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Wednesday scoreboard: Saints volleyball win GNAC opener; Saints soccer swept; High school girls keep winning
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Alaska Fairbanks 1 (26-24, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22) – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Carrie Starbuck led the way with 12 kills, Hallee Hernandez added 18 assists and Kristyn Ross had 16 digs and Saint Martin’s knocked off Alaska Fairbanks 3-1 in the Saints’ first GNAC and home contest of the season. The Saints have now won three straight games and are 1-0 in the GNAC. Fairbanks drops to 0-3 in league play. Hear from head coach Phil Ibarra here and Carrie Starbuck here on their big home opening victory.
Women’s soccer
MSU Billings 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from MSUBsports.com
Saint Martin’s Randi Mielki picked up a red card in the 75th minute on a handball in the box and Jennifer Larsen scored on the resulting penalty kick to give the undefeated Montana State Billings Yellowjackets the 1-0 win over the Saints in Billings on Wednesday afternoon. The Yellowjackets out shot the Saints 24-7 and had ten shots on goal compared to the Saints’ zero attempts.
Men’s soccer
MSU Billings 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Girl’s soccer
Capital 4, River Ridge 1
Timberline 3, Shelton 0
Black Hills 3, WF West 0
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0
Gig Harbor 2, Olympia 0
Foss 2, North Thurston 1
Stephanie Taylor scored in the eighth minute and Lena Moreno broke a 1-1 tie in the 37th minute to lead Capital past River Ridge 4-1. Logan Cox scored two more goals in 53rd and 67th minute to cement the Cougars victory. Timberline’s Krista Jones posted a shutout and had five saves in the Blazers’ 3-0 win over Shelton. Alyssa Gubser scored what proved to be the game winner in the 11th minute. Alli Thompson scored minutes before halftime to give Black Hills a 1-0 lead over WF West and CeCe Noyen posted a shutout in the Wolves’ 3-0 victory.
High school volleyball
North Thurston 3, Mount Tahoma 0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-14)
Olympia 3, South Kitsap 2 (23-25, 25-13, 26-24, 26-28, 15-13)
Black Hills 3, WF West 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-10)
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-11)
Capital 3, River Ridge 0 (25-8, 25-10, 25-11)
Tumwater 3, Shelton 0 (25-22, 25-6, 26-24)
Northwest Christian 3, Ocosta 2 (25-14, 24-26, 25-11, 20-25, 15-8)
Today (9/20): Saints volleyball opens home schedule; Girl’s soccer and volleyball galore
The Saints finally get to play a home game tonight at Marcus Pavilion (photo credit: SMUSaints.com)
Here it is, September 20th, nearly a full month into the fall college sports season and today marks the very first home game for the Saint Martin’s volleyball team, a league match against Alaska Fairbanks.
The Saints hit the road for their first five games and all of their non-conference schedule dropping three matches in Hawaii before finally getting their first wins of the season in visits to two National Christian College Athletics Association schools in New Hope Christian of Eugene, Oregon and Walla Walla University. The Saints easily knocked off New Hope, who are in their first year as a varsity athletic program, and won in straight sets at Walla Walla, a more established but still lower-rung team.
Game time is set for 7:00 PM at Marcus Pavilion.
In area high school action…
High school volleyball
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
Girl’s soccer
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
W.F. West @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds beat Hawks twice; Girls go 6-0 over out of town opponents
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Wilson 0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-16)
Capital 3, Centralia 1 (28-26, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20)
Tumwater 3, River Ridge 0
Northwest Christian 3, Naselle 0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-20)
Nicole Pittelkau had 22 digs, Hunter Manke added 42 assists and Halie Snaza had 25 digs in Timberline’s straight sets victory over Wilson. The Blazers are now 4-1 overall this season and 3-0 in the 3A Narrows League. Tied 1-1, Capital took the final two sets from Centralia to win 3-1 in a 2A EvCo match. Rachel Erickson led the Cougars with 21 kills. The Washington State Volleyball Coaches Association poll’s #2 ranked team, Tumwater, knocked off River Ridge in straight sets. Karlee Sampson had 10 kills and Courtney Bowen added 19 assists in the T-Birds win.
Girl’s soccer
Tumwater 4, River Ridge 0
Timberline 2, Foss 0
Olympia 1, South Kitsap 0
Capital 4, Centralia 0
North Thurston @ Wilson – No report
Tumwater scored three times in the first half and knocked off River Ridge 4-0. Mackenzie Bergquist posted the shutout in goal for the T-Birds. Krista Jones and Julia Swortz each scored for Timberline in their 2-0 win over Foss at South Sound Stadium. Brooklyn Hooper scored the game winning goal for Olympia in the 45th minute in the Bears’ 1-0 win over South Kitsap. Capital moved to 4-1 this season with their 4-0 win over Centralia. Logan Cox scored twice for the Cougars.
