Category Archives: Softball
Monday scoreboard: Blazers take care of business, Bears don’t; T-Birds unscathed
High school baseball
Timberline 10, Yelm 2
Capital 3, Foss 0
Northwest Christian 6, Naselle 5
Gig Harbor 4, Olympia 1
On senior day, senior Ryan Tydingco went 2-for-2 with an RBI in 3A Narrows League leader Timberline’s 10-2 win over second place Yelm. Cobi Beal went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three stolen bases and freshman Matt Mercer picked up the win for the Blazers.
Zach Carras drove in two runs and Nick Mailhot scored twice and the two combined for six stolen bases in Northwest Christian’s 6-5 win over Naselle.
Gig Harbor scored four runs in the first inning and Nick Gagliardi pitched a complete game three hitter in the Tides’ 4-1 win over Olympia. Wednesday’s game at Crandall Field between the two teams will determine the 4A Narrows League champion.
High school softball
Tumwater 13, Centralia 7
Capital 20, Foss 0
Olympia 9, Shelton 1
W.F. West 10, Black Hills 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
After giving up just one run in their last five games, Tumwater found themselves down 7-6 to Centralia after four innings. But a six run fifth inning gave kept the T-Birds and Kierstin Smith undefeated. Read more about the game from The Olympian.
Capital scored three runs in the first, eight in the second and nine in the third and quickly mercy ruled Foss, 20-0. Alex Beckwith went 3-for-4 with four runs and five RBI for the Cougars.
Olympia also jumped out to an early lead scoring seven runs in the first and didn’t look back en route to a 9-1 win over Gig Harbor. Megan Goodman hit a home run and had four RBI and Nikki Schroeder went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Today (4/23): Narrow League baseball leaders meet; Undefeated T-Birds softball hosts Tigers
The top two teams in the 3A Narrow League meet this afternoon when Timberline plays host to Yelm at 4:00 PM. The Blazers are on top of the league standings at 7-1 but the Tornadoes are just a half game behind at 7-2. Charlie Hinson, Rick Ahlf and Ryan Tydingco will be honored on Senior Day with festivities starting at 3:45 PM.
In other 3A Narrows League action, Capital plays Foss at Waits Field at 4:00 PM. The Cougars are just 1-5 in league while Foss is third at 5-3.
The undefeated Tumwater softball team hosts Centralia at 4:30 PM. The T-Birds have only given up one run in their last five games with Kierstin Smith picking up the win in four games over that stretch. The two teams met once this season on April 10th and the Tigers gave Tumwater their toughest challenge. The T-Birds scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning and held on to pick up a 9-5 extra inning win.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints alive; DeBoer goes the distance; Budd Bay champs
College softball
Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 3
Central Washington 13, Saint Martin’s 4 – More from SMUSaints.com
With the split, Saint Martin’s must now win their last four games and have Montana State Billings lose their last four for the Saints to win the GNAC title.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 3, Central Washington 1
Central Washington 13, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
Tommy DeBoer gave up just one run in the first inning in a complete game 3-1 Saint Martin’s win in game one.
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay def. Modesto
The Budd Bay Buffaloes beat Modesto on Sunday afternoon in Portland to win the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union championship. The Buffaloes now move on to the USAR west regional as the #3 seed.
Today (4/22): Saints baseball, softball hosts Wildcats
Big day on the Saint Martin’s campus with two important doubleheaders against Central Washington on tap.
Saints baseball starts it off at noon in a pair of games that could either keep them in second place or land them in last. Western Oregon leads the GNAC standings by eight games at 16-2. The other four teams are separated by just one game far behind. Saint Martin’s is 9-11 in conference while Central is 7-11. Montana State Billings and Northwest Nazarene are 10-14.
Central Washington softball comes into town as giant killers having swept first place Montana State Billings yesterday. The sweep kept the Saints’ conference champion hopes alive and taking two from the Wildcats today could move them to three behind the Yellowjackets with a trip to Billings still ahead next week. A win today would also give the Saints their first 30 win season in program history.
The Saints will honor four seniors – Morgan Klemm, Megan Antonovich, Kelsie McGladrey and Tiffany Griffiths – in their last home games of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM.
