New, revised reclassification numbers have been released by the WIAA and it confirms a couple of major changes for the 2014-2016 seasons.
Here’s how the Olympia area (Thurston County plus Shelton) break down…
4A: Olympia, Timberline, Yelm
3A: Capital, North Thurston, Shelton
2A: Tumwater, Black Hills, River Ridge, Rochester
1A: Tenino
2B: Rainier
1B: Northwest Christian, Pope John Paul II
Olympia, Timberline and Yelm will all be some of the smallest schools in 4A with Olympia the largest at 1287. The cutoff between 4A and 3A is Marysville-Getchell at 1252. Timberline is listed as “still working with WIAA on enrollment #’s” so there is still a chance that they could land in 3A.
Capital will be one of the smallest 3A schools that didn’t opt up from a lower division. Rochester will be one of the smallest 2A schools while Tumwater will be one of the largest.
Rainier is now solidly in 2B and I would expect them to stay there and not opt up. Northwest Christian falls to 1B, but it would not surprise me at all to see them opt up to 2B and finally have a short drive for an opponent in Rainier.
Schools have the option to opt up until the first week of January.
See the full spreadsheet of reclassification numbers here.
The Evergreen women look to bounce back after a pair of losses in their opening weekend of Cascade Conference play with a non-conference game tonight against UPS. The two losses snapped a four game losing streak and the Geoducks now sit at 4-4 this season. This is their last home game of 2013 and they will not play again at the CRC Gymnasium until January 10. UPS sits at 5-2 this year and are coming off of a split with the College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon, the two teams that Evergreen lost to last weekend.
The men opened the season with a win over UBC-Okanogan but have now lost ten straight exhibition and regular season games including a convincing sweep by College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon over the weekend. Tonight they get a rematch with UPS, who dropped them 71-58 on November 15th at Memorial Fieldhouse in Tacoma. Kyle Calhoun scored 24 points including five three pointers in the loss. North Thurston grad Matt Reid is averaging 11.1 minutes per game for the Loggers.
Girls basketball
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 5:45 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Boys basketball
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:30 PM
River Ridge jumped all over Shelton and took a 22 point lead after one quarter to earn their third win of the non-conference season, 78-53. Jason Kananin scored 17 points and Kobe Key added 12 as five Hawks racked up double digit totals. Tyler Speaks led the Highclimbers with 21 points.
Washington School for the Deaf 57, Pope John Paul II 45
Northwest Christian @ Tacoma Baptist – Report score
Girls basketball
Tacoma Baptist 49, Northwest Christian 37
Team
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Final
Northwest Christian (1-1 overall)
5
6
11
15
37
Tacoma Baptist (1-1 overall)
13
11
14
11
49
NWC leader: Heidi Sowers – 13 points
Washington School for the Deaf 25, Pope John Paul II 14
Boys basketball
River Ridge vs. Shelton – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Tuesday news and notes
Black Hills head football coach Dominic Yarrington has been placed on paid leave until Wednesday while an investigation takes place, reports The Olympian. The Tumwater School District will not release what the subject matter of the investigation is, but says that it does not rise to the level of the police being involved. – The Olympian
Timberline alum Jonathan Stewart may miss the rest of the season with a tear in his MCL. Stewart was injured early in the Carolina Panther’s loss to New Orleans on Sunday night. The unfortunately injury-prone back missed the first seven games of the season after offseason ankle surgery. – CBS Sports
The Saint Martin’s women’s basketball team was named the GNAC Team of the Week after they opened up conference play by going 2-0 with wins over Central Washington and #18 Northwest Nazarene. – SMUSaints.com
Evergreen went 18-for-31 (58.1%)from the floor in the second half and scored 49 points. However, Eastern Oregon shot 74.1% from the floor, making 20-of-27 shots, and scored 56 points in the final 20 minutes to knock off the Geoducks 92-76 in the Cascade Conference opener.
Brittany Gray scored 16 points in the second half to finish with 18 points and 15 rebounds and Sammi Clark added 17 for the Geoducks. The Mountaineers’ Brittney Newcombe scored 25 of her 32 points in the second half.
Kyle Calhoun made six three pointers and finished with 22 points but was the only Geoduck to make more than two field goals in their 73-54 loss to Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium.
The Geoducks made just 15 shots from the field, eight of those were from long distance, and they were outrebounded 47-32. Marc Taylor scored nine points and pulled down seven boards in the loss.
Saint Martin’s 64, Central Washington 49 – Box score
Team
1st
2nd
Final
Central Washington (0-1 GNAC, 3-3 overall)
19
30
49
Saint Martin’s (1-0 GNAC, 4-3 overall)
26
38
64
SMU leader: Chelsea Haskey – 21 points, 10 boards
After shooting just 26% in the first half, the Saints came out of the locker room red hot and went on a 17-3 run over the first six minutes of the second half and never looked back, knocking off Central Wasington in the GNAC opener, 64-49, at Marcus Pavilion.
Chelsea Haskey scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds and Angela Gelhar added 12 points but it was Krista Stabler’s two straight three point plays that sparked the Saints run early in the second half.
Stabler drove down the right side of the lane on two straight possessions and hit the shot after being hammered by Central’s India Matheson and Melanie Valdez. The sophomore hit both and-one free throws and the Saints built a lead that would never shrink below 12 points the rest of the way.
The Saints scored 24 points off of 25 turnovers and held the GNAC’s leading scorer, Jessica VanDyke, to 16 points, five points off of her average over the first six games. VanDyke committed two fouls in the first four minutes and sat for a long spell in the first half. She played just 23 minutes and was on the Wildcats bench for the final five minutes of the game.
The Saints move to 1-0 in the GNAC and 4-3 overall while Central falls to 0-1 in conference and 3-3 overall.
Saint Martin’s went 11-for-21 (52.4%) from three point range and out-rebounded Simon Fraser 36-24 to capture the first win for head coach Michael Ostlund, a 78-64 win in the GNAC opener in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Ryan Rogers scored 12 points in the first half and Evan Coulter scored 12 in the second and finished with 21 and 17 points respectively. Rogers pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Saints and Matt Dodson plucked seven boards. Will Bond added 13 points.
Oly Sports 