Category Archives: Olympia HS

SPSCC signs McGurkin and Tyson; Oly QB’s season in question; Peterson on KGY

Friday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

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Brandon McGurkin – Photo courtesy of Aaron Landon

South Puget Sound continues to sign players for the 2013-2014 season. This week coach Aaron Landon announced the signing of Brandon McGurkin, a 6-7 post from Moscow, Idaho and Brian Tyson, a 6-4 wing from Olympic High School in Bremerton. McGurkin helped the Moscow Bears to the state championship game where they fell by just two points to Rigby and Tyson led the Trojans to a 2A Olympic League title.

Tyson was profiled by the Kitsap Sun last season and you can watch him hit a 65 foot game winner against Kingston in December by clicking here.

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The Olympian has the story today about former Capital quarterback Derrick Becker being ruled ineligible having his eligibility questioned to play at Olympia this season. He will have a hearing on Wednesday, August 21st to determine whether or not he will be allowed to play his senior season for the Bears. – Link

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Saint Martin’s new head volleyball coach Kara Peterson appeared on the Bryant and Clark Sports Show on KGY today to talk about the upcoming season and the guys talked a little local football. You can listen to the show above.

2013 Olympia area high school graduates playing collegiate athletics

With the college sports season almost upon us, here is an incomplete list of 2013 Olympia area high school graduates that are moving on to play collegiate athletics. Like I said, this is incomplete because I am sure that I am missing people. For example, I can’t believe just one athlete from River Ridge is going to play collegiately this season.

So if you know of someone that I missed or perhaps I have some bad information on somebody listed, please either email me at olysportsblog@gmail.com or leave a comment.

Black Hills

Adam Meyer – Arizona Western – Baseball
Hope Mortensen – Saint Martin’s – Volleyball
Shayne Robinson – Pacific Lutheran – Football
Brandon Herd – Clark College – Baseball
Makenzy Tarrow – CC of Spokane – Softball
Austin Lee – Edmonds CC – Baseball

Capital

Alyssa Edenstrom – University of Portland – Soccer
Andrew Miller – Indiana University – Track & Field
Keenan Williams – Lewis Clark State – Basketball
Kai Van Sickle – Pima Community College – Football
Baylor Hahn – Pima Community College – Football
Derek Chase – Pacific Lutheran – Football
Mat Cox – North Dakota – Football
Jacob Zimmerman – Evergreen – Soccer
Loren Switzer – Evergreen – Soccer
Kenzie Phillips – Saint Martin’s – Soccer
Samatia Huntley – Pierce College – Volleyball
Naomi Roycroft – Bellevue College – Volleyball
Danielle Tabor – Highline CC – Volleyball
Kameron Minor – Edmonds CC – Baseball


North Thurston

Zach Wilson – Pacific Lutheran – Football
Ande Grantham – Pacific University – Football
Brandy Rutherford – Pierce College – Volleyball
Brittany Rutherford – Pierce College – Volleyball
Matt Zuetenhorst – Yakima Valley – Baseball
Haley Harn – Pierce College – Volleyball


Olympia

Brenden Leonard – Air Force Prep – Basketball
Nicole Schroeder – Long Island University – Softball
Hannah Barlow – Saint Martin’s – Soccer
Olivia Brock – Concordia – Soccer
Cameron Frost – Washington State – Baseball
Michaela Berendt – Villanova – Volleyball
Michael Naipo – Pierce College – Basketball
Ye Lin – Highline CC – Soccer
Jackson Lord – Centralia College – Baseball
Gabe Padukiewicz – Tacoma CC – Baseball
Leo Valenti – Tacoma CC – Baseball
Joey Knight – Edmonds CC – Baseball
Hailey Hull – Olympic College – Softball
Elliott Loague – Pierce College – Baseball
Max Stottlemyer – Pierce College – Baseball


River Ridge

Brad Wallace – North Idaho – Basketball


Rochester

Samantha Ramirez – Lower Columbia – Soccer
Kamilla McElwain – Centralia College – Basketball


