Monthly Archives: November 2013
Today (11/8): Geoducks Close Out Second Best Season; Bears, Blazers, Rams Open Districts
Angela Spoja – One season, second most wins in program history
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
After knocking off Northwest last night for the first time in many years, the Evergreen volleyball team will attempt to close out their resurgent 2013 season with a win against those same Eagles. First year head coach Angela Spoja has led the Geoducks to their second best season of all-time and already has the second most wins in Evergreen history.
High school volleyball
4A Bi-District Playoffs (double elimination)
Olympia vs. Auburn Riverside – Kentwood HS, Kent – 4:00 PM
Olympia starts off with a very tough test when they face Auburn Riverside in the first round of the 4A Bi-District playoffs. Auburn Riverside finished 7-1 in the SPSL and 12-2 overall. The Bears will face either Bethel or Camas at 8:00 PM in either the second round or in a loser out game in the consolation round.
3A Bi-District Playoffs (double elimination)
North Thurston vs. Bonney Lake – Auburn Mountainview HS – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mountain View/Enumclaw – Auburn Mountainview HS – 6:00 PM
#8 seed North Thurston faces #9 Bonney Lake in the first round of the 3A Bi-District playoffs. Bonney Lake went 5-4 in the SPSL and were just 7-9 overall while North Thurston was 9-3 in the Narrows and 13-3 overall. The winner moves on to play #1 Auburn Mountainview at 8:00 PM.
The #2 seed Blazers get a bye in the first round and will face the winner of the Mountain View/Enumclaw game. Timberline is undefeated this season at 15-0. If they win, they will move on to play at noon on Saturday against Prairie, Mount Tahoma or Kennedy Catholic in a winner to state game. If they lose, they will face either North Thurston or Bonney Lake at 10:00 AM on Saturday in a loser out game.
Week 10: My 5 Year Old Daughter’s Expert High School Football Picks
Sunshine, flowers and football picks
Two weeks ago, Addie went 4-6 and is now 35-32 this season. She needs to step it up to finish with a winning record. Her inconsistent T-Birds picks are really hurting her. Meanwhile, her sister Rory also went 4-6 on the heals of her outstanding 8-1 week three weeks ago.
Here is the Friday and Saturday week 10 schedule complete with radio information, ScoreCzar’s computer predictions and of course, Addie and Rory’s expert picks…
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Capital Cougars @ Mark Morris Monarchs
Longview Memorial Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: KGY
ScoreCzar prediction: Mark Morris 29, Capital 10
Rory’s pick: Butterflies (Monarchs)
Addie’s pick: Butterflies
“The butterflies are gonna flap their wings….preeetty as a princess.” – Rory
“And how are they gonna beat the Cougars then?” – Addie
“They will slap them in the cheek.” – Rory
“The butterflies are going to fly over a pond and when the Cougars try to catch them, the Cougar will fall into the pond.”
Tenino Beavers vs. White Salmon Bruins
Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM – Radio: KELA/KMNT
ScoreCzar prediction: White Salmon 26, Tenino 23
Rory’s pick: Beavers
Addie’s pick: Bruins
“I want to sing the song. Beavers whack ’em with your tail. Beavers, Beavers whack ’em with your tail. Goodbye!” – Rory
“When the Beaver is trying to whack them with his tail, the Bruin is going to pick up the Beaver and bite off his tail. – Addie
“EWWWWWWW, GROSS!” – Rory
Rochester Warriors @ Woodland Beavers
Kalama Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
ScoreCzar prediction: Woodland 35, Rochester 7
Rory’s pick: Beavers
Addie’s pick: Beavers
“I wanna sing the song. Beavers, Beavers, beav them. Beavers, Beavers, whack them with your tail.” – Rory
“The Beavers will hide by a sharp rock and when the Warrior is by the sharp rock, the Beaver will jump on him and knock him down on the sharp rock.” – Addie
Timberline Blazers vs. Meadowdale Mavericks
South Sound Stadium – Saturday, 1:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
ScoreCzar prediction: Timberline 22, Meadowdale 16
Rory’s pick: Blazers
Addie’s pick: Mavericks
“I want to sing the song. Blazers go, go go go go, go go go! Goodbye!” – Rory
“When the Blazer is blazing paths, the Maverick is going to arrest them.” – Addie
Tumwater T-Birds vs. Aberdeen Bobcats
Tumwater Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
ScoreCzar prediction: Tumwater 31, Aberdeen 8
Rory’s pick: Bobcats
Addie’s pick: Bobcats
“I want to sing the song. Goooooooo T-Bir…Gooooo Bob…What are they again? Go Bobcats, whack them in the face!”
