
beating the Olympia A's
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Tues,
July 22,
2008
WCCBL All-Star Game Ends in Tie
Tuesday night's West Coast Collegiate Baseball League
All-Star Game at Larson Field in Moses Lake had a little bit of ...(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sun,
July 20,
2008
Jackets End Tough Stretch With Tough Loss
The Kitsap BlueJackets finished a six-game stretch against the best
teams in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League...(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sat,
July 19,
2008
Knights Blank Jackets
The Kitsap BlueJackets managed just four hits
Saturday in a 6-0 loss at Corvallis in West
Coast Collegiate Baseball League action.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Thurs,
July 17,
2008
Jackets Finally Solve AppleSox
The Kitsap BlueJackets edged the Wenatchee
AppleSox 2-1 Thursday night in a West Coast
Collegiate Baseball League game...
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Weds,
July 16,
2008
Jackets Drop Another Close One
After combining for just one run the night
before, the bats of the Kitsap BlueJackets and
Wenatchee AppleSox came alive. But again, one
run was the difference in the West Coast
Collegiate Baseball League game.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Weds,
July 16,
2008
Four BlueJackets Make All-Star Team
Four Kitsap BlueJackets were selected Wednesday
to participate in the West Coast Collegiate
Baseball League All-Star Game, which will be
played Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Moses Lake
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Tues,
July 15,
2008
Jackets Can't Get Bats Working
The Kitsap BlueJackets and the Wenatchee
AppleSox locked up in a pitchers' duel Tuesday
night, and the AppleSox scored the only run.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sun,
July 13,
2008
Late-Game Heroics Lift Jackets to WIn
The Kitsap BlueJackets scored three runs in the
ninth to tie the game and two more in the 10th
to beat the Kelowna Faclons 5-3 in West Coast
Collegiate Baseball League action on Sunday.
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sat,
July 12,
2008
Jackets Snap Four-Game Losing Streak
The Kitsap BlueJackets snapped a four-game
losing streak on Saturday night, but manager
Matt Acker didn’t get to see the win.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Thurs,
July 10,
2008
Bells Sweep Aside Jackets
Kitsap BlueJackets coach Matt Acker made his
players walk back to the team's hotel after
Thursday's game against Bellingham.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Weds,
July 19,
2008
Bellingham One-Hits BlueJackets
Bellingham pitcher Matt Stabelfeld took a
no-hitter into the eighth inning and the Bells
blanked the Kitsap BlueJackets 5-0 on Wednesday
in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League action.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Tues,
July 8,
2008
Jackets Lose Shootout to Bells
The Bellingham Bells out-hit the Jackets 8-5
Tuesday night, the opening game of the West
Coast Collegiate Baseball League series.
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sun,
July 6,
2008
Watt's Arm, Johnson's Bat Carry
BlueJackets Past Kelowna
The Kitsap BlueJackets broke out the brooms
again and swept another opponent out of Lobe
Field.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sat,
July 5,
2008
Jackets Rally With Four in Ninth
The BlueJackets (11-9) rallied with four runs in
the bottom of the ninth to beat the Kelowna
Falcons 8-7 Saturday night in a West Coast
Collegiate Baseball League game at Lobe Field.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Fri,
July 4,
2008
Jackets Provide Firepower and Fireworks
The Kitsap BlueJackets provided an early
display, exploding for all of their runs in the
second inning of the West Coast Collegiate
Baseball League game. They blew out the Kelowna
Falcons 8-1 in the first game of a three-game
set in front of 1,235 fans
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Thurs,
July 3,
2008
Pirates Sail Out of Town With a Win
After a stretch in which they won nine of ten
games, the Kitsap BlueJackets find themselves
back at the .500 mark after a loss Thursday
night.(more)
Kitsap Sun, Weds,
July 2,
2008
Pirates Hold Off Jackets in 11
The visiting Moses Lake Pirates finally beat the
Kitsap BlueJackets, but it took extra innings.
