Schedule for Wednesday, February 5th
College basketball
Women: SPSCC vs. Pierce – SPSCC Gym – 6:00 PM
Men: SPSCC vs. Pierce – SPSCC Gym – 8:00 PM
Boys basketball
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Category Archives: North Thurston HS
Today (3/24): Rams, Navs Baseball Hosts League Contests
The OlySports.com IT department finally came through over the weekend and we are back to operating at a somewhat normal level, at least for the next couple of weeks before a planned vacation will force us to go quiet again for awhile.
Here is your extremely light in town schedule for today…
High school baseball
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Saturday Preps Scores: Hawks, Wolves Advance to Regionals; Grantham, Johnson Win Wrestling Titles
Jason Kananin
Boys basketball
| 2A District IV consolation – winner-to-regionals/loser-out River Ridge 74, Tumwater 62 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Tumwater | 6 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 62 |
| River Ridge | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 74 |
| TUM: Zach DeLucco – 20 points, David Cooper – 16 RR: Jason Kananin – 23 points, Austin Parker – 13 |
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River Ridge built a big lead after one quarter and never looked back to end Tumwater’s season and advance to regionals with a 74-62 win at Capital High School. Jason Kananin followed up his 31 point night on Thursday with 23 points. Zach DeLucco scored 20 for the T-Birds.
| 3A WCD/Bi-District 3rd/4th place game – Both to regionals Foss 80, Timberline 74 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Foss | 21 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 80 |
| Timberline | 21 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 74 |
| TIM: Brandell Evans – 22 points, Donaven Dorsey – 18 | |||||
Seattle U commit Armond Davis scored 41 points to lead Foss to a third place district finish with an 80-74 win over Timberline at Clover Park High School in Lakewood. Despite the loss, the Blazers are bound for regionals. Brandell Evans scored 22 points and Donaven Dorsey added 18 in the loss.
Girls basketball
| 2A District IV consolation – Winner-to-regionals/loser-out Black Hills 72, River Ridge 56 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| River Ridge | 20 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 56 |
| Black Hills | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 72 |
| RR: Makenna Schultz – 16 points, Jazzlynn Brewster – 15 BH: Sarah McGee – 23 points, Taylor Sauls – 17 |
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Southern Utah signee Sarah McGee was not ready to end her high school career and put up 23 points to lead Black Hills to a 72-56 win over River Ridge the District IV consolation bracket final. The Wolves move onto regionals with the win while the Hawks’ season came to an end. Taylor Sauls added 17 points in the win. Makenna Schultz led the Hawks with 16 points and Jazzlynn Brewster and Savannah McGill chipped in 15 and 12 points respectively.
Wrestling
Mat Classic XXVI
Jake Grantham (North Thurston) – Boys 3A 220 pound State Champion
Megan Johnson (Tumwater) – Girls 155 pound State Champion
Oly Sports is on Vacation
Oly Sports is on vacation. Regular posting will resume on Tuesday, February 11th. Here is what’s happening in town until then (weather permitting and subject to change)…
Friday, February 7th
Boys basketball
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM
Girls basketball
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 6:00 PM
Saturday, February 8th
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. UPS (DH) – SMU Baseball Field – Noon
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Tacoma – SPSCC Gym – 3:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska – Marcus Pavilion – 5:15 PM
Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Tacoma – SPSCC Gym – 5:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Central Washington – Marcus Pavilion – 7:30 PM
Roller derby
MIA Derby Girls vs. Northwest Derby Company – Bettie Bunker (5700 Lacey Blvd) – 6:00 PM
Sunday, February 9th
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. UPS (DH) – SMU Baseball Field – 1:00 PM
Thursday Scores: Saints Women Hold Down Seawolves, Men Down Crusaders in OT
I’m going on vacation tomorrow and am in the middle of packing so this is a very quick scoreboard tonight…
College basketball
Women: Saint Martin’s 56, Alaska Anchorage 46 – Recap
Men: Saint Martin’s 80, Northwest Nazarene 73 (OT) – Recap
The Saint Martin’s women held the top scoring team in the GNAC and the 4th best scoring team in NCAA Division II to just 46 points, 38 points under their 84 points per game average, in their 56-46 win over Alaska Anchorage.