Shelton

Zach Taylor – Olympic College – Cross Country
David Ajamu – Washington – Football
Ralph Kinne – Washington – Football
Jared Welander – Washington State – Baseball


Tenino

Layci Morales – Lower Columbia – Soccer
Davante Harris – Yakima Valley – Baseball
Shanowa Fisher-Bond – Centralia College – Softball
Jaclyn Huber – Lower Columbia – Soccer


Timberline

Charlie Hinson – Tacoma CC – Baseball
Ty Carlton – Centralia College – Baseball
Rebecca Nelson – Highline CC – Softball
Cobi Beal – Pierce College – Baseball
Sarah McKee – Clark College – Basketball
Rebecca Clayton – SPSCC – Basketball
Elijah Sanders – Tacoma CC – Basketball
Derek Wells – Olympic College – Baseball
Josiah Julagay – Everett CC – Baseball
Halie Snaza – Pierce College – Volleyball


Tumwater

Andrew Brown – Washington – Track & Field
Jamie Bryant – Washington – Football
Jon Lathrop – George Fox – Basketball
Hunter Shaner – Pacific Lutheran – Football
CJ Howard – Corban – Soccer
Bailey Elders – Centralia College – Golf
McKenzie May – Everett CC – Soccer
Kile Lenherr – Whatcom CC – Soccer
Hannah Hanson – Northwest University – Volleyball
Paige Walker – Cal State Stanislaus – Volleyball
Carly Jo Sampson – George Fox – Volleyball


Yelm

Jake Swilley – Central Washington – Football
Karli Shaw – Everett CC – Basketball

Today (8/9): Memorial for Todd McDougall

McDougallRockMemorial service for Todd McDougall – Saint Martin’s – 4:00 PM

The community comes together this afternoon at Saint Martin’s University to honor Olympia High School teacher and coach Todd McDougall, who passed away after a seven month battle with brain cancer on July 27th. There will be a reception following the service at the Olympia HS commons.

The family asks that if you own a “Todd” t-shirt, please wear it to the memorial. And in lieu of flowers, a scholarship fund has been setup. If you would like to contribute, please make donations payable to “OSD Todd McDougall Scholarship,” and send to the Olympia School District care of Karen Edison, 1113 Legion Way SE, Olympia, WA 98501 or you

Brodin raking in Long Island; Hazelrigg III pleads not guilty

Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

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Joash Brodin

North Thurston grad Joash Brodin is once again red hot for the independent Long Island Ducks. He is 10-for-23 with six runs scored and two RBIs in August. He leads the league in runs scored (76), hits (126), is third in batting average (.322) and fifth in on base percentage (.386). – Link

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The Olympian reports on former Olympia High School star football player Thomas R. Hazelrigg III, who recently pleaded not guilty to tax evasion and Social Security fraud charges. – Link

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Also from The Olympian, a feature on another North Thurston alum, Eddie Smith, who is the new baseball coach at Lower Columbia College. – Link

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Tumwater grad Matt Johnson is out indefinitely with a stress reaction. Johnson missed all of last season for the Dallas Cowboys because of hamstring problems and was hurt in the first preseason game on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. He will miss Friday’s game against Oakland. – Link

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Our friend Emmett O’Connell takes a look at the Olympia Olys soccer team and the history of semi-pro soccer in the Olympia area on his blog Olympia Time. – Link

Johnson and Stewart injured; Conley still dealing; Champlin earns promotion

Monday news and notes (Updated throughout the day)

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Matt Johnson

Tumwater grad Matt Johnson ran with the second team defense last night for the Dallas Cowboys in their 24-21 win over the Miami Dolphins in the Hall of Fame Game. Unfortunately for Johnson, who missed all of his rookie season with an injury, he landed awkwardly on a tackle and didn’t return. X-rays on his ankle were negative, but he will have an MRI when the Cowboys return to Oxnard, California this morning. – Link

