Guest Curator/Sports Historian, Jim Portune, will open a new Exhibit presenting the history of local football.

Kitsap County Historical Society Museum
280 Fourth Street
Bremerton, WA 98337
(360) 479-6226
Contact: Jane Williams, Interim Director or
Prudence McCabe, Executive Assistant
khsinfo@kitsaphistory.org

October 18, 2007

For Immediate Release


SPORTS FANS, especially football enthusiasts, will want to be at the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum on Friday, November 2nd. Guest Curator/Sports Historian, Jim Portune, will open a new Exhibit presenting the history of local football.

The 20th Century witnessed the birth and maturity of team sports throughout the United States, and Kitsap County was an active participant. A microcosm of this can be seen in the history of Bremerton High Football, the oldest football program in the County. The Exhibit will feature Washington High School Hall of Fame Coach, Chuck Semancik, who led the Bremerton Wildcats/Knights for 34 seasons. It will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1947 undefeated cross-state championship season, led by legendary quarterback Don Heinrich. And, finally, honor the oldest football rivalry in Kitsap County - Bremerton High vs. South Kitsap High.”

Please join us at the Museum at 280 Fourth Street in Bremerton, on Friday, November 2nd. Light refreshments will be served starting at 5:00 p.m. The program begins at 6:00.