Tonight (2/24): Boys State Regionals
Games in town involving local schools:
River Ridge vs. Anacortes – Tumwater High School – 8:00 PM
Games out of town involving local schools:
Olympia vs. Bothell – Auburn High School – 6:00 PM
North Thurston vs. White River – Mt. Tahoma High School – 6:00 PM
Games in town not involving local schools:
Mark Morris vs. Clover Park – Tumwater High School – 6:00 PM
Taholah vs. Muckleshoot – Timberline High School – 6:00 PM
Mt. Rainier Lutheran vs. Mary M. Knight – Timberline High School – 6:00 PM
Votaw to Green sickness
I can’t leave on vacation without posting this from tonight’s Saint Martin’s game. This is Jeremy Green from Ryan Votaw all over Central’s Brandon Magee.
That’s ridiculous. Coming soon to a Sportscenter top plays near you.
OlySports.com is on vacation
Bad timing, I know, but I’m on vacation until Sunday, February 4th and don’t know how often I’ll be updating the blog. I hope to get to it sometimes, but I’d imagine that I won’t be able to bring you the “Tonight” and “Scoreboard” every night. I will definitely update if big things happen like state titles for our local squads, but I can’t promise anything. Please follow my Twitter page @OlySportsBlog because I know I’ll be able to update there and retweet other writers covering Olympia teams.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints men snap losing streak in style, women win in the last seconds
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 99, Central Washington 84 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s offense finally broke out in a big way and led the Saints to a 99-84 victory over Central Washington snapping an eight game losing streak. senior Jeremy Green – playing in his penultimate game – scored 34 points and pulled down 16 rebounds, Roger O’Neill added 22 points, senior Brok Pendelton had 16 and Brady Bomber scored 12. In total, the Saints starters accounted for 90 of the team’s 99 points. The Wildcats were led by Kevin Davis’ 27 points off the bench.
Though the Saints are out of the hunt, they did play spoiler for Central’s bid to make the playoffs. A win tonight and the Wildcats could have clinched the final spot but with the loss they now have to either win at Western Oregon on Saturday or hope that Saint Martin’s knocks off Northwest Nazarene in the final game of the regular season.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 68, Central Washington 66 – More from WildcatSports.com
River Ridge alum Sophie Russell hit a three pointer with just under a minute to play to tie the game at 66 but Chelsea Haskey’s jumper with 2.1 seconds left on the clock won the game for Saint Martin’s, 68-66. Freshman Brooke Paulson scored 25 points and Haskey had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Saints. Russell led the Wildcats with 26 points.
The Olympian on the surprise Olympia girls
The Olympian has an interesting profile on the Olympia girls basketball team, a surprise entry into the state tournament at 10-14. It pays to get hot at the end of the season. The Bears were rewarded with a trip to Spokane to face Gonzaga Prep and John Stockton’s daughter in the regionals.
Wallace wins MVP, coaches Landram, Brown and Ham honored
River Ridge’s Brad Wallace was named the 2A EvCo’s boys basketball MVP and his coach, Jeremy Landram, was named co-Coach of the Year along with North Thurston’s Tim Brown. On the girls side, North Thurston’s Mike Ham was named Coach of the Year. The Olympian has the full list of players honored, but here are the local players, broken down by school…
Black Hills
Boys: Caleb Montelongo (first team), Jake Crawford (honorable mention)
Girls: Izzy Campbell and Hope Mortensen (second team)
North Thurston
Boys: Tim Brown (Coach of the Year), Ben Broeker (first team), Landon Rushton (first team), Matt Reid (second team)
Girls: Mike Ham (Coach of the Year), Catie Mets (first team), Ciara Williams, Elyssa Quichocho and Chelsey Kindle (honorable mention)
River Ridge
Boys: Jeremy Landram (Coach of the Year), Brad Wallace (MVP), Micah Hardeman and Howie Harper (second team)
Girls: Necy Wade and Kyahri Adams (first team), Rebecca Stevenson (second team)
Tumwater
Boys: Daniel Hinkle (second team), Zach Boede (hornorable mention)
Girls: Carly McIsaac (first team), Haley VandenHazel (second team)
Tonight (2/23): hard luck Saints host Central
Tonight, the hard luck Saint Martin’s men’s basketball team welcomes Central Washington to Marcus Pavilion in the first of two weekend games that will wrap up the GNAC regular season.
