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Brodin raking in Long Island; Hazelrigg III pleads not guilty

Aug 7

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Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

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Joash Brodin

North Thurston grad Joash Brodin is once again red hot for the independent Long Island Ducks. He is 10-for-23 with six runs scored and two RBIs in August. He leads the league in runs scored (76), hits (126), is third in batting average (.322) and fifth in on base percentage (.386). – Link

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The Olympian reports on former Olympia High School star football player Thomas R. Hazelrigg III, who recently pleaded not guilty to tax evasion and Social Security fraud charges. – Link

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Also from The Olympian, a feature on another North Thurston alum, Eddie Smith, who is the new baseball coach at Lower Columbia College. – Link

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Tumwater grad Matt Johnson is out indefinitely with a stress reaction. Johnson missed all of last season for the Dallas Cowboys because of hamstring problems and was hurt in the first preseason game on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. He will miss Friday’s game against Oakland. – Link

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Our friend Emmett O’Connell takes a look at the Olympia Olys soccer team and the history of semi-pro soccer in the Olympia area on his blog Olympia Time. – Link

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Today (7/22): PSCL doubleheader; Sunday scores; Conley, Brodin dominate

Schedule for Monday, July 22nd

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Sunday scores

Thurston County Senators 14, Trail Orioles 4 – Senators move to 23-5
Kitsap Hornets 7, Capital City Bombers 3


Monday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Adam Conley picked up his second win in a row last night allowing just one unearned run on two hits over seven innings in Jacksonville’s 8-1 win over the Tennessee Smokies. The Olympia grad is now 9-4 with a 3.41 ERA for Miami’s double-A affiliate. – Link

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Joash Brodin – Photo courtesy of liducks.com

Joash Brodin was named the Atlantic League Player of the Week today after a week that saw him hit .429 (12-for-29) with three home runs including a walk off grand slam. The North Thurston alum drove in eight runs and stole three bases for the Long Island Ducks and now is second in the league with a .337 batting average and first in the runs scored with 62. – Link

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The Olympian profiles area transplant Stephen Vogt, who is back with the triple-A Sacramento Rivercats after a short stint with the Oakland A’s. – Link

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Northwest Christian is looking for a new head baseball coach after Damon Ford announced today that he is moving to California. Ford spent three seasons at the helm of the Navigators after taking over for Don Heinze, who also moved to California. – Link

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Saturday news & notes: Brodin’s waddle off slam

Saturday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

North Thurston alum Joash Brodin hit a “waddle off” grand slam last night in the Long Island Ducks’ 11-8 win over the Camden Riversharks. Skip to the 3:43:00 mark of the video above to see Brodin hit the very first pitch he saw in the at-bat well over the right field wall in Bethpage, New York to end the game. Brodin went 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs in total and is now hitting .336 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs for the independent Ducks.  – Box score

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Olympia’s Kramer Champlin relieved Lansing starter Daniel Norris after a rain delay and gave up just two hits over the next 3 1/3 innings to pick up his fifth win of the season in a 2-1 Lugnuts win over the Clinton Lumberjacks. Champlin is now 5-2 with a 3.75 ERA this season. – Box score

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2013 high school football schedules

Jul 16

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Tumwater fell just short of the title in 2012. They open up 2013 with Shelton.

Tumwater fell just short of the title in 2012. They open up 2013 with Shelton.

Believe it or not, the 2013 football season is just around the corner. Practices begin on August 21st with the first games scheduled for September 6th.

This post will be updated with broadcast schedules and more when they are set.


