Category Archives: Basketball
Tonight (12/11): EvCo play gets underway; Navs host South Bend
Boy’s basketball
Northwest Christian vs. South Bend – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM
The 2A Evergreen Conference kicks off the regular season tonight with a pair of games locally.
Tumwater sits at 0-2 on the season after falling to White River in their opener and Enumclaw on Friday night. They will have a full roster of players after the football team’s state final run when they travel to Capital to take on the 3-2 Cougars. Capital dropped their opener to Auburn-Riverside and lost to a good Olympia team but has since knocked off White River and trounced Peninsula. Keenan Williams leads the Cougs scoring 16.5 points per game in four reported games.
Black Hills hosts Aberdeen in their conference opener. The Wolves are 2-3 overall this season picking up wins over Klahowya and Chief Leschi. Jacob Burgess scored a career high 30 points against Chief Leschi. But the Wolves have struggled mightily in their losses. They have fallen to a struggling Shelton squad, 41-35, and were beaten soundly by Skyline (77-27) and Battle Ground (70-40). Aberdeen comes into the game at 1-4.
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge vs. WF West – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
The best player in the region comes to town tonight, luckily for River Ridge, she’ll do her damage in the JV game. Nike McClure, a junior who is already committed to Washington State, transferred from Tenino to WF West in the offseason but didn’t actually move so she was ruled ineligible to play varsity basketball this year. Unfortunately, that means we are deprived of seeing McClure face this talented Hawks team that is 3-0 overall this season.
Sunday scoreboard: Rise get second win; Saints fall to Oregon State
American Basketball Association
Olympia Rise 122, Kitsap Admirals 118
Women’s basketball
Oregon State 84, Saint Martin’s 36 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Today (12/9): Rise host Admirals
American Basketball Association
Olympia Rise vs. Kitsap Admirals – CRC Gymnasium – 4:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: Lady Clippers victorious in double overtime; Shock beat Blacktails; Bears, Navs, Hawks win
Men’s basketball
Seattle Pacific 80, Evergreen 45 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Women’s basketball
SPSCC 69, Northwest Indian College 67 (2OT) – Box score
Premier Arena Soccer League
South Sound Shock 9, Oregon Blacktails 6
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 45, Ballard 41
Battle Ground 70, Black Hills 40
River Ridge vs. Decatur – No report
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian 38, North Beach 33
Napavine 69, Tumwater 39
River Ridge 65, Timberline 51
Tonight (12/8): Shock return to Tumwater; Hawks boys and girls in action
Premier Arena League Soccer
South Sound Shock vs. Oregon Blacktails – Tumwater Indoor Sports – 7:00 PM
The South Sound Shock return to Tumwater for their second season in the PASL. The Tacoma based team will split their home games this season between Tumwater and Gig Harbor after playing their entire inaugural season home schedule at Tumwater Indoor Sports. Tonight they host the expansion Oregon Blacktails. Then on January 19th, the Shock will be the home team when they take on the Tumwater Pioneers.
In a preview of the team on goalWA.net, team owner John Crouch says “…we will have a beer garden available, a private party viewing section directly situated beside our bench and a taco truck for food. We will be honoring one of our top players from last year and also will be hosting a soccer related contest at half time!”
The Shock are coached by Evergreen alum Jason Gjertsen.
Boy’s basketball
River Ridge vs. Decatur – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:30 PM
Friday scoreboard: O’Neill, Shannon’s big nights lift Saints; Bears drop Blazers twice; Wolves stay undefeated
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 75, Willamette 61 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Lewis-Clark State 78, Evergreen 63 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Whatcom 91, SPSCC 69 – Box score
Leading scorers:
Cody Peters 24 (Evergreen)
Roger O’Neill 18 (Saint Martin’s)
Jamey Smith 17 (SPSCC)
Lucas Shannon 16 (Saint Martin’s)
A.J. Fuller 15 (SPSCC)
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 61, Timberline 50
North Thurston 59, Yelm 56
Capital 79, Peninsula 43
Enumclaw 60, Tumwater 49
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – No report
Leading scorers:
Louis Johnson 21 (Olympia)
Donaven Dorsey 20 (Timberline)
Keenan Williams 18 (Capital)
David Cooper 16 (Tumwater)
Braden Rushton 15 (North Thurston)
Girl’s basketball
Olympia 50, Timberline 35
Black Hills 53, Auburn-Mountainview 42
Yelm 66, North Thurston 43
Enumclaw 49, Capital 40
Leading scorers:
Sarah Snodgrass 13 (Olympia)
Sloan Jackowich 13 (Capital)
Sarah McGee 13 (Black Hills)
Spencer Pettit 12 (Capital)
Today (12/7): Geoducks, Clippers at home; Blazers and Bears two times; Cougs, Rams girls non-leaguers
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Lewis-Clark State – CRC Gym – 7:00 PM
SPSCC vs. Whatcom – SPSCC Gym – 7:00 PM
Evergreen comes into tonight’s game at just 1-5 but the Geoducks fortunes seem to be rapidly improving. They took 20th ranked Northwest to double overtime before falling 94-89 on Saturday night. Compare that to a 96-50 loss that Evergreen suffered at the hands of the very same Northwest team just under a month before.
