Category Archives: North Thurston HS
Friday scoreboard: Bears, Blazers survive; Rams, T-Birds, Cougs seasons end
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 4, Rogers 2
Skyview 3, Olympia 1
Maddy Stensby allowed two runs on three hits and Olympia’s two run six inning led the Bears to a 4-2 win in the first round of districts at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. Adrianna Rupright hit a home run and Nikki Schroeder and Leticia Farias each collected two hits in the win.
But the Bears managed just four hits and committed three errors in their second round 3-1 loss to Skyview. The loss drops the Bears into a loser-out game against Puyallup on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Sprinker.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline 12, Kennedy 6
Auburn Mountainview 11, North Thurston 5
Timberline knocked off Kennedy 12-6 in the first round of the 3A district tournament at Sprinker Recreation Area in Spanaway. The Blazers’ second round game was rained out and will be played on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM. They will take on Enumclaw in a winner-to-state game at Sprinker.
North Thurston’s season came to an end with a 11-5 loss to Auburn Mountainview in the first round at Sprinker. The Rams finished at 15-7 overall.
2A District IV tournament
Centralia 10, Tumwater 3
RA Long 7, Capital 0
Tumwater and Capital’s seasons both game to an end on Friday afternoon with losses to Centralia and RA Long respectively.
Today (5/17): Bears, Rams, Blazers open district softball, T-Birds, Cougs face loser-out games
My apologies for no posts yesterday, I had ankle surgery and never felt up to writing. Back at it today, though…
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest District tournament
Olympia vs. Rogers – Sprinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 10:00 AM
3A West Central/Southwest District tournament
North Thurston vs. Auburn Mountainview – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
Timberline vs. Kennedy – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
2A Distict IV consolation bracket (loser-out)
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. RA Long – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball survives; Bears, Rams baseball split seeding games; Cougs soccer to state
College softball
NCAA Tournament West Regional
Humboldt State 6, Saint Martin’s 5
Saint Martin’s 8, Grand Canyon 5 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
In game one of the NCAA Division II West Regional in Arcata, California today, Saint Martin’s out homered heavy home run hitting Humboldt State on their home field but it wasn’t enough and the Saints fell to the Lumberjacks, 6-5. The loss was the first for the Saints in the double-elimination tournament and sent them to an elimination game later in the day.
Humboldt State opened the scoring right away putting two runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. But the Saints answered back, first with a two run home run from Dani Wall in the top of the second and briefly took a 3-2 lead when Joslyn Eugenio drove in Lacey McGladrey in the third.
The ‘Jacks answered with three straight runs in the third and fourth innings including Dani Randall’s homer in the third and what proved to be the game winning run on a Courtney Hiatt single in the fourth.
Taviah Jenkins hit a two run shot in the sixth inning to cut the score to one run and Taylor Bakos singled and advanced to second on an error with no outs. Aubree Pocklington fouled out and Madi Davis struck out for the first two outs of the inning. Bakos was then thrown out on the plate trying to score from second on a single to left by McGladrey. The Saints stranded a runner at second in the seventh inning and Humboldt State held on to win 6-5.
In game two, Grand Canyon got a rematch with the Saints after eliminating UC-San Diego in the first game of the consolation bracket in the morning.
Facing elimination, Saint Martin’s got it going quickly scoring twice in the first inning on a Sam Munger single and a Wall ground out. In the second, Pocklington doubled to drive in Bakos and the Saints took a 3-0 lead.
The ‘Lopes would answer back in a big way with four runs in an error filled top of the third inning. But Jenkins hit her second home run of the day in the bottom half of the inning, a two run shot that put the Saints back on top, 5-3. McGladrey’s single in the fourth drove in Pocklington to put the Saints up 6-4.
Grand Canyon got a run back in the fifth but again Jenkins went deep in the bottom of the fifth, her third of the day, to give the Saints an 8-5 lead and they would hold on to end the ‘Lopes season and advance to play Humboldt State on Sunday at noon. The Saints will have to win two straight games against the ‘Jacks to advance to the Super Regionals.
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 8, Kentridge 1
Emerald Ridge 7, Olympia 4
With their win over Kentridge and their loss to Emerald Ridge, Olympia took sixth place in the district tournament and advanced to the state tournament regionals. They will take on Lake Stevens at Everett Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 PM.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Peninsula 10, North Thurston 4
North Thurston 5, Bonney Lake 0
North Thurston dropped their district semifinal game to Peninsula but came back to beat Bonney Lake at take third place. They will face Mt. Si at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue on Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 PM in the state tournament regionals.
2A District IV tournament
Mark Morris 8, Capital 7
Down 7-0 and with just three outs left in their season, Mark Morris rallied for eight runs in the seventh inning and Capital saw their season end with a heartbreaking 8-7 loss.
Boys soccer
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Mountain View 4, North Thurston 0
North Thurston’s season came to an end at Highline Memorial Stadium with a 4-0 loss to Mountain View.
