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Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds, Rams, Geoducks take second on an epic day of Oly sports
High school volleyball
4A state tournament
Mead 3, Olympia 0 (25-22, 25-17, 36-34)
Jackson 3, Olympia 1 (28-26, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22)
Olympia lost in straight sets to Mead in the semifinals including an epic 36-34 loss in the third set and then lost 3-1 in the 3rd/4th place game to finish fourth in state.
3A state tournament semifinals
North Thurston 3, Southridge 0 (25-15, 30-28, 25-20)
Prairie 3, North Thurston 0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-16)
North Thurston knocked off Southridge in straight sets but were swept by Prairie in the title game and finished second at state.
2A state tournament
Tumwater 3, Colville 2 (25-17, 17-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15- 10)
West Valley (Yakima) 3, Tumwater 1 (25-24, 18-25, 25-22, 25-18)
Tumwater knocked off Colville to advance to the 2A state title game but fell to West Valley of Yakima, 3-1, and finished second at state.
2A state tournament consolation
Capital 3, Sehome 1 (26-24, 25-20, 23-25, 25-19)
East Valley (Yakima) 3, Capital 0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-21)
Capital knocked Sehome out of the tournament but was swept by East Valley to take eighth in state.
High school football
3A state tournament
North Thurston 35, Kennewick 23
Marysville-Pilchuck 33, Timberline 21
Kennewick took a 16-0 lead to open the game but then gave up 28 straight points over the remainder of the first half and North Thurston moved on to the quarterfinals with a 35-23 win this afternoon in Kennewick. Mo Manning scored twice for the Rams and Brandon Belisario added another touchdown on the ground. Ryan Mets hooked up with Josh Cahill for a 26 yard touchdown that proved to be the game-winner. The Rams will have to head east again to take on University in Spokane next week.
Marysville-Pilchuck limited Timberline’s high powered offense to just two touchdowns and ended the Blazers’ season with a 33-21 win at South Sound Stadium. Chris MacNeil threw two touchdown passes in his final game as at Timberline.
2A state tournament
Capital 47, Lakewood 36
Kai Van Sickle scored six rushing touchdowns including two in the fourth quarter and Capital came from behind to beat Lakewood 47-36 at Goddard Stadium in Everett. The Cougars trailed 22-21 in the third quarter before Derek Chase’s 95 yard kickoff return put the Cougars on top 27-22. But Lakewood responded and led 36-33 in the fourth quarter but Van Sickle’s 32 yard run put Capital ahead for good, 40-36. Unofficially, Van Sickle rushed 51 times for 350 yards.
Next up for Capital: Burlington-Edison, who were 35-21 winners over Orting on Friday.
Men’s soccer
Cascade Collegiate Conference championships
Concordia 2, Evergreen 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Concordia’s Septi Danciu beat Evergreen goalkeeper Mauricio Sanchez on a penalty kick in the 49th minute for what proved to be the game winning goal and the Cavaliers captured the Cascade Collegiate Conference title with a 2-1 win at Tuominen Yard in Portland. Ben Joselyn scored in the 88th minute to get the Geoducks back in the game but there wasn’t enough time left to score an equalizer and Evergreen’s season came to an end. The Geoducks finish the season at 13-5 overall.
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 76, Hawaii-Hilo 67 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Montana Tech 74, Evergreen 54 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Women’s basketball
Hawaii Pacific 69, Saint Martin’s 67 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
College volleyball
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-20) – Recap
Premier Arena Soccer League
Preseason friendly
Tumwater Pioneers 8, Marysville Ruckus 7
Today (11/10): Playoffs, playoffs and more playoffs
Playoffs galore today, from Olympia to Portland and Kennewick. Seasons won or lost, who moves on?
