Monday scoreboard: Rams, Bears softball pick league wins; Rams baseball tops Hawks in non-leaguer
High school softball
North Thurston 12, Timberline 6 – Photo gallery
Olympia 11, Stadium 0
Erin Roloff went 2-for-3, drove in a run, scored twice and picked up the win on the mound in Olympia’s 11-0 win over Stadium at Stevens Field. Leticia Farias also drove in a pair of runs as the Bears put up 10 runs in the first two innings. Oly moved to 9-2 in the 4A Narrows to keep pace with South Kitsap, who were 4-2 winners over Gig Harbor and hold the tiebreaker over the Bears. Oly needs a win over Yelm on Wednesday and hope last place Stadium can pull off a massive upset of South Kitsap on Friday to win the regular season title.
High school baseball
North Thurston 6, River Ridge 3
South Kitsap 14, Timberline 2
PHOTO GALLERY: Greeno’s slam gives Rams advantage in 3A Narrows race
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Dominique Greeno’s grand slam in the third inning opened up the scoring for North Thurston and a seven run seventh inning gave the Rams the regular season sweep of Timberline with a 12-6 win on the Blazers’ home field. Both teams sit at 9-2 in the 3A Narrows League with one game to play and North Thurston holding the tiebreaker.
After Greeno’s slam gave North Thurston a 4-0 lead, Timberline quickly put two runs on the board in the bottom of the third. Each team added a run in the fourth inning, including Molly Emmons’ solo shot for the Blazers, and held each other scoreless in the fifth and sixth innings.
But in the seventh, the Blazers’ defense let them down and the Rams capitalized stringing together seven runs to take a commanding 12-3 lead. Timberline was able to put three runs on the board in the final frame but it was too little too late and they will now need to knock off Shelton and hope Mount Tahoma can upset North Thurston to take the regular season title.
Greeno added two more doubles and went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI and Dejah Hickman had three hits including a home run and two RBI for the Rams. Ciera Davis went the distance on the mound and picked up the win.
Ellie Jones had three hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice for the Blazers and Makenzie Sylvester also added three hits and two runs scored in the loss.
Today (4/29): Blazers host Rams in battle of Narrows leaders
High school softball
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Big game in the 3A Narrows League this afternoon when North Thurston heads to Timberline in a battle of the two top teams in the league.
The Blazers currently sit in first place at 9-1, their only league loss coming to the Rams on April 10th in an epic 9-8 win affair that ended on a game winning hit by Brittany Sebesta in the 11th inning.
North Thurston sits a game behind Timberline at 8-2 following their surprising 4-3 loss to Shelton last week.
First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM at Timberline.
Sunday scoreboard: Eugenio shines on Senior Day as Saints clinch GNAC title outright
College softball
Saint Martin’s 7, Central Washington 5
Saint Martin’s 12, Central Washington 4 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
With a 7-5 win over Central Washington in game one of today’s doubleheader, the Saint Martin’s softball team clinched the GNAC regular season title outright and will head to the conference tournament in Billings, Montana as the #1 seed.
Senior Joselyn Eugenio went 2-for-4 with a two home run in the first inning and an RBI single in the Saints’ four run sixth inning. Sam Munger picked up her 20th win of the season giving up four earned runs in seven innings and went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of runs scored.
In game two, after falling behind 4-3 after the top of the fifth inning, the Saints exploded for nine runs capped off by a three run bomb by Eugenio that gave them an eight run lead and ended the game on the mercy rule. Eugenio, playing in her last game at home, went 3-for-4 with three runs driven in and another pair of runs scored to cap off an outstanding Senior Day.
Lacey McGladrey went 4-for-4 and scored three runs, Munger drove in another three runs and Taviah Jenkins homered to open up the scoring in the fifth. Taylor Bakos picked up her 14th win of the season and the Saints moved to 18-6 in GNAC play and 36-13 overall.
College baseball
Western Oregon 9, Saint Martin’s 2
Western Oregon 18, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
The Saint Martin’s baseball team fell to 4-23 in conference play and 6-38 overall with a 9-2 and an 18-0 loss to Western Oregon in Monmouth, Oregon.
Today (4/28): Saints look to clinch outright GNAC title and honor four seniors
The Saint Martin’s softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning yesterday capped off by a Sam Munger single that scored Megan Miller to claim at least a share of the GNAC regular season title in dramatic fashion.
Today, the Saints can claim the regular season title outright and head to the GNAC tournament in Billings as the #1 seed with at least one win in their doubleheader against Central Washington beginning at the Saint Martin’s softball field.
The Saints will honor four senior that have been a huge part of the Saint Martin’s astounding turnaround over the last two seasons, Joslyn Eugenio, Madi Davis, Aubree Pocklington and Taylor Bakos.
Eugenio has been one of the top hitters for the Saints in all four of her seasons in Lacey. She hit .392 her freshman year, .391 as a sophomore, cooled off to .351 last season and is hitting .403 with four home runs this season. She led the Saints in runs batted in all four seasons with the Saints racking up 139 and counting for her career.
Bakos is in her second season as a Saint after transferring from Columbia Basin CC and has teamed with Sam Munger to form a formidable 1-2 punch on the mound. Last season, Bakos went 9-5 with a 2.32 ERA and is 13-7 with a 2.59 ERA this season.
Madi Davis and Aubree Pocklington are each transfers that have spent two seasons with the Saints. Davis is having a breakout year hitting .313 this year and has started all 47 games. Pocklington has seen the majority of the action behind the plate and is hitting .278 with four home runs this season.
First pitch today is schedule for noon, weather permitting.
Today (4/25): Soccer night in the South Sound
Boys soccer
Black Hills @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Tumwater vs. RA Long – Tumwater Stadium – 6:00 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. WF West – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Today (4/24): Hitting the home stretch of the regular season
High school baseball
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Crandall Field – 4:00 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
North Thurston vs. Stadium – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds take two from Wolves
High school softball
Tumwater 17, Black Hills 0
Olympia 1, Bellarmine 0
Timberline 21, Mount Tahoma 0
Capital @ River Ridge – No report
High school baseball
Tumwater 4, Black Hills 1
River Ridge @ Capital – No report
Boys soccer
Centralia 4, Tumwater 3 (OT)
Capital @ River Ridge – No report
Black Hills vs. WF West – No report
Olympia @ South Kitsap – No report
Today (4/23): Pioneer Cup softball, baseball; Hawks soccer hosts Cougars
High school softball
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Waits Field – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Capital @ River Ridge – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Monday scoreboard: Blazers take Narrows title; Rams move into first; Bears have no problems
College baseball
Central Washington 10, Saint Martin’s 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Timberline 2, Timberline 0 – Photo gallery
Olympia 14, Stadium 4
WF West 6, Capital 2
Aberdeen 16, Black Hills 1
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – No report
High school softball
North Thurston vs. Wilson – Photo gallery
Timberline 14, Lincoln 2
Olympia 10, Gig Harbor 0
Tumwater 9, Aberdeen 6
Capital 9, Black Hills 3
Boys soccer
Timberline @ Foss – No report
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