Schedule for Thursday, January 9th
Boys basketball
Northwest Christian vs. Willapa Valley – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Girls basketball
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Sunday Scoreboard: Oly Grounds Jet City
Roller derby
| Oly Rollers 458, Jet City Hula Honeys 84 | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jet City Hula Honeys | 26 | 58 | 84 |
| Oly Rollers | 195 | 263 | 458 |
| Oly opens 2014 with easy WFTDA rules win. |
Today (1/12): Oly Rollers Open 2014 Derby Season
The 2014 roller derby season kicks off this evening when the Oly Rollers play host to Snohomish County’s Jet City Hula Honeys at Skateland! beginning at 6:30 PM. Tonight is the first of three bouts over the next week for the four Olympia area roller derby organizations – Oly Rollers, Underground Derby, JBLM Bettie Brigade and MIA Derby Girl – here in Derby City USA.
The Oly Rollers are the reigning USARS national champions after plowing through a schedule of less experienced, weaker, USARS opponents last season. But they will return to their roots this season with five WFTDA rules home bouts currently on the schedule through June and a trip to the WFTDA Big O Tournament in Eugene, Oregon in early May in the works. The WFTDA is the standard, largest and most competitive governing body in roller derby and Oly won the national championship in 2009 and finished second in 2010, 2011 and 2012 before taking a leave from the championship tournament last season.
Doors open tonight at Skateland! at 6:00 PM with derby action getting underway at 6:30. Tickets are available at the door for $15.
Saturday Preps Scores: Navigators Sweep Orting, Wolves Block Blazers
Boys basketball
| Northwest Christian 65, Orting 48 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Christian (7-6 overall) | 14 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 65 |
| Orting (0-11 overall) | 11 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 48 |
| NWC leader: Aaron Fox – 20 points |
| Peninsula 50, Capital 43 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula (9-2 overall) | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 50 |
| Capital (2-10 overall) | 8 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 43 |
| CAP: Hayden, Burlingame – 9 points |
Girls basketball
| Black Hills 64, Timberline 54 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills (10-2 overall) | 14 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 64 |
| Timberline (5-6 overall) | 10 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 54 |
| BH leader: Shayla Smothers – 18 points TIM leader: Sara Bowen – 14 points |
| Northwest Christian 36, Orting 17 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Christian (5-7 overall) | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 |
| Orting (0-11 overall) | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| NWC leader: Mackenzie Reeves – 14 points |
| Centralia 61, Tumwater 56 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centralia (2-2 2A EvCo) | 14 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 61 |
| Tumwater (1-3 2A EvCo) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 56 |
| TUM: MacKenzie Bergquist – 20 points |
| Aberdeen 42, North Thurston 34 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Thurston (6-5 overall) | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| Aberdeen (4-6 overall) | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| NT leader: Megan Kramer – 14 points |
Saturday College Scores: Geoducks Earn First CCC Win; Gelhar Drops 36 in Anchorage
Dre Taylor
Men’s basketball
| Evergreen 90, Oregon Tech 87 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Tech (4-4 CCC, 11-9 overall) | 43 | 44 | 87 |
| Evergreen (1-6 CCC, 2-12 overall) | 47 | 43 | 90 |
| TESC leader: Dre Taylor – 20 points |
A night after nearly knocking off the #6 team in the nation, Evergreen played their best game of the season and notched their first Cascade Conference win and snapped a 12 game losing streak with a 90-87 victory over Oregon Tech at the CRC Gymnasium. Marc Taylor’s jumper with 3:54 left broke a 76-76 tie and put the Geoducks up for good.
Dre Taylor dropped 20 points on the Hustlin’ Owls and Frankie Johnson added 19 points with eight assists in the win. Taylor finished with a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds and Kyle Calhoun chipped in 16 points as the starting lineup scored 76 of the Geoducks’ 90 points.
