Category Archives: Soccer
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds to semis; Rams, Blazers seasons end
Boys soccer
Tumwater 3, Franklin Pierce 0 – More from The Olympian
After not registering even one shot on goal in the first half, Bradley Saner opened the scoring in the 44th minute and Tumwater never looked back in their 3:1 win over Franklin Pierce in the quarterfinals of the 2A state tournament. The T-Birds earned their first trip to the semifinals and will play Fife on Friday, May 25th at Sunset Chevy Stadium in Sumner.
Connor Sigmon scored what proved to be the game winner in the 52nd minute. Franklin Pierce cut the lead to just one in the 59th minute on a Richard Laducer goal but Sigmon closed the door with an insurance goal in the 60th minute and the undefeated season rolls along.
High school baseball
Timberline 5, West Seattle 0
Eastside Catholic 5, Timberline 1
Rick Ahlf went 3-for-4 and Matt Mercer got the win in Timberline’s 5-0 win over West Seattle in the opening round of the 3A state playoffs. The win setup a quarterfinals matchup with Eastside Catholic but the Blazers were unable to hold off the Crusaders and were bumped from the tournament with a 5-1 loss.
North Thurston 4, Fife 1
Sumner 5, North Thurston 4
North Thurston’s Tyler Ridgeway pitched a three hit complete game and went 2-for-3 with two runs to knock off Fife in the first round of the 2A state tournament at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. The two runs that the Rams scored in the first inning proved to be enough to move them into the next round against Sumner.
In the quarterfinals, the Rams took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning but Sumner answered right back with four runs in the fifth inning and added another in the seventh. Down 5-3, North Thurston scored a run in the bottom half of the inning but Spencer Dorsey was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a passed ball and the Rams season came to a heartbreaking end.
High school softball
Prairie 6, Capital 0
Capital was shutout twice in districts and their season came to an end with an 8-10 record.
Gunderson, Diekman, Winkler honored by EvCo
The 2A Evergreen Conference named Tumwater’s Nathaniel Gunderson and Devon Diekman defensive MVPs and Bryan Winkler coach of the year today. Aberdeen’s Juanito Lopez was named offensive MVP.
Here are the Olympia area players honored by the EvCo, broken down by school…
Black Hills
First team: Robbie Phillips – Sr. – Mid, Matt McDonald – Sr. – Def
Second team: Luke Proctor – Jr. – Def
North Thurston
First team: Joey Renaud – Sr. – Mid, Kenny Heo – Sr. – Mid, Miguel Soto-Torres – Jr. – Def
Second team: Taylor Kirkland – Sr. – GK, Nick Salazar – Sr. – Fwd, David Cregg – Jr. – Mid
River Ridge
First team: Michael Evans – Sr. – GK
Second team: Chris Behnke – Fr. – Fwd, Alex Conseco – So. – Mid, Zach McGill – Jr. – Def
Tumwater
Defensive MVPs: Nathaniel Gunderson – Sr., Devon Diekman – Sr.
Coach of the year: Bryan Winkler
First team: Kevin Weyand – Sr. – Fwd, Austin Snyder – Sr. – Fwd, Connor Sigmon – Jr. – Fwd, Jacob Irwin – So. – Mid, Kyle Mowlds – Sr. – Def.
Second team: Kile Lenherr – Jr. – Mid, Tyler Gerbert – Sr. – Def
The Daily World has the complete all-conference teams.
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.
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.
Tuesday scoreboard: Capital’s season ends; Lowe wins district title
Boys soccer
Mount Vernon 2, Capital 0
Capital’s season comes to an end with a 2-0 loss to Mount Vernon. The Cougars couldn’t stop the Bulldogs’ Sergio Garcia who scored in the 38th minute just before halftime and right after the half in the 42nd minute.
High school softball
Yelm 3, Olympia 2
Girl’s Golf
North Thurston’s Olivia Lowe won the 2A individual District IV title by 13 strokes. She shot an 83 on Monday and a 78 today for a combined 161 at Three Rivers Golf Course in Kelso. She moves onto state on May 22-23 at Lake Spanaway Golf Course. For more local qualifiers, The Olympian has the full list.
Tonight (5/15): Capital soccer opens state playoffs
The boys soccer state regionals get started tonight when the 3A Narrows League champion Capital Cougars take on Mount Vernon at Tumwater Stadium. The Cougars went undefeated in the Narrows and lost three games overall this season while Mount Vernon had to fight just to get to the regionals. They split a pair of shootouts to open districts but then easily dispatched Sedro Wooley 3:0 in a loser-out game on Thursday.
First kick tonight in Tumwater is at 6:00 PM.
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.
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.
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