Category Archives: High school
Puget Sound Collegiate League leaders: Hitting
The Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball season is coming down to the wire with just three regular season games left. So let’s take a look at the league leaders. First, the hitters.
The most impressive line this season belongs to Olympia High School and Green River Community College’s Chris Womac of the West Olympia Linx. Womac is tied for third with 24 hits and third in singles with 20, second in walks with 19 and leads the league in on base percentage (.536), OPS (1.031) and batting average (.387). He also leads the league with 14 stolen bases and is tied for first with 17 runs scored.
Saint martin’s Chandler Tracy is continuing his outstanding end to the Saints season in the PSCL. Tracy, a member of the Hawks Prairie Cardinals, is tied for third in hits (24), second in triples (3), first in RBI (16), third in runs scored, fifth in OBP (.427), first in slugging (.536) second in OPS (.963) and second in batting average (.348).
And it’s hard to look past the seasons of Kyle Thomson, Devin Ferguson, Naoki Imoto and may others.
Tomorrow, we’ll look at the pitching leaders…
Gonzales hosts second annual charity tournament
Capital graduate and awesome facial hair owner Andres Gonzales will host the second annual Andres Gonzales Charity Golf Tournament at the Tacoma Golf and Country Club in Lakewood on September 17th, reports Todd Miles. Gonzales, who currently sits in fourth on the money list on the Web.com tour and will likely play again on the PGA tour next season, raised $60,000 for pancreatic cancer awareness and the First Tee of South Puget Sound during his first tournament last year. For more information including how to sign up, read more from The News-Tribune.
Photo credit: Keith Allison
Oly hires Ahearn as AD
Olympia High School has hired 27 year-old Tim Ahearn as their new athletics director, Meg Wochnick reports today. Ahearn was the sports facility manager for Seattle Public Schools and the head baseball coach at Sammamish High School before he was hired to lead the Bears. Ahearn is a 2003 graduate of Eastlake High School and played baseball at Texas Tech where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences. Ahearn replaces the retired John Amidon. Read more from The Olympian.
Quick Links: Perry, Nichols, Buckland, Bossio, Brodin, Poole, Green and a Geoduck
I am way behind on posting links, so here are some from just the last week that have caught my eye…
- North Thurston cross country coach and teacher Heidi Perry is running 135 miles in Death Valley – The Olympian
- Dick Nichols is retiring – The Olympian
- Capital’s Brodie Buckland will be rowing for Australia in the Olympics – ThurstonTalk.com
- Another Capital grad, Jarred Bossio is still alive in the PNW Amateur golf tournament – The News Tribune
- North Thurston’s Joash Brodin was named the MVP of the Frontier League All-Star game last night – Pantagraph.com
- Saint Martin’s Blake Poole and Jeremy Green and the Bellingham Slam won the IBL Championship on Sunday – Bellingham Slam
- Uh oh. The Evergreen basketball team will play Pac-12 Utah in Salt Lake City on December 14th – Utah Utes
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2012 high school football schedule
Week One
August 30th
Capital at Newport – Bill Green Stadium, Bellevue – 7:00 PM
August 31st
Black Hills vs. Clover Park – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Steilacoom – Steilacoom HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Lake Oswego – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Shelton – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Highline – Highline Stadium, Burien – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Ridgefield – Rochester HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ Raymond – Raymond HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Naselle – Naselle High School – 7:00 PM
Week Two
September 7th
Black Hills @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
Yelm vs. Olympic – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ North Mason – Pugh Stadium, Belfair – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Mossyrock – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Washougal – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Sequim – Sequim High School – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. RA Long – Rochester High School – 7:00 PM
Weet Three
September 13th
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
September 14th
Black Hills @ Bainbridge – BI Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Bothell – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Stadium – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Shelton vs. Wilson – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Rainier – Rainer HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Elma – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Inglemoor – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Ridgefield vs. River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Week Four
September 21st
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Lincoln – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Wilson – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Yelm – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Hockinson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Forks – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Elma – Elma High School – 7:00 PM
September 22nd
Tumwater @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Week Five
September 27th
Timberline vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Black Hills @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ South Kitsap – SK Stadium, Port Orchard – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton vs. Foss – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Tenino – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Elma – Rochester High School – 7:00 PM
September 29th
North Thurston vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Week Six
October 5th
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Bellarmine – Memorial Field, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. South Kitsap – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Lincoln – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Forks – Forks High school – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ La Center – La Center High School – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Montesano – Montesano High School – 7:00 PM
Week Seven
October 12th
Black Hills @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Roy Anderson Field – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Bellarmine – Memorial Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Hoquiam – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Montesano – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Forks – Rochester HS – 7:00 PM
Week Eight
October 18th
Tumwater @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
October 19th
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. Gig Harbor – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Montesano – Montesano HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Stevenson – Stevenson HS – 7:00 PM
Week Nine
October 26th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ Rochester – Rochester HS – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Seton Catholic – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline’s Weldon steps down
Timberline’s Derek Weldon stepped down as head coach of the Blazers on Monday after five seasons at the school and two years at the helm after taking over for Mark Rubadue in 2011. From the Timberline Baseball Facebook page…
“To Whom It May Concern:
I regret to inform you that I will be resigning from my positions at Timberline High School. My wife and I are taking job opportunities in Oklahoma to be closer to our family in Texas. My resignation is effective immediately to prepare for our move at the end of July.
This is a very bittersweet decision for me and my family. I will deeply miss THS, the Timberline baseball program and all of the high character and talented kids involved with it, the Timberline baseball alumni, as well as all of the great friends we’ve made over these last five years. I look forward to watching this program have a ton of success in the upcoming years. To the returning players: keep grinding and working relentlessly to be the best player and teammate you can be; that state championship that we’ve worked so hard for the last few years is within the crosshairs.
