Category Archives: North Thurston HS
Late Friday scoreboard: Rams, Wolves upset top seeds in Narrows finals; Saints sweep Crusaders
High school baseball
3A Narrows League championship game
North Thurston 5, Timberline 3
Trailing 2-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning, North Thurston scored five runs including Noah Murski’s bases loaded three run base hit that put the Rams up for good in their 5-3 win over Timberline. Ryan Mets struck out eight Blazers over six innings and the Rams will head into districts as the #1 seed out of the 3A Narrows, earning themselves a bye in the first round.
4A Narrows League championship game
South Kitsap 2, Olympia 1
South Kitsap opened up the scoring quickly with two runs in the first inning and that was all they would need in their 2-1 win over Olympia. Cameron Frost scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning but that was all the Bears could muster offensively. Michael Fairchild settled down after a rough first inning and pitched a complete game for the Bears but suffered the loss. Olympia heads into districts as the #2 seed from the Narrows.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 4
Saint Martin’s 5, Northwest Nazarene 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
College softball
Pierce 17, SPSCC 0
Pierce 12, SPSCC 2
Pierce 4, SPSCC 0
Today (5/3): Narrows League baseball championship games; Saints baseball opens final series
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament championship game
North Thurston vs. Timberline – The RAC – 4:00 PM
4A Narrows League tournament championship game
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – The RAC – 6:30 PM
The Narrows League tournament at The RAC comes to a close today with a pair of championship games featuring three Olympia area teams. The action kicks off at 4:00 PM when North Thurston and Timberline meet for the third time this season and continues with Olympia and South Kitsap at 6:30 PM.
North Thurston and Timberline both swept through Narrows League play undefeated until the two teams met on April 19th. The Blazers swept the two game series, winning 5-2 at Timberline and 2-0 at North Thurston to claim the regular season title. The two teams are unquestionably the class of the league. The Rams outscored their league mates 129-10 through 13 games while the Blazers outscored their opponents 113-9 in 12 games. The winner today claims the Narrows League title and the #1 seed to districts while the winner claims the #2 spot.
Olympia suffered just one loss in the 4A Narrows League regular season and that came to South Kitsap in Port Orchard, a 10-0 loss on April 16th. The Bears won the first meeting between the two teams in March, 10-4. The Bears finished 11-1 in league while South Kitsap was second place at 8-4. The Wolves knocked off Bellarmine 5-0 on Wednesday to get to the title game. Again, the winner gets the #1 seed to districts while the loser gets the #2 seed.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – 1:00 PM
The last weekend of a highly disappointing Saint Martin’s baseball season starts today when the Saints take on Northwest Nazarene in doubleheader action starting at 1:00 PM. The Crusaders took both games in Nampa earlier this season coming from far behind in the final inning of each of their four games.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints advance in GNAC tourney; Heo’s hat trick leads Rams
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 8, Central Washington 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
GNAC Pitcher of the Year Sam Munger gave up just three hits over six innings and GNAC Player of the Year Lacey McGladrey homered and drove in four runs in Saint Martin’s 8-0 win over Central Washington on the first day of the GNAC tournament in Billings, Montana. Aubree Pocklington went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Saints.
While McGladrey and Pocklington get the offensive headlines with seven RBIs between them, it was Madi Davis’ RBI single in the second inning that proved to be the game winner. The game ended in the bottom of the sixth when Pocklington drove in Taviah Jenkins to make the score 8-0 to trigger the mercy rule.
Munger won her 21st game of the season and #22 Saint Martin’s moved to 37-13 overall. They will face Simon Fraser on Friday morning at 9:00 AM. The winner moves on to the championship game on Saturday while the loser will face the winner of the Central Washington/Western Oregon game in an elimination game Friday afternoon.
Boys soccer
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0
Mount Tahoma 3, Timberline 1
Shelton 3, Olympia 0
Kenny Heo tallied a hat trick with goals in the 47th, 53rd and 70th minutes and second place North Thurston improved to 7-3-1 in the 3A Narrows League with their 3-0 win over Lincoln. Connor Hawthorne recorded five saves in the shutout.
High school softball
WF West 8, Capital 0
Centralia 19, River Ridge 0
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – No report
Today (5/2): Lacey soccer doubleheader; EvCo fastpitch; Narrows baseball tourney continues
Boys soccer
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school softball
Capital vs. WF West – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament
3/4 game – Wilson vs. Shelton – The RAC – 4:00 PM
4A Narrows League tournament
3/4 game – Gig Harbor vs. Bellarmine – The RAC – 6:30 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Rams softball claims regular seaon title; Rams baseball moves on in Narrows tourney
High school softball
Olympia 4, Yelm 0 – Photo gallery
Timberline 15, Shelton 0
North Thurston 16, Mount Tahoma 0
Ellie Jones pitched a five inning no-hitter and Timberline pounded out 15 runs on 21 hits to knock off Shelton in Lacey. Aundrea Temple and Rebecca Nelson each homered for the Blazers, Nelson went 4-for-4 with three RBI and Krista Jones, Maria Velez-Kraft and Rylee Payton each had three hits in the win. The win moved the Blazers to 10-2 in the 3A Narrows League.
