Monthly Archives: November 2013
Today (11/22): Bears Face Issaquah in Semis; Saints Women Host Lancers
Girls soccer
4A State Tournament Semifinals
Olympia vs. Issaquah – Sparks Stadium, Puyallup – 8:00 PM
The Bears have lived by the shootout this postseason winning three of their four games after regulation and extra time. The Bears sit at 15-3-2 and feature sophomore Sophie Kabel in goal, a freshman, Jenna Killman, who has scored 14 goals and the 4A Narrows League MVP Megan Spataro on defense.
They face Issaquah, who are 14-4-1 this season and finished third in the KingCo.
You can listen to the action live on the Eli Sports Network.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Cal Baptist – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
The 1-1 Saints women return to the Marcus Pavilion court after nearly two weeks off when they take on Cal Baptist tonight at 7:00 PM. SMU last played on November 9th when they picked up a 74-56 win over Notre Dame de Namur in Monmouth, Oregon.
Cal Baptist won the PacWest last year finishing with a 26-5 record but the Lancers return just one player from last year’s squad. Despite a virtually all new team, they are picked to finish third in their league and currently sit at 2-1.
You can watch tonight’s game with me, Brandon Sparks, on the call on the Saint Martin’s website.
Thursday Scoreboard: Saints Still Stuck on Seven
College volleyball
Central Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-10, 28-26, 25-21) – Recap
Suffering from injuries and a ridiculous schedule that has had them play just once on their home court at Marcus Pavilion since October 12th, Saint Martin’s lost their ninth straight match, a straight sets sweep by Central Washington in Ellensburg.
Freshmen led the way for the Saints as Brook Good and Larissa Hamilton racked up 9 and 8 kills respectively and Jessica Riddle had 24 digs.
Stuck on seven wins this season, the Saints have one more chance on Saturday night at Northwest Nazarene to pick up win number eight and finish the season with their most wins since 2003.
PHOTO GALLERY: Tritons Press Capsizes Clippers
Men’s basketball
Edmonds 89, SPSCC 70
South Puget Sound led for most of the first half but constant full court presssure by Edmonds forced 30 Clippers turnovers and the Tritons pulled away in the second half to take an 89-70 decision at the SPSCC Gymnasium.
Joseph Johnson scored 22 points for the Clippers and Keegan Liebelt added 10 points on three long distance buckets in the first half that helped them take an early lead. Brandon McGurkin pulled in 11 rebounds while Slanblaytee Kaye dished out nine assists.
Edmonds got a double-double from Samuel Omondi. His 24 points and 11 boards led the way while Devin Stoen and Ramsey Rosales each scored 16. The Tritons held a 22-2 advantage in second chance points and scored 34 points off of SPSCC’s 30 turnovers.
The Clippers fell to 0-2 in the early season and have over a week off before taking on Lane CC in the Pierce College Thanksgiving Tournament beginning on Friday in Steilacoom.
Today (11/20): Young Clippers Host Tritons
Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Edmonds – SPSCC Gym – 7:00 PM
New South Puget Sound head coach Aaron Landon has assembled an all new team composed of 12 freshmen that will get a tough early season test tonight when they face NWAACC championship runners-up Edmonds on the SPSCC campus at 7:00 PM.
The Clippers are coming off a ten point loss in their opener to the Concordia University JV squad but got a good look at their young team. Joseph Johnson hit seven three pointers to lead the way with 26 points, Austin Bonds chipped in 21, Slanblaytee Kaye chipped in 12 with seven assists and Olympia grad Michael Champlin racked up ten points.
Edmonds lost their two best players from last season, Shaquielle McKissic, who transferred to Arizona State, and Ricardo Maxwell, now at Western Washington, and has just two returners from last year’s squad.
Josh Phillips Named WCC Defender of the Year
Josh Phillips, a 2010 graduate of Capital and currently a senior at Gonzaga University, was named the West Coast Conference’s Defender of the Year today. From GoZags.com…
“Phillips (Olympia, Wash.) joins Nick Barclay in 2008 as the only other Bulldog to earn Defender of the Year accolades. A mainstay on the Bulldog defense he was instrumental in Gonzaga allowing opponents just 0.95 goals/match. The 10 wins for the Bulldogs this season marked the first double-digit wins season since 2000, and Gonzaga’s 5-4-3 WCC record for third place is the highest finish since 2008. He earned All-WCC second-team honors in 2011.
Phillips said it’s a great honor to be chosen.
‘I was pretty excited when I heard the news. It’s a great honor to be recognized with this award, not only for me but as a program we really turned things around this year. It’s been a wonderful ride this year.'”
Gonzaga went 10-6-3 overall this season and finished in third place of the WCC at 5-4-3 behind Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara. The Zags did not receive an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships on Sunday.
Phillips is the second local alum honored in Division I soccer. Tumwater grad Abbey Bergquist was named the Big Sky’s Newcomer of the Year. She made 16 starts for Portland State and scored a pair of goals with a pair of assists.
