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Meg Wochnick specializes in high school sports coverage for The Olympian and has been with the newspaper since March 2007. She earned a journalism degree from Pacific Lutheran University, where she was an NCAA Div. III All-American in track and field. She maintains this blog and will provide insight on high school sports in South Sound. She can be reached at: mwochnick@theolympian.com.
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Olympia had a 20-0 lead in the second quarter, but Rogers stormed back to win 29-26 to end Olympia's season at 8-2.
The game started close to 8 p.m. because the Rams' team took 2.5 hours to get to Olympia because of traffic on Interstate 5.
Other scores
Timberline 51, Kennedy 24
Black Hills 42, Woodland 7
R.A. Long 16, Tumwater 14
Chehalis 43, Hockinson 2
2A All-Evergreen Conference football team ...
League MVP: Cody Peterson, senior, Black Hills
Offensive MVP: Ben Ternan, senior, Chehalis
Defensive MVP: Jake Steelhammer, senior, Chehalis
Coach of the year: Bob Wollan, Chehalis
Class 4A
1, Bothell (7) 9-0 70
2, Skyline 7-2 59
3, Auburn 9-0 58
4, Jackson 9-0 47
5, Curtis 9-0 38
6, Wenatchee 9-0 34
7, South Kitsap 9-0 33
8, Eisenhower 9-0 18
9, Marysville-Pilchuck 9-0 14
10, Mead 7-2 8
2009 Evergreen Conference all-league volleyball team
MVP: Kailah Lenz, senior, Black Hills
Co-coaches of year: Tana Croft, Tumwater and Neil Sharp, Centralia
The River Ridge Hawks won the 5-way tiebreaker at South Sound Stadium and will play Mark Morris (8-1) at 5 p.m. Saturday at Longview Memorial Stadium. It's the Hawks' first district crossover berth since 2004.
There are plenty of high school postseason events going on Tuesday night. Perhaps the biggest one is the wacky five-way football tiebreaker in the Evergreen Conference. That will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at South Sound Stadium. A five-way tiebreaker has never happened in Western Washington, so this is your chance to witness something special.
2009 WCC all-league volleyball team
MVP: Kristyn Ross, junior, Capital
Coaches of the Year: Krista Manke, Timberline and Natalie Zukowski, Capital
Class 4A
1. Mead
2. Graham-Kapowsin
3. Skyview
4. Richland
5. Monroe
6. Gig Harbor
7. Olympia
8. Southridge
9. Kamiakin
10. Eisenhower
11.Kentwood
12. Curtis
13. Kamiak
14. Auburn Riverside
15. Woodinville
16. Jackson
The Elma Eagles’ second straight win has helped create a five-way tie for one playoff spot. Thanks to Elma’s 48-14 upset of the Hoquiam Grizzlies at Hoquiam and Centralia’s 21-14 loss to Tumwater on Friday, there will be a five-way tiebreaker between the Class 2A Evergreen Conference football teams with 2-5 records in league play – Aberdeen, Centralia, Elma, Hoquiam and River Ridge – to determine the league’s fourth and final playoff spot.
All military personnel in uniform (or with ID) will receive free admission and will be recognized at halftime of Friday night's Timberline-North Thurston football game at South Sound Stadium.
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association named four South Sound fall sports teams as academic state champions Wednesday.
Class 4A
1, Skyline (7) 7-1 79
2, Bothell (1) 8-0 73
3, Auburn 8-0 64
4, Jackson 8-0 55
5, Curtis 8-0 41
6, Wenatchee 8-0 39
7, South Kitsap 8-0 38
8, Eisenhower 8-0 18
9, Marysville-Pilchuck 8-0 14
10, Mead 6-2 9
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Bethel 7
The state volleyball rankings, along with win-loss records, are provided by Tanya Campbell of the WSVCA ... records are as of Monday.
Capital, Timberline and North Thurston will represent the Class 3A Western Cascade Conference in next week's subdistrict volleyball tournament with the top three teams in the Olympic League. Capital will be the league's No. 1 seed, even though the Cougars and Timberline finished with identical records in WCC play (5-1). Since Capital defeated Timberline in fewer sets (3-0), the Cougars earn the top seed and the Blazers are seeded second.
I just got off the phone with River Ridge football coach Steve Schultz, as he and his Hawks players gear up for their biggest game of the season Thursday night at home against Aberdeen. And as you can imagine, the River Ridge players are pretty excited to play in a game that may mean a district crossover game in Week 10 should they come out with a win.
Things will sure be exciting Thursday and Friday night for the five remaining Class 2A Evergreen Conference football teams in the hunt for one playoff spot -- Aberdeen (1-5), Centralia (2-4), Elma (1-5), Hoquiam (2-4) and River Ridge (2-4).
The Narrows League girls soccer tournament officially begins Tuesday with play-in games. Olympia (5-2-3) will be the league's No. 4 seed and will host fifth-seeded Stadium (5-2-3) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ingersoll Stadium. When the teams faced each other on Sept. 16, they tied 1-1.
The Capital boys and girls cross country squads were South Sound’s top teams at the 3A WCC/SPSL subdistrict meet at Fort Steilacoom Park on Saturday, and will send both teams to next week’s West Central District III cross country meet at American Lake.
Yelm lineman Julian Luoma was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital after being knocked out and possibly sustaining a concussion during the Timberline-Yelm football game on Thursday night at South Sound Stadium.
With Timberline's 21-16 win over Capital last week, and Black Hills' 28-7 win over Aberdeen, both the Blazers and Wolves move up in the rankings in the latest Associated Press statewide football poll. Timberline jumps to No. 6 in 3A and Black Hills moves up to No. 8 in 2A.
The Seattle Times' people's choice game of the week was last Friday's Timberline-Capital game at South Sound Stadium. Timberline won the game, 21-16. Here are video highlights from the game courtesy of The Seattle Times and the Varsity News, which airs Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. on FSN.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Chehalis and Tumwater volleyball teams will take part in the 'Dig For The Cure' rally designed to bring awareness to breast cancer in their upcoming league matches.
New statewide volleyball rankings, with win-loss records provided by Tanya Campbell and the WSVCA ...
The annual Capitol City Volleyball Invitational will take place Saturday, starting at 8 a.m. at Olympia High School.
North Thurston defeated Yelm, 27-12 on Thursday night at South Sound Stadium to improve to 6-1 overall and 5-0 in the Class 3A Olympic Western League. Junior RB Lawyer Tillman rushed for 114 yards and scored two touchdowns. QB Jake Klumker threw for one TD and also ran in for a 1-yard score.
Yelm running back Andrew Almeida is scheduled to have surgery today to repair a torn meniscus in his knee.
After Black Hills' 28-13 win over River Ridge, the Wolves were voted into the Top 10 in Class 2A in the latest Associated Press state football poll. The Wolves (5-1) are No. 10 and are one of two EvCo teams in the Top 10. Chehalis (6-0) is the other at No. 7. Both the Bearcats and Wolves are unbeaten in league play.
Here it is … Week 7 of the prep football season. My, has the season flown by.