Category Archives: Olympia HS
Today (5/9): Blazers open playoffs; Rams play for state
Timberline opens up their playoff run today against Enumclaw at Auburn Mountainview High School. The Blazers won the 3A Narrows League with a 9-1 record, 10-4 overall. Enumclaw beat Camas 9-4 yesterday to earn a meeting with the Blazers. First pitch is at 4:00 PM.
Meanwhile, the 2A District IV playoffs continue when North Thurston faces Centralia at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis. The winner goes to state. The Tigers took two games out of three from the Rams in the regular season. First pitch is at 6:00 PM. Listen to the game on the Eli Sports Network.
Just up the road at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia, Tumwater faces Hockinson in a loser-out game at 4:00 PM.
And after a surprising upset, Olympia plays a loser-out game against Rogers at 7:00 PM at Art Wright Field in Kent. Rogers is the #6 seed out of the SPSL and knocked off Graham-Kapowsin 7-2 yesterday.
In regular season softball action, Black Hills hosts W.F. West at 4:30 PM and River Ridge hosts Aberdeen also at 4:30.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds advance; Capital wins Narrows; Olympia upset
Boys soccer
Tumwater 3, Washougal 0
Capital 2, Wilson 2
Mark Morris 2, North Thurston 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
Bellarmine 6, Olympia 0
Tumwater’s 3:0 win moves them into the District IV championship game against Mark Morris on Thursday night at Tumwater Stadium. Capital wins the 3A Narrows League thanks to their 2:2 with second place Wilson. With their loss to Mark Morris, North Thurston moves on to a loser-out game in Aberdeen on Thursday.
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, RA Long 1
Tahoma 8, Olympia 7
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 0
Decatur 5, Capital 2
Naselle 8, Northwest Christian 6
Tyler Ridgeway pitched seven innings and gave up just three hits while striking out eight RA Long batters in North Thurston’s 5-1 2A District IV win. The Rams move on to play Centralia tomorrow.
Olympia dropped a shocker to Tahoma and now faces a loser-out game tomorrow. Tumwater’s loss also means they face a loser-out game tomorrow. But Capital and Northwest Christian were not so lucky, their seasons ended on Tuesday.
Also today (5/8): District baseball all over the place
The high school baseball post season really gets going this afternoon…
The 17-1, 4A Narrows League champion Olympia Bears faces Tahoma at Curtis High School. Tahoma comes into the game at 13-6 overall. The winner of the game gets a spot in the state regional.
In the 3A west central/bi-district tournament, Capital plays a loser-out game against Decatur at 7:00 PM at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma. Decatur finished the regular season at just 3-16 but won two straight elimination games to make it to districts.
North Thurston gets a home game in the first round of the 2A District IV playoffs when they face RA Long. The Rams were 12-6 this season while RA Long comes into the game at 6-11. First pitch is at 4:30 PM.
Tumwater barely made the district tournament and is rewarded with a first round game at #1 seed W.F. West. The Bearcats are 18-1 this season. First pitch is at 4:30 PM and the game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
And after a 12-1 loss to Toutle Lake yesterday, Northwest Christian continues 2B District IV playoffs with a loser-out game against Naselle, who lost 7-1 to Morton-White Pass yesterday. The Navigators and Naselle split their season series. Naselle won 10-2 in Lacey on March 22nd while the Navs won 6-5 in Naselle on April 23rd. Game time is at 5:30 PM.
Monday scoreboard: Navs struggle in district opener; Bears, Cougs win
High school baseball – 2B District IV Playoffs
Toutle Lake 12, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 10, Stadium 0
Capital 13, Timberline 3
Centralia 11, River Ridge 1
W.F. West 10, North Thurston 0
Marie Beagle went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in high scoring Olympia’s 10-0 win over Stadium. Amanda Rupright picked up the win for the Bears.
Capital erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie in their 13-3 victory over Timberline. Britni Wilson struck out ten Blazers in seven innings to get the win for the Cougars. She also went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs.
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept; Tumwater, Black Hills split
College baseball
Western Oregon 7, Saint Martin’s 5
Western Oregon 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, River Ridge 3
Tumwater 8, Black Hills 1
Black Hills 6, Tumwater 1
Yelm 7, Capital 0
Ocosta 4, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 8, Stadium 1
Yelm 4, Capital 2
Friday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept in Nampa
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 11, Saint Martin’s 4
Northwest Nazarene 5, Saint Martin’s 3 – More from NNUSports.com
In game one, Northwest Nazarene’s first four hitters went 11-for-17 with seven RBI and eight runs scored as the Crusaders opened up an 11-0 lead on the Saint Martin’s and cruised to the 11-4 victory. Chandler Tracy led the way for the Saints going 3-for-4.