Black Hills Wolves

9/6 = @ Clover Park – Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. North Thurston – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – vs. Bainbridge – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Aberdeen – Stewart Field, Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. River Ridge – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Capital – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM


Capital Cougars

9/6 – vs. Newport – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Olympia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
9/20 – @ Bothell – Pop Keeney Stadium, Bothell – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. Centralia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. North Thurston – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. W.F. West – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

Blue = Spaghetti Bowl    Crimson = Homecoming


North Thurston Rams

9/7* – vs. Steilacoom – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Foss – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Wilson – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/17+ – vs. Shelton – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/31+ – vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

*Saturday game   +Thursday game


Olympia Bears

9/6 – @ Lake Oswego – Lake Oswego HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
9/20 – vs. Timberline – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Stadium – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/5* – vs. South Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 1:00 PM
10/11 – @ Central Kitsap – Silversdale Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Gig Harbor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Bellarmine – Memorial Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Yelm – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

*Saturday game   Crimson = Spaghetti Bowl    Blue = Homecoming


Rainier Mountaineers

9/6 – vs. Naselle – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. Mossyrock – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Rochester – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Elma – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Tenino – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Forks – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Montesano – Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
11/1 – Seton Catholic – Doc Harris Stadium, Camas – 7:00 PM


River Ridge Hawks

9/6 – vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Sequim – Sequim Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Ridgefield – Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Hockinson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/10+ – vs. Centralia – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Capital – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM

+Thursday game


Rochester Warriors

9/6 – @ Ridgefield – Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ RA Long – Memorial Stadium, Longview – 7:00 PM
9/20 – vs. Rainier – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Hoquiam – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Elma – Davis Field, Elma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ Montesano – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Forks – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Stevenson – Rochester Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Tenino – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM


Shelton Highclimbers

9/6 – @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. North Mason – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Wilson – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Yelm – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Foss – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Lincoln – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/17+ – @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Mount Tahoma – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Timberline – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM

+Thursday game

All games broadcast on Newsradio 1030 AM KMAS and kmas.com


Tenino Beavers

9/6 – vs. Raymond – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Washougal – Fishback Stadium, Washougal – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Elma – Davis Field, Elma – 7:00 PM
9/27  – @ Forks – Forks HS – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. Rainier – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. LaCenter – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Montesano – Stewart Field, Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. Hoquiam – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – vs. Rochester – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM


Timberline Blazers

9/6 – @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – vs. Tumwater – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Olympia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/26+ – vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ Lincoln – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Shelton – Highclimbers Stadium – 7:00 PM

+Thursday game


Tumwater T-Birds

9/6 – vs. Shelton – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/20 – @ Inglemoor – Pop Keeney Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – vs. Capital – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
10/11 – vs. Bellarmine – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/18 – @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
10/25 – vs. River Ridge – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM


Yelm Tornadoes

9/6 – vs. Highline – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/13 – @ Olympic – Silverdale Stadium – 5:00 PM
9/20 – vs. Stadium – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
9/27 – @ Shelton – Highclimbers Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/4 – vs. Central Kitsap – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/11 – @ South Kitsap – Knowles Field, Port Orchard – 7:00 PM
10/18 – vs. Bellarmine – Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
10/25 – @ Gig Harbor – Roy Anderson Field, Gig Harbor – 7:00 PM
11/1 – @ Olympia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

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Thursday schedule, news and notes

Schedule for Thursday, July 11th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Thursday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Oly_RollersThis news is almost a month old, but the Oly Rollers confirmed to the Derby News Network that they will not be competing in the WFTDA post-season this year after winning The Hydra in the first year they were eligible in 2009 and then three straight second place finishes in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Oly did not schedule enough WFTDA sanctioned events to qualify for the post-season opting to schedule more USARS events this season. – Link

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North Thurston alum and ex-US National Team and Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller will join the US National Team as a goalkeeper coach for the remainder of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. – Link

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Timberline 2009 graduate and current Eastern Washington linebacker Ronnie Hamlin has been named to the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, one of 20 nominees for the outstanding defensive player in the Football Championship Series regular season. Hamlin is a senior at Eastern but could be granted a sixth year after missing both 2009 and 2010 with injuries. He has played in 25 games since and had 136 tackles last season. – Link

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Another Timberline grad, Cameron Peck, continued his hot 2013 summer taking home the PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship with a 7 and 6 win over Hans Reimer in Bandon, Oregon. Peck also won the Washington State Amateur earlier this summer. – Link

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PHOTO GALLERY: Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup

Jun 17

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Capital won their second straight FoM Alumni Soccer Cup in 2014.

