Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Recent Waitsburg High graduate and baseball star Talen Larsen has been invited to travel to the Dominican Republic with WSU Baseball Coach Michael Naughton. Larsen will join 14 other players the week of July 28 to August 3. They will work with a small group of players, Dominican coaches and a Division I baseball coach, improving their skills. Along with practices and a series of games, the players will have regular workouts with Dominican players and hear college guest-coach lectures. The team will tour and play at Major League B...
WAITSBURG – Three Waitsburg High baseball players are currently playing summer baseball in Walla Walla. Recent graduate Talen Larsen is playing with the Walla Walla Bears this summer. The Bears are a 19-up independent travel team. They will have played 55 games from May through July. The team is coached by Brian Kitamura and is made up of college students and graduating high school seniors. Jacob Dunn and Kyle Gradwohl, who will both be juniors at WHS next year, are playing summer ball with the Walla Walla Bruins. The Bruins are a 17-up s...
Recent WHS graduate Kassidy Kuykendall (l) signed on to play basketball with Walla Walla University last month. Kuykendall is shown here in the locker room with Wolves coach Marnie Johnson....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School District is offering a free four-day kids basketball camp this week and next week. The Camp will be held at the Waitsburg High School gymnasium Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday. Ages and times are as follows: Kids entering 1st through 4th Grade 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Kids entering 5th through 8th Grade 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. There is no charge to participate. Camp T-shirts will be available to purchase for $15 each. For more information, contact Coach Jeff Bartlow at (509) 520-3971....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Kids' Football Camp was held May 30. "We had a great turn out with 49 kids from Waitsburg, Dayton, and Walla Walla," said new Waitsburg head football coach Troy Larsen. The future football players spent the morning going from station to station learning some fundamentals on the different offensive positions. They were coached by current WHS Cardinal players. After the position session, the kids were split into teams and competed against each other in...
CHENEY – Dayton High School senior Kaitlyn Andrews was her school's only representative to the state 2B track meet here over the weekend. But she had a stellar meet, snagging three second-place finishes and single-handedly giving Dayton an 8th-place finish in the girls' 2B Division, out of more than 40 teams competing. Andrews missed the top podium spot in the long jump by one-quarter inch, with a jump of 16 feet, 8 ¾ inches. Andrews' javelin throw of 122 feet, 6 inches, was ten feet s...
CHENEY – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' track team finished a strong sixth in the 2B Division at the Washington State track and field final meet at Eastern Washington University last weekend. Senior Kobie Brown lead his team with a 2nd place in the 300 meter hurdles and 5th in the 100 hurdles. Brown also anchored WP's 7th-place 4X400 meter relay team. Owen Lanning, also a senior, placed 4th in the triple jump, 5th in the long jump and 7th in the 110 meter hurdles. Lanning also competed in the 3...
AKIMA – In their second game in the state softball tournament Friday afternoon, the Dayton girls' softball team faced eventual champion Adna, and felt like they hit a brick wall. Adna scored six first-inning runs and went on to beat the Lady Bulldogs 13-0 in five innings. The Dayton girls got only four hits in that game, while pitchers Savannah McFarland and Madison Mings gave up a total of only eight hits. In their first game Friday morning, Dayton mounted a big comeback against Okanogan and p...
SPOKANE – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' track and field team captured a win at the 2B District 7/9 regional meet on Friday. WP ended the meet with 94 points, outscoring 17 other teams, including second-place Asotin, who had 92. "It was a big day and our kids stepped up big time," said WP track coach Jeff Bartlow. "We're having lots of success right now in track. It is exciting." Kobie Brown led the Cardinals with wins in both hurdles events (110 and 300 meters). Owen Lanning was second in all fou...
WP Boys’ Results Place Grade Name Time/Dist. 100 Meters - 2B - Finals 6. 10 Travis Crockett 11.76a 200 Meters - 2B - Finals 7. 10 Travis Crockett 24.64a 400 Meters - 2B - Finals 7. 12 Tyler Shafer 55.32a 8. 11 Tewedros McDowell 57.72a 3200 Meters - 2B - Finals 12. 12 Paulo Martinez 12:11.13a 13. 10 Skylar Wood 12:34.39a 110m Hurdles - 39” - 2B - Finals 1. 12 Kobie Brown 15.89a 2. 12 Owen Lanning 16.62a 6. 10 Landon Callas 18.72a 300m Hurdles - 36” - 2B - Finals 1. 12 Kobie Brown 41.52a 2. 12 Owen Lanning 42.29a 4. 10 Landon Callas 43.62a 4x100...
SPOKANE – Dayton's Kaitlyn Andrews won two events and took two seconds at the 2B District 7/9 regional meet here Friday. She led the Dayton girls' team to a tie for sixth place among 17 girls' teams. Andrews won the javelin and long jump events and was second in the 100 meters and triple jump. She qualified for state in all four events. Dayton's Angela Mascall also qualified for state with a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters. The state 2B championship meet begins Thursday in C...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg-Prescott Spring Sports Awards were held May 19 at Prescott High School. Award recipients were as follows: Baseball: Most Inspirational: Jacob Dunn Most Improved: Chance Leroue Most Valuable Player: Kyle Gradwohl District 9 All-League: Kyle Gradwohl, Jacob Dunn District 9 Honorable Mention: Talen Larsen Softball: Most Inspirational: Hannah Grant Most Improved: Jocelyn Granados Most Valuable Player (Defense): Paige Wood Most Valuable Player (Offense): Hannah Grant District 9 First Team All Conference: Hannah Grant, Paige...