In game two, the Saints had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning (the last inning of the game in game two of a doubleheader) but Crusaders’ reliever Sean McDonald struck out Tracy looking to get the save. The Saints opened the scoring with a run in the second inning but River Ridge alum Jon Matos erased the lead with a three run homer in the third. The Saints answered back with two runs in the fourth but the Crusaders scored two of their own in the fourth and held on for the 5-3 win.
The sweep flip flops the Saints and Crusaders in the GNAC standings. Coming into the game, Saint Martin’s was in second but the losses drop them to 10-14 and tied for third. Meanwhile, Northwest Nazarene jumps to second place at 12-14.
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, Centralia 7
Timberline 8, Yelm 2
W.F. West 4, River Ridge 2
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 1
High school softball
Capital 13, Lincoln 0
Gig Harbor 5, Olympia 4
Black Hills 12, River Ridge 2
Quick links: Bryant to UW; Rise to Oly; More
Tumwater’s Jaimie Bryant verbally commits to play football for the Huskies. – The Olympian
New semi-pro basketball team scheduled to play in Olympia. – ABA Live
The always energetic Anne Larson has a profile of Olympia soccer players Evan Munn and Jamison Corbin – Thurston Talk
Washington State University coaches Mike Leach and June Daugherty and athletic director Bill Moos will be at Saint Martin’s tonight. – Register here
Miami Marlins fan blog gives their take on Olympia’s Adam Conley – Fish Tales
Speaking of Conley, his wife Kendall has a blog about their time in Greensboro this season – Kendall Conley
Wednesday scoreboard: Olympia wins Narrows
High school baseball
Olympia 16, Gig Harbor 6
Capital 7, Foss 3
With the Narrows League title on the line and down 6-4 going into the fifth inning, the Olympia Bears bats came alive scoring six runs in the fifth and six runs in the sixth to win 16-6 over Gig Harbor. Cabe Reiten went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for the Bears and Leo Valenti picked up the win. Weather moved the game from Olympia High School to the RAC and delayed the game at least once.
High school softball
Olympia 4, South Kitsap 0
In another game moved to the RAC because of weather, Olympia’s Amanda Rupright pitched a complete game, four hit shutout to give the Bears the 4-0 victory.
Today (4/25): Narrow League title on the line
The 4A Narrows League championship is on the line today when Olympia hosts Gig Harbor at Crandall Field At 4:00 PM. The Tides’ 4-1 win over the Bears dropped Oly to 12-1 in conference, just a half game ahead of 11-1 Gig Harbor. A win today in their final regular season game would give the Bears the title outright. Of course, this all depends on weather, and it isn’t looking too promising right now.
In other baseball action…
Aberdeen @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Busy day on the Olympia campus with the Oly softball team playing South Kitsap at 4:00 PM.
More softball today (maybe)…
Foss @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Monday scoreboard: Blazers take care of business, Bears don’t; T-Birds unscathed
High school baseball
Timberline 10, Yelm 2
Capital 3, Foss 0
Northwest Christian 6, Naselle 5
Gig Harbor 4, Olympia 1
On senior day, senior Ryan Tydingco went 2-for-2 with an RBI in 3A Narrows League leader Timberline’s 10-2 win over second place Yelm. Cobi Beal went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three stolen bases and freshman Matt Mercer picked up the win for the Blazers.
Zach Carras drove in two runs and Nick Mailhot scored twice and the two combined for six stolen bases in Northwest Christian’s 6-5 win over Naselle.
Gig Harbor scored four runs in the first inning and Nick Gagliardi pitched a complete game three hitter in the Tides’ 4-1 win over Olympia. Wednesday’s game at Crandall Field between the two teams will determine the 4A Narrows League champion.
High school softball
Tumwater 13, Centralia 7
Capital 20, Foss 0
Olympia 9, Shelton 1
W.F. West 10, Black Hills 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
After giving up just one run in their last five games, Tumwater found themselves down 7-6 to Centralia after four innings. But a six run fifth inning gave kept the T-Birds and Kierstin Smith undefeated. Read more about the game from The Olympian.
Capital scored three runs in the first, eight in the second and nine in the third and quickly mercy ruled Foss, 20-0. Alex Beckwith went 3-for-4 with four runs and five RBI for the Cougars.
Olympia also jumped out to an early lead scoring seven runs in the first and didn’t look back en route to a 9-1 win over Gig Harbor. Megan Goodman hit a home run and had four RBI and Nikki Schroeder went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Oly Sports 