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Tumwater Brewers vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals Photo Gallery
The Tumwater Brewers beat the Hawks Prairie Cardinals 6-0 on a beautiful day for baseball at the RAC.
Today (6/21): PSCL keeps rolling
This week’s PSCL series continue today with another three games at the RAC and Saint Martin’s.
Game one at the RAC pits the Tumwater Brewers against the Hawks Prairie Cardinals. The Cardinals got the better of the Brewers last night, 6-4 to run their league record to 2-2. The Brewers dropped to 1-3. Daniel Flahie’s (Grays Harbor CC) .388 batting average leads the way for the Cardinals with Chandler Tracy (Saint Martin’s) right behind him at .355. Tracy and Flahie also lead Hawks Prairie in RBI with seven and six respectively. The Brewers have struggled offensively and have only one regular hitting over .300. Kyle Holtman (Saint Clair County CC) leads the way with his .308 average and four RBI. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
Over at Saint Martin’s, the Lacey Saints and Nisqually Silvers continue their series after the Saints got the 6-3 win yesterday. Quinn Hartman (Green River CC) is batting .500 and has stolen seven bases to lead the Saints while Devin Ferguson (Centralia College, North Thurston) leads the team with nine RBI. Jordan Falcon (New Mexico Highlands University) is 5-for-12 in limited games for the Silvers and Brandon Evans (Colorado State-Pueblo) is hitting .318 to lead the Silvers’ regulars. The Saints are 3-1 in league play while the Silvers are still looking for their first win in games that count. First pitch is at 5:00 PM.
In the nightcap, the West Olympia Linx and Olympia Athletics play the rubber match of their three game series. The Linx handled the A’s on Tuesday, 8-3 but the A’s snapped the Linx seven game winning streak with a wild 3-2 victory in the tenth inning yesterday. Chris Womac’s (Green River, Olympia) .480 average and eight stolen bases paces the Linx while Kyle Thomson (Yakima Valley CC) has raised his average to .353 by going 5-for-8 in the series for the A’s. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 PM.
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints, A’s, Cards prevail; Reign shot down by Soldiers
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 6, Nisqually Silvers 3
Olympia Athletics 3, West Olympia Linx 2
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 6, Tumwater Brewers 4
The Nisqually Silvers took a three run lead in the third inning but gave up six unanswered runs and dropped the game 6-3 to the Lacey Saints. After a Brandon Evans (Colorado State-Pueblo) single drove in two runs and Chase Lacomb (Colorado State-Pueblo) drove in another in the third for the Silvers, the Saints quickly tied the game in the top of the fourth after a bases loaded walk by Colby Fitzgerald (Centralia College) and a two run error on a ball hit by Jesus Acosta (Centralia College).
The Saints took the lead for good when Kyle Pegram (Pierce College) scored on a Tyler Zwosta (Centralia College) fielder’s choice in the sixth inning. Alexander Lee (Skagit Valley CC) and Pegram each drove in a run in the eighth inning when the Saints tacked on a pair for good measure.
Colin Nilson (PLU) went seven innings for the Saints giving up just the three runs in the third inning to pick up the win. Chase Wasson (Centralia College, Timberline HS) pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up the save.
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Following a walk, Brian Clayton (Green River CC) scored the winning run in extra innings for the Olympia Athletics from first base on an error filled play giving the A’s the 3-2 win that snapped the West Olympia Linx’s seven game winning streak.
The Linx opened the scoring in the fourth inning on a Kyle Leady (Lower Columbia) double that scored Jordan Johansen (Corban College). The A’s Kyle Thomson (Yakima Valley CC) led off the sixth inning for the with a triple and was driven in two batters later on a sacrifice fly by Brett Gray (Central Washington) to tie the score at one. Thomson scored the go ahead run in the eighth but the A’s were unable to close the game and Mac Gridley (Lower Columbia) scored the tying run in the top of the ninth for the Linx before the A’s finally pushed across the winning run in the 10th.
The Linx’s Dan Eck (Yakima Valley CC) and the A’s Roderick Fields (Green River CC) each gave up just one run over six and seven innings respectively but neither figured in the decision. Despite blowing the save, Ryan Smith (Chemeketa CC, Black Hills HS) got the win for the A’s.
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Chandler Tracy (Saint Martin’s) went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored and Daniel Flahie (Grays Harbor CC) went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in the Hawks Prairie Cardinal’s 6-3 win over the Tumwater Brewers.
