Category Archives: Softball
Today (5/17): 2A fastpitch districts
Tumwater and Black Hills face off in the opening game of the 2A District IV fastpitch playoffs this afternoon in Centralia. The T-Birds finished at 17-1 in the EvCo and are the #1 seed while the Wolves were 6-12 and were outscored 36-7 by Tumwater in their three meetings this season. Game time is at 4:00 PM at Fort Borst Park Field #2.
The winner moves on to a winner-to-state game against the winner of the Aberdeen/RA Long game while the loser faces a loser-out game against the loser of that game. Both second round games get underway at 6:00 PM at Borst Park.
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.
Friday scoreboard: Rams win district title; Reign win in OT
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, W.F. West 4 – More from The Olympian
Tyler Ridgeway threw the game-tying run out at the plate to seal North Thurston’s first district title since 2002 with a 5-4 win over EvCo regular season champ W.F. West. Riley Stordahl pitched a complete game for the Rams and Spencer Dorsey went 3-for-3 with two triples and two RBI. The Rams move on to the state regionals as a #1 seed. They play at 10:00 AM back at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis.
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 121, Salem Soldiers 118 – Overtime
High school softball
Tumwater 9, Black Hills 2
South Kitsap 5, Olympia 4
Today (5/11): Rams baseball plays for district championship
The North Thurston Rams baseball team plays for the 2A District IV championship today against W.F. West at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. The two teams met three times in the regular season and the Bearcats took all three games, 10-0, 6-5 and 8-0. The Rams went 12-6 in the EvCo regular season and got to this point in the playoffs by beating RA Long 5-1 and Centralia 5-1. The Bearcats went 17-1 and beat Tumwater 5-0 and Aberdeen 13-5. First pitch is at 5:00 PM and the game can be heard on KELA 1470 AM or online here.
The Narrows League softball tournament continues at SERA in Tacoma this afternoon. Timberline and Capital play a winner-to-districts, loser-out game at 12:30 PM. The Cougars and Blazers played twice in the regular season with Capital outscoring Timberline 29-4 in two wins. The winner goes on to play Yelm at 3:00 PM for the #2 seed.
In 4A fastpitch action, Olympia has already qualified for districts but will face South Kitsap at 3:00 PM to determine the #3 and #4 seeds.
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.
Wednesday scoreboard: Blazers, Rams qualify; Olympia eliminated
High school baseball
Timberline 11, Enumclaw 2 – Blazers qualify for state
North Thurston 5, Centralia 1 – Rams qualify for state
Tumwater 3, Hockinson 0
Rogers 9, Olympia 3 – Bears, 17-1 regular season, eliminated
High school softball
Tumwater 4, Centralia 1
W.F. West 15, Black Hills 4
Yelm 1, Capital 0
Monday scoreboard: Navs struggle in district opener; Bears, Cougs win
High school baseball – 2B District IV Playoffs
Toutle Lake 12, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 10, Stadium 0
Capital 13, Timberline 3
Centralia 11, River Ridge 1
W.F. West 10, North Thurston 0
Marie Beagle went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in high scoring Olympia’s 10-0 win over Stadium. Amanda Rupright picked up the win for the Bears.
Capital erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie in their 13-3 victory over Timberline. Britni Wilson struck out ten Blazers in seven innings to get the win for the Cougars. She also went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs.
Today (5/7): Navs open districts; Hawks softball needs a win
The baseball postseason for Olympia area teams kicks off tonight when the Northwest Christian Navigators travel to Mossyrock to take on Toutle Lake. The Navigators are the #3 seed out of the 2B Pacific League while the Ducks are the #2 seed from the Central League. First pitch in this District IV matchup is at 6:00 PM.
The River Ridge softball team hopes to get off the schneid when they host Centralia today. The Hawks are 0-14 on the season and have been out scored by Centralia 33-0 in their two previous meetings this season. First pitch is at 4:30 PM.
Friday scoreboard: They played stick games! Reign drop another
High school baseball
River Ridge 4, Centralia 1
North Thurston 4, River Ridge 0
Olympia 10, Capital 0
High school softball
Capital 12, Foss 2
Olympia 4, Central Kitsap 0
Tumwater 4, W.F. West 3
Yelm 13, Timberline 4
International Basketball League
Vancouver Volcanoes 117, Olympia Reign 116 – Box score will be here eventually
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