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 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 17, 2013

WP Boys Take One, Drop Two in Four Days

WAITSBURG - Much of where WP will end up in the league standings going into the playoffs was decided at Kison Court last weekend and Monday. WP played 30 percent of its league sched­ule and over half...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 17, 2013

WP Girls Go 2-3 Over The Weekend

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott women throttled Walla Walla Val­ley Academy Monday, got throttled by DeSales Satur­day, and pulled out a come- from-behind thriller in over­time Friday versus As... Full story

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 10, 2013

Three Cardinals Make All-State Football Team

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott football team fell one game short of a return trip to the state championship game this fall, but a trio of its members still earned best-in-state individu­al honors. Dalton Estes, Ben Shafer, and Danny Stansell garn...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 10, 2013

WP Girls Top Pioneers 49-24

MILTON-FREEWATER - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls shook off a sleepy start to their first game in over a week Tuesday night against Mac-Hi in Mil­ton Freewater. The Cards awoke for 17 third-quarter...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 10, 2013

Mac-Hi 3-Pointers Sink Cards

MILTON- FREEWA­TER - McLouglin High School's gym roof leaks. Of that the Waitsburg- Prescott boys basketball team is certain, after a night that the Pioneers rained 11 3-pointers down on the...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 3, 2013

Dayton Boys Lose One By Inch, One By Mile

DAYTON - Dayton's boys basketball team emerged from its home Christmas tournament with two losses, but the way those losses came about couldn't have been more dif- ferent. The Bulldogs dropped their...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 3, 2013

Dayton Girls Sweep Home Tourney

DAYTON - Dayton took down two regional opponents at its own Christmas tourna- ment Thursday and Friday to notch its seventh and eighth wins of the season and keep its 1-loss record intact. The Bull-... Full story

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    January 3, 2013

WP Boys Split At Tourney

WALLA WALLA - The Waitsburg- Prescott boys dropped their first two con- tests at the DeSales Christmas Tournament before knocking off the host Irish in the tourney finale. WP fell to Touchet 58- 48 on Thursday and to Weston- McEwen 66-45 on Friday,... Full story

 

Dayton Eighth Graders Play Up For Basketball

DAYTON - The Dayton boys basketball squad got a little larger and a bit younger thanks to a school board decision during the Dec. 19 board meeting that allows eighth-grade students to play junior varsity basketball. The proposal, agreed to by... Full story

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 27, 2012

WP Girls Fall To Knights

WAITSBURG - With no players shorter than 5-foot-7, three ball-handling players at 5-feet 10-inches or taller and a horde of deadly shooters, Sunnyside Christian's girls basketball team is a nightmare...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 27, 2012

WP Boys Struck Down

WAITSBURG - The WP boys hung with the Sunnyside Christian Giants - er, Knights for a half before succumbing 50-25 Thursday in Waitsburg. The Knights who boast a front line of 6-foot 7-inch Brandon...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 20, 2012

WP Tigers Growl At Home Meet

PRESCOTT - Waitsburg- Prescott fared well in its first home meet in the history of the WP combine Tuesday. WP wrestlers raised their hand in victory after nine of their 14 matches against foes from... Full story

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 20, 2012

Bulldogs’ Victorious, But Barely

DAYTON - To call the opening quarter of the Dayton versus Waitsburg- Prescott boys game 'slug- gish' would be a slap to the slimy faces of gastropods everywhere. The Bulldogs snapped out of their scor... Full story

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 20, 2012

Lady Bulldogs Edge Out Cardinals

DAYTON - The Dayton girls basketball team dropped Waitsburg-Prescott 37-34 Saturday night to keep its 2012-13 record spotless, thanks to superior free throw shooting in the second half. WP held the ad...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 13, 2012

Tall Pirate Ships Overshadow Bulldogs

DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldog boys found themselves lost in a forest of 6-foot 6-inch black-andorange trees Saturday night. Despite a furious third quarter rally, the Bulldogs could not overcome the... Full story

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 13, 2012

Lady Cardinals Struggle Against Tigerscots

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls bas- ketball team finished the four games in six days of the first week of the season one-up and three-down. But Mon- day's game at home against the...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 13, 2012

Lady Bulldogs Roll On, Dump Pirates

DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldog girls overcame an early five point deficit in the second quarter to topple a tall but young Pomeroy Pirate basketball team 53-37 Saturday. After garnering an initial 6-2...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 13, 2012

Cardinals Beat Tigerscots For First Win

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott boys basketball team capped off a busy opening week of con­tests with a hard-fought 59- 55 win against the Weston- McEwen TigerScots after three straight losses to...

 
 By Dan Groom    News    December 13, 2012

Hardware Store Packs ‘Em In For Party

WAITSBURG - A standing room crowd packed the aisles of Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile to listen to cowboy and western music, chat with neighbors and celebrate the Christmas season. The annual...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 6, 2012

More Athletes In Wrestling’s Second Year

PRESCOTT - Waitsburg- Prescott wrestling coach Lanny Adams' days of grappling with few participants in his program are over. The number of athletes out for wrestling in year two of the...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    December 6, 2012

Coach Has High Expectations For Cards

WAITSBURG - Waits­burg Prescott boys basketball begins a new era in 2012-13. Gone is T.J. Scott and two trips to the Spokane Arena in three years. In his stead, enters new coach Tavis Crittenden who t...

 

Dayton Boys Struggle In Early Games

DAYTON - The Dayton boys basketball team struggled against the River View Pan­thers last Tuesday night, fall­ing 26-46 at the end of a slow game. The first period opened with both teams fumbling to g... Full story

 

Lady Bulldogs Go 3-0

DAYTON - Dayton's Lady Bulldogs hit the court with aggressive speed last Tuesday night to take down the River View Panthers, 48-24. The Bulldogs wanted the ball right out of the gate and worked to...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    November 29, 2012

Seniors, Two Sophs Lead The Way

DAYTON - Buckminster Fuller once said, "I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience." If the 2012-13 Dayton Bulldog girls basketball team wins the league title this year, second-year...

 
 By Dan Groom    Sports    November 29, 2012

Many New Faces On The Lady Cardinal Squad

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls basketball team faces the 2012- 13 campaign with a flock of new faces on its varsity squad. Six seniors who either started or saw extensive playing time last... Full story

 

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