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Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds fall; Saints, Geoducks men lose thrillers; Geoducks women rally for win; Pios drop debut
High school football
2A state title game
Lynden 41, Tumwater 7 – See photos from the game here
Men’s basketball
Northwest Nazarene 66, Saint Martin’s 65 (OT) – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Northwest 94, Evergreen 89 (2OT) – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Rei Jensen gave Saint Martin’s a 65-64 lead in overtime but Northwest Nazarene’s Kenny Jones turned the corner and scored an uncontested layup with .4 seconds left on the clock to give the Crusaders a 66-65 overtime win. Jensen scored 29 points and pulled down 11 boards for the Saints while Jones scored 23 points for the Crusaders. The Saints led by as many as 19 points in the first half and took a 13 point lead to the half before NNU turned it on in the second half.
Travis Wagner hit a three pointer with less than ten second to play in regulation to send the game to overtime and Elzie Dickens banked one in at the buzzer to send the game to a second overtime, but #20 Northwest University finally got some distance in double-OT and knocked off Evergreen 94-89. Wagner led the Geoducks with 23 points and KJ Hong added 20. Michael Greene scored 32 and grabbed 13 rebounds and former Saint Martin’s Saint Michael Russo posted 26 for the Eagles.
Women’s basketball
Evergreen 55, Northwest 46 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Western Washington 75, Saint Martin’s 51 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Evergreen came back from 10 points down at the half to knock off Northwest 55-46 at the CRC Gymansium. Danielle Swain scored 17 points for the Geoducks while Sammi Clark nearly had a triple-double posting 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
Saint Martin’s shot just 26.3% from the floor including just five first half field goals and fell to #8 Western Washington 75-51. Brooke Paulson led the Saints with 12 points.
Premier Arena Soccer League
Kitsap Pumas 11, Tumwater Pioneers 3 – Recap from TumwaterPioneers.com
Kevin Flavin scored twice and Chris Pugh added a goal in the Tumwater Pioneers’ franchise debut in the Premier Arena Soccer League on Saturday night, an 11-3 loss to the Kitsap Pumas at the Olympic Soccer and Sports Center in Bremerton. Matt Friesen and Scott Ford each scored two goals for the Pumas.
Girl’s basketball
Black Hills 64, Elma 56
Capital 49, Shelton 25
Tonight (12/1): College hoops all around
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
Girl’s basketball
Capital @ Shelton – SHS Minidome, Shelton – 7:30 PM
Saints, Geoducks looking for new volleyball coaches
Saint Martin’s announced today that Phil Ibarra has stepped down as head volleyball coach. Ibarra spent eight seasons at the helm and posted a 28-169 record. Ibarra’s best stretch at SMU came over the last two seasons. In 2011 the Saints posted a 7-18 overall mark, the most wins since the school joined the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and this season the Saints went 6-18. But over his tenure, Saint Martin’s finished last in the GNAC five times.
Earlier this month, Evergreen announced that Greg Spector resigned after two winless seasons as head volleyball coach. Spector went 0-46 in his time as a Geoduck.
College volleyball in Olympia has been dreadful for a very long time. Since 2001, Evergreen and Saint Martin’s are a combined 96-455. Saint Martin’s holds a slight edge in winning percentage during that time period at .206 (52-252) while Evergreen sits at .178 (44-203).
Meanwhile, since 2001, the eight Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater high schools have combined to go to the state tournament 39 times with two state championships and two second place finishes. Not sure if that means anything or not but I thought I would throw it out there.
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
Saturday scoreboard: Cougars advance to semis, Rams fall; O’Neill’s career night leads Saints
High school football
Capital 46, Burlington-Edison 19
University 23, North Thurston 7
Kai Van Sickle scored another five touchdowns today and Capital easily moved into the semifinals next week at the Tacoma Dome with a 46-19 win over Burlington-Edison at Ingersoll Stadium.
After jumping out to a 15-3 lead in the first quarter, the Cougars surrendered a touchdown and a field goal and the Tigers trailed by just two points, 15-13. But Capital ran off 31 unanswered points from that point before Burlington-Edison scored in garbage time.
Capital will face Lynden in the semifinals at the Tacoma Dome next Saturday.
The road finally caught up to North Thurston today with a 23-13 quarterfinals loss to University in Spokane.
The Rams fell behind 21-0 before a Mo Manning seven yard run got them on the board in the third quarter. Brandon Belisario scored a three yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter to cut the Titans’ lead to ten but it was too little, too late and North Thurston’s season ends at 9-3.
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 61, Notre Dame de Namur 45 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Roger O’Neill scored a career high 24 points and Rei Jensen chipped in 10 points to lead Saint Martin’s to a 61-45 win over Notre Dame de Namur in Monmouth, Oregon at the WOU Phoenix Inn Shootout. The Saints held the Argos to just 28.6% shooting in the game and no Argo scored in double digits.
Women’s basketball
UPS 72, Evergreen 65 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Danielle Swain scored 20 points and pulled down 12 rebounds and Evergreen held a 61-60 lead with 4:02 left to play in the game. But UPS outscored the Geoducks 12-5 down the stretch to take home a 72-65 win at Memorial Fieldhouse in Tacoma.
College volleyball
Western Oregon 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-14) – Box score
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints beat Geoducks in ugly exhibition (photo gallery)
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 66, Evergreen 50 – Recaps from SMU and Evergreen
Saint Martin’s shot just 26.2% in the first half but were outdone by Evergreen’s 17.4% shooting and the Saints led 24-16 after one half of basketball. But the Saints outscored the Geoducks 26-11 over the first eleven minutes of the second half and cruised to a 66-50 win at the CRC Gymnasium. Saint Martin’s took advantage of 22 offensive rebounds and 25 Evergreen turnovers to pick up their third straight win in the crosstown series.
