Category Archives: High school
Today (5/18): Tumwater plays for district title; Oly, Capital open districts
As I type this, Olympia – the #4 seed out of the Narrows League, is playing Skyview, the #1 seed out of the Greater St. Helen’s League at Sprinker Recration Center in the opening round of the 4A West Central/Bi-District fastpitch playoffs. The winner moves on to play either Todd Beamer or Emerald Ridge at 2:00 PM while the loser plays the loser of that game also at 2:00 PM.
On the 3A side, Capital takes on Bonney Lake at noon at Sprinker to open their district campaign. The winner gets a date with #1 seed Camas in the second round at 4:00 PM while the loser goes home for the day and plays a loser-out game on Saturday at 10:00 AM.
Tumwater takes on W.F. West for the 2A District IV title tonight at Fort Borst Park in Centralia. The Bearcats beat Mark Morris 12-1 and Centralia 17-3 to setup the matchup between the top two teams in the EvCo. Tumwater won all three games between the two teams during the regular season but two of those games were decided by just one run. First pitch at Borst Park is at 6:00 PM.
Thursday scoreboard: T-Birds softball to state
High school softball
Tumwater 14, Black Hills 2
Tumwater 4, Aberdeen 2
RA Long 14, Black Hills 5
Tumwater beat Black Hills for the fourth time this season to move on to a winner-to-state game against Aberdeen.
The Wolves dropped into the consolation bracket and lost to RA Long, 14-5, ending their season with a 6-14 record.
Meanwhile, the T-Birds took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning and held on for the 4-2 win over the Bobcats to secure their spot in the district title game, and, more importantly, a spot in the state tournament.
Reiten, Tydingco take Narrows League MVP awards
Olympia’s Cabe Reiten was named the 4A Narrows League MVP, Timberline’s Ryan Tydingco was named 3A Narrows League MVP and Timberline’s Derek Wheldon was named coach of the year today.
Here are all the Olympia area nominees honored by the Narrows League today, broken down by school:
Olympia – 4A Narrows League
MVP: Cabe Reiten – Sr. – SS
First team: Trevor Houser – Sr. – P, Gabe Padukiewicz – Jr. – IF, Cameron Frost – Jr. – OF, Michael Fairchild – Jr. – OF, Leif Hansen – So. – Utility
Second team: Leo Valenti – Jr. – IF, Joey Knight – Jr. – OF
Honorable mention: Jake Hacker – Sr. – C
Capital – 3A Narrows League
First team: Kenzy Forler – Sr. – P, Cameron Monda – Jr. – IF, Matt Uzanski – So. – Utility
Second team: Kameron Minor – Jr. – P, Joey McCabe – Jr. – IF, Thomas Kerr – Jr. – OF, Darby Losey – Sr. – OF
Timberline – 3A Narrows League
MVP: Ryan Tydingco – Sr. – Utility
Coach of the year: Derek Wheldon
First team: Josiah Julagay – Sr. – P, Rick Ahlf – Sr. – IF, Charlie Hinson – Sr. – IF, Coby Beal – Jr. – OF, David Padilla – Jr. – OF
Second team: Ty Carlton – Jr. – P, Brennon Kaleiwahea – So. – C, Ty Gartner – So. – IF
Honorable mention: Matt Mercer – Fr. – P, Blake Nystrom – So. – OF, Justace Buhl – Jr. – Utility
Today (5/17): 2A fastpitch districts
Tumwater and Black Hills face off in the opening game of the 2A District IV fastpitch playoffs this afternoon in Centralia. The T-Birds finished at 17-1 in the EvCo and are the #1 seed while the Wolves were 6-12 and were outscored 36-7 by Tumwater in their three meetings this season. Game time is at 4:00 PM at Fort Borst Park Field #2.
The winner moves on to a winner-to-state game against the winner of the Aberdeen/RA Long game while the loser faces a loser-out game against the loser of that game. Both second round games get underway at 6:00 PM at Borst Park.
Wednesday scoreboard: T-Birds survive
Boys soccer
Tumwater 3, Port Angeles 2
Down one goal, Port Angeles won a throw-in with just 4.4 seconds left. The throw went into the box and a Roughrider got his head on the ball but knocked it just wide and Tumwater barely survived with a 3:2 win.
Just 50 seconds earlier, Port Angeles’ Hayden McCartney scored his second goal of the game to cut into Tumwater’s lead to give them the opportunity for the equalizer. McCartney scored the Roughriders first goal in the 72nd minute to make the score 2:1.
A minute later, Kevin Weyand scored the eventual game winner for the T-Birds with a great individual effort and blast past the keeper.
Connor Sigmon scored the first two goals for Tumwater, both rebounds from shots that the Port Angeles keeper couldn’t hold. The first came midway through the first half and the second came in the 69th minute to give the T-Birds a 2:0 lead.
Tumwater remains undefeated on the season and moves on to play Franklin Pierce in the second round of the 2A state playoffs on Saturday. Franklin Pierce knocked off Sehome 3:2 yesterday.
Today (5/16): Can Tumwater stay undefeated?
Boys soccer state playoffs continue tonight when Port Angeles comes to town to take on Tumwater. The T-Birds hope to continue their undefeated season against the Roughriders who come into the game at 10-4-4 overall. The T-Birds will have to stop Port Angeles forward Anthony Brandon, an 18 goal scorer this season.
