Category Archives: North Thurston HS
Thursday scoreboard: Rams shutout Wolves; Saints get first win; Evergreen Invite results
High school football
North Thurston 24, Black Hills 0 – More from The Olympian
Brandon Belisario rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown and Mo Manning scored on a one yard run to lead North Thurston to a 24-0 win over Black Hills at South Sound Stadium.
Girls soccer
Capital 4, Tumwater 2
River Ridge 6, Centralia 1
Black Hills 5, Aberdeen 0
High school volleyball
Olympia 3, Central Kitsap 1 (24-26, 25-12, 25-17, 25-8)
North Thurston 3, Shelton 0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-18)
Timberline 3, Foss 0 (25-4, 25-9, 25-7)
Tumwater 3, Curtis 0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-17)
Toutle Lake 3, Northwest Christian (25-13, 25-13, 25-16)
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 3, Colorado Christian 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Blake Moreland’s goal in the 44th minute proved to be the game-winner as the Saint Martin’s men’s soccer team became the first Olympia area college fall sports team to earn a win with their 3-0 defeat of Colorado Christian. Dylan Gaydosh scored twice, 30 seconds apart, early in the second half to cement the victory.
College volleyball
Red Lion Evergreen Invitational
Simon Fraser 3, Evergreen 1 (25-13, 20-25, 25-23, 25-22)
Northwest 3, Columbia Bible 0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-17)
Lewis & Clark 3, Camosun 1 (25-17, 25-9, 20-25, 25-18)
More on all three games from Evergreen athletics.
Brodin hits “waddle-off” homer, gets Clemens next
It is a big couple of days for North Thurston graduate Joash Brodin. On Wednesday, Brodin hit a three run “waddle-off” home run for the Long Island Ducks in their 6-5 win over the Somerset Patriots. Brodin also had a two run single in the seventh inning driving in five runs total for the Ducks in game one of a doubleheader. And in the nightcap, Brodin went 1-for-2 and drove in the Ducks only run in a 5-1 loss. You can see all of Brodin’s highlights in the video above from the team.
You can also see Brodin play on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN3 Friday night when the Ducks travel to Texas to take on the Sugar Land Skeeters and seven time Cy Young Award winner. Clemens will be making his second start for the independent Skeeters as he explores the possibility of a comeback at 50 years-old. The game starts at 5:05 PM local time and SportsCenter and ESPNEWS will be cutting into their programming to show every inning that Clemens pitches.
It has been a wild ride of a season for Brodin who is with his second independent club this season after the London Rippers of the Frontier League folded on July 24th in the middle of their inaugural season. Brodin was hitting .370 and leading the Frontier League in batting when he became a free agent following the team’s dissolution.
He quickly had offers from other independent clubs and was on his way to Wichita of the American Association when he received a call from the Atlantic League’s Ducks, arguably the most successful team in the best league in the independent ladder. Brodin went from a league where no player is older than 28 years-old to a team that features former Major Leaguers Armando Benitez and Timo Perez. Adjusting to a higher level of play, Brodin started off slowly but quickly adjusted and is now hitting .283 with three home runs and 20 RBI in 35 games with the Ducks.
The level of play is not the only thing Brodin has had to adjust to. He went from playing in all red pajamas in front of just a handful of fans in a horrible situation in London to a beautiful ballpark on Long Island where they pack in over 5,000 fans a game. And no more road trips to Normal to face the Cornbelters. Instead, he hits the road for an opportunity to take his hacks against Roger Clemens in a game televised worldwide on ESPN.
Today (9/6): Rams vs. Wolves; Evergreen volleyball tourney; Much more
Big crosstown football game on tap tonight when Black Hills travels to Lacey’s South Sound Stadium to take on North Thurston at 7:00 PM. In 2011, as members of the 2A EvCo, the Rams knocked off the Wolves 35-14 but both teams are coming off of big opening week victories that they hope will set the tone for this game and the rest of their season.
North Thurston traveled to Steilacoom and rushed their way to a 36-21 win that wasn’t as close as the final score. Maurice Manning scored three short touchdowns and Brandon Belisario scored on an 18 yard run and Ryan Mets, who has the unenviable task of replacing Ben Broeker at quarterback, threw his first touchdown, a 24 yarder to Josh Cahill.
