Category Archives: Black Hills HS
Today (10/23): Rams, Blazers rematch
High school volleyball
Timberline @ North Thurston – North Thurston – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Two big high school volleyball rivalry games on tap this evening, one a rematch of an epic game from earlier in the season with playoff implications.
Timberline came back from two sets down and multiple match points to knock off North Thurston on September 26th. That loss is the only loss the Rams have suffered all season while the Blazers have just one non-league loss on their résumé and are a game ahead of North Thurston in the Narrows League standings.
Girl’s soccer
North Thurston vs. Yelm – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
River Ridge
Timberline vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Blazers drill Rams, Kinne tops 2,000 yards; Capital clinches #2 seed
High school football
Timberline 24, North Thurston 0
Shelton 55, Mount Tahoma 7
Capital 42, WF West 14
Yelm 17, Gig Harbor 12
Black Hills 42, Centralia 17
Rochester 41, Stevenson 14
Bellarmine 21, Olympia 0
Hoquiam 41, Tenino 3
Montesano 70, Rainier 0
College volleyball
Concordia 3, Evergreen 0 (25-12, 27-25, 25-9) – Recap
Women’s soccer
College of Idaho 5, Evergreen 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Week 8: My 4 year-old daughter’s expert football picks
My four year-old daughter went 6-4 last week and currently sits at 24-20 with her expert high school prognosticating. This week she was pretty distracted and fell back on her sharp teeth and claws reasoning, but I think her picks look pretty darn good again. Also featured, a couple bonus picks from my 1 1/2 year old. She really liked the words bulldog and bearcat…
Black Hills Wolves vs. Centralia Tigers
Her pick: Wolves
“They have fangs!”
Olympia Bears vs. Bellarmine Lions
Her pick: Bears
“They have sharp claws.”
Timberline Blazers @ North Thurston Rams
Her pick: Rams
“They’re better”
Yelm Tornadoes vs. Gig Harbor Tides
Her pick: Tornadoes
“They’re so windy!”
Shelton Highclimbers @ Mount Tahoma T-Birds
Her pick: Highclimbers
“They’ll cut them down.”
Rainier Mountaineers @ Montesano Bulldogs
Her pick: Bulldogs
Bonus 1 1/2 year old pick: BULLDOGS BULLDOGS BULLDOGS
“It’s fun to say.”
Capital Cougars @ W.F. West Bearcats
Her pick: Cougars
Bonus 1 1/2 year old pick: BEARCATS!
“No reason.”
Tenino Beavers @ Hoquiam Grizzlies
Her pick: Beavers
“They chew up trees!”
Rochester Warriors @ Stevenson Bulldogs
Her pick: Warriors
“They’re tougher.”
Today (10/19): Geoducks women doubleheader; Blazers, Rams Narrows showdown
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. College of Idaho – Evergreen Pitch – 3:00 PM
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. Concordia – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
High school football
In town…
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. Gig Harbor – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Out of town…
Shelton @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen
Rainier @ Montesano – Rottle Field, Montesano – 7:00 PM
Capital @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM – Listen
Tenino @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM – Listen
Rochester @ Stevenson – Stevenson HS – 7:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: T-Birds clinch EvCo title; Saints roll in Dakota; So much more
High school football
Tumwater 27, River Ridge 12
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 3, Sioux Falls 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Seattle Pacific 4, Saint Martin’s 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Girl’s soccer
WF West 6, Capital 3
Gig Harbor 4, Timberline 1
North Thurston @ Shelton – no report
Olympia vs. Yelm – no report
River Ridge @ Black Hills – no report
College volleyball
Alaska Anchorage 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-15) – Recap
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Mount Tahoma 0 (25-8, 25-13, 25-19)
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0 (25-21, 25-7, 25-17)
Olympia 3, Yelm 0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-14)
Capital 3, WF West 0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-23)
Black Hills 3, River Ridge 0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-13)
Willapa Valley 3, Northwest Christian 2 (25-19, 25-20, 13-25, 25-27, 10-15)
Oly Sports high school football power rankings: T-Birds on top
Six wins in a row put the T-Birds on top. Can they escape the Oly Sports jinx?
Is the top spot of the Oly Sports power rankings becoming a curse? Capital lasted just two weeks, North Thurston lasted just two weeks and now Shelton drops after just one week. Tumwater could easily last the rest of the season if they can get past River Ridge this week, but have I already jinxed them? Can my highly unscientific rankings be cursed? We’ll see…
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1. Tumwater T-Birds (6-1)
Last week: #2 (+1)
Previous game: Tumwater 48, Centralia 0
Next game: @ River Ridge (5-2) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Six straight wins for the T-Birds move them into the top spot of the power rankings after Shelton took a tumble. Thursday’s River Ridge game is their last major test before the post season and it could be a really interesting, fun game to watch.
