High school volleyball

4A state tournament
Olympia 3, Wenatchee 0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-17)
Olympia 3, Union 1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 25-18)

The defending state champs looked really strong on day on and Olympia rolls into the semifinals behind a straight sets win over Wenatchee and a 3-1 win over Union. The Bears take on Mead tomorrow at 3:15 PM at Marcus Pavilion.

3A state tournament
Southridge 3, Timberline 1 (25-18, 25-12, 17-25, 25-20)
Mt Si 3, Timberline 0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-17) – Timberline eliminated

North Thurston 3, Shorewood 1 (25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 25-18)
North Thurston 3, Columbia River 2 (28-26, 23-25, 25-22, 25-27, 15-9)

North Thurston stayed alive by first beating Shoreword 3-1 in the first round and then finding a way to win in an epic second round game against Columbia River. The Rams move on to the seminfinals tomorrow. They will take on Southridge at Marcus Pavilion beginning at 1:30 PM.

2A state tournament
West Valley (Yakima) 3, Capital 1 (25-18, 17-25, 25-13, 25-23)
Capital 3, Sumner 0

Capital dropped their opening match to a strong West Valley squad but stayed alive in the consolation bracket with a straight sets win. The Cougars play at 8:30 AM against Sehome at Pierce College.

Tumwater 3, East Valley (Yakima) 0
Tumwater 3, Anacortes 2

Tumwater easily swept through East Valley in the first round but had to come back from a match point in the fifth set to eventually beat Anacortes and move into the semifinals. The T-Birds will face Colville tomorrow at 12:30 PM at Pierce College.

High school football

2A state tournament
Tumwater 45, Steilacoom 22

Christian Cummings scored four rushing touchdowns and Andrew Brown added another and Tumwater extended their winning streak to ten and moved onto the quarterfinals of the 2A state tournament with a 45-22 win over Steilacoom. The T-Birds built a 45-6 lead before Steilacoom rattled off 16 points in fourth quarter garbage time.

The T-Birds move to 10-1 on the season and will move on to face Archbishop Murphy, 45-21 winners over Bremerton, next week.

Men’s basketball

Chaminade 89, Saint Martin’s 82 – Recap from GoSwords.com
Great Falls 64, Evergreen 61 – Recap from Evergreen athletics

Eric Taylor scored 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting and three other Saint Martin’s players scored in double-digits, but it wasn’t enough as Chaminade knocked off the Saints 89-82 at the GNAC/PacWest Challenge in Monmouth, Oregon. Rei Jensen scored 13 points and Evan Coulter and Roger O’Neill each scored 12 for the Saints in the loss.

TJ Harris put Great Falls up by three with just six seconds left to play but Cody Peters’ three pointer at the buzzer missed the mark for Evergreen and the Argos held on to a 64-61 point win in the Cascade/Frontier Challenge in Spokane. KJ Hong led the Geoducks with 17 points while Peters added 15.

The three point loss is the closest the Geoducks have come to a win since a 79-72 win over PLU on November 26th, 2011 and only the second time that they have lost by less than double-digits over that span of games.

Women’s basketball

Cal Baptist 63, Saint Martin’s 50 – Recap from SMUSaints.com

Brooke Paulson scored 13 points and Chelsea Haskey added 12 more in Saint Martin’s 63-50 loss to Cal Baptist at the GNAC/PacWest Challenge in Monmouth, Oregon. The Saints trailed by just a point, 31-30, at the half but a 19-0 run by the Lancers led them to their first win of the season.