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SPSCC signs McGurkin and Tyson; Oly QB’s season in question; Peterson on KGY

Aug 16

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Friday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

McGurkin

Brandon McGurkin – Photo courtesy of Aaron Landon

South Puget Sound continues to sign players for the 2013-2014 season. This week coach Aaron Landon announced the signing of Brandon McGurkin, a 6-7 post from Moscow, Idaho and Brian Tyson, a 6-4 wing from Olympic High School in Bremerton. McGurkin helped the Moscow Bears to the state championship game where they fell by just two points to Rigby and Tyson led the Trojans to a 2A Olympic League title.

Tyson was profiled by the Kitsap Sun last season and you can watch him hit a 65 foot game winner against Kingston in December by clicking here.

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The Olympian has the story today about former Capital quarterback Derrick Becker being ruled ineligible having his eligibility questioned to play at Olympia this season. He will have a hearing on Wednesday, August 21st to determine whether or not he will be allowed to play his senior season for the Bears. – Link

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Saint Martin’s new head volleyball coach Kara Peterson appeared on the Bryant and Clark Sports Show on KGY today to talk about the upcoming season and the guys talked a little local football. You can listen to the show above.

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SPSCC signs LA’s Proctor; Saints clinch title and #2 moment of the year

Aug 8

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Thursday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

ProctorSouth Puget Sound head coach Aaron Landon continues to put together his first team for the Clippers. Yesterday he announced the signing of Josh Proctor, a 6-2 wing from University High School in Los Angeles. Proctor averaged just 4.3 points and 3.5 boards per game in his senior season but caught the attention of SPSCC at a tournament in Oregon. Pictured above are Proctor, his family and Los Angeles Clippers center Ryan Hollins. Coach Landon says that Hollins has been a mentor to Proctor. – Link

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Saint Martin’s continues to count down the top moments of the 2012-2013 sports year and they have come to #2 on the list, a walk off of single by Sam Munger that scored Megan Miller that clinched the GNAC regular season title for the Saints. – Link

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Today (7/31): Brewers face Linx for PSCL championship; SLANBLAYTEE!

Schedule for Wednesday, July 31st

Puget Sound Collegiate League tournament

Tumwater Brewers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 5:00 PM

Tumwater BrewersIt’s the last day of July and the last day of the PSCL season. The West Olympia Linx have been the dominant force in the league this season with just three losses and have two chances tonight to win one game for the championship.

The Tumwater Brewers are the #3 seed and won two elimination games yesterday to advance to today’s title games. They have to win game one to force a second game that would be slated to start at 7:30 PM.


Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

SlanblayteeThe greatest name in Olympia sports comes to town this fall when Slanblaytee Kaye takes the court for the SPSCC men’s basketball team. Head coach Aaron Landon announced the signing of Kaye, who actually went by his middle name Clarence in high school, yesterday. Coach Landon says that the 6-0 guard from Logan High School in Union City, California will go by Slanblaytee as a member of the Clippers. – Link

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Jimmy Belleville, a four time state champion wrestler at Black Hills, is back in town and has been named the wrestling coach at River Ridge. – Link

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Today (7/26): Senior Games kick off; Brewers face Cards

Schedule for Friday, July 26th

Washington State Senior Games

Rock climbing – Warehouse Rock Gym – 10:30 AM
Hammer, weight and super weight throwing – Saint Martin’s – 12:00 PM


Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Tumwater Brewers vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM


Friday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Tumwater superstar running back Kevin Clark has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and his family is raising money to cover his medical expenses. The ’91 grad was one of the best running back to ever come out of the area. – Link to his gofundme.com site

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South Puget Sound men’s basketball signed another player on Thursday inking Bethel guard JJ Johnson to play for the Clippers this season. Johnson was a two time SPSL honorable mention for the Braves. – Link


Thursday score update

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

West Olympia Linx 19, Nisqually Silvers 3
Lacey Saints 10, Olympia Athletics 6

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Monday schedule; Sunday scores; Conley update

Schedule for Monday, July 15th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Sunday score update

Baseball

Seattle Studs beat Thurston County Senators in semis of Sound Invitational
Thurston County Senators 3, Northwest Honkers 0 – Senators take third place
Tacoma Cascades 12, Capital City Bombers 6


Monday news and notes (updated throughout the day as needed)

ConleyOlympia grad Adam Conley pitched a seven inning complete game shutout in game one of a doubleheader for the Jacksonville Suns on Sunday. The Miami Marlins second round pick out of Washington State in 2011 struck out four in the game and moved to 8-4 and lowered his ERA to 3.66 for the double-A Suns. Next up for Conley is the Southern League All-Star game in Jacksonville on Thursday. – Link

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SPSCC men’s basketball added another Vancouver area player to their roster today. Aaron Landon signed Austin Bonds, a 6-1, 155 pound point guard out of Skyview High School. He joins Union’s Chris Williams and Bonds’ Skyview teammate Keegan Liebelt. – Picture

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Clippers basketball, Geoducks volleyball make head coaching hires

May 30

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landonTwo days, two new coaches for Olympia area college teams.

