Category Archives: North Thurston HS
Today (10/12): Capital City Invite, Saints, Geoducks highlight busy day of volleyball
High school volleyball
Capital City Invite – Olympia HS – All day
Teams appearing: Olympia, Capital, Black Hills, Tumwater, Timberline, North Thurston, Bothell, Gig Harbor, Mark Morris, Puyallup, Sequim, Central Kitsap, North Kitsap, Burlington-Edison, Selah, Ellensburg and Lynden. The championship game is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
Women’s rugby
Budd Bay Bandits vs. Tacoma – Rainier Vista Park – Noon
Girls soccer
Capital vs. Crosspoint Academy – Ingersoll Stadium – 1:00 PM
Men’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Northwest University – Evergreen Pitch – 1:00 PM
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. College of Idaho – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Cougars pound Rams, Blazers score big Narrows win, T-Birds stop Prep
High school football
Capital 47, North Thurston 7 – The Olympian
Timberline 19, Foss 13 – The Olympian
Tumwater 26, Bellarmine 14 – The Olympian
Central Kitsap 28, Olympia 21
South Kitsap 40, Yelm 7
Lincoln 41, Shelton 6
W.F. West 35, Black Hills 19
La Center 42, Tenino 17
Forks 41, Rainier 0
Girls soccer
Timberline 1, Wilson 0
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-22) – Recap
Week 6: My 5 year old daughter’s expert high school football picks
Serious face, silly picks.
Did you pick the Timberline Blazers to upset the Lincoln Abes last week? No? Well five year old Addie and her foolproof system of picking local high school football games did. In fact she went 7-3 last week and is now 24-15 overall this season. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself. This week, her 2 1/2 year old sister, Rory, is right there once again with her own method of picking and possibly distracting.
Here are all of tonight’s games on the schedule, complete with radio information and my girl’s expert picks…
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Tumwater T-Birds vs. Bellarmine Lions
Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: KGY
Addie’s pick: Lions
Rory’s pick: Lions
“Since Lions are carnivores, I think they are going to eat them.” – Addie
“LIONS, LIONS, GO GO GO! LIONS EAT THEM! YUM YUM YUM, CHOOOOMP!” – Rory
Olympia Bears @ Central Kitsap Cougars
Silverdale Stadium – 7:30 PM – Radio: KITZ
Addie’s pick: Cougars
Rory’s pick: Bears
“I think the Cougars will pounce on the Bears. They’re gonna scratch them real hard.” – Addie
“I think they are just gonna scraaaatch, scratch the cheetah.” – Rory
Black Hills Wolves @ WF West Bearcats
Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM – Radio: KELA
Addie’s pick: Wolves
Rory’s pick: Bearcats
“The Wolves are gonna call a bigger team that they have. Then they’re gonna run in and bite the Bearcats when they aren’t looking. If one of the Bearcats is trying to get the Wolves, another Wolf will sneak up and bite off its tail.” – Addie
“They are gonna eat them again.” – Rory
Tenino Beavers vs. LaCenter Wildcats
Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Wildcats
Rory’s pick: Wildcats
“The Wildcat is gonna be out of control and will accidentally bomp into the Beaver and throw him into the lake.” – Addie
“I think they are gonna fall into the lake.” – Rory
“That’s the same reason as mine!” – Addie
Timberline Blazers vs. Foss Falcons
South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Falcons
Rory’s pick: Blazers
“Since they are going to fly over the Blazer, he will spot the Blazer and fly down to the Blazer and the Blazer is gonna run away.” – Addie
“The Blazers and the Falcons, I think, they are gonna just bump into each other.” – Rory
North Thurston Rams @ Capital Cougars
Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports Network
Addie’s pick: Cougars
Rory’s pick: Rams
“Cougars are carnivores, so instead of just bucking in, a Cougar is going to jump up on to that because I saw a video of it and it was doing the same thing to a buffalo.” – Addie
“I think they are going to poke them in the neck!” – Rory
Yelm Tornadoes @ South Kitsap Wolves
Knowles Field, Port Orchard – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Tornadoes
