Category Archives: Timberline HS

Wednesday scoreboard: Bears maul Rams; Blazers edge Abes

Boy’s basketball

Olympia 66, North Thurston 38
Lincoln 61, Timberline 45

Top scorers:
Brendan Leonard 17 (Olympia)
Louis Johnson 14 (Olympia)
Tyler Gartner 11 (Timberline)
Ande Grantham 10 (North Thurston)
Tru Hicks 10 (North Thurston)


Girl’s basketball

Olympia 74, North Thurston 39
Timberline 39, Lincoln 38

Top scorers:
Jenna Randich 14 (Olympia)
Laura Snodgrass 12 (Olympia)
Kathrine Welcome 10 (North Thurston)
Callan Russell 10 (Timberline)

Tonight (12/12/12): Blazers open Narrows play; Bears, Rams battle in non-league contests

Girl’s basketball

Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM


Boy’s basketball

Olympia @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM

Saturday scoreboard: Lady Clippers victorious in double overtime; Shock beat Blacktails; Bears, Navs, Hawks win

Men’s basketball

Seattle Pacific 80, Evergreen 45 – Recap from Evergreen athletics


Women’s basketball

SPSCC 69, Northwest Indian College 67 (2OT) – Box score


Premier Arena Soccer League

South Sound Shock 9, Oregon Blacktails 6


Boy’s basketball

Olympia 45, Ballard 41
Battle Ground 70, Black Hills 40
River Ridge vs. Decatur – No report


Girl’s basketball

Northwest Christian 38, North Beach 33
Napavine 69, Tumwater 39
River Ridge 65, Timberline 51

Tonight (12/8): Shock return to Tumwater; Hawks boys and girls in action

Premier Arena League Soccer

South Sound Shock vs. Oregon Blacktails – Tumwater Indoor Sports – 7:00 PM

The South Sound Shock return to Tumwater for their second season in the PASL. The Tacoma based team will split their home games this season between Tumwater and Gig Harbor after playing their entire inaugural season home schedule at Tumwater Indoor Sports. Tonight they host the expansion Oregon Blacktails. Then on January 19th, the Shock will be the home team when they take on the Tumwater Pioneers.

In a preview of the team on goalWA.net, team owner John Crouch says “…we will have a beer garden available, a private party viewing section directly situated beside our bench and a taco truck for food. We will be honoring one of our top players from last year and also will be hosting a soccer related contest at half time!”

The Shock are coached by Evergreen alum Jason Gjertsen.


Boy’s basketball

River Ridge vs. Decatur – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM


Girl’s basketball

River Ridge @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:30 PM

Friday scoreboard: O’Neill, Shannon’s big nights lift Saints; Bears drop Blazers twice; Wolves stay undefeated

Men’s basketball

Saint Martin’s 75, Willamette 61 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Lewis-Clark State 78, Evergreen 63 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Whatcom 91, SPSCC 69 – Box score

Leading scorers:
Cody Peters 24 (Evergreen)
Roger O’Neill 18 (Saint Martin’s)
Jamey Smith 17 (SPSCC)
Lucas Shannon 16 (Saint Martin’s)
A.J. Fuller 15 (SPSCC)


Boy’s basketball

Olympia 61, Timberline 50
North Thurston 59, Yelm 56
Capital 79, Peninsula 43
Enumclaw 60, Tumwater 49
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – No report

Leading scorers:
Louis Johnson 21 (Olympia)
Donaven Dorsey 20 (Timberline)
Keenan Williams 18 (Capital)
David Cooper 16 (Tumwater)
Braden Rushton 15 (North Thurston)


Girl’s basketball

Olympia 50, Timberline 35
Black Hills 53, Auburn-Mountainview 42
Yelm 66, North Thurston 43
Enumclaw 49, Capital 40

Leading scorers:
Sarah Snodgrass 13 (Olympia)
Sloan Jackowich 13 (Capital)
Sarah McGee 13 (Black Hills)
Spencer Pettit 12 (Capital)

Today (12/7): Geoducks, Clippers at home; Blazers and Bears two times; Cougs, Rams girls non-leaguers

Men’s basketball

Evergreen vs. Lewis-Clark State – CRC Gym – 7:00 PM
SPSCC vs. Whatcom – SPSCC Gym – 7:00 PM

Evergreen comes into tonight’s game at just 1-5 but the Geoducks fortunes seem to be rapidly improving. They took 20th ranked Northwest to double overtime before falling 94-89 on Saturday night. Compare that to a 96-50 loss that Evergreen suffered at the hands of the very same Northwest team just under a month before.

