Late Friday scoreboard: Rams, Wolves upset top seeds in Narrows finals; Saints sweep Crusaders
High school baseball
3A Narrows League championship game
North Thurston 5, Timberline 3
Trailing 2-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning, North Thurston scored five runs including Noah Murski’s bases loaded three run base hit that put the Rams up for good in their 5-3 win over Timberline. Ryan Mets struck out eight Blazers over six innings and the Rams will head into districts as the #1 seed out of the 3A Narrows, earning themselves a bye in the first round.
4A Narrows League championship game
South Kitsap 2, Olympia 1
South Kitsap opened up the scoring quickly with two runs in the first inning and that was all they would need in their 2-1 win over Olympia. Cameron Frost scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning but that was all the Bears could muster offensively. Michael Fairchild settled down after a rough first inning and pitched a complete game for the Bears but suffered the loss. Olympia heads into districts as the #2 seed from the Narrows.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 4
Saint Martin’s 5, Northwest Nazarene 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
College softball
Pierce 17, SPSCC 0
Pierce 12, SPSCC 2
Pierce 4, SPSCC 0
Early Friday scoreboard: Saints move to GNAC title game with 7-3 extra innings win
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 7, Simon Fraser 3
Lacey McGladrey drew a bases loaded walk and Megan Miller followed her with a bases clearing double as Saint Martin’s finally broke through with four runs in the top of the 8th inning to knock off Simon Fraser 7-3 and move into the GNAC championship game on Saturday in Billings, Montana. Miller went 2-for-5 in the game and drove in four runs and Sam Munger went 4-for-5 with an RBI.
Saint Martin’s got on the board right away when Munger scored all the way from first on an error by the Simon Fraser left fielder off of the bat of Joslyn Eugenio. But The Clan answered right back in the second inning with a lead off center field blast from Trisha Bouchard and an inning later added two runs when Munger hit Bouchard with the bases loaded and Nicole Ratel grounded out to drive in one more giving Simon Fraser a 3-1 lead.
In the top of the fifth, back-to-back singles by Miller and Munger drove in two runs to put the Saints back on level ground. Neither team could break through in the rest of the way and the game would head to extra innings.
Taviah Jenkins led off the top of the eighth inning with her third walk of the game followed by a Aubree Pocklington single and a Madi Davis walk to load the bases. McGladrey then took the base on balls to bring Jenkins in for what would turn out to be the game winning run. Miller then found a gap in left center and all three Saints scored to give them a 7-3 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th.
Munger, who switched back and forth throughout the game with Taylor Bakos on the mound, sent The Clan down 1-2-3 in the eighth to secure the win for the Saints. Munger pitched six innings in total striking out four batters while Bakos pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
The Saints move on to the championship game tomorrow and will face the winner of the consolation bracket game between Simon Fraser and either Western Oregon or Central Washington. The Saints will have two chances to get one win in the double elimination tournament. First pitch is set for 11:00 AM. The winner of the GNAC gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II tournament.
Today (5/3): Narrows League baseball championship games; Saints baseball opens final series
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament championship game
North Thurston vs. Timberline – The RAC – 4:00 PM
4A Narrows League tournament championship game
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – The RAC – 6:30 PM
The Narrows League tournament at The RAC comes to a close today with a pair of championship games featuring three Olympia area teams. The action kicks off at 4:00 PM when North Thurston and Timberline meet for the third time this season and continues with Olympia and South Kitsap at 6:30 PM.
North Thurston and Timberline both swept through Narrows League play undefeated until the two teams met on April 19th. The Blazers swept the two game series, winning 5-2 at Timberline and 2-0 at North Thurston to claim the regular season title. The two teams are unquestionably the class of the league. The Rams outscored their league mates 129-10 through 13 games while the Blazers outscored their opponents 113-9 in 12 games. The winner today claims the Narrows League title and the #1 seed to districts while the winner claims the #2 spot.