North Thurston also moved to 10-2 in the 3A Narrows League with their 16-0 win over Mount Tahoma in Tacoma. With the win, the Rams secured the regular season title by way of their season sweep of Timberline. Aayliah Kautz drove in four runs and scored three times and Dominique Greeno and Dejah Hickman each drove in two runs in the win.
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston 2, Shelton 0
Tyler Ridgeway struck out 14 Highclimbers and North Thurston finally broke through for two late runs to knock off Shelton 2-0 in the 3A Narrows League tournament at The RAC. Shelton will play Wilson tomorrow for the #3 seed to districts while North Thurston moves on to the Narrows title game against Timberline on Friday at 4:00 PM at The RAC.
Today (5/1): Bears, Blazers softball needs wins, miracles; Rams baseball opens Narrows tourney
High school fastpitch
Olympia vs. Yelm – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia is tied with South Kitsap in first place of the 4A Narrows League at 9-2 but both of the Bears’ league losses came to the Wolves. To win the Narrows regular season title, they have to win today against 5-6 Yelm and hope that winless Stadium can pull off a major upset on Friday. The Bears won a close game in Yelm on April 15th, 4-2 while South Kitsap beat Stadium 29-0 early in the season.
On the 3A side of the Narrows, Timberline faces the same situation as Olympia. They currently sit at 9-2 in league tied with North Thurston but the Rams swept the season series and hold the tiebreaker. For the Blazers to win the regular season title, they need to beat 7-4 Shelton at home and hope that 1-9 Mount Tahoma can come up with some serious magic and knock off the Rams in Tacoma. The Blazers barely took down the Highclimbers in Shelton in their last meeting, scoring five runs in the final two innings to pull out the win. Meanwhile, North Thurston beat Mount Tahoma 17-7 in their first meeting.
High school baseball
4A Narrows League tournament
South Kitsap vs. Bellarmine – The RAC – 6:30 PM
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston vs. Shelton – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Game two of the Narrows League tournament pits #2 North Thurston against #3 Shelton. The Rams dominated the season series with 6-1 and 7-0 wins that started a five game losing streak for the Highclimbers. After starting 7-0 in league play, Shelton dropped both games to the Rams, fell to Wilson in Tacoma and then dropped two to Timberline to close out the regular season. They did pick up a non-league win over Klahowya on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Rams dropped two to Timberline and then had an easier road outscoring lowly Mount Tahoma 39-0 in two games. They also picked up two non-league wins over Capital at Cheney Stadium and River Ridge.
Monday scoreboard: Rams, Bears softball pick league wins; Rams baseball tops Hawks in non-leaguer
High school softball
North Thurston 12, Timberline 6 – Photo gallery
Olympia 11, Stadium 0
Erin Roloff went 2-for-3, drove in a run, scored twice and picked up the win on the mound in Olympia’s 11-0 win over Stadium at Stevens Field. Leticia Farias also drove in a pair of runs as the Bears put up 10 runs in the first two innings. Oly moved to 9-2 in the 4A Narrows to keep pace with South Kitsap, who were 4-2 winners over Gig Harbor and hold the tiebreaker over the Bears. Oly needs a win over Yelm on Wednesday and hope last place Stadium can pull off a massive upset of South Kitsap on Friday to win the regular season title.
High school baseball
North Thurston 6, River Ridge 3
South Kitsap 14, Timberline 2
PHOTO GALLERY: Greeno’s slam gives Rams advantage in 3A Narrows race
(Click on any image to go to the gallery and see full size)
Dominique Greeno’s grand slam in the third inning opened up the scoring for North Thurston and a seven run seventh inning gave the Rams the regular season sweep of Timberline with a 12-6 win on the Blazers’ home field. Both teams sit at 9-2 in the 3A Narrows League with one game to play and North Thurston holding the tiebreaker.
After Greeno’s slam gave North Thurston a 4-0 lead, Timberline quickly put two runs on the board in the bottom of the third. Each team added a run in the fourth inning, including Molly Emmons’ solo shot for the Blazers, and held each other scoreless in the fifth and sixth innings.
But in the seventh, the Blazers’ defense let them down and the Rams capitalized stringing together seven runs to take a commanding 12-3 lead. Timberline was able to put three runs on the board in the final frame but it was too little too late and they will now need to knock off Shelton and hope Mount Tahoma can upset North Thurston to take the regular season title.
Greeno added two more doubles and went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI and Dejah Hickman had three hits including a home run and two RBI for the Rams. Ciera Davis went the distance on the mound and picked up the win.
Ellie Jones had three hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice for the Blazers and Makenzie Sylvester also added three hits and two runs scored in the loss.
Today (4/29): Blazers host Rams in battle of Narrows leaders
High school softball
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Big game in the 3A Narrows League this afternoon when North Thurston heads to Timberline in a battle of the two top teams in the league.
The Blazers currently sit in first place at 9-1, their only league loss coming to the Rams on April 10th in an epic 9-8 win affair that ended on a game winning hit by Brittany Sebesta in the 11th inning.
North Thurston sits a game behind Timberline at 8-2 following their surprising 4-3 loss to Shelton last week.
First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM at Timberline.
Today (4/24): Hitting the home stretch of the regular season
High school baseball
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Crandall Field – 4:00 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
North Thurston vs. Stadium – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Oly Sports 