Category Archives: Baseball
Today (5/5): District IV soccer playoffs; Saints doubleheader; Rams & Cougars at Cheney
The 2A District IV boys soccer playoffs start today when the EvCo #1 seed and undefeated Tumwater T-Birds host W.F. West. Tumwater got the better of the Bearcats in the regular season winning 2-0 on March 20th and 6-1 on April 17th. First kick at Tumwater Stadium is at 2:30 PM.
In other playoff action, the North Thurston boys soccer team travels to Battle Ground to take on Hockinson, the #1 seed from the Greater St. Helen’s League who are 12-1-2 overall this season. First kick at Battle Ground Stadium is at 6:00 PM.
The Saint Martin’s baseball team returns to action on campus with a doubleheader against GNAC runaway leader Western Oregon. The Wolves are 22-2 in the GNAC and are ten games up on second place Northwest Nazarene and 14 up on the Saints who are 10-18 in conference play. The Saints will honor Ben DeMond, a former Saint Martin’s baseball player that was killed by a drunk driver earlier this spring in Norwich, Connecticut. The memorial will begin at 12:30 PM with first pitch coming at 1:00 PM.
The North Thurston and Capital baseball teams square off in a non-league game at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. This is the second season the two teams have played at the Triple-A ballpark of the Tacoma Rainiers. Tickets are $15 and includes a ticket to an upcoming Rainiers game, a hot dog and a drink. Game time is at 1:00 PM.
And it wouldn’t surprise me if there are a ton of makeup softball and baseball games around town. Check your local ball yard.
Finally, South Sound Speedway continues their season with a whole host of races tonight including my favorite, bump-to-pass. Qualifying begins at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30.
Friday scoreboard: They played stick games! Reign drop another
High school baseball
River Ridge 4, Centralia 1
North Thurston 4, River Ridge 0
Olympia 10, Capital 0
High school softball
Capital 12, Foss 2
Olympia 4, Central Kitsap 0
Tumwater 4, W.F. West 3
Yelm 13, Timberline 4
International Basketball League
Vancouver Volcanoes 117, Olympia Reign 116 – Box score will be here eventually
Today (5/3): Reign, rain, rain
The Olympia Reign hope to get back on track when they host the Portland Chinooks tonight at the Skookum Creek Events Center.
On Saturday night, the Reign picked up their first win of the season with a 138-127 win over the Chinooks in Portland but stumbled Tuesday against the Vancouver Volcanoes losing 114-99. In Saturday’s win, Nicholas Moore and Marcus Whitaker both scored over 30 points and Giovanne Woods added 27. The Chinooks’ Jared Cunningham – from Cleveland State, not the NBA bound, early entry from Oregon State – scored 32 points and brought down 14 boards.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM
In boys soccer action, Timberline travels to Ingersoll Stadium to take on 3A Narrows League leader Capital at 7:00 PM. Capital is 6-0-2 on the season and Timberline is 3-3-2, good enough for third in league. The two teams played to a 1:1 tie on April 11th.
Weather has already cancelled the 3A Narrows League title game today between Timberline and Yelm. They will go to Districts as the #1 and #2 seeds respectively.
Weather has also moved the Tumwater/North Thurston baseball game to the RAC at 6:00 PM, if it gets played at all. River Ridge is also scheduled to play Centralia today, but it is highly doubtful they will get that game in.
UPDATE: River Ridge and Centralia have been moved to the RAC with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 PM.
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept; Tumwater, Black Hills split
College baseball
Western Oregon 7, Saint Martin’s 5
Western Oregon 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, River Ridge 3
Tumwater 8, Black Hills 1
Black Hills 6, Tumwater 1
Yelm 7, Capital 0
Ocosta 4, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 8, Stadium 1
Yelm 4, Capital 2
Today (5/2): Capital in Tacoma
Very light day today for local sports…
High school baseball
Capital vs. Yelm – 3A Narrows League playoffs – 7:00 PM – Heidelberg Park in Tacoma
Tumwater vs. Black Hills – doubleheader at The RAC – 3:30 PM
High school softball
Yelm @ Capital – 4:00 PM
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Hawks knocked out; T -Birds complete undefeated regular season; Reign go cold; Cougars earn spot in districts
Boys soccer
North Thurston 3, River Ridge 3 – NT win 5-4 in shootout
Tumwater 6, Black Hills 1
Timberline 2, Lincoln 1
Capital 4, Yelm 0
River Ridge led by two goals with 24 minutes left to play, a playoff bid on the line, but North Thurston came back to tie it and take it to a shootout where the Rams won, 5-4. River Ridge is out while North Thurston moves on to play Hockinson on Saturday at 6:00 PM at Battle Ground Stadium in the 2A District IV playoffs.