“The Bobcats are going to pretend to play dead and when one of the T-Birds is going to go down and try to poke it, the Bobcat will get up and scratch it.”
Week 10 non-playoff crossover
Shelton Highclimbers @ Stadium Tigers
Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM – Radio: KMAS
ScoreCzar prediction: Shelton 28, Stadium 18
Rory’s pick: Tigers
Addie’s pick: Tigers
“Go Tigers Go! Don’t let the song begin! Goodbye!” – Rory
“The Tigers are going to eat the Highclimbers. They will hide behind a rock and when the Highclimbers get to the rock, the Tigers are going to pounce on the Highclimbers’ head and eat all the way down to their toes.” – Addie
Thursday Scoreboard: Geoducks win; Volleyball, Soccer District Results
College volleyball
Evergreen 3, Northwest 2 (25-20, 26-28, 25-19, 23-25, 15-9) – Recap
Simon Fraser 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-15) – Box score
Kelsey Delagrange recorded an NAIA season high 72 assists in Evergreen’s thrilling five set win over Northwest. It was the Geoducks first win over Northwest since 2003. After two seasons of winless volleyball, Evergreen improved to 7-15 overall and 6-11 in conference play with one game remaining this season.
High school volleyball
2A District IV Playoffs
Capital 3, WF West 0
Tumwater 3, Mark Morris 0
Ridgefield 3, Black Hills 0
Black Hills 3, Mark Morris 2
Capital and Tumwater made easy work of their first round opponents and move on to the semifinals on Saturday against Centralia and Ridgefield, respectively.
Black Hills lost their district playoff opener but avoided elimination with a 3-2 win over Mark Morris. They will have to win two straight games on Saturday to advance to state.
2B District IV Playoffs
Northwest Christian 3, North Beach 0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-8)
Northwest Christian 3, Willapa Valley 0 (25-22 25-13 25-20)
After falling into the consolation bracket on Tuesday, Northwest Christian responded with a pair of 3-0 wins and will play a winner to state game on Saturday at noon at Willapa Valley High School.
Girls soccer
4A Bi-District Playoffs
Olympia 0, Thomas Jefferson 0 (2OT) – Oly wins shootout 4-3
It took two overtimes and a shootout, but Olympia survived and will move onto a winner to state/loser out game on Saturday at 10:00 AM at Art Crate Stadium in Spanaway.
3A Bi-District Playoffs
Prairie 3, North Thurston 2
Auburn Mountainview 4, Timberline 0
Timberline lost 4-0 to Auburn Mountainview and will now face a winner to state/loser out game against Bonney Lake on Saturday at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien. First kick is scheduled for noon.
North Thurston was eliminated with their 3-2 loss to Prairie.
2A District IV championship game (both teams to state)
Ridgefield 1, Black Hills 0
2A District IV consolation (loser out)
Capital 2, Mark Morris 1
Hockinson 4, Tumwater 2
Capital survived with a 2-1 win over Mark Morris and will take on Hockinson with a trip to state on the line. The two teams met in the first round with Hockinson taking a 4-2 win and knocking the Cougars into the consolation bracket.