Rory’s pick: Wolves
“The Tornadoes are gonna pick up the Wolves and the Wolves will go AAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…” – Addie
“The Wolves are gonna whack them with their tails!” – Rory
“How is that going to work against a Tornado?” – Addie
Rainier Mountaineers vs. Forks Spartans
Rainier HS – 7:00 PM – Radio: 1490 Forks
Addie’s pick: Spartans
Rory’s pick: ??? (Not sure)
“Because they are gonna take swords and when the Mountaineer is passing, they are gonna stab them with their swords.” – Addie
“I think they are gonna just booooooooooooooooooooomp, mmmmmmmmmmmmm, booooooooomp.” – Rory
Shelton Highclimbers vs. Lincoln Abes
Highclimbers Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: KMAS
Addie’s pick: Abes
Rory’s pick: Abes
“I think the Lincolns are just gonna blow bubbles” – Rory
“I only have one thing to say: Rory, how is blowing bubbles gonna work?” – Addie
“Just blowing…Pffffttttttttttttt….” – Rory
“Ohhhhh, I have no idea how that is going to work!” – Addie
“They are gonna go yell at the Highclimbers.” – Addie
“How is that going to beat the Highclimbers? I think that would just make them mad.” – Me
“He’s the president, so you can’t kill the President. He might yell, get down from that high tree!” – Addie
“Pfffffftttttttttt….bleeber bleeber bleeber.” – Rory
Thursday scoreboard: Better late than never
High school football
River Ridge 17, Centralia 13 – The Olympian
Montesano 32, Rochester 31 – The Daily World
Girls soccer
North Thurston 6, Mount Tahoma 1
Tumwater 3, WF West 2
Black Hills 4, Centralia 0
High school volleyball
North Thurston 3, Foss 0 (25-7, 25-11, 25-10)
Tumwater 3, WF West 0 (25-18 26-24 25-12)
Northwest Christian 3, South Bend 0 ( 25-17, 25-14, 25-19)
River Ridge 3, Aberdeen 0
Centralia 3, Black Hills 0 (25-16, 27-25, 25-23)
Gig Harbor 3, Olympia 0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-12)
College volleyball
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-18) – Recap
Women’s soccer
Western Oregon 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap
Today (10/10): Saints women’s soccer, volleyball; Busy girls soccer night; Hawks football battles Tigers
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon – SMU Soccer Field – 3:00 PM
Girls soccer
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Capital vs. Hockinson – Ingersoll Stadium – 5:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Shelton – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Washington – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
High school volleyball
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
High school football
River Ridge vs. Centralia – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school football power rankings: T-Birds still #1; Shakeup in the middle
Here’s a lock: T-Birds #1
Five places in the Oly Sports Power Rankings are obvious: Tumwater is first, Oly is second, Rochester is third, Rainier is 11th and Shelton is 12th. Those are almost unarguable based on their winning or losing streaks. But after those spots, even I question my rankings. Am I crazy? A one win Capital team over a three win River Ridge? Well, winning steaks count and Capital is suddenly sitting in a playoff spot if the season were to end today.
Since I can’t completely explain my reasoning for those middle spots, I give you really bad haikus in my completely unscientific rankings and have added the awesome ScoreCzar computer predictions…
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1. Tumwater T-Birds (5-0, 2-0 2A EvCo)
Last week: #1 (No change)
Previous game: Tumwater 35, WF West 28
Next game: vs. Bellarmine (5-0) – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Bellarmine 24, Tumwater 18
Haiku:
T-Birds edge Bearcats.
Still on top of Oly rankings.
Can B Prep stop them?
2. Olympia Bears (4-1, 2-0 4A Narrows)
Last week: #2 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 28, South Kitsap 21
Next game: @ Central Kitsap (3-2) – Silverdale Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Olympia 27, Central Kitsap 7
Haiku:
Four straight wins looks good.
One blemish in Oregon.
Becker made right choice?
