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Tonight (2/14): Valentine’s Day playoffs
It’s Valentine’s Day so why not take your special someone to a playoff basketball game (I say as I plan to go to dinner and “The Artist” tonight)?
On the girl’s 2A side, the place to be tonight is Tumwater High School. At 6:00 PM, River Ridge takes on Mark Morris in a matchup between the #1 seed out of the EvCo and the #1 seed out of the Greater St. Helens League. Mark Morris is 18-4 overall and was 9-0 in the GSHL and are coming off a 64-41 dismantling of Tumwater in the first round.
Following the River Ridge/Mark Morris game, North Thurston takes on W.F. West for the third time this season and the Rams are looking for some revenge. The Bearcats handily knocked off the Rams twice, 60-47 on December 13th and 59-42 on January 27th. Tip-off is tentatively set for 7:45.
In the consolation bracket of the 2A District IV tournament, Tumwater and Black Hills travel to Chehalis to take on Hockinson and Woodland, respectively.
In the 3A girl’s playoffs, Timberline takes on Mountain View at 6:00 PM at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma. Mountain View is the #4 seed out of the 3A Greater St. Helens league and has a 10-13 record overall. This game is on Wednesday, not Tuesday.
Two other girl’s game in town tonight, though they don’t involve Olympia area teams (since I’m focused on only Olympia, Tumwater and Lacey). Forks plays Castle Rock at 6:00 PM and Tenino takes on Hoquiam at 8:oo PM at Black Hills High School. You should go and see Tenino’s dominant sophomore Nike McClure because you will hear a lot about her over the next couple years.
On the boy’s side, the 4A playoffs get underway when Olympia hosts Kentlake at 7:00 PM. The Falcons were 9-8 in the SPSL and are 11-12 overall. Kentlake has won two straight playoff games to get to this point, beating Tahoma on February 8th, 35-22, and Rogers on Saturday, 61-58.
Also in action tonight is Northwest Christian who head to Rochester to take on Naselle at 6:30 PM in the consolation bracket of the 2B District IV playoffs. The Navigators beat Naselle twice during the regular season.
Tonight (2/11): 2A boy’s playoffs, Saints host Western Oregon
The 2A District IV boy’s playoffs begin tonight with two games here in town.
River Ridge, the #1 seed from the EvCo, gets another game with Tumwater, the EvCo’s #5 seed, but it shouldn’t be an easy first round game for the Hawks. The two teams split their two conference games this season. The T-Birds won the first meeting in double overtime, 92-90 and River Ridge took the second game 80-68. In both games, River Ridge’s Brad Wallace scored over 30 points (32 in the loss and 37 in the win). Tip-off is at 7:00 PM.
North Thurston hosts Washougal, the #3 seed out of the Greater St. Helens League, at 7:00 PM. Washougal was 4-4 in conference and 11-6 overall but won just two of their last seven games.
Black Hills travels to Longview to take on Mark Morris, the #1 seed out of the Greater St. Helens, who went undefeated in conference and has won nine straight en route to a 14-4 overall record.
In 2B boy’s playoff action, Northwest Christian takes on Toutle Lake in Rochester on Saturday night. Toutle Lake was 12-2 in conference and 17-3 overall.
The Western Oregon Wolves comes to town on Saturday night to take on Saint Martin’s. The Wolves are fourth in the GNAC at 8-5 in conference with a 15-7 overall record. One of those losses was to the Saints on January 14th in Monmouth. Jeremy Green had 18 points and Brok Pendleton and Will Bond added 15for the Saints in their biggest win of the season against the then first place Wolves. Since that loss, Western Oregon has gone just 2-4. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM at Marcus Pavilion.
Thursday recap: Navigators lose in playoffs
Girl’s basketball
Morton/White Pass 47, Northwest Christian 37
In tonight’s lone game, Northwest Christian’s Kami Bates had 15 points and Hailey Bredeson added ten points but it wasn’t enough to knock off Morton/White Pass in the first round of the 2B District IV playoffs. But the Navigators are still alive and on Wednesday will take on the loser of the Pe Ell/Raymond game to be played on Saturday.
