Category Archives: Soccer
Saint Martin’s fall schedules
We are just a little over a month and a half away from the fall sports season and since Saint Martin’s is still without a Sports Information Director, the poor Saint Martin’s athletics website just sits there, relatively un-updated and begging for attention. Meanwhile, over at the GNAC, the fall sports schedules for the conference are up. I was curious about when the seasons for the men’s, women’s and volleyball teams started and had to dig around a bit to find them, hopefully you will find these Saints schedules easier than I originally did…
Women’s soccer
Aug. 30 – CSU Stanislaus – 2:00 PM
Sept. 7 – at UC-Colorado Springs – 7:30 PM
Sept. 9 – at Colorado Christian – 11:00 AM
Sept. 11 – Corban – 3:00 PM
Sept. 13 – +*Simon Fraser – 3:30 PM
Sept. 15 – +*Western Washington – 3:30 PM
Sept. 20 – +*at MSU Billings – 1:30 PM
Sept. 23 – *Western Oregon – 1:30 PM
Sept. 27 – *Central Washington – 3:00 PM
Sept. 29 – *at Seattle Pacific – 7:00 PM
Oct. 4 – *at Western Oregon – 3:30 PM
Oct. 6 – *at Northwest Nazarene – noon
Oct. 11 – *at Western Washington – 3:00 PM
Oct. 13 – *at Simon Fraser – 7:00 PM
Oct. 18 – *Seattle Pacific – 2:00 PM
Oct. 20 – *at Central Washington – noon
Oct. 25 – +*Northwest Nazarene – 12:45 PM
Oct. 27 – *MSU Billings – 2:00 PM
*GNAC game +Part of a doubleheader with the men
Men’s Soccer
Aug. 31 – at Sonoma State (at Phoenix) – 6:15 PM
Sept. 2 – at Colorado State – Pueblo (at Phoenix) – 6:15 PM
Sept. 6 – at Colorado Christian – TBA
Sept. 8 – at Metro State – 3:30 PM
Sept. 13 – +*Mary – 1:00 PM
Sept. 15 – +*Sioux Falls – 1:00 PM
Sept. 20 – at +*MSU Billings – 4:00 PM
Sept. 22 – at *Northwest Nazarene – 3:00 PM
Sept. 27 – at *Western Washington – 4:00 PM
Sept. 30 – at *Simon Fraser – 3:00 PM
Oct. 6 – *Seattle Pacific – 3:00 PM
Oct. 11 – *Northwest Nazarene – 3:00 PM
Oct. 13 – *MSU Billings – 1:00 PM
Oct. 18 – at *Sioux Falls – 7:00 PM
Oct. 20 – at *Mary – 7:00 PM
Oct. 25 – +*Simon Fraser – 12:45 PM
Oct. 28 – *Western Washington – 1:00 PM
Nov. 3 – at *Seattle Pacific – 7:00 PM
*GNAC game +Part of a doubleheader with the men
Volleyball
(all games at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted)
Aug. 31 – Sept. 1 – at Humboldt State Invitational
Sept. 6 – at BYU-Hawaii – TBA
Sept. 7 – at Chaminade – TBA
Sept. 8 – at Hawaii Pacific – TBA
Sept. 13 – at New Hope Christian
Sept. 15 – at Walla Walla
Sept. 20 – *Alaska Fairbanks
Sept. 22 – *Alaska Anchorage
Sept. 27 – *at Western Washington
Sept. 29 – *at Simon Fraser
Oct. 4 – *MSU Billings
Oct. 6 – *Seattle Pacific
Oct. 11 – *at Northwest Nazarene
Oct. 13 – *at Central Washington
Oct. 18 – *at Alaska Anchorage
Oct. 20 – *at Alaska Fairbanks
Oct. 23 – at Pacific Lutheran
Oct. 25 – *Simon Fraser
Oct. 27 – *Western Washington
Nov. 1 – *at Seattle Pacific
Nov. 3 – *at MSU Billings
Nov. 8 – *Central Washington
Nov. 10 – *Northwest Nazarene
Nov. 15 – *at Western Oregon
Nov. 17 – *Western Oregon
*GNAC game
Oly Sports road trip: Kitsap Pumas vs. North Sound Seawolves photo gallery
Took a drive up to Bremerton today to check out my favorite PDL soccer team, the Kitsap Pumas take on the North Sound Seawolves. To keep this somewhat Olympia sports-centric, former Saint Martin’s goalkeeper Zach Lubin made five saves for the Pumas in their 2-1 win. Lubin (gray jersey and orange socks in the pictures above) and the Pumas are on top of the PDL’s Northwest Division with 29 points, two points ahead of the Sounders U23s. The Pumas and Sounders face each other on Friday, July 6th at 7:30 PM if you would like to take in the sights and sounds of charming Bremerton Memorial Stadium for yourself.
