Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Organizers of the Tour of Walla Walla bicycle race report that more than 500 riders will compete this year. The first stage is set to begin Friday afternoon, with Pro 1 and 2 men starting their 64 mile race at 3:45 p.m. Riders will climb the Middle Waitsburg Road hill and head south before turning onto Ferris Road and then heading north on Lower Waitsburg Road. After a short stint on Highway 124, the course heads east on Bolles road, returning to downtown Waitsburg. The Pro 1 a...
WP Boys 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals 1. James Thompkins 11.37a 8. Alex Dill 12.58a 9. Kobie Brown 12.87a 13. Luke Alexenko 12.99a 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals 4. Brendan Donovan 25.30a 5. Alex Dill 25.55a 8. DJ Leroue 27.43a 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals 5. Dalton LaRue 57.32a 6. Kobie Brown 57.35a 7. Tebo Martinelle 59.24a 8. Jada Alfred 59.29a 9. DJ Leroue 1:00.24a 10. Kevin Aquino 1:00.53a 11. Jessie Rawson 1:02.14a 13. Zac Brown 1:04.84a 14. Kevin Kamel 1:04.86a 15. Brandon Penner 1:07.25a 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals 1. James Thompkins...
Dayton Boys 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals 20. Andrew Mendoza 13.49 23. Tyler Cooper 13.62 25. Brian Mascall 13.68 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals Tyler Abramson NT 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals 8. Brian Mascall 1:02.82 Tim Ihle NT 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals 11. Levi Laib 2:24.73 19. Tyler Abramson 2:39.28 1600 Meters - Varsity - Finals 20. Brian Mascall 5:37.02 3200 Meters - Varsity - Finals 13. Tim Ihle 13:08.04 Brian Mascall NT Shot Put - 12lb - Varsity - Finals 19. Andrew Mendoza 30-09.00 34. Tyler Cooper 25-05.75 Discus - 1.6kg - Varsity -...
PASCO - Three WP athletes qualified for the Pasco Invite on Saturday and each did well in competition, setting new personal records and earning a place on the podium. The meet included only the top athletes from 4A schools on down. Out of more than 60 teams competing from throughout the northwest, only nine were from "B" schools. "I was really happy with our results and the kids should be proud of themselves," WP track and field coach Jeff Bartlow said. Sprinter James Thompkins competed in the 100 meter dash and ran it in 11.49 seco...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg-Prescott Tigers dropped a solo affair Tuesday afternoon-the Tigers first game in over two weeks-11-1 to Mac-Hi of Milton-Freewater, Ore. The Tiger loss was only its third of the season, and first by a 10-run margin. WP starter Dalton Estes set the Pioneers down in order in the first inning, but gave up two runs in the second on a 2-RBI single by Mac-Hi second baseman Blake Yensen. WP narrowed the gap to one run in the third. Centerfielder Nolen Allen and second baseman Kyle Dozier led off the inning with b...
PRESCOTT – It was more than a decade ago, but James Thompkins remembers the night like it was yesterday. He was only six, the youngest of six siblings. They lived with their mother in a crammed high-rise apartment on the west side of Chicago. He woke up in the small hours that day when she opened the door for his uncle, who stumbled in with a fresh gunshot wound in his leg. From that moment on, he remembers how trauma and drama were a constant part of his life. The Thompkins were always mo...
Fun, frugal family activities that require minimal advance preparation are difficult to come by. Geocaching meets those requirements and more. My son received a GPS for Christmas two years ago and we've been hooked ever since. The Touchet Valley is filled with hundreds of caches requiring nothing more than a GPS to find, though a GPS enabled smart phone will get you by in a pinch. Not only will geocaching get you off the couch and into the great outdoors, it's gratifying and educational as...
WAITSBURG - Fresh from a preseason loss against the Idaho Matadors and the loss of their best running back, the Waitsburg Elite face the high-ranking Spo- kane Wolf Pack in their regu- lar season opener at Cardinal Field Saturday. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. "It will be interesting to see what they bring," team owner and quarterback George Martinez said about the Elite's first opponent of the season. The Elite went down 32-7 against the Matadors on Easter weekend, March 30, a game that drew 225 to the...