High school football
Week 10 non-playoff games
Olympia 34, North Thurston 0
Rainier 50, Winlock 14
Yelm 44, Mount Tahoma 8
Today (11/7): Geoducks host Eagles; District Soccer, Volleyball; Bears, Rams Football Extra
Busy, busy day of playoff volleyball and soccer and throw in some regular season college volleyball (though Evergreen are playing for their season) and non-playoff Week 10 crossover football. Enjoy…
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymansium – 7:00 PM
High school volleyball
2A District IV playoffs (double-elimination)
Capital vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:00 PM
Centralia vs. RA Long – Black Hills HS – 4:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Mark Morris – Black Hills HS – 6:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Ridgefield – Black Hills HS – 6:00 PM
2B District IV playoffs (loser out)
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – South Bend HS – 6:30 PM
Girls soccer
4A Bi-District playoffs (loser out)
Olympia vs. Thomas Jefferson – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 5:00 PM
3A Bi-District playoffs
North Thurston vs. Prairie – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 5:30 PM (loser out)
Timberline vs. Auburn Mountainview – Sunset Chev Stadium, Sumner – 7:30 PM (winner to state)
2A District IV championship game (both to state)
Black Hills @ Ridgefield – Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM
2A District IV consolation (loser out)
Tumwater vs. Hockinson – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Mark Morris – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school football
Week 10 Crossover – Non-playoffs
Olympia @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. Mount Tahoma – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainer @ Winlock – Winlock HS – 6:00 PM
2A EvCo All-League Volleyball: Erickson Named MVP
The 2A Evergreen Conference volleyball all-league teams are in and Capital swept the MVP and Coach of the Year awards. Junior outside hitter Rachel Erickson took home the Most Valuable Player award and her head coach, Natalie Rhodes, was named the top coach after leading the Cougars to an 11-1 record in league and the top spot to districts.
Here are the honorees, broken down by local school. You can see the full list here.
Black Hills
First team
Jensyn McCoy, Sr.
Second team
Lauren Furu, Jr.
Honorable mention
Moriah Kramer, Jr.
Kira Fredricks, Fr.
Capital
MVP: Rachel Erickson, Jr.
Coach of the Year: Natalie Rhodes
First team
Marissa Ottesen, Jr.
Second team
Sam Yorke, Jr.
Paige Schieferstein, Jr.
River Ridge
Second team
Anna VanderWeyst, Sr.
Honorable mention
Marilin Cervante-Valdez, Jr.
Tumwater
First team
Kaylene Glasgo, Sr.
Morgan Pilon, Sr.
Second team
Kylie Bishopp, Sr.
Mackenzie Bowen, Jr.
Honorable mention
Cristina Hegarty, Fr.
Elizabeth Shimamoto, Sr.
Wednesday Scoreboard: Eagles All Night
Women’s basketball
Northwest 55, Evergreen 43 – Recap
Evergreen opened up their regular season tonight and struggled mightily falling to Northwest 55-43 in a non-conference game against a conference opponent. The Geoducks went just 13-of-53 from the floor (24.5%) while Northwest shot a blistering 55.6% in the game and never trailed. Sammi Clark scored 14 points and Sadee Jones added 11 points in the loss.
Men’s basketball
Northwest 76, Evergreen 57 – Recap
In game two of the doubleheader, Northwest again never trailed in their 76-57 win over Evergreen. The Eagles jumped out to a 10 point lead nine minutes in and their lead never shrank to single digits again. Michael Greene torched the Geoducks for 26 points on 11-of-13 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds. Kyle Calhoun and Marc Taylor scored 17 and 14 points respectively for Evergreen.
High School Football Power Rankings: Five Teams Remain
All T-Birds, all season
Five teams remain. Two, maybe three of them will remain after this week. Was it a bad season for local football? Hard to say. I think it was more circumstances than anything. Rochester’s season looks worse than it was because of one loss and a ridiculous first round match-up with Woodland, Olympia had only one bad loss and basically didn’t make the playoffs because Gig Harbor was a huge surprise, and the 3A Narrows League only had three playoff spots so North Thurston was left out.
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Playoff teams
1. Tumwater T-Birds (9-0, 5-0 2A EvCo)
Last week: #1 (No change)
Previous game: Tumwater 56, Black Hills 22
Playoff game: vs. Aberdeen (4-5) – Tumwater Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Undefeated regular season? Check. Now must go undefeated this season. First up: Aberdeen, who won a three team playoff on Tuesday night to even make the playoffs.
2. Timberline Blazers (6-3, 5-1 3A Narrows)
Last week: #2 (No change)
Previous game: Timberline 41, Shelton 0
Playoff game: vs. Meadowdale (5-4) – South Sound Stadium – Saturday, 1:00 PM
Notes: The Blazers kept it rolling against Shelton and won the 3A Narrows League title thanks to five straight wins. They draw the Wesco’s #5 team, Meadowdale, who have lost three straight games. The Blazers are a team that have obviously come together and could make a deep run in the playoffs.
