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Other Friday Scores: Geoducks Soccer Blanks Yotes

Men’s Soccer

Evergreen 1, College of Idaho 0 – Box score
Geoducks Pitch 1st 2nd Final
Yotes (2-3-0 CCC, 5-4-0 overall) 0 0 0
Geoducks (3-1-1 CCC, 3-4-1 overall) 1 0 1
TESC Goal: Tanner Williams (15th minute)

Tanner Williams scored a 15th minute goal and Angel Guerra made four saves to preserve a 1-0 Evergreen win over College of Idaho on Friday afternoon on the Evergreen campus. The win moves the Geoducks to 3-1-1 in the CCC and are tied for second place with Corban and Warner Pacific with 10 points.


College Volleyball

Oregon Tech 3, Evergreen 2
CRC Gymnasium 1 2 3 4 5
Geoducks (2-6 CCC, 11-10 overall) (2) 25 25 14 20 12
Hustlin’ Owls (4-4 CCC, 16-6 overall) (3) 23 23 25 25 15
TESC: Nicole Pittelkau – 16 kills

 

Friday Football Scores: T-Birds Dominate Ranked 3A Team; Hawks Roll; Capital Wins With 3

High School Football

Wilson 35, Shelton 20
Highclimbers Stadium 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Rams (3-0 3A Narrows, 5-0 overall) 7 7 7 14 35
Highclimbers (0-3 3A Narrows, 1-4 overall) 14 6 0 0 20
SHEL: Brian Nault – 2 TDS (1 rushing, 1 receiving)

The Shelton Highclimbers played their best half of football in two seasons since Ralph Kinne and David Ajamu graduated in 2011.

Jake Henry ran for 101 yards in the first half including a two yard touchdown run on the first drive of the game to give the Highclimbers a 7-0 lead. Following a disastrous first possession for Wilson that featured a bad snap on first down, a penalty and a bobbled punt, Brian Nault cashed in with a ten yard touchdown catch from quarterback Jake Beck and Shelton took a surprising 14-0 lead with 2:35 left in the first quarter.

The Rams answered back with an efficient six play drive capped off by Zavia Frazier’s first touchdown of the night, an easy ten yard scamper on a screen pass from quarterback Julius Yates-Brown.

But the Highclimbers offense continued to have their way with the Wilson defense. Jake Henry converted a pair of third down runs and Nault scored his second touchdown on a six yard dive straight up the middle giving Shelton a 20-7 lead with 8:16 left in the first half.

Two plays later, Yates-Brown took a quarterback keeper 43 yards to the house for the first of 28 unanswered points for the Rams.

Wilson dodged a bullet when Brandon Scarpaci intercepted Beck in the end zone and despite multiple mistakes and a Shelton team playing the best they have played in a long time, the Rams trailed by just six, 20-14, at the half.

After two defensive stops to start the third quarter and with the lead, Shelton decided to air it out. Frazier picked off Beck and took it back 58 yards for the pick six and Wilson took their first lead, 21-20, with 28 second left in the third quarter. The Highclimbers turned the ball over four times in the second half and following a fumble on a bad exchange between Beck and Henry, Frazier broke an impressive 35 yard run that gave Wilson a 28-20 lead.

Frazier finished it off with a 13 yard touchdown run four minutes later after Beck was picked off on first down. Frazier finished with 171 yards rushing and two TDs on the ground, one receiving and one interception return for a TD.

Wilson stayed undefeated moving to 3-0 in the 3A Narrows League and 5-0 overall while Shelton fell to 1-4 on the season and 0-3 in league.

Tumwater 62, Columbia River 6
Chieftains Stadium, Vancouver 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
T-Birds (5-0 overall) 14 14 21 13 62
Chieftains (4-1 overall) 0 0 0 6 6
TUM: #2 in 2A | CR: #6 in 3A

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River Ridge 44, White River 0
White River, WA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Hawks (2-1 2A SPSL, 4-1 overall) 7 35 0 2 44
Hornets (0-3 2A SPSL, 1-4 overall) 0 0 0 0 0
RR: Chris Leiba – 3 TDS (2 rushing, 1 receiving)

