Monday scoreboard: Navs, Bears, Rams and T-Birds get conference wins
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 8, Lake Quinault 6
Olympia 10, South Kitsap 4
North Thurston 16, Lincoln 1
Tumwater 10, Capital 2
Northwest Christian scored twice in the top of the sixth inning to break a 5-5 tie and held on for a 8-6 win over Lake Quinault in Amanda Park. Kenton Boogerd went 2-for-4 with two RBI and Mason Stottlemeyer drove in a pair of runs. Matt Thomas picked up the win for the Navigators.
Leif Hansen gave up just five hits and an earned run over six innings in Olympia’s 10-4 Narrows League opener win over South Kitsap at Crandall Field. Elliott Loague went 2-for-3 with a home run as the Bears offense put up four runs in the first inning and six more in the third.
Tumwater scored nine runs in the first two innings and Elijah Hill pitched four shutout innings to lead the T-Birds to a 10-2 win over Capital. The T-Birds are now 3-2 in the 2A EvCo and the Cougars fell to 2-2.
High school softball
Olympia 4, Wilson 2
Union 6, Timberline 5
Maddy Stensby and Nikki Schroeder combined to drive in all four runs in Olympia’s 4-2 win over non-league foe Wilson. Stensby also picked up the win for the Bears.
Boys soccer
Gig Harbor 3, Olympia 2
Today (3/25): T-Birds host Cougars, Bears face South Kitsap
High school baseball
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Crandall Field – 4:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 4:00 PM
High school softball
Olympia vs. Wilson – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Union – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 4:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Saints softball sweeps GNAC leader; Oly Rollers romp
College softball
Saint Martin’s 9, Simon Fraser 0
Saint Martin’s 4, Simon Fraser 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Sam Munger and Taylor Bakos combined to give up just six hits and one earned run in Saint Martin’s 9-0 and 4-1 doubleheader sweep of GNAC leader Simon Fraser. Munger also hit a home run in game two, a solo shot in the first, and drove in another run in the fifth. Joselyn Eugenio went 4-for-6 in the doubleheader and drove in three runs and Christina Demar hit a home run in the second inning of game one.
The wins move the Saints to 17-9 overall and 8-4 in conference, just a half game behind the Clan. Munger’s third shutout of the season moves her record to 8-5 and she lowered her ERA to 2.02. Bakos, meanwhile, is now 9-4 with a 2.17 ERA.
Video from Saints athletics YouTube channel.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 5, Western Oregon 3
Saint Martin’s 7, Western Oregon 5 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 237, Northwest Derby Company 92
Today (3/24): Saints softball and baseball doubleheaders; Oly Rollers derby action
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – Noon 1:00 PM
College softball
Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser (DH) – Saints Softball Field – Noon
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers vs. Northwest Derby Company – Skateland! – 6:00 PM
PHOTO GALLERY: Northwest Fight Challenge XVI
Northwest Fight Challenge XVI featured 13 bouts in front of a near capacity crowd last night at South Sound Sports Center. New laws enacted by the State of Washington tripped some fighters up and a couple of regulated MMA bouts had to be changed to unregulated Muay Thai Kickboxing bouts because the fighters were not licensed through the state to fight MMA, but those fights turned out to be some of the more brutal, thrilling bouts of the night.
Here are the results from Northwest Fight Challenge XVI…
1. David Gines defeated Rocky Olsen – First round tapout
2. Marcus Mendoza defeated Brian Spears
3. Talon Hammons defeated Ryan Edwards
4. Luis Gomez faced Hector Lopez – I Missed the decision of this bout
5. Steve Pederson defeated Josh Cristelli
6. Josh Bean defeated Bryan Reiser
7. Thomas Pierce defeated Curtis Iglesias
8. Nick Coughran defeated Sefo Nansen
9. Julien Martin defeated Armondo Best
10. Joe Briggs defeated Jason Swan
11. Marquis Bryant defeated Omar Petty – TKO after 16 seconds
12. J.D. Cullens defeated Matt Juarez
13. Nick Ryan defeated Woo Johnson – TKO after the first round
Thank you to Dani Shank Johnson and the Academy of Brian Johnson for access and for putting on a well organized (despite a couple of snafus including the fan that collapsed, it looked bad but it sounds like he just fainted) and exciting event.
Today (3/23): Baseball, softball, soccer and fights
It looks like it will be a decent, sunny, somewhat chilly day in Olympia and it’s a good thing because there is a ton of baseball and softball to be played today. Not to mention a couple soccer games and the fights in Tumwater, not that they need beautiful weather.
