The Olympian

Local football players gear up for one last hurrah
The West plans to run an option-style offense, something that Squires is familiar with. As the EvCo offensive MVP this past fall, Squires and the Chehalis offense ran the option.

State baseball coaches honor Rochester's Knutz
After leading the Rochester baseball team to the Class 1A state title in May, Warriors catcher Ryan Knutz has been named the Class 1A/B all-state player of the year by the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association.

Tumwater hires Medved, 23, as boys basketball coach
When it came to hiring a new boys basketball coach at Tumwater High School, youth and inexperience at the coaching level wasn't a concern for Tumwater athletic director Tim Graham.

Coaches' All-State baseball teams announced
Timberline pitcher Devlin Payton and Capital catcher Sean Simpson were both named to the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association's Class 3A first-team All-State baseball team Tuesday.

Tumwater hires Olympia grad as boys basketball coach
Tumwater High School didn't have to look far when it hired its next boys basketball coach.

Timberline's Peck moves up to No. 11 in country
Cameron Peck of Lacey moved from 40th to 11th in national high school junior golf rankings after winning last week's AJGA JoyFoot Invitational in North Carolina.

Balancing act for Black Hills' Zilla
To the football players huddled around him after practices each fall, he's "Coach."

Four invest in their fastpitch future
TUMWATER - In Las Vegas, life's a gamble - and four South Sound fastpitch players hope to parlay their experience this weekend into scholarship offers.

WCC awash in golf talent
Turnover is in the nature of high school sports. Players come, players graduate and go; teams are built, torn apart in the spring and renewed in the fall.

The Olympian's All-Area boys and girls golf teams
Caral Martinson

The Olympian's All-Area boys soccer team
Austin Kelley

The Olympian's All-Area boys and girls track and field teams
Christina Alexander

State's best stand out in baseball series
The past two home runs Kramer Champlin has hit have been memorable.

The Olympian's All-Area boys and girls track and field teams
Christina Alexander, Senior, Tumwater

The Stars of Spring
Take your pick. What was the South Sound's top high school sports story of the spring? There were plenty of options. The Olympia baseball team had its best season at 23-3 with a third-place finish at the Class 4A state tournament, heading a list of three local baseball teams who got trophies at the state tournaments. The Timberline fastpitch team took second place at the Class 3A state fastpitch tournament with a 26-1 record, after winning league and district titles.

Bears await their fate in draft
OLYMPIA - Now, they'll just wait for their cell phones to ring.

Prep baseball standouts to play in all-star series
Just when it's a hectic time for high school seniors, a select few will have an even more frantic week.

WIAA awards Bellarmine girl lost state championship
Anxiety dominated the conversation Sunday night at Nicole Cochran's graduation dinner, with Cochran, her parents and her coach discussing their next move -- possibly a legal one -- to get her reinstated as the Class 4A state champion in the 3,200 meters.

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The Olympian - High School Sports Roundup