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Today (7/27): Senior games, Special Olympics softball, Oly Traverse, PSCL, Racing

It’s an extremely busy day of sports in the South Sound highlighted by the Washington State Senior games and the Olympia Traverse. Let’s get right to it…

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The Washington State Senior Games draws up to 1,700 participants to the Olympia way and today features the opening ceremonies at Tumwater Stadium at 8:00 AM followed by Track & Field events starting at 9:00 AM and running into the afternoon. Also on the Tumwater High School campus is the 3-on-3 basketball tournament and other basketball events in the gymnasium. Tomorrow also features pickleball, raquetball and bowling at various sites around town. Check the complete schedule here.

The Special Olympics Southwest Region Softball Tournament comes to LBA Park and Stevens Field beginning at 9:00 AM and continuing throughout the day. Volunteers might still be needed so if you would like to help out, head over to LBA bright and early to find out what you can do. Or go root on the handful of Olympia teams that are taking part in the festivities. For more info, click here.

How does a 7.4 mile mountain bike ride, a 22 mile road bike ride, a 3.5 mile paddle, a 4.5 mile run and a final half mile trek to Port Plaza sound to you? Well then the Olympia Traverse is just for you. The festivities get underway at noon at the Mima Falls Trailhead with bikes traveling through the Capitol Forest and The Evergreen State College and to West Bay Park. From there they paddle to Swantown Boatworks, run to Priest Point Park and back and eventually head to Port Plaza with their team to wrap it all up. For more on the Olympia Traverse, head to their website.

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The last day of the Puget Sound Collegiate League’s regular season is upon us and a triple header at The RAC finishes it all off. The Olympia Athletics face the West Olympia Linx at 1:00 PM, the Tumwater Brewers face the Nisqually Silvers at 4:00 PM and the Hawks Prairie Cardinals and Lacey Saints wrap it up at 7:00 PM. The PSCL tournament starts on Sunday and runs until Wednesday night.

And if all of that wasn’t enough, the gear heads will love racing in both Rainier and Rochester. Motorcycle and quad racing kicks off at the Rainier Flat Track beginning at 4:30 PM. For more info, click here.

And finally, South Sound Speedway features street stocks, legends, outlaw compacts, baby grands and stinger 8s. Qualifying begins at 5:00 PM and racing gets underway at 6:30. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for military, seniors and teenagers and $5 for ages 6-12.

Friday scoreboard: Brewers wallop Cardinals

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Tumwater Brewers 16, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 5

Today (7/26): Senior Games kick off; Brewers face Cards

Schedule for Friday, July 26th

Washington State Senior Games

Rock climbing – Warehouse Rock Gym – 10:30 AM
Hammer, weight and super weight throwing – Saint Martin’s – 12:00 PM


Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Tumwater Brewers vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM


Friday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Tumwater superstar running back Kevin Clark has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and his family is raising money to cover his medical expenses. The ’91 grad was one of the best running back to ever come out of the area. – Link to his gofundme.com site

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South Puget Sound men’s basketball signed another player on Thursday inking Bethel guard JJ Johnson to play for the Clippers this season. Johnson was a two time SPSL honorable mention for the Braves. – Link


Thursday score update

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

West Olympia Linx 19, Nisqually Silvers 3
Lacey Saints 10, Olympia Athletics 6

Tuesday scoreboard: Saints and Linx win; Senators top Elks


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Baseball

Lacey Saints 13, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 8
West Olympia Linx 9, Tumwater Brewers 7
Thurston County Senators 8, Bend Elks 3

Today (7/23): PSCL in the homestretch

Schedule for Tuesday, July 23rd

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Tuesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

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Kyle Warner

Tumwater alum Kyle Warner has been named to the first team of the 25th Annual USA College Football Division III Preseason All-America list. Warner, a junior wide receiver for Pacific Lutheran, set the Lutes single season receiving record last year 1,264 yards and scored eight touchdowns. Warner was named 2A player of the year in Tumwater’s 2010 state title run. – Link

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Lower Columbia College announced the hiring of Eddie Smith to take over as the head baseball coach for the Red Devils. The 2002 North Thurston grad returns to the Northwest after a year as a volunteer assistant coach for his alma mater, Notre Dame. Smith was also an assistant at Santa Clara and Virginia before moving back to South Bend and played two years at Centralia College and two for the Irish and is a 2006 grad of Notre Dame. – Link

Monday scoreboard: Banister and Nazzaro batter Silvers, Kalen and King deal for Cards

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Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics 13, Nisqually Silvers 4
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 5, Lacey Saints 1

Kameron Banister doubled three times and drove in five runs to lead the Olympia Athletics to a 13-4 win over the Nisqually Silvers in game one of a PSCL doubleheader at The RAC. JJ Nazzaro (Gardner-Webb) doubled, tripled, drove in three runs and stole two bases and Josh Moss (Saint Martin’s, Rochester HS), Anthony Kuntz (Saint Martin’s) and Austin Taylor (Centralia College) combined to allow four earned runs on seven hits for the A’s.

