Category Archives: High school
Friday scoreboard: Rams win district title; Reign win in OT
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, W.F. West 4 – More from The Olympian
Tyler Ridgeway threw the game-tying run out at the plate to seal North Thurston’s first district title since 2002 with a 5-4 win over EvCo regular season champ W.F. West. Riley Stordahl pitched a complete game for the Rams and Spencer Dorsey went 3-for-3 with two triples and two RBI. The Rams move on to the state regionals as a #1 seed. They play at 10:00 AM back at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis.
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 121, Salem Soldiers 118 – Overtime
High school softball
Tumwater 9, Black Hills 2
South Kitsap 5, Olympia 4
Also tonight (5/11): Reign host Soldiers
The Olympia Reign return to the Skookum Creek Events Center at Little Creek Casino to face the Salem Soldiers. The Reign are 1-4 on the season while the Soldiers are 1-1.
The Soldiers’ Chehales Tapscott leads the International Basketball League in scoring with 30 points per game and Cory Largent is fourth with 22.5 ppg. The Reign are led by River Ridge grad Giovanne Woods and former Evergreen guard Mike Ward who are each scoring 18.4 points per game.
Tip-off is at 7:00 PM.
Today (5/11): Rams baseball plays for district championship
The North Thurston Rams baseball team plays for the 2A District IV championship today against W.F. West at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. The two teams met three times in the regular season and the Bearcats took all three games, 10-0, 6-5 and 8-0. The Rams went 12-6 in the EvCo regular season and got to this point in the playoffs by beating RA Long 5-1 and Centralia 5-1. The Bearcats went 17-1 and beat Tumwater 5-0 and Aberdeen 13-5. First pitch is at 5:00 PM and the game can be heard on KELA 1470 AM or online here.
The Narrows League softball tournament continues at SERA in Tacoma this afternoon. Timberline and Capital play a winner-to-districts, loser-out game at 12:30 PM. The Cougars and Blazers played twice in the regular season with Capital outscoring Timberline 29-4 in two wins. The winner goes on to play Yelm at 3:00 PM for the #2 seed.
In 4A fastpitch action, Olympia has already qualified for districts but will face South Kitsap at 3:00 PM to determine the #3 and #4 seeds.
Thursday scoreboard: Tumwater wins district championship
Boys soccer
Tumwater 5, Mark Morris 1
Aberdeen 5, North Thurston 1
Austin Snyder and Connor Sigmon each scored two goals to lead Tumwater to a 5-1 victory over Mark Morris to win the 2A District IV championship. Kile Linher added another goal for the T-Birds who now move onto state.
North Thurston’s season came to an end on Thursday night with a 5-1 loss to Aberdeen.
High school softball
Timberline 11, Lincoln 1
Central Kitsap 4, Olympia 1
Timberline survived to play another day with an 11-1 win over Lincoln in the 3A Narrows League tournament. They move on to play Capital on Friday in another loser-out game.
Olympia’s 4-1 loss to Central Kitsap drops them into a seeding game tomorrow against South Kitsap for the #3 seed into districts.
Today (5/10): District soccer championship in Tumwater
The 2A District IV championship comes to Tumwater Stadium this evening when Tumwater hosts Mark Morris at 7:00 PM. The T-Birds are undefeated and are coming off of a 9-0 win over W.F. West in the first round of the playoffs and beat Washougal 3-0 in the second round. The Monarchs knocked off Centralia 1-0 on Saturday and North Thurston 2-0 in the second round on Tuesday.
North Thurston travels to Aberdeen in a loser-out game at Stewart Field. The Rams upset top seed Hockinson 3-0 in the first round but was tripped up by Mark Morris 2-0 on Tuesday. Aberdeen lost their opener 2-1 to Washougal but beat up on W.F. West 5-0 in the second round. The Rams and Bobcats split their two meetings this season and both games came down to penalty kicks. First kick is at 7:00 PM.
The 4A Narrows League fastpitch tournament opens today at SERA in Tacoma. Olympia gets a first round bye and will play the winner of the Central Kitsap/Stadium game. First pitch is at 3:00 PM.
The 3A Narrows League also gets underway today at SERA. Timberline takes on Lincoln at 3:00 PM in a loser-out game. The winner will take on Capital on Friday. The Blazers and Abes split their two games this season. Lincoln won the first meeting 13-3 while Timberline took the second, 11-1.