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Tues,
July 1,
2008
Red-Hot Jackets Continue Tear
The Kitsap BlueJackets jumped out to a big lead
and held onto beat the Moses Lake Pirates 4-2
Tuesday night at Lobe Fields.
It was the ninth win in 10 West Coast Collegiate
Baseball League games for the BlueJackets.
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Mon,
June 30,
2008
Jackets' Baskett Honored;
Kitsap Opens Home Series vs. Moses Lake
Kyle Baskett of the Kitsap BlueJackets earned
WCCBL Player of the Week honors after helping
kick-start a team that started the season 0-6
and is now one game back of West leaders Bend
(9-7) and Corvallis (9-7).
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sat,
June 28,
2008
BlueJackets Break Bend
Kitsap has won eight of nine games and has
scored in double-digits in four of those
victories(more)
Kitsap Sun, Sat,
June 28,
2008
Jackets Edge Bend, 13-12
The Kitsap BlueJackets rallied from a nine-run
deficit to beat the Bend Elks, 13-12, on
Saturday in a West Coast Collegiate Baseball
League game.
(more)
Kitsap Sun, Fri,
June 27,
2008
Bend Ends Jackets' Winning Streak
The Bend Elks ended the Kitsap BlueJackets
winning streak at six games with a 9-8 win on
Friday in a West Coast Collegiate Baseball
League game.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Thurs,
June 26, 2008
Hipps! Hipps! Hurrah! Jackets Win 1-0
After they started the season 0-6, the Kitsap
BlueJackets were halfway through a road trip
when they picked up their first win of the
season at Moses Lake.They haven't lost since.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Weds,
June 25, 2008
OC's Parker, Hennigs Making Most of Summer Jobs
"I'm a young coach, and I came into it wanting
to learn," Parker said. "Coach (Matt) Acker's
had some success in the NWAACC and I've already
learned a lot of things. You learn different
ways of doing things.
(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Tues,
June 24, 2008
Call-Up Igniting Hot Jackets
Kyle Baskett started the season playing for the
Tacoma Cardinals, one of the Kitsap BlueJackets
affiliate teams."He was on fire," Kitsap manager
Matt Acker said of the speedy outfielder.
(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Mon,
June 23, 2008
Bells, Minus Locker, Invade Kitsap
The West Coast Collegiate Baseball League's
biggest name is a football player moonlighting
this summer as a center fielder for the
Bellingham Bells.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Sun,
June 22, 2008
BlueJackets Pound Pirates 18-5 for Sweep
The Kitsap BlueJackets are feeling a whole lot
better about things after ending their six-game
road trip with a three-game sweep of the Moses
Lake Pirat
(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Sat,
June 21, 2008
Aona's Heroics Lifts Jackets in 12th
Bucky Aona hit a two-run home run in the top of
the 12th inning as the Kitsap BlueJackets beat
the Moses Lake Pirates 7-5 in West Coast
Collegiate Baseball League action Saturday.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Fri,
June 20, 2008
Jackets
Finally Pick Up First League Win
Now that the Kitsap BlueJackets are past the
bullies of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball
League, things are going a little better.
(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Thurs,
June 19, 2008
Jackets Swept Aside Once Again
Matt Acker called it the best game his Kitsap
BlueJackets have played this season.But the
result was the same: a 4-3 loss to the Wenatchee
AppleSox on Thursday night.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Thurs,
June 19, 2008
Jackets Swept Aside Once Again
Matt Acker called it the best game his Kitsap
BlueJackets have played this season.But the
result was the same: a 4-3 loss to the Wenatchee
AppleSox on Thursday night.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Wed,
June 18, 2008
Jackets Remain Winless in League Play
So his team is now 0-5 in West Coast Collegiate
Baseball League play.Kitsap BlueJackets manager
Matt Acker isn't worried."No, not really," he
said Wednesday after his team lost to the
Wenatchee AppleSox 9-4. "This is the third year
in a row we've done this."(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Tues,
June 17, 2008
Jackets Still Searching for WCCBL Win
The Kitsap BlueJackets are still looking for
their first win of the West Coast Collegiate
Baseball League season.The Jackets (3-6 overall)
fell to 0-4 in league play after a 7-2 loss to
the Wenatchee AppleSox on Tuesday."It's a little
surprising to me," Jackets manager Matt Acker
said, especially of the lack of offense.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Fri,
June 13, 2008
Unlucky Day at the Plate for Jackets
Corvallis starting pitcher James McLaughlin went
6 1/3 innings and gave up both hits. One of the
hits he gave up to San Diego State teammate
Brandon Decker, who plays second base for the
Jackets.
