Category Archives: Basketball
Today (11/28): SPSCC women home opener; Rams battle Cougars
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Shoreline – SPSCC – 6:00 PM
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge vs. Steilacoom – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Boy’s basketball
North Thurston @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Rough opening night for hoop squads
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 61, Auburn 39
Federal Way 73, River Ridge 49
White River 79, Tumwater 61
Three Rivers Christian 50, Northwest Christian 39
Auburn Riverside 70, Capital 60
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian 35, Three Rivers Christian 31
Yelm 60, Tumwater 34
Tonight (11/27): Boy’s hoops starts with a bang
Boy’s basketball
Olympia vs. Auburn – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Auburn Riverside – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Federal Way – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Tumwater vs. White River – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
The boy’s basketball season gets started with a bang today with four games featuring some of the areas best players and most interesting stories taking center stage.
Olympia will have to replace 4A Narrows League MVP Dominick Franks, the post-Doug Galloway era begins at Capital, Brad Wallace returns for his senior season at River Ridge and faces a young talented team in Federal Way and Tumwater hosts White River, who lost to Lynden in the 2A state title game last season.
What a way to start what should be another highly entertaining year of basketball in the South Sound.
Monday scoreboard: Wolves basketball teams win openers
Men’s basketball
Black Hills 48, Klahowya 45
Women’s basketball
Black Hills 73, Olympia 69
Tonight (11/26): High school basketball season tips off
Girl’s basketball
Olympia @Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Clippers get second win; Pioneers’ maroon squad dominates white
Men’s basketball
SPSCC 67, Linn-Benton 64 – Box score
Jamey Smith continued his hot start to the season scoring 19 points in South Puget Sound’s 67-64 win over Linn-Benton in the Pierce College tournament in Lakewood. A.J. Fuller and Scotty Ewing each added 16 points in the win. The Clippers scored 27 points off of 15 Roadrunners turnovers while the Roadrunners scored just four points off of 11 Clippers turnovers. Bonhan Stafford went 7-of-9 from three point range and scored 26 points to lead Linn-Benton.
Premier Arena Soccer League
Tumwater Pioneers intersquad game
Maroon 8, White 3 – Photo gallery and recap from TumwaterPioneers.com
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds advance to state finals; Geoducks break losing streak, Clippers go off; Saints win third straight
High school football
Tumwater 35, Prosser 21
A strong second half on the ground on and stout defense turned the tide for Tumwater broke a halftime tie and propelled the T-Birds into the 2A state final game behind a 35-21 win over Prosser at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick. Andrew Brown scored two touchdowns in the first half but it was Christian Cummings with two TDs in the second half and a 12 yard rushing touchdown by Tyrus Snow that proved to be the game winner.
Tumwater will take on Lynden for the state title next Saturday in the Tacoma Dome at 1:00 PM.
Men’s basketball
Evergreen 74, Puget Sound 66 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
SPSCC 110, Shoreline 101
Evergreen loves the Saturday after Thanksgiving. For the second year in a row, the Geoducks have gone north and knocked off a Tacoma school, this year a 74-66 win over UPS. Unfortunately, the Geoducks haven’t posted any other wins between the two Saturdays. KJ Hong scored 25 points while Travis Wagner and Frankie Johnson each posted 11. The win was also the 200th win in program history.
Jamey Smith scored 40 points and Scotty Ewing added 36 in South Puget Sound’s 110-101 win over Shoreline at the Pierce College tournament in Lakewood.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 59, Carroll 48 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Western Washington 66, Evergreen 54 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Friday scoreboard: Van Sickle gets the record in Cougs loss; Saints drop Geoducks again
High school football
Lynden 48, Capital 21
Kai Van Sickle’s 37 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter gave the Capital running back the single season rushing record in the state of Washington. But the touchdown only cut Lynden’s lead to 34-7 and the Lions held on to beat the Cougars 48-21 in the 2A semifinals at the Tacoma Dome. Capital finishes the season at 10-3.
Men’s basketball
Pacific Lutheran 76, Evergreen 45
Bellevue 73, SPSCC 50 – Box score
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 53, Evergreen 45 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints sweep Beacons
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 62, Northwest Christian 48
Chelsea Haskey was held scoreless in the first half but exploded for 18 points in the second half to lead Saint Martin’s to a 62-48 win over Northwest Christian in the Saints home opener on Tuesday night.
Haskey played just three minutes in the first half and the Saints led by two points, 23-21, going into the locker room. Freshman Ciara Pedroni picked up the slack by scoring 10 points in the first and finished with a career high 13 points.
But Haskey, a Black Hills alum, went 8-for-14 in the final 20 minutes scoring 18 points while pulling down six rebounds giving the Saints their first win of the season. Brooke Paulson and Erika Wilson each added seven points in the win.
Lindsey Shearer scored 13 points with nine rebounds for Northwest Christian, who fell to 5-3 on the season. Tumwater’s Haley VandenHazel scored three points in limited duty for the Beacons.
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 74, Northwest Christian 66
Roger O’Neill hit three big three pointers in the second half and Evan Coulter scored 18 points and Saint Martin’s came away with a 74-66 win over Northwest Christian at Marcus Pavilion. O’Neill scored 13 points in the second half and finished with a team high 19 on the night pushing the Saints record to 3-2 on the season.
The Saints shot a blistering 60% in the first half but not to be outdone, the Beacons almost matched them shooting 59.1%. It took a layup from Coulter with seconds to play to give the Saints the 37-35 lead at the half. Coulter scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half.
After trading the lead for the first few minutes of the second half, three pointers by Brady Bomber and O’Neill eventually gave the Saints the lead for good. Matt Dodson scored 12 points and pulled down eight boards and Rei Jensen added ten points while Bomber chipped in six assists to go along with his nine points.
Wyatt Taboh-Graziano scored 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds for the Beacons, who fell to 5-3 this season.
Today (11/20): Saints basketball home openers
The Saint Martin’s basketball teams kick off the home portion of their schedule with a non-conference doubleheader against Northwest Christian beginning with the women at 5:15 PM and continuing with the men at 7:30.
The women come into tonight’s game at 0-2 in counting games, dropping both of their contests in Monmouth, Oregon on November 9th and 10th. The Saints did pick up a win against Evergreen, 47-37, last week. The Saints are led by sophomore Brooke Paulson’s 15.5 points per game while Black Hills graduate Chelsea Haskey is chipping in 12.5 points per game.
Northwest Christian has already played seven games this season and are 5-2. Tumwater’s Haley VandenHazel is a freshman with the Beacons averaging 3.7 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game.
The men will play their first counting game away from the PE Building at Western Oregon where they went 2-2 in two invitationals. Roger O’Neill scored 24 points in their last game on Saturday, a 61-45 win over Notre Dame de Namur and Eric Taylor leads the Saints with a 19.5 points per game average after posting 28 points in an 86-84 loss to Chaminade.
The Beacons are 3-2 on the season but are coming off two straight losses to Rocky Mountain and Lewis & Clark State at the CCC/Frontier Challenge in Spokane over the weekend. Saint Martin’s and Northwest Christian met last season in Eugene with the Beacons coming out on top 79-72.
If you can’t make it to Marcus Pavilion for the games, you can follow live stats and hear me with the call on the webcast on SMUSaints.com.
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