Wednesday scoreboard: Saints sweep; Bears’ Houser pitches no-hitter
College softball
Saint Martin’s 11, Northwest Nazarene 0
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school softball
Olympia 7, Central Kitsap 2
Tumwater 4, W.F. West 0
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4 – 8 innings
High school baseball
Olympia 11, Central Kitsap 0 – Trevor Houser pitches no-hitter.
Centralia 3, Tumwater 2
W.F. West 3, Black Hills 2
Aberdeen 7, River Ridge 5 – Completeion of suspended game – 11 innings
Aberdeen 15, River Ridge 8
Rest in peace, Mia – Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament
I was heartbroken yesterday to hear about the passing of five year-old Mia Deligeannis, who fought bravely against childhood leukemia for three years of her life. My thoughts have been with her and her family since I heard the news. I never met Mia and have only met her dad once but I was inspired by her toughness and her bravery through so much pain. No child or family should have to go through what Mia and her family went through and though Mia may have passed, the memory of her and her bravery lives on and will continue to touch, inspire and help others.
One way to honor Mia and help her family and families in the same situation is to come to the Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Tournament on Saturday, June 9th at South Sound Stadium. The tournament will feature eight teams comprised of soccer alumni from Timberline, North Thurston, Olympia, Capital, Tumwater, Black Hills, Yelm and River Ridge High Schools. The teams will play a round robin tournament starting at 8:15 AM and the top two teams from the East and West division will move onto the semifinals with the final game scheduled for 4:15 PM that afternoon.
To play in the tournament, there is a $50 donation to Friends of Mia. Players receive a tournament jersey, there will be a post tournament party and winners get a keepsake and have bragging rights to the FoM Trophy displayed year round at O’Blarneys. If you would like to play, you can sign up and make your donation on brownpapertickets.com. If you have any questions, please contact me at olysportsblog@gmail.com or contact your alumni representative. You can find their information on the tournament’s Facebook page. And while you are at it, please share the page with your friends. Spectators are free but donations will gladly be accepted.
Please come out and support your favorite high school soccer alum and the Deligeannis family. It will be a really fun, hard fought tournament – the first of it’s kind between Olympia area high schools – for a good cause and in memory of a tough little girl.
Rest in peace, Mia.
Today (4/18): Can the Saints’ bats heat back up?
If the weather can hold, today is a very good day for the Saint Martin’s softball team’s bats to heat back up. Since returning from their California road trip, the Saints have been shutout in five of their last ten games and have dropped to third place in the GNAC, six and a half games behind MSU Billings. But Northwest Nazarene comes into today at just 5-21 in the GNAC and 6-29 overall and were swept by the Saints 11-3 and 4-0 in a doubleheader on April 4th. First pitch for today’s doubleheader is scheduled for noon. UPDATE: Today’s games have been moved to the RAC.
There are also a handful of high school games scheduled for today…
High school baseball
Lincoln @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Capital @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Blazers baseball keeps winning; Tumwater soccer stays undefeated
High school baseball
Timberline 13, Wilson 9
Centralia 13, Tumwater 1
W.F. West 12, Black Hills 0
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 4 – suspended in 7th inning due to darkness
High school soccer
Tumwater 6, W.F. West 1
Centralia 4, Black Hills 1
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 1
High school softball
W.F. West 6, River Ridge 0
Today (4/17): Wolves host first place Bearcats
Fingers crossed, the weather looks promising this afternoon for all of the baseball on the schedule.
Three 2A EvCo league games highlight the schedule with first place W.F. West and star pitcher and Washington State commit Mitch Gueller coming to Black Hills. The Bearcats are in first place at 8-1 while the Wolves are fifth at 4-6. The two teams met on March 30th and W.F. West won easily, 11-1.
Here is the full schedule of baseball games around town today…
W.F.West @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
Aberdeen @ River Ridge – 4:30 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Wilson @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Regardless of weather, soccer plays on with one 2A EvCo game in town tonight and one self-indulgent Olympia sports blogger’s coed over-30 SWSA soccer game on the schedule…
Boys soccer
Centralia @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Coed over-30 soccer
ABCDE FC vs. Ramblin’ Jacks – Horizon Pointe – 6:00 PM
Monday scoreboard: The up too late edition
Up way too late working on a new logo for Oly Sports (I’m not finished since I keep seeing little things that make me unhappy, but you can see the new look below), so no recaps tonight. The Olympian has the highlights right here.
High school baseball
Olympia 7, Central Kitsap 3 – More from The Olympian
Northwest Christian 9, Wishkah Valley 6
High school softball
Capital 10, Lincoln 0
Tumwater 19, River Ridge 1
Tumwater 6, River Ridge 0
Black Hills 8, North Thurston 4
Black Hills 11, North Thurston 8
Wilson 5, Timberline 4
Today (4/16): Baseball and fastpitch, maybe
Rain is in the forecast all week and could be trouble for all our bat and stick games this week. Today should be one of the better days though rain might hit as early as 3:00 PM, just in time to mess up today’s games…
High school baseball
Central Kitsap @ Olympia – 4:00 PM
Wishkah Valley @ Northwest Christian – Bucknell Park – 4:00 PM
High school fastpitch
North Thurston @ Black Hills – 4:30 PM
River Ridge @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
Stadium @ Olympia – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Dropkick Donnas Scandalized; Saints split again
Roller Derby
Port Scandalous 106, Dropick Donnas 103
The Oly Rollers’ Dropkick Donnas and the Port Scandalous Rollergirls were tied at 103 with just over a minute to play but Port Scandalous got the last three points of the bout to pull out a thrilling 106-103 win at Skateland on Sunday night. The Donnas were down by ten at halftime and eleven with 14 minutes to play before closing the gap to draw even.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 1, MSU Billings 0
MSU Billings 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Offense was scarce at Dehler Park in Billings on Sunday when the two teams combined for just two runs total over 16 innings, the lowest scoring doubleheader in GNAC history. In game one, the Saints’ Tommy Deboer gave up just four hits and struck out six Yellowjackets in eight scoreless innings of work. Travis Jones’ double in the top of the ninth inning drove in Mario Sanelli for the only run of the game and Zach Carter worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to preserve the win for the Saints.
In game two, Kaleb Wilson and Josh Moss combined to give up one run on four hits for the Saints but were out dueled by Matt Eames’ two hit, seven inning complete game shutout. With the weekend split, the Saints are now 11-25 overall and 7-11 in GNAC play.
Men’s soccer
Sounders U23s 3, Gonzaga University 2
Capital High School’s Josh Phillips, a sophomore defender for Gonzaga, is pictured above clearing the ball for the Zags.
Though not officially an Olympia team, the Sounders U23s will play the Portland Timbers U23s in Tumwater on June 2nd and I am covering the team this season for GoalWa.net. You can read my quick and easy recap here and see more photos from the game on the Oly Sports Facebook page.
Today (4/15): Oly Rollers vs. Port Scandalous
It’s Derby night in Olympia as the Oly Roller’s Dropkick Donnas take on the Port Scandalous Rollergirls. Doors at Skateland open at 6:00 PM and derby action starts at 6:30 PM. Tickets can be purchased at the doors and be sure to bring some new panties for their panty drive.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints split; Navigators, Rams win
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Western Washington 0
Western Washington 8, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, MSU Billings 5
MSU Billings 12, Saint Martin’s 5 – More from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 1, Concordia 1 – Exhibition game – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 6, Charles Wright 5
North Thurston 15, Black Hills 0
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 0
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