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Yelm 16, Stadium 6
Stadium Bowl, Tacoma 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Tornadoes (1-2 4A Narrows, 3-2 overall) 7 3 0 6 16
Stadium (0-3 4A Narrows, 0-5 overall) 0 0 0 0 0
Y: Brandon Thompson – 68 yard TD run

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Capital 3, Central Kitsap 0
Ingersoll Stadium 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th Final
Central Kitsap (1-1 3A Narrows, 2-3 overall) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Capital (2-1 3A Narrows, 3-2 overall) 0 0 0 0 3 3
CAP: Van Soderberg – 33 yard FG in overtime

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Issaquah 28, Olympia 7
Issaquah HS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Bears (3-2 overall) 0 0 0 7 7
Issaquah (2-3 overall) 7 7 7 7 28
OLY: Ben Bishop – TD reception

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Bellarmine 29, Timberline 22
South Sound Stadium 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Lions (2-0 4A Narrows, 4-1 overall) 7 7 8 7 29
Blazers (1-2 4A Narrows, 2-3 overall) 8 14 0 0 22
SHEL: Brian Nault – 2 TDS (1 rushing, 1 receiving)

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WF West 26, Black Hills 7
Tumwater Stadium 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Bearcats (1-0 2A EvCo, 4-1 overall) 14 0 6 6 26
Wolves (0-1 2A EvCo, 2-3 overall) 0 7 0 0 7

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Aberdeen 29, Rochester 28
AB: 1-2 2A/1A Evergreen, 1-4 overall | ROCH: 2-1 2A/1A Evergreen, 2-3 overall

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Forks 20, Tenino 19
F: 1-2 2A/1A Evergreen, 2-3 overall | TEN: 0-3 2A/1A Evergreen, 2-3 overall

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North Beach 44, Rainier 7
NB: 4-0 2B Pacific, 5-0 overall | RAIN: 2-2 2B Pacific, 3-2 overall

 

Non-American Football Schedule: Geoducks Soccer and Volleyball

Week 5: My Girls’ Expert High School Football Picks

My three year old daughter struggled to a 3-6 record last week and now sits at 15-14 for the season. She makes her picks, in pretty epic fashion if you ask me, today without her sister.

Here is the full schedule of football games today with radio information and of course Rory’s expert picks…

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Tumwater T-Birds @ Columbia River Chieftains
Chieftains Stadium, Vancouver – 7:00 PM – Webcast: Eli Sports

Rory’s pick: Chieftains – “They will try to shoot them with their bows and arrow. The T-Birds will say ‘hayahayahayahaya ahhhhhh’ and they will fly away.”


Olympia Bears @ Issaquah Eagles

Issaquah HS – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Eagles – “The Eagles would jump up and eat them up up up the other team up up up. Actually they would eat a bone and go ‘gwomp gwomp gowmp’ and then they would be all done and would go ‘ohhh, we’re all done’ and the Eagle would go ‘ah’ and they would win. Actually the Bears would go all the way on that roof and dance with a piano. And the Eagles would win and they would sing ‘they are on their way to….we are on our way to Disneyland.”


River Ridge Hawks @ White River Hornets

White River HS – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Hawks – “The Hawks would go ‘PFFFFT – I’m OVER HERE’ and the other team would go ‘Mah’ and would go all the way up on an airplane and go ‘ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh’ and would be scared to get down. And they would fly to California and the bluebirds would be in there going ‘poo poo booo poooo boo’ and the 7D would be going ‘bing bong bing bong, bing bing bing goo’ and then they would eat dinner with somebody. They would eat burritos with Sleepy and Dopey and Dopey would jump off and eat Fluffy’s burrito.”


Rainier Mountaineers vs. North Beach Hyaks

Rainier HS – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Hyaks – “They would blow away them and the Mountaineers would go ‘ahhhh poo poo!'”


Capital Cougars vs. Central Kitsap Cougars

Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Tie – “They would go ahhhhh and the babies would wrestle and the mommies would wrestle and the daddies would wrestle.”


Timberline Blazers vs. Bellarmine Lions

South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Lions – “They would jump up and EAT THEM!”


Tenino Beavers @ Forks Spartans

Forks HS – 7:00 PM – Radio: Forks 1490

Rory’s pick: Beavers – “They would go up to a tree and the Spartans would be standing in front of the tree and then the tree would go right down on top of the Spartans.”


