Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The Cardinal boys' basketball team lost to Oakesdale on Friday, January 23, and played well but lost to Tekoa-Rosalia on Saturday, January 24, in their last home game of the season. Against Oakesdale, Waitsburg held its opponent to eight points in the first quarter and was only down by nine at halftime before frustration set in, and the team went from competitive to mad and flat-footed. In the 54-26 loss, Blake Benevides scored ten points, and Landen Henry scored eight for the Cardinals....
The Waitsburg High School girls' basketball team lost its last home game of the season against Tekoa-Rosalia on Saturday, January 24. In the 58-31 loss, Olivia Kiefel had a season-best 21 points, including 11 of 12 free throws, and 5 rebounds. Cheri Mathews had seven points and six rebounds, and Kayla Kuykendall and Joslin Nodine each contributed 8 rebounds. The Lady Cardinals have two games remaining this season. They play at St. John-Endicott on Friday, January 30, and at Dayton on Saturday,...
Waitsburg Middle School girls' basketball team won their first game of the season against DeSales on Monday, January 26, on Kison Court. The Cardinals led 10-0 at halftime. Points were scored by Jaylynn Gleason, Ava McCaw, Ryleigh Fabian, and Reagan Fabian. The Irish outscored the Cardinals in the third quarter 8-6. The team flew down the floor and scored nine points to DeSales three points in the fourth quarter to win 25-11. Gleason led the team in scoring with 10 points and rebounded 6....
Seniors were honored during home games on January 23 and 24. Senior cheerleaders Hope Adkins and Mattilynn Carter, and basketball player Addison Crenshaw, were honored with their families on January 24. Wrestling manager Karissa Potts and wrestlers Jarod Hankins and Graycen Teal with their families and supporters on January 23. Waitsburg High School's boys' basketball seniors and their families/supporters were honored before their last home game on Saturday, January 24....
Hankins Places 3rd AT BATTLE OF THE BLUES WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School had four wrestlers attend the Battle of the Blues Wrestling Tournament at College Place High School on Saturday, January 17. The Cardinal wrestlers faced some big schools at this tournament, which hosted 18 schools with 190 boys and 78 girls at the all-day event. Jarod Hankins won four matches by pin and lost one by pin in the third round. He ended the day with a third-place medal. Graycen Teal won one match and lost...
WAITSBURG - "The Little Dribblers of the Touchet Valley began with a simple goal: to bring children from Waitsburg, Dayton, Starbuck, and Prescott together to learn basketball fundamentals, teamwork, and sportsmanship in a fun, welcoming environment," said Chelsie Abel. This season, 64 young athletes signed up for the 10-week program held at the Preston Hall gym on Wednesdays. The program began on December 10, and due to the incredible turnout, Abel split the little dribblers into two sessions....
Boys' Basketball HIgh School Boys' Basketball WAITSBURG - It was a tough week for the Cardinal boys' basketball team, playing four games in six days. The team played without two key players, Logan Seal and JJ Gleason, who are out this season due to injuries. Paco Kenney missed games due to illness, and Alex Zuniga was injured. On Monday, January 5, the Cardinals traveled to Moses Lake and lost 75-33. Blake Benevides scored 13 points, Liam Kiefel had eight, Camdyn Vories scored six, Landen Henry...
WAITSBURG -Two Waitsburg wrestlers attended the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament on Monday, December 29. Senior Jarod Hankins and eighth grader Flynn Richardson joined over 100 wrestlers at the all-day tournament. Both boy and girl wrestlers from sixteen small schools attended the meet, with action going on three mats. After the bracket matches were finished, medal rounds were held for the top three spots in each weight division. In his first match, Hankins pinned Garrett Yost from Dayton in the...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's varsity boys' basketball team lost 61-47 to Mac-Hi on December 17 in Milton-Freewater. The Cardinals took a 16-13 lead after one quarter. Mac-Hi took the lead at halftime, 33-24, and kept it throughout the second half. Blake Benevides led the team in scoring with 25 points. "Mac-HI is a bigger school, and it was fun to watch as we played well, but it just has to be for a full thirty-two minutes," said Coach Wallace. The JV team lost 56-12. Jake Lynch scored nine points fo...
WAITSBURG - Cheri Mathews scored 16 points, including six for twelve from the free throw line, and rebounded five. Audrey Kiefel had 15 points, nine for sixteen from the free throw line, seven rebounds, and six steals. Olivia Kiefel shot 57% from the free-throw line, had 18 rebounds, three assists, and finished with eight points. Kayla Kuykendall had four assists, and she and Emerson Underwood both had five rebounds and one point. Joslin Nodine contributed two points, and Yaneli scored one...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Middle School boys' basketball teams beat the Touchet Redhawks on Kison Court December 10. The B-squad team won their game 25-7. Andre Navarrette led the team with seven points and six rebounds. Able Creeley scored six points and had seven rebounds. Alex Weis and Hayden Gascon scored four points each, and Ryden Huxoll and Josh Dodd contributed with two points each. Dodd also recorded eight rebounds. The A-squad won their game against the Redhawks 27-16. Arrow Groom scored...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School's boys' basketball team was up 30-9 at halftime at Prescott on Monday, December 8. "I wish the game had ended after that," said Coach Wallace. "The first half, we played hard. We ran our stuff and had some genuinely good plays. After halftime, we played ugly and got lucky to get the win," he added. In the 66-45 win, JJ Gleason and Landen Henry scored 17 points each to lead the Cardinals in scoring. Also in double figures were Paco Kenney with 12 points and...
