Category Archives: Softball
Quick links: Smith named all-area POY; Much, much more
Kierstin Smith named player of the year of The Olympian’s all-area fastpitch team. Two other Tumwater and two Olympia stars named to the team.
The Olympian also has a ton of recruiting news including the news that Black Hills and SPSCC’s Anye Turner is moving on to the Western Washington basketball team for 2012-2013. – The Olympian
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about Ultimate Frisbee in Olympia. – Thurston Talk
Saint Martin’s catcher Chandler Tracy was named NCAA Division II West Region Freshman of the Year. – SMUSaints.com
Two other Saints were named to an all-region team. Kyle Van Santen made it for the 5K and Sam Washington for the shot put. – SMUSaints.com
The 2013 NCAA Division II regional golf tournament is coming to The Home Course in DuPont and will be hosted by Saint Martin’s. – SMUSaints.com
The Evergreen State College reopened their challenge course this week. – Evergreen Athletics
Evergreen also inducted the first class into their Recreation and Athletics Hall of Fame. – Evergreen Athletics
Smith, Ubrun named EvCo softball MVPs
Tumwater softball’s Kierstin Smith was named Pitching MVP and Alyssa Ubrun was named Offensive MVP by the 2A Evergreen Conference. And while the state runners up took the two MVP trophies, state champion Mike Keen of W.F. West took home the coach of the year award.
Here are all of the Olympia area players honored by the EvCo broken down by school:
Black Hills
Second team: Alyssa Nelson – So. – P, Taylor Pottschmidt – Sr. – INF
Honorable mention: Makenzy Tarrow – Jr., Liana McCann – Sr.
North Thurston
First team: Dominique Greeno – Fr. – INF
Honorable mention: Brianna Perry – Sr.
River Ridge
Honorable mention: Bri Attwood – Fr.
Tumwater
Pitching MVP: Kierstin Smith – Sr.
Offensive MVP: Alyssa Ubrun – So.
First team: Gabby Vidallon – So. – Util
Honorable mention: Alexa McDaniel – So., Ashley Wells – Sr., Makayla Glasgo – So., Sarah Orgill – Sr.
Meg Wochnick has the full all-EvCo teams at The Olympian.
Saturday scoreboard: Wood/Stormans win state title; T-Birds come up short
Boys tennis – state tournament
4A Doubles
•Hunter Wood/John Stormans – Olympia 2, Alec Tsutsumoto/Andrew Choi -Newport 0
•Hunter Wood/John Stormans – Olympia 2, Mark Bright/Connor Horne – Union 0 – STATE CHAMPS!
2A Singles/Doubles
•Jimmy Do – Black Hills 2, Zach Drake – Tumwater 1 – Drake eliminated
•Drew Dawson – Franklin Pierce 2, Jimmy Do – Black Hills 0 – Do takes 8th place
•Adrian Villanuva/Sam Bayna – Lindbergh 2, Ryan Gudbranson/Evan Gudbranson – Tumwater 0 – Gudbransons eliminated
•Kenny Saari/Cody Schultz – WF West 2, Jooneil Ahn/Scott Vannerson – North Thurston 0 – Ahn/Vannerson eliminated
Girls tennis – state tournament
2A Singles/Doubles
•Anna Lefebvre – Burlington-Edison 2,
Julie Hansen – Black Hills 1
•Bella Hoyos – Bellingham 2, Julie Hansen – Black Hills 0 – Hansen takes 6th place
•Emily Barclift/McKenzie Click – Tumwater 2, Kaiti Dell/Megan Schrenk – Selah 0
•Lindsey Wicklein/Erica Daniels – Kingston 2, Emily Barclift/McKenzie Click – Tumwater 0 – Barclift/Click take 7th place
High school softball
Tumwater 4, Selah 2
W.F. West 15, Tumwater 3 – T-Birds take 2nd place!
Boys soccer
Archbishop Murphy 2, Tumwater 0 – T-Birds take 4th place
Today (5/26): State softball, soccer, tennis continues
The Tumwater softball team continues their state tournament run this morning at Carlon Park in Selah with a semifinal game against Selah. The T-Birds breezed through the first two rounds beating Cheney 12-2 and Granite Falls 8-1. Selah was even better knocking off Fife 13-3 and Interlake 11-0. Selah is 24-2 this season. First pitch is at 10:00 AM.
The Tumwater soccer team may have had their undefeated season and state title hopes disappear last night with a 2-0 loss to Fife, but they can still take home third place in state by beating Archbishop Murphy at Sunset Chevy Stadium in Sumner. Game time is at noon.
In the state tennis tournament, Olympia’s Hunter Wood and John Stormans play in the semifinals against Alex Tsutsumoto and Andrew Choi of Newport. Both pairs have swept through the first two rounds winning two sets to none. Black Hills’ Julie Hansen is also still alive for a state championship. She plays Anna Lefebvre of Burlington-Edison in the semis this morning at the Nordstrom Tennis Center at the University of Washington.
And if you are looking for something to do close to Olympia, South Sound Speedway continues their racing season with mini stocks, hobby stocks, street stocks, legends and bump to pass racing. Qualifying is at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30.
Friday scoreboard: T-Birds, tennis, Reign
Boys soccer – state semi-finals
Fife 2, Tumwater 0
Tumwater’s undefeated run came to an end at the hands of the Fife Trojans. The T-Birds play for third place tomorrow at noon in Sumner.
High school softball – state tournament
Tumwater 12, Cheney 2
Tumwater 8, Granite Falls 1
Tumwater breezed through the first two rounds of the state tournament in Selah today and now face Selah at Carlon Park tomorrow in the semi-finals at 10:00 AM.
