Category Archives: Soccer
Monday scoreboard: they played ball!
High school baseball
Olympia 7, Timberline 4
Northwest Christian 4, Ocosta 3 – 8 innings
North Thurston 5, Tumwater 3
Centralia 6, River Ridge 3
Leo Valenti went 2-for-2 with a homerun and two RBI for Olympia in their 7-4 victory over Timberline on Monday. Timberline was led by a 3-for-4 day from Ty Gartner. Nick Mailhot struck out nine batters and drove in the game winning run in the eighth inning for Northwest Christian in their 2B Pacifiic League opener against Ocosta. North Thurston was led by Charles Vaughn’s 2-for-3 and two RBI day in the Ram’s victory over Tumwater. And Brad Wallace went 2-for-4 and River Ridge only surrendered five hits but it wasn’t enough to beat Centralia.
High school fastpitch
Olympia 8, Capital 1
Gig Harbor 4, Timberline 0
Tumwater 23, North Thurston 6
Aberdeen 11, Black Hills 1 – 5 innings
W.F. West 15, River Ridge 4 – 5 innings
Nikki Schroeder gave up just six hits and Megan Goodman and Hailey Hull drove in five runs between them in Olympia’s defeat of Capital. Black Hills and River Ridge were both run ruled in their season openers.
Boys soccer
North Thurston 1, Yelm 0
South Kitsap 1, Olympia 0
Nick Salazar’s breakaway goal in the 33rd minute was enough for North Thurston as Taylor Kirkland saved eight shots and posted his first shutout of the season in their 1-0 victory over Yelm.
Today (3/19): Play ball!
Looks like we should finally have decent weather for today’s slate of high school baseball games. Accuweather is predicting showers around noon but hopefully the tarps are on the fields and it won’t be enough to wipe any of these games out…
Mark Morris @ Tumwater – 4:00 PM
Timberline @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Ocosta @ Northwest Christian – 4:00 PM
Shelton @ Capital – 4:00 PM
There is also one fastpitch game scheduled to be played in town today when Capital hosts Olympia at 4:00 PM.
And two boys soccer games round out today’s sports schedule. South Kitsap visits Olympia in a 4A Narrows League matchup. Game time is at 7:00 PM. And Yelm visits North Thurston in a non-league match at 7:00 PM at South Sound Stadium.
-Photo credit: Kent Porter, Santa Rosa Press Democrat via AP
Friday scoreboard: Rams win, Olympia, Capital struggle
High school baseball
North Thurston 7, Black Hills 3
Boys soccer
Gig Harbor 2, Olympia 0
Enumclaw 1, Capital 0
Today (3/16): maybe some baseball and fastpitch?
The forecast doesn’t look too bad and we just might get a baseball or fastpitch game in today. So here are some games that could possibly be played today. Timberline secured some turf so at the very least they should get their game in today.
High school baseball
South Kitsap vs. Timberline @ The RAC – 4:00 PM
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Tumwater @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
High school fastpitch
Capital @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Enumclaw @ Capital – 7:00 PM
Let’s go weather!
Thursday scoreboard: rough night for Lacey
Boys soccer
Tumwater 2, North Thurston 1
Black Hills 2, River Ridge 1
Decatur 5, Timberline 1
It was a good night for Tumwater, but a rough one for Lacey. Black Hills got a goal from Jacob Mager in the eighth minute and the eventual game winning goal from Kyle Benavente in the 69th minute to knock off River Ridge 2-1 in a 2A EvCo matchup. Ivan Mendez had the equalizer in the 29th minute for the Hawks. At South Sound Stadium, North Thurston dropped to 1-1 in the 2A EvCo with their loss to Tumwater. The T-Birds are now 2-0 in conference play. And Timberline couldn’t stop Decatur’s Michael Klavuhn in their non-league game in Federal Way. Klavuhn scored four goals for the Gators in their 5-1 victory over the Blazers.
