Sunday scoreboard: Oly Dropkicks Rainy City; Saints baseball gets one in Billings
Roller derby
Oly Rollers Dropkick Donnas 364, Rainy City 92
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 3, MSU-Billings 2
MSU-Billings 5, Saint Martin’s 2
MSU-Billings 5, Saint Martin’s 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball jumps into first with sweep in Billings
College softball
Saint Martin’s 18, MSU-Billings 15
Saint Martin’s 12, MSU-Billings 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
The 23rd ranked Saint Martin’s softball team secured their second straight 30 win season with an 18-15 abd 12-3 doubleheader sweep of MSU-Billings in rainy Montana.
Game one saw the Saints take a 10-0 lead before surrendering nine runs in the fourth inning and six more over the next two innings and the Yellowjackets took a 15-13 lead into the seventh inning. But Lacey McGladrey’s two run bomb in the top of the seventh gave the Saints a 16-15 lead and they would tack on a pair more and held on for the win.
McGladery led the way for the Saints going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI. Sam Munger went the distance and picked up her 15th win of the season despite giving up 13 earned runs.
More last inning heroics followed the Saints in game two. The two teams were deadlocked at three before Joselyn Eugenio’s three run homer in the fifth inning broke things wide open. Aubree Pocklington capped off the inning with a three run homer of her own to give the Saints a 9-3 win.
Saint Martin’s moved to 30-11 overall and 12-4 in GNAC play and with Simon Fraser idle, the Saints jumped into first place in the conference.
Roller derby
Bellingham Roller Betties Cog Blockers 300
Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 242
Friday scoreboard: Rams top T-Birds; Clippers pick up first win
Boys soccer
North Thurston 4, Mount Tahoma 1
College softball
SPSCC 14, Grays Harbor 13
Grays Harbor 13, SPSCC 7
Saints hire Ostlund as men’s basketball head coach
Micheal Ostlund is the new head men’s basketball coach at Saint Martin’s, the school announced today.
Ostlund, an assistant for the Saints under Bob Grisham from 1997-2002, spent five seasons as the head coach at Snow College, a two year school in Ephraim, Utah before resigning before the 2012-2013 season. He led the Badgers to an 83-73 record in his time at Snow, a member of the Scenic West Athletic Conference, one of the toughest junior college conferences in the counrty. He had his best season in 2011-2012 when his team went 23-9.
The stint at Snow was Ostlund’s first head coaching position after assistant stints at Salt Lake Community College, Saint Martin’s and Weber State. He graduated from Weber State and played two seasons for the Wildcats.
Ostlund replaces Keith Cooper, who wasn’t retained after ten seasons as the head coach of the Saints. He becomes just the third head coach at Saint Martin’s in 26 years. Current athletic director Bob Grisham coached the Saints for 16 years before turning over the reigns to Cooper.
The Saints will return 11 players next season from a team that went 10-16 overall and 6-12 in conference play, missing out on the playoffs that they hosted. Ostlund will have to replace the team’s two leading scorers, Roger O’Neill and Eric Taylor, and longtime, steady point guard Brady Bomber. But they have a solid, senior led core with forward Rei Jensen, guard Evan Coulter and center Matt Dodson returning from the starting lineup. Sophomore Will Bond exploded late in the season when he joined the starting lineup following an injury ended Dodson’s season.
Today (4/12): ESPN Friday Night Fights; Clippers host Chokers; Wolves hope to snap skid
Boxing
ESPN Friday Night Fights – Little Creek Casino – 6:00 PM
For the first time, ESPN Friday Night Fights comes to Little Creek Casino with seven fights scheduled for the Skookum Creek Events Center. Doors open at 5:30 with the first fight getting underway at 6:00 PM. ESPN2 will begin their broadcast at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $40. For more information including the full fight card, visit the Little Creek Casino website.
College softball
SPSCC vs. Grays Harbor (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM
High school baseball
Black Hills @ Capital – Waits Field – 4:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM Rained out
River Ridge vs. WF West – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM Rescheduled for 4/18
Thursday scoreboard: Saints sweep Wolves; Bears top Rams in non-league tilt
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Western Oregon 1
Saint Martin’s 12, Western Oregon 6 – Photo gallery
High school softball
Olympia 4, North Thurston 2
Aberdeen 11, Black Hills 0
Centralia 11, River Ridge 1
WF West 8, Capital 0
High school baseball
Aberdeen 7, Black Hills 4
Centralia 5, Capital 4
Northwest Christian vs. Oakville – No report
Boys soccer
WF West 2, Tumwater 1 (WF West wins shootout)
Centralia 6, Black Hills 1
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – No report
PHOTO GALLERY: Red hot Saints sweep Wolves
The 23rd ranked Saint Martin’s softball team swept Western Oregon 8-1 and 12-6 on Thursday afternoon distancing themselves from the third place Wolves and bringing them to within a half game of first place Simon Fraser.
(Pictures in this set are from the first five innings of game two)
Today (4/11): #23 Saints host important GNAC doubleheader
College softball
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon (DH) – Saints Softball Field – 2:00 PM
The #23 ranked Division II softball team in the nation returns to GNAC play this afternoon when Saint Martin’s hosts Western Oregon today.
The Saints currently sit in second place at 8-4 in the GNAC behind Simon Fraser and one game ahead of Western Oregon.
Both teams just returned from Turlock, California where the Saints went 6-1 and took second place at the Tournament of Champions. The Wolves struggled in the tourney and finished just 2-4.
High school softball
North Thurston @ Olympia – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Capital – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
Northwest Christian vs. Oakville – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
River Ridge vs. WF West – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Capital vs. Centralia – Waits Field – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Bears, Blazers blank conference foes; Rams tops Blazers in epic extra inning affair
High school baseball
Olympia 2, Gig Harbor 0 – Recap from YourESN.com
Timberline 12, Foss 0
WF West 5, Black Hills 1
Olympia moved to 6-0 in the 4A Narrows League with a 2-0 win over Gig Harbor. Michael Fairchild went six shutout innings striking out seven and Elliott Loague went 2-for-3, drove in a run and scored a run for the Bears.
Matt Mercer went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI and picked up the win on the mound as Timberline allowed just three hits in their 12-0 win over Foss. Cobi Beal had three hits and drove in three runs for the Blazers who move to 5-0 in the 3A Narrows League. UPDATE: The Timberline Facebook page says that Matt Mercer threw a no-hitter against Foss.
High school softball
North Thurston 9, Timberline 8
Tumwater 6, Centralia 3
WF West 11, Black Hills 1
Timberline put seven runs on the board in the first two innings to take a 7-0 lead but North Thurston added three runs in the third and continued to chip away at the lead until they tied the game at seven in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The Blazers scored first in extra innings getting a run in the ninth but the Rams answered back with a run of their own to keep the game going. The deadlock continued until Brittany Sebesta drove in the game winning run in the 11th inning giving North Thurston a 9-8 come from behind win.
The Blazers and Rams are now tied for first place in the 3A Narrows League with Wilson at 4-1. The two teams meet again on April 29th at Timberline.
Boys soccer
Central Kitsap 2, Olympia 0
Today (4/10): I guess they might play ball
The rain this morning had me convinced that there would be no baseball or softball today. With the sun coming out, I guess I might be wrong. So here are the games that are scheduled…
High school softball
Timberline @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Crandall Field – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ North Thurston – North Thurston – 4:00 PM
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Waits Field – 4:30 PM
Oly Sports 