Meanwhile, in Tumwater, Black Hills was busy putting a hurting on Clover Park. A relatively close game got out of control in the third quarter when the Wolves put 21 points on the board behind two touchdown passes from Miles Smiley and a 40 yard run by Jesse Perkinson. Smiley finished with 174 yards and three touchdowns while Perkinson had 95 yards rushing and a touchdown and 49 yards receiving and a TD.
So two teams with some question marks coming into the season that performed well in the opener. I expect North Thurston’s running game to dominate again but Black Hills will also put some points on the board.
My pick: North Thurston 35, Black Hills 24
If football doesn’t really float your boat, head on out to Evergreen where the Geoducks are hosting the Red Lion Evergreen Invitational volleyball tournament starting today at 3:00 PM when Columbia Bible faces Northwest University in the opening game. At 5:00 PM, the host Geoducks take on NCAA Division II Simon Fraser and in the nightcap, Camosun takes on Lewis & Clark at 7:00 PM.
The tournament continues tomorrow with a whole day of action starting at 9:00 AM and wraps up on Saturday. All games are at the CRC Gymnasium. Live stats can be found by clicking here.
And if that isn’t enough for you, North Thurston hosts Shelton and Olympia hosts Central Kitsap in girl’s volleyball. The North Thurston game starts at 6:30 PM while the game at Oly starts at 7:00.
And finally, in girl’s soccer action, Capital heads to Tumwater to take on the T-Birds at 7:00 PM.
Wednesday scoreboard: SPSCC falls; Cox scores hat trick; Rams, Wolves win
Men’s soccer
Peninsula College 5, SPSCC 0
Girl’s soccer
Capital 4, Lakes 0
Logan Cox scored a hat trick and Lena Moreno added a goal in Capital’s 4-1 non-league win over Lakes.
Girl’s volleyball
North Thurston 3, W.F. West 0 ( 25-12, 25-14, 25-22)
Black Hills 3, Shelton 0 (25-18 25-11, 25-19)
Brittany Rutherford had 11 kills in North Thurston’s 3-0 win over W.F. West. Megan Kramer had 21 assists for the Rams.
Hope Mortensen racked up 12 kills and seven digs and Moriah Kramer had 22 assists in Black Hills straight sets win over Shelton.
Tuesday scoreboard: Geoducks fall again; Blazers, Rams, T-Birds win openers
Women’s volleyball
Northwest University 3, Evergreen 1 (25-14, 25-22, 24-26, 25-16) – More from Evergreen athletics
Girl’s volleyball
Timberline 3, Black Hills 0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-23)
North Thurston 3, River Ridge 0 (25-12, 25-9, 25-11)
Girl’s soccer
Tumwater 1, Orting 0
W.F. West 6, North Thurston 0
River Ridge 4, Shelton 0
Friday scoreboard: Football Friday; Senators win at GFI; Geoducks and Saints fall
I’m not going to lie to you Oly Sports fans, football Friday nights are going to make the Friday scoreboard post suffer just a little bit. Just got home from calling the Shelton/Tumwater game and I am wiped out, so no recaps but plenty of scores from this ridiculously busy night in sports…
High school football
Black Hills 46, Clover Park 6
Lake Oswego 34, Olympia 0
Timberline 20, River Ridge 0
Ridgefield 29, Rochester 7
Shelton 42, Tumwater 21
Naselle 39, Rainier 6
Tenino 26, Raymond 7
Yelm 53, Highline 14
North Thurston 36, Steilacoom 21
Baseball (Grand Forks Invitational)
Thurston County Senators 2, Trail Orioles 0
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-15) – More from Geoducks athletics
Men’s soccer
Sonoma State 4, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SonomaSeawolves.com
Tonight (8/31): Geoducks volleyball; Football season is a go
The Evergreen volleyball team opens up Cascade Collegiate Conference play tonight when they face Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium at 7:00 PM. Eastern comes into the game at 6-2 already on the season including a 4-1 record in the Cascade/Frontier Challenge over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Geoducks are 0-5 and are still looking for their first win under head coach Greg Spector.
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And that’s about it for sporting events in Olym…..what? It’s football season? I didn’t even know! There has been absolutely no hype.
And it’s a huge night here in the Olympia area with a rivalry game, a team visiting from Oregon and much more. Here are your games being played in the Olympia area. All start at 7:00 PM.
