Sunday scores: Saints offense explodes in Idaho
College softball
Saint Martin’s 10, College of Idaho 7
Saint Martin’s 9, College of Idaho 4 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Sam Munger went 4-for-4, drove in three runs and gave up just one earned run over seven innings in Saint Martin’s 10-7 game one win over College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho. Dani Wall went 3-for-4 with four runs driven in and the Saints capitalized on eight Coyote errors.
In game two, Taylor Bakos went 2-for-3 with three RBI and got the win in a six inning, three earned run effort over COI. Joslyn Eugenio went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs driven in as the Saints pounded out 15 hits and moved to 7-5 overall early in the season.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints’ seniors deliver; Timberline shocks #2 Islanders, Hawks season ends
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 84, Montana State-Billings 78 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Centralia 95, SPSCC 66 – Box score
Senior night at Saint Martin’s with their season on the line, Brady Bomber, Roger O’Neill and Eric Taylor delivered. The three seniors combined for 44 points, 30 in the second half, and sophomore Will Bond scored a career high 28 points in the Saints’ 84-78 win over Montana State-Billings at Marcus Pavilion.
The win, combined with Central Washington’s 30 point loss to Northwest Nazarene, keeps the Saints in the hunt for the sixth and final playoff spot. The Saints will need to beat Northwest Nazarene in Nampa and have Western Oregon knock off Central on Thursday to set up a game between the Saints and Wildcats in Ellensburg on Saturday with a trip to the playoffs on the line. Saint Martin’s hosts the GNAC playoffs March 6th through the 9th.
Will Bond’s second three pointer of the night put Saint Martin’s up by eight points, 19-11, at the 12:54 mark of the first half. Following a pair of buckets from Bond, Evan Coulter’s three put the Saints up 26-19 with nine minutes left in the half. The Yellowjackets would finish the half on an 18-9 run including Robbie Trabing’s layup at the buzzer to take a 39-35 lead into the locker room.
Jarrell Crayton’s layup on Billings’ first possession of the second half put them up 41-35 but two quick three pointers by Roger O’Neill and Eric Taylor tied the game at 41. But Sam Johnson’s jumper with 16:20 left to play gave the Yellowjackets their larget lead at 50-42.
But a 12-1 run over the next four minutes put the Saints up by three and they would hold the lead until Johnson surprised everybody by stepping out and hitting a long, straight away three pointer to give Billings a 60-58 lead with 9:30 to play. The two teams would trade the lead back and forth over the next eight and a half minutes.
Down 76-75 with less than a minute to play, Taylor’s drained a three pointer for a 78-76 lead and put the Saints up for good. Bomber, Bond and Taylor went 6-for-6 from the line in the final minute of play to ice the game and give the Saints the 84-78 win.
Seniors O’Neill and Taylor scored 13 points each in the second half to finish with 19 and 15 points respectively while fellow senior Bomber scored 10 points and dished out six assists. Bond scored 16 points in the second half en route to his career high 28.
Jarrell Crayton paced Billings with 19 points and David Arnold added 18.
Women’s basketball
Alaska-Fairbanks 67, Saint Martin’s 65 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Centralia 90, SPSCC 27 – Box score
Boys basketball
3A Regionals
Timberline 56, Mercer Island 55
Donaven Dorsey scored 27 points and Timberline held off #2 ranked Mercer Island’s final second attempt to continue their postseason run to the Tacoma Dome with a 56-55 win at Mount Tahoma High School. Elijah Sanders added 12 points for the Blazers who will head to state for the first time since 2004.
2A Regionals
Renton 73, River Ridge 57
District IV champion River Ridge’s bad luck draw of two loss Renton in the regional round came back to kill the Hawks. Renton held Brad Wallace to just 14 points and the Hawks had no answer for Jonathan Patterson, who scored 20. The loss ended River Ridge’s 14 game winning streak and their season ends at 17-7 overall. Wesley Coats added 12 points in the loss.
College softball
College of Idaho 6, Saint Martin’s 2
Saint Martin’s 6, College of Idaho 4
Today (2/23): Senior night at Saint Martin’s; Hawks, Blazers face tough regionals foes
Seniors Brady Bomber, Roger O’Neill and Eric Taylor play in their last home game at Saint Martin’s tonight when the Saints host Montana State-Billings at Marcus Pavilion. Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM.
Bomber has amassed over 700 assists in four seasons as the point guard for the Saints and it will be strange to see them without his steady presence next season.