The Carnival of Speed at Milton- Freewater's McLaughlin High Friday featured nearly 1,000 athletes from more than 20 schools in northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington. WP's James Thompkins swept the sprint events, winning the 100, 200 and 400 meter finals. The only disappointment for Thompkins thisdaycameinthe4x100 relay. He anchored a WP squad that finished fourth. Deal was the dominant male distance runner at the event, winning the 1500 and 3000 meter races. WP fielded a large co...
DAYTON - Chalk up another accolade for one of Dayton's most decorated denizen of the hardwoods. All-league-every-sport star McKayla Bickelhaupt capped her senior basketball season by being selected to play in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association (WSGBCA) all-state game in SeaTac on March 23. The game, held at Seattle Christian High School, pitted the best of the 1B girls against the best distaff B-ballers from the 2B ranks. Bickelhaupt made the most of the opportunity,...
COLTON - The Dayton Bulldogs pulled off their third win of the season in the second game of a doubleheader against the Colton Wildcats on Tuesday. The boys lost their first game against the Wildcats 10-0, but came to life in the fifth inning of their second game against the non-league opponent on a triple from Lowden Smith that scored him and batters Spencer Conwell and Guy Spallinger. The team kept loading the bases with singles and scored three more times to win their second game against Colton 6-3. "We had a lot of timely hits from...
COLTON - The Bulldogs softball team suffered its first losses of the season, going down 10-7 in the first and 3-7 in the second of its spring break doubleheader against Colton Tuesday. "They (Colton Wildcats) got their big opportunity hits when they needed them and we didn't," assistant coach Des Jones said on the way home to Dayton. In the first game, the Lady Dogs out hit the Wildcats 12-8, but couldn't capitalize as well on its superior batting average. Dayton went into the bottom of the t...
WP Boys Results 100 Meters - Varsity 1. James Thompkins 11.48a 6. Brendan Donovan 12.23a 9. Alex Dill 12.55a 12. Luke Alexenko 12.75a 20. Cory Brownlee 12.97a 27. Dalton LaRue 13.17a 22. Kevin Aquino 13.00 30. Trenton Kitselman 13.42a 39. Brandon Penner 13.80 42. Stuart Walsh 14.10a 200 Meters - Varsity 1. James Thompkins 23.21a 16. Kevin Aquino 26.53a 25. Jada Alfred 28.21a 29. Brandon Penner 28.78a 400 Meters - Varsity 1. James Thompkins 52.76a 5. Dalton LaRue 57.50a 6. Kobie Brown 57.60a 9. Kevin Aquino 59.50a 10. Jada Alfred 59.64a 12. DJ...
"You are coming to our game aren't you?" "Huh? What? A game? When?" I asked absent- mindedly. I was multi-tasking- taking attendance, trying to settle down the class, running down the agenda of junior Honors English that day. Now I was trying to take part in a conversation. Never a good idea. "Tuesday," one of the five softballers in my class answered. "Uhhh, I'll have to check my schedule," I thought about the stack of essays I hadn't graded yet. My belly twinged again with time-away-from-fam...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott hardballers earned a split with Tri-Cities Prep here Saturday on the springiest day of the spring sports season. The 70-degree sunlight didn't help WP in its first game as the Tigers tumbled to a disappointing 6-2 loss. WP rebounded in the afternoon affair, taking the high-scoring second half of the twinbill, 14-9. Prep starter Isaac Nelson held the WP offense in check for most of game one. Nelson fanned five through the first three innings while allowing just one hit. Nelson finished with eight Ks and seven...
ASOTIN - The Dayton Bulldogs baseball team struggled Saturday, losing both ends of a double-header to the Asotin Panthers. The inexperienced bulldogs were shut out in first game, 10-0, as Asotin's pitchers combined for a two-hitter. Lowden Smith and Logan Hays had the teams only hits. Smith pitched a complete game, but the bulldogs gave up 10 runs to the Panthers, while committing 12 errors. In the second game, the Bulldogs scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but ended up with a...
