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Tied at two with 15 minutes to play, Olympia keeper Brandon Pruett made a difficult save on a South Kitsap penalty shot and on the ensuing Bears possession, Ian Hess raced up the right side and unleashed a rocket from just outside the box that found the back of the net and proved to be the game winning goal in Oly’s 3-2 4A Narrows League win at Ingersoll Stadium.
Hess opened the scoring for Olympia with a goal in the seventh minute but the Wolves would answer back midway through the first half with a goal of their own. Jamison Corbin put the Bears back up in the 33rd minute when he gathered a pass and fired a strike into the right side of the net to give them a 2-1 lead that they would take into the locker room.
Pruett entered the game at the half after a solid first 40 minutes by Bears’ starting keeper Davin Johnson. South Kitsap evened the game up with a goal in the 51st minute and controlled possession for much of the second half but couldn’t get anything past the Oly defense the rest of the way including the penalty shot that Pruett snuffed out. The all or nothing nature of the Bears offense paid off with Hess’ rush down the field that ran their record to 5-2-2 in the 4A Narrows League.
Oly faces league leading Gig Harbor (7-1-0) on Wednesday night at Ingersoll Stadium.
Schedule for Monday, April 28th
High school baseball
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:00 PM
High school softball
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Timberline vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
| Tumwater 7, Capital 3 | ||||||||||||
| TUM (12-1 2A EvCo), CAP (4-10 2A EvCo) |
| Timberline 6, Wilson 0 | ||||||||||||
| TIM (7-1 3A Narrows), WIL (6-3 3A Narrows) |
| North Thurston 3, Gig Harbor 1 | ||||||||||||
| NT (10-4 overall), GH (9-5 overall) |
| Black Hills 9, River Ridge 6 – Finish of March 26th game | ||||||||||||
| BH (5-7 2A EvCo), RR (3-10 2A EvCo) |
High school softball
| Olympia 13, Bellarmine 1 | ||||||||||||
| OLY (5-1 4A Narrows), BP (4-2 4A Narrows) |
| North Thurston 13, Foss 0 | ||||||||||||
| NT (5-1 3A Narrows), FOSS (1-4 3A Narrows) |
| Timberline 20, Mount Tahoma 4 | ||||||||||||
| TIM (7-1 3A Narrows), MT (0-7 3A Narrows) |
Schedule for Friday, April 25th
High school baseball
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 3:30 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. WF West – Olympia HS – 4:00 PM
High school softball
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Steven’s Field – 4:00 PM
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
| Tumwater 2, River Ridge 0 | ||||||||||||
| TUM (2-8 2A EvCo), CAP (5-6 overall) |
| Capital 5, Centralia 0 | ||||||||||||
| CAP (9-0 2A EvCo), CENT (5-4 2A EvCo) |
| Olympia 0, Central Kitsap 0 | ||||||||||||
| OLY (4-2-2 4A Narrows), CK (2-1-4 4A Narrows) |
| North Thurston 3, Timberline 0 | ||||||||||||
| NT (2-4-0 3A Narrows), TIM (2-5-0 3A Narrows) |
Score from Wednesday, April 23rd
High school softball
| Olympia 9, Capital 4 | ||||||||||||
| OLY (11-2 overall), CAP (5-6 overall) |
Schedule for Thursday, April 24th
Boys soccer
Tumwater @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
North Thurston @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Central Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Schedule for Wednesday, April 23rd
High school baseball (weather permitting)
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball (weather permitting)
Capital vs. Olympia – The RAC – 4:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. UPS – SMU Baseball Field – 3:00 PM
High school baseball
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 4:00 PM
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
| North Thurston 2, Timberline 1 (12 innings) | |||||||||||||||
| LACEY |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| NT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| W: Riley Storedahl | |||||||||||||||
Ryan Mets allowed just one run on two hits, struck out 17 batters over 10 innings of work and singled home the game winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning to give North Thurston an epic 2-1 win over Timberline. Matt Mercer went 6 2/3 innings in the start for the Blazers and gave up one run and struck out eight Rams.
The win vaulted the Rams into first place in the 3A Narrows League at 8-1 while Timberline dropped their first game of the season and sit two wins behind the Rams at 6-1. The two teams meet again on Wednesday night at Timberline at 4:00 PM.
Personal, perhaps funny note: The 12 inning game was so long that I was able to watch the first four innings before leaving to take my daughter to her piano class out on Carpenter road. Her half hour class ended and I drove back to my parents house in the South Bay area to pick up my other daughter. We had dinner there, hung out a little bit, watched a TV show. Since the game was still going on, I stopped back by and was able to watch the entire 12th inning.
| Olympia 4, Bellarmine 1 | ||||||||||||
| OLY (4-4 4A Narrows), BP (2-4 4A Narrows) |
| Tumwater 6, Black Hills 1 | ||||||||||||
| TUM (10-1 2A EvCo), BH (4-7 2A EvCo) |
| Capital 4, Aberdeen 1 | ||||||||||||
| CAP (4-9 2A EvCo), ABER (3-9 2A EvCo) |
High school softball
| Olympia 6, Yelm 0 | ||||||||||||
| OLY (4-1 4A Narrows), YELM (4-1 4A Narrows) |
Maddy Stensby struck out 14 over seven shutout innings and picked up the win in Olympia’s 6-0 win over Yelm. Bri Bell went 2-for-3 with a homerun and three RBIs to move the Bears to 4-1 in the 4A Narrows League and a three way tie for first place with Yelm and Bellarmine.
| Timberline 15, Shelton 4 | ||||||||||||
| TIM (5-0 3A Narrows), SHEL (3-3 3A Narrows) |
| North Thurston 12, Mount Tahoma 0 | ||||||||||||
| NT (4-1 3A Narrows), MT (0-5 3A Narrows) |
| Capital 7, Aberdeen 1 | ||||||||||||
| CAP (5-4 2A EvCo), ABER (3-7 2A EvCo) |
High school baseball
Timberline @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 4:00 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:00 PM
One of the biggest matchups of the high school baseball season takes place this afternoon at North Thurston High School. The 3A Narrows leading Timberline Blazers (6-0) take the crosstown trip to take on the 7-1 Rams at 4:00 PM with the two best pitchers in the Olympia area, Timberline junior Matt Mercer and Oregon State bound Ryan Mets, scheduled to take the bump.
High school softball
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Yelm – Steven’s Field – 4:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
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