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Thursday schedule; Conley pitches 1-2-3 inning; Roth hired at Oly

Schedule for Thursday, July 18th

Baseball

Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Thurston County Senators vs. Seattle Studs – Saint Martin’s – 6:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Thursday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

ConleyThe South All-Stars pitched a one hitter against the North All-Stars last night in the Southern League All-Star game played in Jacksonville, Florida. A crowd of over 9,500 saw Olympia’s Adam Conley pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the fourth for the South. Two of the three batters the Miami Marlins farmhand faced played in the 2013 Futures Game on Sunday in New York. Conley got Arismendy Alcantara to ground out and struck out Joc Pederson to end the inning. – Link

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16 year assistant Steve Roth has been hired as the head baseball coach at Olympia, reports The Olympian. Roth takes over for interim coach Greg Creighton who managed the team this past season when head coach Todd McDougall was diagnosed with a brain tumor. – Link

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Black Hills grad Cody Peterson will captain the Navy football team this season and NavySports.com has a profile of the Midshipman senior. – Link

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Saint Martin’s released the 2013 schedule for the volleyball team today. Unfortunately, the Kara Peterson led Saints play just eight of their 30 games at Marcus Pavilion this season. They will play a home series October 31st and November 2nd against the Alaska schools at a yet to be determined site and a home game at Black Hills High School against Montana State-Billings when the WIAA state volleyball tournament is at the Pavilion on November 16th. – Link

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Wednesday schedule; Tuesday score update

Schedule for Wednesday, July 17th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Tuesday score update

Thurston County Senators 3, Kitsap Bluejackets 2

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Tuesday schedule; Saint Martin’s news

Schedule for Tuesday, July 16th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Tumwater Brewers vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Tuesday news and notes (updated throughout the day as needed)

Saint Martin’s continues to look back at the top moments of 2012-2013. Yesterday featured the women’s soccer team’s late goal scoring prowess. – Link

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And they are smart too. The Saints took home the GNAC Academic All-Sports title for the 2012-2013 school year. – Link

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The Thurston County Senators will take on the Kitsap Bluejackets today and tomorrow at the Kitsap Fairgrounds in Silverdale. Games can be heard on ISPNSports.com. – Link

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Capital grad and Gonzaga defender Josh Phillips talks about his time this summer with the Sounders U23s on the new look theolympian.com – Link

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Monday schedule; Sunday scores; Conley update

Schedule for Monday, July 15th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Sunday score update

Baseball

Seattle Studs beat Thurston County Senators in semis of Sound Invitational
Thurston County Senators 3, Northwest Honkers 0 – Senators take third place
Tacoma Cascades 12, Capital City Bombers 6


Monday news and notes (updated throughout the day as needed)

ConleyOlympia grad Adam Conley pitched a seven inning complete game shutout in game one of a doubleheader for the Jacksonville Suns on Sunday. The Miami Marlins second round pick out of Washington State in 2011 struck out four in the game and moved to 8-4 and lowered his ERA to 3.66 for the double-A Suns. Next up for Conley is the Southern League All-Star game in Jacksonville on Thursday. – Link

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SPSCC men’s basketball added another Vancouver area player to their roster today. Aaron Landon signed Austin Bonds, a 6-1, 155 pound point guard out of Skyview High School. He joins Union’s Chris Williams and Bonds’ Skyview teammate Keegan Liebelt. – Picture

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Today (7/14): Black Lake Regatta, Bombers baseball

Schedule for Sunday, July 14th

Boat racing

Black Lake Regatta – Evergreen Shores Beach Club – 10:00 AM

Baseball

Capital City Bombers vs. Tacoma Cascades – Crandall Field – 11:00 AM

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Saturday news and notes (updated throughout the day as needed)

Saturday news and notes (Updated throughout the day as needed)

Tumwater’s Matt Johnson is preparing for his second season with the Dallas Cowboys, though it will be more like a rookie season after missing all of last year with injuries. Meg Wochnick catches up with him. – Link