Olympia suffered just one loss in the 4A Narrows League regular season and that came to South Kitsap in Port Orchard, a 10-0 loss on April 16th. The Bears won the first meeting between the two teams in March, 10-4. The Bears finished 11-1 in league while South Kitsap was second place at 8-4. The Wolves knocked off Bellarmine 5-0 on Wednesday to get to the title game. Again, the winner gets the #1 seed to districts while the loser gets the #2 seed.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – 1:00 PM
The last weekend of a highly disappointing Saint Martin’s baseball season starts today when the Saints take on Northwest Nazarene in doubleheader action starting at 1:00 PM. The Crusaders took both games in Nampa earlier this season coming from far behind in the final inning of each of their four games.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints advance in GNAC tourney; Heo’s hat trick leads Rams
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 8, Central Washington 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
GNAC Pitcher of the Year Sam Munger gave up just three hits over six innings and GNAC Player of the Year Lacey McGladrey homered and drove in four runs in Saint Martin’s 8-0 win over Central Washington on the first day of the GNAC tournament in Billings, Montana. Aubree Pocklington went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Saints.
While McGladrey and Pocklington get the offensive headlines with seven RBIs between them, it was Madi Davis’ RBI single in the second inning that proved to be the game winner. The game ended in the bottom of the sixth when Pocklington drove in Taviah Jenkins to make the score 8-0 to trigger the mercy rule.
Munger won her 21st game of the season and #22 Saint Martin’s moved to 37-13 overall. They will face Simon Fraser on Friday morning at 9:00 AM. The winner moves on to the championship game on Saturday while the loser will face the winner of the Central Washington/Western Oregon game in an elimination game Friday afternoon.
Boys soccer
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0
Mount Tahoma 3, Timberline 1
Shelton 3, Olympia 0
Kenny Heo tallied a hat trick with goals in the 47th, 53rd and 70th minutes and second place North Thurston improved to 7-3-1 in the 3A Narrows League with their 3-0 win over Lincoln. Connor Hawthorne recorded five saves in the shutout.
High school softball
WF West 8, Capital 0
Centralia 19, River Ridge 0
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – No report
Today (5/2): Lacey soccer doubleheader; EvCo fastpitch; Narrows baseball tourney continues
Boys soccer
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school softball
Capital vs. WF West – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament
3/4 game – Wilson vs. Shelton – The RAC – 4:00 PM
4A Narrows League tournament
3/4 game – Gig Harbor vs. Bellarmine – The RAC – 6:30 PM
Saints softball sweeps postseason awards, moves to #22 in the nation, are smart
Saint Martin’s Lacey McGladrey was named Player of the Year, Sam Munger picked up Pitchers of the Year honors and Rick Noren was selected Coach of the Year on Tuesday when the Great Northwest Athletic Conference released their post season awards on Tuesday.
Munger was also selected to the GNAC’s first team as a shortstop and Joslyn Eugenio was also named to the first team for the third time in her career. Madi Davis was named to the second team and Taylor Bakos, Taviah Jenkins, Megan Miller, Aubree Pocklington and Dani Wall were all earned honorable mention. For more on each Saint that was honored, read more at SMUSaints.com.
The Saints have also excelled in the classroom placing seven players on the GNAC All-Academic team, the most of any team in the conference. Davis had the highest GPA for the second straight season while Eugenio, McGladrey, Pocklington, Bakos, Jenkins and Wall were all honored for their academic accomplishments. Read more here.
As if that wasn’t enough, SMU moved up to #22 in the nation following their weekend sweep of Western Oregon and Central Washington. The Saints are now 36-13 overall this season and captured their first GNAC regular season title. They open up the conference tournament in Billings on Thursday at 1:30 PM against #4 seed Central Washington. For live stats and live video for Thursdays game, click here.
