When you pick up The Beachcomber this week, you might have to pause for a second and ask yourself: Wait… is this a sports paper now?

An accidental — but very happy — situation unfolded as we were putting together this edition. Somehow, our pages filled up with a lot of sports coverage. We have three football stories alone: a photo spread from the homecoming game under the Friday night lights, a detailed game rundown and a feature on how the team is feeling overall this season. Beyond that, there’s soccer coverage and a story on Vashon’s own Jacob Plihal, who recently competed on the world stage in rowing.

It’s not just us. This fall has been a distinctly sports-centered one across Washington. Just this past Sunday, the Seahawks and Mariners played on the same day — a rare overlap that s

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