OIT head coach Danny Miles was going for his 999th career win but will have to wait for at least two weeks before he can collect win #1000.
| Northwest Nazarene 80, Saint Martin’s 76 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin’s (2-4 GNAC, 5-9 overall) | 43 | 33 | 76 |
| Northwest Nazarene (3-2 GNAC, 5-8 overall) | 29 | 51 | 80 |
| SMU leader: Ryan Rogers – 22 points |
Saint Martin’s shot 50% in the first half including 11 three-pointers and built a 14 point lead at the half. But the second half belonged to Northwest Nazarene as they shot 63% with eight three-pointers and took an 80-76 win on their home court in Nampa.
Ryan Rogers scored 22 points for the Saints and Isaac Bianchini set a new career high for the second game in a row with 18 points, 15 of those in the first half. Evan Coulter and Riley Carel each chipped in 13 points.
| Tacoma 63, SPSCC 51 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPSCC (1-3 NWAACC West, 1-11 overall) | 15 | 36 | 51 |
| Tacoma (2-2 NWAACC West, 7-7 overall) | 30 | 33 | 63 |
| SPSCC leader: Slanblaytee Kaye – 27 points |
Slanblaytee Kaye and and Brian Tyson combined to score 42 of SPSCC’s 51 points in their 63-51 loss to Tacoma Community College in Tacoma. Kaye scored a game high 27 points with seven rebounds and Tyson chipped in 15 points and nine boards. The Clippers scored just 15 points in the first half on 21% shooting.
Women’s basketball
| Saint Martin’s 85, Alaska-Anchorage 78 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin’s (4-1 GNAC, 10-4 overall) | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Alaska-Anchorage (4-2 GNAC, 11-3 overall) | 41 | 37 | 78 |
| SMU leader: Angela Gelhar – 36 points |
Angela Gelhar went off for 36 points including six of Saint Martin’s 10 three-pointers to lead the Saints to an 85-78 bounce back win at Alaska-Anchorage. Gelhar’s 36 points were the most by a Saint since 2010 and it was their first win in Anchorage since 2006. With the win, SMU moved to 4-1 in the GNAC and took back first place from the Seawolves, who fell to 4-2.
Ciara Pedroni, Jordyn Richardson and Chelsea Haskey each scored in double-digits with 12, 11 and 10 points respectively for the Saints. Jori Skorpik, starting her second game in a row, dished out seven assists.
| Oregon Tech 93, Evergreen 80 (2OT) – Recap | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | OT | OT2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #20 Oregon Tech (5-3 CCC, 17-3 overall) | 37 | 33 | 6 | 17 | 93 |
| Evergreen (2-5 CCC, 6-8 overall) | 29 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 80 |
| TESC leader: Sammi Clark – 24 points |
Oregon Tech’s Karly Leveque hit a jumper with two seconds left in the second half to tie the game at 70, McKensey Peters made 1-of-2 free throws with 29 seconds left in the first overtime to send it to a second OT but Evergreen ran out of steam in double overtime and dropped a 93-80 decision to the Hustlin’ Owls at the CRC Gymnasium.
Sammi Clark scored 24 points for the Geoducks and Brittany Gray racked up 19 points and a game high 13 rebounds in the loss. Evergreen fell to 2-5 in the CCC while 20th ranked OIT moved to 5-3 in conference and 17-3 overall.
| Tacoma 67, SPSCC 58 – Box score | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPSCC (1-3 NWAACC West, 2-11 overall) | 27 | 31 | 58 |
| Tacoma (2-2 NWAACC West, 8-6 overall) | 26 | 41 | 67 |
| SPSCC leader: LaKeisha Anger – 15 points |
SPSCC and Tacoma each hit 21 field goals including three 3-pointers but the Clippers committed 23 personal fouls and the Titans hit nine more free throws accounting for the nine point difference in the final, a 67-58 TCC win. LaKeisha Anger notched a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds and Maria Jesse added 11 points in the loss.
PHOTO GALLERY: Evergreen vs. Southern Oregon Basketball Doubleheader
Dre Taylor
Monica Heuer with Brittany Gray
Jessica Denmon
Jessica Denmon
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Evergreen played host to Southern Oregon last night and dropped a pair of Cascade Conference games to the Raiders.