On Tuesday, South Puget Sound announced the hiring of Aaron Landon as the Clippers’ head men’s basketball coach. And on Wednesday, Evergreen announced that Angela Spoja was hired to the long vacant position of head volleyball coach.

Aaron Landon comes to the SPSCC from Concordia University in Portland, where he has been an assistant for the past two seasons. The native of Davis, California was responsible for recruiting in California, where he was an assistant coach at Marina High School and assistant at Santa Monica College before moving to Portland. In his time at Concordia, the Cavaliers went 29-30. Landon played basketball at the University of La Verne and Monterey Peninsula College.

Landon’s head coaching duties are combined with a full-time position as an educational planner for SPSCC. He takes over for Curtis Norwood, who resigned after the season, and will have to replace 56 points from departing sophomores on a team that went just 4-21 last season and given the fluid nature of community college rosters from year to year, he will probably have to bring in a whole new team.

This is Landon’s first head coaching job, but he is a young guy that has some experience recruiting in the Northwest in his time at Concordia and has contacts in California that could help him land some out of state talent that seems to be the key to success in the NWAACC these days.

angelaspojaMeanwhile, at Evergreen, Angela Spoja  is one of the most accomplished coaches the Geoducks have hired in a very long time. Spoja spent eight seasons at Tacoma Community College where she was named NWAACC coach of the year three times and went undefeated in 2007 and 2010. She also oversees operations for the South Sound Volleyball Club in Tacoma.

Spoja has a tough job ahead of her trying to turn around a moribund program that went 0-46 over the last two seasons under Greg Spector and Geoduck volleyball has gone just 44-203 since 2001. Can Spoja make Evergreen attractive to volleyball players? For a variety of reasons, volleyball just isn’t a good fit as a sport for Evergreen but I think her experience in the community college ranks will help her draw more local transfers to the program and could yield some good players from the NWAACC. She also has strong roots in the local volleyball scene and will have better success recruiting in local high schools.

The Geoducks’ volleyball season starts in just a few months on September 6th.

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Today (5/10): Saints open NCAA tourney; T-Birds baseball, Rams softball play for titles

May 10

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College softball

NCAA Tournament Regional
Saint Martin’s vs. Grand Canyon – Arcata, CA – 1:30 PM

Saint Martin’s opens up NCAA Tournament play in Arcata, California. For more, see my preview. Live video and stats can be found here.


NWAACC regular season
SPSCC vs. Green River – The RAC – 1:00 PM


High school baseball

2A District IV championship game
Tumwater @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 6:00 PM


High school softball

4A Narrows League tournament consolation game
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM


3A Narrows League tournament consolation game
Timberline vs. Shelton – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM


3A Narrows League tournament championship game
North Thurston vs. Wilson – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM

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Today (5/7): Cougars soccer hosts Hawks in loser-out game; Busy day of baseball districts

May 7

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Boys soccer

2A District IV consolation (loser-out)
River Ridge @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

River Ridge and Capital meet for the third time this season in a loser-out game in the 2A District IV tournament. The Cougars trumped the Hawks on 2-0 on March 28th at Ingersoll Stadium and the Hawks scored a 3-2 win thanks to an Agustin Arriaga goal in overtime on April 23rd at South Sound Stadium. Both teams were shutout in their opening round games against Ridgefield and Mark Morris.

3A Narrows League regular season
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM


High school baseball

4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Art Wright Field, Kent – 7:00 PM

Olympia’s loss in the Narrows League championship game on Friday proved costly as it dropped them into a game against 19-2 and #1 ranked Puyallup at Art Wright Field in Kent. The Bears traveled to Puyallup early in the season and fell to the Vikings 7-0. The winner qualifies for state and will play in the district championship game on Saturday while the loser falls into the consolation bracket and faces a loser-out game on Wednesday at 7:00 PM in Puyallup.

3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Bonney Lake – Heidelberg Park, Tacoma – 7:00 PM

Timberline comes into the district tournament on a two game losing streak. Their 14-2 non-conference loss to South Kitsap snapped a 14 game winning streak and was followed by a 5-3 loss to North Thurston in the Narrows League championship game. That loss dropped them into a loser-out game against Bonney Lake at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma at 7:00 PM. The Blazers and Panthers met once this season already with Timberline taking a 7-6 win in Lacey on March 15th.