3. Rochester Warriors (4-1, 3-0 1A Evergreen)
Last week: #4 (+1)
Previous game: Rochester 49, Elma 14
Next game: @ Montesano (2-3) – Stewart Field, Aberdeen – Thursday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Rochester 27, Montesano 14
Haiku:
Warriors drill Elma.
3 and 0 in the Southwest.
Yarber is ridic.
4. Black Hills (3-2, 1-0 2A EvCo)
Last week: #7 (+3)
Previous game: Black Hills 24, River Ridge 17
Next game: @ WF West (4-1) – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: WF West 35, Black Hills 16
Haiku:
Three wins in a row.
Yarrington puts on a show.
Black Hills all aglow.
5. Tenino Beavers (2-3, 2-1 1A Evergreen)
Last week: #8 (+3)
Previous game: Tenino 56, Rainier 7
Next game: vs. LaCenter (5-0) – Tenino Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: LaCenter 36, Tenino 7
Haiku:
Beavers ran roughshod.
Mountaineers go home shell shocked.
Who is Tenino?
6. Timberline (2-3, 1-1 3A Narrows)
Last week: #9 (+3)
Previous game: Timberline 26, Lincoln 20
Next game: vs. Foss (4-1) – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Foss 27, Timberline 7
Haiku:
Just two wins, T-Line.
Beating Lincoln is fine.
Blazers get rolling?
7. Capital Cougars (1-4, 1-1 2A EvCo)
Last week: #11 (+4)
Previous game: Capital 50, Centralia 6
Next game: vs. North Thurston (3-2) – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: North Thurston 27, Capital 16
Haiku:
Sorry Centralia.
Your Tigers sure lost their roar.
One win earns a big bump.
8. River Ridge (3-2, 0-1 2A EvCo)
Last week: #4 (-4)
Previous game: Black Hills 24, River Ridge 17
Next game: vs. Centralia (2-3) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: River Ridge 30, Centralia 9
Haiku:
Not so sure about Hawks.
Black Hills a really tough loss.
Needs this Thursday game.
9. Yelm Tornadoes (3-2, 1-1 4A Narrows)
Last week: #6 (-3)
Previous game: Central Kitsap 23, Yelm 14
Next game: @ South Kitsap (1-4) – Knowles Field, Port Orchard – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Yelm 28, South Kitsap 13
Haiku:
An up and down year.
For Ronquillo’s Tornadoes.
To South K they go.
10. North Thurston (3-2, 1-2 3A Narrows)
Last week: #5 (-5)
Previous game: Wilson 29, North Thurston 9
Next game: @ Capital (1-4) – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: North Thurston 27, Capital 16
Haiku:
Speed is killing Rams.
Wilson, Lincoln way too fast.
Not nearly this bad.
11. Rainier Mountaineers (1-4, 0-3 1A Evergreen)
Last week: #10 (-1)
Previous game: Tenino 56, Rainier 7
Next game: vs. Forks (2-3) – Rainier HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Forks 17, Rainier 11
Haiku:
507 battle.
40 point loss to rivals.
Welcome back Rainier.
12. Shelton Highclimbers (0-5, 0-2 3A Narrows)
Last week: #12 (No change)
Previous game: Foss 28, Shelton 0
Next game: vs. Lincoln (5-0) – Highclimber Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Scoreczar prediction: Lincoln 38, Shelton 0
Haiku:
Five TDs all season.
Offense has been offensive.
We miss Ralph Kinne.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds volleyball upsets Cougs; Cougs soccer upsets T-Birds
High school volleyball
North Thurston 3, Shelton 1 (20-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-21)
Olympia 3, Central Kitsap (25-15, 25-22, 25-18)
Timberline 3, Foss 0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-12)
Black Hills 3, Aberdeen 0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-10)
Tumwater 3, Capital 2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18, 15-11)
River Ridge vs. Centralia – No report
Down two sets, the #4 ranked Tumwater T-Birds made an epic comeback to knock off #2 ranked Capital and take the a one game lead over the Cougars in the 2A EvCo.
