Category Archives: Tumwater HS
Today (5/1): 2A EvCo soccer wraps up regular season; Narrows League baseball playoffs underway
I’m getting ready to head to Kansas City for the rest of the week so I’ll have to keep this short. While there, though, Oly Sports will continue in normal fashion since my broken ankle will keep me a lot less busy than I originally planned.
On the schedule tonight, the last regular season soccer games in the 2A EvCo including River Ridge playing for a playoff spot. And the Narrows League baseball playoffs get underway in Tacoma…
Boys soccer
Lincoln @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
North Thurston @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – 7:00 PM
High School baseball
North Thurston @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Wilson vs. Capital – 3A Narrows League playoff – Heidelberg Park, Tacoma – 1:00 PM
Today (4/30): Surprise, it’s raining
As of 12:00 PM, I have not heard of any of these games being postponed. This late in the season, I’d assume they will try as hard as they can to get them in.
High school softball
Timberline @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Bellarmine @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Aberdeen vs. Black Hills @ The RAC – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Tumwater @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM – Canceled
River Ridge @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM – Canceled
Tumwater’s Matt Johnson drafted by Cowboys
2007 Tumwater High School graduate Matt Johnson was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the NFL Draft today. The safety out of Eastern Washington is the first player from Tumwater to be drafted. Meg Wochnick at The Olympian has the full story with reaction from Johnson himself.
Here is what Twitter had to say…
https://twitter.com/#!/dallascowboys/status/196297495763095553
https://twitter.com/#!/Matt_Johnson5/status/196328792602591232
https://twitter.com/#!/TBirdFootball/status/196301478028251137
https://twitter.com/#!/Tbird_boysbball/status/196394502649430016
https://twitter.com/#!/BigIrishman16/status/196349747815129088
https://twitter.com/#!/gstoney23/status/196389788771815424
Congratulations to Matt and you can bet that Oly Sports will keep you updated on his progress.
Photo credit: EWU Athletics
Thursday scoreboard: Saints still alive; T-Birds stay undefeated
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, Montana State Billings 3 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s 11, Montana State Billings 8 – 9 innings
Saint Martin’s came up huge with their sweep of GNAC leader Montana State Billings in Billings on Thursday afternoon. The Saints had to win to keep their GNAC title hopes alive and after winning game one 5-3, the Saints found themselves down 7-4 in the fourth inning of game two. Morgan Klemm hit a three run homerun to tie the game and then took an 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh but couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the seventh and the Yellowjackets tied the game at 8-8. The Saints broke through with three runs in the top of the seventh and held on for the win.
The sweep brings the Saints within two games of the Yellowjackets with just two conference games left to play for both teams. To get the GNAC’s NCAA bid, the Saints have to sweep Northwest Nazarene and hope that Simon Fraser can sweep in Billings on Saturday.
Boys soccer
Tumwater 5, Aberdeen 1
Capital 2, Foss 0
Centralia 1, North Thurston 0
Stadium 3, Olympia 0
W.F. West 2, River Ridge 1
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 12, North Beach 10
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 4
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4
High school softball
Wilson 9, Capital 1
Quick links: Bryant to UW; Rise to Oly; More
Tumwater’s Jaimie Bryant verbally commits to play football for the Huskies. – The Olympian
New semi-pro basketball team scheduled to play in Olympia. – ABA Live
The always energetic Anne Larson has a profile of Olympia soccer players Evan Munn and Jamison Corbin – Thurston Talk
Washington State University coaches Mike Leach and June Daugherty and athletic director Bill Moos will be at Saint Martin’s tonight. – Register here
Miami Marlins fan blog gives their take on Olympia’s Adam Conley – Fish Tales
Speaking of Conley, his wife Kendall has a blog about their time in Greensboro this season – Kendall Conley
Today (4/25): Narrow League title on the line
The 4A Narrows League championship is on the line today when Olympia hosts Gig Harbor at Crandall Field At 4:00 PM. The Tides’ 4-1 win over the Bears dropped Oly to 12-1 in conference, just a half game ahead of 11-1 Gig Harbor. A win today in their final regular season game would give the Bears the title outright. Of course, this all depends on weather, and it isn’t looking too promising right now.
In other baseball action…
Aberdeen @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Busy day on the Olympia campus with the Oly softball team playing South Kitsap at 4:00 PM.
More softball today (maybe)…
Foss @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Today (4/24): T-Birds soccer hopes to stay undefeated
Kevin Weyand and the Tumwater soccer team hope to stay undefeated tonight when they take on River Ridge at South Sound Stadium at 7:00 PM. The T-Birds are 9-0 in the 2A EvCo while The Hawks are just 2-7 in conference but did give Tumwater a close game on March 26th, losing 2-1. Weyand, a German exchange student, has scored 15 goals in 12 games this season.