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.
Rams soccer coach Knudson resigns
North Thurston’s Chris Knudson has resigned from his position as the Rams’ head boys soccer coach joining Timberline’s John Hayes as the second North Thurston School District coach to depart in this off season.
In five seasons at his alma mater, Knudson took the Rams from a 2-12 season in 2008 to the state quarterfinals in 2011 going 12-5-1 before losing to eventual state runners-up Fife 1-0 in the quarters.
This season, the Rams pulled an upset in the first round of districts knocking off number one seed Hockinson 3-0 but lost their final two district games to Mark Morris and Aberdeen and finished the season 9-8-1.
Knudson, who is part owner of the Lacey and Olympia Casa Mia restaurants, is leaving the program due to time constraints. His wife is expecting their first child in November.
Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament Photo Slideshow
Capital won the inaugural Friends of Mia Soccer Tournament defeating Olympia 3:0 in the a penalty shootout after the two tired teams failed to score in regulation.
Saturday scoreboard: Capital wins FoM Tourney; Brewers, Saints, A’s split
Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament
Pool play
Timberline 2, River Ridge 1
Olympia 4, Black Hills 1
Capital 2, Tumwater 0
North Thurston 3, Shelton 1
Olympia 4, Tumwater 1
North Thurston 3, River Ridge 2
Capital 5, Black Hills 0
Shelton 1, Timberline 1
North Thurston 6, Timberline 1
Tumwater 1, Black Hills 1
Olympia 2, Capital 1
Shelton 3, River Ridge 1
Semifinals
Olympia 5, Shelton 0
Capital 3, North Thurston 0
Finals
Capital 0, Olympia 0 – Capital wins penalty shootout 3:0.
Pictures from the tournament to come tomorrow, in the meantime head over to ThurstonTalk.com who has a nice article on the event.
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
West Olympia Linx 10, Tumwater Brewers 1
Tumwater Brewers 6, Nisqually Silvers 1
Olympia Athletics 3, Lacey Saints 2
Lacey Saints 6, Olympia Athletics 0
Today (6/9): Tourneys time; PSCL play four; Underground Derby championships; Racing
It’s another huge day of sports in the South Sound. It all starts early in the morning with the Capitol City Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament. Jon McCaslin has won the tournament three times in a row and The Olympian has a preview article featuring Tumwater High School alum Kyle Schrader. Tee off for the tournament at Capitol City Golf Club is at 7:30 AM.
Shortly after tee time, the Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament gets underway at South Sound Stadium. Soccer alumni from Black Hills, Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Shelton/Yelm, Timberline and Tumwater gather to honor Mia and raise money for childhood cancer. First kick of pool play is at 8:45 AM. The semifinals start at 2:15 PM with the finals kicking off at 4:15. Everybody is invited to the post tournament party and benefit at Faith Community Center at 6:00. For the full schedule and more information, visit the Oly Sports post from yesterday. All events are free and donations will be accepted.
And the tournaments keep on rolling along with Budd Bay Rugby’s 20th annual Tatunka 7’s Tournament at The Evergreen State College. The tournament used to coincide with Evergreen’s Super Saturday but even after the elimination of Super Saturday, the tournament continues on the Saturday before graduation. The action gets underway at 10:00 AM.
If golf, soccer and rugby aren’t enough for you, the Puget Sound Collegiate League plays a baseball quadruple-header on Saturday. First up at noon, the Tumwater Brewers take on the West Olympia Linx. Then at 2:30, the Brewers play game two against the Nisqually Silvers. In the evening games, the Lacey Saints and the Olympia Athletics play two starting at 5:00 PM. All four games take place on the wonderful turf surface at the Regional Athletic Center. All PSCL games are free.