Timberline easily knocked off Foss and thanks to North Thurston’s win over Shelton, the Blazers have a two game lead over both the Highclimbers and Rams.
Girls soccer
Timberline 3, Mount Tahoma 0
River Ridge 2, Centralia 0
Black Hills 1, Aberdeen 0
Capital 2, Tumwater 1
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0
Olympia 1, Bellarmine 1
Black Hills scored in the last 15 seconds to knock off Aberdeen 1-0 and remain unbeaten in 2A EvCo play. The Wolves took a two game lead over Tumwater with Capital’s 2-1 upset of the T-Birds.
Today (10/8): #2 Cougars battle #4 T-Birds for first place
High school volleyball
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
It’s a battle for first place tonight when Tumwater travels to Capital in a battle of 5-0 2A EvCo teams. The Cougars are ranked #2 in the state while the T-Birds are #4. The game can be heard live on the Eli Sports Network.
Across town in Lacey, North Thurston looks to avenge an early season loss to Shelton when the Rams and Highclimbers meet at North Thurston High School. Shelton sits in sole possession of second place of the 3A Narrows League at 5-1, their only blemish coming at the hands of first place Timberline. Meanwhile, the Rams are sitting in third place at 3-2 with losses to Shelton and the Blazers on their record.
Girls soccer
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Tumwater @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: T-Birds hold on, Blazers upset Abes, Wolves top Hawks, Cougs, Warriors, Beavers roll
Mount Rainier shines above the Shelton High School football team at Mount Tahoma Stadium
High School football
Tumwater 35, WF West 28 – The Olympian
Timberline 26, Lincoln 20 – The Olympian
Capital 50, Centralia 6 – Eli Sports Network
Black Hills 24, River Ridge 17 – The Olympian
Tenino 56, Rainier 7
Rochester 49, Elma 14
Central Kitsap 23, Yelm 14
Wilson 29, North Thurston 9
Foss 28, Shelton 0
Chris “Scooby” Reynolds made a leaping one handed catch on a bullet from Isaiah Littlejohn for a 22 yard touchdown, jumped a Jake Beck pass and took the interception back 62 yards for the touchdown, intercepted another pass and downed a punt an inch from the goal line to lead Foss to a 28-0 win over Shelton on Friday night at Mount Tahoma Stadium.
The final score was overshadowed by a scary injury to Shelton offensive lineman Daniel Diaz. He was taken to a Tacoma hospital after he was taken off of the field on a stretcher. No word on his condition at this time.
Foss dominated the first quarter capping off a nearly nine minute drive when Littlejohn uncorked a rocket over the middle that appeared to be on the way to a Highclimbers interception before Reynolds got one hand on the ball high above his head and pulled it in for the 22 yard touchdown. The Falcons limited Shelton to just six plays over the first 12 minutes.
The Highclimbers were plagued by turnovers in the second quarter and the Falcons capitalized for 21 points. Backup quarterback John Moore started the scoring when he lined up at fullback, received the pitch from Littlejohn and found Nick Burton down field for a 50 yard touchdown pass.
Down a manageable 13-0, the Highclimbers were moving the ball and threatening when Reynolds read a slow developing quick out and stepped in front of the pass and took it to the house. Littlejohn rushed untouched into the corner of the end zone for the two point conversion to give Foss a 21-0 lead.
Following a Falcons punt with less than a minute remaining in the half, Foss recovered a fumble at the Highclimbers 14 yard line and Littlejohn quickly found Alonzo Jones over the middle for the final score of the night.
Shelton dropped to 0-2 in the 3A Narrows League and 0-5 overall while Foss improved to 2-1 in league and 4-1 overall.
College volleyball
Southern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-16) – Recap
Week 5: My 5 year old daughter’s expert high school football picks
Addie, scouting her picks
Addie is back! Two weeks ago she went 6-4 and is now 17-12 overall for the season. Not too shabby. Let’s see you do better with your statistical analysis and logic and whatnot. This week, her 2 1/2 year old sister Rory takes a much bigger role in the predictions providing her own unique insight into almost every game. Take it to the bank!