Both teams scored runs in the first inning and were deadlocked going into the sixth inning. But in the sixth, the Cardinals broke the game open behind Flahie’s two run double that scored Conor Cook and Kohei Yamaguchi (Riseisha-Osaka). Flahie scored two batters later on an Adam Yunker (Seattle U) single to give the Cards a 4-1 lead. The Brewers committed four errors in the game and it cost them when Jacob Oster (Chemeketa CC) scored what proved to be the winning run in the seventh inning for the Cardinals.
Sam Shadle (Graham-Kapowsin HS) got the win and Eli Fulton (Clark CC, Capital HS) got the save for Hawks Prairie. Naoki Imoto (Olympic College) and Kyle Holtman (St. Clair County CC) each had two hits for Tumwater in the loss.
International Basketball League
Salem Soldiers 171, Olympia Reign 142
Giovanne Woods scored 28 points and pulled down 10 rebounds and Nate Menefee scored 26 points and seven rebounds in the Olympia Reign’s 171-142 loss to the Salem Soldiers. The Reign actually had the lead after one quarter, 34-32, but Salem scored 51 points in the second quarter to take a 15 point lead into the half.
Portland State grads Jeremiah Dominguez and Phil Nelson scored 45 points and 37 points respectively for the Soldiers. Dominguez went a ridiculous 12-for-13 from behind the three point line and the Soldiers hit 26 threes and shot 53% from three point range and 61% overall.
The Reign scored 142 points but only had nine assists on the night. Salem’s Dane Johnson had 15 assists himself.
Today (6/20): Summer baseball is a go
All six PSCL teams are in action today in three games taking place at both the RAC and Saint Martin’s on this beautiful first day of summer.
In the 5:00 PM games, the West Olympia Linx take on the Olympia Athletics at Saint Martin’s and the Lacey Saints play the Nisqually Silvers at the RAC. The Linx knocked off the A’s yesterday to move to 3-0 in league and are now a full game ahead of the Saints (2-1) for first place. The Silvers knocked off the Saints on June 10th in the preseason to pick up their first and only win so far.
In the nightcap, the Tumwater Brewers face the Hawks Prairie Cardinals at the RAC. Both the Brewers and Cardinals are 1-2 in the young league portion of the season. This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 PM.
Tuesday scoreboard: Senators beat Studs in extras
Puget Sound Collegiate League
Thurston County Senators 3, Seattle Studs 2
West Olympia Linx 8, Olympia Athletics 3
Zach Leonard’s (Saint Martin’s) RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning broke a 2-2 tie giving the Thurston County Senators a 3-2 win over the Seattle Studs. Chandler Tracy (Saint Martin’s) and Kyle Doucette (Olympic College) each had two hits for the Senators and Chris McElderry (Oklahoma Wesleyan, Yelm HS) got the win.
Next up for the Senators is the Canada Day Tournament in Kelowna, British Columbia starting on June 28th. They took second place in the tournament in 2011 and it is the first of three Canadian tournaments the Senators will compete in this season.
Today (6/19): Linx and A’s, Senators and Studs
The Thurston County Senators return to the field tonight in their last tune up before heading off to the Canada Day Tournament in Kelowna, Bristish Columbia later this month. The Senators play host to the Seattle Studs in the second game of a Puget Sound Collegiate League doubleheader at the RAC. The Senators and Studs have played twice this season, splitting the two games. The Senators won 9-3 at the RAC two weeks ago and the Studs won 5-3 in Tacoma last week. First pitch tonight is scheduled for 7:45 PM.
In game one of the PSCL doubleheader, the West Olympia Linx face the Olympia Athletics at 4:30 PM. The Linx are in first place of the PSCL at 2-0 but the A’s are just a half game back at 2-1. The two teams met once in the non-league part of the schedule with the A’s topping the Linx 4-1.