Kevin Weyand and Connor Sigmon scored two goals apiece and secured an undefeated regular season for Tumwater with a 6-1 win over Black Hills.
Bruce Joling also scored two goals for Capital in their 4-0 blanking of Yelm.
International Basketball League
Vancouver Volcanoes 114, Olympia Reign 99
The Olympia Reign returned home to the Little Creek casino but shot just 38% from the field in a 114-99 loss to the defending IBL champion Vancouver Volcanoes. Former Evergreen Geoducks Mike Ward and Nicholas Moore led the Reign with 20 points apiece and Marcus Wright was the only other Reign to crack double digits with 12 points.
High school baseball
Capital 10, Wilson 2
Capital’s 10-2 win over Wilson earned them a spot in the West Central District III playoffs
Today (5/1): 2A EvCo soccer wraps up regular season; Narrows League baseball playoffs underway
I’m getting ready to head to Kansas City for the rest of the week so I’ll have to keep this short. While there, though, Oly Sports will continue in normal fashion since my broken ankle will keep me a lot less busy than I originally planned.
On the schedule tonight, the last regular season soccer games in the 2A EvCo including River Ridge playing for a playoff spot. And the Narrows League baseball playoffs get underway in Tacoma…
Boys soccer
Lincoln @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
North Thurston @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – 7:00 PM
High School baseball
North Thurston @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Wilson vs. Capital – 3A Narrows League playoff – Heidelberg Park, Tacoma – 1:00 PM
Today (4/30): Surprise, it’s raining
As of 12:00 PM, I have not heard of any of these games being postponed. This late in the season, I’d assume they will try as hard as they can to get them in.
High school softball
Timberline @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Bellarmine @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Aberdeen vs. Black Hills @ The RAC – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Tumwater @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM – Canceled
River Ridge @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM – Canceled
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball season (probably) ends
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 5
Northwest Nazarene 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
With their game one win and Montana State Billings’ loss to Simon Fraser, Saint Martin’s got to within one game of earning the GNAC’s automatic NCAA tournament bid, but the Saints’ best season likely came to an end in the first inning of game two when Northwest Nazarene pushed five runs across and cruised to a 10-2 victory.
The Saints finish third in the GNAC at 23-13 and 33-18-1 overall, a 24 win improvement in Rick Noren’s second season at the helm. They still have a very slim chance of being one of five teams to receive an at-large bid into the West Regional.
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 4, Saint Martin’s 2
Northwest Nazarene 7, Saint Martin’s 6 – More from SMUSaints.com
Track & Field – Saint Martin’s Invitational
Saint Martin’s winners…
Joscelyn Minton – 800 meters – 2:13.39
Kyle Van Santen – 1500 meters – 3:53.2
Frank Krause – 800 meters – 1:56.32
Ashley Llapitan – 10,000 meters – 42:30.4
Edd Brown – 200 meters – 22.15
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 138, Portland Chinooks 127
High school baseball
North Thurston 3, Aberdeen 0
Friday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept in Nampa
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 11, Saint Martin’s 4
Northwest Nazarene 5, Saint Martin’s 3 – More from NNUSports.com
In game one, Northwest Nazarene’s first four hitters went 11-for-17 with seven RBI and eight runs scored as the Crusaders opened up an 11-0 lead on the Saint Martin’s and cruised to the 11-4 victory. Chandler Tracy led the way for the Saints going 3-for-4.
In game two, the Saints had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning (the last inning of the game in game two of a doubleheader) but Crusaders’ reliever Sean McDonald struck out Tracy looking to get the save. The Saints opened the scoring with a run in the second inning but River Ridge alum Jon Matos erased the lead with a three run homer in the third. The Saints answered back with two runs in the fourth but the Crusaders scored two of their own in the fourth and held on for the 5-3 win.
The sweep flip flops the Saints and Crusaders in the GNAC standings. Coming into the game, Saint Martin’s was in second but the losses drop them to 10-14 and tied for third. Meanwhile, Northwest Nazarene jumps to second place at 12-14.
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, Centralia 7
Timberline 8, Yelm 2
W.F. West 4, River Ridge 2
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 1
High school softball
Capital 13, Lincoln 0
Gig Harbor 5, Olympia 4
Black Hills 12, River Ridge 2
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