First kick at Tumwater Stadium is at 7:00 PM. The Peninsula Daily News has an extensive preview of the game and you can listen to the game online on the Eli Sports Network.
Tuesday scoreboard: Capital’s season ends; Lowe wins district title
Boys soccer
Mount Vernon 2, Capital 0
Capital’s season comes to an end with a 2-0 loss to Mount Vernon. The Cougars couldn’t stop the Bulldogs’ Sergio Garcia who scored in the 38th minute just before halftime and right after the half in the 42nd minute.
High school softball
Yelm 3, Olympia 2
Girl’s Golf
North Thurston’s Olivia Lowe won the 2A individual District IV title by 13 strokes. She shot an 83 on Monday and a 78 today for a combined 161 at Three Rivers Golf Course in Kelso. She moves onto state on May 22-23 at Lake Spanaway Golf Course. For more local qualifiers, The Olympian has the full list.
Tonight (5/15): Capital soccer opens state playoffs
The boys soccer state regionals get started tonight when the 3A Narrows League champion Capital Cougars take on Mount Vernon at Tumwater Stadium. The Cougars went undefeated in the Narrows and lost three games overall this season while Mount Vernon had to fight just to get to the regionals. They split a pair of shootouts to open districts but then easily dispatched Sedro Wooley 3:0 in a loser-out game on Thursday.
First kick tonight in Tumwater is at 6:00 PM.
Baseball alumni update: Conley still dealing
Olympia High School graduate and second round pick Adam Conley has been impressive in his first full season in professional baseball. Conley has made seven starts for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, and has posted a 3-0 record with a 2.23 ERA. More impressively, Conley has only given up earned runs in three of his seven starts and his ERA is only that high because of one bad outing on April 28th against the West Virginia Power when he gave up six earned runs in 3 1/3 innings. Otherwise, Conley has given up just three earned runs and has struck out 43 batters in 36 1/3 innings.
In Appleton, River Ridge alum Seth Harvey has emerged as the Wisconsin Timber Rattler’ primary closer saving seven of the 13 games in which he has appeared. He is 2-0 on the season with a 2.40 ERA and has struck out 22 batters in 15 innings and has allowed just three walks for the Milwaukee Brewers’ single-A affiliate.
Olympia’s Kramer Champlin has pitched in eight games of relief for the Lansing Lugnuts, single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and has posted a 2-1 record with a 3.72 ERA. In 19 1/3 innings, Champlin has struck out 17 batters and walked five. Unfortunately, he has also given up 21 hits and has allowed an earned run or more in all but three of his eight games and is currently on the seven day disabled list.
Two more alumni kick of their seasons this week in the independent Frontier League. Joash Brodin is in his fourth Frontier League season with the brand new London Rippers. The switch hitting first baseman out of North Thurston travels to Marion, Illinois to take on the Southern Illinois Miners on Friday night.
And Tumwater’s Ryan Bean recently signed to pitch for the Florence Freedom. The Freedom open at home against the Traverse City Beach Bums on Thursday. Bean was a 17th round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants in 2010 but was released in Spring Training.
Photo credits:
Adam Conley – Dano Keeney/MiLB.com
Kramer Champlin – Flickr user whitecapwendy
Saturday scoreboard: Reign Slammed; Cougars qualify; Blazers come close to title
International Basketball League
Bellingham Slam 130, Olympia Reign 101
After playing just three minutes last night, former Saint Martin’s forward Jeremy Green scored 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Bellingham Slam to a 130-101 trouncing of the Olympia Reign. Nicholas Moore led the Reign with 17 points and 11 boards and Giovanne Woods added 16 points and four assists.
Bellingham was in control nearly the entire game for the second time this season. Ike Ohanson’s field goal with 5:59 remaining in the first quarter gave the Reign the lead at 14-13. Paul Hafford answered back thirty second later to make it 15-14 and the Slam never trailed again. A Marcus Whitaker three pointer with 3:32 left in the first half cut the Slam lead to six but an 11-4 run to close the half gave the Slam a 58-45 lead.
The Reign cut into the lead to start the second half knocking it down to five at 58-53 at the 9:43 mark of the third quarter, but the Slam then went on a 44-19 run to finish the quarter up by 30 at 102-72 and never looked back.
Six Reign players scored in double digits – Woods, Moore, Mike Ward, Nate Menafee, Whitaker and Ohanson – but nobody scored more than 16. Meanwhile, Bellingham had five double digit scorers including Green, Hafford’s 25 and 19 each from Zach Henifin and Morris Anderson.
Former Saint Martin’s star Blake Poole scored just two points for the Slam and played less than two minutes in the second half.
Boys soccer
Capital 1, Kennedy 0
Bryce Joling scored in the 56th minute to lead Capital to a 1-0 win over Kennedy in the 3A bi-districtplayoffs. The win sends the Cougars to state with a playoff game likely at Tumwater Stadium on Wednesday.
High school baseball
Timberline 8, Columbia River 1
Kelso 7, Timberline 4
Centralia 13, Tumwater 0
Timberline’s 8-1 morning victory over Columbia River put the Blazers in the district title game against Kelso. But the Hilanders scored seven runs in the first three innings and held on to knock off the Blazers 7-4. The Blazers still qualified for state despite the loss. Tumwater was not so lucky. Their season ended with a 13-0 loss to Centralia.
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