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Friday scoreboard: Hawks, Timberline, Oly boys to state, Saints roughed up again
Boy’s basketball
River Ridge 52, Mark Morris 46
Olympia 53, Evergreen 50
Brad Wallace had 19 points and Howie Harper had 16 to lead River Ridge to it’s fourth straight 2A District IV championship. Next stop for the Hawks: the state tournament. Olympia is also heading to the state tournament following another close call, but first they face Mt. Rainier on Saturday in the district semifinals.
Girl’s basketball
Timberline 59, Kennedy Catholic 26
Olympia 59, Spanaway Lake 55
Toutle Lake 37, Northwest Christian 30
Timberline qualified for the state tournament with their 37 point dismantling of Kennedy Catholic. Sasha Weber had 17 points for the Blazers. The Olympia girls survived to play another loser-out game on Saturday against Central Kitsap. And Kami Bates career at Northwest Christian comes to an end with the Navigators loss to Toutle Lake. Bates scored 13 points in the loss.
College baseball
Central Washington 12, Saint Martin’s 3 – More from Wildcatsports.com
Western Oregon 19, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from WOUWolves.com
Thursday scoreboard: Saints get blasted, Carras ends career in style
Women’s basketball
Alaska-Anchorage 74, Saint Martin’s 42 – More from SMUSaints.com
One player can only do so much. Saint Martin’s Chelsea Haskey had 20 points but no other Saint had more than four points and #11 Alaska-Anchorage easily won to clinch a share of the GNAC title. The Saints were only down by one point halfway through the second half but a 21-5 run by the Seawolves sealed their fate and dropped the Saints to 2-13 in conference this season. The Saints did hold Haley Holmstead to just four points but Hanna Johansson led the Seawolves with 17 points and Kaylie Robison chipped in 14.
Men’s basketball
Alaska-Anchorage 81, Saint Martin’s 59 – More from GoSeawolves.com
Saint Martin’s led at the half, 39-38, but were outscored by 23 points in the second half and moved to 1-16 all-time against the Seawolves in Anchorage. Jeremy Green and Ryan Votaw each scored 13 points for the Saints and Alaska-Anchorage was led by Travis Thompson’s 21 points and Taylor Rohde’s 17. The Saints drop to 4-13 in the GNAC. By the way, Alaska-Anchorage has a player named Boomer Blossom. Easily my favorite name I’ve seen this season.
Boy’s basketball
Raymond 62, Northwest Christian 58
Northwest Christian’s season comes to an end with the loss to Raymond, but Zach Carras gave a masterful performance to finish his career scoring 39 points. But again, only one player can do so much. No other Navigator scored more than five points on the night. Raymond was led by sophomore Darol Ratsavongsy’s (also another great name) 27 points.
Tonight (2/16): Lady Saints face Anchorage
The Saint Martin’s women will get a stiff test tonight when #11 ranked Alaska-Anchorage comes to town.
The Seawolves are in first place in the GNAC with a 13-2 conference record and are 22-4 overall with two of those losses coming to Division I opponents in the Great Alaskan Shootout. Junior Haley Holmstead is sixth in the GNAC in scoring averaging 15.5 points per game and senior Hanna Johansson is third in rebounding pulling down 9.3 boards per game.
Anchorage won the first meeting in January, 83-48. Holmstead had 23 points for the Seawolves and freshman Jordyn Richardson came off the bench to score 18 points for the Saints.
Tip-off is at 7:00 PM at Marcus Pavilion.
Wednesday scoreboard: Hawks to play for district title
Boy’s basketball
Mark Morris 70, North Thurston 58
River Ridge 59, W.F. West 56
Tumwater 63, Hockinson 47
Washougal 66, Black Hills 62
River Ridge advanced to the 2A District IV title game behind 26 points from Brad Wallace. They will face Mark Morris who knocked off North Thurston. It will be the fourth meeting in the title game for the Hawks and Monarchs in the last five years. The title game is on Saturday night at 8:00 PM at St. Martin’s.