Tonight (2/9): Navigators girls in Rochester
Only one game involving an Olympia area team tonight and it isn’t even in town. The Northwest Christian girls play Morton/White Pass at 6:30 in a 2B District IV playoff basketball game in Rochester. The Navigators met the Timberwolves in their first game of the season and lost 58-39.
Wednesday recap: Northwest Christian advances, Capital goes home, SPSCC sweeps Green River
Girl’s basketball
Capital 43, Foss 33
Olympia 43, Shelton 33
Timberline 66, Yelm 52
W.F. West 50, Black Hills 29
Timberline clinched the #2 seed out of the 3A Narrows with their win over Yelm. Black Hills’ loss to W.F. West drops them to the #5 seed out of the EvCo.
Boy’s basketball
Northwest Christian 72, Napavine 58
Olympia 56, Shelton 35
Foss 64, Capital 45
Timberline 57, Yelm 54
Black Hills 63, W.F. West 58
Tumwater 70, Centralia 47
Zach Carras had 27 points in Northwest Christian’s win over Napavine in the 2B District IV playoffs. Austin Koukal and Kevin Suaviso each added ten for the Navigators and they move on to play Toutle Lake on Saturday.
Capital falls to Foss and their season comes to an end at 10-11. And with wins by both Black Hills and Tumwater, the #4 seed goes to Black Hills and the #5 seed goes to Tumwater.
Men’s basketball
SPSCC 67, Green River 66 – OT
Women’s basketball
SPSCC 69, Green River 67 – OT
Tonight (2/8): high school seeding on the line, Clippers host Green River
Seeding on the line in a couple of girl’s games tonight. Yelm and Timberline play with second place on the line in the 3A Narrows. The Blazers are 7-2 in conference and in second behind Wilson while the Tornados are 6-3 in conference and in third. Timberline won the first meeting on January 30th, 59-49 in Yelm.
Across town in Tumwater, Black Hills takes on W.F. West with the fourth seed in the EvCo on the line for the Wolves. Conversely, on the line for the Bearcats is the #1 seed. The two teams met on December 15th and W.F. West won easily, 62-48.
Here is the full girl’s schedule in Olympia tonight….
Foss at Capital – 7:00 PM
Shelton at Olympia – 7:00 PM
Yelm at Timberline – 7:00 PM
W.F. West at Black Hills – 7:00 PM
Only one game in town on the boy’s side. Tumwater hosts Centralia at 7:30 PM. Tumwater can get the fourth seed out of the EvCo with a win and a Black Hills loss in Chehalis. The T-Birds beat the Tigers by 25 on December 16th.
There are a couple of important out-of-town games to keep an eye on for the boy’s: Northwest Christian takes on Napavine at 6:30 PM in Montesano in the first round of the 2B District IV tournament, Capital plays Foss in Tacoma in a winner makes the playoffs, loser goes home game, and Olympia goes to winless Shelton with first place in the 4A Narrows on the line.
In college basketball action, the SPSCC men and women host Green River with the women’s game tipping at 6:00 PM and the men at 8:00 PM. The Lady Clippers are still looking for their first win in the NWAACC West and could easily get one against the 4-14 Gators who only won their first meeting by four, 54-50 in Auburn in early January. The men, meanwhile, could jump up to fifth place in the NWAACC West with a win. They also lost a close game to the Gators earlier this season, 85-82.
Monday recap: Tumwater girls pull off huge upset
Girl’s basketball
Olympia 44, Stadium 29
Capital 55, Lincoln 33
Tumwater 60, W.F. West 55
Carly McIsaac scores 32 for Tumwater and the T-Birds pull off the upset of the previously 17-1 and #2 ranked W.F. West Bearcats. The win moves the T-Birds to 6-6 in the EvCo while W.F. West drops into a tie with River Ridge at 9-2.
