Category Archives: Olympia HS
Friday scoreboard: Saints split; Bears and Blazers win
College softball
Saint Martin’s 4, Western Washington 1
Western Washington 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school fastpitch
Olympia 10, Gig Harbor 7 – More from The Olympian
High school baseball
Timberline 4, Capital 3
Centralia 7, Tumwater 3
Today (4/6): Olympia fastpitch faces Gig Harbor
High school baseball
Capital @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 3:00 PM – Listen live on YourESN.com
Boys soccer
Clover Park @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school fastpitch
Gig Harbor @ Olympia – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Conley, Champlin and Harvey assigned to Minor League teams, Brodin signs with new indie
Spring training came to an end this week and Major League Baseball teams assigned their prospects to their affiliates and four local athletes were among those that found a new baseball home for the 2012 season.
Adam Conley has been assigned by the Miami Marlins to the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the single-A South Atlantic League. A 2008 graduate of Olympia, Conley pitched for Washington State and was a second round draft choice by the Marlins in the 2011 draft. Conley pitched two games last season for the Gulf Coast League Marlins giving up just one hit in two innings of work. The left hander was named the #7 prospect in the Marlins system by MLB.com and the #10 prospect in their system by Baseball America.
Another 2008 Oly graduate, Kramer Champlin, has been assigned to the Lansing Lugnuts of the single-A Midwest League by the Toronto Blue Jays. Champlin was a 33rd round draft choice of the Blue Jays in the 2011 draft after two years at Western Nevada College and one season at Arizona State where he was named Pitcher of the Year by the Sun Devils. The 6-6 right hander pitched one game in the Gulf Coast League and seven games for the Vancouver Canadians last season. In Vancouver, Champlin went 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA and struck out 11 batters in 14.2 innings of work.
River Ridge’s Seth Harvey will take his talents to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the single-A Midwest League affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Harvey was a 37th round draft choice out of Washington State in 2010 and this will be his third year of professional baseball. After being drafted in 2010, Harvey appeared in sixteen games with the Arizona League Brewers where he went 0-2 with six saves and a 2.45 ERA. He struck out 32 batters in just 22 innings. In 2011, Harvey appeared in sixteen games for the Helena Brewers and went 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA and struck out 46 batters in just 33 1/3 innings.
North Thurston’s Joash Brodin is the only local product playing professional baseball that plays a position. The first baseman/outfielder/third baseman signed to play for the London Rippers this season and will be in his fourth year in the independent Frontier League after two years at Green River Community College and two at the College of Charleston. In 2009, Brodin hit .330 with 10 home runs and 37 RBI for the Midwest Sliders. In 2010, the Sliders became the Oakland County Cruisers and he hit .301 with nine homers, 62 RBI and 29 stolen bases despite playing the bulk of the season on the road due to Oakland County’s stadium deal falling through. Brodin moved on to the River City Rascals in 2011 and hit .300 with 14 home runs, 66 RBI and 19 stolen bases.
And finally, Jared Sandberg returns as manager of the Hudson Valley Renegades. The Capital graduate and former Major League Baseball player is in his third season as the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays short season single-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League. The Renegades season starts on June 18th.
Monday scoreboard: Saints swept, Bears remain undefeated, Blazers win thriller
College baseball
Western Oregon 13, Saint Martin’s 0
Western Oregon 5, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from WOUWolves.com
Saint Martin’s Nate O’Bryan, the GNAC pitcher of the week last week, gave up seven runs in the first inning without getting an out and Western Oregon continued to pile on en route to a 13-0 game one win. In game two, four Western Oregon runs in the third inning was all the first place Wolves ultimately needed to drop the Saints to 9-23 overall and 5-9 in the GNAC.
High school baseball
Olympia 5, Stadium 1
Timberline 6, Capital 5
Olympic 8, River Ridge 1
Gabe Padukiewicz went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI for Olympia to keep the Bears undefeated this season.
Capital scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to tie Timberline before Charlie Hinson drove in the game winning run for the Blazers in the bottom half of the inning. Ryan Tydingco had a triple and three RBI and picked up the win on the mound for the Blazers.
Olympic exploded for seven runs in the sixth and seventh innings and held River Ridge to just four hits in an 8-1 non-league win. Brad Wallace accounted for two of the Hawks’ four hits including their lone run on a homer in the sixth inning.
