It looks like the area’s girls are going to make an assault on the record book this season. Although The Sun doesn’t claim to have all the records collected, there are enough in the computer to make valid comparisons.

And, if coaches and others who keep those things care to challenge The Sun’s records, your input is welcomed. Most school have among their alumni “historians” or “statistical nuts” but The Sun hasn’t found them all.

Rochelle Mitchell’s 17 assists that tied a North Kitsap and area best Tuesday against Bainbridge would look goon in the NBA. When Rhonda Thomas set the record during the 1984-85 season in almost certainly didn’t get the attention Mitchell got in The Sun yesterday.

Last week Bainbridge Island senior guard Christina Marshall’s 8-for-8 field goal shooting against Sequim has been entered in The Sun’s girls’ basketball records file as the best 100 percent field-goal game.

Bremerton senior center Missy Beard’s 11 steals against Highline also made the records list. So did her triple-double (18 points, 18 rebounds, 11 steals). Beard’s triple-double total of 47 exceeds Marshall’s 43 (16 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds) Dec. 18, 1987 at Mountlake Terrace. Beard and Marshall entered their new lines in season-openers.

And the 10 blocked shots North Kitsap sophomore Dawn Vahric had against Timberline also goes to the top of that list.

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Bremerton’s basketball game with the Vancouver Tech Tuesday wasn’t the competition either the Lady Knights or their coach Doug Wagner would have preferred, but the Canadian exchange scenario is a good one.

The Canadian girls stayed in the homes of the Bremerton girls overnight, there was a party after the game at which gifts were exchanged, and a general good time was had by all despite the Knights’ 53-18 advantage on the court.

Last season the Knights player in a tournament in British Columbia and will again next season.