Across town, North Thurston travels to Tumwater Stadium to face cellar dwelling Black Hills. The Wolves are looking to avenge their worst loss of the season, a 6-0 win by the Rams on March 27th. North Thurston is 5-4 in conference while Black Hills is 1-9. First kick is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
One baseball game in town today when Tumwater hosts first place W.F. West. Wazzu bound Mitch Gueller and Logan James combined to throw a two-hitter in a 11-0 Bearcats win in the two teams first meeting this season on March 23rd. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 PM.
Monday scoreboard: Blazers take care of business, Bears don’t; T-Birds unscathed
High school baseball
Timberline 10, Yelm 2
Capital 3, Foss 0
Northwest Christian 6, Naselle 5
Gig Harbor 4, Olympia 1
On senior day, senior Ryan Tydingco went 2-for-2 with an RBI in 3A Narrows League leader Timberline’s 10-2 win over second place Yelm. Cobi Beal went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three stolen bases and freshman Matt Mercer picked up the win for the Blazers.
Zach Carras drove in two runs and Nick Mailhot scored twice and the two combined for six stolen bases in Northwest Christian’s 6-5 win over Naselle.
Gig Harbor scored four runs in the first inning and Nick Gagliardi pitched a complete game three hitter in the Tides’ 4-1 win over Olympia. Wednesday’s game at Crandall Field between the two teams will determine the 4A Narrows League champion.
High school softball
Tumwater 13, Centralia 7
Capital 20, Foss 0
Olympia 9, Shelton 1
W.F. West 10, Black Hills 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
After giving up just one run in their last five games, Tumwater found themselves down 7-6 to Centralia after four innings. But a six run fifth inning gave kept the T-Birds and Kierstin Smith undefeated. Read more about the game from The Olympian.
Capital scored three runs in the first, eight in the second and nine in the third and quickly mercy ruled Foss, 20-0. Alex Beckwith went 3-for-4 with four runs and five RBI for the Cougars.
Olympia also jumped out to an early lead scoring seven runs in the first and didn’t look back en route to a 9-1 win over Gig Harbor. Megan Goodman hit a home run and had four RBI and Nikki Schroeder went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Today (4/23): Narrow League baseball leaders meet; Undefeated T-Birds softball hosts Tigers
The top two teams in the 3A Narrow League meet this afternoon when Timberline plays host to Yelm at 4:00 PM. The Blazers are on top of the league standings at 7-1 but the Tornadoes are just a half game behind at 7-2. Charlie Hinson, Rick Ahlf and Ryan Tydingco will be honored on Senior Day with festivities starting at 3:45 PM.
In other 3A Narrows League action, Capital plays Foss at Waits Field at 4:00 PM. The Cougars are just 1-5 in league while Foss is third at 5-3.
The undefeated Tumwater softball team hosts Centralia at 4:30 PM. The T-Birds have only given up one run in their last five games with Kierstin Smith picking up the win in four games over that stretch. The two teams met once this season on April 10th and the Tigers gave Tumwater their toughest challenge. The T-Birds scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning and held on to pick up a 9-5 extra inning win.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball splits, baseball sweeps; Budd Bay Rugby advances
College softball
Saint Martin’s 6, Western Oregon 5
Western Oregon 5, Saint Martin’s 1 – More from SMUSaints.com
Sam Munger hit a three run home run and pitched a complete game to pick up her 15th win of the season in Saint Martin’s 6-5 win in game one. Lacey McGladrey went 2-for-2 with two RBI and Megan Antonovich went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
In game two, Taylor Bakos gave up five unearned runs in the first three innings and the Saints were baffled by Western Oregon’s Myranda Sawyer and lost to the Wolves 5-1. Lacey McGladrey had two of the Saints’ four hits.
With the split and thanks to Central Washington’s sweep of first place Montana State Billings, the Saints move to four games back of the Yellowjackets. However, Billings’ magic number to clinch the GNAC’s automatic NCAA tournament bid is now just two.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, Central Washington 7 – 10 innings
Saint Martin’s 12, Central Washington 10 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s didn’t do anything easy on Saturday but still managed to sweep Central Washington. After being down 5-1 after the top of the third inning, game one was eventually won on a two out infield chopper by Bobby Twedt that scored Casey Thorpe from third.
In game two, the Saints fell behind seven runs in the first three innings but scored the next 12 runs, including a six run inning in the third and a five run inning in the fifth, and held on for a 12-10 win.
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes def. Bay Area
Budd Bay earned a trip to USA Rugby’s Western Regional with their win in the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union D3 semifinals on Saturday in Portland. The Buffaloes take on Modesto in the championship game and with a win will earn a #3 seed. With a loss, they will get the #8 seed.
High school baseball
Timberline 14, Wilson 1
W.F. West 8, North Thurston 0
Boys soccer
Capital 1, Tumwater 1
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