Category Archives: Capital HS
Today (11/30): Spaghetti Bowl hoops, Wolves host Skyline; Navs, Hawks, T-Birds in action
Boy’s basketball
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Skyline – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Orting – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian vs. Orting – Northwest Christian HS – 5:45 PM
River Ridge vs. Auburn-Mountainview – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Mark Morris – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Cougars, Bears, Wolves post non-league wins
Boy’s basketball
Capital 60, North Thurston 50
Shelton 41, Black Hills 35
Women’s basketball
Shoreline 70, SPSCC 41 – Box score
Girl’s basketball
Olympia 43, Lincoln 41
Black Hills 67, Shelton 14
River Ridge vs. Steilacoom – No report
Today (11/28): SPSCC women home opener; Rams battle Cougars
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Shoreline – SPSCC – 6:00 PM
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge vs. Steilacoom – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Boy’s basketball
North Thurston @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Rough opening night for hoop squads
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 61, Auburn 39
Federal Way 73, River Ridge 49
White River 79, Tumwater 61
Three Rivers Christian 50, Northwest Christian 39
Auburn Riverside 70, Capital 60
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian 35, Three Rivers Christian 31
Yelm 60, Tumwater 34
Tonight (11/27): Boy’s hoops starts with a bang
Boy’s basketball
Olympia vs. Auburn – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Auburn Riverside – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Federal Way – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Tumwater vs. White River – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
The boy’s basketball season gets started with a bang today with four games featuring some of the areas best players and most interesting stories taking center stage.
Olympia will have to replace 4A Narrows League MVP Dominick Franks, the post-Doug Galloway era begins at Capital, Brad Wallace returns for his senior season at River Ridge and faces a young talented team in Federal Way and Tumwater hosts White River, who lost to Lynden in the 2A state title game last season.
What a way to start what should be another highly entertaining year of basketball in the South Sound.
Friday scoreboard: Van Sickle gets the record in Cougs loss; Saints drop Geoducks again
High school football
Lynden 48, Capital 21
Kai Van Sickle’s 37 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter gave the Capital running back the single season rushing record in the state of Washington. But the touchdown only cut Lynden’s lead to 34-7 and the Lions held on to beat the Cougars 48-21 in the 2A semifinals at the Tacoma Dome. Capital finishes the season at 10-3.
Men’s basketball
Pacific Lutheran 76, Evergreen 45
Bellevue 73, SPSCC 50 – Box score
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 53, Evergreen 45 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Today (11/23): Cougars, Lions at the Dome
The 2A state football semifinals get started today at the Tacoma Dome when Kai Van Sickle and his Capital Cougars take on the Lynden Lions. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 PM and the game will be broadcast live on ROOT Sports.
Capital comes into the game at 10-2 with their only losses coming to two teams still alive in the state playoffs: Tumwater and Bellarmine. The Cougars knocked off Ridgefield 42-6 in the crossover game, Lakewood 47-36 in the first round and easily handled Burlington-Edison last week, 46-19, to get to the Dome. Van Sickle has been unbelievable in the playoffs rushing for 754 yards and 12 touchdowns in his three games and now has 2,599 yards and 38 TDs this season, only 83 yards from the single season rushing record.
But Capital runs into the #2 ranked Lions who stand at 11-1 on the season and have won 11 straight games. Their only loss of the season came in their opener against King’s, 42-39. During their winning streak, the Lions have outscored their opponents 486-116 and only 41 of their opponents points came during the first three quarters. The other 75 points came during the fourth quarter when the game was long out of reach. The six time state champions have a balanced attack led by QB Josh Kraght, who has over 1,800 yards passing and 21 TDs, and RB Luke Christianson, a 1,200 yard rusher with 20 TDs.
ScoreCzar predicts that Lynden will come out on top, 30-24. The winner of the game moves into the finals next week and will take on the winner of the Tumwater/Prosser game scheduled for tomorrow in Kennewick.
Saturday scoreboard: Cougars advance to semis, Rams fall; O’Neill’s career night leads Saints
High school football
Capital 46, Burlington-Edison 19
University 23, North Thurston 7
Kai Van Sickle scored another five touchdowns today and Capital easily moved into the semifinals next week at the Tacoma Dome with a 46-19 win over Burlington-Edison at Ingersoll Stadium.
After jumping out to a 15-3 lead in the first quarter, the Cougars surrendered a touchdown and a field goal and the Tigers trailed by just two points, 15-13. But Capital ran off 31 unanswered points from that point before Burlington-Edison scored in garbage time.
Capital will face Lynden in the semifinals at the Tacoma Dome next Saturday.
The road finally caught up to North Thurston today with a 23-13 quarterfinals loss to University in Spokane.
The Rams fell behind 21-0 before a Mo Manning seven yard run got them on the board in the third quarter. Brandon Belisario scored a three yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter to cut the Titans’ lead to ten but it was too little, too late and North Thurston’s season ends at 9-3.
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 61, Notre Dame de Namur 45 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Roger O’Neill scored a career high 24 points and Rei Jensen chipped in 10 points to lead Saint Martin’s to a 61-45 win over Notre Dame de Namur in Monmouth, Oregon at the WOU Phoenix Inn Shootout. The Saints held the Argos to just 28.6% shooting in the game and no Argo scored in double digits.
