OHS Diamond Backers

06/13/2026

If you weren’t able to make it out to Crandall Field this afternoon, you missed one heck of a baseball game!! Brand new Olympia Baseball Alumni Brayden Cheeka, Sawyer Dean and Travis Kunkel returned to Crandall with their West Coast Express summer team to take on the Olympia Baseball Club summer team.

It was a pitchers duel from the start with Kunkel taking the mound for WCE and Peyton Crass on the bump for OBC.

OBC pushed across 1 run in the top of the 1st against Kunkel, but there was no other scoring until the bottom of the 5th when WCE was able to push a run across. The score remained tied 1-1 until the 7th when OBC scored 2 to take a 3-1 lead and Crass pitched a perfect btm of the 7th to get the complete game win.

It was fun to see Cheeka, Dean and Kunkel and admittedly weird to see them in the visitors dugout, but in the end, they are all good friends and teammates!!

06/11/2026

Over the past week, the 16U OBC team has been fortunate enough to have visits from 2 Oly Alums. Huge thanks to Logan Shepard Mercer Baseball and Evan Nichol ’sSaints for coming out and talking to the boys!

06/05/2026

06/04/2026

CONGRATULATIONS gentlemen!! Peyton Crass, Travis Kunkel, Sawyer Dean and Brayden Cheeka named to the Thurston Chronicle’s All Area Team with Cheeka being named the MVP!! Well deserved!!

Perhaps no moment in the 2026 baseball season among local teams was more clutch than the final out of the South Puget Sound League Championship Game between Olympia and Sumner May 6. Bottom of …

06/02/2026

We are sad to announce the passing of LTC Bruce Crandall. We are honored and proud to have our Varsity Baseball Field named after him. We send our condolences to the Crandall family.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an Olympia High School Hall of Famer, LTC Bruce P. Crandall. Not only does his portrait grace the main hall of our building, but his name appears on our baseball field scoreboard as a tribute to his life of service.

LTC Crandall was an All-American baseball player during his time at Olympia High School, and went on to the University of Washington until he was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. Shortly after, he married his sweetheart, Arlene, and they had three sons and five grandchildren. He is preceded in death by Arlene. Arlene also led an extraordinary life, receiving the rank of honorary General from the Army and honorary Admiral by the Navy.

LTC Crandall received the Medal of Honor from President George W. Bush after retiring from service. He continued working in public service as a civilian in California and Arizona.

On behalf of the Olympia High School community, we extend our heartfelt condolences to LTC Crandall's loved ones, and all who are grieving this loss. We invite our FamOLY to share memories, stories, or messages of appreciation in the comments as we celebrate a life that meant so much to so many.

06/02/2026

Congratulations to Bear Alum Sax Mattson and the USC Trojans as they win the College Station NCAA Regional by winning 3 straight elimination games by a combined score of 36-8. Sax pitched yesterday picking up the win against Texas State. The Trojans move on to Chapel Hill to face North Carolina in the NCAA Super Regional.

05/30/2026

Coach Hamblet with Rylan Haider and Taber Fast after the Cougs beat Oregon State 3-2 in the first game of the Eugene NCAA Regional.

05/29/2026

Heck of a year for this team!!

05/27/2026

Congratulations Cheeks!!

05/26/2026

Do you have an incoming 2030 Freshman interested in playing baseball for Olympia? Email Coach Weldon at [email protected] to be added to communications.