Tonight, the Geoducks face another highly ranked team, #10 Lewis-Clark State. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
South Puget Sound plays their first game since the Thanksgiving weekend when Whatcom Community College comes to town. The Clippers are 2-1 and Jamey Smith (23 ppg) and Scotty Ewing (22.33 ppg) are 6th and 7th in the NWAACC in scoring respectively.
Boy’s basketball
Olympia @ Timberline -Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Listen live on the Eli Sports Network
Girl’s basketball
Timberline vs. Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Enumclaw – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Yelm – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Tonight (12/6): Blazers open against Hawks; Geoducks host Skylights
Boy’s basketball
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Division I prospect Donaven Dorsey and Timberline kick off their season in style when they head across town to take on Brad Wallace and River Ridge. Dorsey, a junior, has offers from the big three Washington schools – Gonzaga, University of Washington and Washington State – amongst others. Wallace was The Olympian’s area MVP last season and leads the Hawks with 18.5 points per game through four games this season. The Hawks are 2-2 after Olympia handed them a 70-62 loss on Tuesday night.
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. MSU Northern – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints D up; Burgess scores 30 as boys and girls sweep non-leaguers
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 65, Pacific Lutheran 53 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s used high pressure defense to hold Pacific Lutheran to just 19.4% shooting in the first half and opened an 18 point lead, 35-17, at the half. The Saints extended their lead to 19, 38-19, but the Lutes went on a 13-0 run and cut the lead to six points, 38-32. PLU got to within four points with 6:14 to play but the Saints weathered the storm and took home a 65-53 non-conference win to even their record at 4-4 overall.
Angela Gelhar led the Saints with a career high 15 points and forced four steals and Chelsea Haskey added 11 points. Samantha Potter led the Lutes with 21 points and 16 rebounds while Andi Adams scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half including two three pointers in the middle of their 13-0 run.
Girl’s basketball
Tumwater 41, Shelton 11
Capital 43, Bremerton 34
Black Hills 60, Union 56
Leading scorers:
Sarah McGee 14 (Black Hills)
Hollianne Wieland 14 (Capital)
Lacye Groening 13 (Tumwater)
Hope Mortensen 13 (Black HIlls)
Spencer Pettit 11 (Capital)
Boy’s basketball
Black Hills 67, Chief Leschi 39
Capital 67, White River 62
Leading scorers:
Jacob Burgess 30 (Black Hills)
Jared Eidenmuller 17 (Capital)
Keenen Williams 14 (Capital)
Tuesday scoreboard: Geoducks struggle; Navs win close one; Bears top Hawks
Women’s basketball
Pacific 57, Evergreen 31 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Evergreen couldn’t buy a bucket shooting just 25.5% in their 57-31 non-conference loss to Pacific at the CRC Gymnasium. The Geoducks trailed by just seven points at the half, 22-15, but a 15-2 Boxers run to open the second half sunk Evergreen’s chances.
Danielle Swain scored nine points and hauled in 10 rebounds in the Geoducks loss.
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian 41, Tacoma Baptist 39
Top scorers:
Allison Sowers 10 (Northwest Christian)
Hailey Bredesen 8 (Northwest Christian)
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 70, River Ridge 62
Tacoma Baptist 54, Northwest Christian 43
WF West 54, North Thurston 30
Top scorers (No Oly scorers reported):
Brad Wallace 25 (River Ridge)
Colby Shultz 17 (River Ridge)
Austin Koukal 12 (Northwest Christian)
Elijah Shoffner 9 (Northwest Christian)
Tru Hicks 9 (North Thurston)
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