Category Archives: Capital HS
Today (8/29): Saints face PLU in volleyball opener
The Saint Martin’s volleyball team gets their season underway tonight with a scrimmage against PLU at Marcus Pavilion.
The Saints were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC this season after finishing seventh last season with a 5-13 league record and a 7-18 overall record. The Saints are led by two seniors, middle blockers Katy Ferguson and Teilissa Tua and freshman-of-the-year outside hitter and Capital graduate Kristyn Ross.
This is an extremely young Saints squad with 13 of 17 roster spots taken up by freshmen or sophomores including Northwest Christian’s Kelsey Minton, Tumwater’s Nicole Grisham, North Thurston’s Julia Wabinga and River Ridge’s Halee Hernandez.
Game time tonight at Marcus Pavilion is at 6:00 PM.
High school volleyball schedules
Football season starts in just a few days and that makes it easy to forget that girls volleyball (and girls soccer) also starts in just one week. So here is the (nearly complete) schedule for local area high schools. You can also find all these games in the big Oly Sports calendar on the sidebar or available by clicking here.
September 4th
North Thurston @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
September 5th
North Thurston vs. W.F. West – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Shelton – Shelton – 7:00 PM
September 6th
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Northwest Christian @ Toutle Lake – Toutle – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 7th
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 4:45 PM
September 8th
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 1:00 PM
September 11th
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Gig Harbor – 4:45 PM
North Thurston @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Black Hills @ Centralia – Centralia – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ South Bend – South Bend – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 13th
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Capital @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – Oyehut – TBA
September 18th
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ Naselle – Naselle – 7:00 PM
September 19th
Olympia @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 20th
Olympia @ South Kitsap – Port Orchard – 6:00 PM
Black Hills @ W.F. West – Chehalis – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 22nd
Olympia @ Kent Classic – Kentridge HS – TBD
Northwest Christian @ Raymond – Raymond – TBD
September 24th
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm – 6:30 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 25th
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
September 26th
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 27th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
October 2nd
Olympia @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale – 6:30 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
October 4th
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
October 8th
Olympia @ Stadium – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 9th
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. W.F. West – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 10th
Timberline vs. Wilson – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 11th
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Raymond – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 16th
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mt. Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
October 18th
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. W.F. West – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
October 20th
Olympia @ Capital City Classic – Olympia HS – TBD
Black Hills @ Capital City Classic – Capital HS – TBD
October 23rd
Olympia @ Bellarmine – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
North Thurston vs. Timberline – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
October 25th
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Galloway dismissed as Capital basketball coach
Shocking news reported today by The Olympian: Doug Galloway has been dismissed as the boy’s basketball coach at Capital High School due to a “lack of supervision” at a basketball camp at Western Washington University where there was an incident described as “forced sexual contact” between students.
The camp took place June 28-30 and the incident happened on June 29th when Galloway was attending a university event.
Galloway will remain as a PE teacher and the girl’s golf coach at Capital.
With Galloway’s dismissal, Capital joins River Ridge, Timberline and Black Hills as area boy’s basketball programs that will have new coaches for the 2012-2013 season.
Olympia area alumni list – Update
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – Brevard County Manatees
Kramer Champlin (Olympia HS) – Lansing Lugnuts
Alex Phillips (Tenino HS) – Connecticut Tigers
Jacob Pettit (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Bowie Baysox
Cody Hebner (Olympia Athletics – PSCL) – Fort Wayne Tincaps
Chris Scholl (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Arkansas Travelers
Jake Shadle (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Giants extended spring training
Independent Baseball
Joash Brodin (North Thurston HS) – Long Island Ducks
Collegiate wood bat summer baseball
Jason Monda (Capital HS) – Brewster Whitecaps
Kellen Camus (Capital HS) – Waterloo Bucks
Jourdan Weiks (Capital HS) – Herndon Braves
Tanner Nielsen (North Thurston HS) – Klamath Falls Gems
Cabe Reiten (Olympia HS) – Wenatchee Applesox
Basketball
German Pro-B
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – BG Topstar Leitershofen Stadtbergen
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
French National Rugby League Top 14
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – Stade Francais
Buckland finishes fifth at Olympics
Capital High School grad Brodie Buckland and his teammate James Marburg finished fifth in the Olympics men’s pairs rowing final at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre outside of London this morning. The Australian pair fell well behind the pack halfway through the race but rallied near the end to finish with a time of 6:29.28, just ahead of the Canadian team of David Calder and Scott Frandsen.
