Today (4/6): Rainy day at The RAC
Rain, rain go away. But at least we have the almost all weather Regional Athletic Complex. River Ridge and Centralia baseball will attempt to get a doubleheader in there along with the South Puget Sound softball team, who moved their away games with Centralia to The RAC today…
College softball
SPSCC vs. Centralia (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM
High school baseball
River Ridge vs. Centralia (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM
Yarrington tabbed to lead Black Hills football
The Black Hills football Twitter account announced this morning that Dominic Yarrington has been hired to take over as head football coach. Yarrington comes to Black Hills after two seasons at West Seattle and will replace Jack Zilla, who resigned earlier this year.
Yarrington will be on his fifth head coaching job at Black Hills. In 1998, Yarrington took on a challenge at Tyee where he was able to increase turnout numbers and finished with a 2-5 record in his only season at the helm of the Totems. He then guided White River from 1999 to 2002 and posted four winning seasons. After a year as an assistant, Yarrington took over at Lindbergh in Renton compiling a 26-17 record over four seasons including a 10-2 season in 2009. He spent the last two years at West Seattle posting a 9-9 record for the Wildcats.
He will have a challenge at Black Hills taking over a program that went 4-5 last season. But just one of those wins came in the extremely tough 2A Evergreen Conference that features Tumwater, Capital and WF West.
Thursday scoreboard: Bearcats drop Cougars in PKs
Boys soccer
WF West 2, Capital 1 (WF West wins shootout 5-4)
Capital’s Nick Boatright scored the equalizer in the second half and the Cougars and WF West ended regulation tied 1-1. After two scoreless overtime periods, the Bearcats won the shootout 5-4 for their second conference win of the season. Capital falls to 3-2.
Today (4/4): EvCo Spring break is over, so is the sunshine
The Evergreen Conference took the first half of this week off for Spring break but resumes play this afternoon, just in time for the rain. With light rain expected all day, baseball and softball are questionable, so we’ll start off with the sure thing tonight, boys soccer… and the lone sure thing, boys soccer, has been cancelled and rescheduled for 4/27. Of course.
Boys soccer
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM Rescheduled for 4/27
High school baseball
Timberline vs. South Kitsap – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM Rained out
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM Yep, rained out
High school softball
River Ridge vs. Centralia – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM Rain? Uh huh!
Capital vs. WF West – Capital HS – 4:30 PM Locusts. Just kidding. Rain.
Tuesday scoreboard: Clippers swept in home opener; Rams, Blazers rock Tacoma schools; Oly blanks Falcons
College softball
Highline 15, SPSCC 3
Highline 9, SPSCC 7
The South Puget Sound softball team played their first home games and league games in two years today falling to Highline 15-3 and 9-7 in doubleheader action at The RAC. Celena Edwards hit her first collegiate home run in game one and Jordanne Krumpols hit another homer in game two for the Clippers.
High school baseball
North Thurston 14, Wilson 1
Timberline 9, Lincoln 1
Tyler Ridgeway allowed just one hit over six innings in North Thurston’s 14-1 victory over Wilson. In the last five 3A Narrows League games, the Rams have outscored the three Tacoma schools 67-2 and have given up just five hits.
High school softball
Olympia 14, Foss 0
Yelm 7, North Thurston 1
Gig Harbor 10, Timberline 0
Nikki Schroeder went 3-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs and Brianna Bell hit a two run homer in Olympia’s 14-0 win over Foss. Maddy Stensby went three innings to pick up the win as the Bears held the Falcons hitless.
Today (4/2): SPSCC softball finally plays at home; Blazers host Abes
College softball
SPSCC vs. Highline (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM
High school fastpitch
Olympia vs. Foss – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Yelm – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Monday scoreboard: Saints snakebitten again; Rams, Blazers baseball and softball dominate
College baseball
Pacific Lutheran 5, Saint Martin’s 4
Pacific Lutheran 12, Saint Martin’s 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Former Puget Sound Collegiate Leaguer Collin Nilson drove in the winning run in the 12th inning of game one and hit a solo home run in game two as PLU swept Saint Martin’s in a non-conference doubleheader in Parkland. With the 5-4 and 12-1 losses, the Saints drop to 3-29 overall this season.
Chandler Tracy hit home runs in each game and now leads the Saints with 11 homers this season, the only Saint to even touch double digits in the long ball category, and leads the team with 20 RBI. Bobby Twedt went 3-for-6 in game one and tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI single in the eighth and temporarily gave the Saints the 4-2 lead in the tenth inning.
High school baseball
North Thurston 11, Foss 0
Timberline 11, Mount Tahoma 0
Olympia 8, Bellarmine 6
Ryan Mets struck out 14 and gave up just two hits over six innings and North Thurston continued their dominance of Tacoma schools with an 11-0 win. The Rams have outscored Lincoln and Foss over their last four Narrows League games 53-1 and have given up just four hits in four games.
High school softball
North Thurston 13, Stadium 1
Timberline 23, Foss 0
South Kitsap 9, Olympia 3
Oregon City 10, Black Hills 0
Dominique Greeno hit another home run for North Thurston, her sixth of the season, to lead the Rams to a 13-1 win over Stadium in Tacoma. Sierra Davis went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs in the win.
Megan Porche hit three homers as Timberline hung 10 runs in the first inning and 13 runs in the second on Foss in their 23-0 win in Lacey.
Today (4/1): Light spring break Monday
High school softball
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Crandall Field – 4:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Oly rolls in USARS championship rematch
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 142, San Diego Starlettes 57
The Oly Rollers jumped out to an early 46-6 lead on the San Diego Starlettes and never looked back taking the rematch of the 2012 USARS Championship game 142-57. The traveling Starlettes were playing their third bout in two days but managed to stay closer than their 181-35 loss to Oly in December.
Today (3/31): Oly Rollers host Easter derby doubleheader
The Oly Rollers host doubleheader derby action tonight when they welcome San Diego Roller Derby to Skateland! The Oly Rollers USARS squad will take on the San Diego Starlettes and the Puget Sound Outcasts will take on the San Diego AfterShocks in a men’s roller derby bout. This is the first Oly Rollers USA Roller Sports bout since the they won the inaugural USARS Championship in Fresno in December and it is a rematch of the final game between Oly and San Diego.
Historically, Oly has skated under Women’s Flat Track Derby Association but the USARS has stepped into the roller derby game by featuring a rule set that is different from WFTDA rules and has addressed some of the concerns that have been raised about strategies that have slowed down and made WFTDA games extremely lopsided affairs. One of the biggest differences is that the lead jammer status (who can score, more or less) can change hands mid jam so it encourages more speed and movement.
It is debatable whether or not the USARS rules are, in fact, better than the WFTDA rules but Oly is playing both rule sets this season and has made some noise that they would consider abandoning the WFTDA and going full USARS. That would be a huge move in the roller derby world since Oly is considered one of the top clubs in the nation and would undoubtedly mean larger outfits around the country would follow suit.
San Diego will be playing their third game during their Pacific Northwest tour this weekend. Yesterday they knocked off Underground Derby 137-94 in a morning bout at Skateland! under USARS rules and then beat Port Scandalous in the evening under WFTDA rules. Former Oly Roller Hockey Honey returns to town with her new squad.
Doors at Skateland! open at 5:00 PM and derby action gets underway at 6:00. Tickets will be available at the door for $20.
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