Thursday scoreboard
Men’s soccer
Chico State 2, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Concordia – Canceled due to lightning
Friday scoreboard: T-Birds, Blazers, Mountaineers, Warriors, Tornadoes light it up
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Academy of Art 1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17) – Recap
Dominican 3, Saint Martin’s 2 (27-25, 25-21, 19-25, 24-26, 15-0) – Recap
Concordia 3, Evergreen 0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-16) – Recap
High school football
Tumwater 41, Shelton 0
Timberline 40, River Ridge 0
Rainier 46, Naselle 7
Rochester 34, Ridgefield 0
Yelm 48, Highline 0
Lake Oswego 7, Olympia 6
Newport 35, Capital 7
Clover Park 42, Black Hills 35
Raymond 27, Tenino 21
Today (9/6): Evergreen volleyball home opener; Saints win Cali debut
Schedule for Friday, September 6th
College volleyball
Evergreen vs. Concordia – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
After breaking a two year losing streak on the road, the Angela Spoja led Evergreen volleyball team makes their official home debut tonight in a Cascade Conference game against Concordia. The Geoducks were picked to finish last in the CCC but look to be much improved. Concordia is 4-2 this season and were picked to finish fourth in the conference.
High school football
See earlier post for full schedule and links to radio broadcasts.
Early Friday scoreboard
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Academy of Arts 1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17) – Box
The Saint Martin’s volleyball season kicked off with a 3-1 win over the Academy of Art at the Otter Classic at Cal State-Monterey Bay. Kristyn Ross racked up 10 kills and 12 digs, Kyra Davidson led the Saints with 16 kills, Halee Hernandez had 20 digs and Candice Pedroza added 16 assists. It is only the second opening match win for the Saints in the past six years.
The Saints play once more today, taking on Dominican University of California at 3:00 PM.
Week 1: My 5 year old daughter’s expert high school football picks
Addie, taking her prognosticating duties extremely seriously.
It’s that time of year again, the high school football season is upon us in full force tonight. Oly Sports will be at the Shelton/Tumwater game tonight broadcasting for Shelton radio station KMAS. This season we will bring to you The Countdown to Kickoff beginning at 6:00 PM. This week, we look at the Shelton team, talk to Tumwater offensive coordinator Jamie Weeks, preview the 3A Narrows League, the North Mason and Mary M. Knight seasons, talk about the other Olympia area teams and give our predictions for the week’s games and talk with Shelton head coach Matt Hinkle.
Listen to The Countdown to Kickoff to get our take on the games, but even better, my five year old daughter, Addie, is back to give you her picks on each of this week’s games. Here is the entire schedule, complete with radio information and Addie’s expert, scientific picks…
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Tumwater T-Birds vs. Shelton Highclimbers
Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: 1030 AM KMAS or 1240 AM KGY
Addie’s pick: T-Birds
“They will poke them in the face.” – Rory, 2 1/2 years old
Timberline Blazers vs. River Ridge Hawks
South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
Addie’s pick: Blazers
“The Blazers are gonna, kind of, try to stop the other team by blazing them.”
Olympia Bears @ Lake Oswego Lakers
Lake Oswego HS – 7:00 PM – Radio: Lake Oswego student broadcast
Addie’s pick: Bears
“WE LIVE IN OLYMPIA!” – Rory
“The Bears will eat the Lakers.” – Addie
Capital Cougars vs. Newport Knights
Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
Addie’s pick: Knights
“The Knights’ armor protects them from Cougar bites and scratches and they will push their sword down on the Cougars.”
Black Hills Wolves @ Clover Park Warriors
Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Warriors
“They are going to kill the Wolves. Shoot them. With their guns.” – Addie
“Oooo, that’s cold.” – Rory
Tenino Beavers vs. Raymond Gulls
Beavers Stadium – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Beavers
“They are going to whack the Gulls out of the air with their tails”
Yelm Tornadoes vs. Highline Pirates
Tornadoes Stadium – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Tornadoes
“The Tornadoes will go over the water and to the pirate ship and suck it up and drop it and sink it!”
Rochester Warriors @ Ridgefield Spudders
Ridgefield Stadium – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Spudders
“THEY’RE GONNA THROW POTATOES AT THE OTHER TEAM!”
Rainier Mountaineers vs. Naselle Comets
Rainier HS – 7:00 PM
Addie’s pick: Comets
“If one of the Comets comes crashing down on top of one of the Mountaineers, it’s going to squish the mountain climber.”
North Thurston Rams vs. Steilacoom Sentinels
South Sound Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM – Radio: Eli Sports
Addie’s pick: Rams
“The Rams will come pushing into the other team. They’re gonna headbutt them!”
