Wednesday scoreboard: Blazers, Rams qualify; Olympia eliminated
High school baseball
Timberline 11, Enumclaw 2 – Blazers qualify for state
North Thurston 5, Centralia 1 – Rams qualify for state
Tumwater 3, Hockinson 0
Rogers 9, Olympia 3 – Bears, 17-1 regular season, eliminated
High school softball
Tumwater 4, Centralia 1
W.F. West 15, Black Hills 4
Yelm 1, Capital 0
Today (5/9): Blazers open playoffs; Rams play for state
Timberline opens up their playoff run today against Enumclaw at Auburn Mountainview High School. The Blazers won the 3A Narrows League with a 9-1 record, 10-4 overall. Enumclaw beat Camas 9-4 yesterday to earn a meeting with the Blazers. First pitch is at 4:00 PM.
Meanwhile, the 2A District IV playoffs continue when North Thurston faces Centralia at Bearcats Stadium in Chehalis. The winner goes to state. The Tigers took two games out of three from the Rams in the regular season. First pitch is at 6:00 PM. Listen to the game on the Eli Sports Network.
Just up the road at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia, Tumwater faces Hockinson in a loser-out game at 4:00 PM.
And after a surprising upset, Olympia plays a loser-out game against Rogers at 7:00 PM at Art Wright Field in Kent. Rogers is the #6 seed out of the SPSL and knocked off Graham-Kapowsin 7-2 yesterday.
In regular season softball action, Black Hills hosts W.F. West at 4:30 PM and River Ridge hosts Aberdeen also at 4:30.
2A Evergreen all-conference teams announced
The 2A Evergreen all-conference teams have been announced. W.F. West’s Mitch Gueller was named MVP and despite a near mutiny, Centralia’s John Rooklidge was named coach of the year.
Here are the Olympia area players honored, broken down by school…
Black Hills
First team: Adam Meyers – Jr. – IF, Brendan Herd – Jr. – OF,
Second team: Josh Brown – Sr. – IF, Austin Lee – Jr. – OF
Honorable mention: Austin Heyland, Kalvin Hargrave
North Thurston
First team: Spencer Dorsey – Jr. – IF, Ben Reece – Sr. – IF, Tyler Ridgeway – Jr. – OF, Matt Zeutenhorst – Jr. – C
Second team: Ryan Mets – So. – P, Riley Stordahl – So. – P
River Ridge
Second team: Brad Wallace – Jr. – OF
Tumwater
First team: Garrett Terrell – So. – OF
Second team: Anthony Correia – So. – IF, Justin Graham – So. – IF, Riston Andrews – Sr. – P, Payten Olson – Sr. – Utility
Honorable mention: Ian Sugrue, Colton Turner
The Olympian has the full team.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds advance; Capital wins Narrows; Olympia upset
Boys soccer
Tumwater 3, Washougal 0
Capital 2, Wilson 2
Mark Morris 2, North Thurston 0
Yelm 2, Timberline 1
Bellarmine 6, Olympia 0
Tumwater’s 3:0 win moves them into the District IV championship game against Mark Morris on Thursday night at Tumwater Stadium. Capital wins the 3A Narrows League thanks to their 2:2 with second place Wilson. With their loss to Mark Morris, North Thurston moves on to a loser-out game in Aberdeen on Thursday.
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, RA Long 1
Tahoma 8, Olympia 7
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 0
Decatur 5, Capital 2
Naselle 8, Northwest Christian 6
Tyler Ridgeway pitched seven innings and gave up just three hits while striking out eight RA Long batters in North Thurston’s 5-1 2A District IV win. The Rams move on to play Centralia tomorrow.
Olympia dropped a shocker to Tahoma and now faces a loser-out game tomorrow. Tumwater’s loss also means they face a loser-out game tomorrow. But Capital and Northwest Christian were not so lucky, their seasons ended on Tuesday.