O’Neill has started every game over the last two seasons and scored his 1,000 career point earlier this season. He averaged 13 points per game last season and leads the Saints at 15.5 points a game in his senior campaign.
Taylor has come off the bench as the Saints’ sixth man for most of his career and is averaging 10 points per game in that role this season. Taylor missed most of his junior season with an ankle injury but played in to many contests to qualify as a redshirt. You can read more about Taylor in this profile from the Saints’ Kyle Karnofski.
Last night it was the girls turn, today it’s the boys in the regional round of the state basketball tournament.
River Ridge, winners of 14 straight games and champions of 2A District IV, draw a ridiculously tough opponent when they take on Renton at 6:00 PM at Tumwater High School. Renton is 22-2 this season and started 19-0 before a late season loss to Kennedy and another to Sumner in the district playoffs. Tonight’s game can be heard on 1240 AM KGY.
After their district run fell just short in the title game, Donaven Dorsey and 15-9 Timberline heads to Tacoma to face 22-3 Mercer Island. The Islanders lost once to a team from Arizona, a one point loss to Bellevue in the regular season and a seven point loss to Lakeside in the district tournament. They are led by 6-8 senior Joe Rasmussen, who will be heading to Seattle Pacific for college.
In others regionals action around the Olympia area…
2A Regionals
Mark Morris vs. Anacortes – Tumwater – 4:00 PM
1B Regionals
Evergreen Lutheran vs. Sunnyside Christian – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Tulalip Heritage vs. Taholah – Timberline HS – 6:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Second half comeback sends Hawks to Yakima
Girls basketball
2A Regionals
River Ridge 43, White River 35
Down 25-17 at the half, the River Ridge defense buckled down and allowed just ten points in the final 16 minutes and outscored White River 18-4 in the fourth quarter en route to a 43-35 win at Kent Meridian High School. The win moves the Hawks into the state’s final eight in Yakima next weekend.
Jazzlyn Brewster scored 17 points for the Hawks while the Hornets were paced by 15 points from SPSL MVP Kennedy Hobert.
Tonight (2/22): Hawks face Hornets in Kent; Tumwater hosts regionals doubleheader
The River Ridge girl’s basketball team travels to Kent tonight to face White River in the regionals round of the state basketball tournament. The Hawks are the only Olympia area girl’s basketball team remaining in the state tourney.
The Hawks are 18-5 this season and feature Jazzlyn Brewster and her 15 points per game. Rebecca Stevenson and Savannah McGill have emerged late in the season as options in the paint. After knocking off Washougal 54-38 in the first round of districts, River Ridge fell to #1 ranked Mark Morris 60-48 and faced two straight loser out games against Hockinson and Centralia. A 60-44 win over the Tigers moved the Hawks into the regionals round.
White River fell to Sumner in the West Central/SW Bi-District championhip game and are 21-4 this season. SPSL MVP Kennedy Hobert leads the Hornets but according to The Olympian, she is struggling with a wrist injury that limited her to 0-for-11 shooting in the district title game.
Tip-off at Kent Meridian High School is set for 6:00 PM.
Tumwater High School hosts a regionals doubleheader tonight featuring two of the top girls teams in the state…
WF West vs. Archbishop Murphy – Tumwater HS – 6:00 PM
Mark Morris vs. Washington – Tumwater HS – 8:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Saints go cold against Seattle Pacific and Anchorage
Men’s basketball
Seattle Pacific 60, Saint Martin’s 46 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’a led #5 Seattle Pacific 23-21 at the 6:30 mark in the first half but it would be the Saints last basket of the half as the Falcons took a 33-23 lead into the locker room with a 12-0 run. The Falcons extended their lead to 23 points before the Saints rallied to get within 12 points with three minutes to play. But it was too little, too late and Seattle Pacific moved to 20-3 overall with a 60-46 win at Marcus Pavilion.
Roger O’Neill scored 12 first half points but the Falcons defense buckled down and O’Neill managed to hit just one free throw the rest of the night to finish with a team high 13. Will Bond scored 10 points including the three pointer late in the game that cut the SPU lead to 12 and Brady Bomber dished out seven assists.
David Downs scored 20 points for the Falcons including his 1,000th point of his career and 6’4″ guard Riley Stockton pulled down 15 rebounds. SPU killed the Saints on the boards outrebounding them 48-23 scoring 21 second chance points. The Falcons also went 19-of-30 from the charity stripe on 21 SMU fouls. Seattle Pacific was called for just nine personal fouls.
