Category Archives: South Puget Sound CC
Wednesday scoreboard: SPSCC falls; Cox scores hat trick; Rams, Wolves win
Men’s soccer
Peninsula College 5, SPSCC 0
Girl’s soccer
Capital 4, Lakes 0
Logan Cox scored a hat trick and Lena Moreno added a goal in Capital’s 4-1 non-league win over Lakes.
Girl’s volleyball
North Thurston 3, W.F. West 0 ( 25-12, 25-14, 25-22)
Black Hills 3, Shelton 0 (25-18 25-11, 25-19)
Brittany Rutherford had 11 kills in North Thurston’s 3-0 win over W.F. West. Megan Kramer had 21 assists for the Rams.
Hope Mortensen racked up 12 kills and seven digs and Moriah Kramer had 22 assists in Black Hills straight sets win over Shelton.
Wednesday scoreboard: Senators blank Honkers; Clippers lose friendly; Saints downed by Lutes
Baseball
Thurston County Senators 3, Northwest Honkers 0
Nate O’Bryan pitched eight shutout innings and Kyle Basket went 3-for-4 with a two run homer to lead the Thurston County Senators to a 3-0 win over the Northwest Honkers in the first game of the Grand Forks Invitiational in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Shane Schoeneberg, Mac Acker and Eric O’Bryan each had two hits and Damon Porter pitched the ninth to get the save.
Next up for the Senators after an off day tomorrow are the Trail Orioles on Friday at 2:00 PM and then close out pool play on Saturday against the San Diego Stars at 5:00 PM. All games can be followed live on the GFI website.
Men’s soccer
Columbia Basin 3, SPSCC 1
In the final day of the NWAACC’s preseason friendlies at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila, the South Puget Sound men’s soccer team dropped their second game 3-1 to Columbia Basin. Kellen Church scored the Clippers’ goal while Richard Renteria scored twice for the Hawks.
SPSCC opens the regular season next Wednesday at Peninsula College before their home opener on Saturday, September 8th against Everett CC at 2:00 PM at the RAC.
College volleyball
Pacific Lutheran 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (scrimmage)
Tuesday scoreboard: SPSCC soccer drops friendly
Men’s soccer
Olympic 3, SPSCC 1
Kyle Ballard scored on an assist from Taylor Weatherly but it wasn’t enough as South Puget Sound lost their season opener 3-1 to Olympic in the NWAACC friendlies at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila.
The Clippers play again at Starfire tomorrow at 12:30 PM against Columbia Basin.
Quick links: Smith named all-area POY; Much, much more
Kierstin Smith named player of the year of The Olympian’s all-area fastpitch team. Two other Tumwater and two Olympia stars named to the team.
The Olympian also has a ton of recruiting news including the news that Black Hills and SPSCC’s Anye Turner is moving on to the Western Washington basketball team for 2012-2013. – The Olympian
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about Ultimate Frisbee in Olympia. – Thurston Talk
Saint Martin’s catcher Chandler Tracy was named NCAA Division II West Region Freshman of the Year. – SMUSaints.com
Two other Saints were named to an all-region team. Kyle Van Santen made it for the 5K and Sam Washington for the shot put. – SMUSaints.com
The 2013 NCAA Division II regional golf tournament is coming to The Home Course in DuPont and will be hosted by Saint Martin’s. – SMUSaints.com
The Evergreen State College reopened their challenge course this week. – Evergreen Athletics
Evergreen also inducted the first class into their Recreation and Athletics Hall of Fame. – Evergreen Athletics
Men’s college basketball review
I’m back from Hawaii and I only missed the end of the high school basketball season and the college basketball season during my vacation, that’s all. Now that we have a bit of a lull until spring sports start next week, let’s take a quick look back at the college basketball season here in Olympia. We’ll start today with the men.
The Evergreen State College
Record: 1-26 overall, 0-18 Cascade Collegiate Conference
Best Win: 79-72 – Pacific Lutheran – November 26th
Worst Loss: 64-109 – Eastern Oregon – January 28th
Players graduating (3): Patrick Lewis – 12.3 ppg (2nd on team) and 7.6 rpg (1st), Larry Green – 11.4 ppg (3rd), Marcus Buren – 2.2 ppg
Key returners: Mike Derosier – 9.4 ppg (4th), Elzie Dickens – 8.8 ppg (5th) and 6.7 rpg (3rd), Travis Wagner – 8.0 ppg (7th)
Two years after going to the second round of the NAIA Division II tournament, Evergreen became one of ten teams in the NCAA and NAIA to win one game or less this season. The loss of the team’s leading scorer, Marice Tolliver, at the end of December coupled with the loss of Tyrell Stephens at the same time and Julian Holliday early that month and Mikey Hope in pre-season left the Geoducks drastically shorthanded. They played with only seven players for much of the conference season and dressed only six for a couple of games and those numbers were only because they added 5’3″, 115 pound freshman Les Jones in the middle of the season. Arvin Mosley Jr. has a tough task ahead of him this off-season with only Derosier, Dickens, Wagner and Jones returning.