I want to thank current and past players for your investment in our program. Thank you for taking the challenges I set with our strength and conditioning program, “plus” program, and tireless in-season work. I want to thank current and past parents for your support, encouragement, and investment in this program as well.
Coaches Johnston, LaPalm, Gottbreht, and McCusker will work together to take over the day to day operations during the transition to fill the position. The summer and early schedule will remain the same including the “plus” program, the remainder of the HAX schedule, the 6th Annual Timberline Baseball Golf Tournament, and the Fall baseball program which will start up towards the end of August.
Thanks again to the Timberline baseball family. EARN IT!
Sincerely,
Derek Weldon”
In two seasons as head coach Weldon led the Blazers to two 3A Narrows League titles and a 35-11 overall record. The Blazers went 15-7 in 2012, won the Narrows League title, lost in the district championship game and finished fifth in state.
Oly area alumni list – summer (UPDATED 6/21)
One of the goals of Oly Sports is to keep track of local area alumni and their post Olympia area high school or college sports careers. So below is a list of athletes playing professional, semi-pro or in collegiate summer leagues this summer…
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Greensboro Grasshoppers Called up to Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Promoted to Brevard County Manatees
Kramer Champlin (Olympia HS) – Lansing Lugnuts
Alex Phillips (Tenino HS) – Connecticut Tigers
Jacob Pettit (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Bowie Baysox
Cody Hebner (Olympia Athletics – PSCL) – Fort Wayne Tincaps
Chris Scholl (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Arkansas Travelers
Jake Shadle (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Giants extended spring training
Independent Baseball
Joash Brodin (North Thurston HS) – London Rippers
Collegiate wood bat summer baseball
Jason Monda (Capital HS) – Brewster Whitecaps
Kellen Camus (Capital HS) – Waterloo Bucks
Jourdan Weiks (Capital HS) – Herndon Braves
Tanner Nielsen (North Thurston HS) – Klamath Falls Gems
Cabe Reiten (Olympia HS) – Wenatchee Applesox
Basketball
Semi-pro
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam
Jeremy Green (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam Left team
Nate Menefee (Timberline HS, Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Giovanne Woods (Evergreen, River Ridge HS) – Olympia Reign
Mike Ward (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Wright (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Whitaker (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Nicholas Moore (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Julio Feliciano (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – US National Team
Soccer
Zach Lubin (Saint Martin’s) – Kitsap Pumas
I’m sure this is not a complete list. If you know someone that I have left off, please let me know in the comments or drop me an email.
And I purposefully didn’t include anybody playing in the Puget Sound Collegiate League because there are so many of them. You can find them by going to the PSCL website.
Rams soccer coach Knudson resigns
North Thurston’s Chris Knudson has resigned from his position as the Rams’ head boys soccer coach joining Timberline’s John Hayes as the second North Thurston School District coach to depart in this off season.
In five seasons at his alma mater, Knudson took the Rams from a 2-12 season in 2008 to the state quarterfinals in 2011 going 12-5-1 before losing to eventual state runners-up Fife 1-0 in the quarters.
This season, the Rams pulled an upset in the first round of districts knocking off number one seed Hockinson 3-0 but lost their final two district games to Mark Morris and Aberdeen and finished the season 9-8-1.
Knudson, who is part owner of the Lacey and Olympia Casa Mia restaurants, is leaving the program due to time constraints. His wife is expecting their first child in November.
Quick links: Smith named all-area POY; Much, much more
Kierstin Smith named player of the year of The Olympian’s all-area fastpitch team. Two other Tumwater and two Olympia stars named to the team.
The Olympian also has a ton of recruiting news including the news that Black Hills and SPSCC’s Anye Turner is moving on to the Western Washington basketball team for 2012-2013. – The Olympian
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about Ultimate Frisbee in Olympia. – Thurston Talk
Saint Martin’s catcher Chandler Tracy was named NCAA Division II West Region Freshman of the Year. – SMUSaints.com
Two other Saints were named to an all-region team. Kyle Van Santen made it for the 5K and Sam Washington for the shot put. – SMUSaints.com
The 2013 NCAA Division II regional golf tournament is coming to The Home Course in DuPont and will be hosted by Saint Martin’s. – SMUSaints.com
The Evergreen State College reopened their challenge course this week. – Evergreen Athletics
Evergreen also inducted the first class into their Recreation and Athletics Hall of Fame. – Evergreen Athletics
Smith, Ubrun named EvCo softball MVPs
Tumwater softball’s Kierstin Smith was named Pitching MVP and Alyssa Ubrun was named Offensive MVP by the 2A Evergreen Conference. And while the state runners up took the two MVP trophies, state champion Mike Keen of W.F. West took home the coach of the year award.
Here are all of the Olympia area players honored by the EvCo broken down by school:
Black Hills
Second team: Alyssa Nelson – So. – P, Taylor Pottschmidt – Sr. – INF
Honorable mention: Makenzy Tarrow – Jr., Liana McCann – Sr.
North Thurston
First team: Dominique Greeno – Fr. – INF
Honorable mention: Brianna Perry – Sr.
River Ridge
Honorable mention: Bri Attwood – Fr.
Tumwater
Pitching MVP: Kierstin Smith – Sr.
Offensive MVP: Alyssa Ubrun – So.
First team: Gabby Vidallon – So. – Util
Honorable mention: Alexa McDaniel – So., Ashley Wells – Sr., Makayla Glasgo – So., Sarah Orgill – Sr.
Meg Wochnick has the full all-EvCo teams at The Olympian.
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