SPOKANE – The Dayton girls' softball team won their first two games at the 2B District 7/9 regional tournament here Saturday, which qualified them for this week's state tournament. In the championship game however, the Lady Bulldogs fell to DeSales. "The girls had a great day at the regional tournament," said Dayton assistant coach Desirae Jones. "Winning game one against Mary Walker cinched a state berth for us. Winning game two (over NW Christian) was icing on the cake." Dayton prevailed, 1...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys won the Southeast District 9 track championship here on May 13. WP outscored a strong Asotin team, 191-148. "We had not won it two years in a row and it was a sweet win," said WP track coach Jeff Bartlow. "Kids got all excited about it. Everyone contributed and we will be sending 15 boys and one girl on to the Regionals next Friday in Spokane." Seniors Kobie Brown and Owen Lanning racked up big points in their events. Brown won the 110 and 300 meter h...
WALLA WALLA – Dayton senior Kaitlyn Andrews won all four of her events at the S.E. District 9 finals held here on May 13. In the 100 meters, Andrews led a strong Dayton field, with Bulldogs taking three of the top four positions. Angela Mascall was second and Carissa Price took fourth. All three had times under 14 seconds. Andrews also won the javelin, with a throw of 117 feet, five inches. Andrews, Mascall and Price will move on to the District 7//9 regional meet, Friday at Central Valley H...
WP Boys’ Results Place Grade Name Time/Dist. 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals 2. 10 Travis Crockett 11.75a 5. 10 Joe Leamy 12.58a 9. 11 Resean Crockett 12.84a 10. 11 Kenny Miles 12.97a 11. 11 Alex Pietrzyk 13.14a 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals 1. 10 Travis Crockett 23.97a 5. 10 Joe Leamy 26.05a 7. 11 Resean Crockett 26.21a 8. 11 Kenny Miles 27.26a 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals 2. 12 Tyler Shafer 55.58a 3. 11 T. McDowell 56.08a 4. 10 Marquez Randol 59.08a 7. 11 Alex Pietrzyk 1:00.86a 8. 10 Devin Newman 1:03.39a 10. 11 Kenny Miles 1:05.66a 800 M...
DAYTON – The Dayton High softball team advanced to the Southeast 2B district tournament with a big win here over the WP Lady Tigers on May 12. The Tigers' loss ended their season. Dayton pitcher Megan Robins gave up only one WP hit, while striking out 10. The Lady Bulldogs scored seven runs in the first three innings and then eight in the fourth. The game ended on the mercy rule after the top of the fifth. For Dayton, senior Sarah Phillips had four hits and two RBIs. She also had four stolen bas...
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton Bulldogs' softball team had an easy time with Asotin Saturday in the first round of the Southeast District 9 tournament, beating the Panthers 11-1. Sarah Phillips had her second consecutive four-hit game for Dayton, as she scored three times and scored two bases. Samii Bledsoe added two hits and three RBIs. Dayton had a total of 13 hits on the day. Pitcher Megan Robins struck out 10 Asotin Batters, as the Lady Bulldogs moved on to round two against DeSales. Dayton 102 1...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' track team took a convincing win in the regular season's final meet at Martin Field in Walla Walla on May 6. The Cardinals easily out-pointed perennial favorite Asotin, 199-136. But Asotin didn't bring their full team to the meet, according to WP track coach Jeff Bartlow. "This week it will be much different as we will be competing in District [District 9 Finals meet on Wednesday] and the entire Asotin team will be there," Bartlow said. He said that, si...
WALLA WALLA – Without their lead point-scorer, Kaitlyn Andrews, who missed the meet, the Dayton Girls’ Track team scored an impressive third place tie out of six teams at the District 9 meet in Walla Walla last week. Their point total of 64 tied Garfield Palouse, and trailed winner Asotin and runner up DeSales. Dayton junior Angela Mascall won the 100 meter race, with teammate Carissa Price finishing third. Mascall was also second in the 200 meters. The Bulldog 4x100 relay team finished third. The team included Carissa and Kianna Price, Ale...
DAYTON – Dayton sophomore Sidney Andrews has been invited to play in the Washington/North Idaho All-State Girls' Basketball Game, which will be held June 20 in Liberty Lake, east of Spokane. Andrews was chosen for the B East Team, based on her performance this year leading the Dayton girls' basketball team to the final eight in the state playoffs. The All-State games will be held at the Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake. Practices will be held in the morning, and the B West vs. B East game w...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team hosted Garfield-Palouse on May 6, and limited the Viking offense to one run, winning 4-1. Defensive miscues allowed Gar-Pal to pick up a quick first-inning run, but pitcher Talen Larsen then held G-P scoreless through the sixth, giving up just five hits. Chance Leroue closed out the game on the mound. The Tigers had five errors in the game. "Despite some early struggles defensively we were able to hang in there and get it done," said WP Coach D...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott girls' softball team dropped two one-run games to Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, 17-16 and 9-8. In Game 1, the Lady Tigers jumped on the Vikings with 12 runs in the first inning and four more in the second. But it wouldn't be enough, as Gar-Pal fought back, taking the lead with six runs in the seventh inning. For the game, WP had 18 hits and gave up 15. Kassidy Kuykendall and Hannah Grant each had three hits. But the Lady Tigers committed seven errors to help o...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team dropped two games at home on Thursday to Tri-Cities Prep, 7-6 and 3-1. They followed a win against Riverside on April 28, 16-1. In game one Thursday, the cardinals were trailing 6-2 going into the seventh and final regulation inning. A four-run rally tied the score and sent the game into extra innings. TCP scored a lone run in eighth, and took the victory, 7-6. The bottom of the 7th was highlighted with a double by Devin Acevedo, a 2 RBI single b...