Today (4/2): Spring break baseball
It’s going to be a slow high school sports week around here with Spring break upon us, but there are still some games to be played, mostly on the diamond. Three baseball games on the schedule today and it looks like the weather will cooperate:
Capital @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Olympic @ River Ridge – 4:00 PM
Stadium @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Saints softball extends streak; Blazers, Cougars, Bears win
College softball
Saint Martin’s 7, Dominican 2
Saint Martin’s 4, Chaminade 3
Saint Martin’s 7, CSU Dominguez Hills 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s picked up three wins today in the CSU Stanislaus Tournament of Champions to run their winning streak to nine straight games. Sam Munger went 4-for-4 in the first game to drop Dominican to 2-26 on the season. In game two, Sara Bakos drove in the game winning run and Chaminade dropped to 9-17. And in game three, Munger pitched a complete game one hit shutout against the previously 33-6 CSU Dominguez Hills. The Saints ran their record to 18-8-1 and have an 8:45 AM date with CSU East Bay on Saturday before taking on CSU Stanislaus at 1:15 PM.
High school soccer
Timberline 4, Lincoln 1
Capital 2, Yelm 0
Olympia 1, Tumwater 1 (Oly wins 5-4 in a shootout)
Alec Davies scored two goals for Timberline and Ryan Erickson and Kasey French each scored in Timberline’s 4-1 win at Tacoma’s Lincoln Bowl.
Bryce Joling scored Capital’s two goals in their 2-0 win over Yelm. Jakob Racimo posted the shutout for the Cougars.
In a battle of father versus son, the son (Bryce Winkler) got the better of the father (Bryan Winkler) as Olympia beat Tumwater in a shootout. Regulation ended tied 1-1 and Duncan Urban scored the deciding goal to give the Bears a 5-4 shootout victory. Devon Parman opened the scoring for the Beats with a goal in the 38th minute and Bradley Saner got the equalizer with just 2:48 left in regulation. Oly managed to keep the T-Birds’ Kevin Weyand off the board before he opened the shootout with a goal.
High school baseball
W.F. West 11, Black Hills 1
Black Hills braved the weather but perhaps wished they hadn’t. The Bearcats jumped out to a 9-0 lead before the Wolves got on the board with a run in the bottom of the sixth.
Today (3/30): Rain, rain go away
Wet fields and rain in the forecast have forced most bat and ball games to be canceled today. There is enough of a break that a few games may be played but I’ll be honest, I have no idea who is still planning on playing. Check the @OlySportsBlog Twitter account for updated information.
In all-weather soccer action, Capital hosts Yelm in a 3A Narrows League contest at Ingersoll Stadium. Remember, Ingersoll’s seating area is still closed so if you go to the game, bring a chair and an umbrella. Or better yet, a canopy. First kick is at 7:00 PM.
Or if you’d like to stay nice and dry, head over to Tumwater Stadium and watch Tumwater and Kevin Weyand take on Olympia in non-league action. First kick is at 7:00 PM and you can listen to all the action from home or almost any mobile device by going to the Eli Sports Network.
Thursday scoreboard: Weyand, T-Birds stay undefeated
Boys soccer
Tumwater 4, Aberdeen 1
River Ridge 3, W.F. West 2
Centralia 3, North Thurston 1
Bellarmine 2, Olympia 0
Tumwater improved to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the 2A EvCo behind two Kevin Weyand goals, his 10th and 11th of the season. Austin Snyder scored the only goal of the first half before the two teams combined for four in the second half including Weyand’s two and one from Kile Lenher.
Centralia jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and without the services of Nick Salazar, other than a Bin Hasan goal in the 25th minute, North Thurston was unable to close the gap.
Wednesday scoreboard: Bears remain undefeated, Wolves beat Hawks
High school fastpitch
Olympia 10, Bethel 7
Nikki Schroeder went 2-for-3 with four RBI and picked up the win on the mound in Olympia’s 10-7 defeat of Bethel. The Bears are now 6-0 on the season.
High school baseball
Black Hills 5, River Ridge 1
Olympia 5, South Kitsap 1
Lake Quinault 13, Northwest Christian 8
Black Hills’ Austin Heyland pitched a complete game giving up just one run on six hits to River Ridge in a 5-1 Wolves win. Despite only three hits and behind Leif Hanson’s complete game four hitter, Olympia knocked off South Kitsap 5-1 and remain undefeated on the season.
Today (3/28): Baseball, weather permitting
Lots of baseball scheduled today around town, weather permitting…
South Kitsap @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Foss @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Aberdeen @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
W.F. West @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Lake Quinault @ Northwest Christian – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM
Not to mention two fastpitch games…
Tumwater @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
Bethel @ Olympia – 3:30 PM – Moved to the RAC
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