Category Archives: Baseball
Today (4/27): A light Friday
High school baseball
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Wilson @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Lincoln @ Capital – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Saints still alive; T-Birds stay undefeated
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, Montana State Billings 3 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s 11, Montana State Billings 8 – 9 innings
Saint Martin’s came up huge with their sweep of GNAC leader Montana State Billings in Billings on Thursday afternoon. The Saints had to win to keep their GNAC title hopes alive and after winning game one 5-3, the Saints found themselves down 7-4 in the fourth inning of game two. Morgan Klemm hit a three run homerun to tie the game and then took an 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh but couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the seventh and the Yellowjackets tied the game at 8-8. The Saints broke through with three runs in the top of the seventh and held on for the win.
The sweep brings the Saints within two games of the Yellowjackets with just two conference games left to play for both teams. To get the GNAC’s NCAA bid, the Saints have to sweep Northwest Nazarene and hope that Simon Fraser can sweep in Billings on Saturday.
Boys soccer
Tumwater 5, Aberdeen 1
Capital 2, Foss 0
Centralia 1, North Thurston 0
Stadium 3, Olympia 0
W.F. West 2, River Ridge 1
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 12, North Beach 10
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 4
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4
High school softball
Wilson 9, Capital 1
Quick links: Bryant to UW; Rise to Oly; More
Tumwater’s Jaimie Bryant verbally commits to play football for the Huskies. – The Olympian
New semi-pro basketball team scheduled to play in Olympia. – ABA Live
The always energetic Anne Larson has a profile of Olympia soccer players Evan Munn and Jamison Corbin – Thurston Talk
Washington State University coaches Mike Leach and June Daugherty and athletic director Bill Moos will be at Saint Martin’s tonight. – Register here
Miami Marlins fan blog gives their take on Olympia’s Adam Conley – Fish Tales
Speaking of Conley, his wife Kendall has a blog about their time in Greensboro this season – Kendall Conley
Wednesday scoreboard: Olympia wins Narrows
High school baseball
Olympia 16, Gig Harbor 6
Capital 7, Foss 3
With the Narrows League title on the line and down 6-4 going into the fifth inning, the Olympia Bears bats came alive scoring six runs in the fifth and six runs in the sixth to win 16-6 over Gig Harbor. Cabe Reiten went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for the Bears and Leo Valenti picked up the win. Weather moved the game from Olympia High School to the RAC and delayed the game at least once.
High school softball
Olympia 4, South Kitsap 0
In another game moved to the RAC because of weather, Olympia’s Amanda Rupright pitched a complete game, four hit shutout to give the Bears the 4-0 victory.
Today (4/25): Narrow League title on the line
The 4A Narrows League championship is on the line today when Olympia hosts Gig Harbor at Crandall Field At 4:00 PM. The Tides’ 4-1 win over the Bears dropped Oly to 12-1 in conference, just a half game ahead of 11-1 Gig Harbor. A win today in their final regular season game would give the Bears the title outright. Of course, this all depends on weather, and it isn’t looking too promising right now.
In other baseball action…
Aberdeen @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Busy day on the Olympia campus with the Oly softball team playing South Kitsap at 4:00 PM.
More softball today (maybe)…
Foss @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Today (4/24): T-Birds soccer hopes to stay undefeated
Kevin Weyand and the Tumwater soccer team hope to stay undefeated tonight when they take on River Ridge at South Sound Stadium at 7:00 PM. The T-Birds are 9-0 in the 2A EvCo while The Hawks are just 2-7 in conference but did give Tumwater a close game on March 26th, losing 2-1. Weyand, a German exchange student, has scored 15 goals in 12 games this season.
Across town, North Thurston travels to Tumwater Stadium to face cellar dwelling Black Hills. The Wolves are looking to avenge their worst loss of the season, a 6-0 win by the Rams on March 27th. North Thurston is 5-4 in conference while Black Hills is 1-9. First kick is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
One baseball game in town today when Tumwater hosts first place W.F. West. Wazzu bound Mitch Gueller and Logan James combined to throw a two-hitter in a 11-0 Bearcats win in the two teams first meeting this season on March 23rd. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 PM.