WAITSBURG - Jarod Hankins brought home a gold medal from the Dick Griswold Invitational wrestling tournament hosted at Potlatch High School on December 6. He placed first in the 190-pound division. Graycen Teal and Dylan Guiterez both went 0-2. On December 11, in Pomeroy, Graycen won his match, and teammates Guiterez and Hankins lost theirs. Hankins won four matches, lost two, and placed fourth at Liberty High School in Spangle, Wash., on December 13. Teal won two and lost two, while Guiterez...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School held its annual fall sports awards on December 4. Coach Vickie Hamann started the evening with awards for cheerleaders. Mattilynn Carter was awarded MVP (Most Valuable Performer), Hope Adkins received the Most Spirit Award, and Madison Strickland was named Most Improved. Other fall cheerleaders who lettered were Sarah Daves, Karissa Potts, Ava Childers, and Chloe McCaw. Hunter Wallace presented volleyball awards. Emma Hays was voted MVP, Cheri Mathews was named...
Waitsburg High School started December with three games in four days. On Wednesday, December 3, the Cardinals' varsity boys beat Prescott, the varsity girls lost to the Tigers, and the junior varsity (JV) boys lost to Walla Walla Valley Academy. On Friday, all three Cardinal teams fell to Pomeroy, and on Saturday at Garfield-Palouse, the Cardinals went home without a win. In the first game on the 3rd, the JV boys lost to the Knights 41-20. Camdyn Vories led the team with 10 points, Carsyn...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School winter sports began on Monday, November 17. The girls' and boys' basketball, cheer, and wrestling teams are looking forward to a good season. The Lady Cardinals have two returning starters, Cheri Mathews and Olivia Kiefel. Teammates are vying for playing time to fill the spots left by Alyssa Hollingsworth, Jessica Lambert, Morgan Lindsey, and Kadence Tiner, who graduated last year. Girl's Basketball Coaches Kira Waggoner and Hunter Wallace have three freshmen,...
WAITSURG - The Waitsburg Middle School's boys' basketball team lost to DeSales on Wednesday, November 12, in Waitsburg. The inexperienced B-squad team lost to a group of experienced Irish players 52-11. Highlights include Andre Navarrette, who hit a 3-point shot in the second quarter. Emerson Kiefel ended the game with four points, Abel Creeley and Myles Frasco scored two points each. The A-squad team had a good first quarter and only trailed by one, 11-10, against the Irish. At halftime, the...
WAITSBURG — The Wilbur-Creston-Keller (WCK) football team triumphed over the Waitsburg Cardinals on Friday, November 7, winning 64-26. “The season did not end the way we wanted it to, but usually only one team gets to finish the season on a win, and that’s the state championship team,” said Coach Gabe Kiefel. The Cardinals had a good week of practice and went into the game confident against last year’s 1B State Champions. “The first quarter was a killer for us,” said Kiefel. “We did not start making progress until our last possession of the fir...
WEDNESDAY - It was a Halloween night high school football game, and everything that could have gone wrong did. From not recovering an onside kick from Sunnyside Christian on the opening kickoff to a fumble on the one-yard line, the Waitsburg Cardinals struggled in the crossover game and lost 64-20. The highlights were Tucker Hamilton, who recovered a Knight's fumble, followed by the Cardinals scoring two quick touchdowns. "But then we hit a brick wall. We could not get momentum going," said...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Middle School boys basketball team started practice on October 27 in preparation for its November 12 game against DeSales in Walla Walla...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School's volleyball team won a set but lost the match against Colton on October 21 in Waitsburg. Before the match, senior Emma Hays' family joined her on the court as she was honored by the team and school. Hays got a kill in the loss: 20-25, 16-25, 26-24, and 16-25. Ellie Teal and Katy Allen led the team in serving. Teal recorded two blocks, and Cheri Mathew ended the match with one kill....
WAITSBURG —The Waitsburg High School football team scored more against the Pomeroy Pirates than any team this season. The Cardinals put 46 points up against a team that has only allowed 18 points by any other team so far this year. Despite the 80-46 loss at Pomeroy on October 17, the Cardinals played well. Landen Henry had four touchdown receptions among his 11 total catches for 296 yards. JJ Gleason ran the ball 16 times for a total of 141 yards rushing and three touchdowns. Gleason also had 21 completions out of 40 attempts for 434 yards. M...
WAITSBURG — Seven eighth graders played against the Touchet Redhawks in their last home game for Waitsburg Middle School on Wednesday, October 15. The Cardinals won the five-set match against Touchet. The A-squad played the first two sets and won 25-22, 25-10 and 25-12. The B-squad played the last two sets and won 25-11 and 25-15. Teammates Harlee Couston, Madison Potter, Lillian Carpenter, Laila Long, Tanna Ray, Kaitlyn Paul, and Audrey Kiefel finished their volleyball season on Tuesday, October 21 at Richland. Coach Savannah Castillo said s...
DAYTON — Dayton lost in three sets, 17-25, 13-25, and 13-25 to Pomeroy on Oct. 14. The Bulldogs were stuck on defense for much of the match and had a hard time getting the passes to their setter for attack. Kyla Thurston led with five kills, and Jersey Slack had five assists, while Marissa Tupling had 13 digs. “The girls were scrappy, and I was proud of their hustle. Pomeroy had a strong program, and we needed to show up with our best game to compete,” said Coach Deserie Jones. In Dayton, the Bulldogs avenged an earlier-season loss to the S...
WAITSBURG - Thirteen Waitsburg seniors were recognized before the start of the high school football game between the Cardinals and Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, October 11. Cardinal cheerleaders, football players, and their families lined the football field with posters and balloons. Cheerleaders Matti Carter, Sarah Daves, Hope Adkins, Karissa Potts, and football players Isa Reyes, Kyle Lindsey, Graycen Teal, Jarod Hankins, Brenton Segraves, Koyen Fortune, Martin Vasquez, Tucker Hamilton, and...