3. Tenino Beavers (5-4, 5-1 1A Evergreen)
Last week: #4 (+1)
Previous game: Tenino 37, Rochester 27
Playoff game: vs. White Salmon (5-4) – Tenino Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: First league title since 1986, how does that sound? Not too bad for a team that I originally ranked at #9 and dropped as low as #11 after dropping three straight to open the year. They definitely are hot having won five of their last six (their only loss coming to 9-0 La Center) and have an outstanding two way player in Zack Chamberlain.
4. Capital Cougars (4-5, 3-2 2A EvCo)
Last week: #5 (+1)
Previous game: Capital 38, River Ridge 14
Playoff game: @ Mark Morris (8-1) – Longview Memorial Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: 0-4 to start the season, finished 4-1 and snagged the third playoff spot in the 2A EvCo. Unfortunately, they now have to take on 8-1 Mark Morris in Longview. But the Cougars are battle tested and nearly beat WF West in their only loss over the last five weeks and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they upset the Monarchs.
5. Rochester Warriors (6-3, 4-2 1A Evergreen)
Last week: #3 (-2)
Previous game: Tenino 37, Rochester 27
Playoff game: @ Woodland (8-1) – Kalama Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: What a disaster for the Warriors. Their loss to Tenino dropped them all the way to #3 in the 1A Evergreen and sends them to Kalama to take on one loss Woodland, who outscored their opponents 416-53 in their eight wins. Their only loss came to undefeated La Center 52-21 in the regular season finale.
Missed the playoffs
6. Olympia Bears (6-3, 4-2 4A Narrows)
Last week: #6 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 48, Yelm 10
Week 10 game: @ North Thurston (5-4) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
7. North Thurston (5-4, 3-3 3A Narrows)
Last week: #9 (+2)
Previous game: North Thurston 41, Mount Tahoma 8
Week 10 game: vs. Olympia (6-3) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
8. Black Hills (4-5, 2-3 2A EvCo)
Last week: #7 (-1)
Previous game: Tumwater 56, Black Hills 22
9. River Ridge (4-5, 1-4 2A EvCo)
Last week: #8 (-1)
Previous game: Capital 38, River Ridge 14
10. Yelm Tornadoes (3-6, 1-5 4A Narrows)
Last week: #10 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 48, Yelm 10
Week 10 game: vs. Mount Tahoma – Tornadoes stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
11. Rainier Mountaineers (2-7, 0-6 1A Evergreen)
Last week: #12 (+1)
Previous game: Rainer 62, Seton Catholic 29
Week 10 game: @ Winlock (0-9) – Winlock HS – Thursday, 7:00 PM
12. Shelton Highclimbers (1-8, 1-5 3A Narrows)
Last week: #11 (-1)
Previous game: Timberline 41, Shelton 0
Week 10 game: @ Stadium (2-7) – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – Friday, 7:00 PM
SWW 1A Evergreen All-League Football: Chamberlain Named MVP
The SWW 1A Evergreen League announced their all-league teams for 2013 yesterday and the Lewis County Sports Blog has the full list of honorees here.
Tenino’s Zack Chamberlain was named the league’s MVP after he led the Beavers to their first league title since 1986 by rushing for 940 yards, 10 touchdowns and was a monster on defense. His head coach, Jeff Zenisek, was named Coach of the Year in a historic season in south Thurston County.
Here are the players honored by the league from the three Thurston County schools…
Meme from The Chronicle’s Lewis County Sports Blog
Rainer Mountaineers
First team
LB: Bailey Miller
Second Team
OL: Eric Staats
LB: Nic Henry
Honorable Mention
QB: McCoy Bickler
RB: Bailey Miller
Rochester Warriors
Offensive MVP: Tyler Yarber
First team
QB: Tyler Gedney
TE: Wyatt Singer
OL: Jacob Lambert
LB: Wyatt Singer
DB: Lucas Eastman
Second team
RB: Lucas Eastman
OL: Matt Shields
DL: Filberto Sanchez
LB: Juan Jimenez
DB: Bobby Brien
Honorable mention
OL: Riley Doerge, Brayden Bennett, Tyler Barnes, Chase Dover
DL: Tyler Barnes, Chase Dover
LB: Danny Arellano, Riley Doerge
DB: Angel Vazquez
Tenino Beavers
MVP: Zack Chamberlain
Coach of the Year: Jeff Zenisek
First team
RB: Thomas Pier
OL: Jonathan Jones-Newmann
DL: Jonathan Jones-Newmann
Second team
OL: Riley Noonan
DL: Josh Jackson
LB: Thomas Pier
DB: Zeb Chamberlain
Honorable mention
QB: Calvin Guzman
OL: Nick O’Brien, Terran Gilbreath
Today (11/6): Geoducks Basketball Back to Work
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 8:00 PM
The Evergreen men’s and women’s basketball teams are back in action tonight, just a day after they were swept by Saint Martin’s. Tonight they will take on conference-mate Northwest in non-conference competition.