2A District IV tournament
Capital 2, Centralia 0
Capital got second half goals from Ethan Meyers and Kellen O’Neill and kept their season alive with a 2-0 win over Centralia at Ingersoll Stadium. They will play in the state tournament beginning on Wednesday, May 15th.
Auto racing
South Sound Speedway winners:
Mini Stock – Grant Charneski
Vintage Modifieds – Paul Field
Hobby Stocks – David Knittle
Baby Grand – Jim Guinn
Stinger 8’s – Steve Pierson
Today (5/11): Such a busy day
College softball
NCAA Tournament Regional
Saint Martins vs. Humboldt State – Arcata, CA – 11:00 AM
Boys soccer
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tourney
North Thurston vs. Mountain View – Highline Stadium, Burien – 1:00 PM
2A District IV consolation final
Capital vs. Centralia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District consolation
Olympia vs. Kentridge – Heritage Park, Puyallup – 1:00 PM
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District semifinals
North Thurston vs. Peninsula – Auburn Mountainview HS – 10:00 AM
2A District IV consolation
Capital vs. Mark Morris – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 11:00 AM
College baseball
Centralia College vs. Green River – The RAC – 1:00 PM
Today (5/10): Saints open NCAA tourney; T-Birds baseball, Rams softball play for titles
College softball
NCAA Tournament Regional
Saint Martin’s vs. Grand Canyon – Arcata, CA – 1:30 PM
Saint Martin’s opens up NCAA Tournament play in Arcata, California. For more, see my preview. Live video and stats can be found here.
NWAACC regular season
SPSCC vs. Green River – The RAC – 1:00 PM
High school baseball
2A District IV championship game
Tumwater @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 6:00 PM
High school softball
4A Narrows League tournament consolation game
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
3A Narrows League tournament consolation game
Timberline vs. Shelton – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
3A Narrows League tournament championship game
North Thurston vs. Wilson – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Rams get revenge on Shelton; Capital survives again
High school softball
4A Narrows League tournament
Bellarmine 3, Olympia 2
With the loss, Olympia plays Gig Harbor for third place on Friday at 3:00 PM at the South End Recreational Area in Tacoma. Both teams will advance to districts.
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston 12, Shelton 0
Wilson 3, Timberline 1
North Thurston moves on to play Wilson in the Narrows championship game on Friday at SERA in Tacoma at 3:00 PM.
At the same time at SERA, Timberline will face Shelton in the third place game. Both teams have advanced to districts.
2A Evergreen Conference regular season
Tumwater 11, Black Hills 0
Boys soccer
2A District IV tournament
Capital 2, Aberdeen 0
Nick Boatright scored in the 32nd minute to keep Capital alive with their 2-0 win over Aberdeen at Stewart Field in Aberdeen. The Cougars will host Centralia in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest on Saturday.
Today (5/9): Capital faces loser-out game in Aberdeen; Narrows League tourney starts in Tacoma
Boys soccer
Capital @ Aberdeen – Stewart Field – 7:00 PM
Capital fought off elimination on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over River Ridge but now faces the winner of the 2A EvCo in another loser-out game in Aberdeen. The two teams met twice in the regular season. The Courgars handed the Bobcats their first loss of the season with a 3-2 overtime win on April 6th but Aberdeen avenged that loss with a convincing 5-1 win on the regular season’s last day. The winner moves on to face either Centralia or Mark Morris in a winner-to-state, loser-out game on Saturday.
High school softball
4A Narrows League tournament
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap/Bellarmine – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston vs. Shelton/Foss – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma/Lincoln/Wilson – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
The South End Recreation Area in Tacoma hosts the Narrows League tournament today and the three Olympia area teams come in as the #2 seed in 4A and the #1 and #2 seeds in the 3A tournament. All three teams have already qualified for districts and are competing for seeding. The championship and consolation games will be played on Friday afternoon at SERA.
Wednesday scoreboard: Bears, Rams, T-Birds qualify for state, Cougars survive
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 7, Union 3 – Photo gallery and recap
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
North Thurston 10, Columbia River 4
Tyler Ridgeway struck out five over seven innings and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lead North Thurston to the state tournament with a 10-4 win over Columbia River at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma. Ryan Mets and Matt Zeutenhorst each drove in three runs while Dylan Wharton and Hayden Maliska each scored three runs for the Rams.
The Rams qualify for the state tournament with the win and move into the district semifinals. They will play Peninsula on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Auburn Mountainview High School.
2A District IV tournament
Tumwater 12, Mark Morris 4
Capital 11, Ridgefield 3
Down 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Tumwater scored 12 runs to knock off Mark Morris 12-4 and earn a trip to the 2A state tournament. Luke Hare went 3-for-4 and Ian Sugrue went 2-for-3 for the T-Birds and Elijah Hill picked up the win on the mound.
Tumwater will play WF West for the district title on Friday night at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM.