Today (9/18): T-Birds and Hawks twice; Bears, Blazers soccer
High school volleyball
Tumwater @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s soccer
River Ridge @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 5:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Oly Sports high school football power rankings: Week 4
Capital retains the top spot after a week which saw all but two local teams come out on top
Week three is in the books and all but two of the area’s teams picked up wins. Rainier was roughed up by Rochester and Oly played tough against Timberline before finally succumbing. So where do the previous #11 and #12 teams wind up this week? Welcome to the Oly Sports high school football power rankings, a highly unscientific look at where the 12 Olympia area football programs stand, in my (not so expert) opinion…
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1. Capital Cougars (3-0)
Last week: #1 (No change)
Previous game: Capital 27, Bothell 11
Next game: vs. Tumwater (2-1) – Ingersoll Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Kai Van Sickle returned to the lineup and rushed for 224 yards and two touchdowns and 2A Capital knocked off their third straight 4A team in Bothell, who had previously lost to the #1 4A and 3A teams before falling to the #2 2A team. They open EvCo play on Saturday night at home against Tumwater in one of the more anticipated games of the season in the South Sound.
2. Tenino Beavers (3-0)
Last week: #2 (No change)
Previous game: Tenino 50, Elma 22
Next game: vs. Forks (2-1) – Tenino HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Mac Shaw and Devante Harris did it again in their 50-22 win over Elma on Friday night. Shaw threw for three touchdowns and rushed for three more and Harris caught two TDs and rushed for another. They did trail 16-14 in the second quarter and took just a 21-16 lead into the locker room at half before exploding in the third and fourth quarters.
3. North Thurston Rams (3-0)
Last week: #3 (No change)
Previous game: North Thurston 50, Black Hills 14
Next game: @ Lincoln (3-0) – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The North Thurston defense has been awesome through three games giving up just 35 points total and seven points when there was any doubt about the outcome. Between week two and the first half of week three, the Rams scored 51 unanswered points. That defense will be seriously tested this week when they face undefeated Lincoln. The Jon Kitna led Abes have scored 145 points and knocked off Mount Tahoma 55-0 on Friday.
4. Shelton Highclimbers (3-0)
Last week: #4 (No change)
Previous game: Shelton 35, Wilson 25
Next game: @ Yelm (3-0) – Yelm HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Ralph Kinne rushed for 359 yards putting him at 899 yards through three games and Deshon Bell had 180 yards including three touchdowns of 13, 59 and 40 yards in their 35-25 win over Wilson. Shelton has been plagued by penalties and it put them in a hole down 18-7 at halftime but the Highclimbers played a clean second half and made nice adjustments against an offensive style they had yet to see. Friday night’s non-leaguer against Yelm should be a lot of fun if you like great running backs.
5. Yelm Tornadoes (3-0)
Last week: #5 (No change)
Previous game: Yelm 45, Stadium 6
Next game: vs. Shelton (3-0) – Yelm HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The Tornadoes have scored 147 points in their three games to move to 3-0, albeit against teams that are a combined 1-8 this season. They will get their first true test on Friday when they face Shelton. Jacob Swilley rushed for 224 yards and four touchdowns against Stadium on Friday and became the school’s all-time leading rusher.
6. Tumwater T-Birds (2-1)
Last week: #6 (No change)
Previous game: Tumwater 31, Inglemoor 28
Next game: @ Capital (3-0) – Ingersoll Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM
Notes: It took a 94 yard punt return by Andrew Brown to get past 0-2 Inglemoor on Friday night, but the T-Birds did get the win and have a little bit of momentum heading into Saturday’s 2A EvCo opener with Capital. Brown scored all three touchdowns in the second half for Tumwater, the first a 13 yard run, the second a 59 yard run before the punt return that proved to the the game winner.