2. Timberline Blazers (6-1)
Last week: #3 (+1)
Previous game: Timberline 40, Mount Tahoma 6
Next game: @ North Thurston (6-1) – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Well, they’ve practiced against both Foss and Mount Tahoma leading into their game this week with North Thurston and have now won five straight games. But, and this is a big but, sophomore QB Gabe Gutierrez broke his arm and the Blazers will now turn to senior Chris MacNeil the rest of the way.
3. North Thurston Rams (6-1)
Last week: #4 (+1)
Previous game: North Thurston 21, Shelton 20
Next game: vs. Timberline (6-1) – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The defense came up big for the Rams once again stopping Shelton twice on the goal line in the second half including a controversial strip of the ball while Ralph Kinne was going into the endzone with less than three minutes left to play. But the Rams did get the win and are still undefeated in the 3A Narrows League with their also undefeated rival coming up next.
4. Shelton Highclimbers (6-1)
Last week: #1 (-3)
Previous game: North Thurston 21, Shelton 20
Next game: vs. Mount Tahoma (0-7) – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: What a heart breaker for the Highclimbers. Ralph Kinne appeared to have scored the go ahead touchdown but the ball came out close to the goal line and was ruled a fumble and Shelton never got the ball back respond. North Thurston has a really good defense, but it is very concerning that the Highclimbers could not do anything in the air once the Rams started limiting the running game. But they do get a chance to work out some of the kinks against 0-7 Mount Tahoma this week before taking on Timberline in the regular season finale.
5. Capital Cougars (5-2)
Last week: #5 (No change)
Previous game: Capital 56, Black Hills 7
Next game: @ WF West (5-2) – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The Cougars exploded for 56 points against Black Hills this week. Kai Van Sickle rushed for 294 yards and four touchdowns and the Cougars racked up 582 total yards. This week they face WF West with second place in the 2A Evergreen Conference on the line.
6. Tenino Beavers (5-2)
Last week: #6 (No change)
Previous game: Montesano 50, Tenino 7
Next game: @ Hoquiam (7-0) – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Two straight big losses to really good teams has the Tenino Beavers reeling. The previously unstoppable offense has scored just 13 points in the last two games and next get a really good Hoquiam team at venerable Olympic Stadium.
7. River Ridge Hawks (5-2)
Last week: #7 (No change)
Previous game: WF West 44, River Ridge 26
Next game: vs. Tumwater (6-1) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
Notes: No surprise that River Ridge lost to WF West on Friday. Despite how good the Hawks have played, there just seems to be a natural order for the 2A Evergreen Conference this season. Tumwater, Capital and WF West will compete for 1-3, River Ridge is fourth, Black Hills fifth and Centralia sixth. But the Hawks could upset the whole balance with a upset of the T-Birds on Thursday night. Can they do it? The offense is good enough but can the defense and special teams stop Andrew Brown? Probably not.
8. Olympia Bears (3-4)
Last week: #8 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 14, Gig Harbor 0
Next game: vs. Bellarmine (6-1) – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Olympia’s strange season continues. They started 0-3 and have since played a slew of close games and currently sit at 3-1 in the 4A Narrows League, good enough for third place. But Bellarmine comes to town this week to give the Oly defense their toughest test to date.
9. Black Hills Wolves (3-4)
Last week: #9 (No change)
Previous game: Capital 56, Black Hills 7
Next game: vs. Centralia (0-7) – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The Wolves have dropped three straight games and have only scored 13 points in the past two contests against WF West and Capital, which isn’t much of a surprise. The Wolves hope to get back to .500 when 0-7 Centralia comes to town this week.
10. Yelm Tornadoes (3-4)
Last week: #10 (No change)
Previous game: Bellarmine 56, Yelm 7
Next game: vs. Gig Harbor (2-5) – Yelm Tornadoes Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: 3-0 to start, but in four straight losses the Tornadoes have been outscored 174-41. Gig Harbor’s bad offense and good defense comes to Yelm this week and I have no idea which team will prove to be the better team.
11. Rochester Warriors (1-6)
Last week: #11 (No change)
Previous game: Forks 23, Rochester 0
Next game: @ Stevenson (3-4) – Stevenson HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Rochester is struggling, no doubt. I’m more interested in their opponent, Stevenson. The Bulldogs either win by a ton or get stomped. What strange results. Their losses are 49-8, 46-6, 41-0, 44-0. Their wins are 50-0, 30-0 and 44-0.
