Today (10/19): Geoducks women doubleheader; Blazers, Rams Narrows showdown
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. College of Idaho – Evergreen Pitch – 3:00 PM
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. Concordia – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
High school football
In town…
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Yelm vs. Gig Harbor – Yelm HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Out of town…
Shelton @ Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen
Rainier @ Montesano – Rottle Field, Montesano – 7:00 PM
Capital @ W.F. West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 7:00 PM – Listen
Tenino @ Hoquiam – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – 7:00 PM – Listen
Rochester @ Stevenson – Stevenson HS – 7:00 PM
Photo slideshow: Caley Wiseman scores from distance
Saint Martin’s Caley Wiseman scored her second goal of the season in the 25th minute from a good thirty yards out and I somehow managed to capture the entire thing. It was quite the goal. The Saints eventually fell 4-2 to Seattle Pacific.
More pictures from the game will be up on the Oly Sports Facebook page shortly.
Thursday scoreboard: T-Birds clinch EvCo title; Saints roll in Dakota; So much more
High school football
Tumwater 27, River Ridge 12
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 3, Sioux Falls 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Seattle Pacific 4, Saint Martin’s 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Girl’s soccer
WF West 6, Capital 3
Gig Harbor 4, Timberline 1
North Thurston @ Shelton – no report
Olympia vs. Yelm – no report
River Ridge @ Black Hills – no report
College volleyball
Alaska Anchorage 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-15) – Recap
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Mount Tahoma 0 (25-8, 25-13, 25-19)
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0 (25-21, 25-7, 25-17)
Olympia 3, Yelm 0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-14)
Capital 3, WF West 0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-23)
Black Hills 3, River Ridge 0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-13)
Willapa Valley 3, Northwest Christian 2 (25-19, 25-20, 13-25, 25-27, 10-15)
Today (10/18): Saints get rematch with Falcons; Hawks and T-Birds tangle
Ashley Richardson equalized but the Falcons scored the winner with 10 seconds left in 2OT on Sept. 29th
Big game for the Saint Martin’swomen’s soccer team today when they play host to Seattle Pacific. It’s a rematch of a game in Seattle that saw the Falcons pull out the victory in the final 10 seconds of double overtime, 2-1, part of an eight match unbeaten streak that SPU is currently riding.
The Saints are still in the hunt for a GNAC playoff spot currently sitting in fifth place at 4-6. The top four teams make the GNAC playoffs at the Starfire complex in Tukwila beginning on November 1st and the Saints are chasing Western Oregon (5-4-1) for that final playoff spot.
First touch is scheduled for 2:00 PM at the SMU Soccer Field.
In American football action, a huge 2A Evergreen Conference game between Tumwater and River Ridge kicks off at 7:00 PM at South Sound Stadium.
Can the T-Birds continue their winning streak tonight against River Ridge?
The T-Birds are riding a six game winning streak after dropping their opener to Shelton and have knocked off Timberline, Capital, WF West and North Thurston in the process and are currently ranked #1 in the Oly Sports power rankings. Andrew Brown has been unstoppable for the T-Birds on all sides of the game and River Ridge will have their hands full stopping his rushing and special teams prowess.
But River Ridge sits there just behind the T-Birds in the EvCo standings and that at times explosive offense could always go off. But the Hawks had their five game winning streak snapped on Friday by WF West and barely got past 0-7 Centralia a week before and have given up 78 points over the last two games, worrisome results when facing this confusing T-Birds wing-T offense.
My pick: Tumwater 45, River Ridge 28, in a game that is closer than the final score reflects.
And don’t forget all the girl’s soccer and volleyball action going on all around town….
Girl’s soccer
Olympia vs. Yelm – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school volleyball
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. WF West – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Geoducks bury Beacons; SPSCC loses heart breaker
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 3, Northwest Christian 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Pierce 3, SPSCC 2 – Box score
Mirza Memic gave Evergreen a 1-0 lead in the 36th minute and Jeff Roland scored two insurance goals to give the Geoducks a 3-0 win over Northwest University in Springfield, Oregon on Wednesday afternoon. Mauricio Sanchez and Mitch Treend teamed up to post the shutout.