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Timberline alum Jonathan Stewart had surgery on both ankles this off-season and has yet to practice for the Carolina Panthers. The team says they have no idea when he will be ready to come off the Physically Unable to Perform list. – Link

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New York Jets backup center Caleb Schlauderaff struggled in Saturday night’s scrimmage and the Shelton graduate is on the “roster bubble” in his third season with the Jets. – Link

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Adam Conley won his fourth straight game on Saturday night allowing just two unearned runs in six innings of work. The Olympia grad gave up five hits and walked three while striking out five and ran his streak of innings without an earned run to 26 innings. He is now 11-4 this season with a 3.04 ERA. – Link

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The Toronto Blue Jays promoted Olympia grad Kramer Champlin to advanced-A Dunedin last week after posting a 6-2 record with a 3.50 ERA with the Lansing Lugnuts. Champlin had a rough second outing in the Florida State League, though, allowing five earned runs in 2 2/3 innings on Friday night. – Link

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ThurstonTalk.com profiles Oly tennis star John Stormans, who is bound for Saint Mary’s College in the fall. – Link

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The NCAA Division II profiled Saint Martin’s star high jumper Laura Tesch. Tesch topped off her career with the Saints with an appearance at the NCAA Track & Field Championships this past season.

Today (7/29): PSCL tourney rolls on; Conley deals in Jacksonville, Vogt back in Oakland

Schedule for Monday, July 29th

Puget Sound Collegiate League tournament

Game 6: Olympia Athletics vs. Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Game 7: Nisqually Silvers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM

The winner of game six moves on to play the loser of game seven tomorrow while the loser is eliminated. The winner of game seven moves directly to the championship game on Wednesday.


Monday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Adam Conley keeps dealing. Last night the Olympia grad struck out six batters over six innings and didn’t allow a run en route to his tenth win of the season. Conley hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last three starts, all wins, and in his last ten starts he is 6-2 with a 1.99 ERA. For the season, he is 10-4 with a 3.22 ERA for the Jacksonville Suns, the double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. – Link

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Stephen Vogt

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Stephen Vogt is back up with the Oakland A’s. He has played in four straight games and is 3-for-10 with three runs, three RBIs and a home run in his second stint this season with in the big leagues. The Visalia, California native winters in the Olympia area and coaches for Sandberg Baseball. – Link

Olympia remembers Todd McDougall

Coach McDougall, family and Mariners

Coach McDougall, family and Mariners

Olympia teacher and baseball coach Todd McDougall passed away on Saturday morning after a seven month battle with brain cancer.  He was 43 years old and is survived by his wife Julie, daughter Marlee and sons Andrew and Dylan.

I never met coach McDougall but was touched by the outpouring of support for him over the past year since he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was obviously well loved and many are touched and saddened by his loss today. Here are some selected tweets and more from others regarding his passing….

First, a couple links…

“Cancer takes Olympia High teacher, coach Todd McDougall” – The Olympian
“Olympia Bears Coach McDougall loses his battle with Brain Cancer” – Eli Sports

From the Puget Sound Collegiate League and Matt Acker…

“We lost a great Thurston County coach, Todd Mcdoughall. Todd coached at Olympia high school for years. Many of his former players have played in the PSCL. We are very aware of his positive impact on these players on and off the field.

Personally Todd was a friend, competitor, confidant, supporter and a positive example.

Most importantly to Todd he was a father to three kids and a wife he loved dearly, a leader with his actions, truthful to himself and his beliefs, phenomenal teacher, resource to educate and support our youth and a positive example in the community. Our thoughts and prayers go to Todd’s wife Julie and his kids.

Todd has impacted so many peoples lives in the area and he will be missed. We hope to do our best to play the game right, compete, give back, and be a positive influence on and off the field in Todd’s honor.”

And some tweets from colleagues, players, students and people that didn’t even know him…

https://twitter.com/hannahrgarcia/status/361192789658189828

https://twitter.com/CaseyThorpe22/status/361194948265119744

https://twitter.com/OstrandAshley/status/361303363343749122

That’s just the tip of the iceberg of tweets and Facebook posts. Visit the Friends for Todd McDougall Facebook page to read more well wishers and leave your own.