Monday scoreboard: Blazers take care of business, Bears don’t; T-Birds unscathed
High school baseball
Timberline 10, Yelm 2
Capital 3, Foss 0
Northwest Christian 6, Naselle 5
Gig Harbor 4, Olympia 1
On senior day, senior Ryan Tydingco went 2-for-2 with an RBI in 3A Narrows League leader Timberline’s 10-2 win over second place Yelm. Cobi Beal went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three stolen bases and freshman Matt Mercer picked up the win for the Blazers.
Zach Carras drove in two runs and Nick Mailhot scored twice and the two combined for six stolen bases in Northwest Christian’s 6-5 win over Naselle.
Gig Harbor scored four runs in the first inning and Nick Gagliardi pitched a complete game three hitter in the Tides’ 4-1 win over Olympia. Wednesday’s game at Crandall Field between the two teams will determine the 4A Narrows League champion.
High school softball
Tumwater 13, Centralia 7
Capital 20, Foss 0
Olympia 9, Shelton 1
W.F. West 10, Black Hills 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
After giving up just one run in their last five games, Tumwater found themselves down 7-6 to Centralia after four innings. But a six run fifth inning gave kept the T-Birds and Kierstin Smith undefeated. Read more about the game from The Olympian.
Capital scored three runs in the first, eight in the second and nine in the third and quickly mercy ruled Foss, 20-0. Alex Beckwith went 3-for-4 with four runs and five RBI for the Cougars.
Olympia also jumped out to an early lead scoring seven runs in the first and didn’t look back en route to a 9-1 win over Gig Harbor. Megan Goodman hit a home run and had four RBI and Nikki Schroeder went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Today (4/23): Narrow League baseball leaders meet; Undefeated T-Birds softball hosts Tigers
The top two teams in the 3A Narrow League meet this afternoon when Timberline plays host to Yelm at 4:00 PM. The Blazers are on top of the league standings at 7-1 but the Tornadoes are just a half game behind at 7-2. Charlie Hinson, Rick Ahlf and Ryan Tydingco will be honored on Senior Day with festivities starting at 3:45 PM.
In other 3A Narrows League action, Capital plays Foss at Waits Field at 4:00 PM. The Cougars are just 1-5 in league while Foss is third at 5-3.
The undefeated Tumwater softball team hosts Centralia at 4:30 PM. The T-Birds have only given up one run in their last five games with Kierstin Smith picking up the win in four games over that stretch. The two teams met once this season on April 10th and the Tigers gave Tumwater their toughest challenge. The T-Birds scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning and held on to pick up a 9-5 extra inning win.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints alive; DeBoer goes the distance; Budd Bay champs
College softball
Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 3
Central Washington 13, Saint Martin’s 4 – More from SMUSaints.com
With the split, Saint Martin’s must now win their last four games and have Montana State Billings lose their last four for the Saints to win the GNAC title.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 3, Central Washington 1
Central Washington 13, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
Tommy DeBoer gave up just one run in the first inning in a complete game 3-1 Saint Martin’s win in game one.
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay def. Modesto
The Budd Bay Buffaloes beat Modesto on Sunday afternoon in Portland to win the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union championship. The Buffaloes now move on to the USAR west regional as the #3 seed.
Today (4/22): Saints baseball, softball hosts Wildcats
Big day on the Saint Martin’s campus with two important doubleheaders against Central Washington on tap.
Saints baseball starts it off at noon in a pair of games that could either keep them in second place or land them in last. Western Oregon leads the GNAC standings by eight games at 16-2. The other four teams are separated by just one game far behind. Saint Martin’s is 9-11 in conference while Central is 7-11. Montana State Billings and Northwest Nazarene are 10-14.
Central Washington softball comes into town as giant killers having swept first place Montana State Billings yesterday. The sweep kept the Saints’ conference champion hopes alive and taking two from the Wildcats today could move them to three behind the Yellowjackets with a trip to Billings still ahead next week. A win today would also give the Saints their first 30 win season in program history.
The Saints will honor four seniors – Morgan Klemm, Megan Antonovich, Kelsie McGladrey and Tiffany Griffiths – in their last home games of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM.
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