Rochester Warriors @ Aberdeen Bobcats

Stewart Field, Aberdeen – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Bobcats – “They would jump up and eat them and go ‘grrrrrrr….chomp chomp chomp chomp’ and the baby Bobcat would eat a baby Warrior.”


Black Hills Wolves vs. WF West Bearcats

Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: KELA

Rory’s pick: Bearcats – “They would eat them eat them eat them eat them all up. The Bearcats would be as big as that school bus and they would kills the little tiny Wolves by shaking their tail and they would go ‘ahhhhhhhh…POOPY FACE’ and then run away.”


Yelm Tornadoes @ Stadium Tigers

Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM

Rory’s pick: Tornadoes – “The Tiger would swirl in the Tornado and they would go ‘HOLY MACKEREL, CHEESE AND CRACKERS!’ and then they would go to a different city. They would go to Kansas City.”


Shelton Highclimbers vs. Wilson Rams

Highclimbers Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: 1030 AM and 92.9 FM KMAS

Rory’s pick: Highclimbers – “They would punch the Ram and he would cry, cry, cry, cry. But the other team would go ‘WHERE’S MY BURRITO, WHERE’S MY BURRITO’ because the Rams took the other team’s burrito because they would go ‘haba haba hopscotch, haba haba hopscotch’ and then the donkey would come and give them another burrito. And then the 7D would come. Sleepy would just sleep on the roof.”

Thursday Preps Scores: Rams Football Off the Schneid; Cougs, Navs Volleyball Stays Unbeaten in League

High School Football

North Thurston 51, Foss 0
South Sound Stadium 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Falcons (1-2 4A Narrows, 1-4 overall) 0 0 0 0 0
Rams (1-2 4A Narrows, 1-4 overall) 9 21 14 7 51
NT: Josh Mosquera – 2 rushing TDs | Dante Thomas – 2 rushing TDs

North Thurston finally broke their four game losing streak, and boy how did they ever. The Rams rushed for six touchdowns including two each from Josh Mosquera and Dante Thomas en route to a 51-0 win over Foss.


Girls Soccer

Olympia 4, Yelm 0
OLY: 4-1-0 4A Narrows | YELM: 0-4-0 4A Narrows

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Stadium 4, Timberline 2
STAD: 2-3-0 4A Narrows | TIM: 0-3-1 4A Narrows

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North Thurston 2, Wilson 1
NT: 4-2-0 3A Narrows | WIL: 3-3-0 3A Narrows

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Central Kitsap 7, Capital 3
CK: 6-0-0 3A Narrows | CAP: 5-1-0 3A Narrows

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Tumwater 6, Fort Vancouver 0
TUM: 4-4-1 overall

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Columbia River 2, Black Hills 0
BH: 5-2-1 overall


High School Volleyball

Capital 3, Shelton 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-17)
CAP: 7-0 3A Narrows | SHEL: 3-4 3A Narrows

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North Thurston 3, Wilson 0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-7)
NT: 6-1 3A Narrows | WIL: 1-6 3A Narrows

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Tumwater 3, Fort Vancouver 0 (25-6, 25-12, 25-5)
TUM: 4-3 overall

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Fife 3, River Ridge 0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-16)
FIFE: 6-1 2A SPSL | RR: 2-5 2A SPSL

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Northwest Christian 3, Rainier 0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-15)
NWC: 3-0 2B Pacific | RAIN: 1-2 2B Pacific

Thursday College Scores: Tough One for the Saints

Women’s Soccer

Western Oregon 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box score
Monmouth, OR 1st 2nd Final
Saints (0-4-1 GNAC, 0-7-2 overall) 0 0 0
Wolves (2-2-1 GNAC, 4-4-1 overall) 1 0 1
SMU: Sunny De Boer – 7 saves


Men’s Soccer

Simon Fraser 4, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box score
SMU Soccer Field 1st 2nd Final
Clan (1-1-2 GNAC, 3-2-2 overall) 3 1 4
Saints (2-2-0 GNAC, 2-6-0 overall) 0 0 0
SFU: 13 shots on goal | SMU: 2 shots on goal


College Volleyball

Alaska Anchorage 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box score
Anchorage, AK 1 2 3
Seawolves (6-1 GNAC, 12-3 overall) (3) 25 27 25
Saints (1-5 GNAC, 4-13 overall) (0) 13 25 21
SMU: Kristyn Ross – 8 kills

High School Football Power Rankings: Bears Make a Big Jump; Blazers, Beavers Tumble

The T-Birds sit atop the Oly Sports preseason power rankings.

