Monthly Archives: January 2013
Thursday scoreboard: Gelhar’s 20 leads Saints to win over Nanooks; Cougars nip Tigers
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 74, Alaska-Fairbanks 57 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Angela Gelhar came off the bench and exploded for 20 points including four three pointers to lead Saint Martin’s to a 74-57 win over Alaska-Fairbanks. The Saints move to 4-4 in GNAC play and coupled with a Central Washington loss to Western Washington, they are now tied with Seattle Pacific for fifth place.
Playing without second leading scorer Brooke Paulson and starting point guard Jori Skorpik, Jordyn Richardson stepped up and hit four three pointers of her own and scored 15 points. Chelsea Haskey added 16 points, 12 in the first half as the Saints opened up an 32-23 halftime lead. Mackenzie Taylor scored just two points but hauled in 13 rebounds in the win.
Men’s basketball
Montana State-Billings 77, Saint Martin’s 64 – Box score
Roger O’Neill scored 23 points and pulled down eight rebounds but it wasn’t enough as Montana State-Billings knocked off the Saint Martin’s 77-64. A poor shooting first half proved to the be the difference as the Saints made just nine field goals in the first half and shot just 36% from the field. Meanwhile, the Yellowjackets shot 52% and opened up a 13 point lead, 41-28, at the half.
The Saint Martin’s bench hit just two field goals in the game. Eric Taylor came off the bench to score 11 points on 1-of-10 shooting. He was 9-of-10 from the free throw line. The Saints fell to 2-6 in GNAC play this season.
Boys basketball
Capital 66, Centralia 64
Capital hit 14 three pointers and came back from a seven point halftime deficit to knock off Centralia 66-64 and move into sole possession of second place in the 2A Evergreen Conference, a half game ahead of River Ridge.
Keenan Williams led the Cougars with 15 points and Jared Eidenmuller and Justin Rudd added 14 and 12 points respectively. Baylor Scott scored 23 points for the Tigers.
Tonight (1/24): Saints women host Nanooks; Capital faces conference test
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska-Fairbanks – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Saint Martin’s returns to Marcus Pavilion tonight when they face Alaska-Fairbanks in the first game of an important series against two struggling Alaska squads. The Saints currently sit at 3-4 in GNAC play, tied for sixth place with Central Washington. The top six teams in the conference make the GNAC tournament to be played at Saint Martin’s in March. The Nanooks are just 2-13 overall this season and are dead last in the GNAC at 0-7.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and you if you can’t make it to campus, you can watch the game and listen to me, Brandon Sparks, on the call by clicking here.
Boys basketball
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Important game in the 2A EvCo tonight when Capital squares off against Centralia at Capital High School. The Cougars are currently tied with River Ridge for second place at 6-3 while Centralia sits just a half game back at 5-3. The two teams met on December 20th in Centralia and the Tigers handed Capital a four point loss.
Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM and you can listen to the game on the Eli Sports Network by clicking here.
Wednesday scoreboard: Bears sweep Shelton; Blazers girls roll, boys fall on epic Foss comeback
Boys basketball
Olympia 60, Shelton 24
Lincoln 71, North Thurston 35
Foss 78, Timberline 75
Timberline took a 67-49 lead after three quarters in Tacoma but Foss mounted a furious comeback outscoring the Blazers 29-8 in the fourth to take home a 78-75 win. Dezmyn Trent scored 43 points including 22 in the fourth for the Falcons. Donaven Dorsey scored 23 and Tyler Gartner added 17 in a losing effort for the Blazers.
Top scorers: Donaven Dorsey (Timberline)...23 Alex Johnson (Olympia)........19 Tyler Gartner (Timberline)....17 Michael Naipo (Olympia).......16
Girls basketball
Timberline 55, Foss 13
Olympia 58, Shelton 34
Lincoln 52, North Thurston 46
Top scorers: Kajana Fernandus (North Thurston)...20 Sarah Snodgrass (Olympia)...........17 Haley Harn (North Thurston).........12 Jenna Randich (Olympia).............11
Men’s basketball
Highline 78, SPSCC 68 – Box score
South Puget Sound’s Kole Podowicz scored 23 points and Jamey Smith added 16 but it wasn’t enough as Highline knocked off the Clippers 78-68. Ira Haywood led the Thunderbirds with 15 points off the bench. The Clippers fell to 1-6 in the NWAACC’s West Region.
