Category Archives: River Ridge HS
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds, Blazers win
Boys soccer
Tumwater 2, W.F. West 0
Centralia 2, Black Hills 1
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 0 (as of seven minutes left)
Tumwater got goals from Jacob Irwin and Kevin Weyand i their 2-0 2A EvCo win. Jacob Maeger scored for Black Hills but Nathaniel Orosco’s two goals were enough for Centralia to pick up the league win. The River Ridge/Aberdeen was reported by someone that left with seven minutes left, which is good enough for a blog.
High school baseball
Timberline 6, Bonney Lake 2
Today (3/20): play ball?
One day after the first passable day of the spring, the weather is once again wreaking havoc with the schedule. Today and Wednesday’s scheduled doubleheaders between Saint Martin’s and Northwest Nazarene’s softball teams have already been cancelled and I’d describe these high school baseball and fastpitch games as questionable to doubtful…
High school baseball
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM – Postponed to Saturday
Bonney Lake @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
High school fastpitch
Tumwater @ River Ridge – 4:00 PM
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
The weather won’t stop these 2A EvCo soccer games though…
Aberdeen @ River Ridge – 7:00 PM
W.F. West @ Tumwater – 7:00 PM
Monday scoreboard: they played ball!
High school baseball
Olympia 7, Timberline 4
Northwest Christian 4, Ocosta 3 – 8 innings
North Thurston 5, Tumwater 3
Centralia 6, River Ridge 3
Leo Valenti went 2-for-2 with a homerun and two RBI for Olympia in their 7-4 victory over Timberline on Monday. Timberline was led by a 3-for-4 day from Ty Gartner. Nick Mailhot struck out nine batters and drove in the game winning run in the eighth inning for Northwest Christian in their 2B Pacifiic League opener against Ocosta. North Thurston was led by Charles Vaughn’s 2-for-3 and two RBI day in the Ram’s victory over Tumwater. And Brad Wallace went 2-for-4 and River Ridge only surrendered five hits but it wasn’t enough to beat Centralia.
High school fastpitch
Olympia 8, Capital 1
Gig Harbor 4, Timberline 0
Tumwater 23, North Thurston 6
Aberdeen 11, Black Hills 1 – 5 innings
W.F. West 15, River Ridge 4 – 5 innings
Nikki Schroeder gave up just six hits and Megan Goodman and Hailey Hull drove in five runs between them in Olympia’s defeat of Capital. Black Hills and River Ridge were both run ruled in their season openers.
Boys soccer
North Thurston 1, Yelm 0
South Kitsap 1, Olympia 0
Nick Salazar’s breakaway goal in the 33rd minute was enough for North Thurston as Taylor Kirkland saved eight shots and posted his first shutout of the season in their 1-0 victory over Yelm.
Today (3/16): maybe some baseball and fastpitch?
The forecast doesn’t look too bad and we just might get a baseball or fastpitch game in today. So here are some games that could possibly be played today. Timberline secured some turf so at the very least they should get their game in today.
High school baseball
South Kitsap vs. Timberline @ The RAC – 4:00 PM
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Tumwater @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
High school fastpitch
Capital @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Enumclaw @ Capital – 7:00 PM
Let’s go weather!
Thursday scoreboard: rough night for Lacey
Boys soccer
Tumwater 2, North Thurston 1
Black Hills 2, River Ridge 1
Decatur 5, Timberline 1
It was a good night for Tumwater, but a rough one for Lacey. Black Hills got a goal from Jacob Mager in the eighth minute and the eventual game winning goal from Kyle Benavente in the 69th minute to knock off River Ridge 2-1 in a 2A EvCo matchup. Ivan Mendez had the equalizer in the 29th minute for the Hawks. At South Sound Stadium, North Thurston dropped to 1-1 in the 2A EvCo with their loss to Tumwater. The T-Birds are now 2-0 in conference play. And Timberline couldn’t stop Decatur’s Michael Klavuhn in their non-league game in Federal Way. Klavuhn scored four goals for the Gators in their 5-1 victory over the Blazers.
Today (3/15): soccer plays in the rain
I’m not going to worry about posting the schedules for baseball or fastpitch or any other weather dependent sport unless I hear that they are going to try to play through this mess. But soccer isn’t weather dependent, typically, so here’s what is going on tonight…
Tumwater @ North Thurston – 7:00 PM
Enumclaw @ Capital – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 7:00 PM
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s the most wonderful day of the year. Yes, I have the March Madness.
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints roughed up, Blazers beat Hawks, T-Birds and Rams win
College baseball
Concordia 12, Saint Martin’s 5 – More from CascadeConference.org
Concordia jumped out to a 8-0 lead through five innings in a non-conference game in Portland on Tuesday afternoon and never looked back knocking off Saint Martin’s 12-5. Adam Hudspeth, Bobby Twedt and Travis Jones each had two hits for the Saints. Concordia’s Jared Young went 2-for-4 with four RBI and Timberline graduate Ben Talbot drove in a run for the Cavaliers.
College softball
Corban vs. Saint Martin’s – Canceled
Boys soccer
North Thurston 1, Aberdeen 1 – North Thurston wins 6-5 in shootout
Timberline 2, River Ridge 1
Tumwater 3, Centralia 1
Decatur 2, Capital 1
W.F. West 3, Black Hills 1
Timberline and River Ridge were scoreless until the 51st minute when Alec Davies scored the first goal for the Blazers. The Hawks got the equalizer three minutes later from Augustin Arriaga before Casey French scored the game-winner for the Blazers with less than two minutes remaining. The Blazers are now 2-0 overall. North Thurston got a goal from David Gregg in the 50th minute and took their second straight game to the shootout this time beating Aberdeen 6-5. The Rams are 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the 2A EvCo. Tumwater’s Kevin Weyand scored twice in their 3-1 win over Centralia. Nathaniel Gunderson also scored a goal in the 50th minute for the T-Birds.
Tonight (3/13): spring sports are a go
STOP THE PRESSES: The University of Washington plays in the NIT tonight! Just kidding. Move on.
The spring sports season gets going in earnest tonight and it looks like even this snow won’t stop the fun. Here is the schedule in town as far as I can tell. Of course, all softball and baseball games could easily be canceled…
College softball
Corban University @ Saint Martin’s – doubleheader – 2:00 PM
High school soccer
Aberdeen @ North Thurston – 5:00 PM
Decatur @ Capital – 7:00 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
Tumwater @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
High school fastpitch
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Tumwater @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Tonight (2/25): senior night at Saint Martin’s, girls state regionals
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Saint Martin’s will honor their three seniors – Jeremy Green, Brok Pendleton and Ryan Votaw – before the game and induct six members into the Hall of Fame/Hall of Honor at halftime.
Girls basketball
Olympia vs. Gonzaga Prep – Spokane Falls CC – 6:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shorecrest – Jackson High School – 6:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Port Angeles – Mount Tahoma High School – 4:00 PM
Girls games in town not involving local teams:
Lopez vs. Taholah – Timberline High School – 6:00 PM
Northwest Yeshiva vs. Mary M. Knight – Timberline High School – 8:30 PM
W.F. West vs. Renton – Tumwater High School – 4:00 PM
Lynden vs. Mark Morris – Tumwater High School – 6:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: boys season ends in Olympia
Boys basketball
Anacortes 63, River Ridge 54
White River 56, North Thurston 37
Bothell 63, Olympia 54
And with three losses on Friday night, the boys basketball season comes to an end in Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater. While I’m a little relieved to not have to pay attention while on vacation, I didn’t really want it to end this way.
Oh well, good season and good luck to all the seniors on all of our local basketball teams. Mahalo!
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