Category Archives: High school
Today (6/16): Friends of Mia tourney crowns a champion
Soccer
Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup – The RAC – 9:00 AM
The Friends of Mia tournament continues with six pool games and the championship game this afternoon. Here is today’s schedule…
River Ridge vs. Tumwater – Field 3 – 9:00 AM
North Thurston vs. Olympia – Field 4 – 9:00 AM
Tumwater vs. River Ridge – Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Capital vs. Olympia – Field 4 – 10:15 AM
North Thurston vs. Tumwater – Field 3 – 11:45 AM
Capital vs. Timberline – Field 4 – 11:45 AM
Championship game – Field 4 – 1:15 PM
Today (6/15): Friends of Mia soccer, Tatunka 7s rugby tournaments; Racing at the Speedway
Soccer
Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup – The RAC – 9:00 AM
The second annual Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup gets underway today with pool play beginning at 9:00 AM on Field 4 at The RAC. Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Timberline and Tumwater will battle for the title in support of families fighting pediatric cancer at Children’s Hospital in Seattle and pediatric cancer research. Here is today’s tournament schedule…
Tumwater vs. Capital – Field 4 – 9:00 AM
North Thurston vs. River Ridge – Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Olympia vs. Timberline – Field 4 – 10:15 AM
River Ridge vs. Capital – Field 3 – 11:30 AM
Timberline vs. Tumwater – Field 4 – 11:30 AM
Capital vs. North Thurston – Field 3 – 12:45 PM
Olympia vs. Tumwater – Field 4 – 12:45 PM
Timberline vs. North Thurston – Field 3 – 2:00 PM
Olympia vs. River Ridge – Field 4 – 2:00 PM
Following the action today, O’Blarney’s is hosting a post-tournament party beginning at 4:00 PM. O’Blarneys will donate 20% of all tabs opened between 4:00 and 10:00 PM and there will be a variety of items up for auction including a Seattle Sounders jersey signed by the entire team.
The tournament continues on Sunday at 9:00 AM with the championship game getting underway at 1:15 PM.
Rugby
Budd Bay Rugby’s Tatunka 7’s – Evergreen State College – 10:00 AM
The annual Tatunka 7’s rugby tournament hosted by Budd Bay Rugby kicks off the 7s season in the Pacific Northwest. The tournament will feature three divisions – men’s competitive, women’s open and men’s open – and last year featured 22 teams in a double elimination tournament. The Tatunka 7s tourney used to accompany Super Saturday, the celebration on Evergreen’s campus the day after graduation but has stood on it’s own since the funding for Super Saturday was cut.
Auto racing
Street Stocks, Legends, Baby Grands, Bumblebees and Outlaw Compacts – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
Olympia’s Champlin nearly perfect
Olympia High School alum Kramer Champlin made his first start of the season on Saturday night for the single-A Lansing Lugnuts in a seven inning game two of a doubleheader against the West Michigan Whitecaps in Comstock Park, Michigan.
Champlin, a 6-foot-6 right-hander who was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 33rd round of the 2011 draft out of Arizona State, had retired all 18 batters that he faced through six innings and entered the final inning of the game with a 2-0 lead and a perfect game on the line.
He made quick work of the Whitecaps’ Zach Kirksey, who lined out to left field on the first pitch and then struck out Jered Reaves for the second out of the inning. With just one out to go to perfection, Devon Travis hit a tough chopper that ate up shortstop Emilio Guerrero on a short hop, went under his glove and bounced into left field.
So, with the perfect game off the table but a no-hitter still a possibility, you make the call, is this a hit or an error? Watch the video by clicking here.
It’s a tough call, but the the official scorer gave Travis a base hit, ending Champlin’s bid for a no-hitter. Lugnuts play-by-play announcer, Jesse Goldberg-Strasser, described Lansing players throwing up their hands in disgust and looking up to the press box following the play, obviously rooting for that to go down as an error.
Champlin promptly struck out the next batter, his tenth strikeout of the game, to secure the complete game, one hit shutout in his seventh career start. He moved to 3-1 on the season and lowered his ERA by nearly a point from 4.01 before the game to 3.13.
His performance comes one day after another Olympia High School star pitched his best game of the season. Adam Conley, a second round pick of the Miami Marlins in the 2011 draft out of Washington State, struck out eight and gave up just one earned run on seven hits for the double-A Jacksonville Suns. He moved to 5-2 in 12 starts this season and lowered his ERA to 4.10.
Image courtesy of the Lansing Lugnuts Facebook page
Capital’s Jason Monda goes to the Phillies in the 6th round
Capital High School alum and current Washington State junior outfielder Jason Monda was drafted in the sixth round with the 181st pick by the Philadelphia Phillies. Monda hit .294 with seven home runs for the Cougs this season and spent the 2012 summer wood-bat season with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League.