The Saints fall to 8-15 overall and 4-11 in GNAC play.
Women’s basketball
Alaska Anchorage 76, Saint Martin’s 58 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Chelsea Haskey scored 22 points including 18 in the second half as the Saints shot 50% from the field in the final 20 minutes but were unable to overcome a 21 point halftime deficit and fell to Alaska Anchorage 76-58 in Alaska.
Tonight (2/21): Saints host #5 Seattle Pacific
Just two home games remain in the Saint Martin’s men’s basketball season starting tonight when the Saints take on #5 ranked Seattle Pacific at Marcus Pavilion. Tonight’s game is a “Black Out” and fans are encouraged to wear black and there will be a Harlem Shake video filmed at halftime.
At 4-10 in conference, the Saints still mathematically have a chance to make the GNAC Tournament but they are a long shot. They currently trail Central Washington for sixth place by three games with four games left to play including a matchup with the Wildcats on the final day of the regular season. Roger O’Neill is sixth in the GNAC scoring 15.6 points per game.
Seattle Pacific is 19-3 overall and 12-2 in conference play with both losses coming to #2 ranked Western Washington. The Falcons are led by David Downs’ 14 points per game and 5.5 assists per game while Jobi Wall is second in the NCAA Division II shooting 46.2% from behind the arc. SPU easily handled the Saints in their first meeting, an 82-54 victory at Royal Brougham Pavilion in Seattle.
Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM. If you can’t make it to Marcus Pavilion, you can watch the game and hear me on the call by clicking here.
Wednesday scoreboard: Clippers swept in home finales
Women’s basketball
Highline 66, SPSCC 36 – Box score
South Puget Sound’s three sophomores scored 22 of the Clippers’ 36 points in their 66-36 loss to Highline. Sarah Houchen led the way with 10 points while McKenzie Raben and Renee Willey each added six.
Men’s basketball
Highline 80, SPSCC 76 – Box score
Kole Podowicz scored 20 points and pulled down 15 rebounds, AJ Fuller scored 24 points and Jamey Smith added 18 in their last home games for South Puget Sound but the Clippers gave up 50 points in the second half and were unable to hold a halftime 33-30 halftime lead and fell 80-76 to Highline. Scotty Ewing struggled shooting the ball in his final game at SPSCC scoring just four points on 2-of-11 shooting, but he did dish out seven assists.
Tonight (2/20): Sophomore night at SPSCC
It’s sophomore night at South Puget Sound where the Clipper men and women face Highline in the final home game for seven sophomores.
McKenzie Raben, Sarah Houchen and Renee Willey will all play their last home game for the Clippers when the women tip off at 6:00 PM. Willey and Raben are the Clippers’ leading scorers at 9.9 and 9.5 points per game respectively and are #2 and #1 in rebounding while Houchen has put up 5.9 points per game this season. All three will continue their athletic careers at SPSCC as members of the softball team. The Clippers have struggled mightily going just 2-20 and 1-13 in the NWAACC’s West Region playing the majority of their season with just six or seven players in uniform.
The men haven’t fared much better this season at just 4-19 overall and will see their top four scorers play their final home game tonight at 8:00 PM. Olympia product Jamey Smith (15.35 ppg), Scotty Ewing (14.83 ppg), Timberline’s Kole Podowicz (14.56 ppg) and AJ Fuller (11.74) are all sophomores for the Clippers. Podowicz leads SPSCC in rebounding hauling in 7.19 per game while Ewing leads the team in assists with 3.3 a game.
Tuesday scoreboard: Hawks move to regionals; Geoducks’ season comes to an end
Girls basketball
2A District IV consolation
River Ridge 60, Centralia 44
Jazzlyn Brewster scored 22 points and River Ridge advanced to regionals with their 60-44 win over Centralia at WF West High School in Chehalis. Savannah McGill and Rebecca Stevenson added 16 and 13 points respectively in the win. The Hawks will take on White River in Kent on Saturday.
Women’s basketball
Cascade Conference Quarterfinals
Oregon Tech 63, Evergreen 44 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
The Evergreen women’s basketball season came to an end tonight in Klamath Falls with a 63-44 loss to Oregon Tech in the first round of the CCC playoffs. Sammi Clark scored 13 points and Jessica Edge added 11 points in the loss. The Hustlin’ Owls held Evergreen’s scoring and rebounding leader, Danielle Swain, to just three points and four boards in her last game as a Geoduck. Evergreen finished the season at 7-16 overall.
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