Women’s basketball
Highline 64, SPSCC 26 – Box score
Tonight (1/23): Narrows League hoops
Boys basketball
Olympia vs. Shelton – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Girls basketball
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Wallace’s big night lifts Hawks into second place; Cougars keep pace
Boys basketball
River Ridge 62, Centralia 61
Tumwater 73, Aberdeen 64
Capital 68, Black Hills 62
Pope John Paul II 48, Washington School for the Deaf 32
Willapa Valley 54, Northwest Christian 32
Centralia went on a 12-4 run over the last five minutes of the game but were unable to convert with less than 15 seconds left and fell to River Ridge, 62-61. The win coupled with Capital’s 68-62 win over Black Hills moves the Hawks and Cougars into a tie for second place at 6-3 in 2A EvCo play while Centralia dropped to third place at 5-3. Brad Wallace scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for the Hawks.
Top scorers: Brad Wallace (River Ridge)...24 Xin Gao (PJP2)...............17 David Cooper (Tumwater)......15 Justin Rudd (Capital)........14 Keenan Williams (Capital)....13 Josh Newell (Black Hills)....13
Girls basketball
River Ridge 57, Centralia 38
Black Hills 55, Capital 39
Aberdeen 57, Tumwater 46
Sounders, Timbers rivalry returns to Tumwater
Sounders U-23 players salute the fans at Tumwater Stadium that watched them knock off the Timbers U-23s in 2012.
The junior version of North American soccer’s biggest rivalry will return to the Olympia area in the 2013 season.
Last week, the Premier Development League and the Sounders U-23s released the 2013 schedule that includes a June 9th date between the Sounders U-23s and the Portland Timbers U-23s at Tumwater Stadium.
Last season, a mostly Sounders partisan crowd of 1,300 packed Tumwater Stadium and saw the Sounders U-23s’ Jamael Cox score an added time goal to knock off the Timbers U-23s 1-0. It was the first game between the two sides since the Tacoma Tides were sold and entered into an agreement with Seattle Sounders FC and rebranded as the Sounders U-23s. The 1,300 fans turned out to be the largest home crowd that the Sounders U-23s played in front of in 2012 and the game was named the 2012 Oly Sports moment of the year.
The Timbers U-23s game in Tumwater is the premier event on the Sounders U-23s schedule this season. The ex-Tides have left Tacoma altogether and moved the majority of their home games to Sumner’s Sunset Stadium. They will also play two home games against the Washington Crossfire at the Starfire complex in Renton.
Besides the Tumwater game in 2012, they played two games at Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium that for various reasons failed to draw the crowds that were expected. They played the remainder of their season in front of smallish crowds at Franklin Pierce High School.
Three Sounders U-23 players that played in the Tumwater game last season either signed or were drafted by Major League Soccer clubs. DeAndre Yedlin, a defender from the University of Akron and a Sounders Academy product, signed with Seattle Sounders FC as their first Homegrown Player while UCLA’s Fernando Monge was drafted #18 overall by the Montreal Impact in the MLS SuperDraft last week and Anthony Arena was drafted by the Houston Dynamo in the supplemental draft today.
First kick on June 9th is scheduled for 2:00 PM.
Tonight (1/22): Wolves, Cougars doubleheader; Eagles, Navs, T-Birds and Hawks in action
Boys basketball
Pope John Paul II vs. Wa. School for the Deaf – St. Michael’s Gym – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Willapa Valley – Northwest Christian – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM – Listen
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Out of town: River Ridge @ Centralia – 7:30 PM – Listen
Girls basketball
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 5:45 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
VIDEO: Roger O’Neill scores his 1,000th career point
With 5:50 left to play in the second half Saturday night, Saint Martin’s senior Roger O’Neill pulled down an offensive rebound, quickly drained a shot up off the glass and drew the foul. He proceeded to sink the free throw to give him 14 points in the game and his 1,000th career point as a Saint.
You can watch the video and hear my call of his 998th, 999th and 1000th points above.
Today (1/20): Rise host Mountaineers
American Basketball Association
Olympia Rise vs. Seattle Mountaineers – CRC Gymnasium – 4:00 PM
Oly Sports 