Category Archives: Puget Sound Collegiate League
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.
Baseball alumni: Smith wins NAIA title; Boyle and Weiks open NCAAs; Calhoun’s squad in NJCAA title
Black Hills alum Ryan Smith and his Faulkner University Eagles won the NAIA championship on Thursday night with an 11-4 win over Lewis & Clark State on LCSC’s home field in Lewiston, Idaho. Faulkner went 56-11 this season and was the #1 ranked team in the nation. Smith, a junior that pitched two years at Chemeketa Community College before transferring to the Montgomery, Alabama school, appeared in nine games for the Eagles posting a 2-0 record with a 2.52 ERA in five starts.
In other college baseball post-season news, two area high school baseball players open the NCAA Division I regionals tomorrow. River Ridge alum Brandon Boyle and South Alabama will take on Mercer in Starkville, Mississippi at noon while Capital grad Jourdan Weiks and the University of San Francisco will face Rice at 2:00 PM in Eugene, Oregon. Both games can be seen on ESPN3.
Boyle, a junior transfer from Lower Columbia Community College, has made 19 appearances and four starts for the Jaguars posting a 2-2 record striking out 36 batters over 45 2/3 innings of work. South Alabama is 42-18 so far this season and is the #2 seed in the Starkville regional, hosted by Mississippi State, the #1 seed. Mercer is the #3 seed while Central Arkansas is the #4.
Weiks had his struggles for the Dons in his sophomore season hitting just .159 in just 44 at-bats. He started 10 times and appeared in 34 games scoring 13 runs for the Dons. USF went 34-22 this season and are the #3 seed in the Eugene regional where they will face the #2 seed Owls. Oregon is the #1 seed and will face #4 South Dakota State on Friday.
One last local post-season note: Nick Calhoun, the incoming head coach for the Hawks Prairie Cardinals of the Puget Sound Collegiate League, is an assistant coach for Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. With a 6-0 win over Heartland on Thursday night, the Aggies moved into the National Junior College Athletic Association championship game on Saturday. Calhoun’s squad is 45-22 this season and will take on either Madison College or LSU-Eunice for the title.
Saturday scoreboard: Rams roll; Geoducks cruise; Saints split
High school football
North Thurston 34, Wilson 0
North Thurston posted their second shutout of the year, knocking off Wilson 34-0 at South Sound Stadium. The Rams have now allowed just 42 points through five games this season. Mo Manning rushed for three touchdowns and Ryan Mets passed for one touchdown finding Joshua Cahill in the endzone for the Rams’ second score of the game. A Hayden Maliska rushing touchdown with under a minute left to play in the first half rounded out the scoring for the game.
The Rams are now 5-0 on the season and 3-0 in 3A Narrows League play. The last time North Thurston sat at 5-0 was 1992 when Rocky Patchin was in his first season and future NFL pro-bowler Mike Sellers played running back and linebacker for the Rams.
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 4, Northwest Christian 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Jack Fortune scored 27 seconds into the game and Evergreen added three more goals in the second half to drop Northwest University 4-0 in Kirkland. Mirzic Memic scored two goals for the Geoducks, the first on a penalty kick in the 50th minute and another on a header in the 75th minute. Goalkeeper Mauricio Sanchez made five saves in the shutout.
Women’s soccer
Seattle Pacific 2, Saint Martin’s 1 (2OT) – Recap from SPUFalcons.com
Oregon Tech 5, Evergreen 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Shayla Page scored off of a corner kick with just ten seconds left in double overtime to give Seattle Pacific a dramatic 2-1 win over Saint Martin’s at Interbay Stadium in Seattle. After the Falcons’ Ali Martin opened the scoring in the 18th minute, Ashley Richardson scored the equalizer collecting the rebound off of a Nicole Nedervelt shot that hit the crossbar.
Ashely Engel made 11 saves but the Saints only forced SPU keeper Alexa Hughes to make two saves. The Saints fall to 3-3 in the GNAC.
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Simon Fraser 2 (22-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-17, 15-11) – Recap
Concordia 3, Evergreen 0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-22) – Recap from the Geoducks
Saint Martin’s rallied back from two sets down in Burnaby, BC to knock off Simon Fraser 3-2. Kristyn Ross led the Saints with 17 kills and 24 digs while Carrie Starbuck added 12 kills and 20 digs.
College softball fall ball
SPSCC 11, Skagit Valley 1 – five innings
Everett 7, SPSCC 0
Lower Columbia 7, SPSCC 2
Puget Sound Collegiate League fall ball
Timberline 3, Yelm 0 – Winning pitcher: Matt Mercer (Perfect game)
Olympia 2, Black Hills 1 – Winning pitcher: Elliott Loague
Olympia 4, Black Hills 0 – Winning pitcher: Eric Mullins
Tuesday scoreboard: Oly Sports’ 500th post!
Wow, 500 posts. Thank you for your support through the first 500. Plenty more to come, I’m just getting started.
Men’s soccer
Concordia 2, Evergreen 0 – Recap from Evergreen Athletics
Concordia’s Sam Carmichael scored in the 21st minute and Gerrit Hamann scored the insurance goal in the 52nd minute and the 25th-ranked Cavaliers knocked off Evergreen 2-0 in a battle for first place in Portland. Both the Geoducks and Cavs came into the game at 4-0 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference and Concordia leaves with sole possession of first place at 5-0.
Two time reigning CCC defensive player of the week Collin Harlow made four saves in the Geoducks’ loss while Arne Niermann was only forced to make two saves for Concordia. The Cavs out shot Evergreen 15-7 and held a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal.
Girl’s soccer
Black Hills 3, River Ridge 0
WF West 1, Capital 0 (WF West wins 5-4 in PKs)
Gig Harbor 5, Timberline 1
Olympia @ Yelm – No report
Shelton @ North Thurston – No report
Joslin Lindsay scored two goals for Black Hills in their 3-0 win over River Ridge at the RAC in Lacey. Arin Seidlitz also scored and Ce Ce Noyen made two saves for the Wolves in the shutout. Across town, 2A EvCo leader Capital battled to a 0-0 tie with WF West before the game was decided in penalty kicks. The Bearcats won the shootout 5-4 to move into a three way tie with Black Hills and Capital at 4-1 in conference.
High school volleyball
Capital 3, WF West 0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-21)
Black Hills 3, River Ridge 0 (25-8, 25-10, 25-14)
Northwest Christian 3, Willapa Valley 0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-13)
Rachel Erickson racked up 10 kills, Marissa Ottesen had 12 digs and Sam Yorke added 26 assists in Capital’s 3-0 win over WF West. The win moves the Cougars into a tie with Tumwater atop the 2A EvCo at 4-0. Black Hills stayed one game behind the leaders with their 3-0 win over River Ridge. Hope Mortensen was 16-for-18 serving with eight aces for the Wolves. Northwest Christian moved to 4-1 in the 2B Pacific League with their straight sets win over Willapa Valley.
Puget Sound Collegiate League fall baseball
Tumwater 6, Black Hills 5 – Winning pitcher: Jack Allen
North Thurston 3, Timberline 2 – Winning pitcher: Riley Stordahl
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