Evan Coulter led the Saints with 13 points and eight rebounds while Rei Jensen and Lucas Shannon each chipped in 11 points. Marc Taylor scored 11 points for the Geoducks and collected 12 boards and Elzie Dickens III chipped in 10 points.
Despite the win, the Saints still trail the Geoducks 9-8 in the all-time series between the two schools.
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints women continue dominance (photo gallery)
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 47, Evergreen 37 – Recaps from SMU and Evergreen
Brooke Paulson scored twelve points to lead Saint Martin’s to a 47-37 win over Evergreen at the CRC Gymansium on Tuesday night. The win moves the Saints to 16-1 all-time against the Geoducks.
Evergreen stuck around in a turnover plagued first half and were behind just four points, 20-16, heading into the locker room. But the Saints quickly built a double-digit lead in the second half that eventually stretched to as many as 15 and Evergreen never threatened again.
Danielle Swain led the Geoducks with 13 points and seven rebounds.
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds, Rams, Geoducks take second on an epic day of Oly sports
High school volleyball
4A state tournament
Mead 3, Olympia 0 (25-22, 25-17, 36-34)
Jackson 3, Olympia 1 (28-26, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22)
Olympia lost in straight sets to Mead in the semifinals including an epic 36-34 loss in the third set and then lost 3-1 in the 3rd/4th place game to finish fourth in state.
3A state tournament semifinals
North Thurston 3, Southridge 0 (25-15, 30-28, 25-20)
Prairie 3, North Thurston 0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-16)
North Thurston knocked off Southridge in straight sets but were swept by Prairie in the title game and finished second at state.
2A state tournament
Tumwater 3, Colville 2 (25-17, 17-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15- 10)
West Valley (Yakima) 3, Tumwater 1 (25-24, 18-25, 25-22, 25-18)
Tumwater knocked off Colville to advance to the 2A state title game but fell to West Valley of Yakima, 3-1, and finished second at state.
2A state tournament consolation
Capital 3, Sehome 1 (26-24, 25-20, 23-25, 25-19)
East Valley (Yakima) 3, Capital 0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-21)
Capital knocked Sehome out of the tournament but was swept by East Valley to take eighth in state.
High school football
3A state tournament
North Thurston 35, Kennewick 23
Marysville-Pilchuck 33, Timberline 21
Kennewick took a 16-0 lead to open the game but then gave up 28 straight points over the remainder of the first half and North Thurston moved on to the quarterfinals with a 35-23 win this afternoon in Kennewick. Mo Manning scored twice for the Rams and Brandon Belisario added another touchdown on the ground. Ryan Mets hooked up with Josh Cahill for a 26 yard touchdown that proved to be the game-winner. The Rams will have to head east again to take on University in Spokane next week.
Marysville-Pilchuck limited Timberline’s high powered offense to just two touchdowns and ended the Blazers’ season with a 33-21 win at South Sound Stadium. Chris MacNeil threw two touchdown passes in his final game as at Timberline.
2A state tournament
Capital 47, Lakewood 36
Kai Van Sickle scored six rushing touchdowns including two in the fourth quarter and Capital came from behind to beat Lakewood 47-36 at Goddard Stadium in Everett. The Cougars trailed 22-21 in the third quarter before Derek Chase’s 95 yard kickoff return put the Cougars on top 27-22. But Lakewood responded and led 36-33 in the fourth quarter but Van Sickle’s 32 yard run put Capital ahead for good, 40-36. Unofficially, Van Sickle rushed 51 times for 350 yards.
Next up for Capital: Burlington-Edison, who were 35-21 winners over Orting on Friday.
Men’s soccer
Cascade Collegiate Conference championships
Concordia 2, Evergreen 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Concordia’s Septi Danciu beat Evergreen goalkeeper Mauricio Sanchez on a penalty kick in the 49th minute for what proved to be the game winning goal and the Cavaliers captured the Cascade Collegiate Conference title with a 2-1 win at Tuominen Yard in Portland. Ben Joselyn scored in the 88th minute to get the Geoducks back in the game but there wasn’t enough time left to score an equalizer and Evergreen’s season came to an end. The Geoducks finish the season at 13-5 overall.
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 76, Hawaii-Hilo 67 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Montana Tech 74, Evergreen 54 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Women’s basketball
Hawaii Pacific 69, Saint Martin’s 67 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
College volleyball
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-20) – Recap
Premier Arena Soccer League
Preseason friendly
Tumwater Pioneers 8, Marysville Ruckus 7
Today (11/10): Playoffs, playoffs and more playoffs
Playoffs galore today, from Olympia to Portland and Kennewick. Seasons won or lost, who moves on?
High school volleyball
4A state tournament semifinals
Olympia vs. Mead – Marcus Pavilion – 3:15 PM
Listen live on the Eli Sports Network
3A state tournament semifinals
North Thurston vs. Southridge – Marcus Pavilion – 1:30 PM
Listen live on the Eli Sports Network
2A state tournament semifinals
Tumwater vs. Colville – Pierce College – 12:30 PM
2A state tournament consolation
Capital vs. Sehome – Pierce College – 8:30 AM
High school football
3A state tournament opening round
North Thurston @ Kennewick – Lampson Stadium – 4:00 PM
Watch the game live on the Washington Sports Network
Timberline vs. Marysville-Pilchuck – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Listen live on KGY
2A state tournament opening round
Capital @ Lakewood – Goddard Stadium, Everett – 7:30 PM
Listen live on KRKO
Men’s soccer
Cascade Collegiate Conference championship
Evergreen vs. Concordia – Tuominen Yard, Portland – 6:00 PM
Watch the game live here
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Capital HS – 3:00 PM
Oly Sports 