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 70, Stadium 62
W.F. West 70, Tumwater 58
Northwest Christian 65, Naselle 62
Black Hills 69, Centralia 65
Olympia gets another win and has now won 10 straight games. They continue to do it with balanced scoring. Brenden Leonard and Dominick Franks each had 15 points, Alex Johnson added another 13 and Trevor Houser and Michael Naipo each had eight points. The Bears close out the regular season on Wednesday night against 1-15 Shelton in Shelton.
Saturday recap: Geoducks women, Saints softball, Rams and Navigators all win
Men’s basketball
Western Washington 70, Saint Martin’s 67 – Game recap from SMUSaints.com
Concordia 67, Evergreen 58 – More from the Geoducks
Women’s basketball
Western Washington 83, Saint Martin’s 50 – More from WWUVikings.com
Evergreen 74, Concordia 51 –More from Geoducks athletics
College Softball
Saint Martin’s 5, University of British Columbia 2 – Doubleheader recap from the Saints
Saint Martin’s 6, University of British Columbia 6 – Game called due to darkness
College Baseball
Cal Poly Pomona 19, Saint Martin’s 3
Cal Poly Pomona 12, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from Cal Poly Pomona athletics
Indoor Soccer
Kitsap Pumas 8, South Sound FC 6
Boy’s basketball
Northwest Christian 69, South Bend 53
North Thurston 66, Aberdeen 39
Girl’s basketball
North Thurston 66, Aberdeen 46
Bowling
Timberline finishes 5th and Black Hills finishes 6th in the 3A/2A State Tournament
February 3rd recap: two more Geoducks losses, Saints baseball pounded and River Ridge beats the Rams
Men’s basketball
Warner Pacific 91, Evergreen 60 – More from Geoducks athletics
Women’s basketball
Warner Pacific 57, Evergreen 45 – More from Geoducks athletics
Boy’s basketball
Capital 45, Lincoln 43
Wilson 57, Timberline 47
Olympia 69, Mount Tahoma 49
Willapa Valley 55, Northwest Christian 44
Black Hills 86, Tumwater 79
Girl’s basketball
Tumwater 61, Black Hills 44
Olympia 77, Mount Tahoma 67 – OT
Wilson 82, Timberline 56
Lincoln 55, Capital 29
Willapa Valley 49, Northwest Christian 28
River Ridge 53, North Thurston 39
College baseball
Cal-Poly Pomona 20, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Bowling
Timberline is third in the 3A/2A state tournament after the first day trailing Mark Morris and Wilson. Black Hills is sixth.
February 2nd recap: heartbreak for the Saints, River Ridge pulls even
Men’s basketball
Simon Fraser 88, Saint Martin’s 85 – Game recap on SMUSaints.com
The Saints went on an 8-0 run that started with just 41 seconds left and they tied the game with four seconds left on a Ryan Votaw 3-pointer. But Justin Brown’s buzzer beating heave from half court went down and so did the Saints. Brown scored 35 points for the Clan who move to 2-9 in the GNAC while the Saints drop to 4-8 in conference. The Saints were led by Brok Pendleton’s 26 points and Jeremy Green added 25.
Women’s basketball
Simon Fraser 78, Saint Martin’s 48 – More from Simon Fraser Athletics
Boy’s basketball
River Ridge 67, North Thurston 63
River Ridge built a 17 point halftime lead and weathered North Thurston’s comeback attempt that included a 25-13 third quarter to pull even with the Rams at 8-3 in the 2A EvCo. Brad Wallace had 20 points for the Hawks, Micah Hardeman had 19 and Howie Harper added 14 in the win. The Rams two leaders, Landon Rushton and Ben Broeker scored 20 and 18 respectively.
Girl’s basketball
Raymond 51, Northwest Christian 43
Kami Bates had 19 points and Allison Sowers had 15 points on the Navigator’s senior night but it wasn’t enough to get past Raymond.
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