Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA – Several local ladies received honors at a February awards ceremony in Walla Walla for the District 9 National Barrel Horse Association 2015 championships. The NBHA, based in Augusta, Georgia, has over 23,000 members and offers sanctioned barrel races for men, women, and youth throughout the U. S. and in twelve countries. Washington State's District 9 includes Walla Walla and Columbia Counties. Below are the 2015 District 9 winners. Division One champion is Angela Adams with 74 p...
WAITSBURG – Coach Jeff Bartlow says he is very optimistic about the strong performances he expects from his track and field athletes this year. "We should have a great team this year," he said. "I expect to win some meets, and to send a lot of these kids to state." As of this writing, the Waitsburg track roster includes 21 boys and five girls. The team includes one athlete each from Prescott and Jubilee Academy – both boys – and the rest from Waitsburg. Travis Crockett, a junior and veter...
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Ball Fields at Waitsburg Fairgrounds should be ready for LL play by next weekAITSBURG – Touchet Valley Little League gears up for a new season with some exciting changes. A new set of fields in Waitsburg and the addition of a Prescott team to the league mean more and better competition for the 2016 season. The new Waitsburg Little League field complex, located on the fairgrounds racetrack infield, is under construction and should be ready for players by next week. The set of four adjoining f...
YAKIMA – For the second year in a row, the Dayton girls' basketball team was knocked out of the state tournament in the round of sixteen, after a 58-44 loss to Mabton here Friday. A win would have sent the team to the Hardwood Classic tournament in Spokane next weekend. The Lady Bulldogs' defense couldn't slow down Mabton's outside game, as the Vikings sank 11 three-point shots in the game, accounting for more than half their points. The Dayton girls led 18-16 after the first quarter, but a 2...
Cheerleading Most Improved: Jade Alleman Most Inspirational: Bailey Adams Most Valuable Player: Timber Frohreich Wrestling Most Improved: Jason Just Most Inspirational: Carlos Norris Most Valuable Player: Carlos Norris Girls Basketball Miss Defense: Tayler Jones Miss Offense: Lexi Brannock Most Improved: Mackenzie Forney Most Inspirational: Chloe Pearson Most Valuable Player: Devon Harshman Miss Graceful: Chloe Pearson Boys Basketball Mr. Defense: Landon Callas Mr. Offense: Kyle Gradwohl Coach’s Award: Mark Montgomery Most Improved: Trey P...
DAYTON - The CCHS Heart & Sole Run/Walk drew a good crowd to Dayton's Flour Mill Park on Saturday morning in spite of windy, rainy weather. CCHS Dietary Manager Tammy Jo Faughtenberry said 64 walkers, about 10 dogs, and five strollers turned out for the event. Participants ranged in age from infant to mid 70's. "What a gem Dayton has with its beautiful dike along the river with beautiful scenery. The runners and walkers were all smiles as they got their hearts pumping," Faughtenberry said....
WAITSBURG - The Preston Hall Middle school girls' basketball team finished their season on Feb. 23 with both A-Team (38-12) and B-team (14-12) wins against Assumption at DeSales. Another highlight was the A-team's 26-18 win over Prescott on Mon., Feb. 22 in Prescott, according to Coach Karen Huwe. The following players received awards at the season-end get-together on Thurs., Feb. 25. Kiley Curran, Best Defensive Player, B-Team; Kirsten Miller, Best Defensive Player, A-Team; Kailyn Lewis,...
Boys Basketball Most Valuable: Travis Crockett Most Valuable: Jose Gonzalez Most Inspirational: Jose Iglesias Most Improved: Kenny Miles All-League Boys Basketball Jose Gonzales Travis Crockett Fernando Lopez Girls Basketball Most Valuable: Briseida Ayala Most Inspirational: Leidy Rosales Most Improved: Sonya Crispin Cheerleading Most Valuable: Kalijha Bicknell Most Inspirational: Kalijha Bicknell Most Improved: Maribel Mendoza...