Here is what the Twitter-verse is saying about the Monda pick…
#Phillies pick Jason Monda could be a very tough sign. I heard he wants to pursue medical school. We’ll see… #mlbdraft
— Conor Glassey (@conorglassey) June 7, 2013
Wash. St. OF Jason Monda to #Phillies. Liked him considerably as underclassman. Didnt really progress much but intriguing mix of size& tools
— Al Skorupa (@alskor) June 7, 2013
Congrats to Jason Monda one of my homies since elementary school for getting drafted by the Phillies #fromCHStoMLB
— Josh Phillips (@JoshPhillipsGU) June 7, 2013
Congrats to a great friend and teammate in Jason Monda on getting drafted by the Phillies in the 6th round today. #mlbdraft
— Kellen Camus (@KCcoug47) June 7, 2013
Jason Monda was drafted by the Phillies in the 6th round today. But there’s no guarantee he’ll sign.
— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) June 7, 2013
Jason Monda is the highest Coug to be drafted since the Marlins took Adam Conley in the second round two years ago.
— CougCenter (@CougCenter) June 7, 2013
Here is what MLB.com says about Monda…
“Monda is a projectable college outfielder who hits for average and should add power down the line. Monda, out of Washington State, has shown that he can handle center but might have to move to a corner as he fills out, a place where his glove could be plus. He has average speed on the basepaths but possesses great instincts that allow his speed to play up. If Monda can add power, then he could become a solid everyday player in the Majors.”
Now the question is, will he sign or return to Washington State for his senior season?
Baseball alumni: Smith wins NAIA title; Boyle and Weiks open NCAAs; Calhoun’s squad in NJCAA title
Black Hills alum Ryan Smith and his Faulkner University Eagles won the NAIA championship on Thursday night with an 11-4 win over Lewis & Clark State on LCSC’s home field in Lewiston, Idaho. Faulkner went 56-11 this season and was the #1 ranked team in the nation. Smith, a junior that pitched two years at Chemeketa Community College before transferring to the Montgomery, Alabama school, appeared in nine games for the Eagles posting a 2-0 record with a 2.52 ERA in five starts.
In other college baseball post-season news, two area high school baseball players open the NCAA Division I regionals tomorrow. River Ridge alum Brandon Boyle and South Alabama will take on Mercer in Starkville, Mississippi at noon while Capital grad Jourdan Weiks and the University of San Francisco will face Rice at 2:00 PM in Eugene, Oregon. Both games can be seen on ESPN3.
Boyle, a junior transfer from Lower Columbia Community College, has made 19 appearances and four starts for the Jaguars posting a 2-2 record striking out 36 batters over 45 2/3 innings of work. South Alabama is 42-18 so far this season and is the #2 seed in the Starkville regional, hosted by Mississippi State, the #1 seed. Mercer is the #3 seed while Central Arkansas is the #4.
Weiks had his struggles for the Dons in his sophomore season hitting just .159 in just 44 at-bats. He started 10 times and appeared in 34 games scoring 13 runs for the Dons. USF went 34-22 this season and are the #3 seed in the Eugene regional where they will face the #2 seed Owls. Oregon is the #1 seed and will face #4 South Dakota State on Friday.
One last local post-season note: Nick Calhoun, the incoming head coach for the Hawks Prairie Cardinals of the Puget Sound Collegiate League, is an assistant coach for Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. With a 6-0 win over Heartland on Thursday night, the Aggies moved into the National Junior College Athletic Association championship game on Saturday. Calhoun’s squad is 45-22 this season and will take on either Madison College or LSU-Eunice for the title.
Today (5/26): T-Birds face Bearcats for state championship
High school baseball
2A WIAA state championship game
Tumwater vs. WF West – Yakima County Stadium – 1:00 PM
How hot are the T-Birds? Since losing three straight games on April 15th, 16th and 17th to fall to 7-6 on the season, Tumwater has gone 10-1 including wins over Fife, North Kitsap and defending state champion Archbishop Murphy in the state tournament.
Today in the 2A state championship game at Yakima County Stadium, they get the one team that has handed them a loss over their streak, WF West. In fact, the Bearcats have dropped Tumwater four times this season by a combined score of 21-5. Two games were close, a 1-0 decision on March 22nd and a 7-4 game on April 17th.
WF West comes into the game at 22-3, their only losses came to Aberdeen on March 18th, Olympia on March 23rd and a big surprise loss to River Ridge on April 18th. Since dropping Tumwater 5-1 in the district title game, the Bearcats have knocked off Olympic, Centralia and Clarkston to get to the title game.
The game can be heard on both the Eli Sports Network and KELA at 1:00 PM.