In the consolation bracket, Washougal ended Black Hills season and Tumwater beat Hockinson and will play North Thurston in a loser-out game on Saturday at 7:30 PM at River Ridge.
Girl’s basketball
Timberline 53, Mountain View 39
Skyview 81, Olympia 51
Northwest Christian 36, Raymond 35
Timberline got 17 points from Sasha Weber and 12 points from Becky Clayton to advance in the 3A playoffs. Northwest Christian eked by Raymond behind Kami Bates 11 points and ten points from Allison Sowers. They move on to play Toutle Lake in Rochester on Friday night.
Women’s basketball
SPSCC 69, Tacoma 57
South Puget Sound got their second win of the conference season thanks to 16 points from Renee Willey and 14 points from Monteaka Norwood.
Men’s basketball
Tacoma 110, SPSCC 78
Anye Turner had 20 points and 12 rebounds for SPSCC but Tacoma had three players score more than 20 points in their big victory. NWAACC scoring leader Mark McLaughlin had 28 points.
Tonight (2/15): Rams and Hawks in Tumwater, SPSCC hosts Tacoma
For the second night in a row, Tumwater High School is the place to be. The boy’s 2A District semifinals take place there tonight with a matchup between North Thurston and Mark Morris and 6:00 PM followed by River Ridge and W.F. West at 7:45.
Mark Morris was undefeated in the 3A Greater St. Helens League and is 15-4 overall but one of those losses came to North Thurston early in the season. In that game, Landon Ruston had 30 points and Ben Broeker added 13 for the Rams in their 67-64 victory while Tanner Brill scored 26 but was the only Monarch in double digits. In the other game at Tumwater, W.F. West and River Ridge meet for the third time this season. The Hawks took it to the Bearcats in both meetings, 62-42 in the first meeting in Chehalis and 72-55 in Lacey.
In the consolation bracket, Black Hills and Tumwater travel to Chehalis to take on Washougal and Hockinson respectively.
In girl’s playoff action, all games are being played out-of-town. the 4A playoffs get underway when Olympia travels to Vancouver to take on Skyview. Skyview was 10-0 in the 4A Greater St. Helens League and are 18-2 overall and are ranked #4 in the state. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM.
In the 3A playoffs, Timberline takes on Mountain View at 6:00 PM at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma. Mountain View is the #4 seed out of the 3A Greater St. Helens league and has a 10-13 record overall.
And in the 2B playoffs, Northwest Christian plays a loser-out game against Raymond at 6:30 PM in Centralia. The Navigators won both of the games the two teams played during the regular season.
The South Puget Sound men and women take on Tacoma Community College starting at 6:00 PM with the women and the men to follow. The Titan women are 9-12 overall and 6-6 in the NWAACC and beat the Clippers 66-56 on January 18th. The Tacoma men are 19-4 overall and 11-1 in conference and beat the Clippers by 12 in their first meeting. Tacoma features the NWAACC’s leading scorer at 27.91 points per game, Mark McLaughlin. McLaughlin committed to Washington State, signed with Nevada, moved to Baylor and then to Seattle University before landing at Tacoma.
Monday scoreboard: Jamey Smith for the win!
Women’s basketball
Pierce 67, SPSCC 59
Men’s basketball
SPSCC 69, Pierce 66
Both scores are courtesy of @irockyoubiatch who sends along this report on the great ending to the men’s game…
https://twitter.com/#!/irockyoubiatch/status/169301081870962690
He also sends along video of Olympia alum Jamey Smith hitting the game winning shot, though I will warn you that it is posted sideways and is a little tough to watch.
Tonight (2/13): Clippers host Raiders
The Sound Puget Sound Clippers host the Pierce College Raiders tonight with the women’s game tipping-off at 6:00 PM and the men’s game to follow.
