Schedule for Wednesday, December 4th
Boys basketball
Capital vs. White River – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Shelton – Black Hill HS – 7:30 PM
Schedule for Wednesday, December 4th
Boys basketball
Capital vs. White River – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Shelton – Black Hill HS – 7:30 PM
Girls basketball
| Yelm 49, Tumwater 35 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelm | 16 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 49 |
| Tumwater | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| Tumwater leader: Sierra Snyder – 11 points |
| Northwest School 41, Northwest Christian 38 |
Boys basketball
| River Ridge 82, Washington 58 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 58 |
| River Ridge | 18 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 82 |
| River Ridge leader: Kobe Key – 23 points |
| Bremerton 72, Black Hills 57 |
| Northwest Christian 66, Northwest School 38 |
Girls basketball
River Ridge 58, Timberline 55
WF West 48, Olympia 27 – Jenna Randich (O): 10 points
Puyallup 53, Black Hills 51 – Sarah McGee (BH): 19 points
Boys basketball
Tumwater 83, Yelm 79 (OT)
Black Hills 87, Klahowya 66
Auburn Riverside 109, Capital 74 – Jacob Pratt (C): 12 points
Timberline 74, River Ridge 64 – Jerryn Bush (T): 16 points – Jason Kananin (RR): 22 points
This weekend saw a handful of high school hoops jamborees and the Capital/Olympia opener on Saturday, but today marks the start of the high school basketball season in earnest with five games on the docket here in town including a girls and boys doubleheader between Timberline and River Ridge starting at 6:00.
Girls basketball
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 6:00 PM
Capital vs. Shelton – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. WF West – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
The River Ridge girls open their season with crosstown rival Timberline tonight. They return the core from their 5th place finish last season in Jazzlynn Brewster and Rebecca Stevenson and should contend again this year.
Olympia returns sophomore Jenna Randich and junior Sarah Snodgrass but they will have a tough test in their opener against WF West, the 2A second place finisher last season, who lost Jamika Parker to graduation but gained Washington State signee Nike McClure, who was relegated to their junior varsity squad last year after she transferred from Tenino.
Boys basketball
Black Hills vs. Klahowya – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 8:00 PM
The Timberline boys game marks your first opportunity to take a look at University of Washington signee senior Donaven Dorsey and the Blazers as they look to improve on their 7th place finish at state last year. The Blazers have a senior led team with Dorsey, Tyler Gartner and Chase Ryan and it will be interesting to see the progress of junior point guard Brandell Evans, who had an excellent sophomore season.
UPDATE: The WIAA released new numbers on December 13th. See story here.
Enrollment data for the upcoming reclassification of Washington State high schools has been released by the WIAA and there are some interesting possible movements in the Olympia area.
The Daily News has done the heavy lifting and broke down the numbers by expected classification considering teams have the option to opt up to higher classifications.
What it shows for Thurston County schools is that Timberline will move up to 4A, Capital will move up to 3A and Rochester will likely move up to 2A. Rainier sits on the very edge of 1A and could easily drop down to 2B if a school smaller than them decides to opt up to 1A.
So we will likely see local schools in these classifications for the 2014-2016 seasons…
4A: Olympia, Timberline, Yelm
3A: Capital, North Thurston, Shelton
2A: Tumwater, Black Hills, River Ridge, Rochester
1A: Tenino, Rainier (maybe)
2B: Northwest Christian, Rainier (maybe)
1B: Pope John Paul II
The 2A Evergreen Conference all-league teams are out and Tumwater’s Christian Cummings has been named the MVP. Capital’s Jakob Racimo and Black Hills’ Zach Grate took home Co-Defensive MVPs and WF West’s Tanner Gueller was named the offensive MVP.
The Chronicle’s Lewis County Sports blog has the full teams. Here are the local players honored, broken down by school…
Black Hills
Co-Defensive MVP: Zach Grate, Sr.
First team
RB: Mitch Stone, Sr.
WR: Nick Knittle, Sr.
K: Luke Taylor, Sr.
DL: Josh Moloney, Sr.
DB: Cooper Nygren, Jr.
Second team
OL: Sam Zvirzdys, Sr.
QB: Jayden Troy, Jr.
WR: Mark Melendres, So.
Honorable mention
Zach Joaquin, Sr., Gabe Adamson, So., Kylor Noyen, Jr., Jacob Newton, Jr.
Capital
Co-Defensive MVP: Jakob Racimo, Sr.