Tonight, the Geoducks face another highly ranked team, #10 Lewis-Clark State. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

South Puget Sound plays their first game since the Thanksgiving weekend when Whatcom Community College comes to town. The Clippers are 2-1 and Jamey Smith (23 ppg) and Scotty Ewing (22.33 ppg) are 6th and 7th in the NWAACC in scoring respectively.


Boy’s basketball

Olympia @ Timberline -Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Listen live on the Eli Sports Network


Girl’s basketball

Timberline vs. Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Enumclaw – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Yelm – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM

Thursday scoreboard: Dorsey scores 25 as Blazers top Hawks

Boy’s basketball

Timberline 59, River Ridge 50
Columbia Adventist 84, Pope John Paul II 25

Top scorers:
Donaven Dorsey 25 (Timberline)
Brad Wallace 19 (River Ridge)
Xin Gao 13 (PJPII)
Elijah Saunders 12 (Timberline)
Kesean Coleman 12 (River Ridge)


Women’s basketball

MSU-Northern 52, Evergreen 50 – Recap from Evergreen athletics

Tonight (12/6): Blazers open against Hawks; Geoducks host Skylights

Boy’s basketball

Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM

Division I prospect Donaven Dorsey and Timberline kick off their season in style when they head across town to take on Brad Wallace and River Ridge. Dorsey, a junior, has offers from the big three Washington schools – Gonzaga, University of Washington and Washington State – amongst others. Wallace was The Olympian’s area MVP last season and leads the Hawks with 18.5 points per game through four games this season. The Hawks are 2-2 after Olympia handed them a 70-62 loss on Tuesday night.


Women’s basketball

Evergreen vs. MSU Northern – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM

All-Narrows League football teams

I’m a little slow on the uptake with these, but the Narrows League released their all-league football teams last week and local high school players fared very well. Shelton’s Ralph Kinne took home the league’s MVP award while Spencer Crump shared the offensive MVP award with Lincoln’s J’Maka Love. Another Blazer, Brandon Wetzel took home defensive MVP and the Timberline coaching staff was honored.

Here are the all-league teams, broken down by area school. The Olympian has the whole team here.

4A Narrows League

Olympia Bears

Offense
First team: Casey Bond, Sr. (RB)
Honorable mention: Michael Naipo, Sr. (QB), Alex Johnson, Sr (TE), Jonathan Holden, Sr. (WR)

Defense
First team: Joey Knight, Sr. (DL) and Tanner Hartsoch, Sr. (DL), Mitch Fettig, Jr. (DB)
Second team: Elijah De La Cruz, Sr. (LB), Randy Jones, Jr. (DB)
Honorable mention: Josh Newbill, Sr. (DL), James Bagley, Sr. (LB)


Yelm Tornadoes

Offense
Offensive MVP: Jacob Swilley, Sr.
First team: Cody Anderson, Sr. (OL)
Honorable mention: William Benbrook, Sr. (OL), Nathan Mix, Jr. (OL)

Defense
First team: Jacob Swilley, Sr. (DB)
Second team: Kollin Crown, So. (DL), Kyle Brownell, Sr. (DB)
Honorable mention: Victor Munoz, Jr. (DB)

Special teams
Second team: Vernon Parker, Fr. (K)


3A Narrows League

North Thurston Rams

Offense
First team: Mo Manning, Sr. (RB), Treshon Long, Jr. (OL), Alex Rice, Jr. (OL), Andre Grantham, Sr. (FB)
Second team: Ryan Mets, Jr. (QB), Ryan Glendenning, Sr. (OL)
Honorable mention: Brandon Belisario, Sr. (RB)

Defense
First team: Zach Wilson, Sr. (DL), Tru Hicks, Sr. (DB), Rubin Ramirez, Sr. (LB)
Second team: Jake Grantham, Jr. (DL), Bobby Cervantes, Sr. (DB)


Shelton Highclimbers

Offense
MVP: Ralph Kinne, Sr. (RB)
First team: David Ajamu, Sr. (TE), Ben Anderson, Sr. (OL)
Second team: Brian Nault, So. (OL), Jake Lindley, Sr. (OL), DeShon Bell, Sr. (FB)
Honorable mention: Jared Welander, Sr. (QB), Nolan Halfmoon, Sr. (WR), Michael Sobotka, Jr. (WR), Hunter Ostenson, Jr. (OL), Kaleb Wright, Sr. (OL)

Defense
First team: DeShon Bell, Sr. (DL), Jake Frakes, Sr. (DB), Thomas Gettle, Sr. (LB)
Second team: Colton Hubble, Jr. (DB), Gordon Henry, Jr. (LB)
Honorable mention: Betsaid Garcia, Sr. (DL), Jesse Danford, Jr. (DB)

Special teams
First team: Shelby Salisbury, Sr. (K)


