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Dicks, Domstad,Bayer Among Kitsap Hall of Fame Inductees

The 1949 Olympic College basketballteam also will be recognized on = Oct.=20 13.

Chuck Stark, cstark@kitsapsun.com
Wednesda= y, May=20 16, 2007

A U.S. Congressman, a former mayor, a former pro = golfer who=20 was the longest hitter on the PGA Tour during his era, a former = University of=20 Washington basketball All-American with a couple of classic nicknames = and one of=20 the most exciting kickoff returners in college football history are = among the=20 athletes who will be inducted into the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame on = Oct. 13.=20

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A total of 18 athletes and the Olympic College basketball team that = placed=20 third at the National Junior College Tournament in 1949 will be honored = at=20 Bremer Student Center on the Olympic College campus.

A committee of Kitsap County Bremerton Athletic Roundtable members = voted on=20 the inductees from after pouring over a list of nominees.

Here=E2=80=99s a look at the inductees, in alphabetical order:

Lyle Bakken: Whirlwind all-state guard from East Bremerton carried = the=20 Knights to state in 1957-58, and helped create Les Eathorne=E2=80=99s = run-and-gun=20 philosophy. He went on to start two years at the University of = Washington.

George Bayer: The former Washington Husky and Washington Redskins = football=20 lineman won three PGA Tour titles. At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, the = Bremerton=20 High grad reportedly hit a drive 436 yards during one tournament.

Mark Bergsma: Superb all-around athlete from Bremerton played = football and=20 basketball at Olympic College and was an all-conference defensive back = at=20 Central Washington. He later earned All-America honors in fastpitch and=20 slowpitch softball.

Steve Bramwell: The West Bremerton grad was a Husky legend, playing = from=20 1963-65. The first time he touched the ball for the Huskies, he returned = a kick=20 90 yards for a TD. He set UW and NCAA records for kickoff return = yardage, earned=20 honorable mention all-coast honors and has been inducted into the = NCAA=E2=80=99s=20 Academic Hall of Fame. He became an orthopedic physician and later = served as the=20 UW=E2=80=99s team physician.

Glenn Carden: West Bremerton basketball player was called "Handball" = in high=20 school. Despite not playing a full schedule, he was among the top-ranked = handball players in the country for a period, and remains an elite = age-group=20 player, having won nine national titles.

Lee Ann Charlton: She helped put Bainbridge High girls basketball on = the map,=20 guiding the Spartans to back-to-back titles in 1987 and =E2=80=9888 and = fourth-place=20 finishes in =E2=80=9889 and =E2=80=9890 before moving on to the college = ranks.

Herb Criss: Horseshoes and bowling were his games, but those who know = him say=20 he excelled at just about everything he did. He was a several-time state = and=20 Northwest horseshoe champ.

Norm Dicks: Rep. Dick, recently elected chairman of the Interior=20 appropriations subcommittee, was a linebacker and guard at West = Bremerton and=20 later at the University of Washington. He played for Chuck Semancik and = Jim=20 Owens. He was on the victorious 1961 Rose Bowl team that was 10-1 and = later=20 earned second-team All-Pacific Coast honors as an offensive guard.

Dicks, who will be the graduation speaker at the University of = Washington=20 next month, will also serve as the master of ceremonies at the Hall of = Fame=20 banquet.

Whitey Domstad: He=E2=80=99s not a Bremerton grad, but he later = became mayor of the=20 town. Domstad joined the Navy out of Grafton, N.D., where he won the = Navy=20 heavyweight boxing championship. he later worked several world title = bouts as a=20 boxing official.

Wayne Foster: He=E2=80=99s one Washington State=E2=80=99s all-time = football greats. Foster=20 starred in football, basketball and track in high school, and earned = All-America=20 honors in football for the Cougars. He would have been a first-round = pick in the=20 NFL, but the defensive lineman ended up signing a contract to play in = the=20 Canadian Football League, where his career was curtailed by knee = injuries.

Dean Gehring: Port Orchard=E2=80=99s Gehring, a popular figure in the = region, was=20 involved in a bit of everything, but he=E2=80=99s being honored for his = accomplishments=20 as an owner in motorsports. His sprint car teams were also among the = best in the=20 Northwest.

Bill Morris: Because of his Bremerton heritage and his feisty style = of play,=20 they called the 6-foot guard "Battleship" and "William the Conqueror." = Morris=20 led the UW to the Pacific Coast title and the 1943 NCAA Final Four.

Arnie Pelluer: The Bremerton grad went on to star in football and = track at=20 Washington State and became a highly-successful and respected college = coach at=20 Whitworth and Eastern Washington.

Coni Posey: South Kitsap grad was a standout fastpitch player in high = school=20 and with area select teams =E2=80=94 the Diamond Dusters and Kitsap = County Braves=20 =E2=80=94before earning all-conference honors and helping Western = Washington get to its=20 first national tournament.

Kevin Sargent: He went from Bremerton to Eastern Washington to the = NFL, where=20 he had a solid six-year career (1992-98) as an offensive lineman with = the=20 Cincinnati Bengals. A neck injury ended his career.

Joni Slagle: Before Title IX started to have an impact with = women=E2=80=99s=20 athletics, Slagle was a bonafide superstar. The 1973 North Mason grad = scored a=20 school-record 47 points as a sophomore basketball player at Olympic = College=20 before migrating to Western Washington, where she still also holds the = school=20 record for career scoring average (18.6). Slagle played in the = short-lived=20 Women=E2=80=99s Professional Basketball League and another year in = Australia.

Gary Wortman: Former West Bremerton athlete played basketball at = Seattle=20 Pacific and became one of the NBA=E2=80=99s most respected scouts for = the Sonics and=20 Atlanta Hawks. Wortman was among the first wave of scouts to get serious = about=20 bringing European players to the NBA.

Roger Wiley: Was a 6-8 junior center on Ken Wills=E2=80=99 Bremerton = High team that=20 won a state title in 1941. Wiley went to Oregon, where he was averaged = 14.7=20 points as a senior, earning Pacific Coast Northern Division honors, and = got a=20 doctoral degree. He ended up head of the physical education department = at=20 WSU.

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