High school baseball

Olympia 7, Timberline 4
Northwest Christian 4, Ocosta 3 – 8 innings
North Thurston 5, Tumwater 3
Centralia 6, River Ridge 3

Leo Valenti went 2-for-2 with a homerun and two RBI for Olympia in their 7-4 victory over Timberline on Monday. Timberline was led by a 3-for-4 day from Ty Gartner.  Nick Mailhot struck out nine batters and drove in the game winning run in the eighth inning for Northwest Christian in their 2B Pacifiic League opener against Ocosta. North Thurston was led by Charles Vaughn’s 2-for-3 and two RBI day in the Ram’s victory over Tumwater.  And Brad Wallace went 2-for-4 and River Ridge only surrendered five hits but it wasn’t enough to beat Centralia.

High school fastpitch

Olympia 8, Capital 1
Gig Harbor 4, Timberline 0
Tumwater 23, North Thurston 6
Aberdeen 11, Black Hills 1 – 5 innings
W.F. West 15, River Ridge 4 – 5 innings

Nikki Schroeder gave up just six hits and Megan Goodman and Hailey Hull drove in five runs between them in Olympia’s defeat of Capital. Black Hills and River Ridge were both run ruled in their season openers.

Boys soccer

North Thurston 1, Yelm 0
South Kitsap 1, Olympia 0

Nick Salazar’s breakaway goal in the 33rd minute was enough for North Thurston as Taylor Kirkland saved eight shots and posted his first shutout of the season in their 1-0 victory over Yelm.