New Zealand’s Eric Murray and Hamish Bond led almost from start to finish and won the gold medal by nearly five seconds over silver medalists Germain Chardin and Dorian Mortelette of France. The hometown favorites George Nash and William Satch of Great Britain took the bronze medal.
Oly Sports would like to congratulate Brodie Buckland on his run through the Olympics. It was fun having a local to cheer for and we hope to see you again in Brazil in four years. Now go enjoy that athlete’s village.
Buckland qualifies for finals with third place finish in semis
Olympia’s Brodie Buckland and partner James Marburg will row for a medal on Friday
Capital High School grad Brodie Buckland and his partner James Marburg took third place in their semifinal race this morning at Eton Dorney outside of London at the 2012 Olympics. The third place finish was good enough to qualify them for the finals and the Australian pair will race for a medal on Friday.
The team had a time of 7:02:12, well behind Great Britain and France in the second semifinal race. Buckland and Marburg were the slowest boat to make the finals. In the first semifinal race, New Zealand, Italy and Canada qualified for the finals with the USA boat fourth with a better time than Buckland and Marburg. But the top three from each race get the chance to row for a medal regardless of overall time.
The finals will be run at 2:20 3:50 AM on Friday morning.
Buckland takes second in first heat at Olympics
James Marburg and Olympia’s Brodie Buckland prepare to row in the Men’s Pairs first heat at the 2012 Olympics
Capital High School grad Brodie Buckland and his partner James Marburg took second place for Australia in their Men’s Pairs rowing heat this morning at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Buckland and Marburg trailed the pack for much of the heat as Canada took a commanding lead but the Canadians faded and the Aussies turned it on in the end and finished just three tenths of a second behind the Canadians and ahead of the Netherlands and United States teams.
The second place finish qualifies Buckland for the semifinals on Wednesday, August 1st starting at 3:00 AM Olympia time.
You can watch Buckland’s heat and all the rowing action on the NBC website here. Buckland’s heat starts at the 2:44:00 mark in the video.
From Olympia to Olympian
Need somebody to root for in the upcoming London Olympics? Well Tom Rohrer of ThurstonTalk.com last week and Meg Wochnick of The Olympian yesterday each tell the tale of Capital High School alum Brodie Buckland and his journey from Olympia to Australia to the 2012 Summer Olympics. Buckland will compete for Australia in the men’s pairs rowing competition starting Saturday with Beijing silver medalist James Marburg. The men’s pairs results page can be found here.
Photo credit: Christopher Lee/Getty Images
Puget Sound Collegiate League leaders: Pitching
Earlier we took a look at the hitting leaders through all but the last week of the regular season of the Puget Sound Collegiate League. Now we take a look at the pitching leaders.
Without question, the top pitcher in the league this season has been Black Hills High School alum Ryan Smith. The current Chemeketa College pitcher leads the league in innings pitched (45), wins (5), strkeouts (41) and is first among starters in earned run average (1.33) and WHIP (0.76) for the Olympia Athletics.
Kegan Duz-Aguilar has been solid in relief for the Tumwater Brewers leading the league in both ERA (0.66) and WHIP (.053). The Centralia College pitcher has two saves on the season. Capital High School product Eli Fulton leads the league with four saves.
Gonzales hosts second annual charity tournament
Capital graduate and awesome facial hair owner Andres Gonzales will host the second annual Andres Gonzales Charity Golf Tournament at the Tacoma Golf and Country Club in Lakewood on September 17th, reports Todd Miles. Gonzales, who currently sits in fourth on the money list on the Web.com tour and will likely play again on the PGA tour next season, raised $60,000 for pancreatic cancer awareness and the First Tee of South Puget Sound during his first tournament last year. For more information including how to sign up, read more from The News-Tribune.
Photo credit: Keith Allison
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