Category Archives: Tumwater HS
Today (5/17): 2A fastpitch districts
Tumwater and Black Hills face off in the opening game of the 2A District IV fastpitch playoffs this afternoon in Centralia. The T-Birds finished at 17-1 in the EvCo and are the #1 seed while the Wolves were 6-12 and were outscored 36-7 by Tumwater in their three meetings this season. Game time is at 4:00 PM at Fort Borst Park Field #2.
The winner moves on to a winner-to-state game against the winner of the Aberdeen/RA Long game while the loser faces a loser-out game against the loser of that game. Both second round games get underway at 6:00 PM at Borst Park.
Wednesday scoreboard: T-Birds survive
Boys soccer
Tumwater 3, Port Angeles 2
Down one goal, Port Angeles won a throw-in with just 4.4 seconds left. The throw went into the box and a Roughrider got his head on the ball but knocked it just wide and Tumwater barely survived with a 3:2 win.
Just 50 seconds earlier, Port Angeles’ Hayden McCartney scored his second goal of the game to cut into Tumwater’s lead to give them the opportunity for the equalizer. McCartney scored the Roughriders first goal in the 72nd minute to make the score 2:1.
A minute later, Kevin Weyand scored the eventual game winner for the T-Birds with a great individual effort and blast past the keeper.
Connor Sigmon scored the first two goals for Tumwater, both rebounds from shots that the Port Angeles keeper couldn’t hold. The first came midway through the first half and the second came in the 69th minute to give the T-Birds a 2:0 lead.
Tumwater remains undefeated on the season and moves on to play Franklin Pierce in the second round of the 2A state playoffs on Saturday. Franklin Pierce knocked off Sehome 3:2 yesterday.
Today (5/16): Can Tumwater stay undefeated?
Boys soccer state playoffs continue tonight when Port Angeles comes to town to take on Tumwater. The T-Birds hope to continue their undefeated season against the Roughriders who come into the game at 10-4-4 overall. The T-Birds will have to stop Port Angeles forward Anthony Brandon, an 18 goal scorer this season.
First kick at Tumwater Stadium is at 7:00 PM. The Peninsula Daily News has an extensive preview of the game and you can listen to the game online on the Eli Sports Network.
Baseball alumni update: Conley still dealing
Olympia High School graduate and second round pick Adam Conley has been impressive in his first full season in professional baseball. Conley has made seven starts for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, and has posted a 3-0 record with a 2.23 ERA. More impressively, Conley has only given up earned runs in three of his seven starts and his ERA is only that high because of one bad outing on April 28th against the West Virginia Power when he gave up six earned runs in 3 1/3 innings. Otherwise, Conley has given up just three earned runs and has struck out 43 batters in 36 1/3 innings.
In Appleton, River Ridge alum Seth Harvey has emerged as the Wisconsin Timber Rattler’ primary closer saving seven of the 13 games in which he has appeared. He is 2-0 on the season with a 2.40 ERA and has struck out 22 batters in 15 innings and has allowed just three walks for the Milwaukee Brewers’ single-A affiliate.
Olympia’s Kramer Champlin has pitched in eight games of relief for the Lansing Lugnuts, single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and has posted a 2-1 record with a 3.72 ERA. In 19 1/3 innings, Champlin has struck out 17 batters and walked five. Unfortunately, he has also given up 21 hits and has allowed an earned run or more in all but three of his eight games and is currently on the seven day disabled list.
Two more alumni kick of their seasons this week in the independent Frontier League. Joash Brodin is in his fourth Frontier League season with the brand new London Rippers. The switch hitting first baseman out of North Thurston travels to Marion, Illinois to take on the Southern Illinois Miners on Friday night.
And Tumwater’s Ryan Bean recently signed to pitch for the Florence Freedom. The Freedom open at home against the Traverse City Beach Bums on Thursday. Bean was a 17th round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants in 2010 but was released in Spring Training.
Photo credits:
Adam Conley – Dano Keeney/MiLB.com
Kramer Champlin – Flickr user whitecapwendy
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.
Friday scoreboard: Rams win district title; Reign win in OT
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, W.F. West 4 – More from The Olympian
Tyler Ridgeway threw the game-tying run out at the plate to seal North Thurston’s first district title since 2002 with a 5-4 win over EvCo regular season champ W.F. West. Riley Stordahl pitched a complete game for the Rams and Spencer Dorsey went 3-for-3 with two triples and two RBI. The Rams move on to the state regionals as a #1 seed. They play at 10:00 AM back at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis.
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 121, Salem Soldiers 118 – Overtime
High school softball
Tumwater 9, Black Hills 2
South Kitsap 5, Olympia 4
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.
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