Timberline Blazers

Offense
Co-offensive MVP: Spencer Crump, Sr. (RB)
First team: Ethan Metzger, Sr. (OL), Sebastian Mikaele, Sr. (OL)
Second team: Malachi Jones, Sr. (WR), Dylan Reinhold, Jr. (OL)
Honorable mention: Levi Lambert-Wilson, Sr. (WR), Justace Buhl, Sr. (WR), Rasul Hicks, Sr. (OL)

Defense
Defensive MVP: Brandon Wetzel, Sr. (LB)
First team: Stone Hart, Sr. (DL), Mitch Cone, Sr. (DB), Jeff Winstead, Jr. (DB), Brennan Kaleiwaea, Jr. (LB)
Second team: Dayne Haddon, Sr. (DL), Stevie Cleveland, So. (DB)
Honorable mention: Cole Stevens, Jr. (DL), McCarthy Tonuao, Sr. (DL), Asan Neil, Jr. (DB)

Special teams
First team: Brett Woods, Sr. (P), Dylan Reinhold, Jr. (Long snapper)
Second team: Marcus Cuttino, Sr. (Returner)

Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds, Rams, Geoducks take second on an epic day of Oly sports

High school volleyball

4A state tournament
Mead 3, Olympia 0 (25-22, 25-17, 36-34)
Jackson 3, Olympia 1 (28-26, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22)

Olympia lost in straight sets to Mead in the semifinals including an epic 36-34 loss in the third set and then lost 3-1 in the 3rd/4th place game to finish fourth in state.

3A state tournament semifinals
North Thurston 3, Southridge 0 (25-15, 30-28, 25-20)
Prairie 3, North Thurston 0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-16)

North Thurston knocked off Southridge in straight sets but were swept by Prairie in the title game and finished second at state.

2A state tournament
Tumwater 3, Colville 2 (25-17, 17-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15- 10)
West Valley (Yakima) 3, Tumwater 1 (25-24, 18-25, 25-22, 25-18)

Tumwater knocked off Colville to advance to the 2A state title game but fell to West Valley of Yakima, 3-1, and finished second at state.

2A state tournament consolation
Capital 3, Sehome 1 (26-24, 25-20, 23-25, 25-19)
East Valley (Yakima) 3, Capital 0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-21)

Capital knocked Sehome out of the tournament but was swept by East Valley to take eighth in state.


High school football

3A state tournament
North Thurston 35, Kennewick 23
Marysville-Pilchuck 33, Timberline 21

Kennewick took a 16-0 lead to open the game but then gave up 28 straight points over the remainder of the first half and North Thurston moved on to the quarterfinals with a 35-23 win this afternoon in Kennewick. Mo Manning scored twice for the Rams and Brandon Belisario added another touchdown on the ground. Ryan Mets hooked up with Josh Cahill for a 26 yard touchdown that proved to be the game-winner. The Rams will have to head east again to take on University in Spokane next week.

Marysville-Pilchuck limited Timberline’s high powered offense to just two touchdowns and ended the Blazers’ season with a 33-21 win at South Sound Stadium. Chris MacNeil threw two touchdown passes in his final game as at Timberline.

2A state tournament
Capital 47, Lakewood 36

Kai Van Sickle scored six rushing touchdowns including two in the fourth quarter and Capital came from behind to beat Lakewood 47-36 at Goddard Stadium in Everett. The Cougars trailed 22-21 in the third quarter before Derek Chase’s 95 yard kickoff return put the Cougars on top 27-22. But Lakewood responded and led 36-33 in the fourth quarter but Van Sickle’s 32 yard run put Capital ahead for good, 40-36. Unofficially, Van Sickle rushed 51 times for 350 yards.

Next up for Capital: Burlington-Edison, who were 35-21 winners over Orting on Friday.


Men’s soccer

Cascade Collegiate Conference championships
Concordia 2, Evergreen 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics

Concordia’s Septi Danciu beat Evergreen goalkeeper Mauricio Sanchez on a penalty kick in the 49th minute for what proved to be the game winning goal and the Cavaliers captured the Cascade Collegiate Conference title with a 2-1 win at Tuominen Yard in Portland. Ben Joselyn scored in the 88th minute to get the Geoducks back in the game but there wasn’t enough time left to score an equalizer and Evergreen’s season came to an end. The Geoducks finish the season at 13-5 overall.


Men’s basketball

Saint Martin’s 76, Hawaii-Hilo 67 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Montana Tech 74, Evergreen 54 – Recap from Evergreen athletics


Women’s basketball

Hawaii Pacific 69, Saint Martin’s 67 – Recap from SMUSaints.com


College volleyball

Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-20) – Recap


Premier Arena Soccer League

Preseason friendly
Tumwater Pioneers 8, Marysville Ruckus 7