Category Archives: High school

Saturday Prep Scores: Dorsey Goes Off for 44 in Blazers Win

Girls basketball

Black Hills 65, Timberline 42
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Timberline (2-2 overall) 13 12 15 2 42
Black Hills (4-1 overall) 16 12 25 12 65
TIM leader: Bowen, Russell – 12 points
BH leader: S. Sauls, Smothers – 13 points
Sumner 54, Tumwater 24
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Sumner (2-1 overall) 14 8 12 20 54
Tumwater (1-3 overall) 2 10 3 9 24
TUM leader: Mackenzie Bergquist – 10 points
River Ridge 47, Olympic 28
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
River Ridge (4-0 overall) 10 17 15 5 47
Olympic (2-4 overall) 6 6 5 11 28
RR leader: Stevenson, Schultz – 13 points


Boys basketball

Olympia 56, Battle Ground 47
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Battle Ground (4-1 overall) 10 8 13 16 47
Olympia (4-2 overall) 10 10 21 15 56
OLY leader: Khalil Matheney – 10 points
North Thurston 54, Centralia 42
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Centralia (1-2 overall) 7 9 9 17 42
North Thurston (1-4 overall) 7 12 11 24 54
NT leader: Steven Stone – 19 points
Anacortes 66, Tumwater 52
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Tumwater (1-4 overall) 4 25 14 9 52
Anacortes (4-0 overall) 14 19 22 11 66
TUM: David Cooper – 12 points
Franklin Pierce 66, Black Hills 54
Timberline 66, Kentwood 61
TIM leader: Donaven Dorsey – 44 points
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – Report score

Today (12/14): Wolves Doubleheader Highlights Saturday Non-Conference Hoops

Schedule for Saturday, December 14th

Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Lewis-Clark State – CRC Gymnasium – 4:00 PM


Boys basketball

Olympia vs. Battle Ground – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Centralia – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Franklin Pierce – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM


Girls basketball

Timberline @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 6:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Sumner – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM

PHOTO GALLERY: Tornadoes Press Bears to Take League Opener

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Yelm’s stifling full court defense and 6-4 sophomore Christian Davis’ explosion erased a 19-17 halftime deficit with an 11-3 third quarter and Yelm held on in a long and wild fourth quarter to knock off Olympia, 50-41, in the 4A Narrows League opener at Chick Rockey Gym.

Davis scored a game high 17 points including a layup at the 4:16 mark of the third quarter that gave Yelm the lead, 22-21. Davis was hammered as he knifed through traffic on the next possession and hit one of two free throws to give Yelm a two point lead before Chad Davis hit a jumper in the lane on the next possession to give the Tornadoes a 25-21 lead, one that they would never relinquish.

The two teams scored a combined 41 points in a foul and free throw filled, timeout laden fourth quarter that took nearly as long as the rest of the game to play.

Christopher Burian added 16 points for Yelm, who moved to 1-0 in the 4A Narrows League. Mitch Fettig scored 13 points and Khalil Matheney notched 10 quiet points for the Bears, who fell to 0-1 in league.

Friday Prep Scores: Blazers Stifle Falcons; Bears Beat Tornadoes in OT

Girls basketball

Timberline 50, Foss 5
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Foss (0-1 3A Narrows) 0 3 2 0 5
Timberline (1-0 3A Narrows) 20 4 15 11 50
TIM leader: Linae Myhand – 12 points
Olympia 72, Yelm 67 (OT)
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final
Olympia (1-0 4A Narrows) 6 19 15 22 10 72
Yelm (0-1 4A Narrows) 15 13 17 17 5 67
OLY leader: Snodgrass – 18 points
Lincoln 35, North Thurston 32
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Lincoln (1-0 3A Narrows) 6 7 11 11 35
North Thurston (0-1 3A Narrows) 4 10 6 12 32
NT leader: Hayley Niles – 8 points


Boys basketball

Lincoln 61, North Thurston 31
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
North Thurston (0-1 3A Narrows) 2 8 12 9 31
Lincoln (1-0 3A Narrows) 16 16 15 14 61
NT leader: David Marrero – 10 points
Foss 68, Timberline 58 (OT)
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final
Timberline (0-1 3A Narrows) 10 15 14 16 3 58
Foss (1-0 3A Narrows) 6 13 20 16 13 68
TIM leader: Donaven Dorsey – 17 points
Yelm 50, Olympia 41 – Photos
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Yelm (1-0 4A Narrows) 9 8 11 22 50
Olympia (0-1 4A Narrows) 8 11 3 19 41
OLY leader: Mitch Fettig – 13 points
Enumclaw 67, Tumwater 65 – ESN Reports
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Enumclaw (4-1 overall) 17 11 13 26 67
Tumwater (1-3 overall) 14 13 23 15 65
TUM leader: Josiah Warner – 23 points
Graham-Kapowsin 80, River Ridge 79
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
River Ridge (4-1 overall) 20 28 20 11 67
Tumwater (1-3 overall) 26 8 27 19 80
RR leader: Jason Kananin – 25 points
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Report score

Revised Reclassification Numbers Confirm Changes for Oly Area Schools

New, revised reclassification numbers have been released by the WIAA and it confirms a couple of major changes for the 2014-2016 seasons.

Here’s how the Olympia area (Thurston County plus Shelton) break down…

4A: Olympia, Timberline, Yelm
3A: Capital, North Thurston, Shelton
2A: Tumwater, Black Hills, River Ridge, Rochester
1A: Tenino
2B: Rainier
1B: Northwest Christian, Pope John Paul II

Olympia, Timberline and Yelm will all be some of the smallest schools in 4A with Olympia the largest at 1287. The cutoff between 4A and 3A is Marysville-Getchell at 1252. Timberline is listed as “still working with WIAA on enrollment #’s” so there is still a chance that they could land in 3A.

