4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District Tournament
Olympia 3, Puyallup 2
Tahoma 4, Olympia 1

Puyallup looked to have ended Olympia’s season on Monday afternoon after scoring a run when Bears’ Leticia Farias could not make a catch of a pop up after a Viking runner collided with her.

But after a lengthy delay, obstruction was called to end the inning and send the game to extra innings where Hailey Hull hit a sacrifice fly to score the game winning run and send Olympia to the state tournament in Spokane later this week.

Olympia lost a seeding game to Tahoma later in the day and will be the #7 seed from the district. They will take on Central Valley on Friday, May 24th at noon at the Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane.

It is the first state tournament appearance for the Bears since 2004.

3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District Tournament
Enumclaw 10, Timberline 4
Auburn Mountainview 16, Timberline 2

Timberline needed just one win to play in the 3A state tournament at The RAC beginning on Friday but could only manage six runs and saw their season come to an end at the Sprinker Recreation Center in Spananway.

4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 1:00 PM

Do or die for Olympia this afternoon when they face Puyallup. With their split on Friday, they will face a winner-to-state, loser-out game against the Vikings. Puyallup was blanked by Todd Beamer in the first round and then blanked Mt. Rainier in the second round.

3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Enumclaw – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM

Timberline only got one game in before the rains came on Friday but moved to a winner-to-state game this morning against Enumclaw. The Hornets are the #1 seed and had a bye in the first round. The winner moves to the semifinals and is guaranteed a spot at state while the loser falls into a loser-out game at 1:00 PM

4A State Tournament
Olympia 12, Lake Stevens 1
Kentwood 13, Olympia 7

Olympia scored ten runs in the top of the sixth and seventh innings and Elliot Loague went the distance to give the Bears a 12-1 win in the first round of the state tourney in Everett.

The Bears season came to an end in the quarterfinals with a 13-7 loss to Kentwood.

3A State Tournament
Mount Si 3, North Thurston 2

North Thurston scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the score at two but Mount Si pushed across a run with the bases loaded and two outs to end the Rams season. Hayden Maliska and Ande Grantham each had RBIs for the Rams in the sixth.

2A State Tournament
Tumwater 4, Fife 1
Tumwater 3, North Kitsap 0

Tumwater pulled a huge upset ending Fife’s season at 22-4 overall with a 4-1 victory at Yelm High School.

The T-Birds scored twice in the third inning and that was all that they would need to advance to the semifinals next week at County Stadium in Yakima with a 3-0 win over North Kitsap. This is the first time in school history that Tumwater has advanced to the final four.

High school baseball

4A State Tournament
Olympia vs. Lake Stevens – Everett Memorial Stadium – 1:00 PM

Olympia travels to Everett to take on the District 1 champions, Lake Stevens, in the regionals round of the state baseball tournament. The Vikings finished in second place of the Wesco North but won three straight in districts to claim their spot. The winner moves on to play either Bothell or Kentwood at 4:00 PM at Everett Memorial Stadium while the loser sees their season come to an end.

3A State Tournament
North Thurston vs. Mt. Si – Bannerwood Park, Bellevue – 1:00 PM

North Thurston takes on KingCo champion Mt. Si at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue today in the first round of the state tourney. The Vikings beat Mercer Island and Bellevue to advance to state. The winner will take on either Meadowdale or Peninsula immediately after at Bannerwood.

2A State Tournament
Tumwater vs. Fife – Yelm HS – 1:00 PM

Tumwater faces a tough draw when they open the 2A State Tournament today against 22-3 Fife at Yelm High School. The Trojans have won 17 straight games including the West Central District championship to advance to this point. The winner will take on either Sedro Wooley or North Kitsap at 4:00 PM in Yelm. The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.

High school softball

4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Rained out. Rescheduled for Monday at 1:00 PM

Do or die for Olympia this morning when they face Puyallup. With their split on Friday, they will face a winner-to-state, loser-out game against the Vikings. Puyallup was blanked by Todd Beamer in the first round and then blanked Mt. Rainier in the second round.

3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Enumclaw – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Rained out. Rescheduled for Monday at 1:00 PM

Timberline only got one game in before the rains came on Friday but moved to a winner-to-state game this morning against Enumclaw. The Hornets are the #1 seed and had a bye in the first round. The winner moves to the semifinals and is guaranteed a spot at state while the loser falls into a loser-out game at 1:00 PM

4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 4, Rogers 2
Skyview 3, Olympia 1

Maddy Stensby allowed two runs on three hits and Olympia’s two run six inning led the Bears to a 4-2 win in the first round of districts at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. Adrianna Rupright hit a home run and Nikki Schroeder and Leticia Farias each collected two hits in the win.

But the Bears managed just four hits and committed three errors in their second round 3-1 loss to Skyview. The loss drops the Bears into a loser-out game against Puyallup on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Sprinker.

