Category Archives: Capital HS
PHOTO GALLERY: Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup
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Capital’s young squad of graduates went undefeated and ran away with a 4-0 win over Tumwater in the final game to repeat as Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup champions.
Pictures are from Sunday’s Tumwater/River Ridge, Tumwater/North Thurston and Tumwater/Capital game.
Today (6/16): Friends of Mia tourney crowns a champion
Soccer
Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup – The RAC – 9:00 AM
The Friends of Mia tournament continues with six pool games and the championship game this afternoon. Here is today’s schedule…
River Ridge vs. Tumwater – Field 3 – 9:00 AM
North Thurston vs. Olympia – Field 4 – 9:00 AM
Tumwater vs. River Ridge – Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Capital vs. Olympia – Field 4 – 10:15 AM
North Thurston vs. Tumwater – Field 3 – 11:45 AM
Capital vs. Timberline – Field 4 – 11:45 AM
Championship game – Field 4 – 1:15 PM
Today (6/15): Friends of Mia soccer, Tatunka 7s rugby tournaments; Racing at the Speedway
Soccer
Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup – The RAC – 9:00 AM
The second annual Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup gets underway today with pool play beginning at 9:00 AM on Field 4 at The RAC. Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Timberline and Tumwater will battle for the title in support of families fighting pediatric cancer at Children’s Hospital in Seattle and pediatric cancer research. Here is today’s tournament schedule…
Tumwater vs. Capital – Field 4 – 9:00 AM
North Thurston vs. River Ridge – Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Olympia vs. Timberline – Field 4 – 10:15 AM
River Ridge vs. Capital – Field 3 – 11:30 AM
Timberline vs. Tumwater – Field 4 – 11:30 AM
Capital vs. North Thurston – Field 3 – 12:45 PM
Olympia vs. Tumwater – Field 4 – 12:45 PM
Timberline vs. North Thurston – Field 3 – 2:00 PM
Olympia vs. River Ridge – Field 4 – 2:00 PM
Following the action today, O’Blarney’s is hosting a post-tournament party beginning at 4:00 PM. O’Blarneys will donate 20% of all tabs opened between 4:00 and 10:00 PM and there will be a variety of items up for auction including a Seattle Sounders jersey signed by the entire team.
The tournament continues on Sunday at 9:00 AM with the championship game getting underway at 1:15 PM.
Rugby
Budd Bay Rugby’s Tatunka 7’s – Evergreen State College – 10:00 AM
The annual Tatunka 7’s rugby tournament hosted by Budd Bay Rugby kicks off the 7s season in the Pacific Northwest. The tournament will feature three divisions – men’s competitive, women’s open and men’s open – and last year featured 22 teams in a double elimination tournament. The Tatunka 7s tourney used to accompany Super Saturday, the celebration on Evergreen’s campus the day after graduation but has stood on it’s own since the funding for Super Saturday was cut.
Auto racing
Street Stocks, Legends, Baby Grands, Bumblebees and Outlaw Compacts – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
Capital’s Jason Monda goes to the Phillies in the 6th round
Capital High School alum and current Washington State junior outfielder Jason Monda was drafted in the sixth round with the 181st pick by the Philadelphia Phillies. Monda hit .294 with seven home runs for the Cougs this season and spent the 2012 summer wood-bat season with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League.
Here is what the Twitter-verse is saying about the Monda pick…
#Phillies pick Jason Monda could be a very tough sign. I heard he wants to pursue medical school. We’ll see… #mlbdraft
— Conor Glassey (@conorglassey) June 7, 2013
Wash. St. OF Jason Monda to #Phillies. Liked him considerably as underclassman. Didnt really progress much but intriguing mix of size& tools
— Al Skorupa (@alskor) June 7, 2013
Congrats to Jason Monda one of my homies since elementary school for getting drafted by the Phillies #fromCHStoMLB
— Josh Phillips (@JoshPhillipsGU) June 7, 2013
Congrats to a great friend and teammate in Jason Monda on getting drafted by the Phillies in the 6th round today. #mlbdraft
— Kellen Camus (@KCcoug47) June 7, 2013
Jason Monda was drafted by the Phillies in the 6th round today. But there’s no guarantee he’ll sign.
— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) June 7, 2013
Jason Monda is the highest Coug to be drafted since the Marlins took Adam Conley in the second round two years ago.
— CougCenter (@CougCenter) June 7, 2013
Here is what MLB.com says about Monda…
“Monda is a projectable college outfielder who hits for average and should add power down the line. Monda, out of Washington State, has shown that he can handle center but might have to move to a corner as he fills out, a place where his glove could be plus. He has average speed on the basepaths but possesses great instincts that allow his speed to play up. If Monda can add power, then he could become a solid everyday player in the Majors.”
Now the question is, will he sign or return to Washington State for his senior season?
