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Tuesday Scores: Sanders Perfect in Clippers Win

Men’s Basketball

SPSCC 104, Concordia JV 83 – Box Score
SPSCC Gym 1st 2nd Final
Cavaliers 32 51 83
Clippers (1-2 overall) 56 48 104

Timberline alum Elijah Sanders had a perfect night going 9-of-9 from the floor and 2-of-2 from the free throw line to lead South Puget Sound with 20 points in a 104-83 win over Concordia University’s JV basketball team.  Sanders also pulled down five rebounds and collected four blocks.

Nick Springer almost matched Sanders perfection going 5-of-6 from the floor including a perfect 3-of-3 from behind the the three point line and a pair of free throws for 15 points. The Clippers shot 59% from the field on the night. D’Ron Kyle (12 points) and Jonathan Roberts (11) also scored in double digits in the win.


Girls Basketball

Black Hills 59, North Thurston 44
BH: 1-0 overall | NT: 0-1 overall

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Timberline 60, Emerald Ridge 50
TIM: 1-0 overall | ER: 0-1 overall

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WF West 53, River Ridge 29
WFW: 1-0 overall | RR: 0-1 overall


Boys Basketball

North Thurston 64, WF West 54
NT: 1-0 overall | WFW: 0-1 overall

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Black Hills 70, Bremerton 45
BH: 1-0 overall | BREM: 0-1 overall

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Kentridge 54, Olympia 39
KENT: 1-0 overall | OLY: 0-1 overall

Monday Score; Tuesday Schedule

Score from Monday, December 1st

Boys Basketball

River Ridge 84, Graham Kapowsin 52
RR: 1-0 overall | GK: 0-1 overall


Schedule for Tuesday, December 2nd

Men’s Basketball
SPSCC vs. Concordia JV – SPSCC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM

Girls Basketball
Black Hills vs. North Thurston – Black Hills HS – 6:00 PM
River Ridge vs. WF West – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM

Boys Basketball
North Thurston vs. WF West – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Bremerton – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM

Schedule for Monday, December 1st

Saturday Scores: Saints Take Rematch With Cavs; T-Birds Fall in Semis

Men’s Basketball

Saint Martin’s 73, Concordia 72 – Box Score
Portland, OR 1st 2nd Final
Saints (2-5 overall) 26 47 73
Cavaliers (8-1 overall) 31 41 72

Brent Counts scored 12 points and Trey Ingram, Ryan Rogers and Tyler Copp each added 11 to give Saint Martin’s a 73-72 road win over Concordia on Saturday night. Copp hit a pair of free throws with four seconds left to give the Saints a four point win and seal the win despite a last second three pointer by the Cavaliers. It was the first loss of the season for Concordia, who beat the Saints 85-68 on November 18th.


Women’s Basketball

University of Tampa 72, Saint Martin’s 59 – Box Score
Bellingham, WA 1st 2nd Final
Saints (2-4 overall) 29 30 59
Spartans (5-1 overall) 35 37 72

Krista Stabler and Liz Mills each scored 15 points but the Saints couldn’t hold off the #6 team in the nation in a 72-59 loss to the University of Tampa at the Lynda Goodrich Classic at Western Washington University. Brooke Paulson chipped in nine points and led the Saints with seven rebounds in the loss.


High School Football

2A State Semifinals

Sedro-Wooley 28, Tumwater 27
Tacoma, WA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
T-Birds (12-1 overall) 0 7 14 6 27
Cubs (12-1 overall) 7 7 7 7 28

Ian Saner scored the first three touchdowns for Tumwater and Griffin Shea punched in the final TD but Elijah Hill missed the ensuing PAT and Sedro-Wooley blocked a last second 41 yard field goal to hold on to a 28-27 win over the T-Birds in the 2A state semifinals at the Tacoma Dome. The T-Birds finished the season at 12-1, one game short of another rematch with Lynden in the title game.


Boys Basketball

Aberdeen 62, Capital 56
ABER: 1-0 overall | CAP: 0-1 overall

Today (11/29): T-Birds in Tacoma

Wednesday Scores: Career Nights Hand Saints First Win

Men’s Basketball

Saint Martin’s 82, George Fox 69
Marcus Pavilion 1st 2nd Final
Bruins (2-3 overall) 39 30 69
Saints (1-5 overall) 47 35 82

The bigs for Saint Martin’s – Tyler Idowu, Cameron Chatwin and Brent Counts – each had career games leading the Saints to their first win of the season, 82-69 over George Fox on Wednesday night at Marcus Pavilion.

