Category Archives: Football

PHOTO GALLERY: North Thurston 41, Steilacoom 26

Sep 8

Posted by

Click on an image to go to the gallery and see larger size

Hayden Maliska, Josh Ramirez and Josh Mosquera each rushed for a pair of touchdowns in North Thurston’s 41-26 grind it out win over Steilacoom on Saturday night at South Sound Stadium.

Posted in Football, High school, North Thurston HS, Photo Galleries

1 Comment

Today (9/7): Girls soccer, volleyball; Geoducks face Warner Pacific; Rams kick off

Sep 7

Posted by

Girls soccer

Tumwater Jamboree – Tumwater Stadium – 9:00 AM
Timberline @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 6:00 PM


High school volleyball

Tumwater jamboree – Tumwater HS – 9:00 AM


College volleyball

Evergreen vs. Warner Pacific – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM


High school football

North Thurston vs. Steilacoom – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

Posted in Black Hills HS, College, Football, High school, North Thurston HS, Saint Martin's University, Soccer, The Evergreen State College, Timberline HS, Tumwater HS, volleyball

Leave a comment

Late listen: Countdown to Kickoff

Sep 7

Posted by

Technical difficulties on Friday night meant that the Countdown to Kickoff show that was originally scheduled to be aired on KMAS before the Tumwater/Shelton game never aired. But you can listen to the show here, better late than never, right?

Five segments long, please enjoy. Apologies in advance for the quality of the recording of the Jamie Weeks interview. Hopefully we’ll get all these kinks ironed out for next week.





Posted in Football, High school

Leave a comment

Friday scoreboard: T-Birds, Blazers, Mountaineers, Warriors, Tornadoes light it up

Sep 6

Posted by

College volleyball

Saint Martin’s 3, Academy of Art 1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17) – Recap
Dominican 3, Saint Martin’s 2 (27-25, 25-21, 19-25, 24-26, 15-0) – Recap
Concordia 3, Evergreen 0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-16) – Recap


High school football

Tumwater 41, Shelton 0
Timberline 40, River Ridge 0
Rainier 46, Naselle 7
Rochester 34, Ridgefield 0
Yelm 48, Highline 0
Lake Oswego 7, Olympia 6
Newport 35, Capital 7
Clover Park 42, Black Hills 35
Raymond 27, Tenino 21

Posted in Black Hills HS, Capital HS, College, Football, High school, Olympia HS, Rainier HS, River Ridge HS, Rochester HS, Saint Martin's University, Shelton HS, Tenino HS, The Evergreen State College, Timberline HS, Tumwater HS, volleyball, Yelm HS

Leave a comment

Week 1: My 5 year old daughter’s expert high school football picks

Sep 6

Posted by

Addie prognosticating

Addie, taking her prognosticating duties extremely seriously.

It’s that time of year again, the high school football season is upon us in full force tonight. Oly Sports will be at the Shelton/Tumwater game tonight broadcasting for Shelton radio station KMAS. This season we will bring to you The Countdown to Kickoff beginning at 6:00 PM. This week, we look at the Shelton team, talk to Tumwater offensive coordinator Jamie Weeks, preview the 3A Narrows League, the North Mason and Mary M. Knight seasons, talk about the other Olympia area teams and give our predictions for the week’s games and talk with Shelton head coach Matt Hinkle.

Listen to The Countdown to Kickoff to get our take on the games, but even better, my five year old daughter, Addie, is back to give you her picks on each of this week’s games. Here is the entire schedule, complete with radio information and Addie’s expert, scientific picks…

—————

Tumwater T-Birds vs. Shelton Highclimbers
Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: 1030 AM KMAS or 1240 AM KGY

Addie’s pick: T-Birds
“They will poke them in the face.” – Rory, 2 1/2 years old


Timberline Blazers vs. River Ridge Hawks
South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports

Addie’s pick: Blazers
“The Blazers are gonna, kind of, try to stop the other team by blazing them.”


Olympia Bears @ Lake Oswego Lakers
Lake Oswego HS – 7:00 PM – Radio: Lake Oswego student broadcast

Addie’s pick: Bears
“WE LIVE IN OLYMPIA!” – Rory
“The Bears will eat the Lakers.” – Addie


Capital Cougars vs. Newport Knights
Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports

Addie’s pick: Knights
“The Knights’ armor protects them from Cougar bites and scratches and they will push their sword down on the Cougars.”


Black Hills Wolves @ Clover Park Warriors
Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7:00 PM

Addie’s pick: Warriors
“They are going to kill the Wolves. Shoot them. With their guns.” – Addie
“Oooo, that’s cold.” – Rory


Tenino Beavers vs. Raymond Gulls
Beavers Stadium – 7:00 PM

Addie’s pick: Beavers
“They are going to whack the Gulls out of the air with their tails”


Yelm Tornadoes vs. Highline Pirates
Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM

Addie’s pick: Tornadoes
“The Tornadoes will go over the water and to the pirate ship and suck it up and drop it and sink it!”


Rochester Warriors @ Ridgefield Spudders
Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM

Addie’s pick: Spudders
“THEY’RE GONNA THROW POTATOES AT THE OTHER TEAM!”


Rainier Mountaineers vs. Naselle Comets
Rainier HS – 7:00 PM

Addie’s pick: Comets
“If one of the Comets comes crashing down on top of one of the Mountaineers, it’s going to squish the mountain climber.”


