Schedule for Monday, December 9th
Girls basketball
North Thurston @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Boys basketball
Black Hills vs. Chief Leschi – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Women’s basketball
| Eastern Oregon 92, Evergreen 76 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Oregon (1-0 CCC, 8-3 overall) | 36 | 56 | 92 |
| Evergreen (0-1 CCC, 4-3 overall) | 27 | 49 | 76 |
| TESC leader: Brittany Gray – 18 points, 15 boards |
Evergreen went 18-for-31 (58.1%)from the floor in the second half and scored 49 points. However, Eastern Oregon shot 74.1% from the floor, making 20-of-27 shots, and scored 56 points in the final 20 minutes to knock off the Geoducks 92-76 in the Cascade Conference opener.
Brittany Gray scored 16 points in the second half to finish with 18 points and 15 rebounds and Sammi Clark added 17 for the Geoducks. The Mountaineers’ Brittney Newcombe scored 25 of her 32 points in the second half.
Men’s basketball
| Eastern Oregon 73, Evergreen 54 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Oregon (1-0 CCC, 9-1 overall) | 34 | 39 | 73 |
| Evergreen (0-1 CCC, 1-5 overall) | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| TESC leader: Kyle Calhoun – 22 points |
Kyle Calhoun made six three pointers and finished with 22 points but was the only Geoduck to make more than two field goals in their 73-54 loss to Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium.
The Geoducks made just 15 shots from the field, eight of those were from long distance, and they were outrebounded 47-32. Marc Taylor scored nine points and pulled down seven boards in the loss.
Girls basketball
| Timberline 47, Olympia 44 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia (0-3 overall) | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| Timberline (1-1 overall) | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 47 |
| Leaders: Myhand (T) – 17 points Randich (O) – 19 points |
| Capital 51, RA Long 38 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA Long (0-2 overall) | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 38 |
| Capital (2-0 overall) | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 51 |
| CAP Leaders: Petit, Christopher – 11 points |
| Yelm 61, North Thurston 34 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Thurston (0-1 overall) | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| Yelm (2-0 overall) | 14 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 61 |
| NT leader: Hayley Niles – 15 points |
| Mark Morris 71, Tumwater 25 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater (0-2 overall) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| Mark Morris (3-0 overall) | 19 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 71 |
| TUM leader: Sierra Snyder – 7 points |
Boys basketball
| Olympia 47, Timberline 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timberline (1-1 overall) | 11 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 45 |
| Olympia (2-1 overall) | 7 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 47 |
| Leaders: Dorsey (T) – 13 points Matheney (O) – 18 points |
| River Ridge 76, Decatur 55 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Ridge (2-1 overall) | 14 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 76 |
| Decatur (1-1 overall) | 18 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 55 |
| RR Leaders: Scott – 22 points |
| Yelm 72, North Thurston 61 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelm (2-1 overall) | 11 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 72 |
| North Thurston (0-1 overall) | 4 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 61 |
| NT leader: Seth Meredith – 13 points |
| Mark Morris 56, Tumwater 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Morris (2-0 overall) | 8 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 56 |
| Tumwater (1-1 overall) | 10 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 45 |
| TUM leader: David Cooper – 16 points |
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Eastern Oregon – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
The Evergreen women come into the Cascade Conference opener tonight riding a four game winning streak, all over NCAA Division III teams. The Geoducks were picked to finish ninth in the CCC and will have a stiff test when they host CCC preseason favorite Eastern Oregon. The Mountaineers are 7-3, though three of those wins came in romps over independent Walla Walla.
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Eastern Oregon – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
The Evergreen won their first game of the season against UBC-Okanogan but haven’t picked up a win since and are 1-4 in counting games this season. They have also lost four exhibition games including three games against NCAA Division I opponents. Their last time out nearly two weeks ago, they gave the Cal Maritime Keelhaulers a good game before falling 79-75.
Eastern Oregon is 8-1 in the early going but have won six of their games against New Hope Christian, Multnomah University and Walla Walla, all independent or NCCCAA schools. The Mountaineers were picked to finish 5th in the CCC.
