College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Pacific Lutheran – SMU Baseball Field – 3:00 PM
High school baseball
Northwest Christian vs. Mary M. Knight – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Waits Field, Capital HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Timberline vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Schedule for Thursday, April 3rd
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – SMU Baseball Field – 1:00 PM
High school baseball
Northwest Christian vs. Tenino – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 4:00 PM
Boys soccer
Black Hills vs. WF West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
The OlySports.com IT department finally came through over the weekend and we are back to operating at a somewhat normal level, at least for the next couple of weeks before a planned vacation will force us to go quiet again for awhile.
Here is your extremely light in town schedule for today…
High school baseball
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Boys basketball
| 2A District IV playoffs Hockinson 79, Capital 66 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Hockinson | 29 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 79 |
| Capital | 17 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 66 |
After pulling the upset of league champion Centralia in the first round, Capital fell to Hockinson in the 2A District IV semifinals, 79-66, at Kelso High School. The Cougars will next face a loser-out game on Thursday night in Chehalis against Tumwater.
| 2A District IV playoffs Mark Morris 68, River Ridge 49 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| River Ridge | 9 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 49 |
| Mark Morris | 19 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 68 |
River Ridge dropped into a loser-out contest Thursday against Centralia with their 68-49 semifinal loss to Mark Morris in the first game at Kelso High School. The Hawks and Tigers will face off at WF West at 7:45 PM.
| 2A District IV consolation bracket – loser out Tumwater 64, RA Long 56 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| RA Long | 12 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 56 |
| Tumwater | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 64 |
| TUM: David Cooper 16, Josiah Warner 15, Jayden Croft 15 | |||||
David Cooper, Josiah Warner and Jayden Croft combined for 46 points to keep Tumwater alive with a 64-56 win over RA Long. They will next face Capital in another loser-out game on Thursday night in Chehalis.
Girls basketball
| 2B District IV consolation bracket – loser out Napavine 70, Northwest Christian 44 |
Boys basketball
| 2B District IV playoffs Toutle Lake 47, Northwest Christian 40 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Northwest Christian | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 40 |
| Toutle Lake | 7 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 47 |
| NWC leader: Austin Koukal – 12 points | |||||
Northwest Christian fell into a loser out game on Monday at 2:00 PM at Rochester High School.
Girls basketball
| 4A WCD/Bi-District playoffs Todd Beamer 49, Olympia 26 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Olympia | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| Todd Beamer | 12 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 49 |
| OLY leader: Laura Snodgrass – 8 points | |||||
Olympia dropped into a loser out game against Camas on Saturday at 1:00 PM at Stadium High School.
Women’s basketball
| Western Washington 69, Saint Martin’s 52 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin’s (8-5 GNAC, 14-8 overall) | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Western Washington (10-4 GNAC, 14-8 overall) | 46 | 23 | 69 |
| SMU leader: Chelsea Haskey – 14 points | |||
College baseball
| Cal Baptist 6, Saint Martin’s 5 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Riverside, CA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| SMU (0-2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| CBU (8-0) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| W: Caleb Dirks (1-0) L: Joseph Balfour (0-1) SMU: Zack Larsen – 3-for-4, 2 RBI |
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Boys basketball
2B District IV playoffs
Northwest Christian vs. Toutle Lake – Rochester HS – 6:30 PM
Austin Koukal and Northwest Christian open districts with a 6:30 game at Rochester High School against Toutle Lake today. The Navigators finished 5-7 in the 2B Pacific while the Ducks finished 8-7 in the 2B Central. The winner plays on Saturday against Willapa Valley while the loser will face an elimination game on Monday against either Napavine, Onalaska or North Beach. The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
Girls basketball
4A WCD/Bi-District playoffs
Olympia @ Todd Beamer – Todd Beamer HS, Federal Way – 7:45 PM
The Bears open their playoff run with an incredibly tough test against #4 Todd Beamer at Beamer High School in Federal Way. Olympia finished 7-5 in the 4A Narrows and 9-11 overall. The Titans were 20-0 going into the 4A SPSL Tournament but dropped their first game on Tuesday, 70-58, to Mt. Rainier. The winner will play either Camas or Kentridge at Rogers High School on Saturday. The loser will face an elimination game at Stadium High School, also on Saturday.