First team
RB: Ryan Rieta, Jr., Connor Kennedy, Jr.
DL: Duncan Mattson, Jr.
LB: Sam LeBlanc, Jr. Huy Vu, Sr.
DB: Jacob Johnson, Jr.
Second team
OL: Mason Manning, Jr.
WR: Michael Randall, Sr.
DL: Dylan Ainuu, Sr.
LB: Gavin Armitage, So.
DB: Danny Leatherwood, Jr.
Honorable mention
Brian Davidson, Sr., Drew Johnson, Jr., Dallen Prichett, Jr.
River Ridge
First team
WR: Jason Kananin, Jr.
DL: Sean Roberts, Sr.
Second team
OL: Jonathan Lazik, Jr.
RB: Elijah Camacho, Sr.
LB: Zach Carter, Fr.
DB: Chris Leiba, Jr.
Honorable mention
Gabe Fraser, Sr., Michael Key, Jr., Tom Clark, Jr., Dejuan Frye, Jr.
Tumwater
MVP: Christian Cummings, Sr.
Coaching Staff of the Year
First team
OL: Korye Trejo, Sr., Dayton Newell, Sr.
QB: Jayden Croft, Sr.
TE: Zach Delucco, Sr.
P: Elijah Hill, Jr.
DL: Nick Foerstel, Sr.
LB: Addison Barrett, Jr., Trevor Davis, Jr.
DB: Gabe Gleizes, Sr.
Second team
OL: Nathan Padgett, Sr.
RB: Easton Trakel, So., Tyrus Snow, Jr.
WR: Griffin Shea, So.
DL: Daniel Dickason, Jr.
DB: Garrett Terrell, Sr., Logan Schiendelman, Sr.
Honorable mention
Logan Hedin-Baughn, Jr., Kaden Prosser, Jr., Hunter Moore, Sr.
Girls soccer
2A State Tournament First Round
Sumner 6, Black Hills 0
Black Hills drew the short end of the stick in the first round of the 2A state tournament when they traveled to Sumner to take on the defending state champion Spartans, the number #2 seed out of District 3 with a 14-2-1 record and had outscored their opponents 94-5.
Sumner scored 90 seconds in and poured it on all game long to end the Wolves season, 6-0. The Wolves finished the season at 16-3-1.
According to Tim Martinez of The Columbian, with losses by Ridgefield, Black Hills and Hockinson yesterday and today, District 4 teams are now just 1-23 in the first round of the state tournament since 2006.
Women’s basketball
Montana Tech 66, Evergreen 58 – Recap
Jessica Denmon and Sadee Jones each scored 14 points but it wasn’t enough for the Geoducks in their 66-58 loss to Montana Tech at the CRC Gymnasium at Evergreen.
It’s a first round battle that kind of looks like a state title game when Black Hills travels to Sumner for a 7:00 PM first kick at Sunset Chev Stadium.
Both teams are coming off of district championship game losses and are the #2 seeds out of District 4 and District 3. Sumner lost 1-0 to Fife and Black Hills fell to Ridgefield 1-0 on Halloween. It was only the second loss of the season for both teams. Sumner has outscored their opponents 94-5 this year while Black Hills has a 76-15 edge in their 19 games.
The game can be heard live on the Eli Sports Network beginning at 6:45 PM.

Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Montana Tech – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
The Evergreen women will look to bounce back from two losses to Saint Martin’s and Northwest last week when they host Montana Tech tonight at the CRC. The Orediggers are 2-1 this season after they beat College of Idaho and lost to defending NAIA national champion Westmont 59-48 in Salt Lake City.
Wednesday news and notes…
Tumwater senior Justin Graham was surprised by an assembly and ESPN camera crews on Tuesday morning when he was named a finalist for the High School Heisman Trophy. Graham plays basketball, baseball, has a 4.0 GPA and gives his time in many ways to the community. Read more from Meg Wochnick and The Olympian here.
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Though the season was over, ThurstonTalk.com ran a big, long profile on Saint Martin’s University soccer on Sunday. Still a pretty good read. – ThurstonTalk.com
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I don’t cover high school cross country or other individual sports regularly. It’s a decision that had to be made based on time and information considerations. But, I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least mention that the Northwest Christian girls cross country team won their eighth straight 2B state championship this week. Ben Zimmerman, freelancing for the The Olympian, has the story.
