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Meg Wochnick writes The Olympian’s South Sound Sports blog, covering the area high school and college sports scene, and community activities. She can be reached at: mwochnick@theolympian.com.
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Game story: Yelm tops Olympia, 49-38, in girls basketball; eyes league title showdown with Bellarmine
YELM – The calendar might read Jan. 25, but the Yelm Tornados can’t help but look what’s on the horizon come Feb. 8, their the 4A Narrows League regular-season finale with Bellarmine Prep.
Winter postseason begins this weekend with girls bowling, boys swimming
The winter postseason begins Friday and Saturday with district tournaments for girls bowling and the 4A and 3A Narrows League boys swimming championships.
Olympia football coach Bill Beattie will be inducted into state football coaches Hall of Fame Saturday
Olympia High School football coach Bill Beattie will be one of four new members inducted into the Washington State Football Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame Saturday in Everett.
South Kitsap hasn't loss a league wrestling dual since 1992. Can Yelm snap that streak? They meet Thursday in Yelm
Gaylord Strand is the only boys wrestling head coach Yelm High School has known since 1975 and never before has there been so much excitement and drama attached to a dual match.
Girls basketball: Updated league-by-league standings
Updated girls league-by-league basketball standings for 4A and 3A Narrows, 2A Evergreen Conference, 1A SWW Evergreen and Pacific 2B League.
Boys basketball: Updated league-by-league standings
Updated boys league-by-league basketball standings for 4A and 3A Narrows, 2A Evergreen Conference, 1A SWW Evergreen and Pacific 2B League.
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck devotes first floor speech to Olympia baseball coach Todd McDougall
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck gave his first floor speech today in the House, and he used his time to ask for support for Olympia High School baseball coach and English teacher Todd McDougall, who was diagnosed last month with an inoperable brain cancer. Heck is an Olympia Democrat in the state’s new 10th Congressional District.
The High 5: Top local sports events to attend this week
Staff writer Meg Wochnick's top local sports events to attend this week:
Saint Martin's forward Roger O'Neill hits 1,000 career points in 104-56 loss to No. 3-ranked Western Washington
LACEY -- If there’s something to be learned from playing the No. 3-ranked team in the country that’s also the defending NCAA Division II national champions, Saint Martin’s forward Roger O’Neill and the rest of the Saints hope to be a build its program to that caliber.
Timberline nearly pulls upset of No. 1-ranked Lincoln, but Abes hang on, 70-60
LACEY -- There’s certainly things that the Timberline Blazers can take away from its 3A Narrows League contest with the top-ranked Lincoln Abes Friday night.
Football: Shelton's Ralph Kinne commits to Washington as a 'preferred walk-on'
Ralph Kinne had offers to play college football from smaller schools for better scholarships, but ultimately, playing in the Pacific-12 Conference for what he called his “dream school” was too good to pass up.
Basketball: Week 2 AP rankings
Here are the Week 2 Associated Press statewide boys and girls basketball rankings, as voted on by sports writers and editors from across Washington.
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson surprises Timberline's David Padilla
David Padilla didn’t hesitate to rate meeting Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson as one of the top moments of his young life.
#PadillaNeedsTheDanger turns into national plea for Seahawks QB Russell Wilson to visit cancer-stricken Timberline student
What started as single tweets and posts on the social media website Twitter and Facebook Saturday night with a hashtag #PadillaNeedsTheDanger has turned into a nationwide plea to get Seattle Seahawks rookie quarterback Russell Wilson to meet Timberline High School senior David Padilla.
VIDEO: Todd McDougall ceremony from Friday's Olympia-Bellarmine game
Between the first and second quarters during Friday's Olympia-Bellarmine boys basketball game, the high school held a brief ceremony for Todd McDougall.
Bears basketball team rallies around stricken baseball coach; "Light Blue-out Night" set for Friday v. Bellarmine
As soon as coach Luke Salme and his Olympia High School boys basketball team heard the news about Bears baseball coach Todd McDougall, their thoughts instantly turned to “What can we do?”
Basketball: Week 1 AP statewide boys and girls rankings
SEATTLE (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers statewide rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2013, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
SMU's O'Neill, Haskey earn GNAC honors; Saints track and field, cross country coach resigns Wednesday
A pair of Saint Martin's University basketball players -- Roger O'Neill and Chelsea Haskey -- earned the Great Northwest Athletic Conference's men's and women's basketball players of the week honors after their performances last weekend.
Baseball returns to Mary M. Knight this spring
For the first time since the late 1980s, Mary M. Knight High School will field a baseball team starting this spring.
