Friday scoreboard: Bears season ends with pair of losses in state tourney
High school softball
4A WIAA state tournament
Central Valley 8, Olympia 5
Lake Stevens 6, Olympia 4
Central Valley built a 7-0 lead over Olympia after four innings and took an 8-1 lead into the seventh. The Bears fought back and scored four runs in the final frame but Central Valley held on to win 8-5 and knock Oly into the consolation round at the Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane.
The Bears season came to an end in game two with a 6-4 loss to Lake Stevens. The Bears finish their 2013 season at 20-8.
Today (5/24): T-Birds, Bears away at state tourneys; 3A softball tourney at The RAC
High school baseball
2A WIAA semifinals
Tumwater vs. Archbishop Murphy – County Stadium, Yakima – 4:00 PM
Rained out, rescheduled for Saturday.
Tumwater comes into the semifinals as the clear underdog, advancing to the final four for the first time in school history. The T-Birds have lost just one game in their last ten, finishing second in the 2A EvCo behind WF West, losing to WF West in the District IV championship game and knocking off Fife and North Kitsap last Saturday to advance to the semis.
The T-Birds will face 23 win Archbishop Murphy. The Wildcats have lost just two games this season, one in their opener to Burlington-Edison and another to Cedarcrest on April 22nd. They have won seven straight since that game including a pair of two run wins over White River and Lynden in the first two rounds on Monday. The Wildcats are led by four seniors, pitcher Derrick Mahlum (11-0, 0.65 ERA), pitcher and first baseman Zander Clouse (8-2, 1.21 ERA, .451 BA, 37 RBI) and shortstop Trever Morrison (.550 BA, 5 HRs, 46 runs).
The winner moves on to face either Clarkston or WF West in the championship game at 7:00 PM on Saturday night while the loser plays in the third/fourth place game on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
High school softball
4A WIAA state tournament
Olympia vs. Central Valley – Merkel Sports Complex, Spokane – noon
It took some doing and a tense 15 minutes of deliberation, but Olympia made the 4A state tournament and will take on Central Valley at noon at the Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane. The Bears are led by their senior first baseman Nikki Schroeder sophomore pitcher Maddy Stensby, who has been a sensation going 19-5 with a 1.30 ERA.
Central Valley enters the game with just four losses on the season and has the advantage of playing in their hometown.
3A WIAA state tournament
WIAA state tournament – The RAC – Begins at 9:00 AM
The 3A WIAA tournament returns to The RAC in Lacey with a full slate of games planned for Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, no local teams will play in the tournament for the second season in a row. The tournament kicks off at 9:00 AM and you can find the full bracket here.
Oly soccer community rallies again for Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup
After an extremely successful first season as an eight team, single day event in 2012, the Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup returns and will expand to two days this season, June 15-16, at The Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey.
Corey Johnson and Bryce Brown battle in 2012 FoM tourney
Eight teams representing alumni from the soccer programs at Black Hills, Capital, North Thurston, Olympia, River Ridge, Shelton, Timberline and Tumwater will compete in honor of Mia Deligeannis, who passed away from childhood cancer last year at the age of five. Proceeds from the tournament go to Friends of Mia, a Seattle Children’s Hospital Guild that provides support for families going through treatment of childhood cancer and to support research at Children’s Hospital founded by Mia’s parents Casey Deligeannis and Lelani Benavente.
Mia and family
The registration deadline for the tournament is fast approaching and all teams are still in need of players, especially the Black Hills and Shelton squads. And for the first time, a free agent pool has been created for players interested in playing in the tournament but don’t have ties to an area team. Free agents will be assigned to teams needing players. All players, alumni and free agents, can find more information on the Facebook event page and can register on Brown Paper Tickets. Registration is $65 and players are guaranteed at least three games.
Today is the last day to register and guarantee that you will receive the official 2013 Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup jersey complete with new crest designed by Oly Sports (above).
River Ridge’s Kenny Turner performs his patented karate kick defense at the 2012 FoM tourney
Last year’s tournament was one of the highlights of the area sports calendar, a great event that showcased the camaraderie and generosity of the soccer community in the Olympia area. To see everybody come out to support Mia, the Deligeannis family and Friends of Mia just a couple months after her tragic passing at such a young age was extremely humbling and uplifting.
