Category Archives: Soccer
Today (4/26): Capital, North Thurston soccer; Saints softball must win on road
The 3A Narrows League first place Capital Cougars soccer team welcomes Foss to Ingersoll Stadium tonight at 7:00 PM. Capital dominated in the first meeting between the two teams winning 4-1 on March 27th. Bryce Joling and Joey Geraci each scored two goals for the Cougars in that game.
North Thurston soccer hosts Centralia at South Sound Stadium at 7:00 PM. The two teams met on March 29th and behind two Guillermo Martinez goals, Centralia won 3-1. Without Nick Salazar’s services, Bin Hasan scored the Rams’ lone goal.
The Saint Martin’s softball team is in a must win situation when they take on GNAC first place Montana State Billings in a doubleheader this afternoon. The Saints must sweep the Yellowjackets today and sweep Northwest Nazarene tomorrow and hope Billings drops their final two games to win the GNAC regular season championship. The two teams met in early March with the Yellowjackets taking three of four games. Live stats are available here.
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 (4/24): 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.
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
Thursday scoreboard: Saints pound Wildcats; Blazers, Rams, Cougars score soccer wins
College softball
Saint Martin’s 13, Central Washington 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
On March 4th, the Saint Martin’s softball team lost a game to Central Washington 7-3. However, the Saints protested a home run in the bottom of the first inning that was originally called foul and then changed to fair after the umpires discussed the call at the request of the Wildcats’ coaches. The protest was upheld, the loss was struck from the Saints’ record and today the game resumed from just before the home run happened over a month ago.
And this time, Sam Munger got the out and proceeded to pitch a two hit, five inning mercy rule shutout and the Saints won easily, 13-0. Saint Martin’s had 17 hits in the game including six combined hits for Munger and Morgan Klemm that accounted for five of the Saints’ runs. Lacey McGladrey went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI.
The Saints have won three straight games to move to 28-15-1 overall and 18-10 in the GNAC.
Boys Soccer
Timberline 5, Yelm 2
North Thurston 4, W.F. West 0
Capital 2, Wilson 1
Centralia 5, River Ridge 1
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 0
Olympia 1, South Kitsap 1
Xavier Wurtele and Dan Ceban each scored two goals for Timberline in their 5:2 win over Yelm on Thursday night. Wurtele struck first for the Blazers with a goal in the 37th minute, the only goal for the two teams in the first 60 minutes. Including Casey French’s goal in the 61st minute that opened up the floodgates, the two teams combined for six goals in the final twenty minutes of play.
Joey Renaud scored his first hat trick for North Thurston in their 4:0 win over W.F. West in the first game of the South Sound Stadium doubleheader. Keeper Desean Freeman had two saves for the Rams to earn the shutout.
Matteo Nartempi had the game winning goal in the 76th minute in Capital’s 2:1 win over Wilson at Stadium Bowl in Tacoma. Bryce Joling scored early for the Cougars with a goal in the third minute but the Rams answered back quickly with a goal of their own in the third minute from Chris Peterson. The two teams then battled for 73 minutes before Nartempi’s game winner.
Today (4/19): South Sound Stadium hosts soccer doubleheader
North Thurston kicks off a doubleheader of soccer action at South Sound Stadium at 5:00 PM with a 2A EvCo matchup with W.F. West. The Rams are fourth in conference at 4-4 while the Bearcats are fifth at 2-6. The two teams met on March 22nd and played to a 1:1 regulartion tie before a Nick Salazar overtime goal gave North Thurston the 2:1 victory.
In the second half of the doubleheader, Timberline hosts 3A Narrows League rival Yelm. The Blazers come into the game at 1-2-1 in league just ahead of 0-3-1 The Tornadoes. It will be the first meeting between the two teams this season. First kick is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
Rest in peace, Mia – Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament
I was heartbroken yesterday to hear about the passing of five year-old Mia Deligeannis, who fought bravely against childhood leukemia for three years of her life. My thoughts have been with her and her family since I heard the news. I never met Mia and have only met her dad once but I was inspired by her toughness and her bravery through so much pain. No child or family should have to go through what Mia and her family went through and though Mia may have passed, the memory of her and her bravery lives on and will continue to touch, inspire and help others.