Game story: Red-hot Tenino remains perfect in 1A SWW Evergreen play after 58-41 win over Rainier
TENINO -- Sometimes, slow starts and sloppiness are inevitable. But when you’re atop the standings of the 1A Southwest Washington Evergreen Division and as red hot as the Tenino Beavers are, finding ways to blast through them comes a little easier.
Boys basketball: Updated league-by-league standings
Updated boys basketball standings from the 4A and 3A Narrows, 2A Evergreen, 1A SWW Evergreen and 2B Pacific. NOTE: Coastal 1B standings not shown since league disbanded and schools went independent Jan. 1.
Girls basketball: Updated league-by-league standings
Updated girls basketball standings from the 4A and 3A Narrows, 2A Evergreen, 1A SWW Evergreen and 2B Pacific. NOTE: Coastal 1B standings not shown since league disbanded and schools went independent Jan. 1.
College basketball: Saint Martin's women upset co-GNAC leader Seattle Pacific; SMU men beat Western Oregon
LACEY -- It might’ve only been the opening minutes of its Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball game against Seattle Pacific, but Saint Martin’s sophomore guard Angela Gelhar and the Saints could already sense a victory.
College basketball: Jones' 3-pointer in final minute helps lift Evergreen women over Concordia, 58-52
OLYMPIA -- Up until the final minute of Evergreen’s Cascade Collegiate Conference women’s basketball game against visiting Concordia, guard Dela Jones was scoreless on just three shot attempts.
Yelm football coach Randy Swilley resigns
Randy Swilley planned on being Yelm High School’s football coach for 2013 and possibly beyond. He was even looking forward to the challenge of coaching the team without his son, running back Jacob, who capped off his four-year career with 1,686 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns as well as numerous school rushing records.
Call to readers: Seeking students who attended Olympia's Hansen Elementary with Robert Griffin III in the 1990s
Did you know Washington Redskins quarterback and 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III spent part of his childhood in Olympia? He did in the mid-1990s and attended Hansen Elementary School.
Football: AP all-state teams
SEATTLE (AP) — The 2012 Associated Press Washington all-state football team list. Voting done by sports writers around the state, including The Olympian, and organized by the Yakima Herald-Republic.
Olympia baseball coach/English teacher Todd McDougall diagnosed with a brain tumor
Olympia High School baseball coach Todd McDougall is in the intensive care unit at Seattle’s Virginia Mason Hospital after doctors found a brain tumor late last week. McDougall, 42, the week of Dec. 3, and a CT-scan at Olympia’s Providence St. Peter Hospital revealed the 3- to 4-centimeter tumor located in the center of his brain.
Tumwater's Andrew Brown verbally commits to Washington for track and field
Tumwater High School senior Andrew Brown gave a verbal commitment to the University of Washington for track and field, he announced on Twitter Sunday night.
Boys basketball: Capital tops River Ridge, 93-82; Brad Wallace with 44 in Hawks' loss
But if Friday night’s 93-82 victory over River Ridge in the teams’ 2A Evergreen Conference boys basketball showdown mean anything in mid-December, it’s that the Cougars should be considered league title contenders.
Boys basketball preview: Timberline's Donaven Dorsey hits new heights
Donaven Dorsey is certain about one thing – he doesn’t plan to make a decision on where he’ll play in college any time soon. The Timberline High School junior has another agenda items he wants to tackle.
Girls basketball: Black Hills' bigs, defense leads to 68-47 win over Centralia
Case in point was junior Sarah McGee, who not only had a game-high 16 points for the Wolves in their 68-47 2A Evergreen Conference victory over Centralia Thursday night, but also had a team-best eight steals as the Wolves forced 29 Tiger turnovers.
Saint Martin's women host SMU Classic Friday-Saturday
The Saint Martin's women's basketball team is hosting its SMU Classic two-day tournament Friday and Saturday at Marcus Pavilion.
Girls basketball preview: River Ridge's Jazzlynn Brewster returns to home court; plus league-by-league capsules, team outlooks and top players
League-by-league outlooks and capsules for 4A and 3A Narrows League, 2A Evergreen Conference, 1A Southwest Washington Evergreen Division and B schools.
Girls bowling/gymnastics preview: Consistency on the lanes has North Thurston's Cortnie Brathovd ranked high in 3A Narrows
Perhaps no bowler has had a hotter starter to her season than North Thurston sophomore Cortnie Brathovd. After averaging at 159 as a freshman, she currently ranks second in the 3A Narrows with a 178 average through 14 games.
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