Category Archives: Olympia HS
Friday scoreboard: Rough day for Oly sports
High school softball
Skyview 4, Olympia 3
Todd Beamer 3, Olympia 0
Bonney Lake 12, Capital 0
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 4 – More from The Olympian
Rough day for Olympia area softball teams. In the 4A district tournament, Olympia lost two games to end their season. The Bears finish at 13-11 overall.
Capital got beaten soundly by Bonney Lake but still gets to play another day. They play a loser-out game tomorrow at 10:00 AM.
And W.F. West finally beat Tumwater this season after coming close two other times. The loss was only the T-Birds second this season and they will move on to the state tournament next week.
International Basketball League
Portland Chinooks 126, Olympia Reign 118
Today (5/18): Tumwater plays for district title; Oly, Capital open districts
As I type this, Olympia – the #4 seed out of the Narrows League, is playing Skyview, the #1 seed out of the Greater St. Helen’s League at Sprinker Recration Center in the opening round of the 4A West Central/Bi-District fastpitch playoffs. The winner moves on to play either Todd Beamer or Emerald Ridge at 2:00 PM while the loser plays the loser of that game also at 2:00 PM.
On the 3A side, Capital takes on Bonney Lake at noon at Sprinker to open their district campaign. The winner gets a date with #1 seed Camas in the second round at 4:00 PM while the loser goes home for the day and plays a loser-out game on Saturday at 10:00 AM.
Tumwater takes on W.F. West for the 2A District IV title tonight at Fort Borst Park in Centralia. The Bearcats beat Mark Morris 12-1 and Centralia 17-3 to setup the matchup between the top two teams in the EvCo. Tumwater won all three games between the two teams during the regular season but two of those games were decided by just one run. First pitch at Borst Park is at 6:00 PM.
Reiten, Tydingco take Narrows League MVP awards
Olympia’s Cabe Reiten was named the 4A Narrows League MVP, Timberline’s Ryan Tydingco was named 3A Narrows League MVP and Timberline’s Derek Wheldon was named coach of the year today.
Here are all the Olympia area nominees honored by the Narrows League today, broken down by school:
Olympia – 4A Narrows League
MVP: Cabe Reiten – Sr. – SS
First team: Trevor Houser – Sr. – P, Gabe Padukiewicz – Jr. – IF, Cameron Frost – Jr. – OF, Michael Fairchild – Jr. – OF, Leif Hansen – So. – Utility
Second team: Leo Valenti – Jr. – IF, Joey Knight – Jr. – OF
Honorable mention: Jake Hacker – Sr. – C
Capital – 3A Narrows League
First team: Kenzy Forler – Sr. – P, Cameron Monda – Jr. – IF, Matt Uzanski – So. – Utility
Second team: Kameron Minor – Jr. – P, Joey McCabe – Jr. – IF, Thomas Kerr – Jr. – OF, Darby Losey – Sr. – OF
Timberline – 3A Narrows League
MVP: Ryan Tydingco – Sr. – Utility
Coach of the year: Derek Wheldon
First team: Josiah Julagay – Sr. – P, Rick Ahlf – Sr. – IF, Charlie Hinson – Sr. – IF, Coby Beal – Jr. – OF, David Padilla – Jr. – OF
Second team: Ty Carlton – Jr. – P, Brennon Kaleiwahea – So. – C, Ty Gartner – So. – IF
Honorable mention: Matt Mercer – Fr. – P, Blake Nystrom – So. – OF, Justace Buhl – Jr. – Utility
Tuesday scoreboard: Capital’s season ends; Lowe wins district title
Boys soccer
Mount Vernon 2, Capital 0
Capital’s season comes to an end with a 2-0 loss to Mount Vernon. The Cougars couldn’t stop the Bulldogs’ Sergio Garcia who scored in the 38th minute just before halftime and right after the half in the 42nd minute.
High school softball
Yelm 3, Olympia 2
Girl’s Golf
North Thurston’s Olivia Lowe won the 2A individual District IV title by 13 strokes. She shot an 83 on Monday and a 78 today for a combined 161 at Three Rivers Golf Course in Kelso. She moves onto state on May 22-23 at Lake Spanaway Golf Course. For more local qualifiers, The Olympian has the full list.
Baseball alumni update: Conley still dealing
Olympia High School graduate and second round pick Adam Conley has been impressive in his first full season in professional baseball. Conley has made seven starts for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, and has posted a 3-0 record with a 2.23 ERA. More impressively, Conley has only given up earned runs in three of his seven starts and his ERA is only that high because of one bad outing on April 28th against the West Virginia Power when he gave up six earned runs in 3 1/3 innings. Otherwise, Conley has given up just three earned runs and has struck out 43 batters in 36 1/3 innings.
In Appleton, River Ridge alum Seth Harvey has emerged as the Wisconsin Timber Rattler’ primary closer saving seven of the 13 games in which he has appeared. He is 2-0 on the season with a 2.40 ERA and has struck out 22 batters in 15 innings and has allowed just three walks for the Milwaukee Brewers’ single-A affiliate.
