New, revised reclassification numbers have been released by the WIAA and it confirms a couple of major changes for the 2014-2016 seasons.
Here’s how the Olympia area (Thurston County plus Shelton) break down…
4A: Olympia, Timberline, Yelm
3A: Capital, North Thurston, Shelton
2A: Tumwater, Black Hills, River Ridge, Rochester
1A: Tenino
2B: Rainier
1B: Northwest Christian, Pope John Paul II
Olympia, Timberline and Yelm will all be some of the smallest schools in 4A with Olympia the largest at 1287. The cutoff between 4A and 3A is Marysville-Getchell at 1252. Timberline is listed as “still working with WIAA on enrollment #’s” so there is still a chance that they could land in 3A.
Capital will be one of the smallest 3A schools that didn’t opt up from a lower division. Rochester will be one of the smallest 2A schools while Tumwater will be one of the largest.
Rainier is now solidly in 2B and I would expect them to stay there and not opt up. Northwest Christian falls to 1B, but it would not surprise me at all to see them opt up to 2B and finally have a short drive for an opponent in Rainier.
Schools have the option to opt up until the first week of January.
See the full spreadsheet of reclassification numbers here.
Boys basketball
| Olympia 54, Capital 38 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital (0-4 overall) | 8 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 38 |
| Olympia (3-1 overall) | 13 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 54 |
| CAP leader: Travis Miller – 7 points OLY leader: Khalil Matheney – 22 points |
| Peninsula 51, North Thurston 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Thurston (0-3 overall) | 11 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 |
| Peninsula (4-0 overall) | 16 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 51 |
| NT leader: Steven Stone – 14 points |
| Stadium 59, Black Hills 35 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills (3-3 overall) | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 35 |
| Stadium | 9 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 59 |
| BH leader: TJ Mickelson – 13 points |
Girls basketball
| Olympia 75, Capital 29 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital (2-1 overall) | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| Olympia (1-4 overall) | 19 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 75 |
| CAP leader: Rachel Fenton – 11 points OLY leader: Jenna Randich – 18 points |
| Tumwater 56, Shelton 36 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater (1-2 overall) | 20 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 56 |
| Shelton | 11 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| TUM leader: Ashley Christoffer – 22 points |
| River Ridge 55, Yelm 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelm | 10 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 45 |
| River Ridge (3-0 overall) | 15 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 55 |
| RR leader: Jazzlynn Brewster – 12 points |
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. UPS – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
The Evergreen women look to bounce back after a pair of losses in their opening weekend of Cascade Conference play with a non-conference game tonight against UPS. The two losses snapped a four game losing streak and the Geoducks now sit at 4-4 this season. This is their last home game of 2013 and they will not play again at the CRC Gymnasium until January 10. UPS sits at 5-2 this year and are coming off of a split with the College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon, the two teams that Evergreen lost to last weekend.
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. UPS – CRC Gymnasium – 8:00 PM
The men opened the season with a win over UBC-Okanogan but have now lost ten straight exhibition and regular season games including a convincing sweep by College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon over the weekend. Tonight they get a rematch with UPS, who dropped them 71-58 on November 15th at Memorial Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Kyle Calhoun scored 24 points including five three pointers in the loss. North Thurston grad Matt Reid is averaging 11.1 minutes per game for the Loggers.
Girls basketball
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 5:45 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Boys basketball
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:30 PM
Boys basketball
| Capital 49, North Thurston 41 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital (1-3 overall) | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 49 |
| North Thurston (0-2 overall) | 6 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 41 |
| CAP leader: Travis Miller – 14 points NT leader: Steven Stone – 9 points |
| Fife 61, Tumwater 60 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater (1-2 overall) | 16 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 60 |
| Fife (3-0 overall) | 20 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 61 |
| TUM leader: Josiah Warner – 21 points |
| Black Hills 87, Chief Leschi 32 |
Girls basketball
| Black Hills 70, Olympia 52 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills (2-1 overall) | 25 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 70 |
| Olympia (0-4 overall) | 16 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 52 |
| BH leader: Sarah McGee – 22 points OLY leader: Autumn Barker – 12 points |
| North Thurston 46, Capital 28 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Thurston (1-1 overall) | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 46 |
| Capital (2-1 overall) | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| NT leader: Megan Kramer – 20 points CAP leader: Spencer Petit – 14 points |
Schedule for Monday, December 9th
Girls basketball
North Thurston @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Boys basketball
Black Hills vs. Chief Leschi – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Women’s basketball
| Eastern Oregon 92, Evergreen 76 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Oregon (1-0 CCC, 8-3 overall) | 36 | 56 | 92 |
| Evergreen (0-1 CCC, 4-3 overall) | 27 | 49 | 76 |
| TESC leader: Brittany Gray – 18 points, 15 boards |
Evergreen went 18-for-31 (58.1%)from the floor in the second half and scored 49 points. However, Eastern Oregon shot 74.1% from the floor, making 20-of-27 shots, and scored 56 points in the final 20 minutes to knock off the Geoducks 92-76 in the Cascade Conference opener.
