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Today (5/19): Rams, Blazers, T-Birds at state
2A District IV champion North Thurston takes on Fife in the opening round of the state baseball tournament this morning at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. Fife went 18-8 overall this season but lost their last two games in the district playoffs heading into state. The winner of the game goes on to play either Aberdeen or Sumner later in the afternoon.
First pitch in game one is at 10:00 AM. The second game, should the Rams win, is at 4:00 PM also at Bearcat Stadium.
Timberline travels to Bellevue’s Bannerwood Park to take on West Seattle at 10:00 AM in the 3A state baseball tournament. West Seattle comes into the game at just 11-11 on the season. The winner moves onto play either Mount Vernon or Eastside Catholic at 4:00 PM.
In the 2A state soccer quarterfinals, Tumwater hosts Franklin Pierce at 1:00 PM. Franklin Pierce comes into the game at 13-4-2 overall and they knocked off Sehome 3:2 on Tuesday night to get to the quarterfinals. The winner moves on to play either Squalicum or Fife on Friday, May 25th at Sunset Chevy Stadium in Sumner.
Reiten, Tydingco take Narrows League MVP awards
Olympia’s Cabe Reiten was named the 4A Narrows League MVP, Timberline’s Ryan Tydingco was named 3A Narrows League MVP and Timberline’s Derek Wheldon was named coach of the year today.
Here are all the Olympia area nominees honored by the Narrows League today, broken down by school:
Olympia – 4A Narrows League
MVP: Cabe Reiten – Sr. – SS
First team: Trevor Houser – Sr. – P, Gabe Padukiewicz – Jr. – IF, Cameron Frost – Jr. – OF, Michael Fairchild – Jr. – OF, Leif Hansen – So. – Utility
Second team: Leo Valenti – Jr. – IF, Joey Knight – Jr. – OF
Honorable mention: Jake Hacker – Sr. – C
Capital – 3A Narrows League
First team: Kenzy Forler – Sr. – P, Cameron Monda – Jr. – IF, Matt Uzanski – So. – Utility
Second team: Kameron Minor – Jr. – P, Joey McCabe – Jr. – IF, Thomas Kerr – Jr. – OF, Darby Losey – Sr. – OF
Timberline – 3A Narrows League
MVP: Ryan Tydingco – Sr. – Utility
Coach of the year: Derek Wheldon
First team: Josiah Julagay – Sr. – P, Rick Ahlf – Sr. – IF, Charlie Hinson – Sr. – IF, Coby Beal – Jr. – OF, David Padilla – Jr. – OF
Second team: Ty Carlton – Jr. – P, Brennon Kaleiwahea – So. – C, Ty Gartner – So. – IF
Honorable mention: Matt Mercer – Fr. – P, Blake Nystrom – So. – OF, Justace Buhl – Jr. – Utility
Saturday scoreboard: Reign Slammed; Cougars qualify; Blazers come close to title
International Basketball League
Bellingham Slam 130, Olympia Reign 101
After playing just three minutes last night, former Saint Martin’s forward Jeremy Green scored 28 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Bellingham Slam to a 130-101 trouncing of the Olympia Reign. Nicholas Moore led the Reign with 17 points and 11 boards and Giovanne Woods added 16 points and four assists.
Bellingham was in control nearly the entire game for the second time this season. Ike Ohanson’s field goal with 5:59 remaining in the first quarter gave the Reign the lead at 14-13. Paul Hafford answered back thirty second later to make it 15-14 and the Slam never trailed again. A Marcus Whitaker three pointer with 3:32 left in the first half cut the Slam lead to six but an 11-4 run to close the half gave the Slam a 58-45 lead.
The Reign cut into the lead to start the second half knocking it down to five at 58-53 at the 9:43 mark of the third quarter, but the Slam then went on a 44-19 run to finish the quarter up by 30 at 102-72 and never looked back.
Six Reign players scored in double digits – Woods, Moore, Mike Ward, Nate Menafee, Whitaker and Ohanson – but nobody scored more than 16. Meanwhile, Bellingham had five double digit scorers including Green, Hafford’s 25 and 19 each from Zach Henifin and Morris Anderson.
Former Saint Martin’s star Blake Poole scored just two points for the Slam and played less than two minutes in the second half.
Boys soccer
Capital 1, Kennedy 0
Bryce Joling scored in the 56th minute to lead Capital to a 1-0 win over Kennedy in the 3A bi-districtplayoffs. The win sends the Cougars to state with a playoff game likely at Tumwater Stadium on Wednesday.
High school baseball
Timberline 8, Columbia River 1
Kelso 7, Timberline 4
Centralia 13, Tumwater 0
Timberline’s 8-1 morning victory over Columbia River put the Blazers in the district title game against Kelso. But the Hilanders scored seven runs in the first three innings and held on to knock off the Blazers 7-4. The Blazers still qualified for state despite the loss. Tumwater was not so lucky. Their season ended with a 13-0 loss to Centralia.
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.
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.
Monday scoreboard: Navs struggle in district opener; Bears, Cougs win
High school baseball – 2B District IV Playoffs
Toutle Lake 12, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 10, Stadium 0
Capital 13, Timberline 3
Centralia 11, River Ridge 1
W.F. West 10, North Thurston 0
Marie Beagle went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in high scoring Olympia’s 10-0 win over Stadium. Amanda Rupright picked up the win for the Bears.
Capital erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie in their 13-3 victory over Timberline. Britni Wilson struck out ten Blazers in seven innings to get the win for the Cougars. She also went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs.
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