Thursday scoreboard
Today (9/5): Saints kick off the fall season with a soccer doublheader
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Chico State – SMU Soccer Field – 3:00 PM
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Concordia – SMU Soccer Field – 5:30 PM
The soccer season at Saint Martin’s gets underway for real today when they host a men’s and women’s doubleheader beginning at 3:00 PM. The men welcome fellow NCAA Division II squad Chico State to town. The Wildcats were 9-3-6 last season and will pose a tough test for the Saints. Read more about both teams in the preview on SMUSaints.com.
Another tough test for the Saints comes at 5:30 PM when the women play host to the NAIA Division II’s 5th ranked Concordia Cavaliers. Olympia High School grad Olivia Brock has played in all three of Concordia’s games at goalkeeper. The freshman has made two starts and has given up just one goal in 200 minutes and may get the start in her hometown today. The Cavaliers are 3-0 and have outscored their opponents 11-1. Read more about the game from both Saint Martin’s and Concordia.
Oly Sports high school football preseason power rankings: T-Birds on top
The T-Birds sit atop the Oly Sports preseason power rankings.
It’s that time of year again, folks. Football season is just days away and so is the local media’s near non-stop obsession. And I guess Oly Sports is no different, so let’s kick off this season with some preseason, highly unscientific power rankings. A little preview of the upcoming season for each local team and where they sit in relation to each other. Of course, they aren’t all in the same division or on the same level, but what does that really matter?
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1. Tumwater T-Birds
Last season: 12-2 – Lost to Lynden in the 2A state title game
Next game: vs. Shelton – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: The T-Birds lost their two top players from last season’s 2A second place team – Andrew Brown and Jamie Bryant – but as always, the T-Birds are able to quickly reload. They return quarterback Jayden Croft, tight end Zach Delucco and two important pieces of the wing-T running game, running backs Christian Cummings and Tyrus Snow on offense. On defense, they feature DI recruit Nick Foerstel and senior Korye Trejo on the defensive line. In week one they get a Shelton team that gave them an opening day defeat last year, their only loss of the regular season. Hard to imagine it happening two years in a row especially since Shelton has lost most of their top players from a year ago, including running back Ralph Kinne.
2. Timberline Blazers
Last season: 9-2 – Lost to Marysville-Pilchuck in 1st round of state playoffs
Next game: vs. River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: The Blazers return a great deal from a team that made it to the first round of the state playoffs including do-everything Asan Neil-Evergin, who already has an offer from Eastern Washington. Also coming back after his season ended prematurely is junior quarterback Gabe Gutierrez. His sophomore season was eye opening and look for him to continue to excel in Nick Mullen’s pistol offense.
3. North Thurston Rams
Last season: 9-3 – Lost to University in the state quarterfinals
Next game: vs. Steilacoom – South Sound Stadium – Saturday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: Ryan Mets returns to the quarterback position for the Rams and Hayden Maliska will hold down the running back duties this season and play linebacker and the Rams will try to improve upon their run to the state quarterfinals last year. Watch out for 6-6, 320 pound offensive lineman Alex Rice who will be opening up holes for Maliska and Josh Ramirez.
4. Olympia Bears
Last season: 4-7 – Lost to Auburn in crossover game
Next game: @ Lake Oswego – Lake Oswego, Oregon – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: With the Derrick Becker transfer question behind them, the Bears hope to improve upon their tough 4-7 2012 that still saw them make the playoffs thanks to a rather weak 4A Narrows League. With Becker, a two-time all league player at Capital, likely their quarterback, Mitch Fettig at wide receiver and Cedar Frost and Caden Waggoner behind him in the backfield, chances are the Bears will be one of the better offensive teams in the league. And with Fettig and Cooper Murphy on defense, you could see a major turnaround from last season.
5. Capital Cougars
Last season: 10-3 – Lost to Lynden in the state semifinals
Next game: vs. Newport – Ingersoll Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: Gone are three key offensive cogs to the Cougars success last season – QB Derrick Becker and the single season rushing record holder Kai Van Sickle and lineman Mat Cox. But the Cougars do return two runners that filled in admirably for Van Sickle when needed in juniors Connor Kennedy and Ryan Rieta. Capital lacks experience but it is hard to imagine that JD Johnson’s team will struggle too much this year.
6. Black Hills Wolves
Last season: 4-5 – 5th in 2A EvCo
Next game: @ Clover Park – Harry Lang Stadium, Lakewood – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: The first team in the power rankings with a new head coach is Black Hills. The Wolves let Jack Zilla go and in comes Dominic Yarrington, who has been successful in all of his stops, most recently in West Seattle. He will have an experienced group of linemen that play both ways to lean on and has installed an up-tempo spread offense. Look for a lot of running back Nick Knittle and running back Mitch Stone.