7. Timberline Blazers (2-1)
Last week: #7 (No change)
Previous game: Timberline 23, Olympia 12
Next game: @ Wilson (2-1) – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: I’m still not sure about this Timberline team. They knocked off River Ridge easily in week one, they then lost to Tumwater and on Friday they were only up on a struggling Olympia team by two points going into the fourth quarter. A big defensive play and a Spencer Crump touchdown run sealed the deal for the Blazers, but all things considered, this was quite the scare. The true barometer will come this weekend when they take on the aerial attack of Wilson in Tacoma
8. River Ridge Hawks (2-1)
Last week: #8 (No change)
Previous game: River Ridge 61, Ridgefield 40
Next game: @ Hockinson (3-0) – Nautilus Field, Brush Prairie – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Since they were shutout on opening day by Timberline, the Hawks have scored 95 points. Colby Schultz has nine touchdown passes, five to Wesley Coats. Brad Wallace scored five times on Saturday night against the Spudders, his first scores of the season. The Hawks get one more non-league game at 3-0 Hockinson on Friday night. The other Hawks have outscored their opponents 143-36 this season.
9. Black Hills Wolves (2-1)
Last week: #9 (No change)
Previous game: Black Hills 34, Bainbridge 20
Next game: vs. Aberdeen (1-2) – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The Wolves rebounded nicely after getting shutdown by North Thurston with a 14 point win over Bainbridge on the road. Another non-league game is on tap when they host Aberdeen, losers to two 1A schools, albeit two really good 1A schools in Montesano and Hoquiam.
10. Rochester Warriors (1-2)
Last week: #10 (No change)
Previous game: Rochester 52, Rainier 0
Next game: @ Hoquiam (3-0) – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Rochester got on track quickly against Rainier behind five touchdowns by Tyler Yarber, four on the ground and one passing. But the Warriors travel to Olympic Stadium on Friday for what could be an ugly game against red hot Hoquiam.
11. Olympia Bears (0-3)
Last week: #12 (+1)
Previous game: Timberline 23, Olympia 12
Next game: vs. Stadium (1-2) – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Well, they scored points and played Timberline pretty tough, hence the one place climb over Rainier. They have a chance to get things going this week when they take on what looks to be a weak Stadium team in their 4A Narrows League opener.
12. Rainier Mountaineers (0-3)
Last week: #11 (-1)
Previous game: Rochester 52, Rainier 0
Next game: @ Elma (0-3) – Elma Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: After getting blown out by Rochester, poor Rainier has been outscored 133-18 this season. The Mountaineers do get 0-3 Elma this week, something has to give.
Saturday scoreboard: Hawks, Saints, Geoducks, Buffaloes claim victories
High school football
River Ridge 61, Ridgefield 40
Quarterback Colby Schultz threw for 375 yards and six touchdowns in River Ridge’s dismantling of the Ridgefield Spudders at South Sound Stadium. The Hawks led 47-8 through three quarters before the Spudders scored 32 points in the fourth to cut the lead to just two touchdowns. The Hawks put their starters back in and Brad Wallace caught a 52 yard pass from Shultz to seal the deal. Wallace scored five touchdowns total, three receiving and two rushing. Wesley Coats also caught three touchdowns in the Hawks’ victory. The Hawks are now 2-1 this season.
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 5, OIT 0 – More from Evergreen athletics
Saint Martin’s 3, Sioux Falls 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
Whatcom 3, SPSCC 0
Willie Spurr and Mirza Memic each scored two goals and Kevin Flavin added another in Evergreen’s 5-0 win over Oregon Tech at Evergreen Pitch. The Geoducks out shot the Owls 29-6. Collin Harlow recorded the shutout to secure a weekend sweep for the Evergreen who are now 2-0 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
A game-winning header goal by CJ Chu with just 38 seconds left to play lifted Saint Martin’s to their first GNAC win of the season, 3-2, over the University of Sioux Falls. Dylan Gaydosh scored twice in the game, first in the 17th minute and then again in the 76th. Each goals were equalizers as the Saints fell behind 1-0 and 2-1. The Saints move to 1-1 after the first weekend of GNAC play.
South Puget Sound and Whatcom battled to a scoreless tie in the first half in Bellingham but the Orcas scored three goals in the second half to take home a 3-0 win and drop the Clippers to 0-6 this season.
Women’s soccer
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 1 – More from SMUSaints.com
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Walla Walla 0 (25-8, 25-14, 25-16) – More from SMUSaints.com
The Saint Martin’s volleyball team hit the road and picked up their second win of the season with a straight sets victory over National Christian College Athletic Association member Walla Walla. Katy Ferguson recorded eight kills while Kristyn Ross had 17 digs and Halee Hernandez added 19 assists. The Saints picked up their first win of the season on Thursday when they knocked off brand new NCCAA member New Hope Christian in straight sets in Eugene.
Girl’s soccer
Hazen 3, Black Hills 0
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 100, ORSU 11
Junior college football
Everett Red Raiders 62, South Sound Spartans 0
Today (9/15): Fùtbol, football, roller derby and racing (UPDATE: Rugby too!)