(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Fri,
June 13, 2008
Jackets' Bats Stay Silent as Corvallis
Sweeps
The offense that the Kitsap BlueJackets have
been struggling to find came together against
the Corvallis Knights on Saturday night.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Thurs,
June 12, 2008
League Opener an Open and Shut Loss for
Jackets
The BlueJackets (3-3) lost their league opener
to the Corvallis Knights 8-1 Thursday night at
Lobe Field. In all three of the Jackets'
"openers," they've lost.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Weds,
June 11, 2008
BlueJackets to Honor Late Co-Founder
The Kitsap BlueJackets will take a moment Friday
to remember the late team co-founder and
co-owner Wynne Goldberg Littman.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Weds,
June 11, 2008
BlueJackets Fall on Opening Night
Kitsap BlueJackets coach Matt Acker doesn't like
to lose — ever. But after last night's
season-opening 7-6 loss to the Tacoma Cardinals,
one of Kitsap's two feeder teams, the coach
didn't appear too troubled by the defeat.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Weds,
June 11, 2008
From Broadcast Booth to the Big Office
There was a time when the Cape Cod League and
Alaska League were the only summer college
baseball leagues that mattered. They remain the
two oldest and most established summer leagues,
but they've now got company.(more)
Kitsap
Sun, Tues,
June 10, 2008
Jackets Ready to Start Season — Again
The Kitsap BlueJackets have four non-league
games under their belt, and they're playing a
fifth tonight against the Tacoma Cardinals at
their home park — located at newly christened
Lobe Fields at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.
(more)
Kitsap
Sun,
June 8,
2008
SCHOOLS: Thanks, Bluejackets
I would like to publicly thank the Kitsap
BlueJackets.. organization for partnering with our school, PineCrest
Elementary, during "Math Masters in May."(more)
Kitsap
Sun,
June 8,
2008
BlueJackets' Scholl Taking Step Forward
by Being Drafted
For Kitsap BlueJacket and Green River pitcher
Christian Scholl, being drafted in this year's Major League Baseball
Draft last week represented another step for him that will hopefully
lead him to fulfilling his dream — playing in the major leagues.(more)
Kitsap
Sun,
June 8,
2008
Jackets Scholl, Voelkel Sign with MLB
Teams
The Kitsap BlueJackets beat the Olympia A's 9-1
on Sunday, but lost pitcher Christian Scholl and first baseman Ryan
Voelkel — as both players signed Major League Baseball contracts.(more)
Kitsap
Sat,
June 7,
2008
Jackets Lose Voelkel to Braves
The Kitsap BlueJackets' 10-2 exhibition victory
Saturday over the Olympia Athletics at St. Martin's University in
Lacey was notable mainly for two reasons.(more)
Kitsap Fri,
June 6,
2008
Johnson Powers Jackets
The Kitsap BlueJackets beat the Olympia
Athletics 6-3 in an exhibition game at North Kitsap's Snyder Park on
Friday.Central Kitsap grad Aaron Johnson hit a game-winning
three-run home run for the BlueJackets in the bottom of the 10th
inning.
(more)
Kitsap Thur,
June 5,
2008
BlueJackets Drop Opener to Feeder
If this was the last time fans see Christian
Scholl in a Kitsap BlueJackets uniform, they were left with a
dominating performance to remember.
(more)
Kitsap Sun,
June 3,
2008
'Professional' Baseball Close to Home
The Kitsap Bluejackets, members of the West
Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBBL), are just days away from a
five-game exhibition season before launching the 2008 campaign
against Corvallis on Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m. at the Fairgrounds.