Wednesday scoreboard: Rams softball claims regular seaon title; Rams baseball moves on in Narrows tourney
High school softball
Olympia 4, Yelm 0 – Photo gallery
Timberline 15, Shelton 0
North Thurston 16, Mount Tahoma 0
Ellie Jones pitched a five inning no-hitter and Timberline pounded out 15 runs on 21 hits to knock off Shelton in Lacey. Aundrea Temple and Rebecca Nelson each homered for the Blazers, Nelson went 4-for-4 with three RBI and Krista Jones, Maria Velez-Kraft and Rylee Payton each had three hits in the win. The win moved the Blazers to 10-2 in the 3A Narrows League.
North Thurston also moved to 10-2 in the 3A Narrows League with their 16-0 win over Mount Tahoma in Tacoma. With the win, the Rams secured the regular season title by way of their season sweep of Timberline. Aayliah Kautz drove in four runs and scored three times and Dominique Greeno and Dejah Hickman each drove in two runs in the win.
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston 2, Shelton 0
Tyler Ridgeway struck out 14 Highclimbers and North Thurston finally broke through for two late runs to knock off Shelton 2-0 in the 3A Narrows League tournament at The RAC. Shelton will play Wilson tomorrow for the #3 seed to districts while North Thurston moves on to the Narrows title game against Timberline on Friday at 4:00 PM at The RAC.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bears shutout Tornados on Senior Day
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Nikki Schroeder went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs and Erin Roloff’s two run double in the third inning led Olympia to a 4-0 win over Yelm on Senior Day at Stevens Field.
Maddy Stensby struck out nine Tornados over seven innings and worked out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the sixth inning and had two runners on in the seventh before getting the final out on a comebacker to the mound.
The Bears move to 10-2 in the 4A Narrows League, a half game ahead of South Kitsap for first place. The Wolves hold the tiebreaker between the two teams and would win the regular season title with a win against winless Stadium on Friday.
Today (5/1): Bears, Blazers softball needs wins, miracles; Rams baseball opens Narrows tourney
High school fastpitch
Olympia vs. Yelm – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia is tied with South Kitsap in first place of the 4A Narrows League at 9-2 but both of the Bears’ league losses came to the Wolves. To win the Narrows regular season title, they have to win today against 5-6 Yelm and hope that winless Stadium can pull off a major upset on Friday. The Bears won a close game in Yelm on April 15th, 4-2 while South Kitsap beat Stadium 29-0 early in the season.
On the 3A side of the Narrows, Timberline faces the same situation as Olympia. They currently sit at 9-2 in league tied with North Thurston but the Rams swept the season series and hold the tiebreaker. For the Blazers to win the regular season title, they need to beat 7-4 Shelton at home and hope that 1-9 Mount Tahoma can come up with some serious magic and knock off the Rams in Tacoma. The Blazers barely took down the Highclimbers in Shelton in their last meeting, scoring five runs in the final two innings to pull out the win. Meanwhile, North Thurston beat Mount Tahoma 17-7 in their first meeting.
High school baseball
4A Narrows League tournament
South Kitsap vs. Bellarmine – The RAC – 6:30 PM
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston vs. Shelton – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Game two of the Narrows League tournament pits #2 North Thurston against #3 Shelton. The Rams dominated the season series with 6-1 and 7-0 wins that started a five game losing streak for the Highclimbers. After starting 7-0 in league play, Shelton dropped both games to the Rams, fell to Wilson in Tacoma and then dropped two to Timberline to close out the regular season. They did pick up a non-league win over Klahowya on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Rams dropped two to Timberline and then had an easier road outscoring lowly Mount Tahoma 39-0 in two games. They also picked up two non-league wins over Capital at Cheney Stadium and River Ridge.
Today (4/30): Narrows League baseball at The RAC; Pioneer Cup soccer
High school baseball
4A Narrows League tournament
Gig Harbor vs. Central Kitsap – The RAC – 6:30 PM
3A Narrows League tournament
Wilson vs. Foss – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
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