Category Archives: Olympia Athletics
Sunday scoreboard: Oly Rollers crush Tampa; A’s, Brewers win
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers Cosa Nostra Donnas 237, Tampa Bay Derby Darlins 43
Last night: M.I.A. Derby Girls 199, Coffin County Slaughter Kittens 49
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics 7, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 4
Tumwater Brewers 3, Nisqually Silvers 1
Dane Cheatly drove in three runs and Drew Fosnes went 2-for-3 with two runs scored an RBI to lead the Olympia A’s to a 7-4 win over the Hawks Prairie Cardinals. Ryan Smith struck out 12 batters in seven innings to earn the win. Chandler Tracy went 3-for-4 for the Cardinals in the loss.
Kyle Doucette and Tyler Grant each drove in a run for the Tumwater Brewers and five pitchers combined to hold the Nisqually Silvers to one run in the Brewers’ 3-1 victory. Ryan Taylor pitched five innings and gave up just two earned runs but was saddled with the loss for the Silvers. Devin Smith got the win and Kegan Duz-Agular worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to pick up the save for the Brewers.
Today (6/3): PSCL doubleheader; Oly Rollers
The PSCL plays a doubleheader today at noon at the RAC. The games kick off with the Hawks Prairie Cardinals taking on the Olympia Athletics at noon. Both teams picked up wins on opening day yesterday. Then, at 2:30, the Nisqually Silvers take on the Tumwater Brewers. The Brewers knocked off the Lacey Saints in the opening day nightcap while Nisqually got blitzed 12-3 by the Cardinals.
Tonight, Skateland will be rocking when the Oly Rollers’ Cosa Nostra Donnas take on the Tampa Bay Derby Darlins who, yes indeed, have traveled all the way from Florida for this bout. Tampa Bay is ranked #23 in the Derby News Network power rankings but lost to the Rat City Rollergirls all-stars 217-75 in Seattle last night. The Oly Rollers are ranked at #12. Tickets are available at the door for $12 and derby action gets underway at 6:00 PM.
Saturday scoreboard: Sounders U23s delight; A’s, Cardinals, Brewers win; Reign hate Canada
Premier Development League soccer
Sounders U23 1, Portland Timbers U23 0
It took over 90 minutes, but the Sounders U23s broke through in added time with a Jamael Cox blast that scorched the Timbers’ Spencer Richey and sent the Tumwater Stadium crowd of primarily Sounders fans home very happy. Facundo Dipasquale, a 75th minute substitution for starter Sean Okoli, made the pass to the streaking Cox to setup the goal. Sounders keeper Doug Herrick had eight saves including two fantastic saves in a row midway through the second half on shots that looked like for sure goals for the Timbers.
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Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Atheletics 3, West Olympia Linx 1
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 12, Nisqually Silvers 3
Tumwater Brewers 5, Lacey Saints 4
International Basketball League
Edmonton Energy 138, Olympia Reign 104
Today (6/2): PSCL, Sounders U23s, M.I.A. Derby Girls, Buzz, racing
Good morning Olympia. Big sports day in the South Sound and it all kicks off with the season openers for the Puget Sound Collegiate League. The PSCL is a developmental wood bat baseball league featuring six teams and one traveling all-star team comprised of college baseball players from around the Northwest. In it’s third year, the league plays the majority of their games at the RAC and a handful of games at Saint Martin’s over the next two months. Today, the season gets underway at noon with a game between the Olympia Athletics and the West Olympia Lynx. At 5:00, the Nisqually Silvers take on the Hawks Prairie Cardinals and the Lacey Saints play the Tumwater Brewers at 7:30. Triple-header in Lacey!
The junior version of American soccer’s biggest and most bitter rivalry invades Tumwater this evening when the Sounders U23s host the Portland Timbers U23s at Tumwater Stadium. The Sounders are 2-1-3 on the season and are in fourth place in the Premier Development League’s Northwest Division behind Washington Crossfire, the Kitsap Pumas and the first place and undefeated Timbers U23s. Portland is coming off a 2:1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps U23s yesterday afternoon in Portland. Tickets are still available at the gates for $10. Fist kick is at 6:00 PM. For more, read the Oly Sports series on the game here, here and here.
Tumwater also plays host to a brand new roller derby team tonight at Tumwater Indoor Sports. The M.I.A. Derby Girls host the Coffin County Slaughter Kittens of Kelso in just their second event. Doors open at 5:30 and the bout gets underway at 6:30. Tickets are $15 at the door and bring you ID for the beer garden, a feature of the M.I.A Derby Girls bouts that no other local roller derby team can offer.
The Olympia Library hosts author Buzz Bissinger tonight at 7:30. Bissinger is probably most famous for his book Friday Night Lights, the story of football in small town Texas that has been adapted for a movie and television series (though he has reservations about both). He has also authored Three Nights in August, a book about a three game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs and co-authored Shooting Stars with Lebron James. Bissinger is in town promoting his new book, Father’s Day and is an interesting, opinionated, noted crank and his talk tonight should not be missed.
And finally, for all you motorheads, racing season continues at South Sound Speedway. Tonight, the 3/8th oval hosts mini stocks, street stocks, legends and the always popular and my personal favorite, bump to pass. Racing starts at 6:30 and tickets are just $12 for adults.
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