The Northwest women were picked to finish 10th, one place behind the Geoducks in the CCC while the men were picked to finish fourth and feature one-time Saint Martin’s forward Michael Russo, who averaged 17.4 points per game last year and was an all-CCC preseason pick this season.
Tuesday Scoreboard: Saints Sweep Geoducks; Wolves Advance; T-Birds, Cougs Survive
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 89, Evergreen 69 – Recaps: SMU, Evergreen
Thoughts on the Saints easy win over the Geoducks…
- Saint Martin’s never trailed. In fact, there was never even a tie in this game. Evergreen made a mistake with their lineup and were assessed a technical foul and Evan Coulter gave the Saints a 2-0 lead before the game even tipped off.
- Coulter scored a career high 27 points in 28 minutes on 8-12 shooting and nine free throws for the Saints. He was outstanding.
- Riley Carel was aggressive and confident in his home debut. The Seattle Pacific transfer scored 14 points and pulled down six rebounds. Two other newcomers, freshman Tyler Copp and Lower Columbia transfer Ryan Rogers each scored 12 points in their debuts at Marcus Pavilion.
- Four Geoducks scored in double digits with Kyle Calhoun and Frankie Johnson leading the way with 16 points each.
- Evergreen will live and die by the three ball this season. They hoisted 25 of them tonight, sinking ten. Johnson went 4-for-4 from downtown but Calhoun missed seven shots, almost all of them coming from NBA three point distance.
- The Saints pulled down 21 more boards than the Geoducks, 56-35.
- Both teams were picked to finish last in their conferences but they will both be interesting teams to follow. I think the Saints will be better than advertised and Evergreen will get hot and pull off a couple of major upsets.
- Saint Martin’s doesn’t return to action at home until December 18th. They play just three home games before the first of the year.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 70, Evergreen 63 – Recaps: SMU, Evergreen
Thoughts on the Saints and Geoducks exhibition game…
- This was a hard fought game with 47 personal fouls called on the two teams total.
- Evergreen shot just three three pointers and didn’t make any of them. Despite a guard heavy lineup, most of their points came in the paint.
- Brittany Gray, a one time Gonzaga commit who transferred to Evergreen from Skagit Valley, scored 21 points. She will be a force come CCC play. She will definitely fill the hole left by Danielle Swain’s departure.
- Chelsea Haskey led the Saints in scoring for the third time in exhibition play. 19 points against Oregon State, 22 against both UPS and Evergreen. She is so controlled and clinical.
- Sammi Clark played all 40 minutes in an exhibition game and just six Evergreen players played double digit minutes in a game that didn’t count. The Geoducks achilles heal will most likely be depth.
- On the other hand, the Saints have a deep bench and Tim Healy’s job will be to find the right lineup night to night. Haskey will lead most nights, but it could be anybody who will come through and compliment her. Will all depend on who is hot.
Girls soccer
2A District IV semifinals (winner to state)
Black Hills 4, Hockinson 3
The Wolves opened up a 4-0 lead over Hockinson but had to hold on tight to advance to the District IV championship game on and earned a spot in the 2A state tournament. The Wolves will travel to Ridgefield on Thursday to take on the Spudders at 7:00 PM.
2A District IV consolation (loser-out)
Capital 4, WF West 0
Tumwater 4, Aberdeen 0
Both Tumwater and Capital survived and will take on Hockinson and Mark Morris respectively in loser out games.
High school volleyball
2B District IV playoffs
Wahkiakum 3, Northwest Christian 0 (25-18 25-12 25-20)
Wahkiakum knocked off Ocosta in the first game at Northwest Christian High School and then swept the Navigators into the consolation bracket. They will take on North Beach at South Bend High School on Thursday at 6:30 in a loser out game.
Oly Sports 