Click on any image to go to the gallery and see large size.

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.

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Today (6/16): Friends of Mia tourney crowns a champion

Jun 16

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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

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Today (6/15): Friends of Mia soccer, Tatunka 7s rugby tournaments; Racing at the Speedway

Jun 15

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Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup – The RAC – 9:00 AM

FoMCrestMediumThe 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

SSS15th

Street Stocks, Legends, Baby Grands, Bumblebees and Outlaw Compacts – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM

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Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds advance to first final four; Bears, Rams seasons end

May 18

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High school baseball

4A State Tournament
Olympia 12, Lake Stevens 1
Kentwood 13, Olympia 7

Olympia scored ten runs in the top of the sixth and seventh innings and Elliot Loague went the distance to give the Bears a 12-1 win in the first round of the state tourney in Everett.

The Bears season came to an end in the quarterfinals with a 13-7 loss to Kentwood.


3A State Tournament
Mount Si 3, North Thurston 2

North Thurston scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the score at two but Mount Si pushed across a run with the bases loaded and two outs to end the Rams season. Hayden Maliska and Ande Grantham each had RBIs for the Rams in the sixth.


2A State Tournament
Tumwater 4, Fife 1
Tumwater 3, North Kitsap 0

Tumwater pulled a huge upset ending Fife’s season at 22-4 overall with a 4-1 victory at Yelm High School.

The T-Birds scored twice in the third inning and that was all that they would need to advance to the semifinals next week at County Stadium in Yakima with a 3-0 win over North Kitsap. This is the first time in school history that Tumwater has advanced to the final four.

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Today (5/18): Softball districts continue; Bears, Rams, T-Birds baseball in state regionals

May 18

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UPDATE: District softball at Sprinker rained out. See below…


High school baseball

4A State Tournament
Olympia vs. Lake Stevens – Everett Memorial Stadium – 1:00 PM

Olympia travels to Everett to take on the District 1 champions, Lake Stevens, in the regionals round of the state baseball tournament. The Vikings finished in second place of the Wesco North but won three straight in districts to claim their spot. The winner moves on to play either Bothell or Kentwood at 4:00 PM at Everett Memorial Stadium while the loser sees their season come to an end.


3A State Tournament
North Thurston vs. Mt. Si – Bannerwood Park, Bellevue – 1:00 PM

North Thurston takes on KingCo champion Mt. Si at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue today in the first round of the state tourney. The Vikings beat Mercer Island and Bellevue to advance to state. The winner will take on either Meadowdale or Peninsula immediately after at Bannerwood.


2A State Tournament
Tumwater vs. Fife – Yelm HS – 1:00 PM

Tumwater faces a tough draw when they open the 2A State Tournament today against 22-3 Fife at Yelm High School. The Trojans have won 17 straight games including the West Central District championship to advance to this point. The winner will take on either Sedro Wooley or North Kitsap at 4:00 PM in Yelm. The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.


High school softball

4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Rained out. Rescheduled for Monday at 1:00 PM

Do or die for Olympia this morning when they face Puyallup. With their split on Friday, they will face a winner-to-state, loser-out game against the Vikings. Puyallup was blanked by Todd Beamer in the first round and then blanked Mt. Rainier in the second round.


3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Enumclaw – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Rained out. Rescheduled for Monday at 1:00 PM

Timberline only got one game in before the rains came on Friday but moved to a winner-to-state game this morning against Enumclaw. The Hornets are the #1 seed and had a bye in the first round. The winner moves to the semifinals and is guaranteed a spot at state while the loser falls into a loser-out game at 1:00 PM

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