The win moves the Geoducks to 8-2 in CCC play, good enough for second place in conference.
South Puget Sound was mere minutes away from the second win of the season but Pierce scored twice in the final three minutes to escape The RAC with a 3-2 win.
The Clippers took a 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Jovanny Andrade and Giovanni Torres in the 26th and 28th minutes respectively. But Pierce answered back with a goal of their own in the 30th and the score remained 2-1 until Matthew Solis scored the equalizer in the 87th minute and Christian Rath scored the game winner in the 89th minute for the Raiders.
The heartbreaking loss drops the Clippers to 1-8 in league and 1-13-1 overall this season.
Today (10/17): Clippers host Raiders
Men’s soccer
South Puget Sound vs. Pierce College – The RAC – 3:00 PM
Oly Sports high school football power rankings: T-Birds on top
Six wins in a row put the T-Birds on top. Can they escape the Oly Sports jinx?
Is the top spot of the Oly Sports power rankings becoming a curse? Capital lasted just two weeks, North Thurston lasted just two weeks and now Shelton drops after just one week. Tumwater could easily last the rest of the season if they can get past River Ridge this week, but have I already jinxed them? Can my highly unscientific rankings be cursed? We’ll see…
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1. Tumwater T-Birds (6-1)
Last week: #2 (+1)
Previous game: Tumwater 48, Centralia 0
Next game: @ River Ridge (5-2) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Six straight wins for the T-Birds move them into the top spot of the power rankings after Shelton took a tumble. Thursday’s River Ridge game is their last major test before the post season and it could be a really interesting, fun game to watch.
2. Timberline Blazers (6-1)
Last week: #3 (+1)
Previous game: Timberline 40, Mount Tahoma 6
Next game: @ North Thurston (6-1) – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Well, they’ve practiced against both Foss and Mount Tahoma leading into their game this week with North Thurston and have now won five straight games. But, and this is a big but, sophomore QB Gabe Gutierrez broke his arm and the Blazers will now turn to senior Chris MacNeil the rest of the way.
3. North Thurston Rams (6-1)
Last week: #4 (+1)
Previous game: North Thurston 21, Shelton 20
Next game: vs. Timberline (6-1) – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The defense came up big for the Rams once again stopping Shelton twice on the goal line in the second half including a controversial strip of the ball while Ralph Kinne was going into the endzone with less than three minutes left to play. But the Rams did get the win and are still undefeated in the 3A Narrows League with their also undefeated rival coming up next.
4. Shelton Highclimbers (6-1)
Last week: #1 (-3)
Previous game: North Thurston 21, Shelton 20
Next game: vs. Mount Tahoma (0-7) – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: What a heart breaker for the Highclimbers. Ralph Kinne appeared to have scored the go ahead touchdown but the ball came out close to the goal line and was ruled a fumble and Shelton never got the ball back respond. North Thurston has a really good defense, but it is very concerning that the Highclimbers could not do anything in the air once the Rams started limiting the running game. But they do get a chance to work out some of the kinks against 0-7 Mount Tahoma this week before taking on Timberline in the regular season finale.
5. Capital Cougars (5-2)
Last week: #5 (No change)
Previous game: Capital 56, Black Hills 7
Next game: @ WF West (5-2) – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The Cougars exploded for 56 points against Black Hills this week. Kai Van Sickle rushed for 294 yards and four touchdowns and the Cougars racked up 582 total yards. This week they face WF West with second place in the 2A Evergreen Conference on the line.
6. Tenino Beavers (5-2)
Last week: #6 (No change)
Previous game: Montesano 50, Tenino 7
Next game: @ Hoquiam (7-0) – Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Two straight big losses to really good teams has the Tenino Beavers reeling. The previously unstoppable offense has scored just 13 points in the last two games and next get a really good Hoquiam team at venerable Olympic Stadium.