And then there were two. Tumwater and Tenino both rolled in their district crossover games and advanced to the 2A and 1A state tournaments. Both teams will host games in the opening round of state.
Tumwater will have the easier road with 5-5 Sehome coming to town on Saturday night, though Sehome did take out undefeated Lakewood to get to state.
Meanwhile, Tenino will have to face 8-2 King’s in Centralia. King’s only two blemishes were a 14-6 opening day loss to then 2A #1 Lynden and a loss to another high ranked 2A team, previously undefeated Lakewood.
Timberline couldn’t overcome injuries, Rochester struggled against a really good team and Capital fought valiantly but all were eliminated after just one postseason game.
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Still alive
1. Tumwater T-Birds (10-0)
Last week: #1 (No change)
Previous game: Tumwater 42, Aberdeen 12
First round state playoffs: vs. Sehome (5-5) – Tumwater Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Not a surprise, Tumwater rolled. Aberdeen had just three days of rest after winning a three way playoff on Tuesday and only scored their 12 points after the T-Birds had taken a 42 point lead. They now face Sehome who are just 5-5 this season but are 4-1 over the last half of the year and just completed a major upset when they convincingly took out undefeated Lakewood, 35-13. The winner will take on either Orting or White River on the road.
2. Tenino Beavers (6-4)
Last week: #3 (+1)
Previous game: Tenino 41, White Salmon 7
First round state playoffs: vs. King’s (8-2) – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Tenino only allowed a kick off return touchdown at the end of the first half to White Salmon and then put 27 points on the board in the second half to eliminate White Salmon. Zack Chamberlain rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns and Thomas Pier had over 100 receiving yards and two touchdowns and the Beavers suddenly look like an offensive juggernaut. They’ll need it this week when they take on King’s. The Shoreline school has just two losses, both close games to highly ranked 2A schools.
Eliminated from the playoffs in districts
3. Timberline Blazers (6-4)
Last week: #2 (-1)
Previous game: Meadowdale 28, Timberline 21
4. Capital Cougars (4-6)
Last week: #4 (No change)
Previous game: Mark Morris 13, Capital 10
5. Rochester Warriors (6-4)
Last week: #5 (No change)
Previous game: Woodland 47, Rochester 21
Missed the playoffs
6. Olympia Bears (7-3)
Last week: #6 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 34, North Thurston 0
7. North Thurston (5-5)
Last week: #7 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 34, North Thurston 0
8. Black Hills (4-5)
Last week: #8 (No change)
9. River Ridge (4-5)
Last week: #9 (No change)
10. Yelm Tornadoes (4-6)
Last week: #10 (No change)
Previous game: Yelm 44, Mount Tahoma 8
11. Rainier Mountaineers (3-7)
Last week: #11 (No change)
Previous game: Rainer 50, Winlock 14
12. Shelton Highclimbers (2-8)
Last week: #12 (No change)
Previous game: Shelton 22, Stadium 20
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Seattle Pacific – SMU Soccer Field – 1:00 PM
High school football
3A Bi-District Playoffs (winner to state, loser out)
Timberline vs. Meadowdale – South Sound Stadium – 1:00 PM
2A District 4 Playoffs (winner to state, loser out)
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school volleyball
4A Bi-District Playoffs (loser out)
Olympia vs. Union – Kentwood HS, Kent – Noon
3A Bi-District Playoffs
North Thurston vs. Enumclaw – Auburn Mountainview HS – 10:00 AM (loser out)
Timberline vs. Prairie – Auburn Mountainview HS – Noon (winner to state)
2A District 4 Playoffs
Capital vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 11:00 AM (winner to state)
Tumwater vs. Ridgefield – Black Hills HS – 11:00 AM (winner to state)
Black Hills vs. Capital/Centralia – Black Hills HS – 1:00 PM (loser out)
2B District 4 Playoffs (winner to state)
Northwest Christian vs. Toutle Lake – South Bend HS – Noon
Girls soccer
4A Bi-District Playoffs (winner to state, loser out)
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Art Crate Stadium – 10:00 AM
3A Bi-District Playoffs (winner to state, loser out)
Timberline vs. Bonney Lake – Highline Memorial Stadium, Burien – Noon
2A District 4 Playoffs (winner to state, loser out)
Capital @ Hockinson – Battle Ground Stadium – 3:00 PM
1A District 4 Playoffs (championship, both to state)
Rochester vs. Elma – Tumwater Stadium – 2:00 PM
Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes vs. ORSU – The RAC – 2:00 PM