In game two of the doubleheader, Brad Norman drained a pair of free throws with seven seconds left to tie the game at 66 and force overtime. In OT, Lucas Shannon scored six of the Saints first eight points, Ryan Rogers added four and Evan Coulter hit all four of his free throws and the Saints pulled out an 80-73 comeback win. Tied at 32, Northwest Nazarene went on a 9-0 run followed by a Saint Martin’s 11-0 run that gave them a 43-41 lead that was then followed by a 10-0 Crusaders run.
Girls basketball
Timberline 41, North Thurston 30
Olympia 44, Central Kitsap 43
Aberdeen 44, Capital 30
Boys basketball
Central Kitsap 68, Olympia 59
Today (2/6): Saints Host Important GNAC Doubleheader
Saint Martin’s men’s head coach Michael Ostlund
Women: Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska Anchorage – Marcus Pavilion – 5:15 PM
Men: Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Marcus Pavilion – 7:30 PM
A pair of big games on tap tonight at Marcus Pavilion when the Saint Martin’s women face Alaska Anchorage and the men follow them up with a battle with Northwest Nazarene.
The women currently sit in sixth place in the GNAC at 6-4, a half game behind a big pack of teams at 7-4 including tonight’s opponent, Alaska Anchorage, and a game and a half ahead of seventh place Northwest Nazarene. The Seawolves are the top scoring team in the GNAC and fourth in the nation scoring 84.5 points per game. The Saints knocked off the Seawolves on January 11th, 85-78.
The men get a second chance at Northwest Nazarene after they fell apart in the second half and gave up a 14 point halftime lead in an 80-76 loss in Nampa. Since then, the Crusaders (3-7) have dropped five straight games and are a half game behind the Saints, Montana State-Billings and Western Oregon for sixth place in the GNAC. Six teams make the conference tournament hosted by the Saints in March.
Girls basketball
Timberline @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Pope John Paul vs. Three Rivers Christian – St. Michael’s – 5:30 PM
Boys basketball
Pope John Paul vs. Three Rivers Christian – St. Michael’s – 7:00 PM
Wednesday Scores: SPSCC Swept; Rams Girls Claim Playoff Spot
Women’s basketball
| Pierce 81, SPSCC 76 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
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| Pierce (5-6 NWAACC West, 8-13 overall) | 27 | 54 | 81 |
| SPSCC (3-8 NWAACC West, 4-16 overall) | 37 | 39 | 76 |
| SPSCC leader: Sofia Guerra – 19 points |
Sofia Guerra, LaKeisha Anger and Dramikha Skaar combined for 54 points and 32 rebounds for South Puget Sound but the Clippers turned the ball over 35 times and Pierce scored 54 points in the second half to comeback from a 10 point halftime deficit to win 81-76.
The Clippers shot 50% from the floor for the game and 55.2% in the second half but took 23 less shots than Pierce, who shot just 34.9%. The Raiders also made 14-of-25 free throws compared to just seven made free throws for SPSCC.
Guerra scored 19 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, Anger scored 17 with 11 boards and Skaar added 18 points with seven rebounds for South Puget Sound.
Pierce’s Haley Hutchinson scored 24 points to lead all scorers and North Thurston alum Haley Harn added 12 points with 14 rebounds.
Men’s basketball
| Pierce 100, SPSCC 51 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
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| Pierce (9-2 NWAACC West, 16-5 overall) | 51 | 49 | 100 |
| SPSCC (1-10 NWAACC West, 1-18 overall) | 21 | 30 | 51 |
| SPSCC leader: Brian Tyson – 14 points |
Girls basketball
| North Thurston 68, Mount Tahoma 46 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| North Thurston (6-5 3A Narrows) | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 68 |
| Mount Tahoma (2-8 3A Narrows) | 11 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 46 |
| NT leader: Hayley Niles – 16 points |
North Thurston claimed the fourth and final playoff spot in the 3A Narrows with their 68-46 win over Mount Tahoma in Tacoma.