Saint Martin’s University
Record: 10-17 overall, 6-12 Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Best win: 74-65 – Western Oregon – January 14th – WOU was 1st in conference at the time
Worst loss: 70-72 – Alaska-Fairbanks – February 18th – UAF won only two games in the GNAC
Players graduating (3): Jeremy Green – 18.3 ppg (1st on team) and 8.0 rpg (1st), Brok Pendleton – 15.1 ppg (2nd) and 7.0 rpg (2nd), Ryan Votaw – 7.2 ppg (4th)
Key returners: Roger O’Neill – 13.0 ppg (3rd) and 4.2 rpg (3rd), Brady Bomber – 4.7 apg (1st), Eric Taylor (injured)
An eight game losing streak in the second half of the conference season did the Saints in this season. While losses to the Seattle Pacifics and Alaska-Anchorages of the GNAC are understandable, it was the losses to Alaska-Fairbanks and Simon Fraser that made absolutely no sense and kept the Saints out of the GNAC playoffs that they hosted. The Saints started the same five players all season long including the three seniors – Green, Pendleton and Votaw. With those three graduating, the Saints will have to replace 40.6 of the 69.1 points per game that they scored this season. Senior leadership from O’Neill and Bomber will help, but they need Taylor to come back from injury and Alex Williams to finally get healthy and hope somebody steps up from the group of nondescript backups to take the reins.
South Puget Sound Community College
Record: 12-16 overall, 8-8 NWAACC West
Best win: 69-66 – Pierce College – February 13th – Start of a 4-1 finish to the regular season and gave them the tiebreaker over Pierce for place in the playoffs.
Worst loss: 78-110 – Tacoma CC – February 15th
Graduating players (3): Lucky Lagerberg – 9.25 ppg (5th on team) and 5.43 rpg (2nd), Tyler Vandenhoff – 3.54 ppg, Caleb Pace (injured)
Key returners: Anye Turner – 15.32 ppg (1st), 11.93 rpg (1st), 2.21 blocks per game (1st) and 2.07 steals per game (1st), Scotty Ewing – 13.71 ppg (2nd) and 2.32 apg (1st), Deshawn Hayes – 12.33 ppg (3rd), Jamey Smith – 9.57 ppg (4th)
Black Hills High School’s Anye Turner blew up this season leading SPSCC to the NWAACC playoffs after winning only four games last year, and he’s only a freshman. In fact, the Clippers top four scorers are all freshman and will be expected to build on a season that progressively got better culminating in a 4-1 end to the regular season that got them to Kennewick.
Wednesday scoreboard: Clippers split at Highline
Men’s basketball
SPSCC 56, Highline 54
Olympia’s Jamey Smith had 17 points and eight rebounds and Black Hill’s Anye Turner had 15 points and 11 rebounds and South Puget Sound held on to beat Highline 56-54 in Des Moines. Deshawn Hayes added 14 points for the Clippers while the Thunderbirds were led by Nikosi Ali’s 18 points and 17 rebounds. SPSCC is finishing the season strong. They were beaten by Highline 80-51 on January 25th and have gone 6-3 since.
Women’s basketball
Highline 63, SPSCC 49
South Puget Sound’s three sophomores combined for 40 of their team’s 49 points and the Clippers fell to Highline 63-49 in Des Moines. Alychia Colon led the way with 14 points while Aisha Jones and Monteaka Norwood each had 13 points for SPSCC in the loss. The Clippers shot only 27% with the three sophomores shot 44 of the team’s 55 shots.
Saturday scoreboard: too much for one headline
Men’s basketball
Alaska-Fairbanks 72, Saint Martin’s 70 – More from AlaskaNanooks.com
Northwest 86, Evergreen 51 – More from Evergreen athletics
SPSCC 104, Grays Harbor 59 – Box score
Brok Pendleton had 20 points and Roger O’Neill added 12 but Saint Martin’s couldn’t get the job done in the end and lost to the Nanooks 72-70. Fairbanks ended a 13 game losing streak with their win and the Saints have now dropped eight straight games. Evergreen got 19 points from senior Patrick Lewis on senior night and actually led 15-3 early in the first half, but the Geoducks were outscored 83-38 the rest of the way. Evergreen finishes the season 1-26. South Puget Sound got 35 points from Deshawn Hayes and another double-double from Anye Turner in their thrashing of Grays Harbor.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 66, Alaska-Fairbanks 58 – More from SMUSaints.com
Evergreen 66, Northwest 62 – More from Evergreen athletics
SPSCC 69, Grays Harbor 58 – Box score
Two seniors on senior night helped Saint Martin’s knock off the Nanooks. Megan Teade had 12 points and Andrea Schutt had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Jordyn Richardson led the way with 17 points. Evergreen earned their first trip to the playoffs since the 2007-2008 season with their win over Northwest and Concordia’s loss to Eastern Oregon. Jessica Edge had 17 points to lead the way for the Geoducks. South Puget Sound had four players score in double digits, including 20 points from Aisha Jones and 17 points from Alychia Colon in their victory over Grays Harbor.
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 63, Mt. Rainier 59
North Thurston 70, Tumwater 63
With their win, Olympia advances to the district title game at 6:00 PM on Monday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent. And with their win, North Thurston advances to a loser-out, winner-to-state regionals game on Tuesday night against Washougal
Girl’s basketball
Olympia 47, Central Kitsap 44
North Thurston 52, Tumwater 51
River Ridge 43, Woodland 38
Prairie 75, Timberline 47
Olympia earned a state berth with their victory over Central Kitsap. It is the first time they’ve been to the regionals since 2003. North Thurston and River Ridge’s victories set up a loser-out, winner-to-state regionals game between the two on Tuesday night. Timberline loses in the semifinals but they are already bound for state.
College baseball
Lewis and Clark State 12, Saint Martin’s 6 – More from LC State athletics
College Softball
Saint Martin’s 14, Western Oregon 9
Saint Martin’s 6, Western Oregon 5 – More from SMUSaints.com
Indoor Soccer
Kitsap Pumas 7, South Sound FC 6 (shootout)
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers 123, San Diego Derby Dolls Wildfires 102
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.
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