Black Hills vs. Clover Park – Tumwater Stadium
Olympia vs. Lake Oswego (OR) – Ingersoll Stadium – Watch live here
River Ridge vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – Listen on YourESN.com
Rochester vs. Ridgefield – Rochester HS
Shelton vs. Tumwater – Highclimber Stadium – Listen KMAS 1030 AM or kmas.com
And here are your road games…
Rainier @ Naselle – Naselle HS
Tenino @ Raymond – Raymond HS
Yelm @ Highline – Highline Stadium, Burien
Let the games begin!
It’s a high school football preview roundup!
I wanted to get out and do my own football previews for this season, but it just didn’t really work out. But The Olympian did a bang up job with their previews and if you haven’t read them, it’s a good place to get yourself ready for the high school football season that gets underway tomorrow when Capital travels to Bellevue to take on Newport…
Black Hills: Preview – Season-ending injury motivates Shayne Robinson
Capital: Preview – Membership in exclusive club for linemen requires size…
North Thurston: Preview – Rams set at running back
Olympia: Preview – Lineman Connor Wilmosvky…
Rainier: Preview – Mountaineers fight foes, apathy
River Ridge: Preview – Hawks poised to take off
Rochester: Preview – Warriors seeking turnaround
Shelton – Preview – Campaign works for pair of Highclimbers
Tenino: Preview – Beavers lose top assistant, gains top QB
Timberline: Preview – Seniority rules between brothers…
Tumwater: Preview – Otton is a proud grandpa
Yelm: Preview – Swilley finds way to honor fallen friend
Also today, The News Tribune debuted their coaches poll with Timberline ranked #7 in 3A, Capital ranked #2 and Tumwater ranked #4 in 2A with Olympia receiving votes in the 4A poll.
Today (8/29): Saints face PLU in volleyball opener
The Saint Martin’s volleyball team gets their season underway tonight with a scrimmage against PLU at Marcus Pavilion.
The Saints were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC this season after finishing seventh last season with a 5-13 league record and a 7-18 overall record. The Saints are led by two seniors, middle blockers Katy Ferguson and Teilissa Tua and freshman-of-the-year outside hitter and Capital graduate Kristyn Ross.
This is an extremely young Saints squad with 13 of 17 roster spots taken up by freshmen or sophomores including Northwest Christian’s Kelsey Minton, Tumwater’s Nicole Grisham, North Thurston’s Julia Wabinga and River Ridge’s Halee Hernandez.
Game time tonight at Marcus Pavilion is at 6:00 PM.
High school volleyball schedules
Football season starts in just a few days and that makes it easy to forget that girls volleyball (and girls soccer) also starts in just one week. So here is the (nearly complete) schedule for local area high schools. You can also find all these games in the big Oly Sports calendar on the sidebar or available by clicking here.
September 4th
North Thurston @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
September 5th
North Thurston vs. W.F. West – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Shelton – Shelton – 7:00 PM
September 6th
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Northwest Christian @ Toutle Lake – Toutle – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 7th
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 4:45 PM
September 8th
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 1:00 PM
September 11th
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Gig Harbor – 4:45 PM
North Thurston @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Black Hills @ Centralia – Centralia – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ South Bend – South Bend – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 13th
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Capital @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – Oyehut – TBA
September 18th
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ Naselle – Naselle – 7:00 PM
September 19th
Olympia @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 20th
Olympia @ South Kitsap – Port Orchard – 6:00 PM
Black Hills @ W.F. West – Chehalis – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 22nd
Olympia @ Kent Classic – Kentridge HS – TBD
Northwest Christian @ Raymond – Raymond – TBD
September 24th
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm – 6:30 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 25th
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
September 26th
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 27th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
October 2nd
Olympia @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale – 6:30 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
October 4th
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
October 8th
Olympia @ Stadium – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 9th
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. W.F. West – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 10th
Timberline vs. Wilson – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 11th
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Raymond – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 16th
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mt. Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
October 18th
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. W.F. West – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
October 20th
Olympia @ Capital City Classic – Olympia HS – TBD
Black Hills @ Capital City Classic – Capital HS – TBD
October 23rd
Olympia @ Bellarmine – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
North Thurston vs. Timberline – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
October 25th
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
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