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January 30th recap: Capital goes three overtimes, Timberline notches two wins, Oly keeps rolling

Jan 30

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First of all, I apologize for not having a couple of these games on the “tonight” post this morning. Still trying to find a reliable source for a schedule. The makeup games are from the snowstorm have made things a little confusing.

Boy’s basketball

Olympia 75, South Kitsap 49
Capital 104, Foss 100 – 3OT
Timberline 61, Yelm 54

Capital and Foss played an epic game on Monday night. The third overtime finally settled it as the Cougars took home an 104-100 victory over Foss. Three players, Karl Peterson (26 points), Keenan Williams (25) and Jaren Eidenmuller (23) combined for 74 of their 104 points. Olympia moved to 9-1 in the 4A Narrows League and are still tied for first place with Bellarmine who beat Gig Harbor 57-48 tonight. And Timberline picked up it’s first conference win on the season.

Girl’s basketball

South Kitsap 64, Olympia 44
Timberline 59, Yelm 49
Foss 42, Capital 37

Timberline got 28 points from Sasha Weber in their 59=49 win in Yelm. The win moves Timberline to 6-1 in the 3A Narrows League one game behind Wilson who beat Lincoln 71-35 tonight. The Blazers play host to Lincoln on Wednesday before traveling to Wilson on Friday with first place possibly on the line.

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Tonight (1/30): Tornados and Blazers

Jan 30

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Something’s got to give tonight in Lacey when Yelm visits Timberline. Both teams come in winless in the 3A Narrows League. Timberline is 5-10 overall while Yelm is just 2-13. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

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January 28th recap: Oly colleges go 1-5, Navigators, Shock win

Jan 28

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Men’s basketball

SPSCC 75, Centralia 66
Eastern Oregon 109, Evergreen 63 – More from Geoducks athletics
MSU-Billings 82, Saint Martin’s 74 – More from MSUBsports.com

SPSCC ground out the only win for Olympia area colleges on Saturday night knocking off Centralia College 75-66 despite 32 points from Centralia’s Van Lockett. The Clippers improve to 3-5 in the NWAACC West division and Centralia drops to 2-7.

Women’s basketball

Centralia 61, SPSCC 41
Eastern Oregon 54, Evergreen 53 – More from Geoducks athletics
MSU-Billings 58, Saint Martin’s 52 – More from SMUSaints.com

The Evergreen State College women, just 4-18 on the season, continue to give ranked opponents fits. On Saturday in La Grande, the Geoducks fell just a buzzer beater short of beating the #8 ranked Eastern Oregon Mountaineers falling 54-53. The Geoducks led by as many as ten in the second half and were up by one with just 2.4 seconds left but were whistled for a fould and EOU’s Dominique Johnson sank both her free throws to win the game. Black Hill’s Danielle Swain led the way for Evergreen with 18 points and nine rebounds.

Boy’s basketball

Northwest Christian 66, Ocosta 48

Zach Carras scored 21 points for the Northwest Christian Navigators…all in the second quarter. That’s a solid eight minutes of work.

Indoor Soccer

South Sound FC Shock 13, WSA Rapids 8 – Unofficial score, as recalled by @Emmettoconnell

UPDATE FROM SSFC: South Sound FC 12, WSA 9

Big win for the South Sound FC in their third home game at Tumwater Indoor Sports. WSA Rapids was undefeated coming into the game and had beaten the shock 11-3 at the Bellingham Sportsplex in December. The win moves the Shock’s record to .500 at 3-3.

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Tonight (1/28): Lady Saints & Shock

Jan 28

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Busy morning in the OlySports.com household, sorry for the delay. I’m sitting in Meconi’s typing this on my phone. Mmm…delicious Meconi’s.

Tonight the Saint Martin’s women play MSU-Billings at Marcus Pavilion at 7:00 PM.

The South Sound FC Shock play WSA Rapids at Tumwater Indoor Sports at 7:00 PM. According to their website, tonight they’ll have a beer garden, giveaways and merchandise for sale. Score!

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January 27th recap: One North Thurston team seizes first place while the other falls

Jan 28

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Boy’s basketball

Capital 75, Timberline 59
Olympia 56, Central Kitsap 34
River Ridge 67, Black Hills 58
North Thurston 86, Tumwater 69

Landon Rushton scored 38 points for North Thurston in their 86-69 victory over Tumwater. The win moves the Rams into sole possession of first place in the EvCo. The packed house in Lacey witnessed a wonderful performance by Rushton, a hard fought game by both teams and a symphony of whistles as over 45 fouls (I estimated closer to 50) were called on the two teams, and yet you could say that the referees showed tremendous restraint in a very rough and tumble kind of game.

Girl’s basketball

Northwest Christian 35, Ocosta 25
Central Kitsap 50, Olympia 42
Timberline 53, Capital 38
Tumwater 58, Centralia 34
W.F. West 59, North Thurston 42

However, down in Chehalis, the lady Rams couldn’t secure first place in the EvCo falling to W.F. West 59-42. W.F. West jumped out to a commanding 30-16 halftime lead and were never seriously threatened again.