Rest in peace Coach McDougall. My thoughts are with his entire family and everybody touched by his passing.

UPDATE: The McDougall family has announced that services for Coach McDougall will be on Friday, August 9th at 4:00 PM at Marcus Pavilion. There will be a reception immediately following the service in the commons area at Olympia High School. For more information including a link to volunteer to help at the service and reception, visit the Friends for Todd McDougall Facebook page.

Today (7/22): PSCL doubleheader; Sunday scores; Conley, Brodin dominate

Schedule for Monday, July 22nd

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Sunday scores

Thurston County Senators 14, Trail Orioles 4 – Senators move to 23-5
Kitsap Hornets 7, Capital City Bombers 3


Monday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Adam Conley picked up his second win in a row last night allowing just one unearned run on two hits over seven innings in Jacksonville’s 8-1 win over the Tennessee Smokies. The Olympia grad is now 9-4 with a 3.41 ERA for Miami’s double-A affiliate. – Link

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Joash Brodin – Photo courtesy of liducks.com

Joash Brodin was named the Atlantic League Player of the Week today after a week that saw him hit .429 (12-for-29) with three home runs including a walk off grand slam. The North Thurston alum drove in eight runs and stole three bases for the Long Island Ducks and now is second in the league with a .337 batting average and first in the runs scored with 62. – Link

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The Olympian profiles area transplant Stephen Vogt, who is back with the triple-A Sacramento Rivercats after a short stint with the Oakland A’s. – Link

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Northwest Christian is looking for a new head baseball coach after Damon Ford announced today that he is moving to California. Ford spent three seasons at the helm of the Navigators after taking over for Don Heinze, who also moved to California. – Link

Saturday news & notes: Brodin’s waddle off slam

Saturday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

North Thurston alum Joash Brodin hit a “waddle off” grand slam last night in the Long Island Ducks’ 11-8 win over the Camden Riversharks. Skip to the 3:43:00 mark of the video above to see Brodin hit the very first pitch he saw in the at-bat well over the right field wall in Bethpage, New York to end the game. Brodin went 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs in total and is now hitting .336 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs for the independent Ducks.  – Box score

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Olympia’s Kramer Champlin relieved Lansing starter Daniel Norris after a rain delay and gave up just two hits over the next 3 1/3 innings to pick up his fifth win of the season in a 2-1 Lugnuts win over the Clinton Lumberjacks. Champlin is now 5-2 with a 3.75 ERA this season. – Box score

Thursday schedule; Conley pitches 1-2-3 inning; Roth hired at Oly

Schedule for Thursday, July 18th

Baseball

Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Thurston County Senators vs. Seattle Studs – Saint Martin’s – 6:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Thursday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

ConleyThe South All-Stars pitched a one hitter against the North All-Stars last night in the Southern League All-Star game played in Jacksonville, Florida. A crowd of over 9,500 saw Olympia’s Adam Conley pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the fourth for the South. Two of the three batters the Miami Marlins farmhand faced played in the 2013 Futures Game on Sunday in New York. Conley got Arismendy Alcantara to ground out and struck out Joc Pederson to end the inning. – Link

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16 year assistant Steve Roth has been hired as the head baseball coach at Olympia, reports The Olympian. Roth takes over for interim coach Greg Creighton who managed the team this past season when head coach Todd McDougall was diagnosed with a brain tumor. – Link

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Black Hills grad Cody Peterson will captain the Navy football team this season and NavySports.com has a profile of the Midshipman senior. – Link

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Saint Martin’s released the 2013 schedule for the volleyball team today. Unfortunately, the Kara Peterson led Saints play just eight of their 30 games at Marcus Pavilion this season. They will play a home series October 31st and November 2nd against the Alaska schools at a yet to be determined site and a home game at Black Hills High School against Montana State-Billings when the WIAA state volleyball tournament is at the Pavilion on November 16th. – Link