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Brodin raking in Long Island; Hazelrigg III pleads not guilty

Aug 7

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Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

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Joash Brodin

North Thurston grad Joash Brodin is once again red hot for the independent Long Island Ducks. He is 10-for-23 with six runs scored and two RBIs in August. He leads the league in runs scored (76), hits (126), is third in batting average (.322) and fifth in on base percentage (.386). – Link

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The Olympian reports on former Olympia High School star football player Thomas R. Hazelrigg III, who recently pleaded not guilty to tax evasion and Social Security fraud charges. – Link

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Also from The Olympian, a feature on another North Thurston alum, Eddie Smith, who is the new baseball coach at Lower Columbia College. – Link

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Tumwater grad Matt Johnson is out indefinitely with a stress reaction. Johnson missed all of last season for the Dallas Cowboys because of hamstring problems and was hurt in the first preseason game on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. He will miss Friday’s game against Oakland. – Link

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Our friend Emmett O’Connell takes a look at the Olympia Olys soccer team and the history of semi-pro soccer in the Olympia area on his blog Olympia Time. – Link

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Johnson and Stewart injured; Conley still dealing; Champlin earns promotion

Aug 5

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Monday news and notes (Updated throughout the day)

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Matt Johnson

Tumwater grad Matt Johnson ran with the second team defense last night for the Dallas Cowboys in their 24-21 win over the Miami Dolphins in the Hall of Fame Game. Unfortunately for Johnson, who missed all of his rookie season with an injury, he landed awkwardly on a tackle and didn’t return. X-rays on his ankle were negative, but he will have an MRI when the Cowboys return to Oxnard, California this morning. – Link

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Timberline alum Jonathan Stewart had surgery on both ankles this off-season and has yet to practice for the Carolina Panthers. The team says they have no idea when he will be ready to come off the Physically Unable to Perform list. – Link

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New York Jets backup center Caleb Schlauderaff struggled in Saturday night’s scrimmage and the Shelton graduate is on the “roster bubble” in his third season with the Jets. – Link

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Adam Conley won his fourth straight game on Saturday night allowing just two unearned runs in six innings of work. The Olympia grad gave up five hits and walked three while striking out five and ran his streak of innings without an earned run to 26 innings. He is now 11-4 this season with a 3.04 ERA. – Link

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The Toronto Blue Jays promoted Olympia grad Kramer Champlin to advanced-A Dunedin last week after posting a 6-2 record with a 3.50 ERA with the Lansing Lugnuts. Champlin had a rough second outing in the Florida State League, though, allowing five earned runs in 2 2/3 innings on Friday night. – Link

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ThurstonTalk.com profiles Oly tennis star John Stormans, who is bound for Saint Mary’s College in the fall. – Link

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The NCAA Division II profiled Saint Martin’s star high jumper Laura Tesch. Tesch topped off her career with the Saints with an appearance at the NCAA Track & Field Championships this past season.

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Today (7/24): A’s face Silvers, Brewers battle Linx; Ingersoll community forum

Schedule for Wednesday, July 24th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Like the 24 hour access to Ingersoll Stadium? Concerned about the vandalism? Tonight the Olympia School District will host the first of two public forums about future community use at the stadium at the Knox Administrative Center beginning at 6:30 PM. – Link

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Decoda Sordahl, or LiL Tonka as she is known at Skateland! for the Oly Rollers, is featured on the Team USA website as the USA Roller Sports Roller Derby Spotlight for July. – Link

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Northwest Elite Index ranked the top ten football uniforms in Washington State and gave Tumwater the #4 spot. But because #1 WF West has a gimmick gray-for-gray’s sake uniform and #2 and #3 go black-for-black’s sake, I automatically bump the T-Birds up to #1. – Link

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Today (7/23): PSCL in the homestretch