Oly area alumni list – summer (UPDATED 6/21)
One of the goals of Oly Sports is to keep track of local area alumni and their post Olympia area high school or college sports careers. So below is a list of athletes playing professional, semi-pro or in collegiate summer leagues this summer…
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Greensboro Grasshoppers Called up to Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Promoted to Brevard County Manatees
Kramer Champlin (Olympia HS) – Lansing Lugnuts
Alex Phillips (Tenino HS) – Connecticut Tigers
Jacob Pettit (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Bowie Baysox
Cody Hebner (Olympia Athletics – PSCL) – Fort Wayne Tincaps
Chris Scholl (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Arkansas Travelers
Jake Shadle (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Giants extended spring training
Independent Baseball
Joash Brodin (North Thurston HS) – London Rippers
Collegiate wood bat summer baseball
Jason Monda (Capital HS) – Brewster Whitecaps
Kellen Camus (Capital HS) – Waterloo Bucks
Jourdan Weiks (Capital HS) – Herndon Braves
Tanner Nielsen (North Thurston HS) – Klamath Falls Gems
Cabe Reiten (Olympia HS) – Wenatchee Applesox
Basketball
Semi-pro
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam
Jeremy Green (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam Left team
Nate Menefee (Timberline HS, Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Giovanne Woods (Evergreen, River Ridge HS) – Olympia Reign
Mike Ward (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Wright (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Whitaker (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Nicholas Moore (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Julio Feliciano (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – US National Team
Soccer
Zach Lubin (Saint Martin’s) – Kitsap Pumas
I’m sure this is not a complete list. If you know someone that I have left off, please let me know in the comments or drop me an email.
And I purposefully didn’t include anybody playing in the Puget Sound Collegiate League because there are so many of them. You can find them by going to the PSCL website.
Sunday scoreboard: Owen, Audrain win Capital Stage Race; Bombers drop Cascades
Capital Stage Race
General Classification winners – Full results here
Men Pro 1/2
1. Logan Owen – Hagens Berman
2. Patrick Stanko – Kryki Sports
Bremerton 17 year-old Logan Owen won the last two stages of the Capital Stage Race including winning the Queen Stage Road Race on Sunday by over two and a half minutes to win the overall title. Owen entered Sunday in 8th place overall. Ian McKissick, the leader coming into Sunday, finished 6th overall.
Women Pro 1/2/3
1. Ivy Audrain – Stranamanti Cycling
2. Rosyln Zylkowski – Keller Rohrback Cycling/Stranamanti Cycling
Seattle’s Ivy Audrain won three of four stages in the Capital Stage Race to take home the overall title. Jennifer Burtner of Olympia Orthopaedics Associates finished in third place.
Men 3
1. Warren McAndrew – Fischer Plumbing Cycling Team
2. Todd Baumeister – Apex Racing Team
Men 4/5
1. Mark Fry
2. Andrew Austin – Old Time Bicycle
Master Men 35+ 1/2/3
1. Robert Campbell – CBC Racing
2. Todd Gallaher – Guiness Cycling
Master Men 40+ 4/5
1. Douglas Wilcox – Herriott Sports Performance
2. Timothy Hughes – Olympia Orthopaedic Associates
Master Men 50+
1. Scott Torkelson – Old Town Bicycle
2. Steven Holland – United Finance/Emerald Velo
Women 4
1. Justine Clift – Glotman Simpson
2. Linda Moul – Union Bay Cycling/Bikesale.com
Pierce County Roy Hobbs baseball
Capital City Bombers 12, Tacoma Cascades 5
Today (6/17): Bombers baseball; Capital Stage Race wraps
If you need your Father’s Day morning baseball fix, head over to Crandall Field at Olympia High School to see the Capital City Bombers adult baseball team take on the Tacoma Cascades. First pitch is at 10:00 AM.
The Capital Stage Race comes to a close today following the queen stage, a 47-90 mile road race that starts in Grand Mound, goes all the way to Satsop for the pro men’s divisions and back. Ian Mckissick of Audi/Kryki Sports is leading the men’s pro division after three stages but Jesse Reams of Hagen Berman is just 40 seconds off the pace. Ivy Audrain of Stranamanti Cycling leads the women’s pro division but there are ten cyclists within a minute of the overall lead heading into the final stage including Jennifer Burtner of Olympia Orthopaedics Associates.
Racing starts at 9:30 AM from Rochester Primary School and the pro and advanced divisions start their rides at 1:20 PM.
Saturday scoreboard: Linx sweep Silvers, A’s sweep Cards, Saints and Brewers split
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx 4, Nisqually Silvers 1
West Olympia Linx 6, Nisqually Silvers 4
Lacey Saints 2, Tumwater Brewers 1
Tumwater Brewers 1, Lacey Saints 0
Olympia Athletics 9, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 2
Olympia Athletics 10, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 2
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