Category Archives: Tumwater HS
Tonight (8/31): Geoducks volleyball; Football season is a go
The Evergreen volleyball team opens up Cascade Collegiate Conference play tonight when they face Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium at 7:00 PM. Eastern comes into the game at 6-2 already on the season including a 4-1 record in the Cascade/Frontier Challenge over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Geoducks are 0-5 and are still looking for their first win under head coach Greg Spector.
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And that’s about it for sporting events in Olym…..what? It’s football season? I didn’t even know! There has been absolutely no hype.
And it’s a huge night here in the Olympia area with a rivalry game, a team visiting from Oregon and much more. Here are your games being played in the Olympia area. All start at 7:00 PM.
Black Hills vs. Clover Park – Tumwater Stadium
Olympia vs. Lake Oswego (OR) – Ingersoll Stadium – Watch live here
River Ridge vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – Listen on YourESN.com
Rochester vs. Ridgefield – Rochester HS
Shelton vs. Tumwater – Highclimber Stadium – Listen KMAS 1030 AM or kmas.com
And here are your road games…
Rainier @ Naselle – Naselle HS
Tenino @ Raymond – Raymond HS
Yelm @ Highline – Highline Stadium, Burien
Let the games begin!
It’s a high school football preview roundup!
I wanted to get out and do my own football previews for this season, but it just didn’t really work out. But The Olympian did a bang up job with their previews and if you haven’t read them, it’s a good place to get yourself ready for the high school football season that gets underway tomorrow when Capital travels to Bellevue to take on Newport…
Black Hills: Preview – Season-ending injury motivates Shayne Robinson
Capital: Preview – Membership in exclusive club for linemen requires size…
North Thurston: Preview – Rams set at running back
Olympia: Preview – Lineman Connor Wilmosvky…
Rainier: Preview – Mountaineers fight foes, apathy
River Ridge: Preview – Hawks poised to take off
Rochester: Preview – Warriors seeking turnaround
Shelton – Preview – Campaign works for pair of Highclimbers
Tenino: Preview – Beavers lose top assistant, gains top QB
Timberline: Preview – Seniority rules between brothers…
Tumwater: Preview – Otton is a proud grandpa
Yelm: Preview – Swilley finds way to honor fallen friend
Also today, The News Tribune debuted their coaches poll with Timberline ranked #7 in 3A, Capital ranked #2 and Tumwater ranked #4 in 2A with Olympia receiving votes in the 4A poll.
High school volleyball schedules
Football season starts in just a few days and that makes it easy to forget that girls volleyball (and girls soccer) also starts in just one week. So here is the (nearly complete) schedule for local area high schools. You can also find all these games in the big Oly Sports calendar on the sidebar or available by clicking here.
September 4th
North Thurston @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
September 5th
North Thurston vs. W.F. West – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Shelton – Shelton – 7:00 PM
September 6th
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Northwest Christian @ Toutle Lake – Toutle – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 7th
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 4:45 PM
September 8th
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 1:00 PM
September 11th
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Gig Harbor – 4:45 PM
North Thurston @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Black Hills @ Centralia – Centralia – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ South Bend – South Bend – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 13th
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
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
Tumwater @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – Oyehut – TBA
September 18th
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ Naselle – Naselle – 7:00 PM
September 19th
Olympia @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 20th
Olympia @ South Kitsap – Port Orchard – 6:00 PM
Black Hills @ W.F. West – Chehalis – 7:00 PM
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
September 22nd
Olympia @ Kent Classic – Kentridge HS – TBD
Northwest Christian @ Raymond – Raymond – TBD
September 24th
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm – 6:30 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 25th
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
September 26th
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 27th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
October 2nd
Olympia @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale – 6:30 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
October 4th
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
October 8th
Olympia @ Stadium – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 9th
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. W.F. West – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 10th
Timberline vs. Wilson – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 11th
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Raymond – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 16th
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mt. Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
October 18th
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. W.F. West – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
October 20th
Olympia @ Capital City Classic – Olympia HS – TBD
Black Hills @ Capital City Classic – Capital HS – TBD
October 23rd
Olympia @ Bellarmine – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
North Thurston vs. Timberline – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
October 25th
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia area alumni list – Update
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – Brevard County Manatees
Kramer Champlin (Olympia HS) – Lansing Lugnuts
Alex Phillips (Tenino HS) – Connecticut Tigers
Jacob Pettit (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Bowie Baysox
Cody Hebner (Olympia Athletics – PSCL) – Fort Wayne Tincaps
Chris Scholl (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Arkansas Travelers
Jake Shadle (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Giants extended spring training
Independent Baseball
Joash Brodin (North Thurston HS) – Long Island Ducks
Collegiate wood bat summer baseball
Jason Monda (Capital HS) – Brewster Whitecaps
Kellen Camus (Capital HS) – Waterloo Bucks
Jourdan Weiks (Capital HS) – Herndon Braves
Tanner Nielsen (North Thurston HS) – Klamath Falls Gems
Cabe Reiten (Olympia HS) – Wenatchee Applesox
Basketball
German Pro-B
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – BG Topstar Leitershofen Stadtbergen