#1 with a bullet

The Tumwater T-Birds cemented their place atop the Oly Sports power rankings with a convincing win over a really good group of Idahoans. And the Bears made a huge leap after their absolutely dominating performance over Timberline that totally flipped my thinking on this season.

Big games coming up this week include Tumwater at Columbia River, Rainier vs. North Beach and Timberline hosts Bellarmine. We might have even more movement in next week’s power rankings.

Note: This week’s ranking feature the ScoreCzar predictions for each game. Thanks as always to the wonderful ScoreCzar computers.

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1. Tumwater T-Birds (4-0)
Last week: #1 (No change)
Previous game: Beat Lake City (Idaho), 49-24
Next game: @ Columbia River (4-0) – Chieftain Stadium, Vancouver – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Columbia River 26, Tumwater 23

Notes:  The T-Birds passed a big test on Friday with their 49-24 win over Lake City of Couer D’Alene that wasn’t even as close as the score indicates. Big credit to their defense that stopped a high powered team that had been running all over very good teams. But now they make the drive to Vancouver to take on the #6 team in 3A, Columbia River, who have outscored their opponents 148-27 so far this season.


2.
Olympia Bears (3-1 overall, 2-0 4A Narrows)
Last week: #8 (+6)
Previous game: Beat Timberline, 38-6
Next game: @ Issaquah (1-3) – Issaquah HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Olympia 31, Issaquah 6

Notes: Wow, that was an impressive performance by the Bears. They absolutely dominated Timberline from start to finish. Running back Isaiah Brooks was fantastic again and this was QB Kaden Wilson’s breakout game. And the defense didn’t allow Gabe Gutierrez and the speedy Blazers offense to do anything. It was a shocking result and I was so impressed that I had to jump the Bears all the way up to the #2 spot.


3.
River Ridge Hawks (3-1 overall, 1-1 2A SPSL)
Last week: #4 (+1)
Previous game: Beat Orting, 40-31
Next game: @ White River (1-3) – White River HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: River Ridge 29, White River 7

Notes: After a late loss to Franklin Pierce, the Hawks got back on track with a 40-31 win over Orting (they are 1-1 against Cardinal teams this season). They now are in a gridlock at 1-1 in the 2A SPSL one game behind Franklin Pierce and Fife with a game against 1-3 White River looming on Friday.


4.
Rainier Mountaineers (3-1 overall, 2-1 in 2B Pacific)
Last week: #5 (+1)
Previous game: Beat Ocosta, 25-2
Next game: vs. North Beach (4-0) – Rainier HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: North Beach 30, Rainier 0

Notes: The Mountaineers also got right this week with their 25-2 win over Ocosta. They have punished the lower ranks of the 2B Pacific league and haven’t allowed an offensive touchdown and just two safeties to South Bend and Ocosta. But next they host North Beach, who knocked off Raymond in overtime on Friday and Saturday (a bad transformer forced a delay), and are 4-0 this season.


5.
Capital Cougars (2-2 overall, 1-1 3A Narrows)
Last week: #7 (+2)
Previous game: Beat Foss, 32-13
Next game: vs. Central Kitsap (2-2) – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Capital 16, Central Kitsap 15

Notes: Another team back on the right track. The Cougars took care of business against a struggling Foss team and now draw another Cougars squad in Central Kitsap that is also 2-2 but have only beaten a bad Mount Tahoma team and just barely beat 0-4 North Thurston.


6.
Timberline Blazers (2-2 overall, 1-1 4A Narrows)
Last week: #2 (-4)
Previous game: Lost to Olympia 38-6
Next game: vs. Bellarmine (3-1) – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Bellarmine 32, Timberline 8

Notes: What in the world happened to the Blazers? I’m still struggling to process what I saw on Friday in their loss to Olympia. They were dominated in every aspect of the game and didn’t look anything like the team that nearly beat Tumwater two weeks earlier. They will have to respond in the middle of their toughest stretch. First up, Bellarmine, who is 3-1 this season with their only loss coming to Gonzaga Prep, 17-0. On the plus side for the Blazers, the combined record of the three teams the Lions have beaten is 1-11.


