POULSBO — Three titles, one spring.

Never before has that feat been accomplished by three teams at North Kitsap High School. If it has, it predates legendary NK coach Virgil Taylor’s days in North Kitsap. Taylor, who still helps coach in the Vikes’ baseball and football programs, arrived in September 1964.

“It’s outstanding,” Taylor said. “I’m just so happy for our kids here.”

The three teams — fastpitch, baseball and girls’ golf — will now continue on, going deeper into the postseason with the hopes of bringing home much more than just a Narrows’ League Trophy.

Youth meets experience on Viking fastpitch team

For North Kitsap’s fastpitch team, the season held high expectations from the start. Heather Case, last year’s Narrows co-MVP, was returning for her senior season along with a handful of select all-stars to play beside her. And a new crop of sophomore standouts was fresh into Viking uniforms from Kingston and Poulsbo Junior High Schools.

The team went 15-3 in the regular season, twice beating the second place Narrows League-Bridge Division team — Port Angeles — by a score of 2-0.

Though success was expected, the way in which the team went about it was surprising. A squad filled with power hitters found itself on many occasions playing for one- and two-run shutout wins. In seven out of the 15 victories North compiled, the opposing team came up with a zero in the run column.

Baseball breaks barriers en route to 16-3 season

For Viking baseball, it was a year in which experience ultimately paid off. Years of Little League, Babe Ruth, junior high and high school seasons amongst the varsity players prepared them to go 16-3 this year. And after beating Capital 2-1 for the Narrows’ League complete title, the team is into the round of 32 in the state tournament, playing at 11 a.m. today versus Prairie.

Regardless of how things go in the tournament, North’s team will bring back nearly a carbon copy of players for next year — with only five seniors graduating.

This year’s magical season began with the Vikes on the road. With the team 2-2 on the year, North journeyed to Port Orchard for a game with the defending state champion South Kitsap Wolves March 29 — a team also noteworthy because NK hadn’t beaten them since 1976.

But a outpouring of 11 runs ended the 28-year drought. And the Vikes would go on to win 12 games in a row, including another 14-8 see-saw victory over South at home April 16 to complete the sweep.

North’s girls golf comes of age going 7-1 in season

For North Kitsap’s girls golf team, coach Brian Bignold has been preparing for his team to come into the spotlight for the past few years.

But no one else saw it coming.

North ended up going 7-0 before losing to defending state champions Bellarmine in the Narrows’ title match May 7. The Vikings possessed the single most important characteristic in girls’ golf this year — depth. Where many teams in the Narrows Bridge might have one or two good players, North Kitsap had six players capable of putting up 20 points a match. The scoring that counted between the five players never came in a certain order. On any given day, Ella Sanman, Alicia Bratlien, Miquela Pendleton or Rachel Parcells could be a medalist. And teammates Hillary Houle and Lenora Jones were never far behind.

And success will undoubtedly be prolonged — not a single player on the team is a senior and only Parcells is a junior.