SPOKANE – The Dayton girls' basketball team earned a trip to the state tournament over the weekend with two wins at the District tournament here. The victories gave Dayton the third seed coming out of Districts. On Friday night, the Lady Bulldogs took on a Lind-Ritzville-Sprague team that beat them earlier this year, and looked to be headed to defeat again. Struggling to get anything going on offense, the Dayton team trailed 20-14 at the half, and was still down by six, 29-23, after three q...
WAITSBURG – Fans lined both sides of Main Street as a police escort led four Waitsburg grapplers out of town on their way to the Tacoma Dome to compete in the 2014 State Mat Classic 28 wrestling tournament last weekend. Waitsburg senior Tristan Newman made his fourth consecutive trip to the State meet and earned third place on the podium, a step up from the fourth-place spot he won in 2014. Newman had a bye his first round, then wrestled Alex Horn of North Beach in his first match, pinning h...
DAYTON – In a low-scoring defensive battle, the Dayton girls' basketball team fell to the St. George's Dragons Monday afternoon, 38-30. Despite the loss, the Lady Bulldogs are guaranteed to play twice this weekend. On Friday at 3:15, Dayton will face Lind-Ritzville-Sprague at Mead High School in Spokane. Win or lose, they will play again Saturday at Mead. On Monday, the Lady 'Dogs played evenly with the Dragons in the first half. With less than a minute to play before the break, the score was t...
DAYTON 46, WWVA 34 DAYTON – The Dayton girls’ basketball team hosted Walla Walla Valley Academy on Feb. 9, in the first round of the District 9 sub-regional playoffs, and coasted to a 46-34 win. The victory set up a Friday rematch with co-league champion DeSales. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 15-7 lead after the first quarter, and held on to lead 19-17 at the half, before going on an 18-4 run in the third quarter. For the game, Jenna Phillips lead her team with 16 points, including a three-p...
REARDAN – The WHS wrestling team took four wrestlers to the Regional meet in Reardan on Sat., Feb. 23, and all four advanced to the State tournament in Tacoma to take place Feb. 19 and 20. "That is the most wrestlers we have taken to state in the five years we have had the wrestling program. Both Chad (assistant Coach Chad Adams) and I are extremely pleased with how our wrestlers performed today," said Head Coach Lanny Adams following the meet. David Lewis (113 lbs.) took a bye in round one a...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg boys' basketball team came up short twice last week and was knocked out of the SE District 9 sub-regional playoffs, with losses to Asotin Tuesday and Walla Walla Valley Academy Friday night. Against WWVA, in the DeSales gym, the Cardinals trailed early and were unable to mount a rally, losing 48-33. Waitsburg trailed after a low-scoring first quarter, 9-5, and were down 24-17 at the half. For the game, Kyle Gradwohl led the Cardinals with 12 points, including a t...
LA GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon University head football coach Tim Camp named Zach Bartlow as Offensive Player of the Year for the 2015 season, at a postseason banquet on Jan. 30. Zach is the son of Jeff and Lori Bartlow and is majoring in Business and Accounting at EOU. In 2013 Bartlow played six games and was named Academic All-Conference. In 2014 the scholar-athlete was key quarterback for the team that finished the season with a ranking of 15 in the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg and Dayton traded leads through three quarters in their matchup here Friday night, before the Cardinals went on a 13-0 run in the fourth to pull out a 59-45 win. The loss ended Dayton's season with a 4-8 record in the SE 2B District 9 league and a 6-14 overall record. The Cardinals ended the regular season with the fourth seed, going into the league tournament. They sport a 6-6 league record, 11-9 overall. The Cardinals trailed Dayton 23-20 at halftime and moved into a 3...
