
Please vote for OlySports.com for BEST Sports Blog on Evening Magazine’s The Best of Western Washington. You know you want to!
The polls are closed. Thanks so much for your votes!
Schedule for Wednesday, September 18th
Men’s soccer
SPSCC vs. Highline – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard
High school volleyball
Olympia 3, Gig Harbor 1 (23-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-19)
Schedule for Tuesday, September 17
Men’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Warner Pacific – Evergreen Pitch – 5:00 PM
Evergreen kicks off the Cascade Conference season by hosting Warner Pacific at 5:00 PM. The Geoducks went 2-1-1 in non-conference games while the Knights went 1-1. Evergreen and Warner Pacific were picked to finish second and fourth in the CCC this season respectively.
High school volleyball
Northwest Christian vs. South Bend – Northwest Christian HS – 5:45 PM
Capital @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Girls soccer
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Schedule for Monday, September 16th
High school volleyball
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM (Listen)
Schedule for Saturday, September 14th
Girls soccer
Black Hills vs. Hazen – Tumwater Stadium – 2:00 PM
Olympia @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Schedule for Thursday, September 12th
Girls soccer
Olympia @ North Thurston – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Wednesday scoreboard
Men’s soccer
Peninsula 10, SPSCC 0 – Box score
Volleyball
Shelton 3, Black Hills 0
River Ridge vs. Tenino – No report
Schedule for Sunday, September 8
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Pacific – Evergreen Pitch – 2:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard
Men’s soccer
Chico State 2, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Concordia – Canceled due to lightning
Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)
Fun interview with North Thurston grad Kasey Keller on TheGuardian.com mainly about his time playing in Europe. “We had pitch invasions at Millwall. I thought it was normal.” – Link
—————
Timberline alum Jonathan Stewart was placed on the Physically Unable to Play list yesterday by the Carolina Panthers. He will miss at least the first six weeks of the season. He won’t be eligible to play until the Panthers’ sixth game against St. Louis on October 20th. Stewart signed a $37.8 million extension last August but has only played in nine games since. – Link
—————
Capital has hired Tenino baseball head coach Jesse Elam as their new head coach and Kelsey Haupert as the new softball head coach for the Cougars. Elam took the Beavers to four state playoffs in his six years at Tenino and Haupert is a Black Hills grad that played at Purdue. – Link
—————
ThurstonTalk.com profiles Olympia graduate Michaela Berendt, who is a freshman playing volleyball at Villanova in Philadelphia after a great career for the Bears. – Link
—————
The Olympian begins their high school football previews with a profile of Shelton’s linebacker, tight end and rugby player Brian Nault. – Link
Schedule for Saturday, August 24th
Men’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Fraser Valley (scrimmage) – Evergreen Pitch – 1:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Alumni – SMU Soccer Field – 5:00 PM
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Alumni – SMU Soccer Field – 3:00 PM
Auto racing
Super Stock 100, hobby stocks, baby grands, vintage modifieds – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
Basketball
Hoopin For Life Charity Tournament – South Sound Sports Center – All Day