Category Archives: High school
Friday scoreboard: Football Friday; Senators win at GFI; Geoducks and Saints fall
I’m not going to lie to you Oly Sports fans, football Friday nights are going to make the Friday scoreboard post suffer just a little bit. Just got home from calling the Shelton/Tumwater game and I am wiped out, so no recaps but plenty of scores from this ridiculously busy night in sports…
High school football
Black Hills 46, Clover Park 6
Lake Oswego 34, Olympia 0
Timberline 20, River Ridge 0
Ridgefield 29, Rochester 7
Shelton 42, Tumwater 21
Naselle 39, Rainier 6
Tenino 26, Raymond 7
Yelm 53, Highline 14
North Thurston 36, Steilacoom 21
Baseball (Grand Forks Invitational)
Thurston County Senators 2, Trail Orioles 0
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-15) – More from Geoducks athletics
Men’s soccer
Sonoma State 4, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SonomaSeawolves.com
My 4 year-old’s expert football picks
You can go lots of places to get expert picks of tonight’s football games, but where can you get a four year-old’s perspective on high school football? Oly Sports fills that void when my daughter picks tonight’s games…
Black Hills Wolves vs. Clover Park Warriors
Her pick: Warriors
“I think that Warriors run faster than Wolves”
Olympia Bears vs. Lake Oswego Lakers
Her pick: Bears
“Bears are meaner than Lakers, and run faster.”
River Ridge Hawks vs. Timberline Blazers
Her pick: Blazers
“I think they are really gooder.”
Rochester Warriors vs. Ridgefield Spudders
Her pick: Spudders
“Because they grow potatoes!”
Shelton Highclimbers vs. Tumwater T-Birds
Her pick: Highclimbers
“They climb up trees and cut down the nest.”
Rainier Mountaineers @ Naselle Comets
Her pick: Comets
“Comets are fast and would knock a mountaineer off the mountain”
Tenino Beavers @ Raymond Gulls
Her pick: Gulls
“I don’t know.”
Yelm Tornadoes @ Highline Pirates
Her pick: Pirates
“Pirates are mean.”
Tonight (8/31): Geoducks volleyball; Football season is a go
The Evergreen volleyball team opens up Cascade Collegiate Conference play tonight when they face Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium at 7:00 PM. Eastern comes into the game at 6-2 already on the season including a 4-1 record in the Cascade/Frontier Challenge over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Geoducks are 0-5 and are still looking for their first win under head coach Greg Spector.
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And that’s about it for sporting events in Olym…..what? It’s football season? I didn’t even know! There has been absolutely no hype.
And it’s a huge night here in the Olympia area with a rivalry game, a team visiting from Oregon and much more. Here are your games being played in the Olympia area. All start at 7:00 PM.
Black Hills vs. Clover Park – Tumwater Stadium
Olympia vs. Lake Oswego (OR) – Ingersoll Stadium – Watch live here
River Ridge vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – Listen on YourESN.com
Rochester vs. Ridgefield – Rochester HS
Shelton vs. Tumwater – Highclimber Stadium – Listen KMAS 1030 AM or kmas.com
And here are your road games…
Rainier @ Naselle – Naselle HS
Tenino @ Raymond – Raymond HS
Yelm @ Highline – Highline Stadium, Burien
Let the games begin!
Thursday scoreboard: Capital wins thriller; Geoducks lose close one; Saints struggle
High school football
Capital 29, Newport 22 – More from The Olympian
Kai Van Sickle scored the game winning touchdown with 16 seconds left to lift the #2 ranked Capital Cougars to a 29-22 victory over the Newport Knights in Bellevue. Van Sickle scored three times, once in the first quarter, another in the second and then again in the fourth with the game winner.
Men’s soccer
Menlo 1, Evergreen 0 – More from Geoducks athletics
Alex Vukic scored the only goal of the game on a header in the ninth minute and the Menlo Oaks held on for the next 81 minutes to defeat Evergreen 1-0.
Women’s soccer
(#25) Cal State Stanislaus 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Cal State Stanislaus launched 17 shots to Saint Martin’s four and the Warriors knocked off the Saints 3-0 in the season opener for both squads. Goals from Karenee Demery and Alexia Poon put the Warriors up 2-0 by the 25th minute and Bernie Bettencourt finished it off in the 88th minute.
Here from the the Saints’ Caley Wiseman here.
Today (8/30): Saints and Geoducks soccer at home; Capital football opens in Bellevue
The college soccer regular season gets underway in earnest today with a pair of games at Saint Martin’s and Evergreen.
This afternoon, the Saint Martin’s women host Cal State Stanislaus. The Warriors are the defending California Collegiate Athletic Association champions and went 11-4-6 in 2011. First touch is scheduled for 2:00 PM at the SMU Soccer Field.
Following the Saints game, head across town to Evergreen where the Geoduck men host Menlo College at 5:00 PM. Menlo is coming off of a California Pacific Conference championship and a trip to the NAIA national championships in 2011.