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds advance to state championship game with 3-2 win in semis
High school baseball
2A WIAA state tournament semifinals
Tumwater 3, Archbishop Murphy 2
Archbishop Murphy had runners on second and third with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning but Garrett Terrell struck out the Wildcat batter and Tumwater held on to a 3-2 win to advance to their first state championship game. Terrell went the distance for the T-Birds to pick up his seventh victory of the season.
The T-Birds fell behind 2-1 in the fourth inning but answered right back in the fifth when Justin Graham walked and worked his way all the way home on a three wild pitches. Clayton Boze doubled and scored the eventual game winning run on a single by Riley Owen.
The T-Birds will take on either Clarkston or WF West in the title game tomorrow at Yakima County Stadium at 1:00 PM.
Today (5/25): T-Birds get underway after delay; 3A softball championship
strong>High school baseball
2A WIAA semifinals
Tumwater vs. Archbishop Murphy – County Stadium, Yakima – 4:00 PM
Tumwater comes into the semifinals as the clear underdog, advancing to the final four for the first time in school history. The T-Birds have lost just one game in their last ten, finishing second in the 2A EvCo behind WF West, losing to WF West in the District IV championship game and knocking off Fife and North Kitsap last Saturday to advance to the semis.
The T-Birds will face 23 win Archbishop Murphy. The Wildcats have lost just two games this season, one in their opener to Burlington-Edison and another to Cedarcrest on April 22nd. They have won seven straight since that game including a pair of two run wins over White River and Lynden in the first two rounds on Monday. The Wildcats are led by four seniors, pitcher Derrick Mahlum (11-0, 0.65 ERA), pitcher and first baseman Zander Clouse (8-2, 1.21 ERA, .451 BA, 37 RBI) and shortstop Trever Morrison (.550 BA, 5 HRs, 46 runs).
The winner moves on to face either Clarkston or WF West in the championship game at 7:00 PM on Saturday night while the loser plays in the third/fourth place game on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
High school softball
3A WIAA state tournament – The RAC – 9:00 AM
Day two of the 3A state tourney is already well underway with the championship game coming up at 1:30 PM between either Prairie or University High and Kamiakin of Meadowdale.
Friday scoreboard: Bears season ends with pair of losses in state tourney
High school softball
4A WIAA state tournament
Central Valley 8, Olympia 5
Lake Stevens 6, Olympia 4
Central Valley built a 7-0 lead over Olympia after four innings and took an 8-1 lead into the seventh. The Bears fought back and scored four runs in the final frame but Central Valley held on to win 8-5 and knock Oly into the consolation round at the Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane.
The Bears season came to an end in game two with a 6-4 loss to Lake Stevens. The Bears finish their 2013 season at 20-8.
Today (5/24): T-Birds, Bears away at state tourneys; 3A softball tourney at The RAC
High school baseball
2A WIAA semifinals
Tumwater vs. Archbishop Murphy – County Stadium, Yakima – 4:00 PM
Rained out, rescheduled for Saturday.
Tumwater comes into the semifinals as the clear underdog, advancing to the final four for the first time in school history. The T-Birds have lost just one game in their last ten, finishing second in the 2A EvCo behind WF West, losing to WF West in the District IV championship game and knocking off Fife and North Kitsap last Saturday to advance to the semis.
The T-Birds will face 23 win Archbishop Murphy. The Wildcats have lost just two games this season, one in their opener to Burlington-Edison and another to Cedarcrest on April 22nd. They have won seven straight since that game including a pair of two run wins over White River and Lynden in the first two rounds on Monday. The Wildcats are led by four seniors, pitcher Derrick Mahlum (11-0, 0.65 ERA), pitcher and first baseman Zander Clouse (8-2, 1.21 ERA, .451 BA, 37 RBI) and shortstop Trever Morrison (.550 BA, 5 HRs, 46 runs).
The winner moves on to face either Clarkston or WF West in the championship game at 7:00 PM on Saturday night while the loser plays in the third/fourth place game on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
High school softball
4A WIAA state tournament
Olympia vs. Central Valley – Merkel Sports Complex, Spokane – noon
It took some doing and a tense 15 minutes of deliberation, but Olympia made the 4A state tournament and will take on Central Valley at noon at the Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane. The Bears are led by their senior first baseman Nikki Schroeder sophomore pitcher Maddy Stensby, who has been a sensation going 19-5 with a 1.30 ERA.
Central Valley enters the game with just four losses on the season and has the advantage of playing in their hometown.
3A WIAA state tournament
WIAA state tournament – The RAC – Begins at 9:00 AM
The 3A WIAA tournament returns to The RAC in Lacey with a full slate of games planned for Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, no local teams will play in the tournament for the second season in a row. The tournament kicks off at 9:00 AM and you can find the full bracket here.
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