Women’s basketball
UPS 72, Evergreen 65 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Danielle Swain scored 20 points and pulled down 12 rebounds and Evergreen held a 61-60 lead with 4:02 left to play in the game. But UPS outscored the Geoducks 12-5 down the stretch to take home a 72-65 win at Memorial Fieldhouse in Tacoma.
College volleyball
Western Oregon 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-14) – Box score
Today (11/17): Cougars host Tigers in quarterfinals; Senior night for Saints
The state quarterfinals continue tonight with two local teams on each side of the state. The first and closest game takes place at Ingersoll Stadium where Capital plays host to Burlington-Edison at 4:00 PM.
Both teams run the ball very well, especially Capital’s Kai Van Sickle who rushed for 350 yards and six touchdowns in last week’s 45-27 win over Lakewood. But not to be outdone, the Tigers rushed for 395 yards as a team including Tyler Morrison’s 211 yards in a 35-21 win over Orting. Burlington-Edison lost three games this season falling to Ferndale (lost to Bellevue last week), Sehome (4-6 on the season) and Lynden (still alive), all on their home field. Capital is 9-2 on the season with losses to two teams still alive in the playoffs, Bellarmine and Tumwater.
ScoreCzar is predicting that Capital will win the contest 30-11. The game can be heard online on Mount Vernon’s KAPS website or 660 AM if you are in Skagit County.
Across the state, the North Thurston Rams travel are forced to travel east again to take on University Prep in Spokane at 5:00 PM. The Rams are 9-2 on the season and are coming off a 35-23 win over Kennewick in Kennewick last Saturday. They take on the 7-4 Titans who started the season at just 2-4 but have won five straight including a surprising 34-6 victory over O’Dea last week.
ScoreCzar expects North Thurston to win 26-11. I have not found a broadcast for the game yet but you can follow The Olympian’s Meg Wochnick on Twitter for updates.
Finally, the Saint Martin’s volleyball team plays their final match of the season when they take on Western Oregon at Marcus Pavilion. The Saints (3-14 GNAC, 6-17 overall) will honor two seniors, Teilissa Tua and Katy Ferguson, playing their last match in a Saint Martin’s uniform.
Game time is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
All-2A EvCo football teams
Again, I’m a little late to the party but I like to honor the players from the area that were honored by the leagues, even if they were honored a week ago.
The 2A Evergreen Conference named Andrew Brown MVP of the conference, and rightfully so. What an incredible season in all areas for the senior from Tumwater. And the T-Birds weren’t done picking up the Defensive MVP – Jamie Bryant – and Coaching Staff honors. Capital’s Kai Van Sickle deservedly was named Offensive MVP.
The Olympian has the full list, but here are the all-conference teams broken down by are a school…
Black Hills Wolves
Offense
First team: Zach Grate, Jr. (OL)
Second team: Sam Zvirzdys, Jr. (OL), Mitch Stone, Jr. (RB),
Defense:
First team: Josh Maloney, Jr. (DL), Kyle Dunn, Sr. (LB)
Second team: Jacob Newton, So. (DL), Marquise Wall, Sr. (LB), Conrad Nygren, Sr. (LB), Nick Knittle, Jr. (DB)
Honorable mention: Cooper Nygren, So., Josh Boyd, So., Thomas Snyder, Jr., Zack Joaquin, Jr.
Capital Cougars
Offense
Offensive MVP: Kai Van Sickle, Sr. (RB)
First team: Ben Buma, Sr. (OL), Baylor Hahn, Sr. (OL), Ryan Rieta, So. (RB), Connor Kennedy, So. (RB), Jakob Racimo, Jr. (TE), Tad Maiava, Sr. (WR)
Second team: Riley Haub-McElreath, Jr. (OL), Zach Superfisky, Sr. (OL)
Defense
First team: Tevyn Stevenson, Sr. (DL), Matt Cox, Sr. (DL), Max Clarke, Sr. (LB), Nathan Hull, Sr. (LB), Derek Chase, Sr. (DB)
Second team: Jacob Johnson, So. (DB)
Honorable mention: Derrick Becker, Jr., Sam Hollingsworth, Sr., Michael Randall, Jr.
River Ridge Hawks
Offense
First team: Brad Wallace, Sr. (RB), Wesley Coats, Sr. (WR)
Second team: Theo Cobb, Sr. (OL), Rayne Lemaster, Sr. (OL), Colby Schultz, Sr. (QB), Johnathan Roberts, Sr. (TE)
Defense
Second team: Zach Bonaudi, Sr. (DL), Toy Montesa, Jr. (LB), Chris Leiba, So. (DB)
Honorable mention: Matthew Tucker, Jr., Jonathan Lazick, So., Jason Kananin, So.
Tumwater T-Birds
Offense
MVP: Andrew Brown, Sr. (RB)
First team: Hunter Shaner, Sr. (OL), Kendall Reed, Sr. (OL), Elijah Hill, Sr. (Punter)
Second team: Tyrus Snow, So. (RB)
Defense
Defensive MVP: Jamie Bryant, Sr. (DL)
First team: Korye Trejo, Sr. (DL), David Durden, Sr. (LB), Gabe Gleizes, Jr. (DB)
Second team: Joe Brueske, Sr. (LB), Trevor Davis, So. (LB)
Honorable mention: Craig Westby, Sr., Jose Jimenez, Sr., Jayden Croft, Jr., Zach Delucco, Jr. Walker Vandenhazel, Sr.
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