Schedule for Tuesday, July 23rd

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

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


Tuesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

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Kyle Warner

Tumwater alum Kyle Warner has been named to the first team of the 25th Annual USA College Football Division III Preseason All-America list. Warner, a junior wide receiver for Pacific Lutheran, set the Lutes single season receiving record last year 1,264 yards and scored eight touchdowns. Warner was named 2A player of the year in Tumwater’s 2010 state title run. – Link

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Lower Columbia College announced the hiring of Eddie Smith to take over as the head baseball coach for the Red Devils. The 2002 North Thurston grad returns to the Northwest after a year as a volunteer assistant coach for his alma mater, Notre Dame. Smith was also an assistant at Santa Clara and Virginia before moving back to South Bend and played two years at Centralia College and two for the Irish and is a 2006 grad of Notre Dame. – Link

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2013 high school football schedules

Jul 16

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Tumwater fell just short of the title in 2012. They open up 2013 with Shelton.

Tumwater fell just short of the title in 2012. They open up 2013 with Shelton.

Believe it or not, the 2013 football season is just around the corner. Practices begin on August 21st with the first games scheduled for September 6th.

This post will be updated with broadcast schedules and more when they are set.


Black Hills Wolves

9/6 = @ Clover Park – Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. North Thurston – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – vs. Bainbridge – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Aberdeen – Stewart Field, Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. River Ridge – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Capital – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM


Capital Cougars

9/6 – vs. Newport – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Olympia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
9/20 – @ Bothell – Pop Keeney Stadium, Bothell – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. Centralia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. North Thurston – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. W.F. West – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

Blue = Spaghetti Bowl    Crimson = Homecoming


North Thurston Rams

9/7* – vs. Steilacoom – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Foss – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Wilson – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/17+ – vs. Shelton – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/31+ – vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

*Saturday game   +Thursday game


Olympia Bears

9/6 – @ Lake Oswego – Lake Oswego HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
9/20 – vs. Timberline – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Stadium – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/5* – vs. South Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 1:00 PM
10/11 – @ Central Kitsap – Silversdale Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Gig Harbor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Bellarmine – Memorial Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Yelm – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

*Saturday game   Crimson = Spaghetti Bowl    Blue = Homecoming


Rainier Mountaineers

9/6 – vs. Naselle – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. Mossyrock – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Rochester – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Elma – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Tenino – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Forks – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Montesano – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
11/1 – Seton Catholic – Doc Harris Stadium, Camas – 7:00 PM


River Ridge Hawks

9/6 – vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Sequim – Sequim Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Ridgefield – Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Hockinson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/10+ – vs. Centralia – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Capital – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

+Thursday game


Rochester Warriors

9/6 – @ Ridgefield – Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ RA Long – Memorial Stadium, Longview – 7:00 PM
9/20 – vs. Rainier – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Hoquiam – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Elma – Davis Field, Elma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ Montesano – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Forks – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Stevenson – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Tenino – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM


Shelton Highclimbers

9/6 – @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. North Mason – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Wilson – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Yelm – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Foss – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Lincoln – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/17+ – @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Mount Tahoma – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Timberline – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM

+Thursday game

All games broadcast on Newsradio 1030 AM KMAS and kmas.com


Tenino Beavers

9/6 – vs. Raymond – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Washougal – Fishback Stadium, Washougal – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Elma – Davis Field, Elma – 7:00 PM
9/27  – @ Forks – Forks HS – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. Rainier – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. LaCenter – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Montesano – Stewart Field, Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Hoquiam – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Rochester – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM


Timberline Blazers

9/6 – @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. Tumwater – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Olympia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/26+ – vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Lincoln – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Shelton – Highclimbers Stadium – 7:00 PM

+Thursday game


Tumwater T-Birds

9/6 – vs. Shelton – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Inglemoor – Pop Keeney Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Capital – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Bellarmine – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. River Ridge – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM


Yelm Tornadoes

9/6 – vs. Highline – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Olympic – Silverdale Stadium – 5:00 PM
9/20 – vs. Stadium – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Shelton – Highclimbers Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. Central Kitsap – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ South Kitsap – Knowles Field, Port Orchard – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Bellarmine – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Gig Harbor – Roy Anderson Field, Gig Harbor – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Olympia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

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

Saturday news and notes (Updated throughout the day as needed)

Tumwater’s Matt Johnson is preparing for his second season with the Dallas Cowboys, though it will be more like a rookie season after missing all of last year with injuries. Meg Wochnick catches up with him. – Link

Everything you could possibly want to know about synchronized swimming in Olympia. Everything. – Link

Interesting look at the Wenatchee Applesox owner’s quest for ballpark upgrades from the Wenatchee World. The Olympia area would be a great place for a collegiate West Coast League team but doesn’t have a suitable facility. Though not about Olympia, this article illustrates the costs and problems facing a team that already has a usable facility and great support. – Link

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Today (6/8): PSCL tripleheader; Cavaliers football; Speedway Saturday

Jun 8

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Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 12:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 3:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 6:00 PM


Semi-pro football

Washington Cavaliers vs. Pierce County Bengals – Tumwater Stadium – 5:00 PM


Auto racing

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South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM

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Yarrington tabbed to lead Black Hills football

Apr 4

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wolvesThe Black Hills football Twitter account announced this morning that Dominic Yarrington has been hired to take over as head football coach. Yarrington comes to Black Hills after two seasons at West Seattle and will replace Jack Zilla, who resigned earlier this year.

Yarrington will be on his fifth head coaching job at Black Hills. In 1998, Yarrington took on a challenge at Tyee where he was able to increase turnout numbers and finished with a 2-5 record in his only season at the helm of the Totems. He then guided White River from 1999 to 2002 and posted four winning seasons. After a year as an assistant, Yarrington took over at Lindbergh in Renton compiling a 26-17 record over four seasons including a 10-2 season in 2009. He spent the last two years at West Seattle posting a 9-9 record for the Wildcats.

He will have a challenge at Black Hills taking over a program that went 4-5 last season. But just one of those wins came in the extremely tough 2A Evergreen Conference that features Tumwater, Capital and WF West.

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Hoquiam’s Ronquillo steps down, will take over as football coach at Yelm

Feb 26

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YelmTornadosRick Anderson of The Daily World in Aberdeen reported today that Jason Ronquillo has stepped down as the head football coach at Hoquiam High School and will take the head football coach position at Yelm. The 37 year-old Ronquillo has spent six years as the head coach at Hoquiam compiling a 32-28 record including a 25-8 record since the Grizzlies stepped down from 2A to the 1A ranks.

Ronquillo will take over for Randy Swilley, who stepped down at the end of the season following a 5-5 year that saw his son, Jacob, become the school’s all-time leading rusher and set a single season touchdown record while running a quarterback-less offense that was, even for high school football, extremely gimmicky.

As a broadcaster that had to call one of Yelm’s football games this past season, I will not be sad to see that style of offense go.

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Local players honored in AP all-state teams

Dec 22

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The Associated Press Washington released their all-state football selections on Friday and 11 local players were honored. Below is a list of players honored broken down by school…

Capital (2A)
First team: Kai Van Sickle (RB), Mat Cox (OL),
Second team: Mat Cox (DL)

North Thurston (3A)
First team: Tru Hicks (DB)

Shelton (3A)
First team: Ralph Kinne (RB), David Ajamu (TE)

Tenino (1A)
First team: Devante Harris (WR)

Timberline (3A)
First team: Brett Woods (P)
Second team: Brandon Wetzel (LB)

Tumwater (2A)
First team: Andrew Brown (RB, All-Purpose), Jamie Bryant (DL)
Second team: David Durden (LB)

Yelm (4A)
First team: Jacob Swilley (RB)

The Seattle PI has the full teams on their website.

Posted in Capital HS, Football, High school, North Thurston HS, Tenino HS, Timberline HS, Tumwater HS, Yelm HS

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