After Tuesday’s games, the 2A Evergreen Conference representatives at districts are set and are as follows: #1. Tumwater #2. Centralia #3. WF West #4. Black Hills #5. Capital
High school softball
Casey Duff scored a pair of goals to lead Black Hills to a 2-1 win over Tumwater and the last spot to districts out of the 2A EvCo. The Wolves will face Capital on Saturday to open postseason play.
The 2A EvCo finished like this: #1. Capital #2. Aberdeen #3. Centralia #4. WF West #5. Black Hills
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Dominique Greeno hit a two out, three run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull North Thurston to within a run, 10-9, heading into the seventh inning but Timberline put a pair of runs on the board in the top of the seventh and Brooklyn Taylor-Sparks shut down the Rams in the bottom of the inning to clinch the 3A Narrows League title with a 12-9 win at The RAC on Tuesday afternoon.
Timberline is now 11-1 in 3A Narrows League play with one game remaining in Shelton on Wednesday. North Thurston is 8-2 in the Narrows with their only two losses coming to the Blazers.
High school baseball Narrows League Tournament
4A: #5 Central Kitsap vs. #4 Stadium – The RAC – 4:00 PM
3A: #5 Foss vs. #4 Shelton – The RAC – 6:30 PM
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Timberline vs. North Thurston – The RAC – 3:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:15 PM
Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 6 – Box score
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SMU (14-17)
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W: Anthony LaDue (2-0) L: Davis Engel (0-1)
Tied at 5-5, Saint Martin’s erupted for six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win their fifth straight game with an 11-6 victory over Central Washington. The win, combined with a pair of losses by Northwest Nazarene to Montana State-Billings, secured third place in the GNAC and a spot in the championships next week.
Needing a big win, the Saints pounded out 20 hits including a 3-for-5, three RBI performance from Travis Shaw and three hits each from Zack Larsen, Zach Raczok and Chris Womac. Game two of the doubleheader was rained out and was not needed to be played after the Saints clinched the playoff spot.
The Saints travel to Monmouth, Oregon to play in a round-robin tournament beginning on Thursday against #1 seed Western Oregon at 10:00 AM.
North Thurston claimed the 3A Narrows League regular season title with a 2-1 win in a game that was started on April 23rd before being rained out. Riley Storedahl pitched a complete game two hitter to lead the Rams to the #1 seed in the 3A Narrows League tournament. They move directly to the championship game at The RAC on Friday while Timberline will take on Wilson on Wednesday.
Roller derby The Big O Tournament – Eugene, Oregon
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Central Washington (DH) – SMU Baseball Field – Noon
The scenario is pretty simple for Saint Martin’s in a senior day doubleheader starting at noon: just win. The Saints are tied with Northwest Nazarene for the third and final playoff spot in the GNAC and need to finish one game ahead of the Crusaders to secure a playoff birth since NNU took the season series 6-2. The Saints have won four straight games in their push for the postseason but face the second place Wildcats today while Northwest Nazarene continues their series against last place Montana State-Billings.
High school baseball
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 1:00 PM
North Thurston and Timberline will finish a game they started on April 23rd before the rains came and washed out an 0-0 tie in the 4th inning. Both teams sit at 10-1 in league play and the winner of this game will determine the 3A Narrows League champion and #1 seed to districts the league tournament.
Saints celebrate their walk-off win – Photo via SMUSaints.com
College softball GNAC Championships
Saint Martin’s 4, Western Washington 3 – Box score
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#2 WWU
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#4 SMU
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W: Sam Munger (20-15) L: Shayna Adelstein (5-6)
Down 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning in an elimination game at the GNAC Championships in Richland, Saint Martin’s hit three home runs including back-to-back home runs by freshmen Mary Dettling and Jackie Schmaeling to extend their season with a 4-3 win over Western Washington.
A pair of Saints errors allowed the Vikings took a 3-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning capped off by a two run homer by Jordan Walley. The Saints got Lacey McGladrey and Megan Miller on base in the the bottom half of the sixth but were unable to answer. Sam Munger then made quick work of Western in the top of the seventh.
With three outs between the Saints and elimination, Taviah Jenkins singled to open the inning and scored on Dani Wall’s two run blast to right center to cut the score to Vikings lead to 3-2.
After a Western pitching change, Christina Demar struck out for the first out of the inning. Dettling took Shayna Adelstein deep in the next at bat to tie the game, 3-3, and Schmaeling jumped on a 1-0 pitch and deposited it over the left center wall for the game winner.
The rally eliminated the #2 seed Western Washington and sent the Saints to another elimination game immediately afterward with #3 Central Wasington.
Central Washington 9, Saint Martin’s 1 – Box score
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W: Maria Gau (18-7) L: Sam Munger (20-16)
But the celebration would be short lived for the Saints as they were eliminated in quick fashion by the #3 seed Central Washington in a 9-1 five inning game. The Wildcats scored in each of the four innings that they batted including a four spot in the third and three more in the fourth that put the game out of reach and GNAC Pitcher of the Year Maria Gau allowed just five hits over five shutout innings.
The Saints finished their season at 27-22, their third straight 20+ win season and should be strong again next year with just one senior, Lacey McGladrey, on the roster.
Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 4 – Box score
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CWU (17-12)
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SMU (12-17)
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W: Zach Carter (6-3) L: Skye Adams (5-6)
Saint Martin’s 3, Central Washington 1 – Box score
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W: Josh Moss (3-9) L: Brandon Williams (8-3)
Entering today’s doubleheader, Saint Martin’s, Northwest Nazarene and Montana State-Billings were all tied at 11-17 for the third and final GNAC playoff spot. The Saints took care of business on their end with a doubleheader sweep, 11-4 and 3-1, of Central Washington on Friday afternoon.
Carl Svanevik drove in three runs, Zach Raczok drove in a pair and Zack Larsen went 3-for-5 and scored three times to lead the Saints to the 11-4 game one victory. Saints starter Zach Carter pitched a complete game allowing four earned runs on nine hits.
Josh Moss allowed just one earned run on eight hits over seven innings and Chandler Tracey drove in one run in the first inning and Travis Shaw tripled in a pair of runs in the fourth to lead the Saints to a 4-1 win in game two.
The win ran the Saints record to 13-17 in the GNAC but are still tied for third after Northwest Nazarene swept Montana State-Billings. Both teams play doubleheaders against the same teams tomorrow. First pitch for the Saints is scheduled for noon at the SMU Baseball Field.
High school baseball
High school baseball
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 4:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Capital HS – 4:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 4:00 PM
High school softball
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Steven’s Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Timberline vs. Shelton – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:15 PM
The game of the day features the first and second place teams in the 4A Narrows League, Gig Harbor and Olympia, matching up at Ingersoll Stadium at 7:15 PM. The Bears enter the game at 5-2-2 while the Tides come in at 7-1-0. In their first meeting of the season on March 24th, Gig Harbor came away with a 1-0 victory.
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