Idowu led the way for the Saints with a career high 17 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds while Chatwin (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Counts (12 points, 9 rebounds) each set career highs in both points and boards. Ryan Rogers scored 12 points and Riley Carel added 10. Trey Ingram added his own career high dishing out eight assists.

Lewis-Clark State 111, Evergreen 93
CRC Gymnasium 1st 2nd Final
Warriors (9-1 overall) 49 62 111
Geoducks (2-3 overall) 34 59 93

Lewis-Clark State shot 73.3% from the floor and seven warriors scored in double-digits in their 111-93 win over Evergreen on Wednesday afternoon at the CRC Gymnasium. Jordan Dam scored 24 points and Kortney Darby added 23 points for the Geoducks in the loss.

Tuesday Scores: Geoducks Leave No Hope for Deacons

Women’s Basketball

Evergreen 79, New Hope Christian 58 – Box Score
CRC Gymnasium 1st 2nd Final
Deacons (1-10) 21 37 58
Geoducks (4-0) 36 43 79

Brittany Gray and Sadee Jones combined for 38 points and 20 rebounds in Evergreen’s 79-58 win over New Hope Christian on Tuesday night. Jones recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 boards and Gray went for 20 and 9 in a game that saw five Geoducks score in double digits. Evergreen moved to 4-0 this season.


Men’s Basketball

Evergreen 112, New Hope Christian 71 – Box Score
Kirkland, WA 1st 2nd Final
Deacons (0-11) 35 36 71
Geoducks (2-2) 59 53 112

Alix Hernandez scored 17 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and dished out six assists in Evergreen’s 112-71 rout of New Hope Christian at the CRC Gymnasium. Kortney Darby led the Geoducks with 19 points and four other Geoducks scored in double digits. Evergreen dished out 31 assists on 45 baskets and shot 60% from the floor.

Spurr Scores A Pair but Artesians Comeback Falls Short

I took an extended break from Oly Sports while we prepared for the Oly Town Artesians opener. Now that it is over, Oly Sports will be back up and running, or at least should be.

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ABOVE: Just one of the many great signs made by young Artesians fans ABOVE: Just one of the many great signs made by young Artesians fans on Saturday night

Tacoma Stars 8, Oly Town Artesians 5
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Stars (2-0-0 WISL)13318
Artesians (0-1-0 WISL)1135

TUMWATER, Wash. – In front of a raucous full house at Olympia Indoor Soccer, Willie Spurr scored the first goal for the Oly Town Artesians in Western Indoor Soccer League play and notched his second goal of the game as the Artesians mounted a fourth quarter comeback but fell to the Tacoma Stars 8-5 on Saturday night. The game between the two closest teams in the WISL drew a mix of Artesians and Stars fans and made for a fantastic atmosphere in the return of indoor soccer to the Olympia area.

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Today (11/14): State Tournament Time

Schedule for Friday, November 14th

High School Volleyball
4A State Tournament
Olympia vs. Skyline – Marcus Pavilion – 3:15 PM

3A State Tournament
Capital beat Ferndale, 3-0, at 8:00 AM
North Thurston lost to Soutridge, 3-0, at 8:00 AM
North Thurston vs. Bellevue/Lakeside – Marcus Pavilion – 3:15 PM (loser-out)
Capital vs. Eastside Catholic – Marcus Pavilion – 5:15 PM

2A State Tournament
Tumwater vs. Steilacoom – Pierce College – 11:45 AM

Girls Soccer
4A State Quarterfinals
Olympia vs. Skyline – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

High School Football
Tumwater vs. Fife – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM

Thursday Scores: Geoducks Hoops, Saints Volleyball Fall

Men’s Basketball

Northwest 79, Evergreen 64 – Box score
Kirkland, WA 1st 2nd Final
Geoducks (0-1 overall) 38 26 64
Eagles (3-2 overall) 44 35 79

Evergreen’s Kortney Darby scored 20 points and Alix Hernandez added 11 but Northwest University went on a 20-7 run over the final seven minutes to pull away from the Geoducks 79-64 in a non-conference basketball game against a conference opponent. Tomas Ogbaslassie scored 22 points in the win for the Eagles.


College Volleyball

Montana State-Billings 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box Score
Marcus Pavilion 1 2 3
Saints (1-16 GNAC, 4-25 overall) (0) 21 16 21
Yellowjackets (6-11 GNAC, 12-13 overall) (3) 25 25 25
SMU: Kristyn Ross – 12 kills