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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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Timberline's Jesse Mueller and Ramon Vidallon have signed letters of intent with University of Montana Western to play football, Blazers coach Nick Mullen said.
Mueller and Vidallon earned second-team all-Olympic Western League honors this past football season, guiding the Blazers to the OWL title and the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs.
Montana Western, which competes in the NAIA's Frontier Conference, finished 4-6 this past fall.
Olympic High School football coach Tim Allen died in his sleep Wednesday morning (March 17). Allen had been battling cancer since 2000. He was 44.
Capital's Alex Williams and River Ridge's Joel King will represent South Sound at the WIBCA all-state game Saturday at Mountlake Terrace High School.
Here are the 3A all-tournament teams, as voted on by media members covering the state basketball tournament.
River Ridge won its third state title in four years Saturday night, defeating Prosser 57-46, at the Yakima SunDome.
From the moment the semifinals concluded at the Class 2A state tournament at the Yakima SunDome, to the morning of the championship round the next day, workers prepare for a center-court experience.
Updates from Day 3 of 2A state basketball.
A feel-good thing happened following Black Hills' 54-44 loss to Archbishop Murphy in the consolation game on Thursday.
Here's a breakdown of the 2A first-round state basketball matchups. In tomorrow's paper will be these very capsules previews on the South Sound teams' first-round state matchups for 2A. Enjoy.
River Ridge swept the District IV titles with the girls winning it overtime, and the boys winning it with Joel King's game-winning 3-pointer.
The Mountaineers' season ended Thursday afternoon at the Class 1A state tournament with a 40-33 loss to Bellevue Christian in a loser-out consolation game at the Yakima SunDome.
Scores from Wednesday night's district and state playoff games ....
MVP: Tiffany Tornow, sr., Toledo
First team:
Kristen Schoenher, jr., Rainier
Julie Jacobo, sr., Winlock
Brianna Votaw, jr., Toledo
Felicia Alvarado, sr., Rainier
Brooke Rydman, sr., Montesano
The Rainier girls basketball team won the District IV 1A title Saturday night with a thrilling 55-51 overtime win over Toledo. So, what's the reward for the Mountaineers to open the 1A state tournament? The state's No. 2-ranked team.
We're down to basketball left in the winter postseason and there are plenty of games Friday and Saturday.
Pacific 2B all-league boys basketball team, as voted on by the league's coaches ...
MVP: Austin Burkhalter, sr., Naselle
Coach of the year: John Peterson, Willapa Valley
Sportsmanship: Naselle
2A Evergreen Conference all-league basketball teams, as voted on by the league's coaches ...
MVP: Joel King, sr., River Ridge
Coaches of the year: Jeremy Landram, River Ridge and Ryan Robertson, Chehalis
Pacific 2B all-league girls basketball team, as voted on by the league's coaches ...
MVP: Carley Kitzman, so., Naselle
Coach of the year: Ron Collins, Northwest Christian
Sportsmanship: Ocosta
Scores from Monday's playoff basketball games
Bremerton 74, Capital 66
Timberline 66, Olympic 58
Port Angeles 58, Yelm 37
Here are the 3A Western Cascade Conference all-league boys and girls basketball teams, as voted on by the league's coaches ...
Fourteen league games weren’t enough to decide the No. 5 team in the 2A Evergreen Conference girls standings.
After being the Class 3A state runner-up the past two seasons to Enumclaw, the Yelm Tornados won their first state title Saturday at Max Classic. Yelm scored 144.5 points, and Enumclaw was second at 138 points.
The Olympic League boys and girls tournament concluded Friday to determine seedings for Monday and Tuesday's sub-district tournament with the 3A Western Cascade Conference's top three teams.
Mat Classic XXII
Where: Tacoma Dome
When: Friday-Saturday
Cost: $14 for adults, $10 for seniors and students (single-day pass); $22 for adults, $16 for seniors and students (two-day pass).
State gymnastics championships
Where: Tacoma Dome’s Exhibition Hall
When: Friday-Saturday
Cost: $14 for adults, $10 for seniors and students (single-day pass); $22 for adults, $16 for seniors and students (two-day pass).
Here are the South Sound swimmers, divers and relays who will compete at the swimming and diving state championships Thursday through Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Four South Sound sports programs and one activity earned the title of Academic State Champions, given by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to the team with the highest GPA in its sport and classification.
Capital and Olympia will take their nonleague baseball rivalry to historic Cheney Stadium in Tacoma this spring. It was announced that the Cougars and Bears will play under the lights at the home of the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers at 7 p.m. May 4.