Oh boy, big Saturday on tap today. Fútbol, football, roller derby and racing. Saint Martin’s hosts a GNAC soccer doubleheader, the Evergreen men’s soccer team tries to sweep the weekend, a really interesting football game between River Ridge and Ridgefield, always exciting roller derby action from the M.I.A. Derby Girls and racing at South Sound Speedway.
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Sioux Falls – SMU Soccer Field – 1:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Oregon Institute of Technology – Evergreen Pitch – 1:00 PM
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Washington – SMU Soccer Field – 3:30 PM
Roller derby
M.I.A. Derby Girls vs. Jet City Bombers – South Sound Sports Center – 6:00 PM
Auto racing
Vintage Modified, FSCRA, Mini Stocks, Bumblebees and Bump To Pass – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
High school football
River Ridge Hawks vs. Ridgefield Spudders – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Bonus 4 year-old daughter pick: Hawks
“They’ll eat the potatoes.”
UPDATE: Men’s rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes vs. ORSU – Rainier Vista Park – 1:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: So many scores, so little time
Men’s soccer
Mary 2, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 1, Simon Fraser 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school football
North Thurston 50, Foss 14
Girl’s soccer
Timberline 3, North Thurston 1
Tumwater 2, Aberdeen 0
Olympia 3, Central Kitsap 1
WF West 7, River Ridge 0
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Lincoln 0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-9)
North Thurston 3, Wilson 0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-15)
Olympia 3, Stadium 0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-10)
Capital 3, Black Hills 1 (13-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19)
Northwest Christian 3, North Beach 0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-23)
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, New Hope Christian 0 (25-6, 25-14, 25-16) – More from SMUSaints.com
Corban 3, Evergreen 0 (25-10, 25-17, 25-12) – More from Geoducks athletics
Today (9/13): Saints soccer doubleheader; Rams football; Girl’s soccer and volleyball all over
Busy day of sports in the South Sound. Enough messing around, let’s get to it…
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Mary – SMU Soccer Field – 1:00 PM
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser – SMU Soccer Field – 3:30 PM
High school football
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
My pick: North Thurston 28, Foss 10
Girl’s soccer
North Thurston vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 4:00 PM
River Ridge vs. WF West – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 5:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school volleyball
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
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints win again; Black Hills soccer romps; Blazers and Cougs volleyball goes five
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 2, Corban 1 – More from SMUSaints.com
Abby McFaul’s goal in the 81st minute broke a 1-1 tie and lifted Saint Martin’s to a 2-1 non-league win over Corban University. Caley Wiseman tallied the assist on the play, her second of the season. Ashley Richardson scored the Saints’ first goal on a header in the 39th minute before Randi Donahue tied the game for the Warriors in the 63rd minute. The Saints have now won two straight games after losing their first two of the season.
Watch post game interviews with head coach Rob Walker and McFaul.
Girl’s soccer
Olympia 2, Capital 0
Black Hills 11, Centralia 0
WF West 4, Tumwater 3 (2OT)
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 1
Timberline @ Yelm – No report
Nicole Fesenbek and Brooklyn Hooper each scored in Olympia’s 2-0 non-league win over Capital. Whitney Lowe and Arin Seidlitz each scored four goals in Black Hills’ 11-0 romp over Centralia in a 2A EvCo match. WF West’s Rashelle Fisher scored in the 86th minute lift the Bearcats to a 4-3 overtime win over Tumwater. A sick Beautiful Reed played for River Ridge, but the Hawks could not overcome Aberdeen and lost 4-1 at Stewart Field.
High school volleyball
North Thurston 3, Foss 0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-6)
Tumwater 3, WF West 0 (25-7, 25-18, 25-12)
Black Hills 3, Centralia 0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-17)
Capital 3, Timberline 2 (25-22, 19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-6)
Gig Harbor 3, Olympia 1 (20-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-16)
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – No report
Brittany Rutherford tallied 11 kills and Megan Kramer chipped in 29 assists in North Thurston’s 3-0 win over Foss in a 3A Narrows League game. Tumwater won again knocking off WF West 3-0 behind 17-for-17 serving from Hanna Hernandez. Falling behind 1-0, Timberline took the next two sets before Capital rallied to take the fourth and fifth sets in their 3-2 victory. Rachel Erickson led the Cougars with 21 kills while Marissa Ottesen had 35 digs and Sam York chipped in 41 assists. Hunter Manke led the way for the Blazers with 44 assists and 23 digs.
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