3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline 12, Kennedy 6
Auburn Mountainview 11, North Thurston 5

Timberline knocked off Kennedy 12-6 in the first round of the 3A district tournament at Sprinker Recreation Area in Spanaway. The Blazers’ second round game was rained out and will be played on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM. They will take on Enumclaw in a winner-to-state game at Sprinker.

North Thurston’s season came to an end with a 11-5 loss to Auburn Mountainview in the first round at Sprinker. The Rams finished at 15-7 overall.

2A District IV tournament
Centralia 10, Tumwater 3
RA Long 7, Capital 0

Tumwater and Capital’s seasons both game to an end on Friday afternoon with losses to Centralia and RA Long respectively.

High school softball

4A West Central/Southwest District tournament
Olympia vs. Rogers – Sprinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 10:00 AM

3A West Central/Southwest District tournament
North Thurston vs. Auburn Mountainview – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
Timberline vs. Kennedy – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM

2A Distict IV consolation bracket (loser-out)
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. RA Long – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM

(Click any image to go to gallery and see larger size. Apologies for the less than stellar quality, nothing really turned out tonight. If you would like to buy me a nice lens, please email me, I’ll take it)

Kellan O’Neill uncorked a scorching shot along the ground from just inside the box in the 20th minute that beat the Tyee keeper to give Capital a 1-0 lead. Despite the early Cougars goal, the Totems were the aggressors from the beginning and eventually capitalized scoring three times in a 15 minute span to knock off Capital, 4-1, in the first round of the 2A state tournament at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien.

Down 1-0 deep into the first half, Tyee finally broke through with the equalizer after numerous chances throughout the first 39 minutes. With just 1:19 remaining in the half, Osvaldo Lopez turned from the far right side and put a shot between three Capital defenders that found far side of the goal. The two teams went to the half tied at one apiece.

Tyee’s Hamidou Kante broke free on the right side 12 minutes into the second half and caught Capital keeper Van Soderberg out of position. Soderberg hammered Kante just inside the box and the Totems were awarded a penalty kick. Liam Maginniss buried the shot for what would prove to be the game winning goal.

A minute later, Kante scored an easy goal off of a deflected Eduardo Pelayo shot to give the Totems a 3-1 lead. Lopez scored another goal with just over five minutes left to play and finished out the game with a 4-1 win, ending the Cougars season.

Capital finishes the season at 11-8-1. The Cougars were the last boys soccer team from the Olympia area still alive.

Capital vs. Tyee – Highline Memorial Stadium, Burien – 7:30 PM

Capital, the last remaining boys soccer team from the Olympia area, opens state tournament play when they face Tyee at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien tonight at 7:00 PM.

The Cougars finished second in the 2A EvCo at 8-4 but lost their first round game in the District IV tournament to Mark Morris. An upset of EvCo champion Aberdeen and a 2-0 win over Centralia in the consolation bracket led them to third place and a birth in the state tourney.

Tyee finished second in the 2A Seamount at 10-3-1 behind undefeated Hazen and won their only district game 3-1 over White River to advance as the #3 seed out of the West Central District. The Totems finished the season 12-4-1.

The computer rankings of ScoreCzar have predicted that Tyee will beat Capital 2-1.

NCAA Division II West Regional
Humboldt State 5, Saint Martin’s 3

Saint Martin’s dream season came to an end on Sunday afternoon with a 5-3 loss to Humboldt State in the NCAA Division II West Regional in Arcata, California. The Saints finished at 41-16 overall and won the first NCAA tournament game in school history.

Humboldt State jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning off of a Courtney Hiatt two run double and an RBI single by Hannah Williams.

The Saints responded when Dani Wall hit a solo shot in the second inning to cut the Jacks lead to 3-1. One inning later, Megan Miller hit a sacrifice fly to score Madi Davis followed by a Sam Munger single that scored Lacey McGladrey. Unfortunately, that would do it offensively for the Saints.

Megan Wink scored on a Munger wild pitch in the bottom of the third inning for what would prove the game winning run and the Jacks added an insurance run in the fourth inning. Lizzie Perez shut down the Saints over the final 3 2/3 innings and Humboldt State advanced to the Super Regionals and ended the Saints season.

The Saints lose four important seniors – Joslyn Eugenio, Taylor Bakos, Madi Davis and Aubree Pocklington – from their most successful team.

NCAA Division II West Regional
Saint Martin’s vs. Humboldt State – Arcata, CA – 12:00 PM

Saint Martin’s and Humboldt State have split their season series and both games were close one run affairs that came down the wire. But the Saints have to win two straight games today on the Jacks home field to advance in the NCAA tournament to the Super Regionals.

First pitch in game one is set for noon and if the Saints win, they will play immediately after in a winner take all game.

Live video and stats can be found here.