Capital celebrates their 2012 tourney victory
Teams played their hearts out and the tournament was eventually won by Capital in a penalty shootout over Olympia in their fifth 70 minute game of the day. With everybody wiped out after one day of games, the decision was made to break the tournament up over two days with pool play taking place on Saturday the 15th and the semifinals and championship game taking place on Sunday the 16th.
O’Blarney’s will host the after party on Saturday night with a portion of sales going to Friends of Mia.
Monday scoreboard: Bears advance to state; Blazers season ends
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District Tournament
Olympia 3, Puyallup 2
Tahoma 4, Olympia 1
Puyallup looked to have ended Olympia’s season on Monday afternoon after scoring a run when Bears’ Leticia Farias could not make a catch of a pop up after a Viking runner collided with her.
But after a lengthy delay, obstruction was called to end the inning and send the game to extra innings where Hailey Hull hit a sacrifice fly to score the game winning run and send Olympia to the state tournament in Spokane later this week.
Olympia lost a seeding game to Tahoma later in the day and will be the #7 seed from the district. They will take on Central Valley on Friday, May 24th at noon at the Merkel Sports Complex in Spokane.
It is the first state tournament appearance for the Bears since 2004.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District Tournament
Enumclaw 10, Timberline 4
Auburn Mountainview 16, Timberline 2
Timberline needed just one win to play in the 3A state tournament at The RAC beginning on Friday but could only manage six runs and saw their season come to an end at the Sprinker Recreation Center in Spananway.
Today (5/20): District softball might finally play
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 1:00 PM
Do or die for Olympia this afternoon when they face Puyallup. With their split on Friday, they will face a winner-to-state, loser-out game against the Vikings. Puyallup was blanked by Todd Beamer in the first round and then blanked Mt. Rainier in the second round.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Enumclaw – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Timberline only got one game in before the rains came on Friday but moved to a winner-to-state game this morning against Enumclaw. The Hornets are the #1 seed and had a bye in the first round. The winner moves to the semifinals and is guaranteed a spot at state while the loser falls into a loser-out game at 1:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds advance to first final four; Bears, Rams seasons end
High school baseball
4A State Tournament
Olympia 12, Lake Stevens 1
Kentwood 13, Olympia 7
Olympia scored ten runs in the top of the sixth and seventh innings and Elliot Loague went the distance to give the Bears a 12-1 win in the first round of the state tourney in Everett.
The Bears season came to an end in the quarterfinals with a 13-7 loss to Kentwood.
3A State Tournament
Mount Si 3, North Thurston 2
North Thurston scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the score at two but Mount Si pushed across a run with the bases loaded and two outs to end the Rams season. Hayden Maliska and Ande Grantham each had RBIs for the Rams in the sixth.
2A State Tournament
Tumwater 4, Fife 1
Tumwater 3, North Kitsap 0
Tumwater pulled a huge upset ending Fife’s season at 22-4 overall with a 4-1 victory at Yelm High School.
The T-Birds scored twice in the third inning and that was all that they would need to advance to the semifinals next week at County Stadium in Yakima with a 3-0 win over North Kitsap. This is the first time in school history that Tumwater has advanced to the final four.
Today (5/18): Softball districts continue; Bears, Rams, T-Birds baseball in state regionals
UPDATE: District softball at Sprinker rained out. See below…
High school baseball
4A State Tournament
Olympia vs. Lake Stevens – Everett Memorial Stadium – 1:00 PM
Olympia travels to Everett to take on the District 1 champions, Lake Stevens, in the regionals round of the state baseball tournament. The Vikings finished in second place of the Wesco North but won three straight in districts to claim their spot. The winner moves on to play either Bothell or Kentwood at 4:00 PM at Everett Memorial Stadium while the loser sees their season come to an end.
3A State Tournament
North Thurston vs. Mt. Si – Bannerwood Park, Bellevue – 1:00 PM
North Thurston takes on KingCo champion Mt. Si at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue today in the first round of the state tourney. The Vikings beat Mercer Island and Bellevue to advance to state. The winner will take on either Meadowdale or Peninsula immediately after at Bannerwood.