Girls basketball
Olympia @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Boys basketball
Timberline @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Yelm – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Mark Morris – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
Girls basketball
| Capital 50, Bremerton 46 (OT) | ||||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital (1-0 overall) | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 50 |
| Bremerton (0-1 overall) | 5 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| CHS leader: Spencer Petit – 22 points |
| Black Hills 64, Elma 54 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills (1-1 overall) | 23 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 64 |
| Elma (0-1 overall) | 14 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 54 |
| BH leader: Shayla Smothers – 14 points |
| Kennedy 60, Olympia 45 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia (0-2 overall) | 5 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 45 |
| Kennedy (1-0 overall) | 19 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 60 |
| Oly leader: Jenna Randich – 13 points |
Boys basketball
| Black Hills 43, Shelton 33 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelton (0-1 overall) | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| Black Hills (2-1 overall) | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 |
| Skyline 48, Olympia 35 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia (1-1 overall) | 6 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| Skyline (1-0 overall) | 9 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 48 |
| Oly leaders: Matheney, Fortier, Bishop – 8 |
| White River 79, Capital 76 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White River (1-0 overall) | 15 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 79 |
| Capital (0-2 overall) | 18 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 76 |
| Cap leader: Chandler Yount – 16 points |
Girls basketball
River Ridge 58, Timberline 55
WF West 48, Olympia 27 – Jenna Randich (O): 10 points
Puyallup 53, Black Hills 51 – Sarah McGee (BH): 19 points
Boys basketball
Tumwater 83, Yelm 79 (OT)
Black Hills 87, Klahowya 66
Auburn Riverside 109, Capital 74 – Jacob Pratt (C): 12 points
Timberline 74, River Ridge 64 – Jerryn Bush (T): 16 points – Jason Kananin (RR): 22 points
Brandell Evans (5) and Donaven Dorsey (33)
This weekend saw a handful of high school hoops jamborees and the Capital/Olympia opener on Saturday, but today marks the start of the high school basketball season in earnest with five games on the docket here in town including a girls and boys doubleheader between Timberline and River Ridge starting at 6:00.
Girls basketball
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 6:00 PM
Capital vs. Shelton – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. WF West – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
The River Ridge girls open their season with crosstown rival Timberline tonight. They return the core from their 5th place finish last season in Jazzlynn Brewster and Rebecca Stevenson and should contend again this year.
Olympia returns sophomore Jenna Randich and junior Sarah Snodgrass but they will have a tough test in their opener against WF West, the 2A second place finisher last season, who lost Jamika Parker to graduation but gained Washington State signee Nike McClure, who was relegated to their junior varsity squad last year after she transferred from Tenino.
Boys basketball
Black Hills vs. Klahowya – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 8:00 PM
The Timberline boys game marks your first opportunity to take a look at University of Washington signee senior Donaven Dorsey and the Blazers as they look to improve on their 7th place finish at state last year. The Blazers have a senior led team with Dorsey, Tyler Gartner and Chase Ryan and it will be interesting to see the progress of junior point guard Brandell Evans, who had an excellent sophomore season.
High school football
2A State Semifinals
Tumwater 45, Prosser 40 – Box score
Griffin Shea caught three touchdown passes and Trevor Davis rushed for a pair of second half touchdowns and Tumwater survived a late Prosser surge to move into the 2A state championship game with a 45-40 win at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco.
Tumwater is now 13-0 and earned a rematch with 13-0 Lynden on Saturday, December 7th at 10:00 AM at the Tacoma Dome. Last year, the Lions routed the T-Birds, 41-7, in the title game.
Boys basketball
Olympia 63, Capital 49
Men’s basketball
Columbia Basin 80, SPSCC 55 – Box score
Women’s basketball
Pacific Lutheran 71, Saint Martin’s 54 – Recap
Women’s basketball
Evergreen 84, Lewis & Clark 75 – Recap
Saint Martin’s 68, Northwest 30 – Recap
With 4:14 left to play, Katie Anderson hit a three pointer to put Lewis & Clark up 71-68 over Evergreen at the CRC Gymnasium. But the Geoducks finished the game on a 16-4 run to upset the NCAA Division III’s 17th-ranked team, 84-75. The Geoducks shot 52.4% from the field and had five players score in double digits including Kiemba Pearson’s 17 points off of the bench.