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
French National Rugby League Top 14
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – Stade Francais
2012 high school football schedule
Week One
August 30th
Capital at Newport – Bill Green Stadium, Bellevue – 7:00 PM
August 31st
Black Hills vs. Clover Park – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Steilacoom – Steilacoom HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Lake Oswego – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Shelton – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Highline – Highline Stadium, Burien – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Ridgefield – Rochester HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ Raymond – Raymond HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Naselle – Naselle High School – 7:00 PM
Week Two
September 7th
Black Hills @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:30 PM
Yelm vs. Olympic – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ North Mason – Pugh Stadium, Belfair – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Mossyrock – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Washougal – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Sequim – Sequim High School – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. RA Long – Rochester High School – 7:00 PM
Weet Three
September 13th
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
September 14th
Black Hills @ Bainbridge – BI Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Bothell – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Stadium – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Shelton vs. Wilson – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Rainier – Rainer HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Elma – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Inglemoor – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Ridgefield vs. River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Week Four
September 21st
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Lincoln – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Wilson – Stadium Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Yelm – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Hockinson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Forks – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Elma – Elma High School – 7:00 PM
September 22nd
Tumwater @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Week Five
September 27th
Timberline vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Black Hills @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ South Kitsap – SK Stadium, Port Orchard – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton vs. Foss – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Tenino – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Elma – Rochester High School – 7:00 PM
September 29th
North Thurston vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Week Six
October 5th
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Bellarmine – Memorial Field, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. South Kitsap – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Lincoln – Lincoln Bowl, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Forks – Forks High school – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ La Center – La Center High School – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Montesano – Montesano High School – 7:00 PM
Week Seven
October 12th
Black Hills @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Roy Anderson Field – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Bellarmine – Memorial Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Hoquiam – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino vs. Montesano – Tenino Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Forks – Rochester HS – 7:00 PM
Week Eight
October 18th
Tumwater @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
October 19th
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. Gig Harbor – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rainier @ Montesano – Montesano HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM
Rochester @ Stevenson – Stevenson HS – 7:00 PM
Week Nine
October 26th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tenino @ Rochester – Rochester HS – 7:00 PM
Rainier vs. Seton Catholic – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Oly area alumni list – summer (UPDATED 6/21)
One of the goals of Oly Sports is to keep track of local area alumni and their post Olympia area high school or college sports careers. So below is a list of athletes playing professional, semi-pro or in collegiate summer leagues this summer…
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Greensboro Grasshoppers Called up to Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Promoted to Brevard County Manatees
Kramer Champlin (Olympia HS) – Lansing Lugnuts
Alex Phillips (Tenino HS) – Connecticut Tigers
Jacob Pettit (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Bowie Baysox
Cody Hebner (Olympia Athletics – PSCL) – Fort Wayne Tincaps
Chris Scholl (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Arkansas Travelers
Jake Shadle (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Giants extended spring training
Independent Baseball
Joash Brodin (North Thurston HS) – London Rippers
Collegiate wood bat summer baseball
Jason Monda (Capital HS) – Brewster Whitecaps
Kellen Camus (Capital HS) – Waterloo Bucks
Jourdan Weiks (Capital HS) – Herndon Braves
Tanner Nielsen (North Thurston HS) – Klamath Falls Gems
Cabe Reiten (Olympia HS) – Wenatchee Applesox
Basketball
Semi-pro
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam
Jeremy Green (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam Left team
Nate Menefee (Timberline HS, Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Giovanne Woods (Evergreen, River Ridge HS) – Olympia Reign
Mike Ward (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Wright (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Whitaker (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Nicholas Moore (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Julio Feliciano (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – US National Team
Soccer
Zach Lubin (Saint Martin’s) – Kitsap Pumas
I’m sure this is not a complete list. If you know someone that I have left off, please let me know in the comments or drop me an email.
And I purposefully didn’t include anybody playing in the Puget Sound Collegiate League because there are so many of them. You can find them by going to the PSCL website.
Quick links: Smith named all-area POY; Much, much more
Kierstin Smith named player of the year of The Olympian’s all-area fastpitch team. Two other Tumwater and two Olympia stars named to the team.