Jens Omdal (Houghton College, River Ridge HS) and Alex Bielaski (Saint Martin’s) each collected two hits and Bielaski and Cody Apilado (Olympic College) each drove in a run for the Silvers.

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Ethan Kalen gave up one earned run on two hits with six strikeouts and Justin King pitched four scoreless innings in relief and the Hawks Prairie Cardinals knocked off the Lacey Saints 5-1. Cole Nagamine (Hawaii-Hilo) hit a two run homer in the eighth inning and Brandon Grimsley (Murray State College) went 2-for-4 and doubled in the first Cardinals run of the game in the third. Jeffrey Apigo (Skagit Valley College) scored the eventual game winner when Lucas Gately (Gonzaga) grounded into a double play in the fifth.

Mervin Rincon (Centralia College) went 2-for-4 with a triple and Chris McConnell (PLU) added two hits and scored the Saints lone run on a Jordan Potis (Centralia College, Northwest Christian HS) ground out in the fifth inning.

Today (7/22): PSCL doubleheader; Sunday scores; Conley, Brodin dominate

Schedule for Monday, July 22nd

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Sunday scores

Thurston County Senators 14, Trail Orioles 4 – Senators move to 23-5
Kitsap Hornets 7, Capital City Bombers 3


Monday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Adam Conley picked up his second win in a row last night allowing just one unearned run on two hits over seven innings in Jacksonville’s 8-1 win over the Tennessee Smokies. The Olympia grad is now 9-4 with a 3.41 ERA for Miami’s double-A affiliate. – Link

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Joash Brodin – Photo courtesy of liducks.com

Joash Brodin was named the Atlantic League Player of the Week today after a week that saw him hit .429 (12-for-29) with three home runs including a walk off grand slam. The North Thurston alum drove in eight runs and stole three bases for the Long Island Ducks and now is second in the league with a .337 batting average and first in the runs scored with 62. – Link

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The Olympian profiles area transplant Stephen Vogt, who is back with the triple-A Sacramento Rivercats after a short stint with the Oakland A’s. – Link

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Northwest Christian is looking for a new head baseball coach after Damon Ford announced today that he is moving to California. Ford spent three seasons at the helm of the Navigators after taking over for Don Heinze, who also moved to California. – Link

Thursday scoreboard: Saints, Linx squeak by

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Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Lacey Saints 4, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 2
West Olympia Linx 4, Tumwater Brewers 3

Thursday schedule; Conley pitches 1-2-3 inning; Roth hired at Oly

Schedule for Thursday, July 18th

Baseball

Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Thurston County Senators vs. Seattle Studs – Saint Martin’s – 6:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Thursday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

ConleyThe South All-Stars pitched a one hitter against the North All-Stars last night in the Southern League All-Star game played in Jacksonville, Florida. A crowd of over 9,500 saw Olympia’s Adam Conley pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the fourth for the South. Two of the three batters the Miami Marlins farmhand faced played in the 2013 Futures Game on Sunday in New York. Conley got Arismendy Alcantara to ground out and struck out Joc Pederson to end the inning. – Link

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16 year assistant Steve Roth has been hired as the head baseball coach at Olympia, reports The Olympian. Roth takes over for interim coach Greg Creighton who managed the team this past season when head coach Todd McDougall was diagnosed with a brain tumor. – Link

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Black Hills grad Cody Peterson will captain the Navy football team this season and NavySports.com has a profile of the Midshipman senior. – Link

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Saint Martin’s released the 2013 schedule for the volleyball team today. Unfortunately, the Kara Peterson led Saints play just eight of their 30 games at Marcus Pavilion this season. They will play a home series October 31st and November 2nd against the Alaska schools at a yet to be determined site and a home game at Black Hills High School against Montana State-Billings when the WIAA state volleyball tournament is at the Pavilion on November 16th. – Link

Tuesday schedule; Saint Martin’s news

Schedule for Tuesday, July 16th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Tumwater Brewers vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Tuesday news and notes (updated throughout the day as needed)

Saint Martin’s continues to look back at the top moments of 2012-2013. Yesterday featured the women’s soccer team’s late goal scoring prowess. – Link

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And they are smart too. The Saints took home the GNAC Academic All-Sports title for the 2012-2013 school year. – Link

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The Thurston County Senators will take on the Kitsap Bluejackets today and tomorrow at the Kitsap Fairgrounds in Silverdale. Games can be heard on ISPNSports.com. – Link

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Capital grad and Gonzaga defender Josh Phillips talks about his time this summer with the Sounders U23s on the new look theolympian.com – Link