(more)
Kitsap Sun,
June 3,
2008
Jackets Ready for Exhibitions
The Kitsap BlueJackets opens their exhibition
baseball schedule against the Olympia Athletics on Thursday at South
Kitsap High School.(more)
Kitsap Sun,
May 22,
2008
BlueJackets Taking Exhibitions to the
Community
The Kitsap Bluejackets, members of the West
Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL), are just days away from a
five-game exhibition season before launching the 2008 campaign
against the Corvallis Knights on June 12 at 7 p.m. at the
Fairgrounds.
(more)
Kitsap Sun,
Oct
17, 2007
BlueJackets Already Gearing for ‘08 Season
The Kitsap BlueJackets, a member of the West Coast Collegiate
Baseball League, has re-signed its manager and has already locked up
the majority of their players for the 2008 season.
(more)
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Central Kitsap Reporter, Jan 02, 2008
Half-and-half Jackets readying for ’08
With fall ball wrapped up at universities around the country, the
Kitsap BlueJackets have all but finalized the team’s 2008 roster,
with a number of familiar faces looking to return to Kitsap
Fairgrounds Ballfields.
(more)
North Kitsap
Herald, Mar 28, 2008
BlueJackets roster is long on talent
Fall baseball has wrapped up at universities
around the country, allowing the Kitsap BlueJackets to all but
finalize the teams 2008 roster. Matt Acker, BlueJackets head coach,
will welcome some familiar faces back to the Kitsap Fairgrounds
Ballfields...(more)
Central Kitsap Reporter, May 31, 2008
BlueJackets getting ready for upcoming
season openers
After preparing his team to take the field for
the fourth time, Kitsap BlueJackets coach Matt Acker is still
finding new challenges to overcome.(more)
Central Kitsap Reporter,
June
3, 2008
Kitsap BlueJackets getting ready for
upcoming season openers
This season, the trouble hasn’t been finding
guys. In fact, Acker said he’s tabbed about 45 players for the
Jackets’ 26 roster spots thanks to changing collegiate requirements
that are now keeping grads on a degree completion track.(more)
Port Orchard Independent Sat,
June 7,
2008
WSU-bound hurler
shines in Jackets’ exhibition in Port Orchard
“Tremendous,” said Kitsap coach Matt Acker, who
coached Scholl at Green River. “He’s an outstanding pitcher. He’s
going to be a force in this league if he’s around.”(more)
Bremerton Patriot, June 7, 2008
Jackets
ready to make push
After preparing his team to take the field for
the fourth time, Kitsap BlueJackets coach Matt Acker is still
finding new challenges to overcome.(more)
Bainbridge Review, June 11, 2008
BlueJackets ready for another playoff run
SILVERDALE – Last season,
the BlueJackets finished 24-18 and took second
in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League’s
West Division.
(more)
Bremerton Patriot, , Sat,
June 14, 2008
BlueJackets lose Scholl, opener
Returning BlueJacket
Christian Scholl’s tenure with the 2008 Kitsap
squad may be short-lived.Scholl struck out 13
batters in five innings in an exhibition last
week.(more)
Bremerton Patriot, Sat,
June 21,
2008
Kitsap BlueJackets still winless
After getting swept by Corvallis (Ore.) last weekend to open the
West Coast Collegiate Baseball League season, the BlueJackets (0-6
overall, 0-5 in WCCBL play) remained winless after falling 7-2
Tuesday and 9-4 Wednesday against the Wenatchee AppleSox (4-1
overall
(more)
Bremerton Patriot, Sat,
June 28,
2008
BlueJackets heating up
Since then, however, the
BlueJackets have been on fire, sweeping Moses
Lake to finish the trip on a high note before
taking the first two this week at home against
rival Bellingham.
(more)
Central Kitsap Reporter, Sat, June 28, 2008
Kitsap BlueJackets ride 2 grand slams to
win, end successful road trip
The Kitsap BlueJackets appeared to
mirror the Seattle Mariners through the early
part of the 2008 West Coast Collegiate Baseball
League season.(more)
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