SPANGLE - Waitsburg earned fourth place at the 2B sub-regional championships at Liberty High School on Sat. Feb. 6. Tristan Newman and Carlos Norris took titles as district champs and David Lewis earned second place standing. Former state contender Tristan Newman (285) pinned Trevin Kennedy (Col) in 41 seconds. He then won against Karl Hawks (LRS) by medical default. Tristan advances to the Regional tournament as the number one seed. Eight graders Carlos Norris and David Lewis faced off in the...
WAITSBURG – The Dayton girls breezed to a 58-29 win over Waitsburg here Friday night, ending their regular season as co-league champions, along with DeSales, with an 11-1 record. After pulling out to a 20-10 lead in the first quarter, the Bulldogs blew away the Cardinals in the second, outscoring them 27-3, to take a 47-13 halftime lead. Dayton's second string held on for the win in the second half. Waitsburg ended its season season with a 4-16 record, while Dayton moves on to the playoffs t...
WAITSBURG – The Prescott Tiger boys overcame a 24-19 halftime deficit to overpower Waitsburg in the second half and take a league win on Feb. 2, 58-53. The Tigers outscored the Cardinals 21-12 in the third quarter and held on for the victory. A torrid Jose Gonzales had 30 points for Prescott, while teammate Travis Crockett added 16. Jacob Dunn led the Cardinals with 17 points. Jason Carter had 12 and Kyle Gradwohl had 11. Waits 12 12 12 17- 53 Prescott 8 11 21 18- 58 WAITSBURG (53) - Potts 0 0...
WAITSBURG – Members of the Combine Exploratory Committee from both Dayton and Waitsburg expressed strong support for a Waitsburg-Dayton football combine at a well-attended joint work session of both school boards at the Waitsburg Elementary School library on January 27. After listening to a detailed list of suggestions about how the combine should work from the exploratory committee, Dayton school board chair Dan Butler got to the heart of the matter. "I would really like a review of what are t...
Waitsburg 54, TCP 46 PASCO – Waitsburg boys went on the road Saturday night and took a victory from Tri-Cities Prep, 54-46. At press time, the Cardinals were 10-8 overall and 5-5 in SE 2B League play. The Cardinals had a balanced offensive attack, with four starters scoring in double figures. Kyle Gradwohl led his team with 14 points, including three 3-pointers. Jacob Dunn had 13 points, Landon Callas had 12, including two treys, and Jason Carter scored 11. Dunn also pulled down 11 rebounds. C...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Cardinal wrestling team traveled to Ritzville on Sat., Jan. 26 for a non-league match, then to Pomeroy on Sat., Jan. 30, for the final league meet of the season. Ritzville Mix & Match At the Ritzville non-league Mix & Match tournament the Cardinals faced off against Ritzville, Pomeroy, Almira-Coulee-Hartline, and Moses Lake. Both Dejay Lalka and Tristan Newman walked away with wins. Heavyweight Tristan Newman (285) won both of his matches, pinning Joe Benedict (LRS) in 1:02 in match one and pinning Tucker Guiles (...
WAITSBURG – The Lady Cards fell hard to the DeSales Irish in a home court league match on Tues., Jan. 26. The Irish took the win 63-21. Waitsburg made 11 points to DeSales 18 in the first quarter but lost steam as the game progressed. The Cards scored six points in quarter three and two each in quarters three and four. The Irish scored 27 points in the second quarter, added 11 in quarter three, and seven in the final quarter. DeSales senior Emily Baumgart earned nearly half the Irish score w...
Dayton 47, WWVA 35 COLLEGE PLACE – The Dayton Girls played a solid game and easily coasted past Walla Walla Valley Academy on Jan. 26, taking a victory on the road, 47-35. The Lady Bulldogs took a 22-18 lead into halftime and then extended it to 30-22 after three. For the game, Shayla Currin had a double-double for Dayton, with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Madison Mings added 11 points, including two three-point shots. Jenna Phillips had 10 points, along with three assists. Dayton 10 12 8 17 — 47 WWVA 8 10 4 13 — 35 Dayton (47) — Phillip...
