Category Archives: Softball
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept; Tumwater, Black Hills split
College baseball
Western Oregon 7, Saint Martin’s 5
Western Oregon 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, River Ridge 3
Tumwater 8, Black Hills 1
Black Hills 6, Tumwater 1
Yelm 7, Capital 0
Ocosta 4, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 8, Stadium 1
Yelm 4, Capital 2
Saints, Oly area alumni honored on GNAC all-conference softball teams
Yesterday, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference named Saint Martin’s softball head coach Rick Noren Coach of the Year, Taylor Bakos Newcomer of the Year and Sam Munger Freshman of the Year and named several Saints and Olympia area high school alumni to their all-conference teams. Here is the full list of local players honored:
Coach-of-the Year: Rick Noren
Newcomer-of-the-Year: Taylor Bakos
Freshman-of-the-Year: Sam Munger
First Team:
Lacey McGladrey – 2B
Sam Munger – SS
Morgan Klemm – 3B
Elena Carter – Designated Player – Central Washington – Black Hills HS
Second Team:
Joselyn Eugenio – 1B
Megan Antonovich – OF
Annaleisha Parsley – Designated Player – MSU Billings – Timberline HS
Honorable Mention:
Kelsie McGladrey – C
Tiffany Griffiths – Designated Player
SMUSaints.com has the entire all-conference teams and more information here.
Today (5/2): Capital in Tacoma
Very light day today for local sports…
High school baseball
Capital vs. Yelm – 3A Narrows League playoffs – 7:00 PM – Heidelberg Park in Tacoma
Tumwater vs. Black Hills – doubleheader at The RAC – 3:30 PM
High school softball
Yelm @ Capital – 4:00 PM
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Today (4/30): Surprise, it’s raining
As of 12:00 PM, I have not heard of any of these games being postponed. This late in the season, I’d assume they will try as hard as they can to get them in.
High school softball
Timberline @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Bellarmine @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Aberdeen vs. Black Hills @ The RAC – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Tumwater @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM – Canceled
River Ridge @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM – Canceled
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball season (probably) ends
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 5
Northwest Nazarene 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
With their game one win and Montana State Billings’ loss to Simon Fraser, Saint Martin’s got to within one game of earning the GNAC’s automatic NCAA tournament bid, but the Saints’ best season likely came to an end in the first inning of game two when Northwest Nazarene pushed five runs across and cruised to a 10-2 victory.
The Saints finish third in the GNAC at 23-13 and 33-18-1 overall, a 24 win improvement in Rick Noren’s second season at the helm. They still have a very slim chance of being one of five teams to receive an at-large bid into the West Regional.
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 4, Saint Martin’s 2
Northwest Nazarene 7, Saint Martin’s 6 – More from SMUSaints.com
Track & Field – Saint Martin’s Invitational
Saint Martin’s winners…
Joscelyn Minton – 800 meters – 2:13.39
Kyle Van Santen – 1500 meters – 3:53.2
Frank Krause – 800 meters – 1:56.32
Ashley Llapitan – 10,000 meters – 42:30.4
Edd Brown – 200 meters – 22.15
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 138, Portland Chinooks 127
High school baseball
North Thurston 3, Aberdeen 0
Friday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept in Nampa
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 11, Saint Martin’s 4
Northwest Nazarene 5, Saint Martin’s 3 – More from NNUSports.com
In game one, Northwest Nazarene’s first four hitters went 11-for-17 with seven RBI and eight runs scored as the Crusaders opened up an 11-0 lead on the Saint Martin’s and cruised to the 11-4 victory. Chandler Tracy led the way for the Saints going 3-for-4.
In game two, the Saints had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning (the last inning of the game in game two of a doubleheader) but Crusaders’ reliever Sean McDonald struck out Tracy looking to get the save. The Saints opened the scoring with a run in the second inning but River Ridge alum Jon Matos erased the lead with a three run homer in the third. The Saints answered back with two runs in the fourth but the Crusaders scored two of their own in the fourth and held on for the 5-3 win.
The sweep flip flops the Saints and Crusaders in the GNAC standings. Coming into the game, Saint Martin’s was in second but the losses drop them to 10-14 and tied for third. Meanwhile, Northwest Nazarene jumps to second place at 12-14.
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, Centralia 7
Timberline 8, Yelm 2
W.F. West 4, River Ridge 2
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 1
High school softball
Capital 13, Lincoln 0
Gig Harbor 5, Olympia 4
Black Hills 12, River Ridge 2
Today (4/27): A light Friday
High school baseball
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Wilson @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Lincoln @ Capital – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Saints still alive; T-Birds stay undefeated
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, Montana State Billings 3 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s 11, Montana State Billings 8 – 9 innings
Saint Martin’s came up huge with their sweep of GNAC leader Montana State Billings in Billings on Thursday afternoon. The Saints had to win to keep their GNAC title hopes alive and after winning game one 5-3, the Saints found themselves down 7-4 in the fourth inning of game two. Morgan Klemm hit a three run homerun to tie the game and then took an 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh but couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the seventh and the Yellowjackets tied the game at 8-8. The Saints broke through with three runs in the top of the seventh and held on for the win.
The sweep brings the Saints within two games of the Yellowjackets with just two conference games left to play for both teams. To get the GNAC’s NCAA bid, the Saints have to sweep Northwest Nazarene and hope that Simon Fraser can sweep in Billings on Saturday.
Boys soccer
Tumwater 5, Aberdeen 1
Capital 2, Foss 0
Centralia 1, North Thurston 0
Stadium 3, Olympia 0
W.F. West 2, River Ridge 1
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 12, North Beach 10
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 4
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4
High school softball
Wilson 9, Capital 1
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.
Wednesday scoreboard: Olympia wins Narrows
High school baseball
Olympia 16, Gig Harbor 6
Capital 7, Foss 3
With the Narrows League title on the line and down 6-4 going into the fifth inning, the Olympia Bears bats came alive scoring six runs in the fifth and six runs in the sixth to win 16-6 over Gig Harbor. Cabe Reiten went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for the Bears and Leo Valenti picked up the win. Weather moved the game from Olympia High School to the RAC and delayed the game at least once.
High school softball
Olympia 4, South Kitsap 0
In another game moved to the RAC because of weather, Olympia’s Amanda Rupright pitched a complete game, four hit shutout to give the Bears the 4-0 victory.
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