Tuesday scoreboard: Hawks knocked out; T -Birds complete undefeated regular season; Reign go cold; Cougars earn spot in districts
Boys soccer
North Thurston 3, River Ridge 3 – NT win 5-4 in shootout
Tumwater 6, Black Hills 1
Timberline 2, Lincoln 1
Capital 4, Yelm 0
River Ridge led by two goals with 24 minutes left to play, a playoff bid on the line, but North Thurston came back to tie it and take it to a shootout where the Rams won, 5-4. River Ridge is out while North Thurston moves on to play Hockinson on Saturday at 6:00 PM at Battle Ground Stadium in the 2A District IV playoffs.
Kevin Weyand and Connor Sigmon scored two goals apiece and secured an undefeated regular season for Tumwater with a 6-1 win over Black Hills.
Bruce Joling also scored two goals for Capital in their 4-0 blanking of Yelm.
International Basketball League
Vancouver Volcanoes 114, Olympia Reign 99
The Olympia Reign returned home to the Little Creek casino but shot just 38% from the field in a 114-99 loss to the defending IBL champion Vancouver Volcanoes. Former Evergreen Geoducks Mike Ward and Nicholas Moore led the Reign with 20 points apiece and Marcus Wright was the only other Reign to crack double digits with 12 points.
High school baseball
Capital 10, Wilson 2
Capital’s 10-2 win over Wilson earned them a spot in the West Central District III playoffs
Also tonight (5/1): Olympia Reign host Vancouver Volcanoes
The Olympia Reign return to the Skookum Creek Events Center at Little Creek tonight when they play host to the Vancouver Volcanoes.
The Reign are 1-1 on the season after a 138-127 victory over the Portland Chinooks Saturday night. The Volcanoes are 1-0 after their 113-112 Saturday night victory over the Salem Soldiers.
Game time is 7:00 PM and tickets are $7 for adults or $5 with a Little Creek Players Club card.
Today (5/1): 2A EvCo soccer wraps up regular season; Narrows League baseball playoffs underway
I’m getting ready to head to Kansas City for the rest of the week so I’ll have to keep this short. While there, though, Oly Sports will continue in normal fashion since my broken ankle will keep me a lot less busy than I originally planned.
On the schedule tonight, the last regular season soccer games in the 2A EvCo including River Ridge playing for a playoff spot. And the Narrows League baseball playoffs get underway in Tacoma…
Boys soccer
Lincoln @ Timberline – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
North Thurston @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – 7:00 PM
High School baseball
North Thurston @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Wilson vs. Capital – 3A Narrows League playoff – Heidelberg Park, Tacoma – 1:00 PM
Coaching vacancies: Tafoya out at Timberline; Summers at Black Hills
The Olympian reports today that Mike Tafoya has resigned as head boys basketball coach at Timberline high School. Tafoya will remain a teacher at Timberline and his reason for leaving basketball is to focus more on his teaching duties. the Blazers went 7-12 overall and just 1-8 in the 3A Narrows League this season.
Timberline is the second Olympia area school with a boys basketball coaching vacancy. Jamie Berg resigned as head coach at Black Hills last month.
Also last week, Meg Wochnick reported that Black Hills girls soccer coach Lisa Summers stepped down. Summers coached the Wolves in 14 of their 15 seasons and led them to their best record this last fall.
Today (4/30): Surprise, it’s raining
As of 12:00 PM, I have not heard of any of these games being postponed. This late in the season, I’d assume they will try as hard as they can to get them in.
High school softball
Timberline @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Bellarmine @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM
Aberdeen vs. Black Hills @ The RAC – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Tumwater @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM – Canceled
River Ridge @ North Thurston – 4:30 PM – Canceled
Tonight (4/29): Underground Derby League interleague bouts
The Underground Derby League is back tonight with a pair of interleague bouts between the league’s four teams, the Oly Outlaws, Rolling Regulators, Fembots and South Bay Bombers. Doors at Skateland open at 6:00 PM and derby action starts at 6:30. Tickets are available at the door for $15.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball season (probably) ends
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 5
Northwest Nazarene 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
With their game one win and Montana State Billings’ loss to Simon Fraser, Saint Martin’s got to within one game of earning the GNAC’s automatic NCAA tournament bid, but the Saints’ best season likely came to an end in the first inning of game two when Northwest Nazarene pushed five runs across and cruised to a 10-2 victory.
The Saints finish third in the GNAC at 23-13 and 33-18-1 overall, a 24 win improvement in Rick Noren’s second season at the helm. They still have a very slim chance of being one of five teams to receive an at-large bid into the West Regional.