Olympia’s Kramer Champlin has pitched in eight games of relief for the Lansing Lugnuts, single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and has posted a 2-1 record with a 3.72 ERA. In 19 1/3 innings, Champlin has struck out 17 batters and walked five. Unfortunately, he has also given up 21 hits and has allowed an earned run or more in all but three of his eight games and is currently on the seven day disabled list.
Two more alumni kick of their seasons this week in the independent Frontier League. Joash Brodin is in his fourth Frontier League season with the brand new London Rippers. The switch hitting first baseman out of North Thurston travels to Marion, Illinois to take on the Southern Illinois Miners on Friday night.
And Tumwater’s Ryan Bean recently signed to pitch for the Florence Freedom. The Freedom open at home against the Traverse City Beach Bums on Thursday. Bean was a 17th round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants in 2010 but was released in Spring Training.
Photo credits:
Adam Conley – Dano Keeney/MiLB.com
Kramer Champlin – Flickr user whitecapwendy
Friday scoreboard: Rams win district title; Reign win in OT
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, W.F. West 4 – More from The Olympian
Tyler Ridgeway threw the game-tying run out at the plate to seal North Thurston’s first district title since 2002 with a 5-4 win over EvCo regular season champ W.F. West. Riley Stordahl pitched a complete game for the Rams and Spencer Dorsey went 3-for-3 with two triples and two RBI. The Rams move on to the state regionals as a #1 seed. They play at 10:00 AM back at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis.
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 121, Salem Soldiers 118 – Overtime
High school softball
Tumwater 9, Black Hills 2
South Kitsap 5, Olympia 4
Today (5/11): Rams baseball plays for district championship
The North Thurston Rams baseball team plays for the 2A District IV championship today against W.F. West at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. The two teams met three times in the regular season and the Bearcats took all three games, 10-0, 6-5 and 8-0. The Rams went 12-6 in the EvCo regular season and got to this point in the playoffs by beating RA Long 5-1 and Centralia 5-1. The Bearcats went 17-1 and beat Tumwater 5-0 and Aberdeen 13-5. First pitch is at 5:00 PM and the game can be heard on KELA 1470 AM or online here.
The Narrows League softball tournament continues at SERA in Tacoma this afternoon. Timberline and Capital play a winner-to-districts, loser-out game at 12:30 PM. The Cougars and Blazers played twice in the regular season with Capital outscoring Timberline 29-4 in two wins. The winner goes on to play Yelm at 3:00 PM for the #2 seed.
In 4A fastpitch action, Olympia has already qualified for districts but will face South Kitsap at 3:00 PM to determine the #3 and #4 seeds.
Thursday scoreboard: Tumwater wins district championship
Boys soccer
Tumwater 5, Mark Morris 1
Aberdeen 5, North Thurston 1
Austin Snyder and Connor Sigmon each scored two goals to lead Tumwater to a 5-1 victory over Mark Morris to win the 2A District IV championship. Kile Linher added another goal for the T-Birds who now move onto state.
North Thurston’s season came to an end on Thursday night with a 5-1 loss to Aberdeen.
High school softball
Timberline 11, Lincoln 1
Central Kitsap 4, Olympia 1
Timberline survived to play another day with an 11-1 win over Lincoln in the 3A Narrows League tournament. They move on to play Capital on Friday in another loser-out game.
Olympia’s 4-1 loss to Central Kitsap drops them into a seeding game tomorrow against South Kitsap for the #3 seed into districts.
Today (5/10): District soccer championship in Tumwater
The 2A District IV championship comes to Tumwater Stadium this evening when Tumwater hosts Mark Morris at 7:00 PM. The T-Birds are undefeated and are coming off of a 9-0 win over W.F. West in the first round of the playoffs and beat Washougal 3-0 in the second round. The Monarchs knocked off Centralia 1-0 on Saturday and North Thurston 2-0 in the second round on Tuesday.
North Thurston travels to Aberdeen in a loser-out game at Stewart Field. The Rams upset top seed Hockinson 3-0 in the first round but was tripped up by Mark Morris 2-0 on Tuesday. Aberdeen lost their opener 2-1 to Washougal but beat up on W.F. West 5-0 in the second round. The Rams and Bobcats split their two meetings this season and both games came down to penalty kicks. First kick is at 7:00 PM.
The 4A Narrows League fastpitch tournament opens today at SERA in Tacoma. Olympia gets a first round bye and will play the winner of the Central Kitsap/Stadium game. First pitch is at 3:00 PM.
The 3A Narrows League also gets underway today at SERA. Timberline takes on Lincoln at 3:00 PM in a loser-out game. The winner will take on Capital on Friday. The Blazers and Abes split their two games this season. Lincoln won the first meeting 13-3 while Timberline took the second, 11-1.
Wednesday scoreboard: Blazers, Rams qualify; Olympia eliminated
High school baseball
Timberline 11, Enumclaw 2 – Blazers qualify for state
North Thurston 5, Centralia 1 – Rams qualify for state
Tumwater 3, Hockinson 0
Rogers 9, Olympia 3 – Bears, 17-1 regular season, eliminated
High school softball
Tumwater 4, Centralia 1
W.F. West 15, Black Hills 4
Yelm 1, Capital 0
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