Everything you could possibly want to know about synchronized swimming in Olympia. Everything. – Link

Interesting look at the Wenatchee Applesox owner’s quest for ballpark upgrades from the Wenatchee World. The Olympia area would be a great place for a collegiate West Coast League team but doesn’t have a suitable facility. Though not about Olympia, this article illustrates the costs and problems facing a team that already has a usable facility and great support. – Link

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Today (7/12): Pair of PSCL games, Friday news & notes

Schedule for Friday, July 12th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Tumwater Brewers vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 7:30 PM

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Thursday schedule, news and notes

Schedule for Thursday, July 11th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Thursday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Oly_RollersThis news is almost a month old, but the Oly Rollers confirmed to the Derby News Network that they will not be competing in the WFTDA post-season this year after winning The Hydra in the first year they were eligible in 2009 and then three straight second place finishes in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Oly did not schedule enough WFTDA sanctioned events to qualify for the post-season opting to schedule more USARS events this season. – Link

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North Thurston alum and ex-US National Team and Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller will join the US National Team as a goalkeeper coach for the remainder of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. – Link

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Timberline 2009 graduate and current Eastern Washington linebacker Ronnie Hamlin has been named to the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, one of 20 nominees for the outstanding defensive player in the Football Championship Series regular season. Hamlin is a senior at Eastern but could be granted a sixth year after missing both 2009 and 2010 with injuries. He has played in 25 games since and had 136 tackles last season. – Link

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Another Timberline grad, Cameron Peck, continued his hot 2013 summer taking home the PNGA Men’s Amateur Championship with a 7 and 6 win over Hans Reimer in Bandon, Oregon. Peck also won the Washington State Amateur earlier this summer. – Link

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Wednesday schedule, Tuesday score update, news and notes

Schedule for Wedenesday, July 10th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Olympia Athletics vs. Tumwater Brewers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Tuesday score update

Baseball

Seattle Studs 8, Thurston County Senators 7


Wednesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

southern-maryland-blue-crabs-2013-all-star-gameNorth Thurston alum Joash Brodin takes part in the independent Atlantic League’s All Star Game hosted by the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs tonight at 4:00 PM. Brodin, in his second season with the Long Island Ducks, is hitting .325 with eight home runs, 32 RBIs and has scored 47 runs. This is the third professional all star game that Brodin has played in. He went 0-for-2 in 2010 as a member of the Oakland County Cruisers of the Frontier League and went 4-for-5 with a home run, an RBI and three runs in the Frontier League All Star Game as a member of the London Rippers last season.

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Want to see a sick dunk? How about two of them? From the opening weekend of the Jamal Crawford Pro-Am, the first comes from former University of Washington and Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Wroten. That facial is followed immediately by an even better dunk by Evergreen alum Larry Green. Wow. – Video

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Cameron Peck advanced to the championships of the Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur Championships in Bandon, Oregon. The Timberline grad and former Texas A&M Aggie golfer knocked off Kyle Bowser in the quarterfinals and Carl Jonson in the semifinals and will face Albany, Oregon’s Hans Reimer in a 36 hole final teeing off at 7:30 AM – Link

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Today (7/9): Tuesday PSCL doubleheader

Schedule for Tuesday, July 9th

Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball

Lacey Saints vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Hawks Prairie Cardinals vs. West Olympia Linx – The RAC – 7:30 PM


Tuesday news and notes (updated throughout the day)

Timberline grad Cameron Peck defeated Nicholas Chianello in the round of 32 and Dylan Wu in the round of 16 today at the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Men’s Amateur Championships at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Oregon. The Washington State Amateur champion will compete in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 9:00 AM against the University of Washington’s Kyle Bowser. – Link

The announcement is a little bit old, but Pierce College has added women’s soccer to their athletics department for the 2013 season. It is the closest NWAACC program to Olympia and should provide ample opportunity for local high school players to continue their careers. The school will announce their head coach soon and recruiting is ongoing. The team will play their home games at the Heritage Recreation Center in Puyallup. – Link

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