Friday scoreboard: Slam spoils Reign’s casino opener
International Basketball League
Bellingham Slam 133, Olympia Reign 104
Saint Martin’s alum Blake Poole scored 15 points and brought down 13 rebounds and the Saints’ Jeremy Green added 15 points to help the Bellingham Slam to a 133-104 spoiling of the Olympia Reign’s debut at the Skookum Creek Events Center at the Little Creek Casino. Three former Evergreen Geoducks – Mike Ward, Marcus Wright and Nick Moore – led the way for the Reign scoring 20, 13 and 12 points respectively.
The two teams battled back and forth for the first seven minutes of the game and Ward’s field goal at the 5:06 mark gave the Reign a 15-12 lead. The Slam then went on a 17-2 run to close out the first quarter and never allowed the Reign to get within eight points again.
Up 63-51 at halftime, the Slam reeled off the first seven points of the second half to take a 19 point lead. The Reign had one breath of life left cutting a 22 point lead to just 12 in the third quarter but the Slam outscored the Reign 46-29 over the last 13 minutes of the game to give themselves the easy victory.
Bellingham was led by Ira Graham’s 27 points and six rebounds. Morris Anderson added 26 points and seven boards. Paul Hafford chipped in 18 points and Michael Duty scored another 15.
Ward scored 18 points for the Reign in the first half but was held to just one basket in the final 24 minutes of play. River Ridge’s Giovanne Woods scored 11 points while Chris Weakley and Jacob Manning added ten points each for Olympia. Ex-Timberline Blazer and Geoduck superstar Nate Menefee looked rusty in scoring just six points on 1-for-8 shooting after arriving part way into the first quarter. The NAIA All-American averaged over 26 points for the Reign last season.
The Olympia Reign have over a week to work out the kinks and will travel to the 212 Sports Complex in Clackamas, Oregon on Saturday, April 28th to take on the Portland Chinooks. They return to Little Creek on Tuesday, May 1st when they play host to the Vancouver Volcanoes at 7:00 PM.
High school baseball
Tumwater 1, Aberdeen 0
Black Hills 4, River Ridge 3
Gig Harbor 6, Capital 3
Ocosta 5, Northwest Christian 4
High school softball
Tumwater 7, Aberdeen 0
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints sweep; Bears’ Houser pitches no-hitter
College softball
Saint Martin’s 11, Northwest Nazarene 0
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school softball
Olympia 7, Central Kitsap 2
Tumwater 4, W.F. West 0
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4 – 8 innings
High school baseball
Olympia 11, Central Kitsap 0 – Trevor Houser pitches no-hitter.
Centralia 3, Tumwater 2
W.F. West 3, Black Hills 2
Aberdeen 7, River Ridge 5 – Completeion of suspended game – 11 innings
Aberdeen 15, River Ridge 8
Today (4/18): Can the Saints’ bats heat back up?
If the weather can hold, today is a very good day for the Saint Martin’s softball team’s bats to heat back up. Since returning from their California road trip, the Saints have been shutout in five of their last ten games and have dropped to third place in the GNAC, six and a half games behind MSU Billings. But Northwest Nazarene comes into today at just 5-21 in the GNAC and 6-29 overall and were swept by the Saints 11-3 and 4-0 in a doubleheader on April 4th. First pitch for today’s doubleheader is scheduled for noon. UPDATE: Today’s games have been moved to the RAC.
There are also a handful of high school games scheduled for today…
High school baseball
Lincoln @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Capital @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM
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
Monday scoreboard: The up too late edition
Up way too late working on a new logo for Oly Sports (I’m not finished since I keep seeing little things that make me unhappy, but you can see the new look below), so no recaps tonight. The Olympian has the highlights right here.
High school baseball
Olympia 7, Central Kitsap 3 – More from The Olympian
Northwest Christian 9, Wishkah Valley 6
High school softball
Capital 10, Lincoln 0
Tumwater 19, River Ridge 1
Tumwater 6, River Ridge 0
Black Hills 8, North Thurston 4
Black Hills 11, North Thurston 8
Wilson 5, Timberline 4
Today (4/16): Baseball and fastpitch, maybe
Rain is in the forecast all week and could be trouble for all our bat and stick games this week. Today should be one of the better days though rain might hit as early as 3:00 PM, just in time to mess up today’s games…
High school baseball
Central Kitsap @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Wishkah Valley @ Northwest Christian – Bucknell Park – 4:00 PM
High school fastpitch
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
River Ridge @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Stadium @ Olympia – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Oly Sports 