High school volleyball
4A state tournament semifinals
Olympia vs. Mead – Marcus Pavilion – 3:15 PM
Listen live on the Eli Sports Network
3A state tournament semifinals
North Thurston vs. Southridge – Marcus Pavilion – 1:30 PM
Listen live on the Eli Sports Network
2A state tournament semifinals
Tumwater vs. Colville – Pierce College – 12:30 PM
2A state tournament consolation
Capital vs. Sehome – Pierce College – 8:30 AM
High school football
3A state tournament opening round
North Thurston @ Kennewick – Lampson Stadium – 4:00 PM
Watch the game live on the Washington Sports Network
Timberline vs. Marysville-Pilchuck – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Listen live on KGY
2A state tournament opening round
Capital @ Lakewood – Goddard Stadium, Everett – 7:30 PM
Listen live on KRKO
Men’s soccer
Cascade Collegiate Conference championship
Evergreen vs. Concordia – Tuominen Yard, Portland – 6:00 PM
Watch the game live here
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Capital HS – 3:00 PM
Today (11/9): State volleyball day one
32 high school volleyball teams hit Lacey today for the 4A and 3A state tournaments hosted by Saint Martin’s University and Timberline High School. The action gets underway at 8:00 AM with three 3A games: Stanwood vs. Auburn Mountainview, Prairie vs. Mercer Island and Holy Names vs. Bonney Lake.
Two 3A and one 4A Olympia area teams will be in action at Marcus Pavilion. In the 3A tournament, Timberline (16-3) takes on Southridge (15-6) at 9:45 AM and North Thurston (14-4) faces Shorewood (13-3) at 11:45. Olympia (12-7) begins their 4A title defense against Wenatchee (11-1) at 3:15 PM.
The Olympian has great previews of both tournaments including team-by-team capsules. They name Jackson (15-1) and Mead (14-0) the 4A favorites while Mercer Island (21-0) and Mount Si (16-4) were named the 3A favorites
Tumwater (17-0) and Capital (14-3) will both be in action at the 2A tournament at Pierce College in Lakewood. The Cougars face West Valley of Yakima at 11:00 AM and the T-Birds take on East Valley Of Yakima at 2:45 PM.
The Olympian also has a great preview of the 2A tourney and they name Tumwater as one of the favorites along with Colville (17-0) and West Valley.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints fall to Wildcats
College volleyball
Central Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (25-23, 14-25, 25-18, 25-19) – Recap
Tonight (11/8): Saints volleyball hosts Wildcats
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Central Washington – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Today (11/3): Geoducks soccer, volleyball; SPSCC soccer; Playoff football
The playoff bound Evergreen men’s soccer team takes on Northwest University today on Evergreen Pitch. Eight Geoducks will be honored on senior day. Kyle Wiese, George Bundy, Josh Strasser, Kevin Flavin, Jeremy Novack, Ben Joselyn, Brandon Wood and Mirza Memic will all play their final regular season home game.
The Geoducks knocked off the Eagles 4-0 in Kirkland on September 29th in their first meeting this season. First kick today is scheduled for 1:00 PM
Also in men’s soccer action, South Puget Sound wraps up their season with a home game against Southwestern Oregon. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw in Coos Bay on October 20th. First kick at the RAC is at 2:00 PM.
The Evergreen volleyball team is still looking for their first win in their final game of the season. Three seniors – Sasha Nash, Sonja Arrasi-Nash and Stephanie Peshlakai-John – will be honored before the game. Game time at the CRC Gymnasium is set for 7:00 PM.
Last, but certainly not least, three high school football playoff games are on tap tonight but just one of them is in town…
North Thurston vs. Rainier Beach – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia @ Auburn – Auburn Memorial Stadium – 7:00 PM
Shelton @ Nathan Hale – Seattle Memorial Stadium – 7:00 PM
You can listen to the Shelton/Nathan Hale game on 1030 AM and KMAS.com with me on the play-by-play. Unfortunately, it’s the only game broadcast live tonight.
Friday scoreboard: T-Birds, Cougs, Blazers move on; Saints fall in Boise
High school football
Tumwater 45, Hockinson 7
Capital 42, Ridgefield 6
Timberline 34, Chief Sealth 16
Woodland 28, Tenino 3
Three of the four local teams on the schedule tonight move on in the playoffs in easy fashion. Tenino was the only team to see their season come to an end tonight, a 28-3 loss to Woodland. Tumwater next gets Steilacoom at Tumwater Stadium on Friday night, Capital travels to Lakewood and Timberline will face the winner of the Marysville-Pilchuck/Mountain View game.
Men’s basketball
Boise State 75, Saint Martin’s 55 – Recap from BroncoSports.com
Saint Martin’s opened up their season with 75-55 exhibition game loss to Boise State at Taco Bell Arena in Boise. Roger O’Neill scored 14 points but no other Saint managed to score in double digits. Will Bond scored eight points and Brady Bomber, Eric Taylor and Tyler Idowu each scored seven in the loss.