The women suffered through a cold first half and despite scoring 50 points in the second half, they were unable to get closer than eight points in an 86-72 loss. The men came close taking the #6 NAIA team in the nation down to the final minute before they couldn’t get anything to fall and dropped an 80-76 decision.
For more on both games, visit the Friday Scoreboard.
Today (1/11): Geoducks Host OIT; High School Hoops
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Oregon Tech – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
The 20th ranked team in the nation comes to the CRC Gym tonight when the Geoducks host Oregon Tech. The Owls are 16-3 this season but all of those losses have come in Cascade Conference play and they are 4-3 in conference after dropping one to Northwest last night in Kirkland. Evergreen sits at 2-4 the CCC after last night’s loss to Southern Oregon. Tumwater grad Carly McIsaac has played in 12 games for the Hustlin’ Owls and averages 1.4 points per game.
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Oregon Tech – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
Oregon Tech’s head coach Danny Miles will go for win #999 tonight at the CRC Gymnasium against the Geoducks, who nearly upset the #6 team in the nation, Southern Oregon, last night. Miles had a chance to hit 1000 career wins at Evergreen, but the Hustlin’ Owls lost a double overtime thriller to Northwest last night in Kirkland. Oregon Tech is 4-2 in the CCC and 11-7 overall while the Geoducks are winless in conference and have lost 12 straight games.
Girls basketball
Black Hills @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 3:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
Boys basketball
Capital vs. Peninsula – Capital HS – 5:00 PM
Capital will host sophomore JaQuori McLaughlin, who already has made a verbal commitment to play basketball at PAC-12 Oregon State, and Peninsula at 5:00 PM
Friday Scores: Geoducks Nearly Upset #6 Raiders; Rams Sweep Mount Tahoma
Kyle Calhoun
Men’s basketball
| #6 Southern Oregon 80, Evergreen 76 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Oregon (5-2 CCC, 16-3 overall) | 42 | 38 | 80 |
| Evergreen (0-6 CCC, 1-12 overall) | 35 | 41 | 76 |
| TESC leader: Dre Taylor – 16 points |
Evergreen came back from a 12 point deficit with 10:54 left and a Dre Taylor layup at the 2:17 mark gave the Geoducks a four point lead, 74-70. But two straight threes by David Sturner and Tim Weber put Southern Oregon up by two points, 76-74, with 38 second left and other than a buzzer beater with the game already wrapped up, the #6 Raiders held the Geoducks scoreless over the last two minutes to hold on for an 80-76 win at the CRC Gymnasium.
Taylor led the Geoducks with 16 points while Marc Taylor and Kyle Calhoun each added 15 points. Evergreen hit 10 three pointers including three from Kalhoun and Frankie Johnson, who finished with 11 points and nine assists.
Eric Thompson scored 26 points in the first half for the Raiders, leading them to a seven point lead at the break. Thompson finished with 38 points on 12-of-20 shooting including 6-0f-9 from behind the arc. David Sturner chipped in a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards.
Evergreen remains winless in the Cascade Conference and have lost 12 straight after winning their opener in Canada. The #6 ranked Raiders move to 4-2 in the CCC and 16-3 overall.
Sammi Clark
Women’s basketball
| Southern Oregon 86, Evergreen 72 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Oregon (4-3 CCC, 15-4 overall) | 39 | 47 | 86 |
| Evergreen (2-4 CCC, 6-7 overall) | 43 | 35 | 78 |
| TESC leader: Sammi Clark – 16 points |
Sammi Clark scored 16 points and Jessica Denmon added 15 but after a cold first half, Evergreen was unable to get to within eight points the rest of the way and fell to Southern Oregon 86-72.
Rainier grad Kristin Schoenherr scored 12 points in the first half and finished with 16 points and seven rebounds and Allison Gida led the Raiders with 17 points and 15 rebounds. The Raiders shot 60 percent in the second half as the two teams combined to scored 97 points over the final 20 minutes.