7.
Tenino Beavers (2-2 overall, 0-2 2A/1A Evergreen)
Last week: #3 (-4)
Previous game: Lost to Elma, 44-14
Next game: @ Forks (1-3) – Forks HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Tenino 25, Forks 16

Notes: After marching up the 1A rankings and topping out at #4, the Beavers have plummeted out of the top ten with losses to Hoquiam (OK, it happens) and Elma (44-14? WHAAA?). Next up, Forks, never an easy trip.


8.
Rochester Warriors (2-2 overall, 1-1 2A/1A Evergreen)
Last week: #10 (+2)
Previous game: Beat Forks, 25-18
Next game: @ Aberdeen (0-4) – Stewart Field, Aberdeen – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Rochester 32, Aberdeen 8

Notes: Rochester ground out another tough win with a 25-18 win over Forks. They are now 2-0 against 1A teams and 0-2 against 2A teams. On Friday, they travel to Aberdeen to take on another 2A school, albeit a bad Bobcats team that has been outscored 183-27 in four losses.


9.
Black Hills Wolves (2-2 overall)
Last week: #6 (-3)
Previous game: Lost to Columbia River, 45-7
Next game: vs. WF West – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: WF West 21, Black Hills 20

Notes: The Wolves were beaten up pretty good in Vancouver against a highly ranked 3A team in Columbia River and now they get to open up 2A EvCo play against WF West. Every game in conference is important and none more than this game against the Bearcats.


10.
Yelm Tornadoes (2-2 overall, 0-2 4A Narrows)
Last week: #8 (-2)
Previous game: Lost to South Kitsap, 20-19
Next game: @ Stadium (0-4) – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Yelm 35, Stadium 9

Notes: Poor Yelm. Beaten on the last play of the game against South Kitsap. They fell to 0-2 in the 4A Narrows with their toughest games yet to play. But not this week, they should get a win and should have some fun against Stadium.


11.
Shelton Highclimbers (1-3 overall, 0-2 3A Narrows)
Last week: #11 (No change)
Previous game: Lost to Lincoln, 62-0
Next game: vs. Wilson (4-0) – Highclimbers Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Wilson 40, Shelton 3

Notes: A 62-0 loss to Lincoln isn’t surprising as the Shelton sidelines basically became a M.A.S.H. unit in the loss. Now they get another undefeated and high powered team in Wilson and might have to do it without a handful of their first string players.


12.
North Thurston Rams (0-4, 0-2 3A Narrows)
Last week: #12 (No change)
Previous game: Lost to Central Kitsap, 30-27
Next game: vs. Foss (1-3) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:15 PM
Scoreczar prediction: North Thurston 23, Foss 22

Notes: The Rams are 0-4!? My alma mater is 0-4!? They came close in Silverdale but couldn’t get the job done and now face a Foss team that looks to be close to their level. Get one Rams!

Schedule for Thursday, October 2nd

Schedule for Thursday, October 2nd

Men’s Soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser – SMU Soccer Field – 3:00 PM

Girls Soccer
North Thurston vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 3:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Fort Vancouver – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Yelm – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:15 PM

High School Volleyball
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Rainier – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Columbia River – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Fife – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM

High School Football
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

OlySports.com Local Sports Report for October 2nd

Wednesday Scores: Oly Volleyball Sweeps South K

High School Volleyball

Olympia 3, South Kitsap 0
Port Orchard, WA 1 2 3
Wolves (1-5 4A Narrows) (0) 12 18 20
Bears (4-2 4A Narrows) (3) 25 25 25
OLY: Hannah Adams – 18 kills

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Gig Harbor 3, Timberline 1
Timberline HS 1 2 3 4
Blazers (4-2 4A Narrows) (1) 15 15 25 20
Tides (4-2 4A Narrows) (3) 25 25 23 25
TIM: Icy Davis – 16 kills


Men’s Soccer

Pierce 4, SPSCC 1
The RAC 1st 2nd Final
Raiders (2-5-1 NWAC) 2 2 4
Clippers (0-8-0 NWAC) 1 0 1
 SPSCC Goal: Pedro De Melo Ribeiro (11th minute)