Quick links: Klemm, Brown, Weyand, Fairchild, Bean and O’Connell
Morgan Klemm named All-West region second team – SMUSaints.com
Meet Olympia’s Tyler Brown, 15 years-old and playing hockey in Canada – ThurstonTalk.com
Really interesting profile of Tumwater’s German soccer sensation, Kevin Weyand – The Olympian
Oly’s Michael Fairchild honors Crandall Field namesake – The Olympian
Tumwater’s Ryan Bean signs to play baseball for the independent Florence Freedom – Florence Freedom
Emmett O’Connell has an interesting look at Olympia’s minor league baseball stadium in the early 1900’s – Olympia Time
Also today (5/8): District baseball all over the place
The high school baseball post season really gets going this afternoon…
The 17-1, 4A Narrows League champion Olympia Bears faces Tahoma at Curtis High School. Tahoma comes into the game at 13-6 overall. The winner of the game gets a spot in the state regional.
In the 3A west central/bi-district tournament, Capital plays a loser-out game against Decatur at 7:00 PM at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma. Decatur finished the regular season at just 3-16 but won two straight elimination games to make it to districts.
North Thurston gets a home game in the first round of the 2A District IV playoffs when they face RA Long. The Rams were 12-6 this season while RA Long comes into the game at 6-11. First pitch is at 4:30 PM.
Tumwater barely made the district tournament and is rewarded with a first round game at #1 seed W.F. West. The Bearcats are 18-1 this season. First pitch is at 4:30 PM and the game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
And after a 12-1 loss to Toutle Lake yesterday, Northwest Christian continues 2B District IV playoffs with a loser-out game against Naselle, who lost 7-1 to Morton-White Pass yesterday. The Navigators and Naselle split their season series. Naselle won 10-2 in Lacey on March 22nd while the Navs won 6-5 in Naselle on April 23rd. Game time is at 5:30 PM.
Today (5/8): 2A district soccer; Narrows League leaders meet
The postseason is in full swing today, let’s start with the 2A District IV soccer playoffs…
The undefeated and #1 seeded Tumwater T-Birds face Washougal today at Tumwater Stadium. The T-Birds scored four goals in the first six minutes of their opening district game and demolished W.F. West 9-0. Washougal is coming off a 2-1 win over Aberdeen. First kick is at 6:00 PM.
The North Thurston soccer team upset #1 seed Hockinson 3-0 on Saturday and now faces the GSHL #2 seed Mark Morris at Longview Memorial Stadium with a spot at state on the line. Kickoff is at 7:00 PM.
In other soccer action, the top two teams from the 3A Narrows League meet today at Ingersoll Stadium at 7:00 PM. Capital currently sits in first place at 7-0-2 with Wilson hot on their heels at 7-1-1. Wilson, though, has scored the most goals of any Narrows League team by 40 goals. They currently have 65 goals on the season but were limited to just one goal in their 2-1 loss to Capital on April 19th.
Monday scoreboard: Navs struggle in district opener; Bears, Cougs win
High school baseball – 2B District IV Playoffs
Toutle Lake 12, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 10, Stadium 0
Capital 13, Timberline 3
Centralia 11, River Ridge 1
W.F. West 10, North Thurston 0
Marie Beagle went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in high scoring Olympia’s 10-0 win over Stadium. Amanda Rupright picked up the win for the Bears.
Capital erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie in their 13-3 victory over Timberline. Britni Wilson struck out ten Blazers in seven innings to get the win for the Cougars. She also went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs.
Today (5/7): Navs open districts; Hawks softball needs a win
The baseball postseason for Olympia area teams kicks off tonight when the Northwest Christian Navigators travel to Mossyrock to take on Toutle Lake. The Navigators are the #3 seed out of the 2B Pacific League while the Ducks are the #2 seed from the Central League. First pitch in this District IV matchup is at 6:00 PM.
The River Ridge softball team hopes to get off the schneid when they host Centralia today. The Hawks are 0-14 on the season and have been out scored by Centralia 33-0 in their two previous meetings this season. First pitch is at 4:30 PM.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints senior day; Bella Donnas roll
College baseball
Western Oregon 14, Saint Martin’s 3
Western Oregon 6, Saint Martin’s 5 – More from SMUSaints.com
It was the final game eight Saint Martin’s seniors – Nate O’Bryan, Tommy DeBoer, Kaleb Wilson, Sean Goforth, Zach Leonard, Josh Grenier, Adam Hudspeth and Travis Jones. The day didn’t go quite as planned with a pair of losses to Western Oregon and the Saints finished the season at 11-21 in the GNAC and 15-35 overall.
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 211, Rainier Rollergirls 81
Oly Sports 