Sunday scoreboard: Senators to GFI semis; Saints fall in Phoenix
Baseball (Grand Forks Invitational)
Thurston County Senators 4, San Diego Stars 3
Maxx Garrett hit a go ahead home run in the fourth inning and the Thurston County Senators held on to win 4-3 over the San Diego Stars in the quarterfinals of the Grand Forks Invitational. Kyle Baskett drove in two runs and Parker Guinn went 4-for-4 for the Senators. Damon Porter got the win and Nate O’Bryan pitched a scoreless ninth to get the save.
The Senators move on to the semifinals on Monday morning at 8:30 AM against the winner of the late game tonight between the Trail Orioles and Team Canada. Live stats for the game can be found here.
Men’s soccer
Colorado State Pueblo 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saturday scoreboard: Senators win again; Geoducks drop two
Baseball (Grand Forks Invitational)
Thurston County Senators 7, San Diego Stars 5
Women’s soccer
Menlo 1, Evergreen 0 – More from Geoducks athletics
College volleyball
College of Idaho 3, Evergreen 0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-17) – More from Geoducks athletics
Today (9/1): Evergreen soccer and volleyball
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Menlo – Evergreen Pitch – 1:00 PM
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. College of Idaho – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Football Friday; Senators win at GFI; Geoducks and Saints fall
I’m not going to lie to you Oly Sports fans, football Friday nights are going to make the Friday scoreboard post suffer just a little bit. Just got home from calling the Shelton/Tumwater game and I am wiped out, so no recaps but plenty of scores from this ridiculously busy night in sports…
High school football
Black Hills 46, Clover Park 6
Lake Oswego 34, Olympia 0
Timberline 20, River Ridge 0
Ridgefield 29, Rochester 7
Shelton 42, Tumwater 21
Naselle 39, Rainier 6
Tenino 26, Raymond 7
Yelm 53, Highline 14
North Thurston 36, Steilacoom 21
Baseball (Grand Forks Invitational)
Thurston County Senators 2, Trail Orioles 0
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-15) – More from Geoducks athletics
Men’s soccer
Sonoma State 4, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SonomaSeawolves.com
My 4 year-old’s expert football picks
You can go lots of places to get expert picks of tonight’s football games, but where can you get a four year-old’s perspective on high school football? Oly Sports fills that void when my daughter picks tonight’s games…
Black Hills Wolves vs. Clover Park Warriors
Her pick: Warriors
“I think that Warriors run faster than Wolves”
Olympia Bears vs. Lake Oswego Lakers
Her pick: Bears
“Bears are meaner than Lakers, and run faster.”
River Ridge Hawks vs. Timberline Blazers
Her pick: Blazers
“I think they are really gooder.”
Rochester Warriors vs. Ridgefield Spudders
Her pick: Spudders
“Because they grow potatoes!”
Shelton Highclimbers vs. Tumwater T-Birds
Her pick: Highclimbers
“They climb up trees and cut down the nest.”
Rainier Mountaineers @ Naselle Comets
Her pick: Comets
“Comets are fast and would knock a mountaineer off the mountain”
Tenino Beavers @ Raymond Gulls
Her pick: Gulls
“I don’t know.”
Yelm Tornadoes @ Highline Pirates
Her pick: Pirates
“Pirates are mean.”
Tonight (8/31): Geoducks volleyball; Football season is a go
The Evergreen volleyball team opens up Cascade Collegiate Conference play tonight when they face Eastern Oregon at the CRC Gymnasium at 7:00 PM. Eastern comes into the game at 6-2 already on the season including a 4-1 record in the Cascade/Frontier Challenge over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Geoducks are 0-5 and are still looking for their first win under head coach Greg Spector.
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And that’s about it for sporting events in Olym…..what? It’s football season? I didn’t even know! There has been absolutely no hype.
And it’s a huge night here in the Olympia area with a rivalry game, a team visiting from Oregon and much more. Here are your games being played in the Olympia area. All start at 7:00 PM.
Black Hills vs. Clover Park – Tumwater Stadium
Olympia vs. Lake Oswego (OR) – Ingersoll Stadium – Watch live here
River Ridge vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – Listen on YourESN.com
Rochester vs. Ridgefield – Rochester HS
Shelton vs. Tumwater – Highclimber Stadium – Listen KMAS 1030 AM or kmas.com
And here are your road games…
Rainier @ Naselle – Naselle HS
Tenino @ Raymond – Raymond HS
Yelm @ Highline – Highline Stadium, Burien
Let the games begin!