ASOTIN - Dayton's softball team is off to a strong start after taking two victories against Asotin in Saturday's double-header. In the first game, the bulldogs rode a four-run second inning to edge the Lady Panthers 6-5. Pitcher Sam Harting gave up five runs on three hits, with the Dayton girls committing three errors. The Lady Bulldogs had six runs on six hits, with Courtney Mings collecting two hits and Sarah Phillips, Jessica Tate, Lexus Ward and Kellie Moore, each with one. In the second game, Dayton came out strong, scoring three...
DAYTON - This year's relatively clear weather didn't hold up for the Waitsburg-Prescott track and field team, leaving students in the cold twice last week. The meet scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 was rescheduled for Friday, March 29 due to inclement weather but the rescheduled meet had an equally cold reception. Head coach Jeff Bartlow said the event was unforgettable and a moment many students will remember for the rest of their lives. During the meet, snow started to fall and during the boys 3200 and the boys and girls 4x400 relays th...
DAYTON - Dayton's small and young track and field team headed to its first event of the season and was greeted by flurries of excitement, snow flurries that is. The meet was originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 but had to be rescheduled to Friday, March 22 due to inclement weather. Friday's weather wasn't much warmer, when flurries picked up during the boys 3200 race. The snow caused runners in the boys and girls 4x400 to be nearly invisible as they headed down the back stretch, head coach Dan Nechodom said. "The meet will be memorable...
TOUCHET -- The Waitsburg Prescott girls softball team struggled with consistency in a tough game against the Touchet Indians Tuesday evening, falling 13-3 in five innings. The team started strong, bringing the second batter around for the first run of the game but the girls couldn't keep up with Touchet's tough team. Head coach Angie Potts said the team struggled with consistency during the non- league game. "It makes (the game) a lot harder when you don't play the way you can play," Potts sai...
Basketball, football and baseball fans in the Touchet Valley may be wondering what happened to former Cardinals head basketball coach T.J. Scott. Scott, who stepped down from his part-time coaching and teaching positions in the area last summer, reports he is alive and well in a remote part of southeast Alaska where he just took a team of Tsimshian Indian high school basketball players to the state title game. The Annette Island Chiefs, who hail from a community 15 miles by floatplane or ferry...
TOUCHET -- The Waitsburg Prescott boys baseball team took down the Touchet Indians Tuesday night 10-5 after a tough game with several big hits and close calls. The WP boys opened strong with three runs in the first inning to Touchet's two. In the second inning, neither team scored. In the third, WP brought two runs around, pulling ahead against Touchet's one run in the third. As the score gap widened, play intensified with big hits from both teams to the fence and beyond testing o...
TOUCHET - The Day- ton baseball team struggled and fell against the Touchet Indians, losing 4-1 Tuesday night. The Bulldogs had a fight- ing chance until late in the game when the Indians ran away with the score. The Bulldogs brought their first runner in during the fifth in- ning, tying the score up 1-1. Later, an error in the outfield allowed two runs to come around for the Indians and put the Bulldogs behind. "We made some mistakes there and they turned a single into a home run," head coach S...
PRESCOTT - The Lady Tigers' offense gave rise to hope for the season, but its defense left much to be desired in Tuesday night's face-off against the Weston- McEwen Tigerscots, head coach Angie Potts said. "We hit the ball better," she said in an interview after the game, which WP lost 20-7. "That was definitely a bright spot. But a game like this doesn't build confi- dence." Although it was a non- league matchup against the team from Oregon, Potts said her players are on notice that they have t...
1 Meters - Varsity - 33. Alex Dill 12.65a 39. DJ Leroue 12.71a 100 Meters - Frosh/Soph 7. Luke Alexenko 12.62a 200 Meters - Varsity 33. Alex Dill 25.75a 400 Meters - Varsity 32. Dalton LaRue 1:02.47a 34. Kevin Aquino 1:04.59a 400 Meters - Frosh/Soph 13. Jada Alfred 1:05.95a 800 Meters - Varsity 30. Zac Brown 2:31.46a 800 Meters - Frosh/Soph 4. Tewedros McDowell2:15.10a 1600 Meters - Varsity 5. Seth Deal 4:36.56a 1600 Meters - Frosh/Soph 17. Tebo Martinelle 5:13.41a 30. Jacob Dingfield 5:29.32a 3200 Meters - Varsity 6. Seth Deal 10:17.02a...