Men’s basketball

College of Idaho 73, Evergreen 44 – Game recap from the Geoducks

Women’s basketball

College of Idaho 62, Evergreen 47 – More from Geoducks athletics

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Tonight (1/27): Rams. T-Birds. Let’s do this.

Jan 27

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First place in the 2A EvCo is on the line tonight in Lacey when the North Thurston boys play host to Tumwater at 7:30 PM. Both teams come into the game at 5-2 in conference. The Rams are coming off a surprising loss to head coach Tim Brown’s dad Ron Brown and his Centralia Tigers while Tumwater has won three straight. Olysports.com will be on hand and will bring you updates and pictures on our Twitter account @OlySportsBlog.

In other action around town, River Ridge goes to Black Hills and will move into sole possession of second place if they can knock off the Wolves. Meanwhile, back in Lacey, Timberline hosts Capital.

And since I have a hungry one year-old yelling at me and crawling up my leg (I’m a professional!), here is the preview-free version of the girl’s basketball schedule…

Central Kitsap at Olympia
Capital at Timberline

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January 26th recap: Saints lose, Rams keep rolling

Jan 26

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Men’s basketball

Seattle Pacific 66, Saints Martin’s 54

The Saints closed an 11 point halftime margin to just five halfway through the second half but the Falcons then went on an 11-2 run and never looked back. The Saints were led by Jeremy Green’s 14 points and 10 rebounds and Roger O’Neill’s 10 points. The loss drops the Saints to 4-6 in GNAC play. They travel to MSU-Billings on Saturday. For more info, read the game recap from SPUFalcons.com

Women’s basketball

Seattle Pacific 78, Saint Martin’s 62

Same story for the Lady Saints. After cutting the Seattle Pacific lead to just six points in the second half, the Falcons went on a 9-0 run and the Saints were never in the game again. Chelsea Haskey led the Saints with 12 points. The Saints are now 2-8 in the GNAC and host MSU-Billings on Saturday at 2:00 PM. For more read the recap from SMUSaints.com

Girl’s basketball

North Thurston 51, Tumwater 32
Northwest Christian 46, Naselle 38
Black Hills at River Ridge (no score found yet)

North Thurston keeps on rolling thanks to 14 points from Elyssa Quichocho and 13 points from Ciara Williams. Tumwater kept the game close trailing by only six at halftime but the Rams scored 24 points in the third quarter to blow the game wide open.  North Thurston travels to Chehalis tomorrow night to take on W.F. West with first place in the Evergreen Conference on the line.

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Tonight (1/26): Saints women host Seattle Pacific

Jan 26

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The Saints Martin’s Saints women (7-12 overall, 2-7 GNAC) host second place Seattle Pacific (12-5 overall, 6-3 GNAC) tonight at Marcus Pavilion. Seattle Pacific sophomore forward Katie Benson is fifth in the GNAC in scoring with 16.1 points per game and senior guard Nyesha Sims is third in rebounding pulling down 9.1 rebounds per game despite standing only 5’8″.  The Falcons handled the Saints in Seattle 70-39 just before the new year. Now that I’ve really sold you on the game, let me add that tip-off is set for 7:00 PM.

In girl’s basketball action, it’s a Tumwater/Lacey showdown as River Ridge (10-6, overall, 6-2 Evergreen) hosts Black Hills (10-4 overall, 3-3 Evergreen) and North Thurston (12-2 overall, 6-1 Evergreen) hosts Tumwater (8-7 overall, 3-4 Evergreen) in makeup games from last week’s snowstorm.  The Rams beat Tumwater by just five on January 6th and have to be wary of a letdown against the T-Birds the day before they take on first place W.F. West on Friday night. River Ridge beat Black Hills 72-62 in their first meeting earlier this season.

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Geoducks weekly releases

The Evergreen State College Geoducks head out on the east CCC roadtrip this weekend taking on The College of Idaho on Friday in Caldwell and Eastern Oregon on Saturday in LaGrande.  Here is the weekly release previewing the match-ups for the men and for the women.

Note: in the men’s release it is mentioned that they will welcome more available players to the squad. According to head coach Arvin Mosley Jr. on Twitter, these will be returning Geoducks and not new players. Evergreen has been playing with only six or seven players for the last couple weeks.

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January 25th recap: Olympia takes down #1

Jan 25

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Boy’s basketball

Olympia 56, Bellarmine Prep 53
Foss 61, Timberline 37
Wilson 74, Capital 58
North Thurston 60, W.F. West 53

It was a game of ups-and-downs in Olympia. The Bears took a 15 point lead at halftime but were outscored by Bellarmine 25-9 in the third quarter and found themselves down 44-43. But Olympia took the final period 13-9 to score the upset of the state’s #1 ranked team. Senior guard Trevor Houser led the way for Olympia with 17 points while Dominick Franks and Brendan Leonard each added 12 points.

Girl’s basketball

Bellarmine Prep 65, Olympia 47
Wilson 71, Capital 17
Timberline 49, Foss 29

Women’s basketball

Highline 60, SPSCC 45

Men’s basketball

According to Twitter, Highline blew out the Clippers though I can’t find a score anywhere. Highline 80, SPSCC 51.

P.S…I know that I’m missing some makeup games around town that were not listed on any schedules or calendars. The only one I found was the North Thurston/W.F. West boy’s basketball score.

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