The Olympian also has a ton of recruiting news including the news that Black Hills and SPSCC’s Anye Turner is moving on to the Western Washington basketball team for 2012-2013. – The Olympian
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about Ultimate Frisbee in Olympia. – Thurston Talk
Saint Martin’s catcher Chandler Tracy was named NCAA Division II West Region Freshman of the Year. – SMUSaints.com
Two other Saints were named to an all-region team. Kyle Van Santen made it for the 5K and Sam Washington for the shot put. – SMUSaints.com
The 2013 NCAA Division II regional golf tournament is coming to The Home Course in DuPont and will be hosted by Saint Martin’s. – SMUSaints.com
The Evergreen State College reopened their challenge course this week. – Evergreen Athletics
Evergreen also inducted the first class into their Recreation and Athletics Hall of Fame. – Evergreen Athletics
Smith, Ubrun named EvCo softball MVPs
Tumwater softball’s Kierstin Smith was named Pitching MVP and Alyssa Ubrun was named Offensive MVP by the 2A Evergreen Conference. And while the state runners up took the two MVP trophies, state champion Mike Keen of W.F. West took home the coach of the year award.
Here are all of the Olympia area players honored by the EvCo broken down by school:
Black Hills
Second team: Alyssa Nelson – So. – P, Taylor Pottschmidt – Sr. – INF
Honorable mention: Makenzy Tarrow – Jr., Liana McCann – Sr.
North Thurston
First team: Dominique Greeno – Fr. – INF
Honorable mention: Brianna Perry – Sr.
River Ridge
Honorable mention: Bri Attwood – Fr.
Tumwater
Pitching MVP: Kierstin Smith – Sr.
Offensive MVP: Alyssa Ubrun – So.
First team: Gabby Vidallon – So. – Util
Honorable mention: Alexa McDaniel – So., Ashley Wells – Sr., Makayla Glasgo – So., Sarah Orgill – Sr.
Meg Wochnick has the full all-EvCo teams at The Olympian.
Saturday scoreboard: Wood/Stormans win state title; T-Birds come up short
Boys tennis – state tournament
4A Doubles
•Hunter Wood/John Stormans – Olympia 2, Alec Tsutsumoto/Andrew Choi -Newport 0
•Hunter Wood/John Stormans – Olympia 2, Mark Bright/Connor Horne – Union 0 – STATE CHAMPS!
2A Singles/Doubles
•Jimmy Do – Black Hills 2, Zach Drake – Tumwater 1 – Drake eliminated
•Drew Dawson – Franklin Pierce 2, Jimmy Do – Black Hills 0 – Do takes 8th place
•Adrian Villanuva/Sam Bayna – Lindbergh 2, Ryan Gudbranson/Evan Gudbranson – Tumwater 0 – Gudbransons eliminated
•Kenny Saari/Cody Schultz – WF West 2, Jooneil Ahn/Scott Vannerson – North Thurston 0 – Ahn/Vannerson eliminated
Girls tennis – state tournament
2A Singles/Doubles
•Anna Lefebvre – Burlington-Edison 2,
Julie Hansen – Black Hills 1
•Bella Hoyos – Bellingham 2, Julie Hansen – Black Hills 0 – Hansen takes 6th place
•Emily Barclift/McKenzie Click – Tumwater 2, Kaiti Dell/Megan Schrenk – Selah 0
•Lindsey Wicklein/Erica Daniels – Kingston 2, Emily Barclift/McKenzie Click – Tumwater 0 – Barclift/Click take 7th place
High school softball
Tumwater 4, Selah 2
W.F. West 15, Tumwater 3 – T-Birds take 2nd place!
Boys soccer
Archbishop Murphy 2, Tumwater 0 – T-Birds take 4th place
Today (5/26): State softball, soccer, tennis continues
The Tumwater softball team continues their state tournament run this morning at Carlon Park in Selah with a semifinal game against Selah. The T-Birds breezed through the first two rounds beating Cheney 12-2 and Granite Falls 8-1. Selah was even better knocking off Fife 13-3 and Interlake 11-0. Selah is 24-2 this season. First pitch is at 10:00 AM.
The Tumwater soccer team may have had their undefeated season and state title hopes disappear last night with a 2-0 loss to Fife, but they can still take home third place in state by beating Archbishop Murphy at Sunset Chevy Stadium in Sumner. Game time is at noon.
In the state tennis tournament, Olympia’s Hunter Wood and John Stormans play in the semifinals against Alex Tsutsumoto and Andrew Choi of Newport. Both pairs have swept through the first two rounds winning two sets to none. Black Hills’ Julie Hansen is also still alive for a state championship. She plays Anna Lefebvre of Burlington-Edison in the semis this morning at the Nordstrom Tennis Center at the University of Washington.
And if you are looking for something to do close to Olympia, South Sound Speedway continues their racing season with mini stocks, hobby stocks, street stocks, legends and bump to pass racing. Qualifying is at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30.
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