Baseball alumni: Smith wins NAIA title; Boyle and Weiks open NCAAs; Calhoun’s squad in NJCAA title
Black Hills alum Ryan Smith and his Faulkner University Eagles won the NAIA championship on Thursday night with an 11-4 win over Lewis & Clark State on LCSC’s home field in Lewiston, Idaho. Faulkner went 56-11 this season and was the #1 ranked team in the nation. Smith, a junior that pitched two years at Chemeketa Community College before transferring to the Montgomery, Alabama school, appeared in nine games for the Eagles posting a 2-0 record with a 2.52 ERA in five starts.
In other college baseball post-season news, two area high school baseball players open the NCAA Division I regionals tomorrow. River Ridge alum Brandon Boyle and South Alabama will take on Mercer in Starkville, Mississippi at noon while Capital grad Jourdan Weiks and the University of San Francisco will face Rice at 2:00 PM in Eugene, Oregon. Both games can be seen on ESPN3.
Boyle, a junior transfer from Lower Columbia Community College, has made 19 appearances and four starts for the Jaguars posting a 2-2 record striking out 36 batters over 45 2/3 innings of work. South Alabama is 42-18 so far this season and is the #2 seed in the Starkville regional, hosted by Mississippi State, the #1 seed. Mercer is the #3 seed while Central Arkansas is the #4.
Weiks had his struggles for the Dons in his sophomore season hitting just .159 in just 44 at-bats. He started 10 times and appeared in 34 games scoring 13 runs for the Dons. USF went 34-22 this season and are the #3 seed in the Eugene regional where they will face the #2 seed Owls. Oregon is the #1 seed and will face #4 South Dakota State on Friday.
One last local post-season note: Nick Calhoun, the incoming head coach for the Hawks Prairie Cardinals of the Puget Sound Collegiate League, is an assistant coach for Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. With a 6-0 win over Heartland on Thursday night, the Aggies moved into the National Junior College Athletic Association championship game on Saturday. Calhoun’s squad is 45-22 this season and will take on either Madison College or LSU-Eunice for the title.
Friday scoreboard: Bears, Blazers survive; Rams, T-Birds, Cougs seasons end
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 4, Rogers 2
Skyview 3, Olympia 1
Maddy Stensby allowed two runs on three hits and Olympia’s two run six inning led the Bears to a 4-2 win in the first round of districts at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. Adrianna Rupright hit a home run and Nikki Schroeder and Leticia Farias each collected two hits in the win.
But the Bears managed just four hits and committed three errors in their second round 3-1 loss to Skyview. The loss drops the Bears into a loser-out game against Puyallup on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Sprinker.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline 12, Kennedy 6
Auburn Mountainview 11, North Thurston 5
Timberline knocked off Kennedy 12-6 in the first round of the 3A district tournament at Sprinker Recreation Area in Spanaway. The Blazers’ second round game was rained out and will be played on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM. They will take on Enumclaw in a winner-to-state game at Sprinker.
North Thurston’s season came to an end with a 11-5 loss to Auburn Mountainview in the first round at Sprinker. The Rams finished at 15-7 overall.
2A District IV tournament
Centralia 10, Tumwater 3
RA Long 7, Capital 0
Tumwater and Capital’s seasons both game to an end on Friday afternoon with losses to Centralia and RA Long respectively.
Today (5/17): Bears, Rams, Blazers open district softball, T-Birds, Cougs face loser-out games
My apologies for no posts yesterday, I had ankle surgery and never felt up to writing. Back at it today, though…
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest District tournament
Olympia vs. Rogers – Sprinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 10:00 AM
3A West Central/Southwest District tournament
North Thurston vs. Auburn Mountainview – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
Timberline vs. Kennedy – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
2A Distict IV consolation bracket (loser-out)
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. RA Long – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
PHOTO GALLERY: Cougars fall 4-1 to Tyee in state tourney
(Click any image to go to gallery and see larger size. Apologies for the less than stellar quality, nothing really turned out tonight. If you would like to buy me a nice lens, please email me, I’ll take it)
Kellan O’Neill uncorked a scorching shot along the ground from just inside the box in the 20th minute that beat the Tyee keeper to give Capital a 1-0 lead. Despite the early Cougars goal, the Totems were the aggressors from the beginning and eventually capitalized scoring three times in a 15 minute span to knock off Capital, 4-1, in the first round of the 2A state tournament at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien.
Down 1-0 deep into the first half, Tyee finally broke through with the equalizer after numerous chances throughout the first 39 minutes. With just 1:19 remaining in the half, Osvaldo Lopez turned from the far right side and put a shot between three Capital defenders that found far side of the goal. The two teams went to the half tied at one apiece.
Tyee’s Hamidou Kante broke free on the right side 12 minutes into the second half and caught Capital keeper Van Soderberg out of position. Soderberg hammered Kante just inside the box and the Totems were awarded a penalty kick. Liam Maginniss buried the shot for what would prove to be the game winning goal.