Today (3/15): soccer plays in the rain
I’m not going to worry about posting the schedules for baseball or fastpitch or any other weather dependent sport unless I hear that they are going to try to play through this mess. But soccer isn’t weather dependent, typically, so here’s what is going on tonight…
Tumwater @ North Thurston – 7:00 PM
Enumclaw @ Capital – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 7:00 PM
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s the most wonderful day of the year. Yes, I have the March Madness.
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints roughed up, Blazers beat Hawks, T-Birds and Rams win
College baseball
Concordia 12, Saint Martin’s 5 – More from CascadeConference.org
Concordia jumped out to a 8-0 lead through five innings in a non-conference game in Portland on Tuesday afternoon and never looked back knocking off Saint Martin’s 12-5. Adam Hudspeth, Bobby Twedt and Travis Jones each had two hits for the Saints. Concordia’s Jared Young went 2-for-4 with four RBI and Timberline graduate Ben Talbot drove in a run for the Cavaliers.
College softball
Corban vs. Saint Martin’s – Canceled
Boys soccer
North Thurston 1, Aberdeen 1 – North Thurston wins 6-5 in shootout
Timberline 2, River Ridge 1
Tumwater 3, Centralia 1
Decatur 2, Capital 1
W.F. West 3, Black Hills 1
Timberline and River Ridge were scoreless until the 51st minute when Alec Davies scored the first goal for the Blazers. The Hawks got the equalizer three minutes later from Augustin Arriaga before Casey French scored the game-winner for the Blazers with less than two minutes remaining. The Blazers are now 2-0 overall. North Thurston got a goal from David Gregg in the 50th minute and took their second straight game to the shootout this time beating Aberdeen 6-5. The Rams are 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the 2A EvCo. Tumwater’s Kevin Weyand scored twice in their 3-1 win over Centralia. Nathaniel Gunderson also scored a goal in the 50th minute for the T-Birds.
Tonight (3/13): spring sports are a go
STOP THE PRESSES: The University of Washington plays in the NIT tonight! Just kidding. Move on.
The spring sports season gets going in earnest tonight and it looks like even this snow won’t stop the fun. Here is the schedule in town as far as I can tell. Of course, all softball and baseball games could easily be canceled…
College softball
Corban University @ Saint Martin’s – doubleheader – 2:00 PM
High school soccer
Aberdeen @ North Thurston – 5:00 PM
Decatur @ Capital – 7:00 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
Tumwater @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
High school fastpitch
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Tumwater @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Monday scoreboard: Timberline wins in shootout, Northwest Christian wins without getting wet
Boys soccer
Timberline 1, North Thurston 1 – Blazers win shootout 14-13
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 1, Oakville 0 – Oakville forfeited
Tonight (3/12): Lacey Legends Cup 2012
North Thurston and Timberline renew their Lacey Legends Cup rivalry tonight when they open the 2012 boy’s soccer regular season at South Sound Stadium at 7:00 PM. The Rams won last year’s matchup 4-3 in a shootout.
Both schools will be honoring one alumni each. North Thurston will honor 1991 graduate, Jason Dunn. Dunn was a four year all-state player in high school and member of the Rams’ 1991 state championship team. Dunn went on to play at Seattle Pacific University where he was a two time All-American and won an NCAA Division II National Championship. He played professionally for the Seattle Sounders, Witchita Wings, Seattle SeaDogs and Harrisburg Heat and made three appearances with the U.S. National Team.
Timberline is honoring 1999 graduate Willy Leiste. Leiste was named all-league three times while a Blazer and went on to play college ball at Barry University in Miami, Florida. While in at Barry, Leiste went to the NCAA tournament three times, the Final Four twice and the NCAA championship game once in 2000. Following college, Leiste returned to Washington and has been coaching youth, high school and college soccer ever since.
In high school baseball action, Northwest Christian hosts Oakville at Bucknell Park at 4:oo PM. Northwest Christian’s baseball Twitter account has confirmed that this game will go on despite the weather.
In high school fastpitch action, River Ridge is scheduled to play Northwest Christian in but the game will probably be cancelled due to this storm.
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