The Lady Clippers are 4-16 overall and 1-10 in conference this season and have been much improved over their last four games including a 69-67 overtime win over Green River last week. Sophomore Alychia Colon leads the Clippers with 14.77 points per game, River Ridge’s Monteaka Norwood is right behind her averaging 14.44 ppg and Black Hills‘ Aisha Jones also averages double digits at 12.35 ppg. While it has been a rough season for the Clippers, it is still a far cry from last season when they had to forfeit nearly half their season because they just didn’t have enough bodies to field a team. Pierce College won the first meeting between the two teams, 86-36, behind 25 points from Unique Taufa’asau and Kawehi Hagi’s 23 points. The Raiders also feature two of Monteaka Norwood’s former River Ridge teammates, Natasha Trinidad and Janay Creamer.
The men have also been playing a lot better lately, winning three of their last five games and improving their record to 8-13 overall and 4-7 in conference. Freshman Anye Turner leads the NWAACC in rebounding pulling down 11.76 boards per game. The freshman from Black Hills is also scoring 13.27 points per game. The Clippers are led by freshman Scotty Ewing’s 15.91 ppg. Pierce is coached by former North Thurston girl’s and SPSCC men’s and women’s coach Bill Mendelson (also my driver’s ed teacher) and are led by Alaskan John Palmer’s 12.27 ppg and Tumwater’s Dan Devries 10.58 ppg. The Clippers won the first meeting 73-72 thanks to Anye Turner’s monster 26 point, 20 rebound effort.
Yet another double-double for Poole
Former Saint Martin’s Saint Blake Poole keeps on rolling in Germany. Poole had 15 points and 12 rebounds for BG Dorsten in their 86-65 win over Alba Berlin on Saturday. It was his 18th double-double of the season and he has led Dorsten in rebounding in every one of their 21 games this season. Here’s more on Poole’s performance from the Dorsten website, as translated by Bing…
“Now, had the nose but Blake Poole fully and took the booklet in hand. So far still not quite as much succeeded him, but now he used his stature to just highlight the conditions. He brought many rebounds and contributed even one or other points of the 45: 36-break guide at.”
Got it? He took the booklet in hand, of course.
But seriously, the win clinched a spot in the playoffs for Poole and BG Dorsten. Congrats!
Sunday Scoreboard: Saints 1-2 in California
College baseball
Chico State 3, Saint Martin’s 1 – Game recap from SMUSaints.com
Tommy DeBoer went 6 1/3 innings giving up three runs on six hits without a walk but still got the loss to Chico State on Sunday. Saint Martin’s has been outscored 87-21 in their first eight games and dropped to 0-8 this season. The good news is that CF Zach Leonard went 6-for-12 during the series with a home run in the series opener on Friday and LF Travis Shaw went 6-for-16 in the four games.
College softball
La Sierra 5, Saint Martin’s 2
Saint Martin’s 9, La Sierra 3
Tonight (2/11): 2A boy’s playoffs, Saints host Western Oregon
The 2A District IV boy’s playoffs begin tonight with two games here in town.
River Ridge, the #1 seed from the EvCo, gets another game with Tumwater, the EvCo’s #5 seed, but it shouldn’t be an easy first round game for the Hawks. The two teams split their two conference games this season. The T-Birds won the first meeting in double overtime, 92-90 and River Ridge took the second game 80-68. In both games, River Ridge’s Brad Wallace scored over 30 points (32 in the loss and 37 in the win). Tip-off is at 7:00 PM.
North Thurston hosts Washougal, the #3 seed out of the Greater St. Helens League, at 7:00 PM. Washougal was 4-4 in conference and 11-6 overall but won just two of their last seven games.
Black Hills travels to Longview to take on Mark Morris, the #1 seed out of the Greater St. Helens, who went undefeated in conference and has won nine straight en route to a 14-4 overall record.
In 2B boy’s playoff action, Northwest Christian takes on Toutle Lake in Rochester on Saturday night. Toutle Lake was 12-2 in conference and 17-3 overall.
The Western Oregon Wolves comes to town on Saturday night to take on Saint Martin’s. The Wolves are fourth in the GNAC at 8-5 in conference with a 15-7 overall record. One of those losses was to the Saints on January 14th in Monmouth. Jeremy Green had 18 points and Brok Pendleton and Will Bond added 15for the Saints in their biggest win of the season against the then first place Wolves. Since that loss, Western Oregon has gone just 2-4. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM at Marcus Pavilion.
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