The two teams haven’t played each other since December 3rd when Central knocked off the Saints 72-61 in Ellensburg. In that game the Wildcat’s Lacy Haddock scored 26 points and Toussaint Tyler added another 20. The Saints were led by Jeremy Green’s 19 points and Roger O’Neill’s 17.
Haddock is currently seventh in the GNAC scoring 15.8 points points per game and two Wildcats are in the top four in rebounding, Jody Johnson averages eight boards a game and Kevin Davis averages 7.7. The Wildcats are 7-9 in the GNAC but are coming off an 89-82 upset of first place and #10 ranked Western Washington on Saturday.
Tip-off for tonight’s game at Saint Martin’s is set for 7:00 PM.
Wednesday scoreboard: Clippers split at Highline
Men’s basketball
SPSCC 56, Highline 54
Olympia’s Jamey Smith had 17 points and eight rebounds and Black Hill’s Anye Turner had 15 points and 11 rebounds and South Puget Sound held on to beat Highline 56-54 in Des Moines. Deshawn Hayes added 14 points for the Clippers while the Thunderbirds were led by Nikosi Ali’s 18 points and 17 rebounds. SPSCC is finishing the season strong. They were beaten by Highline 80-51 on January 25th and have gone 6-3 since.
Women’s basketball
Highline 63, SPSCC 49
South Puget Sound’s three sophomores combined for 40 of their team’s 49 points and the Clippers fell to Highline 63-49 in Des Moines. Alychia Colon led the way with 14 points while Aisha Jones and Monteaka Norwood each had 13 points for SPSCC in the loss. The Clippers shot only 27% with the three sophomores shot 44 of the team’s 55 shots.
Saint Martin’s to add Hall of Fame members on Saturday
Six Saint Martin’s alumni will be inducted into the Saints athletic Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor at halftime of the Saint Martin’s and Northwest Nazarene men’s basketball game on Saturday night. Meg Wochnick has the full set of bios and details on her South Sound Sports Blog on The Olympian, but here is a quick list of those that will be honored….
Hall of Fame:
Arvie Johnson Jr. ’73 – Basketball
Nate Carlson ’04 – Track
Martina Kartikova Herington ’05, MBA ’07 – Basketball
Shane Prante ’06 – Golf
Hall of Honor:
Leo Zaddack ’69 – Men’s and women’s assistant basketball coach
Jack Sareault HS ’53, ’57 – Athlete, coach, SID, reporter
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM with a pre-game reception for the honorees at 5:30 in the Worthington Center.
Tuesday scoreboard: Hawks, Rams to regionals, Geoducks done
Women’s basketball
Corban 60, Evergreen 48
Sophomore Danielle Swain had 16 points and Sami Clark added 11 but it wasn’t quite enough to get the 8th seeded Evergreen Geoducks past the 10th ranked team in the nation, Corban College, in the first round of the Cascade Collegiate Conference playoffs. Swain, a Black Hills alum, did set single season team records for blocks and rebounds in the game. The Geoducks finish the season with an overall record of 7-21 but played better than their record indicates. They will return their entire team next season except for one senior, Mele Rich.
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge 56, North Thurston 54
North Thurston cut a 16 point deficit and tied the game at 52 but River Ridge scored the next four points and held on to win, 56-54 securing a berth into the state regionals for the ninth straight season. Next up for the Hawks is a Saturday afternoon meeting with Port Angeles At Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma. The Rams season comes to an end.
Boy’s basketball
North Thurston 62, Washougal 56
A good Washougal crowd that made W.F West High School in Chehalis feel like a home game wasn’t quite enough to push the Panthers over the top to beat North Thurston on Tuesday night. The Rams got 30 points (or more) from senior Ben Broeker and made their free throws at the end to move into the state regionals for the first time since 2007. The Rams will play White River on Friday night at Mt. Tahoma.
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