2A State Tournament
Tumwater vs. Fife – Yelm HS – 1:00 PM
Tumwater faces a tough draw when they open the 2A State Tournament today against 22-3 Fife at Yelm High School. The Trojans have won 17 straight games including the West Central District championship to advance to this point. The winner will take on either Sedro Wooley or North Kitsap at 4:00 PM in Yelm. The game can be heard on the Eli Sports Network.
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Rained out. Rescheduled for Monday at 1:00 PM
Do or die for Olympia this morning when they face Puyallup. With their split on Friday, they will face a winner-to-state, loser-out game against the Vikings. Puyallup was blanked by Todd Beamer in the first round and then blanked Mt. Rainier in the second round.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Enumclaw – Sprinker Rec Center, Spanaway – 11:00 AM
Rained out. Rescheduled for Monday at 1:00 PM
Timberline only got one game in before the rains came on Friday but moved to a winner-to-state game this morning against Enumclaw. The Hornets are the #1 seed and had a bye in the first round. The winner moves to the semifinals and is guaranteed a spot at state while the loser falls into a loser-out game at 1:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Bears, Blazers survive; Rams, T-Birds, Cougs seasons end
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 4, Rogers 2
Skyview 3, Olympia 1
Maddy Stensby allowed two runs on three hits and Olympia’s two run six inning led the Bears to a 4-2 win in the first round of districts at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. Adrianna Rupright hit a home run and Nikki Schroeder and Leticia Farias each collected two hits in the win.
But the Bears managed just four hits and committed three errors in their second round 3-1 loss to Skyview. The loss drops the Bears into a loser-out game against Puyallup on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Sprinker.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline 12, Kennedy 6
Auburn Mountainview 11, North Thurston 5
Timberline knocked off Kennedy 12-6 in the first round of the 3A district tournament at Sprinker Recreation Area in Spanaway. The Blazers’ second round game was rained out and will be played on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM. They will take on Enumclaw in a winner-to-state game at Sprinker.
North Thurston’s season came to an end with a 11-5 loss to Auburn Mountainview in the first round at Sprinker. The Rams finished at 15-7 overall.
2A District IV tournament
Centralia 10, Tumwater 3
RA Long 7, Capital 0
Tumwater and Capital’s seasons both game to an end on Friday afternoon with losses to Centralia and RA Long respectively.
Today (5/17): Bears, Rams, Blazers open district softball, T-Birds, Cougs face loser-out games
My apologies for no posts yesterday, I had ankle surgery and never felt up to writing. Back at it today, though…
High school softball
4A West Central/Southwest District tournament
Olympia vs. Rogers – Sprinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 10:00 AM
3A West Central/Southwest District tournament
North Thurston vs. Auburn Mountainview – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
Timberline vs. Kennedy – Spinker Recreation Center, Spanaway – 2:00 PM
2A Distict IV consolation bracket (loser-out)
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. RA Long – Fort Borst, Centralia – 4:00 PM
PHOTO GALLERY: Cougars fall 4-1 to Tyee in state tourney
(Click any image to go to gallery and see larger size. Apologies for the less than stellar quality, nothing really turned out tonight. If you would like to buy me a nice lens, please email me, I’ll take it)
Kellan O’Neill uncorked a scorching shot along the ground from just inside the box in the 20th minute that beat the Tyee keeper to give Capital a 1-0 lead. Despite the early Cougars goal, the Totems were the aggressors from the beginning and eventually capitalized scoring three times in a 15 minute span to knock off Capital, 4-1, in the first round of the 2A state tournament at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien.
Down 1-0 deep into the first half, Tyee finally broke through with the equalizer after numerous chances throughout the first 39 minutes. With just 1:19 remaining in the half, Osvaldo Lopez turned from the far right side and put a shot between three Capital defenders that found far side of the goal. The two teams went to the half tied at one apiece.
Tyee’s Hamidou Kante broke free on the right side 12 minutes into the second half and caught Capital keeper Van Soderberg out of position. Soderberg hammered Kante just inside the box and the Totems were awarded a penalty kick. Liam Maginniss buried the shot for what would prove to be the game winning goal.
A minute later, Kante scored an easy goal off of a deflected Eduardo Pelayo shot to give the Totems a 3-1 lead. Lopez scored another goal with just over five minutes left to play and finished out the game with a 4-1 win, ending the Cougars season.
Capital finishes the season at 11-8-1. The Cougars were the last boys soccer team from the Olympia area still alive.
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