Wednesday scoreboard: Blazers, Rams qualify; Olympia eliminated
High school baseball
Timberline 11, Enumclaw 2 – Blazers qualify for state
North Thurston 5, Centralia 1 – Rams qualify for state
Tumwater 3, Hockinson 0
Rogers 9, Olympia 3 – Bears, 17-1 regular season, eliminated
High school softball
Tumwater 4, Centralia 1
W.F. West 15, Black Hills 4
Yelm 1, Capital 0
Today (5/9): Blazers open playoffs; Rams play for state
Timberline opens up their playoff run today against Enumclaw at Auburn Mountainview High School. The Blazers won the 3A Narrows League with a 9-1 record, 10-4 overall. Enumclaw beat Camas 9-4 yesterday to earn a meeting with the Blazers. First pitch is at 4:00 PM.
Meanwhile, the 2A District IV playoffs continue when North Thurston faces Centralia at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis. The winner goes to state. The Tigers took two games out of three from the Rams in the regular season. First pitch is at 6:00 PM. Listen to the game on the Eli Sports Network.
Just up the road at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia, Tumwater faces Hockinson in a loser-out game at 4:00 PM.
And after a surprising upset, Olympia plays a loser-out game against Rogers at 7:00 PM at Art Wright Field in Kent. Rogers is the #6 seed out of the SPSL and knocked off Graham-Kapowsin 7-2 yesterday.
In regular season softball action, Black Hills hosts W.F. West at 4:30 PM and River Ridge hosts Aberdeen also at 4:30.
2A Evergreen all-conference teams announced
The 2A Evergreen all-conference teams have been announced. W.F. West’s Mitch Gueller was named MVP and despite a near mutiny, Centralia’s John Rooklidge was named coach of the year.
Here are the Olympia area players honored, broken down by school…
Black Hills
First team: Adam Meyers – Jr. – IF, Brendan Herd – Jr. – OF,
Second team: Josh Brown – Sr. – IF, Austin Lee – Jr. – OF
Honorable mention: Austin Heyland, Kalvin Hargrave
North Thurston
First team: Spencer Dorsey – Jr. – IF, Ben Reece – Sr. – IF, Tyler Ridgeway – Jr. – OF, Matt Zeutenhorst – Jr. – C
Second team: Ryan Mets – So. – P, Riley Stordahl – So. – P
River Ridge
Second team: Brad Wallace – Jr. – OF
Tumwater
First team: Garrett Terrell – So. – OF
Second team: Anthony Correia – So. – IF, Justin Graham – So. – IF, Riston Andrews – Sr. – P, Payten Olson – Sr. – Utility
Honorable mention: Ian Sugrue, Colton Turner
The Olympian has the full team.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds advance; Capital wins Narrows; Olympia upset
Boys soccer
Tumwater 3, Washougal 0
Capital 2, Wilson 2
Mark Morris 2, North Thurston 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
Bellarmine 6, Olympia 0
Tumwater’s 3:0 win moves them into the District IV championship game against Mark Morris on Thursday night at Tumwater Stadium. Capital wins the 3A Narrows League thanks to their 2:2 with second place Wilson. With their loss to Mark Morris, North Thurston moves on to a loser-out game in Aberdeen on Thursday.
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, RA Long 1
Tahoma 8, Olympia 7
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 0
Decatur 5, Capital 2
Naselle 8, Northwest Christian 6
Tyler Ridgeway pitched seven innings and gave up just three hits while striking out eight RA Long batters in North Thurston’s 5-1 2A District IV win. The Rams move on to play Centralia tomorrow.
Olympia dropped a shocker to Tahoma and now faces a loser-out game tomorrow. Tumwater’s loss also means they face a loser-out game tomorrow. But Capital and Northwest Christian were not so lucky, their seasons ended on Tuesday.
Quick links: Klemm, Brown, Weyand, Fairchild, Bean and O’Connell
Morgan Klemm named All-West region second team – SMUSaints.com
Meet Olympia’s Tyler Brown, 15 years-old and playing hockey in Canada – ThurstonTalk.com
Really interesting profile of Tumwater’s German soccer sensation, Kevin Weyand – The Olympian
Oly’s Michael Fairchild honors Crandall Field namesake – The Olympian
Tumwater’s Ryan Bean signs to play baseball for the independent Florence Freedom – Florence Freedom
Emmett O’Connell has an interesting look at Olympia’s minor league baseball stadium in the early 1900’s – Olympia Time
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