High School Sports

Efficient Blazers advance

LACEY – Utilizing a dynamic running game is nothing new for Timberline.

Turnovers thwart T-Birds in defeat

LONGVIEW – Tumwater was its own worst enemy Friday.

Capital gets rolling, earns state berth

Capital volleyball coach Natalie Zukowski maybe didn’t get the start she wanted Friday, but she sure got the finish.

Peterson, Wolves advance

TUMWATER – Game-planning on how to stop the Woodland Beavers starts with a scheme for containing quarterback Trevor Hurn and a stable of receivers.

Bears’ big lead crumbles

OLYMPIA – Just about everything wasn’t in favor of the Rogers Rams prior to their Class 4A state preliminary round game against the Olympia Bears on Friday night.

Black Hills, Tumwater advance

TUMWATER - There are often assumptions about the district pigtail winner when Class 2A District IV volleyball tournaments start.

Academic sweep for Capital cross country

Capital's boys and girls cross country teams aren't only good at running.

North Thurston upsets Olympic

In a hot-and-cold season, North Thurston's volleyball team turned red hot to upset favored Olympic in four games in Bremerton to advance to the 3A district playoffs.

Yelm earns first district berth

For the first time in school history, the Yelm girls soccer team is going to the district tournament.

Capital rallies past N. Kitsap

OLYMPIA - Capital girls soccer coach Anna Boatright gave her team some encouraging words when they were behind at halftime of a Class 3A subdistrict girls soccer game Tuesday night against the North Kitsap Vikings. But one phrase she also stressed was a simple one: Follow the ball.
• Gallery: Capital vs. North Kitsap Girls Soccer Playoffs

River Ridge emerges from playoff pack

LACEY - While struggling through a 2-7 season, River Ridge coach Steve Schultz prodded his team's sinking morale with constant reminders not to give up and to stick together.

Black Hills beats Washougal

TUMWATER - Before the Black Hills girls soccer team even had a chance to settle into Tuesday’s winner-to-state game versus Washougal, the Panthers' Ellie Boon made things very uncomfortable for the Wolves.

Capital gets No. 1 district seed

Forget about being beaten. North Kitsap's volleyball team hadn't even been tested this season, steamrolling through the opposition en route to earning a No. 2 state ranking.

Mighty middle for Timberline

LACEY - The presence Alyssa Kellar has on the volleyball court is noticeable at first glance.

Bears fall in Narrows final

TACOMA - The mantra for the Gig Harbor volleyball team all season has been the quest to be their best.