Capital will be one of the smallest 3A schools that didn’t opt up from a lower division. Rochester will be one of the smallest 2A schools while Tumwater will be one of the largest.

Rainier is now solidly in 2B and I would expect them to stay there and not opt up. Northwest Christian falls to 1B, but it would not surprise me at all to see them opt up to 2B and finally have a short drive for an opponent in Rainier.

Schools have the option to opt up until the first week of January.

See the full spreadsheet of reclassification numbers here.

Today (12/13): Navs, Bears, Blazers and Rams Open League Play

Boys basketball
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Enumclaw – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM

The league portion of the 2013-2014 season tips off tonight for Northwest Christian and the Narrows League schools. The Navigators take on North Beach at Compass Arena at NCHS at 7:00 PM, while Olympia hosts Yelm also at 7:00. Timberline and North Thurston open league play on the road.

Northwest Christian is 2-2 in the early going with wins over The Northwest School and Orting. North Beach, meanwhile, is 3-0 with wins over three 1A Evergreen schools – Forks, Montesano and Hoquiam.

Olympia is 3-1 this season with a pair of wins over Capital. The inexperience Bears – they had to replace all five starters from last year’s team – have found offense in Khalil Matheney, a senior transfer from Hawaii’s Leilahua High School on Oahu. Matheney is averaging 14.3 points per game including a 22 point performance against the Cougars on Wednesday. Oly will face 2-1 Yelm tonight.


Girls basketball

North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM

The North Thurston and Timberline girls open their league seasons tonight with home games against Lincoln and Foss. Both the Rams and Blazers are 1-1 this season.

The Rams picked up an easy win over Capital on Monday led by Megan Kramer’s 20 points while the Blazers lost by just three points to River Ridge in their opener and won by three points at Olympia last Friday.

Thursday Scoreboard: Smothers 19 Leads Wolves Past Titans

Girls basketball

Black Hills 63, Union 44
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Union (2-1 overall) 9 23 6 6 44
Black Hills (3-1 overall) 14 16 19 14 63
BH leader: Shayla Smothers – 19 points

One good quarter gave Union a 32-30 lead at halftime but Black Hills shut down the Titans and outscored them 33-12 to move to 3-1 in the early going with a 63-44 win. Shayla Smothers scored 19 points and Taylor Sauls added nine points for the Wolves in a game that was moved to Tumwater High School when the power went out at Black Hills.

Pope John Paul II vs. WA School of the Deaf – Report score


Boys basketball

Pope John Paul II vs. WA School of the Deaf – Report score

Today (12/13): #8 Wolves Highlight Light Night of Hoops

Girls basketball
Pope John Paul II vs. WA School for the Deaf – Marcus Pavilion – 5:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Union – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM


Boys basketball

Pope John Paul II vs. WA School for the Deaf – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM

Wednesday Prep Scores: Bears Sweep Cougs; T-Birds Win First; Hawks Stay Unbeaten

Boys basketball

Olympia 54, Capital 38
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Capital (0-4 overall) 8 3 17 10 38
Olympia (3-1 overall) 13 8 11 22 54
CAP leader: Travis Miller – 7 points
OLY leader: Khalil Matheney – 22 points
Peninsula 51, North Thurston 45
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
North Thurston (0-3 overall) 11 14 8 12 45
Peninsula (4-0 overall) 16 6 20 9 51
NT leader: Steven Stone – 14 points
Stadium 59, Black Hills 35
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Black Hills (3-3 overall) 14 7 9 5 35
Stadium 9 15 16 19 59
BH leader: TJ Mickelson – 13 points

Girls basketball

Olympia 75, Capital 29
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Capital (2-1 overall) 8 7 11 3 29
Olympia (1-4 overall) 19 19 25 12 75
CAP leader: Rachel Fenton – 11 points
OLY leader: Jenna Randich – 18 points
Tumwater 56, Shelton 36
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Tumwater (1-2 overall) 20 14 16 6 56
Shelton 11 4 11 10 36
TUM leader: Ashley Christoffer – 22 points
River Ridge 55, Yelm 45
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Yelm 10 8 15 12 45
River Ridge (3-0 overall) 15 11 15 14 55
RR leader: Jazzlynn Brewster – 12 points

Today (12/11): Geoducks Host Loggers, Bears Host Cougs in Hoops Doubleheaders

geoducksWomen’s basketball
Evergreen vs. UPS – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM

The Evergreen women look to bounce back after a pair of losses in their opening weekend of Cascade Conference play with a non-conference game tonight against UPS. The two losses snapped a four game losing streak and the Geoducks now sit at 4-4 this season. This is their last home game of 2013 and they will not play again at the CRC Gymnasium until January 10. UPS sits at 5-2 this year and are coming off of a split with the College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon, the two teams that Evergreen lost to last weekend.


Men’s basketball

Evergreen vs. UPS – CRC Gymnasium – 8:00 PM

The men opened the season with a win over UBC-Okanogan but have now lost ten straight exhibition and regular season games including a convincing sweep by College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon over the weekend. Tonight they get a rematch with UPS, who dropped them 71-58 on November 15th at Memorial Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Kyle Calhoun scored 24 points including five three pointers in the loss. North Thurston grad Matt Reid is averaging 11.1 minutes per game for the Loggers.


Girls basketball

Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 5:45 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM


Boys basketball

Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:30 PM