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 4, Saint Martin’s 2
Northwest Nazarene 7, Saint Martin’s 6 – More from SMUSaints.com
Track & Field – Saint Martin’s Invitational
Saint Martin’s winners…
Joscelyn Minton – 800 meters – 2:13.39
Kyle Van Santen – 1500 meters – 3:53.2
Frank Krause – 800 meters – 1:56.32
Ashley Llapitan – 10,000 meters – 42:30.4
Edd Brown – 200 meters – 22.15
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 138, Portland Chinooks 127
High school baseball
North Thurston 3, Aberdeen 0
Tumwater’s Matt Johnson drafted by Cowboys
2007 Tumwater High School graduate Matt Johnson was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the NFL Draft today. The safety out of Eastern Washington is the first player from Tumwater to be drafted. Meg Wochnick at The Olympian has the full story with reaction from Johnson himself.
Here is what Twitter had to say…
https://twitter.com/#!/dallascowboys/status/196297495763095553
https://twitter.com/#!/Matt_Johnson5/status/196328792602591232
https://twitter.com/#!/TBirdFootball/status/196301478028251137
https://twitter.com/#!/Tbird_boysbball/status/196394502649430016
https://twitter.com/#!/BigIrishman16/status/196349747815129088
https://twitter.com/#!/gstoney23/status/196389788771815424
Congratulations to Matt and you can bet that Oly Sports will keep you updated on his progress.
Photo credit: EWU Athletics
Today (4/28): Dragon boat festival, SMU Invitational, racing and baseball highlight busy Saturday
The Saint Martin’s Dragon Boat Festival kicks off in just a few minutes at Port Plaza in downtown Olympia. Races are held in Budd Inlet and besides the exciting and interesting races on beautiful boats, the festival includes Chinese traditional art demonstrations, traditional lion dances, music, and martial arts performances. Just another part of a very busy Saturday downtown that includes the second day of Arts Walk and the Procession of the Species at 4:30 PM. The Dragon Boat Festival runs from 9:00 AM and continues all day.
Back on campus, Saint Martin’s Track and Field hosts the Saint Martin’s Invitational, a six school event that starts at 9:30 AM. Seattle Pacific is the reigning champion of the invitation for both the men and the women. The event begins with the men’s hammer at 9:30 AM and is scheduled to finish with the men’s 4 x 400 relay at 5:15 PM. For a full schedule, visit SMUSaints.com.
Racing continues down at South Sound Speedway tonight with mini stocks, hobby stocks, FSCRA bumblebees and baby grands. Qualifying starts at 5:00 PM and racing gets underway at 6:30. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for teens, seniors and military, $5 for kids 6-12 and free for the toddler set.
One high school baseball game is scheduled for this afternoon, a 2A EvCo tilt between North Thurston and Aberdeen. The game is scheduled for 1:0o PM at NTHS.
And today marks the biggest day in Saint Martin’s softball history when they take on the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders at 12:00 PM in Nampa, Idaho. Saint Martin’s has to sweep the Crusaders and hope that Simon Fraser can sweep Montana State Billings in Billings to get the GNAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Saints can’t win the GNAC title because if Simon Fraser sweeps, they will take over first place from the Yellowjackets, but since Simon Fraser is a provisional member and not eligible for the postseason, the Saints would get the NCAA bid.
Friday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept in Nampa
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 11, Saint Martin’s 4
Northwest Nazarene 5, Saint Martin’s 3 – More from NNUSports.com
In game one, Northwest Nazarene’s first four hitters went 11-for-17 with seven RBI and eight runs scored as the Crusaders opened up an 11-0 lead on the Saint Martin’s and cruised to the 11-4 victory. Chandler Tracy led the way for the Saints going 3-for-4.
In game two, the Saints had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning (the last inning of the game in game two of a doubleheader) but Crusaders’ reliever Sean McDonald struck out Tracy looking to get the save. The Saints opened the scoring with a run in the second inning but River Ridge alum Jon Matos erased the lead with a three run homer in the third. The Saints answered back with two runs in the fourth but the Crusaders scored two of their own in the fourth and held on for the 5-3 win.
The sweep flip flops the Saints and Crusaders in the GNAC standings. Coming into the game, Saint Martin’s was in second but the losses drop them to 10-14 and tied for third. Meanwhile, Northwest Nazarene jumps to second place at 12-14.
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, Centralia 7
Timberline 8, Yelm 2
W.F. West 4, River Ridge 2
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 1
High school softball
Capital 13, Lincoln 0
Gig Harbor 5, Olympia 4
Black Hills 12, River Ridge 2
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