Category Archives: Olympia Athletics
Wednesday scoreboard: Brewers continue hot start, Silvers top Cardinals, Senators get opener win
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Tumwater Brewers 7, Lacey Saints 1
Nisqually Silvers 6, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 5
Thurston County Senators 3, Olympia A’s 1
Ehn Nishioka (University of Puget Sound commit) drove in two runs on two hits in the Tumwater Brewers 7-1 win over the Lacey Saints in game one of a PSCL doubleheader at The RAC. The Brewers had five players with two hits on the day including Suguru Homma (Edmonds CC), who also scored three times and drove in a run, and Spencer Dodd (Saint Martin’s) who also drove in a run.
The Brewers move to 3-0 on the season and have allowed just one run this season. Nick Mailhot (Saint Martin’s, Northwest Christian HS) got the start and gave up one run in three innings and Kevin Afflerbach (Edmonds CC), Ben Smith (Centralia College) and Tony LaDue (Saint Martin’s) combined to pitch six scoreless innings.
Devin Ferguson went 2-for-4 and scored the Saints only run in the loss.
Today (6/5): Senators make 2013 debut; PSCL season continues
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Tumwater Brewers vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Thurston County Senators vs. Olympia A’s – Saint Martin’s – 6:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Lots of runs at The RAC
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics 12, West Olympia Linx 6
Nisqually Silvers 12, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 9
Andrew Lauritzen (Edgewood College) went 3-for-4, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs in the Olympia Athletics‘ 12-6 win over the West Olympia Linx. The A’s pounded out 18 hits with eight players collecting at least two hits including Sho Nakahama’s (Olympic College) 2-for-4, three RBI day.
The Nisqually Silvers sent 13 men to the plate in the first inning, scoring six runs on walks and wild pitches before Travis Shaw (Saint Martin’s) cleared the bases with a three run double. The Silvers scored three more runs in the third and fourth innings and withstood a nine run sixth inning from the Hawks Prairie Cardinals to win 12-9.
Motoki Kawashima (Merced College) scored twice in the first inning and drove in a pair of runs for the Silvers and Jens Omdal (Houghton College, River Ridge HS) scored three times on three hits for the Silvers. Grant Pierotti (Cuesta College) and Zach Scott (Whitworth) each drove in two runs in the Cardinals nine run sixth.
Today (6/4): PSCL doubleheader
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Olympia A’s vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Linx, Brewers and Silvers pick up PSCL wins
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx 6, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 3
Tumwater Brewers 6, Olympia Athletics 0
Nisqually Silvers 6, Lacey Saints 4
The West Olympia Linx rode a four run third inning to a 6-3 win over the Hawks Prairie Cardinals in the first game of a PSCL triple header today at The RAC. Danny Flahie (Dakota State) went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI for the Linx. Zach Scott (Whitworth) collected three hits and drove in a run for the Cardinals in the loss.
Robby Campos (Olympic College), Josh Sontag (Saint Martin’s) and Brandon Santos (Lower Columbia) combined to give up just three hits in the Tumwater Brewers 6-0 win over the Olympia Athletics, the Brewers’ second straight shutout to open the season. Robert Ortiz (Oxnard College, Timberline HS) drove in a pair of runs and Jeff Walton (University of Puget Sound) had three hits and scored twice for the Brewers.
Travis Shaw (Saint Martin’s), Colby Fitzgerald (Bellevue University) and Cody Apilado (Olympic College) each had three hits in the Nisqually Silvers‘ 6-4 win over the Lacey Saints in the nightcap.
Today (6/2): Capital Stage Race, PSCL baseball; Underground Derby
Cycling
Capital Stage Race, Queen Stage – Rochester Primary School – 9:30 AM
Stage three of the Capital Stage Race is a 90 mile race for category 1, 2 and 3 men riders, a 67 mile race for category 1, 2 and 3 women and a 47 1/2 mile race for every other class that begins at Rochester Primary School at 9:30 AM. The 90 mile race goes all the way to Satsop and back. The men’s and women’s long loops get started at 1:20 PM.
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics vs. Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 1:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 3:30 PM
Lacey Saints vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 6:00 PM
Roller Derby
Underground Derby – Skateland! – 6:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: A’s, Brewers, Linx pick up opening day wins
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics 6, Hawks Prairie Cardinals 5
Tumwater Brewers 5, Lacey Saints 0
West Olympia Linx 10, Nisqually Silvers 5
In game one of the PSCL season, the Olympia Athletics scored a run in the seventh to tie the game and JJ Nazzaro (Gardner-Webb University) drove in the game winning run in the eighth to lead the A’s to a 6-5 win over the Hawks Prairie Cardinals. Tyler Watkins (Spokane Falls CC) went 2-for-2, scored twice and drove in two runs including the game tying run on a bases loaded walk in the seventh inning. Jeffrey Apigo (Skagit Valley College) went 1-for-3 with a run and two RBIs in the loss for the Cardinals.
Drew Fosnes (MSU-Billings) had the Tumwater Brewers only hit of the day in the first inning but scored what turned out to be the game winning run in fourth when he stole home and the Brewers would capitalize on walks, wild pitches and errors to knock off the Lacey Saints 5-0. Joe Hanley, Nick Mailhot (Saint Martin’s, Northwest Christian), Kevin Afflerbach (Edmonds CC) and Tony LaDue (Saint Martin’s) combined on a five hit shutout for the Brewers. David Tillotson (Centralia College) went 2-for-3 for the Saints.
In the nightcap, the Nisqually Silvers scored four runs in the top of the eighth to take a 5-4 lead but the West Olympia Linx answered back with six runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning to take a 10-5 win. Austin Baker (Arkansas State), Ben Krueger (Oregon Tech) and Cody Evans (Oregon Tech) each had two hits for the Linx while Colby Fitzgerald (Bellevue University) and Travis Shaw (Saint Martin’s) each had a pair of hits for the Silvers.
Today (6/1): PSCL season kicks off; Capital Stage Race; Speedway Saturday
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 11:00 AM
Tumwater Brewers vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 3:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 6:00 PM
The Puget Sound Collegiate League returns for another season kicking off with a triple header at The RAC beginning at 11:00 AM.
The PSCL is a developmental summer wood bat league featuring players primarily from Northwest community colleges and other local four year schools. The season runs most days for the next two months from today, June 1st, until the championship game on July 31st.
I hope to publish a PSCL preview sometime in the next week.
Cycling
Capital Stage Race, time trials – Heritage Park – 7:00 AM
Capital Stage Race, Capital Criterium – State Capitol Campus – 1:40 PM
As I type, the Capital Stage Race has taken over Deschutes Parkway from Heritage Park for the time trial stage of the two day, three stage event.
The race continues this afternoon with the Capital Criterium, a timed race around a circuit at the State Capitol Campus and Capitol Way. Racing at the Capitol begins at 1:40 PM continuing until at least 7:00 PM.
Auto racing
The season at South Sound Speedway is underway despite the weather and it looks like racing should be on tonight. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for teenagers, seniors and military, $5 for kids 6-12 and free for the little ones.
Olympia area alumni list – Update
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – 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) – Long Island Ducks
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
German Pro-B
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – BG Topstar Leitershofen Stadtbergen
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
French National Rugby League Top 14
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – Stade Francais
PSCL championship photo gallery
The Olympia Athletics knocked off the Hawks Prairie Cardinals twice on Monday to claim the 2012 Puget Sound Collegiate League championship.
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