Capital scored a season high 11 runs and Thomas Kerr struck out six over seven innings and Capital lived to play another day with an 11-3 win over Ridgefield. Capital moves on to play Mark Morris on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Wheeler Field in Centralia. They have to win two games on Saturday to advance to the state tournament.
Today (5/8): Rams, T-Birds play for state; Bears, Cougars win or go home
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Union – Heritage Park, Puyallup – 7:00 PM
With their 7-1 loss to Puyallup yesterday, Olympia faces a loser-out game this evening against Union at Heritage Park in Puyallup. They face Union, the same school that knocked the Bears’ basketball team out of districts earlier this year. The Titans finished 7-8 in the 4A Greater St. Helens League and beat Tahoma 5-4 in a loser-out game yesterday.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
North Thurston vs. Columbia River – Heidelberg Park, Tacoma – 4:00 PM
North Thurston earned a first round bye in districts with their Narrows League championship game win over Timberline and will take on Columbia River today at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma. Columbia River finished 12-3 in the 3A GSHL and advanced to today’s game with a 10-5 win over Hazen yesterday. The winner advances to state and will play on Saturday at 10:00 AM at Auburn-Mountainview while the loser faces a loser-out game on Saturday in Tacoma.
2A District IV tournament
Tumwater vs. Mark Morris – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 6:00 PM
Capital vs. Ridgefield – Wheeler Field, Centralia – 4:00 PM
Tumwater advanced to the semifinals of the 2A District IV tournament with their 4-1 win over Hockinson yesterday and will now face Mark Morris at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis at 6:00 PM. The Monarchs are the #1 seed out of the 2A GSHL finishing 11-1 in league and 15-4 overall. They earned their spot in the semis with a 10-3 win over Centralia. The winner advances to the finals on Saturday and earns a berth in state. The loser will have to win two games on Saturday to advance to state.
Capital couldn’t break through against #1 seed WF West on Tuesday falling 1-0 and now faces a loser-out game against Ridgefield at Wheeler Field in Centralia. Ridgefield finsihed 7-5 in the 2A GSHL and 9-10 overall. They dropped a 13-7 decision to Aberdeen yesterday to fall into the consolation bracket. The winner advances to another loser-out game on Saturday in Centralia.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds baseball advances, Blazers, Navs seasons end; Cougars soccer ends Hawks season
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Puyallup 7, Olympia 1
Olympia fell into the consolation bracket with their 7-1 loss to Puyallup in Kent on Tuesday night. Leif Hansen went 2-for-3 and Joey Knight had a pair of hits and the lone RBI for the Bears. They will face Union on Wednesday at Heritage Park in Puyallup in a loser-out game.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Bonney Lake 4, Timberline 3 (9 innings)
Timberline’s season came to an end on Tuesday night at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma with a 4-3 extra innings loss to Bonney Lake. The Blazers were 17-5 this season but lost three straight games after winning the Narrows League regular season title.
2A District IV tournament
Tumwater 4, Hockinson 1
WF West 1, Capital 0
Garrett Terrell struck out eight and Anthony Correia went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored to lead Tumwater to a 4-1 win over Hockinson in the opening round of the 2A District IV tournament. The T-Birds move on to play Mark Morris tomorrow in a winner-to-state game at WF West High School in Chehalis at 6:00 PM.
Tom Kerr went six innings giving up just one run while striking out seven, but that one run was enough for WF West to knock Capital into the consolation bracket with a 1-0 win. The Cougars face a loser-out game tomorrow in Centralia.
2B District IV tournament
Mossyrock 10, Northwest Christian 5
Northwest Christian’s season came to an end with a 10-5 loss to Mossyrock in Adna.
Boys soccer
2A District IV tournament (loser-out)
Capital 1, River Ridge 0
Capital barely kept their season alive tonight with a 1-0 win over River Ridge at Ingersoll Stadium. The Cougars will travel to Aberdeen on Thursday for another loser-out game.
Narrows League regular season
Mount Tahoma 2, North Thurston 1
Gig Harbor 6, Timberline 0
Bellarmine 5, Olympia 0
North Thurston’s Kenny Heo scored a late goal but Mount Tahoma held on for a 2-1 win at South Sound Stadium. The Rams’ loss, combined with Shelton’s 3-3 tie with Wilson, means that the top four teams in the 3A Narrows League finished with seven wins. Wilson finishes at 7-3-2 while Mount Tahoma, Shelton and North Thurston are all 7-4-1. Mount Tahoma swept North Thurston, while the Rams split with Shelton, and Shelton and Mount Tahoma split. More than likely, this means that the seeds break down like this for districts: #1 Wilson, #2 Mount Tahoma, #3 Shelton, #4 North Thurston. If that is the case, the Rams would play Bonney Lake in Auburn on Saturday night.
High school softball
Tumwater 15, River Ridge 0
Centralia 17, Capital 1
For the second straight day, Tumwater knocked off River Ridge 15-0. And for the second straight day, Kayleen Glasgo picked up the win in the circle and went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.
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