Evergreen falls to 2-4 in the CCC and under .500 overall at 6-7. Southern Oregon distanced themselves from the Geoducks moving to 4-3 in conference at 15-4 this season.
Boys basketball
North Thurston 53, Mount Tahoma 39
River Ridge 52, Aberdeen 49
Bellarmine 54, Olympia 35
Centralia 76, Tumwater 67
WF West 67, Black Hills 47
Girls basketball
North Thurston 56, Mount Tahoma 51
Bellarmine 58, Olympia 41
Today (1/10): Geoducks Host Southern Oregon; Blazers, Rams, Bears Girls, Wolves Boys Hoops
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Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Southern Oregon – CRC Gym – 5:30 PM
A couple of tough tests for the Evergreen basketball teams when Southern Oregon comes rolling into town this evening, starting with the women at 5:30 PM. The Geoducks are in seventh place at 2-3 in the Cascade Conference and 6-6 overall. They sit a half game back of Southern Oregon, who are 3-3 in conference play but 14-4 overall.
The Raiders are led by a pair of local athletes, Elma’s Carly Meister (15.2 points per game and 8.3 boards per game) and Rainier’s Kristin Schoenherr (14.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg) with six players scoring in double digits. They score over 87 points per game.
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Southern Oregon – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
The 1-10 Evergreen men are looking for their first conference win of the season but will have to face the sixth ranked NAIA team in the nation in Southern Oregon tonight. Anything is possible given the amount of three pointers that the Geoducks will hoist but the Raiders are second in the conference in scoring and third in scoring defense while Evergreen is last in both categories.
Girls basketball
Timberline vs. Central Kitsap – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Boys basketball
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 7:30 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
Thursday Scores: Saints Hit Rough Road Patch; Wolves Drilled, Hawks Top Bobcats
Evan Coulter
Men’s basketball
| Central Washington 83, Saint Martin’s 77 | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin’s (2-3 GNAC, 5-8 overall) | 36 | 41 | 77 |
| Central Washington (2-2 GNAC, 6-6 overall) | 40 | 43 | 83 |
| SMU leader: Evan Coulter – 23 points |
Evan Coulter, Isaac Bianchini and Tyler Copp each set career highs scoring 23, 15 and 14 points respectively and Saint Martin’s came back from down as many as 17 points to tie the game in the second half but weren’t able to get over the hump in the closing minutes and fell 83-77 to Central Washington in Ellensburg.
Mark McLaughlin scored 27 points and Kevin Davis racked up a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards.
Women’s basketball
| Alaska-Fairbanks 78, Saint Martin’s 64 | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin’s (3-1 GNAC, 9-4 overall) | 27 | 37 | 64 |
| Alaska-Fairbanks (2-3 GNAC, 8-5 overall) | 43 | 35 | 78 |
| SMU leader: Angela Gelhar – 18 points |
Despite a six game winning streak, Saint Martin’s changed their starting lineup and struggled mightily in Fairbanks dropping their first GNAC game, 78-64, to Alaska. A 26-6 run in the first half sealed the deal early and the Nanooks led by as many as 27 in the second half.
Angela Gelhar scored 18 points – 10 from the free throw line for the Saints while Jordan Wilson did most of the damage for Alaska scoring 21 points with 14 rebounds.
Boys basketball
| Willapa Valley 55, Northwest Christian 44 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willapa Valley | 16 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 55 |
| Northwest Christian | 12 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 41 |
| NWC leader: Isaiah Koukal – 12 points |
| Columbia Adventist 50, Pope John Paul II 29 |
Girls basketball
| WF West 70, Black Hills 42 | |||||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills (4-1 2A EvCo) | 12 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| WF West (4-0 2A EvCo) | 14 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 70 |
| River Ridge 54, Aberdeen 39 |
| RR: 3-2 2A EvCo – AB: 0-4 2A EvCo |
| Columbia Adventist 47, Pope John Paul II 16 |
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