All-Narrows League Football Teams: Becker Named 4A Offensive MVP
3A Offensive MVP Derrick Becker celebrates after beating South Kitsap
Earlier this week the Narrows League released their all-league football teams and Olympia QB Derrick Becker was named the 4A Offensive MVP. Becker, a transfer from Capital this season, led the Bears to a 7-3 record but just barely missed out on the playoffs.
MVP honors went to Gig Harbor’s running back Sterling Brown in 4A and Lincoln running back Rayshawn Miller in 3A.
The Olympian has the full teams, but here are the local players honored, broken down by school…
4A Narrows
Olympia
Offensive MVP: Derrick Becker, Sr.
First team
WR: Mitch Fettig, Sr.
OL: JP Forbord, Sr.
DL: Alex Grant, Sr.
DB: Mitch Fettig, Sr.
Second team
RB: Cedar Frost, Sr.
TE: Braeden Neal, Sr.
OL: Jimmy Fish, Sr.
DB: David Woodward, So.
Honorable mention
WR: Collin Courter, Jr.
DL: Josh Newbill, Sr.
LB: Clay Markoff, So., Elijah dela Cruz, Sr.
DB: Cooper Murphy, Sr. Derek Buehler, Jr.
Yelm
First team
DL: Collin Crown, Jr.
LB: Cody Burk, Sr.
K: Vernon Parker, So.
Second team
OL: Nathan Mix, Sr.
Honorable mention
OL: William Benbrook, Sr.
LB: Aaron Rivera, Sr.
3A Narrows
North Thurston
First team
RB: Hayden Maliska, Sr.
FB: Josh Ramirez, Sr.
OL: Jake Grantham, Sr.
DL: Jake Grantham, Sr.
LB: Grant Williams, Sr.
DB: Malachai Hicks, Jr.
K: Matt Longnecker, Sr.
Second team
OL: Alex Rice, Sr.
Shelton
First team
LB: Brian Nault, Jr.
Second team
LB: Gordon Henry, Sr.
K: Godon Henry, Sr.
Honorable mention
RB: Jake Henry, Jr.
WR: Michael Sobotka, Sr.
OL: Hunter Ostenson, Sr.
DB: Colton Hubble, Sr.
Timberline
Coaching Staff of the Year
First team
RB: Andrew Paquin, Jr.
OL: Dylan Reinhold, Sr., Royce Christiansen, Sr.
DL: Chris Jones, Jr.
LB: Brennon Kaleiwahea, Sr.
DB: Jeff Winstead, Sr.
Long snapper: Dylan Reinhold, Sr.
Athlete: Jonathan Dowell, Jr.
Second team
FB: Jeff Winstead, Sr.
DL: Cole Stevens, Sr.
LB: David Harper, Sr.
DB: Stevie Cleveland, Jr.
Returner: Stevie Cleveland, Jr.
Honorable mention
QB: Gabe Gutierrez, Jr.
DL: Kyler Hawkins, Jr.
LB: Connor Crump, So.
DB: Garrett Reeser, Sr., Trent Gallagher, Sr., Javon Watson, Sr.
2A EvCo All-League Football Teams: Cummings MVP; Racimo, Grate Defensive MVPs
The 2A Evergreen Conference all-league teams are out and Tumwater’s Christian Cummings has been named the MVP. Capital’s Jakob Racimo and Black Hills’ Zach Grate took home Co-Defensive MVPs and WF West’s Tanner Gueller was named the offensive MVP.
The Chronicle’s Lewis County Sports blog has the full teams. Here are the local players honored, broken down by school…
Black Hills
Co-Defensive MVP: Zach Grate, Sr.
First team
RB: Mitch Stone, Sr.
WR: Nick Knittle, Sr.
K: Luke Taylor, Sr.
DL: Josh Moloney, Sr.
DB: Cooper Nygren, Jr.
Second team
OL: Sam Zvirzdys, Sr.
QB: Jayden Troy, Jr.
WR: Mark Melendres, So.
Honorable mention
Zach Joaquin, Sr., Gabe Adamson, So., Kylor Noyen, Jr., Jacob Newton, Jr.
Capital
Co-Defensive MVP: Jakob Racimo, Sr.
First team
RB: Ryan Rieta, Jr., Connor Kennedy, Jr.
DL: Duncan Mattson, Jr.
LB: Sam LeBlanc, Jr. Huy Vu, Sr.
DB: Jacob Johnson, Jr.
Second team
OL: Mason Manning, Jr.
WR: Michael Randall, Sr.
DL: Dylan Ainuu, Sr.
LB: Gavin Armitage, So.
DB: Danny Leatherwood, Jr.
Honorable mention
Brian Davidson, Sr., Drew Johnson, Jr., Dallen Prichett, Jr.
River Ridge
First team
WR: Jason Kananin, Jr.
DL: Sean Roberts, Sr.
Second team
OL: Jonathan Lazik, Jr.