A minute later, Kante scored an easy goal off of a deflected Eduardo Pelayo shot to give the Totems a 3-1 lead. Lopez scored another goal with just over five minutes left to play and finished out the game with a 4-1 win, ending the Cougars season.
Capital finishes the season at 11-8-1. The Cougars were the last boys soccer team from the Olympia area still alive.
Today (5/14): Capital faces Tyee in state tourney first round
Boys soccer
Capital vs. Tyee – Highline Memorial Stadium, Burien – 7:30 PM
Capital, the last remaining boys soccer team from the Olympia area, opens state tournament play when they face Tyee at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien tonight at 7:00 PM.
The Cougars finished second in the 2A EvCo at 8-4 but lost their first round game in the District IV tournament to Mark Morris. An upset of EvCo champion Aberdeen and a 2-0 win over Centralia in the consolation bracket led them to third place and a birth in the state tourney.
Tyee finished second in the 2A Seamount at 10-3-1 behind undefeated Hazen and won their only district game 3-1 over White River to advance as the #3 seed out of the West Central District. The Totems finished the season 12-4-1.
The computer rankings of ScoreCzar have predicted that Tyee will beat Capital 2-1.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball survives; Bears, Rams baseball split seeding games; Cougs soccer to state
College softball
NCAA Tournament West Regional
Humboldt State 6, Saint Martin’s 5
Saint Martin’s 8, Grand Canyon 5 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
In game one of the NCAA Division II West Regional in Arcata, California today, Saint Martin’s out homered heavy home run hitting Humboldt State on their home field but it wasn’t enough and the Saints fell to the Lumberjacks, 6-5. The loss was the first for the Saints in the double-elimination tournament and sent them to an elimination game later in the day.
Humboldt State opened the scoring right away putting two runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. But the Saints answered back, first with a two run home run from Dani Wall in the top of the second and briefly took a 3-2 lead when Joslyn Eugenio drove in Lacey McGladrey in the third.
The ‘Jacks answered with three straight runs in the third and fourth innings including Dani Randall’s homer in the third and what proved to be the game winning run on a Courtney Hiatt single in the fourth.
Taviah Jenkins hit a two run shot in the sixth inning to cut the score to one run and Taylor Bakos singled and advanced to second on an error with no outs. Aubree Pocklington fouled out and Madi Davis struck out for the first two outs of the inning. Bakos was then thrown out on the plate trying to score from second on a single to left by McGladrey. The Saints stranded a runner at second in the seventh inning and Humboldt State held on to win 6-5.
In game two, Grand Canyon got a rematch with the Saints after eliminating UC-San Diego in the first game of the consolation bracket in the morning.
Facing elimination, Saint Martin’s got it going quickly scoring twice in the first inning on a Sam Munger single and a Wall ground out. In the second, Pocklington doubled to drive in Bakos and the Saints took a 3-0 lead.
The ‘Lopes would answer back in a big way with four runs in an error filled top of the third inning. But Jenkins hit her second home run of the day in the bottom half of the inning, a two run shot that put the Saints back on top, 5-3. McGladrey’s single in the fourth drove in Pocklington to put the Saints up 6-4.
Grand Canyon got a run back in the fifth but again Jenkins went deep in the bottom of the fifth, her third of the day, to give the Saints an 8-5 lead and they would hold on to end the ‘Lopes season and advance to play Humboldt State on Sunday at noon. The Saints will have to win two straight games against the ‘Jacks to advance to the Super Regionals.
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 8, Kentridge 1
Emerald Ridge 7, Olympia 4
With their win over Kentridge and their loss to Emerald Ridge, Olympia took sixth place in the district tournament and advanced to the state tournament regionals. They will take on Lake Stevens at Everett Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 PM.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Peninsula 10, North Thurston 4
North Thurston 5, Bonney Lake 0
North Thurston dropped their district semifinal game to Peninsula but came back to beat Bonney Lake at take third place. They will face Mt. Si at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue on Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 PM in the state tournament regionals.
2A District IV tournament
Mark Morris 8, Capital 7
Down 7-0 and with just three outs left in their season, Mark Morris rallied for eight runs in the seventh inning and Capital saw their season end with a heartbreaking 8-7 loss.
Boys soccer
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Mountain View 4, North Thurston 0
North Thurston’s season came to an end at Highline Memorial Stadium with a 4-0 loss to Mountain View.
2A District IV tournament
Capital 2, Centralia 0
Capital got second half goals from Ethan Meyers and Kellen O’Neill and kept their season alive with a 2-0 win over Centralia at Ingersoll Stadium. They will play in the state tournament beginning on Wednesday, May 15th.
Auto racing
South Sound Speedway winners:
Mini Stock – Grant Charneski
Vintage Modifieds – Paul Field
Hobby Stocks – David Knittle
Baby Grand – Jim Guinn
Stinger 8’s – Steve Pierson
Oly Sports 