Thursday scoreboard: Capital wins thriller; Geoducks lose close one; Saints struggle
High school football
Capital 29, Newport 22 – More from The Olympian
Kai Van Sickle scored the game winning touchdown with 16 seconds left to lift the #2 ranked Capital Cougars to a 29-22 victory over the Newport Knights in Bellevue. Van Sickle scored three times, once in the first quarter, another in the second and then again in the fourth with the game winner.
Men’s soccer
Menlo 1, Evergreen 0 – More from Geoducks athletics
Alex Vukic scored the only goal of the game on a header in the ninth minute and the Menlo Oaks held on for the next 81 minutes to defeat Evergreen 1-0.
Women’s soccer
(#25) Cal State Stanislaus 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Cal State Stanislaus launched 17 shots to Saint Martin’s four and the Warriors knocked off the Saints 3-0 in the season opener for both squads. Goals from Karenee Demery and Alexia Poon put the Warriors up 2-0 by the 25th minute and Bernie Bettencourt finished it off in the 88th minute.
Here from the the Saints’ Caley Wiseman here.
Today (8/30): Saints and Geoducks soccer at home; Capital football opens in Bellevue
The college soccer regular season gets underway in earnest today with a pair of games at Saint Martin’s and Evergreen.
This afternoon, the Saint Martin’s women host Cal State Stanislaus. The Warriors are the defending California Collegiate Athletic Association champions and went 11-4-6 in 2011. First touch is scheduled for 2:00 PM at the SMU Soccer Field.
Following the Saints game, head across town to Evergreen where the Geoduck men host Menlo College at 5:00 PM. Menlo is coming off of a California Pacific Conference championship and a trip to the NAIA national championships in 2011.
And the high school football season kicks off this evening when Capital travels to Bellevue to take on Newport at 7:00 PM. Capital is the #2 ranked 2A team in The News Tribune’s coaches poll released yesterday while Newport was unranked by the coaches in the 4A poll.
My pick…
Capital 35, Newport 24
It’s a high school football preview roundup!
I wanted to get out and do my own football previews for this season, but it just didn’t really work out. But The Olympian did a bang up job with their previews and if you haven’t read them, it’s a good place to get yourself ready for the high school football season that gets underway tomorrow when Capital travels to Bellevue to take on Newport…
Black Hills: Preview – Season-ending injury motivates Shayne Robinson
Capital: Preview – Membership in exclusive club for linemen requires size…
North Thurston: Preview – Rams set at running back
Olympia: Preview – Lineman Connor Wilmosvky…
Rainier: Preview – Mountaineers fight foes, apathy
River Ridge: Preview – Hawks poised to take off
Rochester: Preview – Warriors seeking turnaround
Shelton – Preview – Campaign works for pair of Highclimbers
Tenino: Preview – Beavers lose top assistant, gains top QB
Timberline: Preview – Seniority rules between brothers…
Tumwater: Preview – Otton is a proud grandpa
Yelm: Preview – Swilley finds way to honor fallen friend
Also today, The News Tribune debuted their coaches poll with Timberline ranked #7 in 3A, Capital ranked #2 and Tumwater ranked #4 in 2A with Olympia receiving votes in the 4A poll.
Wednesday scoreboard: Senators blank Honkers; Clippers lose friendly; Saints downed by Lutes
Baseball
Thurston County Senators 3, Northwest Honkers 0
Nate O’Bryan pitched eight shutout innings and Kyle Basket went 3-for-4 with a two run homer to lead the Thurston County Senators to a 3-0 win over the Northwest Honkers in the first game of the Grand Forks Invitiational in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Shane Schoeneberg, Mac Acker and Eric O’Bryan each had two hits and Damon Porter pitched the ninth to get the save.
Next up for the Senators after an off day tomorrow are the Trail Orioles on Friday at 2:00 PM and then close out pool play on Saturday against the San Diego Stars at 5:00 PM. All games can be followed live on the GFI website.
Men’s soccer
Columbia Basin 3, SPSCC 1
In the final day of the NWAACC’s preseason friendlies at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila, the South Puget Sound men’s soccer team dropped their second game 3-1 to Columbia Basin. Kellen Church scored the Clippers’ goal while Richard Renteria scored twice for the Hawks.
SPSCC opens the regular season next Wednesday at Peninsula College before their home opener on Saturday, September 8th against Everett CC at 2:00 PM at the RAC.
College volleyball
Pacific Lutheran 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (scrimmage)
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