7. River Ridge Hawks (5-2)
Last week: #7 (No change)
Previous game: WF West 44, River Ridge 26
Next game: vs. Tumwater (6-1) – South Sound Stadium – Thursday, 7:00 PM
Notes: No surprise that River Ridge lost to WF West on Friday. Despite how good the Hawks have played, there just seems to be a natural order for the 2A Evergreen Conference this season. Tumwater, Capital and WF West will compete for 1-3, River Ridge is fourth, Black Hills fifth and Centralia sixth. But the Hawks could upset the whole balance with a upset of the T-Birds on Thursday night. Can they do it? The offense is good enough but can the defense and special teams stop Andrew Brown? Probably not.
8. Olympia Bears (3-4)
Last week: #8 (No change)
Previous game: Olympia 14, Gig Harbor 0
Next game: vs. Bellarmine (6-1) – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Olympia’s strange season continues. They started 0-3 and have since played a slew of close games and currently sit at 3-1 in the 4A Narrows League, good enough for third place. But Bellarmine comes to town this week to give the Oly defense their toughest test to date.
9. Black Hills Wolves (3-4)
Last week: #9 (No change)
Previous game: Capital 56, Black Hills 7
Next game: vs. Centralia (0-7) – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: The Wolves have dropped three straight games and have only scored 13 points in the past two contests against WF West and Capital, which isn’t much of a surprise. The Wolves hope to get back to .500 when 0-7 Centralia comes to town this week.
10. Yelm Tornadoes (3-4)
Last week: #10 (No change)
Previous game: Bellarmine 56, Yelm 7
Next game: vs. Gig Harbor (2-5) – Yelm Tornadoes Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: 3-0 to start, but in four straight losses the Tornadoes have been outscored 174-41. Gig Harbor’s bad offense and good defense comes to Yelm this week and I have no idea which team will prove to be the better team.
11. Rochester Warriors (1-6)
Last week: #11 (No change)
Previous game: Forks 23, Rochester 0
Next game: @ Stevenson (3-4) – Stevenson HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Rochester is struggling, no doubt. I’m more interested in their opponent, Stevenson. The Bulldogs either win by a ton or get stomped. What strange results. Their losses are 49-8, 46-6, 41-0, 44-0. Their wins are 50-0, 30-0 and 44-0.
12. Rainier Mountaineers (0-7)
Last week: #12 (No change)
Previous game: Hoquiam 63, Rainier 0
Next game: @ Montesano (5-2) – Rottle Field, Montesano – Friday, 7:00 PM
Notes: Oh boy, poor Rainier has to take on Montesano on homecoming, playing on their home field for the first time since the historic structure burned to the ground.
Tuesday scoreboard: Domination
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Shelton 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-11)
North Thurston 3, Mount Tahoma (25-17, 25-12, 25-13)
Olympia 3, South Kitsap 0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-23)
Northwest Christian 3, Ocosta 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-21)
Black Hills 3, WF West 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-16)
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0 (25-21, 25-8, 25-11)
Capital 3, River Ridge 0 (25-8, 25-19, 25-4)
Girl’s soccer
Capital 7, River Ridge 3
Timberline 6, Shelton 1
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0
Gig Harbor 1, Olympia 0
Today (10/16): Girl’s soccer, volleyball coming down the stretch
High school volleyball
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s soccer
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Capital – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: SPSCC soccer get off the schnide; Lady Saints win in Canada
Men’s soccer
SPSCC 3, Shoreline 1
Concordia 4, Evergreen 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
MSU Billings 3, Saint Martin’s 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Kyle Ballard scored in the first minute and goalkeeper Devon Dieckman was credited with the eventual game winning goal in the 55th minute in South Puget Sound’s first win of the season, a 3-1 victory over Shoreline. Dieckman was also credited with an assist on Ballard’s goal. Jovanny Andrade scored the insurance goal for the Clipper in the 75th minute.
SPSCC is now 1-7 in league and 1-12-1 overall. Meanwhile, Shoreline falls to 0-11 and are the only remaining winless team in the NWAACC.
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 2, Simon Fraser 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Caley Wiseman and Nicole Nedervelt each scored in Saint Martin’s 2-0 win over Simon Fraser on top of Burnaby Mountain. Ashley Engel and Gina Cardenas combined for the shutout in goal. Engel made five saves.
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-20) – Recap
Central Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-19) – Recap
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