Baseball kicks things off when Capital takes on Tumwater at Tumwater High School starting at 11:00 AM in a game originally scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Across I-5, Black Hills hosts Shelton in a non-league game with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 PM.
The Saint Martin’s baseball team looks to snap a seven game losing streak against second place Western Oregon in a doubleheader beginning at 4:00 PM at The RAC. The Saints are just 3-19 overall and 1-7 in the GNAC while Western Oregon was picked to win the GNAC but sit in second place at 6-2 in conference. Timberline grad Taylor Hetrick is in his first season with the Wolves after transferring from New Mexico State. The sophomore has made three appearances and has a 2.45 ERA.
At noon the Saint Martin’s softball team takes on Western Washington in doubleheader action. The Saints currently sit in third place in the GNAC at 5-3 in conference and 14-8 overall and the Vikings are one game behind them at 4-4 in conference. The Saints’ Sam Munger is the reigning GNAC player of the week, the second time she was honored this season, and is 7-4 with a 2.16 ERA so far this season. Lacey McGladrey is riding a 14-game hitting streak, the second longest streak in school history.
The days slate of boys soccer games kicks off at 1:00 PM with a non-league game between Capital and Seattle Academy at Ingersoll Stadium. Then at 2:00, Tumwater Stadium hosts a non-league doubleheader beginning with Tumwater and Shelton and continuing at 5:00 when Black Hills takes on Timberline. This game is actually scheduled for noon.
And finally, Northwest Fight Challenge XVI takes over South Sound Sports Center in Tumwater. The night is presented by the Academy of Brian Johnson in Lacey and features local MMA fighters. Doors open at 6:00 PM with fights getting underway at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available at the door for $25. Oly Sports will be at the fights and will have a photo gallery tomorrow night and you can follow along with the action on Twitter at @OlySportsBlog.
Friday scoreboard: T-Birds softball take title rematch, Blazers, Bears roll
High school baseball
WF West 1, Tumwater 0
Aberdeen 9, River Ridge 3
Gig Harbor 13, North Thurston 1
Olympia at Timberline – No report
Black Hills @ Centralia – Rainout/rescheduled for 4/8
High school softball
Tumwater 5, WF West 4 (8 innings)
Timberline 14, Mount Tahoma 0
Olympia 8, Bellarmine Prep 0
Aberdeen 14, River Ridge 1
Black Hills vs. Centralia – No report
Boys soccer
Wilson 7, North Thurston 1
Today (3/22): T-Birds, Bearcats rematch; Rams squared for first in the Narrows
According to the hourly forecast and the radar, the weather is supposed to stay relatively nice for the rest of the day, and it’s a good thing because there are a bunch of baseball and softball games on the schedule for today highlighted by the first game between Tumwater and WF West since the state title softball game last year and a battle of Narrows unbeatens when North Thurston soccer hosts Wilson. Here is (what I hope is) the full schedule for today…
High school softball
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Olympia @ Timberline – The RAC – 7:00 PM
Boys soccer
North Thurston vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Wolves baseball comes back twice, softball whomps Hawks
High school baseball
North Thurston 5, Yelm 0
Black Hills 9, River Ridge 6 – Finish of suspended game
Black Hills 13, River Ridge 12
Riley Stordahl gave up just one hit and struck out 10 batters over 6 1/3 innings in North Thurston’s 5-0 win over Yelm. Charles Vaughan went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI and Tyler Ridgeway went 3-for-4 for the Rams.
River Ridge led 6-3 in the sixth inning when game one was suspended on Tuesday but Black Hills scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to give them a 9-6 win over the Hawks. Austin Lee went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double for the Wolves.
In the second game, Black Hills again rallied scoring five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning capped off by Ryan Jones’ game walk off hit to take home a 13-12 win over River Ridge. Jones went 4-for-4 and the Wolves are now 3-0 in the 2A EvCo.
High school fastpitch
Black Hills 17, River Ridge 3
Tumwater 7, Capital 4
Makenzy Tarrow went 2-for-4 and drove in five runs and Alexi Tarrow went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Black Hills’ 17-3 dismantling of River Ridge.
Boys soccer
Stadium 4, Olympia 1
Aberdeen 1, Tumwater 0
Capital @ Black Hills – No report
Capital @ WF West – No report
Today (3/21): Wolves, Cougars meet in early EvCo soccer battle
Break yourself away from March Madness for a couple hours, get outside and enjoy…
Boys soccer
Capital @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
Rainier vs. Montesano (DH) – The RAC – 3:00 PM
Oly Sports 