Sadee Jones and Jessica Denmon scored 15 and 14 points respectively and Brittany Gray added 13 with eight rebounds. Sammi Clark went scoreless in the first half but chipped in 11 points in the final 20 minutes to go along with six assists.
Evergreen won their third game in a row and are 3-2 this season.
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Saint Martin’s gave up just 30 points tonight, the least amount of points they have allowed since they jumped to NCAA Divison II, to waltz to a 68-30 win over Northwest University at Marcus Pavilion. The Eagles committed 32 personal fouls and the Saints made 24 of 37 free throws while Northwest shot just four free throws all evening.
The Saints hit eight three pointers, three each from Angela Gelhar and Jordyn Richardson, who scored 14 and 11 points respectively. Ciara Pedroni and Chelsea Haskey tallied 11 points each and Liz Mills added 10.
Northwest kept it close in the early going and led 10-9 with just eight minutes gone but were held scoreless over the next five minutes and the Saints went on a 27-5 run over a 12 minute span to close out the first half.
Just like Evergreen, Saint Martin’s has won three straight games and is 3-1 this season.
High school football
2A State Quarterfinals
Tumwater 45, White River 7
Tumwater trailed for the first time in the postseason when White River jumped out to a 7-0 lead and led by just seven at the half, but turned on the afterburners in the second half to heat up the frigid crowd and to roll past the Hornets, 45-7.
The T-Birds will likely travel to the Tri-Cities on Saturday next week to take on Prosser, who knocked off Mark Morris 45-22. The game is expected to be played at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick on Saturday afternoon.
Girls soccer
4A 3rd/4th Place Game
Olympia 0, Mead 0 – Olympia wins shootout 2-0.
College volleyball
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap
Riddled by injuries, Saint Martin’s finished the season on a ten game losing streak with their straight sets loss to Northwest Nazarene. The Saints ended the season at 7-23 overall and 3-15 in GNAC play.
Girls soccer
4A 3rd/4th Place Game
Olympia vs. Mead – Sparks Stadium, Puyallup – Noon
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Alumni – SPSCC Gym – 3:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Lewis & Clark – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
High school football
2A State Quarterfinals
Tumwater @ White River – Orting Stadium – 4:00 PM
Radio: KGY and Eli Sports
ScoreCzar prediction: Tumwater 32, White River 10
Mixed Martial Arts
Northwest Fight Challenge XVIII – South Sound Sports Center – 7:00 PM
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 64, Cal Baptist 55 – Box score
Evergreen 63, Linfield 56 – Recap
Chelsea Haskey recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Saint Martin’s to a streaky 64-55 win over Cal Baptist at Marcus Pavilion.
Haskey opened the scoring with a three pointer at the 17:42 mark of the first half and the Saints never trailed again. The Lancers cut the lead to two once in the second half when Chanel Cambronero’s three cut the Saints lead to 16-14 with just under ten minutes left in the half. But SMU went on a 16-8 run and the half ended with the Saints up 32-22.
Megan Wiedeman stepped out to hit from downtown and the Saints opened up a 15 point lead with just four minutes gone in the second half. But the Lancers finally found some energy when they switched to a full court press and went on an 18-6 run capped off by Kamille Diaz’s free throw that cut the Saints lead to three at 47-44.
But Saint Martin’s weathered the storm and went on a 14-3 run of their own over the next seven minutes and never looked back to record their second win of the season, 64-55.
Krista Stabler scored 10 points off the bench and Angela Gelhar scored eight points, all from the free throw line, for the Saints.
Both teams shot an identical 19-of-61 (31.1%) from the floor but the Saints made 22 free throws while Cal Baptist made just 11 of their 20 attempts.
Diaz and Elise Shelton each scored 15 points for the Lancers.
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Brittany Gray scored 17 points and pulled down 11 boards and Sammi Clark added 14 points in Evergreen’s 63-56 win over Linfield in McMinnville, Oregon. The Geoducks held a 22-7 advantage on points off of turnovers and a 25-12 advantage on second chance points to pick up their second win of the season.
Girls soccer
4A State Tournament Semifinals
Issaquah 3, Olympia 0
Rachel Wheeler scored in the 18th minute and added an insurance goal early in the second half and Issaquah advanced to the 4A state title game with a 3-0 win over Olympia at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.
The Bears will play Mead tomorrow at noon at Sparks Stadium for third place.
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