Golf, soccer, rugby, baseball. What else could you want? How about some championship roller derby action? Skateland! will be rocking when the Underground Derby League has their interleague championships. The Rolling Regulators, Fembots, Oly Outlaws and South Bay Bombers will battle it out to see who takes home the hardware. Tickets are $15 at the door, doors open at 6:00 PM and derby action gets underway at 6:30.
And finally, weather pending, petrolheads (I’ve been watching a lot of Top Gear on BBC America lately) get their fix this weekend at South Sound Speedway. Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks, FSCRA and Legends start qualifying at 5:00 PM with racing getting underway at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $12 at the gates.
Saturday: Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament and Benefit
The 2012 Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament kicks off Saturday morning at 8:45 AM at South Sound Stadium and surrounding soccer fields at Chinook Middle School. Soccer alumni of Black Hills, Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Shelton/Yelm, Timberline and Tumwater High Schools will come together for this unique tournament in honor of Mia Deligeannis with proceeds going to families fighting childhood cancer. The day culminates with the championship game at 4:15 PM at South Sound Stadium and then moves to Faith Community Center for a post tournament party and benefit auction.
The schedule of games looks like this…
Pool Play
8:45 AM: River Ridge vs Timberline, Black Hills vs Olympia, Capital vs Tumwater, North Thurston vs Shelton/Yelm
10:15 AM: Tumwater vs Olympia, River Ridge vs North Thurston, Black Hills vs Capital, Shelton/Yelm vs Timberline
11:45 AM: Timberline vs North Thurston, Tumwater vs Black Hills, Capital vs Olympia, River Ridge vs Shelton/Yelm
Following pool play, there will be two semifinal games with game one starting at 1:15 PM and game two at 2:15. The finals kick off at 4:15 PM. The semis and final will all be played at South Sound Stadium.
Following the championship game, the party moves over to Faith Community Center at 7075 Pacific Ave. SE for the post tournament party and benefit. Everybody is welcome for a night of drinks, desserts, pizza available from Ricardo’s Wood Fired Express, dancing and a silent and live auction with proceeds benefiting Friends of Mia.
Oly Sports will be at the tournament all day and will be tweeting results and pictures, so please follow @OlySportsBlog for all the highlights from the inaugural Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament.
Saturday scoreboard: Sounders U23s delight; A’s, Cardinals, Brewers win; Reign hate Canada
Premier Development League soccer
Sounders U23 1, Portland Timbers U23 0
It took over 90 minutes, but the Sounders U23s broke through in added time with a Jamael Cox blast that scorched the Timbers’ Spencer Richey and sent the Tumwater Stadium crowd of primarily Sounders fans home very happy. Facundo Dipasquale, a 75th minute substitution for starter Sean Okoli, made the pass to the streaking Cox to setup the goal. Sounders keeper Doug Herrick had eight saves including two fantastic saves in a row midway through the second half on shots that looked like for sure goals for the Timbers.
For pictures, please see the previous post or visit the Oly Sports Facebook page.
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Atheletics 3, West Olympia Linx 1
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 12, Nisqually Silvers 3
Tumwater Brewers 5, Lacey Saints 4
International Basketball League
Edmonton Energy 138, Olympia Reign 104
Sounders U23s photo gallery: It’s a Celebration
90 minutes in the books and time was running down on the Sounders U23s and Portland Timbers U23s Olympia debut. Tied at nil, the game threatened to be a wash and send the very good crowd at Tumwater Stadium home without anything to celebrate. But then, out of nowhere and completely out of position, left back Jamael Cox received a header and streaked down the right side and uncorked a shot that beat the Timbers keeper and set off a jubilant celebration. Minutes later, the celebration continued when the final whistle sounded and the Sounders U23s escaped with the 1:0 win. I was lucky enough to capture the header, shot and celebration…
The loss moved the Sounders U23s into third place at 3-1-3 on the season while the Timbers U23s dropped their first game of the season but are still in first place at 5-1.
UPDATE: Now that I check the box score and my notes, that header may not have been the pass to Cox that setup the goal. Oh well, it’s such a nice shot, let’s just pretend that it was the assist.
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