North Thurston Rams vs. Steilacoom Sentinels
South Sound Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports

Addie’s pick: Rams
“The Rams will come pushing into the other team. They’re gonna headbutt them!”

Posted in Black Hills HS, Capital HS, Football, High school, North Thurston HS, Olympia HS, Rainier HS, River Ridge HS, Rochester HS, Shelton HS, Tenino HS, Timberline HS, Tumwater HS, Yelm HS

1 Comment

Keller, Stewart, Elam, Haupert, Berendt and Nault

Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Kasey Keller at workFun interview with North Thurston grad Kasey Keller on TheGuardian.com mainly about his time playing in Europe. “We had pitch invasions at Millwall. I thought it was normal.” – Link

—————

Timberline alum Jonathan Stewart was placed on the Physically Unable to Play list yesterday by the Carolina Panthers. He will miss at least the first six weeks of the season. He won’t be eligible to play until the Panthers’ sixth game against St. Louis on October 20th. Stewart signed a $37.8 million extension last August but has only played in nine games since. – Link

—————

Capital has hired Tenino baseball head coach Jesse Elam as their new head coach and Kelsey Haupert as the new softball head coach for the Cougars. Elam took the Beavers to four state playoffs in his six years at Tenino and Haupert is a Black Hills grad that played at Purdue. – Link

—————

ThurstonTalk.com profiles Olympia graduate Michaela Berendt, who is a freshman playing volleyball at Villanova in Philadelphia after a great career for the Bears. – Link

—————

The Olympian begins their high school football previews with a profile of Shelton’s linebacker, tight end and rugby player Brian Nault. – Link

Posted on | Aside

Today (8/23): Geoducks and Saints women battle; Becker wins appeal

Schedule for Friday, August 23rd

Women’s soccer

Evergreen @ Saint Martin’s (scrimmage) – Saint Martin’s Soccer Field – 2:00 PM


Friday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Olympia quarterback Derrick Becker won his appeal to play football for the Bears this season after originally being ruled ineligible by school administrators. The senior transferred from Capital during the summer. The contentious transfer makes the Spaghetti Bowl even more interesting this season. Mark your calendars for September 13th. – Link

Posted on | Aside

Montgomery steps down at SMU; Bryant greyshirts; McCoy stars for Wolves; Oly table tennis

Aug 21

Posted by

Wednesday news and notes

Dee Dee Montgomery - Photo from SMUSaints.com

Dee Dee Montgomery – Photo from SMUSaints.com

Dee Dee Montgomery resigned as Saint Martin’s head track & field coach today less than a month after taking the job. The 1996 Atlanta Olympics participant has taken an administrative position at another university. The  search is on for another head coach, the third since since Julie Sullivan stepped down in January. Chad Colwell was the interim coach when Sullivan stepped down and had the interim tag removed in April. Evergreen grad and former coach Jason McConnell was named head coach of the cross country team today as well. – Link

—————

Tumwater grad Jamie Bryant was one of the first 2013 recruits to verbally commit to the University of Washington football team but is now having to watch this season from Tumwater taking classes part time at SPSCC and working out at the high school after he was asked to greyshirt and not join the team until 2014. – Link

————–

ThurstonTalk.com profiles Black Hills High School libero Jensyn McCoy. The senior will lead a Wolves team that has a new coach, Tika Chandler, after her coach for the previous three years, Kara Peterson, left for Saint Martin’s. McCoy has verbally committed to play collegiate volleyball at Central Washington. – Link

—————

Tom Rohrer also brings you the story of the Olympia Table Tennis Club, who meet twice a week at Capital City Tennis in Tumwater. – Link

Posted in Alumni, Black Hills HS, College, Football, High school, Saint Martin's University, Tumwater HS

Leave a comment

Stewart and Johnson still battling injuries; Tough luck for Conley; Saints men picked 7th

Aug 20

Posted by

Tuesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Jonathan Stewart

Jonathan Stewart

Timberline alum Jonathan Stewart still has not practiced for the Carolina Panthers this preseason and will not play on Thursday against the Baltimore Ravens. There is no timetable for his return from surgery on both of his ankles during the offseason and head coach Ron Rivera said that it is possible that he ends up on the physically unable to perform list. If he is put on the PUP list, he will miss the first six weeks of the season. – Link

—————

In other NFL injury news, Tumwater’s Matt Johnson was hoping to return to practice on Monday for the Dallas Cowboys but still has not seen the field since his injury in the Hall of Fame game. The Cowboys expect him to practice either at the end of this week or next week. – Link

————–

Touch luck loss for Olympia alum Adam Conley last night. Conley struck out seven, gave up three hits and one walk over six innings but allowed a solo home run and an RBI double in Jacksonville’s 2-1 loss in game one of a doubleheader in Chattanooga. Conley is now 11-6 this season with a 3.29 ERA for the Miami Marlins double-A affiliate. – Link

————–

The GNAC men’s soccer preseason poll was released today and Saint Martin’s is picked to finish seventh out of eight teams. Only GNAC newcomer, South Dakota School of Mines, is picked to finish below the Saints who won only three games last season and finished in the basement. – Link

Posted in Alumni, Baseball, College, Football, Olympia HS, Saint Martin's University, Soccer, Timberline HS, Tumwater HS

Leave a comment

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

Aug 16

Posted by

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.

—————

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

—————

 
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.

Posted in Basketball, College, Football, High school, Olympia HS, Saint Martin's University, South Puget Sound CC, volleyball

2 Comments

← Older Posts
Newer Posts →