And the high school football season kicks off this evening when Capital travels to Bellevue to take on Newport at 7:00 PM. Capital is the #2 ranked 2A team in The News Tribune’s coaches poll released yesterday while Newport was unranked by the coaches in the 4A poll.
My pick…
Capital 35, Newport 24
It’s a high school football preview roundup!
I wanted to get out and do my own football previews for this season, but it just didn’t really work out. But The Olympian did a bang up job with their previews and if you haven’t read them, it’s a good place to get yourself ready for the high school football season that gets underway tomorrow when Capital travels to Bellevue to take on Newport…
Black Hills: Preview – Season-ending injury motivates Shayne Robinson
Capital: Preview – Membership in exclusive club for linemen requires size…
North Thurston: Preview – Rams set at running back
Olympia: Preview – Lineman Connor Wilmosvky…
Rainier: Preview – Mountaineers fight foes, apathy
River Ridge: Preview – Hawks poised to take off
Rochester: Preview – Warriors seeking turnaround
Shelton – Preview – Campaign works for pair of Highclimbers
Tenino: Preview – Beavers lose top assistant, gains top QB
Timberline: Preview – Seniority rules between brothers…
Tumwater: Preview – Otton is a proud grandpa
Yelm: Preview – Swilley finds way to honor fallen friend
Also today, The News Tribune debuted their coaches poll with Timberline ranked #7 in 3A, Capital ranked #2 and Tumwater ranked #4 in 2A with Olympia receiving votes in the 4A poll.
Today (8/29): Saints face PLU in volleyball opener
The Saint Martin’s volleyball team gets their season underway tonight with a scrimmage against PLU at Marcus Pavilion.
The Saints were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC this season after finishing seventh last season with a 5-13 league record and a 7-18 overall record. The Saints are led by two seniors, middle blockers Katy Ferguson and Teilissa Tua and freshman-of-the-year outside hitter and Capital graduate Kristyn Ross.
This is an extremely young Saints squad with 13 of 17 roster spots taken up by freshmen or sophomores including Northwest Christian’s Kelsey Minton, Tumwater’s Nicole Grisham, North Thurston’s Julia Wabinga and River Ridge’s Halee Hernandez.
Game time tonight at Marcus Pavilion is at 6:00 PM.
High school volleyball schedules
Football season starts in just a few days and that makes it easy to forget that girls volleyball (and girls soccer) also starts in just one week. So here is the (nearly complete) schedule for local area high schools. You can also find all these games in the big Oly Sports calendar on the sidebar or available by clicking here.
September 4th
North Thurston @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
September 5th
North Thurston vs. W.F. West – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Shelton – Shelton – 7:00 PM
September 6th
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Northwest Christian @ Toutle Lake – Toutle – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 7th
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 4:45 PM
September 8th
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 1:00 PM
September 11th
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Gig Harbor – 4:45 PM
North Thurston @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Black Hills @ Centralia – Centralia – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ South Bend – South Bend – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 13th
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Capital @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – Oyehut – TBA
September 18th
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ Naselle – Naselle – 7:00 PM
September 19th
Olympia @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 20th
Olympia @ South Kitsap – Port Orchard – 6:00 PM
Black Hills @ W.F. West – Chehalis – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 22nd
Olympia @ Kent Classic – Kentridge HS – TBD
Northwest Christian @ Raymond – Raymond – TBD
September 24th
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm – 6:30 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 25th
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
September 26th
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 27th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
October 2nd
Olympia @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale – 6:30 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
October 4th
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
October 8th
Olympia @ Stadium – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 9th
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. W.F. West – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 10th
Timberline vs. Wilson – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 11th
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Raymond – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 16th
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mt. Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
October 18th
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. W.F. West – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
October 20th
Olympia @ Capital City Classic – Olympia HS – TBD
Black Hills @ Capital City Classic – Capital HS – TBD
October 23rd
Olympia @ Bellarmine – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
North Thurston vs. Timberline – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
October 25th
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Galloway dismissed as Capital basketball coach
Shocking news reported today by The Olympian: Doug Galloway has been dismissed as the boy’s basketball coach at Capital High School due to a “lack of supervision” at a basketball camp at Western Washington University where there was an incident described as “forced sexual contact” between students.
The camp took place June 28-30 and the incident happened on June 29th when Galloway was attending a university event.
Galloway will remain as a PE teacher and the girl’s golf coach at Capital.
With Galloway’s dismissal, Capital joins River Ridge, Timberline and Black Hills as area boy’s basketball programs that will have new coaches for the 2012-2013 season.
Let the football begin
It’s just a little over an hour until high school football practices start. Wednesday, August 15th at 12:01 AM, teams can begin practicing. And since we are so close, let the previews and articles start flying.
Meg Wochnick at The Olympian kicked it off today with three storylines to follow, three players to watch and three games to see this season. What? No three Shelton Highclimbers broadcasts to listen to?
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