12. Rainier Mountaineers (0-7)
Last week: #12 (No change)
Previous game: Hoquiam 63, Rainier 0
Next game: @ Montesano (5-2) – Rottle Field, Montesano – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Oh boy, poor Rainier has to take on Montesano on homecoming, playing on their home field for the first time since the historic structure burned to the ground.
Tuesday scoreboard: Domination
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Shelton 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-11)
North Thurston 3, Mount Tahoma (25-17, 25-12, 25-13)
Olympia 3, South Kitsap 0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-23)
Northwest Christian 3, Ocosta 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-21)
Black Hills 3, WF West 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-16)
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0 (25-21, 25-8, 25-11)
Capital 3, River Ridge 0 (25-8, 25-19, 25-4)
Girl’s soccer
Capital 7, River Ridge 3
Timberline 6, Shelton 1
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0
Gig Harbor 1, Olympia 0
Today (10/16): Girl’s soccer, volleyball coming down the stretch
High school volleyball
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s soccer
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Capital – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Rams knock off Highclimbers on questionable call; Geoducks drop two
High school football
Olympia 14, Gig Harbor 0
Capital 56, Black Hills 7
Tumwater 48, Centralia 0
North Thurston 21, Shelton 20
Hoquiam 63, Rainier 0
Bellarmine 56, Yelm 7
Montesano 50, Tenino 7
WF West 44, River Ridge 26
Timberline 40, Mount Tahoma 6
Rochester at Forks – No report
Shelton’s Ralph Kinne appeared to score the go ahead touchdown with three minutes remaining in the game but a North Thurston defender ripped the ball loose and fell on the ball in the end zone. After a discussion, the officials ruled that Kinne fumbled and the Rams took over on the 20 yard line and ran out the clock with a pair of first downs to take home the 21-20 victory in a battle of undefeated 3A Narrows League rivals.
Deshon Bell scored two touchdowns for the Highclimbers, the first a ten yard run to open the scoring in the first quarter and a 60 yarder in the second quarter. Ralph Kinne also scored on a 64 yard touchdown run and finished with 190 yards.
But with every big run Shelton produced, the Rams fought back with long drives. Mo Manning scored once for the Rams and Bobby Cervantes also scored on an end around play. The final touchdown was scored in the second quarter on a one yard run that Shelton defenders thought that they had recovered a fumble on the play.
With the win, the Rams move to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the 3A Narrows League and will take on fellow undefeated Narrows League rival Timberline. The Highclimbers fall to 6-1 and 3-1 in league. They next get 0-7 Mount Tahoma before a final week matchup with Timberline.
Women’s soccer
Northwest 4, Evergreen 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
College volleyball
College of Idaho 3, Evergreen 0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-19) – Recap
Week 7: My 4 year-old daughter’s expert football picks
She’s been busy studying and taking notes to bring you her expert picks
It has been a couple of weeks since my daughter weighed in on the week’s slate of football games but she is back today with a fresh crop of heavily studied and research picks. At 18-16 on the season, I’d say she is doing a decent job as prognosticator…
Black Hills Wolves @ Capital Cougars
Her pick: Wolves
“Daddy, did you know Wolves have big sharp teeth called fangs? They’re bigger and sharper.”
North Thurston Rams @ Shelton Highclimbers
Her pick: Highclimbers
“They’ll climb up and cut down a tree.”
Tumwater T-Birds vs. Centralia Tigers
Her pick: Tigers
“Tigers are faster…and they have sharp teeth.”
Timberline Blazers vs. Mount Tahoma T-Birds
Her pick: Blazers
“They’ll cut down a tree, too.”
Rainier Mountaineers vs. Hoquiam Grizzlies
Her pick: Grizzlies
“Grizzly Bears have big, sharp claws.”
Tenino Beavers vs. Montesano Bulldogs
Her pick: Bulldogs
“They have sharp teeth.” (She is all about sharp, pointy things)
Rochester Warriors vs. Forks Spartans
Her pick: Spartans
“That’s a funny name, daddy!”
Olympia Bears @ Gig Harbor Tides
Her pick: Bears
“Bears are fast and have sharp claws.”
Yelm Tornadoes @ Bellarmine Lions
Her pick: Tornadoes
“Tornadoes can blow down lions.”
River Ridge Hawks @ W.F. West Bearcats
Her pick: Bearcats
“They’re just better.”
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