RB: Elijah Camacho, Sr.
LB: Zach Carter, Fr.
DB: Chris Leiba, Jr.
Honorable mention
Gabe Fraser, Sr., Michael Key, Jr., Tom Clark, Jr., Dejuan Frye, Jr.
Tumwater
MVP: Christian Cummings, Sr.
Coaching Staff of the Year
First team
OL: Korye Trejo, Sr., Dayton Newell, Sr.
QB: Jayden Croft, Sr.
TE: Zach Delucco, Sr.
P: Elijah Hill, Jr.
DL: Nick Foerstel, Sr.
LB: Addison Barrett, Jr., Trevor Davis, Jr.
DB: Gabe Gleizes, Sr.
Second team
OL: Nathan Padgett, Sr.
RB: Easton Trakel, So., Tyrus Snow, Jr.
WR: Griffin Shea, So.
DL: Daniel Dickason, Jr.
DB: Garrett Terrell, Sr., Logan Schiendelman, Sr.
Honorable mention
Logan Hedin-Baughn, Jr., Kaden Prosser, Jr., Hunter Moore, Sr.
How Not To Tweet 3: A November to Remember
Oh boy, I hate to have to do these posts but I think it is important to point out that even if you think what you are posting on Twitter is private, it isn’t.
All of these tweets come from a 2013 local high school graduate who will be playing sports at an NWAACC community college. I’m not outing his name or school, though I easily could, but using this as a warning to others to think about what you tweet. I followed him before he protected his account so I was grandfathered into still seeing his tweets.
I’m not even really upset about the drugs, I think weed makes you boring and stupid but I don’t think it is particularly dangerous. But none of these tweets from an 18-19 year old paint a very good picture and reflect poorly on him, his high school program, his current college program and are generally repulsive and could negatively affect his life if his current coach, athletic department, future coaches or employers or less non-narc-y media types see them.
Anyway, without further ado, let’s start out with a doozie. No doubt about this one…
Saturday College Scores: Saints, Clippers Stay Close, Geoducks Blown Out; Homeless Saints Fall
Men’s basketball
Cal Baptist 86, Saint Martin’s 79 – Recap
Seattle U 100, Evergreen 59 – Recap
Concordia JV 88, SPSCC 78 – Box score
Riley Carel scored 22 points and Ryan Rogers added 21 but Saint Martin’s was unable to overcome a 24 point first half deficit and fell 86-79 in Riverside, California. The Saints are now 0-4 this season.
Division I Seattle University outrebounded Evergreen 68-28 and had 32 second chance points in their 100-59 win at Key Arena in Seattle. KJ Hong scored 17 points and Kwame Awadjie chipped in ten points for the Geoducks, who went just 5-for-23 from downtown and shot just 34% from the field.
SPSCC opened their season with an 88-78 loss to the Concordia University JV team at the SPSCC gym. Joseph Johnson hit seven three pointers and led the Clippers with 26 points and Austin Bonds scored 21 points and had six steals in the loss.
College volleyball
Montana State-Billings 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (25-18, 27-29, 25-21, 25-18) – Recap
Riddled by injuries and relegated to Capital High School for the third time in the past month because of other events taking place on their on campus home court, Saint Martin’s dropped their eighth straight match with a 3-1 loss to lowly Montana-State Billings.
Freshmen Brooke Good, Larissa Hamilton and Maddie Knect combined for 34 kills on the night and senior Cymbree Decosta, playing in her last game in the general vicinity of home, added 43 assists in the loss.
Saturday Preps Scores: Cougs, T-Birds, Blazers Place at State; Tumwater Football Stays Perfect
High school volleyball
3A State Tournament
Consolation: Timberline 3, Prairie 2 (25-23, 25-27, 25-22, 21-25, 15-12)
7th/8th place: Timberline 3, Kennedy Catholic (25-13, 16-25, 25-13, 27-25)
2A State Tournament
Semifinals: Capital 3, Sehome 1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-13)
Championship: Burlington-Edison 3, Capital 0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-17) – Photos
Consolation: Tumwater 3, East Valley 1 (26-24, 16-25, 25-21, 25-16)
5th/6th place: North Kitsap 3, Tumwater 2 (27-25, 25-21, 15-25, 17-25, 15-12)
High school football
2A State Tournament First Round
Tumwater 52, Sehome 22 – The Olympian
Tyrus Snow rushed for 171 yard and three touchdowns and Christian Cummings 173 yards and a touchdown to lead Tumwater to a 52-22 win over Sehome in the opening round of the state playoffs at Tumwater Stadium.
The T-Birds jumped out to a 14-0 lead on Cummings’ 71 yard rushing TD and a fumble recovery in the endzone by Dayton Newell. Snow scored the next four touchdowns in the second and third quarters to extend Tumwater’s lead to 42-8.
The T-Birds continued their undefeated season and will travel to Buckley to take on White River in the quarterfinals next Friday or Saturday.
Oly Sports 