Girls basketball
| 2B District IV playoffs Adna 46, Northwest Christian 40 |
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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Northwest Christian | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 40 |
| Adna | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 46 |
| NWC leader: Mackenzie Reeves – 19 points | |||||
Mackenzie Reeves scored 19 points for the Navigators but Northwest Christian fell into the consolation bracket with a 46-40 loss to Adna in the first round of the 2B District IV playoffs at Rochester High School. NWC will play the loser of the Wahkiakum/Raymond game Monday.
| Lincoln 47, Timberline 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Timberline (10-2 3A Narrows) | 12 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 45 |
| Lincoln (9-3 3A Narrows) | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 47 |
| TIM leader: Linae Myhand – 17 points | |||||
Timberline finished the regular season with a loss to Lincoln in Tacoma and dropped into sole possession of the #2 seed to districts out of the Narrows League. The loss means they will play a loser-out district game on Monday at Clover Park High School.
Boys basketball
| Lincoln 75, Timberline 59 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Lincoln (11-1 3A Narrows) | 13 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 75 |
| Timberline (7-5 3A Narrows) | 15 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 59 |
| TIM: Donaven Dorsey – 23 points | |||||
Timberline’s loss to Lincoln combined with Foss’ defeat of Mount Tahoma means that the Blazers and Falcons both finish the regular season at 7-5 in the 3A Narrows. They will play a tiebreaker game for third place on Friday at Stadium High School.
Men’s basketball
| Centralia 52, SPSCC 48 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPSCC (2-12 NWAACC West, 2-20 overall) | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| Centralia (5-8 NWAACC West, 5-16 overall) | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| SPSCC leader: Slanblaytee Kaye – 19 points | |||
Women’s basketball
| Centralia 73, SPSCC 66 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPSCC (5-9 NWAACC West, 6-17 overall) | 32 | 34 | 66 |
| Centralia (9-4 NWAACC West, 13-10 overall) | 38 | 35 | 73 |
| SPSCC leader: LaKeisha Anger – 22 points | |||
College baseball
| Cal Baptist 8, Saint Martin’s 4 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Riverside, CA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| SMU (0-1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| CBU (7-0) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| W: Johnathan Davis (1-0) L: Brad Banker (0-1) SV: Josh Ferrell (1) SMU HR: Chandler Tracy (1) |
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Girls basketball
2B District IV playoffs (double-elimination)
Northwest Christian vs. Adna – Rochester HS – 6:30 PM
High school basketball playoffs get underway today when the Northwest Christian girls travel to Rochester to take on Adna in a 2B District IV playoff game at 6:30. The Navigators finished the regular season at 5-7 in the 2B Pacific while Adna went 10-5 in the 2B Central. The winner will face Willapa Valley on Saturday while the loser will have to wait until Monday to play again.
The game can be heard live on the Eli Sports Network.
Boys basketball
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
With Donaven Dorsey back for the Blazers, tonight’s game against Lincoln should be an interesting test to see where this Timberline team is going into the postseason and an important game for seeding into districts.
The Blazers sit at 7-4 in the 3A Narrows, a game ahead of Foss for the #3 seed. The Falcons are 6-5 and likely will beat Mount Tahoma tonight. A Foss win and a Timberline loss would set up a tiebreaker between the two schools on Friday night at Stadium for the #3 seed to districts. If the Blazers beat Lincoln, they would claim the #3 seed and avoid the tiebreaker game on Friday.
Lincoln brings a super talented team to town that are 10-1 in the Narrows and added Cal commit Ahmad Rorie back to their program when he won an appeal to play after leaving Montverde Academy in Florida. The two teams met on January 17th and the Abes down the Blazers 65-38 on their home court.
Women’s basketball
| Pierce 81, SPSCC 76 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce (5-6 NWAACC West, 8-13 overall) | 27 | 54 | 81 |
| SPSCC (3-8 NWAACC West, 4-16 overall) | 37 | 39 | 76 |
| SPSCC leader: Sofia Guerra – 19 points |
Sofia Guerra, LaKeisha Anger and Dramikha Skaar combined for 54 points and 32 rebounds for South Puget Sound but the Clippers turned the ball over 35 times and Pierce scored 54 points in the second half to comeback from a 10 point halftime deficit to win 81-76.
The Clippers shot 50% from the floor for the game and 55.2% in the second half but took 23 less shots than Pierce, who shot just 34.9%. The Raiders also made 14-of-25 free throws compared to just seven made free throws for SPSCC.
Guerra scored 19 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, Anger scored 17 with 11 boards and Skaar added 18 points with seven rebounds for South Puget Sound.