2A District IV tournament
Tumwater vs. Hockinson – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Capital @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 4:30 PM

Tumwater finished tied for second in the 2A EvCo at 12-6 and won the tiebreaker with Aberdeen to earn a home game in the first round of districts. They draw Hockinson, who finished 6-6 in the GSHL and just 7-11 overall. The winner moves on to play either Centralia or Mark Morris on Wednesday in Chehalis while the loser drops into a loser-out game in Centralia.

With their fifth place finish at 6-12, Capital draws #1 seed and 16-2 WF West at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. The two teams met three times during the regular season with the Bearcats taking all three meetings by a combined score of 31-5. The winner plays either Aberdeen or Ridgefield on Wednesday in Chehlais while the loser plays a loser-out game in Centralia.

2B District IV tournament
Northwest Christian vs. Mossyrock – Adna HS – 3:30 PM

With their 15-3 loss to Adna yesterday, Northwest Christian faces a loser-out game today against Mossyrock in Adna. The Vikings fell to Napavine yesterday 13-10.


College softball

SPSCC vs. Highline (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM

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Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball wins GNAC tournament championship

May 5

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Photo from SMUSaints.com

Photo from SMUSaints.com

GNAC tournament championship
Simon Fraser 3, Saint Martin’s 2
Saint Martin’s 6, Simon Fraser 1 – Recap on SMUSaints.com

Saint Martin’s had two chances to win one game to claim the GNAC tournament championship on Saturday afternoon in Billings, Montana. Simon Fraser forced a final game with a 3-2 win in game one but Taylor Bakos shut down The Clan offense in game two and the Saints claimed their first GNAC title and an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

Simon Fraser scored right off the bat in game one with Trisha Bourchard’s two run homer in the first inning. They then added a run in the third inning when Bourchard stole home. Kelsey Hawkins went 5 1/3 innings giving up just four hits and one earned run for The Clan. The Saints did get one run in the bottom of the seventh inning but were unable to get the tying run home from third and Simon Fraser escaped with a 3-2 win.

Game two was a completely different story. Joslyn Eugenio homered in the second inning and Lacey McGladrey and Sam Munger each drove in a run in the Saints’ three run third inning and the Saints would put two more on the board in the fifth. Simon Fraser advanced runners past second base just twice in the game, one would score in the fifth but another was stranded at third when The Clan hit into an inning ending double play. Munger went 3-for-4 for the Saints extending her hitting streak to 22 games and took home the Tournament MVP.

The 22nd ranked Saints advance to the NCAA Division II Regionals. They will find out where they will go on Monday morning.

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In other softball action….

Grays Harbor 11, SPSCC 2
Grays Harbor 8, SPSCC 0


College baseball

Northwest Nazarene 7, Saint Martin’s 5
Saint Martin’s 3, Northwest Nazarene 2

Saint Martin’s wrapped up their season at 9-39 overall. Senior Bobby Twedt finished the season hitting .333 with 23 RBIs, Sophomore Travis Shaw hit .331 with 25 RBIs and Sophomore Chandler Tracy led the Saints with 12 home runs, 29 RBI and hit .301.


Boys soccer

2A District IV tournament
Mark Morris 1, Capital 0 (Monarchs win shootout 4-2)
Ridgefield 2, River Ridge 0

With losses to GSHL teams in the first round, #2 seed Capital will host #5 seed River Ridge on Tuesday night in a loser out game.

Roller Derby

Oly Rollers 182, Port City 19

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Late Friday scoreboard: Rams, Wolves upset top seeds in Narrows finals; Saints sweep Crusaders

May 4

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High school baseball

3A Narrows League championship game
North Thurston 5, Timberline 3

Trailing 2-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning, North Thurston scored five runs including Noah Murski’s bases loaded three run base hit that put the Rams up for good in their 5-3 win over Timberline. Ryan Mets struck out eight Blazers over six innings and the Rams will head into districts as the #1 seed out of the 3A Narrows, earning themselves a bye in the first round.

4A Narrows League championship game
South Kitsap 2, Olympia 1

South Kitsap opened up the scoring quickly with two runs in the first inning and that was all they would need in their 2-1 win over Olympia. Cameron Frost scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning but that was all the Bears could muster offensively. Michael Fairchild settled down after a rough first inning and pitched a complete game for the Bears but suffered the loss. Olympia heads into districts as the #2 seed from the Narrows.


College baseball

Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 4
Saint Martin’s 5, Northwest Nazarene 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com


College softball

Pierce 17, SPSCC 0
Pierce 12, SPSCC 2
Pierce 4, SPSCC 0

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