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Tigers Take Fourth at State
SUMNER - For the second time in three years, the WP Tiger soccer team traveled to Sunset Stadium for the state soccer championship in their division. But unlike their first appearance in 2011, th...
Tigers to State Soccer Tourney
SPOKANE - For the second time in three years, the WP Tigers soccer team made it into the final four for its division and are off to Sumner for the state championship tournament. "We're back,"...
WP Tigers in Final Eight
PRESCOTT - In the first minute of the WP Tigers' second half against St. George Friday, it looked like the home team had a chance of gaining the upper hand against an arch rival that beat them twice...
Lady Bulldogs Wrap Up “Good Season”
PASCO - The Lady Bulldogs fought hard to remain in playoff contention, but the effort wasn't quite enough to get them past Davenport or TriCities Prep this weekend. "Overall, we had a good season...
Tigers Roll On, Face St. George Here Friday
CONNELL - After beating Northport on Saturday, the WP Tigers move on to host a tough St. George on Friday and Northwest Christian or Valley Christian on Saturday. Both games are at home in Prescott. The Tigers could not be stopped against w...
Tigers Go 12-4, Lead League
MOSES LAKE - The WP Tigers finished their season 12-4 overall and 4-0 in league, securing the top seed in the soccer playoffs. They face Northport in Connell at 1 p.m. Saturday, and are expected to breeze past this first winless playoff opponent b...
Dayton Faces Asotin At Districts
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs may have lost their last two games, but the league's third-placed team is going into the district playoffs confident they can play well together, head coach Shannon... Full story
Tigers Roll Valley Christian
SPOKANE - The WP Tigers advanced their record to 9-4 Friday, after beating the second-year Valley Christian soccer team 3-0. "We played really well," assistant coach Jay Potts said about his team's first- ever encounter with the Panthers, another... Full story
Tigers Can’t Stop St. George
PRESCOTT - If Friday's game against the St. George Dragons is any indication of the Tigers' playoff chances, the team has made improvements. But the 2-0 loss against the powerful opponent from Spokane also means WP isn't quite there yet. "They...
Losses Slow Lady Bulldogs
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs' winning streak came to an end last week with losses against number one Tri Cities Prep and second-place rival Asotin. "This was a tough week for us," head coach Shannon Tur...
Tigers Improve v. Boardman
BOARDMAN - Sometimes, a loss can be the next best thing to a win, particularly if it's a better loss than the last time. The WP Tigers could not prevail in their second matchup against Riverside in Boardman, but they performed much better than earli...
Lady Bulldogs on a Roll
DAYTON - It was a good week for the Dayton Bulldogs volleyball team. The girls beat Walla Walla Valley Academy on Thursday, after cruising to victory over the DeSales Irish last Tuesday. "Everyone...
Tigers Can’t Get Past St. George
SPOKANE - A team might win some games and lose some games, but as long as there's progress underneath it all, there's always a reason to be optimistic. That's the conclusion Jay Potts, assistant coach of the Waitsburg Prescott Tigers, drew after...
Bringing It All Together
PRESCOTT - Some coaches worry about having enough players to field a team for the season. But that's not Mark Grimm's challenge. He could field two if he had to. The WP Tigers' head soccer coach s... Full story
Panthers Bite Bulldogs 40-0
ASOTIN - For a while, it all went as well as it could for the 15-man Dayton Bulldogs squad against a tough opponent playing on home turf near the west bank of the Snake River. "It was back and forth," head coach Dean Bickelhaupt said about his t... Full story
Tigers Beat State Champs
SPOKANE - When asked about Saturday's highlights in the Tigers' game against Northwest Christian, assistant coach Jay Potts had just five words. "Ernesto Valdovino and Christian Caro," he said...
Close, Yet So Far
STANFIELD, Ore. - With less than a minute before halftime, the Dayton Bulldogs ended a steady march through Stanfield territory and arrived at the half-yard line, ready to pound it into the end zone. The score was 12-7 in the Tigers' favor, but the... Full story
Tigers are Back!
YAKIMA - With almost its full complement of returning starters, the WP Tigers Tuesday posted its first regular-season win over Riverside Christian, beating the Crusaders 4-0 on their home turf....
WP Pounds Weston McEwen
WAITSBURG - As messy as Waitsburg Prescott's victory over Pilot Rock was last week, Friday's 49-6 win over Weston McEwen came up smelling like roses. It was so clean that this weekend's sloppily vict...
Prescott Gears Up For Pool Levy
PRESCOTT - The down- side of getting a generous grant for the town swim- ming pool is that taxpayers get the wrong impression, according to Patsy Adams Warnock, chair of Prescott's Joint Park and Recreation District. Some might think they no longer...
Standing Tall: Lady Dogs Have Height, Speed and Strength
DAYTON - The number of returning players to Shannon Turner's volleyball team may be the same as last year: six. But there's something different about the core of the Dayton team this year. "I'm p...
Silver Lining Playbook
DAYTON - Half an hour after the last lightning strike flashed across the skies over Dayton Thursday night, the Bulldogs and Mac Hi Pioneers took to the field, warmed up and began their game an hour la...
Cardinals Put Away Pilot Rock
PILOT ROCK, Ore. - The bad news about the Cardinals' first game of the season against Pilot Rock Friday night was the number of turnovers and penalties: five lost fumbles and two big flags that cost...
New Pot Laws: Counties Take Time Out
DAYTON - Anyone hoping to buy, sell or grow pot in the Touchet Valley area under Washington state's new law legalizing marijuana, may have to wait a while. Walla Walla and Columbia counties, wh... Full story
Freshmen Boost Bulldogs’ Ranks
DAYTON - Bulldogs head coach Dean Bickelhaupt and his players are ready for their first test of the season: Thursday night's matchup against the Mac Hi Pioneers. And it doesn't faze the team to...