One way to honor Mia and help her family and families in the same situation is to come to the Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament on Saturday, June 9th at South Sound Stadium. The tournament will feature eight teams comprised of soccer alumni from Timberline, North Thurston, Olympia, Capital, Tumwater, Black Hills, Yelm and River Ridge High Schools. The teams will play a round robin tournament starting at 8:15 AM and the top two teams from the East and West division will move onto the semifinals with the final game scheduled for 4:15 PM that afternoon.
To play in the tournament, there is a $50 donation to Friends of Mia. Players receive a tournament jersey, there will be a post tournament party and winners get a keepsake and have bragging rights to the FoM Trophy displayed year round at O’Blarneys. If you would like to play, you can sign up and make your donation on brownpapertickets.com. If you have any questions, please contact me at olysportsblog@gmail.com or contact your alumni representative. You can find their information on the tournament’s Facebook page. And while you are at it, please share the page with your friends. Spectators are free but donations will gladly be accepted.
Please come out and support your favorite high school soccer alum and the Deligeannis family. It will be a really fun, hard fought tournament – the first of it’s kind between Olympia area high schools – for a good cause and in memory of a tough little girl.
Rest in peace, Mia.
Tuesday scoreboard: Blazers baseball keeps winning; Tumwater soccer stays undefeated
High school baseball
Timberline 13, Wilson 9
Centralia 13, Tumwater 1
W.F. West 12, Black Hills 0
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 4 – suspended in 7th inning due to darkness
High school soccer
Tumwater 6, W.F. West 1
Centralia 4, Black Hills 1
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 1
High school softball
W.F. West 6, River Ridge 0
Today (4/17): Wolves host first place Bearcats
Fingers crossed, the weather looks promising this afternoon for all of the baseball on the schedule.
Three 2A EvCo league games highlight the schedule with first place W.F. West and star pitcher and Washington State commit Mitch Gueller coming to Black Hills. The Bearcats are in first place at 8-1 while the Wolves are fifth at 4-6. The two teams met on March 30th and W.F. West won easily, 11-1.
Here is the full schedule of baseball games around town today…
W.F.West @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Aberdeen @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Wilson @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Regardless of weather, soccer plays on with one 2A EvCo game in town tonight and one self-indulgent Olympia sports blogger’s coed over-30 SWSA soccer game on the schedule…
Boys soccer
Centralia @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Coed over-30 soccer
ABCDE FC vs. Ramblin’ Jacks – Horizon Pointe – 6:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Dropkick Donnas Scandalized; Saints split again
Roller Derby
Port Scandalous 106, Dropick Donnas 103
The Oly Rollers’ Dropkick Donnas and the Port Scandalous Rollergirls were tied at 103 with just over a minute to play but Port Scandalous got the last three points of the bout to pull out a thrilling 106-103 win at Skateland on Sunday night. The Donnas were down by ten at halftime and eleven with 14 minutes to play before closing the gap to draw even.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 1, MSU Billings 0
MSU Billings 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Offense was scarce at Dehler Park in Billings on Sunday when the two teams combined for just two runs total over 16 innings, the lowest scoring doubleheader in GNAC history. In game one, the Saints’ Tommy Deboer gave up just four hits and struck out six Yellowjackets in eight scoreless innings of work. Travis Jones’ double in the top of the ninth inning drove in Mario Sanelli for the only run of the game and Zach Carter worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to preserve the win for the Saints.
In game two, Kaleb Wilson and Josh Moss combined to give up one run on four hits for the Saints but were out dueled by Matt Eames’ two hit, seven inning complete game shutout. With the weekend split, the Saints are now 11-25 overall and 7-11 in GNAC play.
Men’s soccer
Sounders U23s 3, Gonzaga University 2
Capital High School’s Josh Phillips, a sophomore defender for Gonzaga, is pictured above clearing the ball for the Zags.
Though not officially an Olympia team, the Sounders U23s will play the Portland Timbers U23s in Tumwater on June 2nd and I am covering the team this season for GoalWa.net. You can read my quick and easy recap here and see more photos from the game on the Oly Sports Facebook page.
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