Brittany Gray scored 16 points in the second half to finish with 18 points and 15 rebounds and Sammi Clark added 17 for the Geoducks. The Mountaineers’ Brittney Newcombe scored 25 of her 32 points in the second half.
Men’s basketball
| Eastern Oregon 73, Evergreen 54 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Oregon (1-0 CCC, 9-1 overall) | 34 | 39 | 73 |
| Evergreen (0-1 CCC, 1-5 overall) | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| TESC leader: Kyle Calhoun – 22 points |
Kyle Calhoun made six three pointers and finished with 22 points but was the only Geoduck to make more than two field goals in their 73-54 loss to Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium.
The Geoducks made just 15 shots from the field, eight of those were from long distance, and they were outrebounded 47-32. Marc Taylor scored nine points and pulled down seven boards in the loss.
Girls basketball
| Timberline 47, Olympia 44 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia (0-3 overall) | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| Timberline (1-1 overall) | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 47 |
| Leaders: Myhand (T) – 17 points Randich (O) – 19 points |
| Capital 51, RA Long 38 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA Long (0-2 overall) | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 38 |
| Capital (2-0 overall) | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 51 |
| CAP Leaders: Petit, Christopher – 11 points |
| Yelm 61, North Thurston 34 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Thurston (0-1 overall) | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| Yelm (2-0 overall) | 14 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 61 |
| NT leader: Hayley Niles – 15 points |
| Mark Morris 71, Tumwater 25 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater (0-2 overall) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| Mark Morris (3-0 overall) | 19 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 71 |
| TUM leader: Sierra Snyder – 7 points |
Boys basketball
| Olympia 47, Timberline 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timberline (1-1 overall) | 11 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 45 |
| Olympia (2-1 overall) | 7 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 47 |
| Leaders: Dorsey (T) – 13 points Matheney (O) – 18 points |
| River Ridge 76, Decatur 55 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Ridge (2-1 overall) | 14 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 76 |
| Decatur (1-1 overall) | 18 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 55 |
| RR Leaders: Scott – 22 points |
| Yelm 72, North Thurston 61 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelm (2-1 overall) | 11 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 72 |
| North Thurston (0-1 overall) | 4 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 61 |
| NT leader: Seth Meredith – 13 points |
| Mark Morris 56, Tumwater 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Morris (2-0 overall) | 8 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 56 |
| Tumwater (1-1 overall) | 10 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 45 |
| TUM leader: David Cooper – 16 points |
Girls basketball
| Capital 50, Bremerton 46 (OT) | ||||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital (1-0 overall) | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 50 |
| Bremerton (0-1 overall) | 5 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| CHS leader: Spencer Petit – 22 points |
| Black Hills 64, Elma 54 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills (1-1 overall) | 23 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 64 |
| Elma (0-1 overall) | 14 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 54 |
| BH leader: Shayla Smothers – 14 points |
| Kennedy 60, Olympia 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia (0-2 overall) | 5 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 45 |
| Kennedy (1-0 overall) | 19 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 60 |
| Oly leader: Jenna Randich – 13 points |
Boys basketball
| Black Hills 43, Shelton 33 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelton (0-1 overall) | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| Black Hills (2-1 overall) | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 |
| Skyline 48, Olympia 35 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia (1-1 overall) | 6 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| Skyline (1-0 overall) | 9 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 48 |
| Oly leaders: Matheney, Fortier, Bishop – 8 |
| White River 79, Capital 76 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White River (1-0 overall) | 15 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 79 |
| Capital (0-2 overall) | 18 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 76 |
| Cap leader: Chandler Yount – 16 points |
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
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
Brandell Evans (5) and Donaven Dorsey (33)
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.
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