Here is the complete schedule complete with radio information and Addie and Rory’s expert predictions…
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Tumwater T-Birds @ WF West
Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM – Radio: KELA and KGY
Rory’s pick: Bearcats
Addies’s pick: Bearcats
“I think they are going to eat them! Eat them eat them eat them.” – Rory
“I’ll take the Bearcats too for the same reason!” – Addie
North Thurston Rams @ Wilson Rams
Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Rory’s pick: Rams! Them Rams! NORTH THURSTON RAMS!
Addie’s pick: The Rams….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….North Thurston.
“I can’t stop laughing! When they are bucking, the Rams are going to jump on the backs of the other Rams.” – Addie
River Ridge Hawks @ Black Hills Wolves
Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rory’s pick: Hawks
Addie’s pick: Wolves
“I think they are just going to buck them.” – Rory
“Buck them in the butt? I don’t know about you, but I think that when they come to buck them in the butt another wolf is going to come and eat the hawk.” – Addie
Rochester Warriors @ Elma Eagles
Davis Field, Elma – 7:00 PM
Rory’s pick: Eagles
Addie’s pick: Warriors
“I think they are gonna just fly around.” – Rory
“How is that gonna makes them win, Rory? If one of the Warriors boss yells ‘fire’, I think one of the Warriors would just shoot them with their gun.” – Addie
Yelm Tornadoes vs. Central Kitsap Cougars
Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Tornadoes
“The Tornadoes are gonna go right where the Cougar is standing and eating a wolf that is eating a bat and the Tornado is going to come and pick up the Cougar and spin it all around and around and around.” – Addie
“Did I hear that right? The Cougar is eating a wolf that is eating a bat?” – Me
“Hahahahaha…The Cougar is eating a wolf that is eating a bat!” – Addie
Rainier Mountaineers @ Tenino Beavers
Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rory’s pick: BEAVERS! BEAVERS!
Addie’s pick: Beavers
“They are gonna whack ’em with their tail! ♫ BEAVERS BEAVERS, WHACK ‘EM WITH YOUR TAIL! ♫” – Rory
“♫ BEAVERS BEAVERS, WHACK ‘EM WITH YOUR TAIL! WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK! ♫” – Addie
“The Beavers are going to win EVERY time.” – Mommy
“WE ARE ALL SET UP FOR HALLOWEEN, RIGHT GUYS!” – Rory
Timberline Blazers @ Lincoln Abes
Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Rory’s pick: Abes
Addie’s pick: Blazers
“I think they will crawl around.” – Rory
“Are Abes carnivores?” – Addie
*about a minute of laughing*
“Yeah, he was a carnivore. Actually, probably an omnivore.” – Me
“What’s an omnivore?” – Addie
“They eat meat and vegetables.” – Me
“What do Blazers do? That’s my question.” – Addie
“They chop down trees.” – Me
“If the Abe doesn’t see the guy in the tree, the guy might cut the tree down and squish the Abe.” – Addie
“That kind of already happened….way back in history. Don’t worry about it.” – Me
Capital Cougars vs. Centralia Tigers
Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports Network
Rory’s pick: “Tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers, tigers! Go Go Go! Goodbye!”
Addie’s pick: Cougars
“Rory, why do you think the Tigers would win?” – Me
“NO! I was singing a song!” – Rory
“The Cougars are gonna pounce on the other team and bite off the other team’s legs.” – Addie
Shelton Highclimbers @ Foss Falcons
Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM – Radio: 1030 AM KMAS
Rory’s pick: Falcons
Addie’s pick: Falcons
“They are going to just eat them, eat them.” – Rory
“Are Falcons carnivores? I ask that for just about every one that is a animal. The Falcons will use their beak and push the Highclimbers out of the tree.” – Addie
Olympia Bears vs. South Kitsap Wolves
Ingersoll Stadium – Saturday, 3:00 PM – Radio: KGY
Addie’s pick: Bears
“Actually, why I think they would win is because they would both wrestle and the Bear would sneak his claw and scratch the Wolves.”
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