Boys tennis – state tournament
4A Doubles
•Hunter Wood/John Stormans – Olympia 2, Allen Kim/Matt Sham – Newport 0
•Hunter Wood/John Stormans – Olympia 2, Brett Meyer/Zach Fisher – Richland 0
3A Singles
•Jordan Smith – Mercer Island 2, Jeremy Marsh – Timberline 0
•Mitch Anderson – West Valley 2, Jeremy Marsh – Timberline 0 – Marsh eliminated
2A Singles/Doubles
•Ryan Adams – Clarkston 2, Jason Agtarap – North Thurston 0
•Drew Dawson – Franklin Pierce 2, Jason Agtarap – North Thurston 0 – Agtarap eliminated
•Drew Adams – Clarkston 2, Zach Drake – Tumwater 1
•Zach Drake – Tumwater 2, Nick Smith – Sehome 0
•Zach Fohn – North Kitsap 2, Jimmy Do – Black Hills 0
•Jimmy Do, Black Hills 2, Blake Andrews – Medical Lake 0
•Ryan Gudbranson/Evan Gudbranson – Tumwater 2, Abel Pasillas/Stevan Ramirez – Grandview 0
•Reed Welch/EJ Troutman – Bellingham 2, Ryan Gudbranson/Evan Gudbranson – Tumwater 0
•Ismael Teshome/Jake Wesselman – Medical Lake 2, Jooneil Ahn/Scott Vannerson – North Thurston 0
•Jooneil Ahn/Scott Vannerson – North Thurston 2, Nolan Wolffis/Luke Reardon – Lynden 0
Girls tennis – state tournament
4A Singles
•Sabrina Demerath – Inglemoor 2, Gemma Robinson – Olympia 0
•Kailyn Skjonsby – South Kitsap 2, Gemma Robinson – Olympia 0 – Robinson eliminated
3A Singles
•Catherine Allen – Holy Names 2, Natalie Sypeck – Timberline 0
•Esther Kwon – Camas 2, Natalie Sypeck – Timberline 0 – Sypeck eliminated
2A Singles/Doubles
•Julie Hansen – Black Hills 2, Hayley Newman – South Whidbey 0
•Julie Hansen – Black Hills 2, Miriam Tuma – Sumner 1
•Emily Barclift/McKenzie Click – Tumwater 2, Sam Simmons/Emma Scherschligt – East Valley 0
•Becca WIlson/Claire Krause – Squalicum 2, Emily Barclift/McKenzie Click – Tumwater 1
International Basketball League
Bellingham Slam 145, Olympia Reign 94
Today (5/25): Tumwater softball and soccer at state
Big day for Tumwater athletics as both the T-Birds softball team and the boys soccer team are in action in the state tournament.
In less than an hour the Tumwater softball team kicks off their state bid against Cheney at Carlon Park in Selah. The T-Birds are 20-2 on the season an is District IV’s #2 seed while Cheney, at 19-6, are the #2 seed out of District VII. The winner moves on to play either White River or Granite Falls later this afternoon. First pitch is at 10:00 AM.
The 2A state soccer semifinals kicks off with the Tumwater soccer team taking on Fife at Sunset Chevy Stadium in Sumner. Both teams come in with 19 wins and zero losses. The T-Birds Connor Sigmon and Kevin Weyand have teamed up to score 43 goals this season but will have to play a even more dynamic duo in Caesar Esquival and Victor Mansaray, who have scored 52 goals between them for the Trojans. The winner goes to the finals on Saturday against either Archbishop Murphy or Cheney. First kick tonight is at 6:00 PM.
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.
Friday scoreboard: Rough day for Oly sports
High school softball
Skyview 4, Olympia 3
Todd Beamer 3, Olympia 0
Bonney Lake 12, Capital 0
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 4 – More from The Olympian
Rough day for Olympia area softball teams. In the 4A district tournament, Olympia lost two games to end their season. The Bears finish at 13-11 overall.
Capital got beaten soundly by Bonney Lake but still gets to play another day. They play a loser-out game tomorrow at 10:00 AM.
And W.F. West finally beat Tumwater this season after coming close two other times. The loss was only the T-Birds second this season and they will move on to the state tournament next week.
International Basketball League
Portland Chinooks 126, Olympia Reign 118
Today (5/18): Tumwater plays for district title; Oly, Capital open districts
As I type this, Olympia – the #4 seed out of the Narrows League, is playing Skyview, the #1 seed out of the Greater St. Helen’s League at Sprinker Recration Center in the opening round of the 4A West Central/Bi-District fastpitch playoffs. The winner moves on to play either Todd Beamer or Emerald Ridge at 2:00 PM while the loser plays the loser of that game also at 2:00 PM.
On the 3A side, Capital takes on Bonney Lake at noon at Sprinker to open their district campaign. The winner gets a date with #1 seed Camas in the second round at 4:00 PM while the loser goes home for the day and plays a loser-out game on Saturday at 10:00 AM.
Tumwater takes on W.F. West for the 2A District IV title tonight at Fort Borst Park in Centralia. The Bearcats beat Mark Morris 12-1 and Centralia 17-3 to setup the matchup between the top two teams in the EvCo. Tumwater won all three games between the two teams during the regular season but two of those games were decided by just one run. First pitch at Borst Park is at 6:00 PM.
Thursday scoreboard: T-Birds softball to state
High school softball
Tumwater 14, Black Hills 2
Tumwater 4, Aberdeen 2
RA Long 14, Black Hills 5
Tumwater beat Black Hills for the fourth time this season to move on to a winner-to-state game against Aberdeen.
The Wolves dropped into the consolation bracket and lost to RA Long, 14-5, ending their season with a 6-14 record.
Meanwhile, the T-Birds took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning and held on for the 4-2 win over the Bobcats to secure their spot in the district title game, and, more importantly, a spot in the state tournament.
Oly Sports 