Pierce’s Haley Hutchinson scored 24 points to lead all scorers and North Thurston alum Haley Harn added 12 points with 14 rebounds.
Men’s basketball
| Pierce 100, SPSCC 51 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce (9-2 NWAACC West, 16-5 overall) | 51 | 49 | 100 |
| SPSCC (1-10 NWAACC West, 1-18 overall) | 21 | 30 | 51 |
| SPSCC leader: Brian Tyson – 14 points |
Girls basketball
| North Thurston 68, Mount Tahoma 46 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| North Thurston (6-5 3A Narrows) | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 68 |
| Mount Tahoma (2-8 3A Narrows) | 11 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 46 |
| NT leader: Hayley Niles – 16 points |
North Thurston claimed the fourth and final playoff spot in the 3A Narrows with their 68-46 win over Mount Tahoma in Tacoma.
Boys basketball
| Mount Tahoma 69, North Thurston 60 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Mount Tahoma (3-7 3A Narrows) | 19 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 69 |
| North Thurston (3-8 3A Narrows) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 60 |
| NT leader: Wes Reynolds – 20 points |
| Raymond 59, Northwest Christian 58 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Raymond (6-5 2B Pacific) | 10 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 59 |
| Northwest Christian (5-7 2B Pacific) | 10 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 58 |
| NWC leader: Austin Koukal – 28 points |
Boys basketball
| Black Hills 59, WF West 57 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Black Hills (3-8 2A EvCo) | 11 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 59 |
| WF West (6-4 2A EvCo) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 57 |
| BH leader: TJ Mickleson – 26 points |
Freshman sensation TJ Mickleson scored 26 points and Tre’Marcus Hackney added 10 points to lead last place Black Hills to a 59-57 road win over WF West. The Wolves improved to 3-8 in 2A EvCo play and are still alive for one of the five 2A EvCo spots with one game left against fifth place Tumwater on Friday night.
| River Ridge 57, Aberdeen 36 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Aberdeen | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 36 |
| River Ridge | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 57 |
| RR leader: Kobe Key – 13 points |
| Centralia 58, Tumwater 52 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centralia | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 58 |
| Tumwater | 10 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| TUM leader: David Cooper – 18 points |
Tumwater dropped to 4-6 in the 2A EvCo with their 58-52 loss to Centralia and are clinging to the last playoff spot with two games left to play. They face Black Hills on Friday and River Ridge in one week. David Cooper scored 18 points and Josiah Warner chipped in 10.
| Bellarmine 56, Olympia 55 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Bellarmine (6-5 4A Narrows) | 9 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 56 |
| Olympia (4-7 4A Narrows) | 19 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 54 |
| OLY leader: Khalil Matheney – 20 points |
Olympia’s playoff hopes were dashed in the last second when Malachi Flynn’s three pointer with 1.1 seconds left completed a Bellarmine comeback to give them a 56-55 win. The Bears led by 12 at the half and still held a 12 point lead with just over two minutes left to play. The loss drops Oly to 4-7 in the 4A Narrows, two games behind the last playoff spot with just one game left to play.
| Wishkah 78, Pope John Paul II 30 |
Girls basketball
| Timberline 45, Stadium 25 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Timberline (12-6 overall) | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 45 |
| Stadium (3-16 overall) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| TIM leader: Linae Myhand – 15 points |
| Bellarmine 60, Olympia 39 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| Olympia (6-5 4A Narrows) | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 39 |
| Bellarmine (11-0 4A Narrows) | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 60 |
| OLY leader: Laura Snodgrass – 13 points |
| WF West 70, Black Hills 44 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| WF West (10-0 2A EvCo) | 18 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 70 |
| Black Hills (8-3 2A EvCo) | 10 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| BH leader: Shayla Smothers – 11 points |
WF West’s 70-44 win over Black Hills clinched the league title for the Bearcats and dropped the Wolves into a tie with River Ridge for the second playoff spot. Shayla Smothers was the only Wolves player to score in double digits with 11 points while Nike McClure dropped 23 points in the win for Chehalis.
| River Ridge 70, Aberdeen 39 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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| River Ridge (8-3 2A EvCo) | 16 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 70 |
| Aberdeen (3-7 2A EvCo) | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 39 |
| Centralia 51 (4-6 2A EvCo), Tumwater (2-8 2A EvCo) 41 |
| Pope John Paul II 38, Wishkah 33 |
| Raymond (10-1 2B Pacific) 50, Northwest Christian (5-7 2B Pacific) 48 |
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