Boys basketball
| Mount Tahoma 69, North Thurston 60 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Mount Tahoma (3-7 3A Narrows) | 19 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 69 |
| North Thurston (3-8 3A Narrows) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 60 |
| NT leader: Wes Reynolds – 20 points |
| Raymond 59, Northwest Christian 58 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Raymond (6-5 2B Pacific) | 10 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 59 |
| Northwest Christian (5-7 2B Pacific) | 10 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 58 |
| NWC leader: Austin Koukal – 28 points |
Today (2/5): Clippers Face Pierce in Doubleheader Action
Today (2/4): Oly Needs to Beat the Lions; Wolves and Bearcats Girls Battle
Olympia’s Khalil Matheney
Boys basketball
Pope John Paul II vs. Wishkah – St. Michael’s School Gym – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Olympia is in need of a win tonight to keep their playoff hopes alive in the 4A Narrows League. As The Olympian spelled out, there are four playoff spots available with Stadium and Gig Harbor already clinched and four teams fighting for the final two spots including Bellarmine (5-5), Yelm (5-5), South Kitsap (5-5) and Olympia (4-6). The two teams met on January 10th with the Lions taking a 54-35 win in Tacoma.
Girls basketball
Pope John Paul II vs. Wishkah – St. Michael’s School Gym – 5:30 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM
The two top teams in the 2A EvCo battle tonight when WF West (9-0) takes on Black Hills (8-2). The Wolves might have more at stake than the Bearcats. After their loss to River Ridge on Friday, a loss to the Bearcats tonight would drop them into a tie with the Hawks. WF West took the first meeting in Chehalis 70-42.
Friday Scores: Hawks Sweep Wolves, Blazers Win Two
River Ridge’s Jazzlynn Brewster
Girls basketball
| River Ridge 72, Black Hills 49 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Black Hills (8-2 2A EvCo) | 17 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 49 |
| River Ridge (7-3 2A EvCo) | 17 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 72 |
| BH leader: Sarah McGee – 22 points RR leader: Jazzlynn Brewster – 23 points |
| Timberline 59, Mount Tahoma 18 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Mount Tahoma (2-7 3A Narrows) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| Timberline (9-1 3A Narrows) | 14 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 59 |
| TIM: Linae Myhand – 15 points |
| North Thurston 59, Shelton 29 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Shelton (2-7 3A Narrows) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| North Thurston (5-5 3A Narrows) | 12 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 59 |
| NT leader: Megan Kramer – 11 points |
| South Kitsap 59, Olympia 33 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| South Kitsap (6-4 4A Narrows) | 10 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 59 |
| Olympia (6-4 4A Narrows) | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 39 |
| OLY leader: Jona Spiller – 8 points |
| Centralia 55, Capital 52 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Centralia (2-6 2A EvCo) | 16 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 55 |
| Capital (1-8 2A EvCo) | 9 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 52 |
| CAP leader: Rachel Fenton – 13 points |
River Ridge’s Austin Parker throws one down
Boys basketball
| River Ridge 66, Black Hills 55 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Black Hills (2-7 2A EvCo) | 13 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 55 |
| River Ridge (6-3 2A EvCo) | 22 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 66 |
| BH leader: TJ Mickleson – 18 points RR leader: Jason Kananin – 18 points |
| South Kitsap 66, Olympia 61 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Olympia (4-6 4A Narrows) | 10 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 61 |
| South Kitsap (4-5 4A Narrows) | 16 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 66 |
| OLY leader: Mitch Fettig – 29 points |
| Willapa Valley 63, Northwest Christian 60 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Northwest Christian (5-6 2B Pacific) | 20 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 60 |
| Willapa Valley (9-1 2B Pacific) | 14 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 63 |
| NWC leader: Austin Koukal – 20 points |
| Timberline 83 (6-4 3A Narrows), Mount Tahoma 63 (2-7 3A Narrows) |
| TIM leader: Brandell Evans – 28 points |
| North Thurston @ Shelton – No report |
Today (1/31): Hawks Host Rematch With Wolves, Oly Battles South K in Key Narrows Contest
Girls basketball
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 6:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Big rematch on tap tonight when the Black Hills girls travel to Lacey to take on River Ridge. The Wolves took the first meeting on January 3rd when Taylor Sauls drilled a buzzer beating three pointer to give them the 62-61 win and solidify their place as the #2 team in the 2A EvCo. A Hawks win tonight could put that #2 spot back in play with WF West still looming on Black Hills’ schedule. River Ridge is ranked #4 in the latest AP 2A girls basketball rankings while Black Hills is right behind them at #5.
Over at Olympia High School, the Bears host South Kitsap with third place in the 3A Narrows on the line. Oly sits at 6-3 in league while the Wolves are just a game behind them at 5-4. The two teams met on January 8th in Port Orchard and South Kitsap came out on top, 40-38.
Boys basketball
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 8:00 PM
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