Four Broncos scored in double digits including Igor Hadziomerovic’s 17 points, but Boise State has to be concerned that they only got nine points from their bench…in an exhibition game against a Division II team. The Broncos were picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in the Mountain West’s pre-season poll.
College volleyball
Corban 3, Evergreen 0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-14) – Recap
Thursday scoreboard: District soccer and volleyball; Saints volleyball, Geoducks basketball fall
Girl’s soccer
2A Division IV playoffs
WF West 1, Tumwater 0
Black Hills 6, Capital 2
Meghan Ward scored in the 57th minute and WF West held on to knock off Tumwater in the 2A Division IV title game. Both teams had already qualified for state.
Whitney Lowe scored four goals and Arin Seidlitz added two more as Black Hills exploded to keep their season alive with a 6-2 win over Capital. The Wolves move on to face Hockinson on Saturday in a loser-out, winner-to-state game. The Cougars season came to an end.
College volleyball
Seattle Pacific 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-14) – Recap
High school volleyball
2A District IV playoffs
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0 (25-8, 25-6, 25-5)
Capital 3, RA Long 1 (25-10, 25-23, 23-25, 25-14)
Mark Morris 3, Black Hills 0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-10)
Black Hills 3, Centralia 0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-20)
Men’s basketball
Seattle Mountaineers 85, Evergreen 72 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Evergreen kicked off their season with an 85-72 exhibition game loss to the semi-pro Seattle Mountaineers at the CRC Gymnasium. Newcomers KJ Hong and Marc Taylor scored 18 and 14 points respectively for the Geoducks while the lone returning Evergreen player that played, Travis Wagner, chipped in 10 points.
High school football
Yelm 64, Mount Tahoma 6
Yelm picked up an extra week 10 game against Mount Tahoma and knocked off the T-Birds 64-6 behind six touchdowns from Jacob Swilley in his last high school game. The six touchdowns were a single-game record for the Tornadoes and Swilley broke the school record for single season rushing.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds make state, Cougs survive, Blazers fall
Girl’s soccer
2A District IV playoffs
Tumwater 3, Black Hills 0
Capital 4, Aberdeen 0
Tumwater’s McKenzie May scored in the 27th and 33rd minutes to lead the T-Birds past Black Hills in a 2A Division IV semifinal game. The win qualifies the T-Birds for the state tournament and they will play WF West on Thursday in Chehalis for the district title. Abbey Bergquist added an insurance goal in the 77th minute and Mackenzie Bergquist posted a shutout in goal for the T-Birds. The Wolves will take on Capital in a loser-out game on Thursday.
McKenzie Phillips and Logan Cox combined to score three goals in the first eleven minutes and Capital avoided elimination with a 4-0 win over Aberdeen. With the win, the Cougars will face another elimination game on Thursday when they travel to Tumwater Stadium to play Black Hills.
Narrows League regular season
Wilson 3, Timberline 0
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – No report
In what turned out to be the Narrows League championship game, Wilson knocked off Timberline 3-0 to claim the league title. With the loss, the Blazers will have to travel to Highline for their opening game of the post-season on Saturday.
High school volleyball
2B District playoffs
Adna 3, Northwest Christian 0
Saturday scoreboard: Geoducks keep rolling; T-Birds, Wolves soccer prevails in 2OT; Rams upset Blazers in Narrows tourney
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 2, Oregon Tech 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Clark 6, SPSCC 0 – Box score
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 1, MSU Billings 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Girl’s soccer
2A District IV tournament – Recaps from The Olympian
Tumwater 3, Hockinson 2 (2OT)
Black Hills 3, Mark Morris 2 (2OT)
Ridgefield 3, Capital 0
Semi-pro soccer
Arlington Aviators 9, Tumwater Pioneers 4 – Preseason scrimmage
College volleyball
Oregon Tech 3, Evergreen 0 (25-21, 25-12, 25-17) – Recap
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (23-25, 25-16, 25-10, 25-18) – Recap
High school volleyball
Narrows League tournament
North Thurston 3, Timberline 2
Olympia 3, Central Kitsap 1
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