Tuesday scoreboard: Cougars, Blazers score one goal wins; Saints fall again
Boys soccer
Capital 1, Tumwater 0 – Photo gallery
Timberline 1, Lincoln 0
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – No report
River Ridge @ Centralia – No report
College baseball
Pacific Lutheran 6, Saint Martin’s 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Tumwater 3, Centralia 2
Timberline 16, Lincoln 0
Toutle Lake 11, Northwest Christian 9
WF West 9, Black Hills 0
Capital @ Aberdeen – No report
High school softball
Aberdeen 8, Capital 1
WF West 20, Black Hills 1
Centralia 7, Tumwater 3
PHOTO GALLERY: Late goal lifts Capital to 1-0 win
It took 30 minutes, but the Capital boys soccer team finally broke through on a Benedict Thurnher goal and held on for a 1-0 win over Tumwater at Tumwater Stadium. The win moved the Cougars to 5-2 in the 2A Evergreen Conference while the T-Birds fell to 3-3.
Today (4/9): T-Birds host Cougars in important 2A EvCo match
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. PLU – Saints Baseball Field – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater started out slow and a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Capital on March 14th stung. But the T-Birds have strung together a pair of wins over Centralia and Black Hills and now sit in fourth place, half a game behind the Cougars and Tigers. Meanwhile, Capital have Aberdeen their first loss of the season on Saturday night with a 3-2 overtime win.
Monday scoreboard: Navs, Bears, Rams and Blazers pick up league wins
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 10, Wishkah Valley 6
Olympia 8, Central Kitsap 3
North Thurston 6, Wilson 0
Centralia 2, Black Hills 0 – Recap at youresn.com
Northwest Christian scored the first nine runs of the game and despite giving up six runs over the last two innings, the Navigators held on for a 10-6 league win over Wishkah Valley. Nick Kosierowski and Mason Stottlemeyer each drove in two runs and Matt Thomas picked up the win.
Tyler Ridgeway pitched another gem on the mound and drove in three runs at the plate and North Thurston continued to terrorize the Tacoma schools with a 6-0 win over Wilson. The Rams gave up just two hits on the day and have allowed just seven hits over their last six games and have outscored their opponents 73-2.
High school softball
Timberline 7, Wilson 6
Olympia 5, Central Kitsap 1
North Thurston 9, Shelton 4
WF West 7, Capital 2
After Timberline took a 7-0 lead, Wilson tacked on a run in the sixth inning and then made a furious comeback in the seventh to cut the lead to just one run. But the Blazers stopped them there and held on to a 7-6 league win. Krista Ellie Jones and Aundrea Temple each homered in the win.
Olympia scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to break a one all deadlock and give the Bears a 5-1 win over Central Kitsap in Silverdale. Adrianna Rupright drove in three runs and Maddy Stensby picked up the win.
Shelton took a 4-1 lead but North Thurston scored one run in the fifth inning and put a seven spot on the board in the sixth to complete the comeback and give the Rams a 9-4 win over the Highclimbers. Alicia Feliciano went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI for the Rams.
Today (4/8): Rams face Shelton, Wilson
High school softball
North Thurston vs. Shelton – The RAC – 3:30PM
High school baseball
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Saints take second at Tournament of Champions, earn GNAC Team of the Week
College softball
Saint Martin’s 9, Chaminade 2 – Box score
CSU-Dominguez Hills 8, Saint Martin’s 2 – Box score
Saint Martin’s moved into the finals of the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California with a 9-2 win over Chaminade on Sunday afternoon. The Saints scored in all but the first inning and hit four home runs in the game, one each by Joselyn Eugenio, Dani Wall, Taviah Jenkins and Taylor Bakos. Wall finished the game 2-fo-3 and drove in three RBI and Lacey McGladrey scored three times. Bakos picked up her twelfth win of the season pitching four innings in relief of Sam Munger.
But the Saints winning streak came to an end in the championship game falling to CSU-Dominguez Hills 8-2. The Saints only managed three hits off of the Toros’ Stephanie Jimenez, who struck out seven and went the distance in the win. Munger had two of the Saints’ three hits including a solo home run fourth season. However, she did pick up the loss giving up six earned runs in six innings.
For their second place finish at the Tournament of Champions, the Saints earned GNAC Team of the Week. They are now 26-11 overall this season and will return to conference play this week where they are in second place at 8-4.
PHOTO GALLERY: Budd Bay Buffaloes vs. Seattle Quake
Budd Bay thoroughly dominated the Seattle Quake winning 60-5 (unconfirmed) on Saturday afternoon at Rainier Vista. Surprisingly, the weather held out until just minutes after the final whistle when it started pouring. Sadly, no extremely muddy pictures. But thankfully, I stayed mighty dry.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints take three in California; T-Birds top Wolves; Budd Bay shakes up Quakes
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, CSU-Monterey Bay 1
Saint Martin’s 7, Academy of Art 6 (8 innings)
Saint Martin’s 5, Chico State 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s moved to 5-0 at the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California with a 5-1 win over CSU-Monterey Bay, a 7-6 extra innings win over Academy of Art and a 5-1 win over Chico State. The Saints are now 25-10 on the season and will take on Chaminade at 1:00 PM in the semifinals.
Boys soccer
Tumwater 4, Black Hills 2
Capital 3, Aberdeen 2 (OT)
Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 60, Seattle Quake 5
Roller derby
Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 162, Rainier Roller Girls 131
Today (4/6): Rugby, soccer in the rain
The hearty souls that don’t play ball and stick games will be out today and tonight in this awesome weather starting first with some rugby at noon and continuing with 2A EvCo soccer this evening.
The Budd Bay Buffaloes men’s rugby team isn’t afraid of a little rain. They will take on the Seattle Quake at Rainier Vista beginning at noon. It should be a muddy good time.
In boys soccer action, the first place Aberdeen Bobcats come to town to take on third place Capital at Ingersoll Stadium. The Bobcats are 5-0 in conference and undefeated overall while the Cougars sit at 3-2 in EvCo play. First kick is set for 7:00 PM.
And the Pioneer Cup also kicks off at 7:00 PM at Tumwater Stadium. Tumwater comes into the game struggling to regain their form from last season and sit at 2-2 in conference. Black Hills has just plain struggled and are 0-4 and in last place.
Friday scoreboard: Saints softball scores huge win; Centralia. Centralia. Seriously? Centralia?
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, CSU-San Bernardino 0
Saint Martin’s 5, Humboldt State 4 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Centralia 15, SPSCC 4
Centralia 17, SPSCC 12
8:00 AM start? No problem for the Saint Martin’s softball team as they knocked off CSU-San Bernardino 8-0 in the first game of the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California. Madi Davis went 2-for-3 and drove in four runs for the Saints. Sam Munger got the win, her eleventh of the season, giving up just one hit over three innings
In game two, the Saints took on their toughest opponent of the season, #9 Humboldt State, winners of 18 straight games. Davis scored the winning run on an error by the Lumberjacks first baseman giving the Saints the 5-4 upset win. Dani Wall went 2-for-3 with four RBI including the tying run in the 5th inning. Bakos picked up her tenth win of the season in relief of Munger.
High school baseball
Centralia 14, River Ridge 4
Centralia 12, River Ridge 6
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