7. River Ridge Hawks
Last season: 5-4 – 4th place in 2A EvCo
Next game: vs. Timberline – South Sound Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: How do you replace Brad Wallace? That’s what River Ridge will be asking itself all year long in all three of his sports. Chris Leiba sounds like a good option but he is only a sophomore and will be asked to play both running back and defensive back. They will be fast and have a big line, but with only two returning starters on offense, it might be a struggle for the Hawks.
8. Shelton Highclimbers
Last season: 7-3 – Lost to Nathan Hale in the crossover game
Next game: @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: The Highclimbers lost one of their best classes of all-time – Ralph Kinne, David Ajamu, Jake Lindley, DeShon Bell, Jared Welander amongst others – but do return a decent group of players on defense including Brian Nault and will have Jake Henry, who looked good in the scrimmage and in mop up duty for Kinne last season, at running back. Jake Beck takes over at quarterback.
9. Tenino Beavers
Last season: 6-4 – Lost to Woodland in crossover game
Next game: vs. Raymond – Beaver Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: Another team with big losses, the Beavers won’t have offensive juggernauts Devante Harris and Mac Shaw to rely on. To be honest, I don’t know what to expect for Tenino but I expect that they will find a way to reload and will battle with Elma for third place in the league behind powers Hoquiam and Montesano.
10. Yelm Tornadoes
Last season: 5-5 – 5th in 4A Narrows League
Next game: vs. Highline – Yelm Tornadoes Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: Jason Ronquillo takes over the head coaching duties for the Tornadoes and will have to reteach his team how to play football. The Tornadoes didn’t have a quarterback last season in Randy Swilley’s rugby style offense and will be without their all time leading rusher Jake Swilley. But Ronquillo’s resume turning around Hoquiam does bode well for Yelm. Don’t be surprised if they move up this list quickly.
11. Rochester Warriors
Last season: 2-7 – 6th in 1A Southwest
Next game: @ Ridgefield – Ridgefield Stadium – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: The senior class of Rochester football players are now on their fourth head coach. This year, it’s Eric Snelson. Snelson is a first year head coach but brings a wealth of experience with him from Black Hills including Jack Zilla, Shane Dover and just about any other Wolves coach you can think of. It might be a struggle in Rochester, but if they can keep Snelson in town, the Warriors’ fortunes may be on the rise.
12. Rainier Mountaineers
Last season: 1-8 – 7th in 1A Southwest
Next game: vs. Naselle – Rainier HS – Friday, 7:00 PM
Outlook: The last new head coach is Terry Shaw, who has the unenviable task of trying to right the ship in Rainier. Numbers are up for the Mountaineers and I’d expect an extra win here or there, but as one of the smallest 1A schools in the state, it’s hard to imagine much improvement record-wise, especially in a league that consists of Hoquiam, Montesano, Elma and Tenino.
Sunday scoreboard: Oly Rollers take regional title, Underground finishes 4th
Roller derby
Scoreboard photo from Oly Rollers Facebook page
USARS Region 1 Qualifier
Oly Rollers 119, Antagonist Roller Derby 30
Underground Derby 158, OneWorld 19
Port T’Orchard 177, Underground Derby 36
With their 119-30 win over Antagonist Roller Derby, the Oly Rollers took first place in the USARS Region 1 Qualifier and will move on to nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma beginning on October 25th where they will look to defend their 2012 title.
Underground Derby went 2-2 at regionals, playing four bouts in two days. They took fourth place after knocking off tournament hosts OneWorld 158-19 in the morning game and dropping a 177-36 decision to Port T’Orchard in the afternoon.
Today (8/31): Geoducks soccer doubleheader; Smitham Memorial qualifier
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Rocky Mountain – Field #3, Evergreen – 1:00 PM
Men’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Rocky Mountain – Field #3, Evergreen – 3:00 PM
Auto racing
Dennis Smitham Memorial qualifier, legends, bumblebees, mini stocks – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Nunez leads Clippers to second friendly win
Men’s soccer
SPSCC 3, Wenatchee Valley 0 – box score
Alex Nunez scored twice in the first half and Cody Wilkes recorded his second shutout to lead South Puget Sound to a 3-0 win over Wenatchee Valley on Wednesday morning in an NWAACC friendly at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila.
Jairo Cisneros scored an insurance goal in the second half as the Clippers ran their record to 2-0 in the early going of the season.
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