Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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SUNNYSIDE - The Dayton Bulldogs took an early lead after scoring a touchdown on their opening drive against Sunnyside Christian Friday night. But their defensive woes continued, as the Knights rolled to a 76-20 victory. Dayton's Ben Kleck scored all three Dayton TDs. On that opening drive, quarterback Cal Martin connected with Kleck for a 35-yard touchdown pass. Later, Kleck scored on a 73-yard touchdown run and teamed with Martin again on a 66-yard touchdown pass. Dayton Coach Jerry Dedloff say...
DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs took down the Lady Cards in three sets in a home court league match on Oct. 7. Outstanding serves and a strong offense won the sets 25-15, 25-13 and 25- 19 for the Bulldogs and improved their standings to 3-0 in league play and 9-3, overall. Dayton's Mia Becker served a solid 21/21. Following close behind with near-perfect serves were Lexi Ramirez 10/11, Sarah Phillips 6/7, Madison Mings 10/11, Jenna Phillips 5/6 and Josilyn Fullerton 15/16. Josilyn Fullerton and...
BURBANK - The Waitsburg-Prescott football team played three solid quarters Friday night but had to hold on at the end to beat Columbia-Burbank, 26-23. The win puts the Cardinals' season record at 4-2, and marks the end of their no-league schedule. "I felt we played our best three quarters of football as a team but could not seem to finish," said WP coach Jeff Bartlow. "Four turnovers and 91 yards in penalties hurt us and cost us at least two TD's in the second half." The Cardinals jumped out to...
DAYTON - Dayton maintained their 2-0 league status by dunking the Asotin Pirates in a quick three sets during an Oct. 2 home game. The Lady 'Dawgs are serving up a promising season, standing 8-3, overall. Coach Shannon Turner said the team dominated the first two sets playing focused, consistent sets. "We let the third set get ugly by loosing focus and getting anxious for the match to end," she said. But the Bulldogs pulled it together wrapping up three sets, 25-13, 25-6 and 25-19. The Bulldogs dished out yet another strong night on the...
PASCO -WP Cross Country coach Dan Nechedom said he was pleased with the team's performance on what he calls a deceptively tough course at the Oct. 4 Pasco Bulldog XC Invite. "I was pleased with performances, and I think they were, too. We're watching a few little injuries and bugaboos as the mileage and strength training stack up again this week, but I think they're doing well and enjoying their progress," said Nechedom. Emily Adams placed third in the small schools women's race with a time of 2...
DAYTON - Dayton's Ben Kleck scored two long touchdowns and the Bulldog defense came out strong early, but it wasn't enough to stop a dominant Pomeroy Pirate team. The Pirates rolled to a 58-12 win here Friday night. "We probably played our best first half of football so far this year," said Dayton Coach Jerry Dedloff. "We're improving in some aspects of the game and struggling in others." Ben Kleck scored both Bulldog touchdowns, including a 70-yard pass reception in the second quarter. For the...
DAYTON - The Bulldogs volleyball team took down Tri-Cities Prep, the defending league champions, in a quick three sets at an away game on Sept. 30. "We played tough and we were on top of our game !" said Coach Shannon Turner. Lexie Ramirez (17/17), Sarah Phillips (12/12), Josilyn Fullerton (5/5) and Taylor Frame (1/1) cranked out perfect play on the serving line, followed closely by Jenna Phillips with 12/13, Madison Mings with 5 for 7. Madison Mings dished out 8 kills and 10 digs and Sarah...
WAITSBURG - WP fought hard in a Sept. 30 away game against WWVA, but dropped the league game in three close matches. Set scores were 23- 25, 21-25, and 20-25. The Lady 'Cards struggled more against Tri Cities Prep in a home court league match on Oct. 2, falling in three sets, 16-25, 12-25 and 14-25. Stat leaders for WWVA were: Athziry Amezcua with 7 digs, Jaidyn Brown with 3 kills, Kassidy Kuykendall with 8 assists, Paige Wood with 8 kills, 6 digs, 4 aces, Samantha Fedderson with 8 kills, 5...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg-Prescott came out of Friday night's game against Kiona-Benton with a crucial win, hanging on to beat the Bears, 38-26. After two tough losses the past two weeks, the Cardinals were happy to come away with a solid victory. The game started off sloppily for the Cardinals, as quarterback Jacob Dunn threw three interceptions and fumbled once. Dunn turned his game around though, and Coach Jeff Bartlow gave him credit. "It was nice to see Jacob come back from looking like a...
RICHLAND - The WP Cross-country team traveled to Richland for a D9 League meet at Johnson Park on Wed. Sept. 24 then to the Inland Empire Klassic meet at Lewiston Orchards on Sat., Sept. 27. Both WP female runners walked away with ribbons at the 5,000 meter Richland meet. Sophomore Emily Adams took first in the women's race, crossing the finish at 21:14.53, a full minute ahead of second place St. John-Endicott runner Shania Bailey at 22:29.28. New WP racer, freshman Perla Xolio ran her first...
WAITSBURG - WP kicked off league play in Asotin with a four-set win against the Pirates on Sept. 23. Set scores were 25-13, 24-26, 25-11, 25-13. Stat leaders were Kassidy Kuykendall with 15 assists, Paige Wood with 10 kills, 2 blocks and 9 digs, Samantha Fedderson with 5 kills, 5 blocks, 10 digs and 4 aces and Jaidyn Brown with 3 kills and 2 aces. "I'm really happy with how the girls played. We let up in the second set but came back to play strong and finish the way we needed to," said Coach...
WALLA WALLA - The Lady 'Dawgs took down the DeSales Irish on the Irish court on Sept. 23. DeSales took the first match, but the Bulldogs recovered to win the next three. Match scores were 18-25, 25-16, 25-23 and 25-20. Bryeana Myrick and Jenna Phillips lead the team in kills. Myrick had nine kills and added three blocks, Phillips scored 12 kills and lead the team with 21 digs. Josilyn Fullerton added two blocks, three kills and 11 digs. Madison Mings dished out four kills, two blocks, three...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg-Prescott soccer team hosted Liberty Christian of Spokane last week, and handed the visitors a big shutout, 11-0. For the game, six Tigers scored goals, including Ernesto Valdovinos with a hat trick. Ricardo Flores and Ivan Figueroa each scored two goals. Luis Garcia, Christian Cano and Trey Potts scored one goal each. Valley Christian also had an own goal. The Tigers were to play a home and away series this week with the Mac-Hi Pioneers, before heading to Spokane to...
So you say you want to learn to be a more humble person? May I suggest publishing a newspaper? Everyone makes mistakes of course, but ours are printed in permanent ink - more than a thousand times. The closest we can come to fixing our printed mistakes is a mea culpa like this. Last week in the Times sports section I called the Waitsburg-Prescott soccer team the "Pirates" - in a headline and several times in the short article that followed. I knew full well that they are the Tigers, but it was...
HEPPNER, Ore. - The Waitsburg-Prescott football team was no match for the Heppner Mustangs on Friday, as the Cardinals took a big loss, 45-7. After running back/ linebacker Chance Leroue went out with a knee injury (which he also injured the week before) in the first quarter, Heppner scored 31 unanswered points in the second quarter and took a 38-0 lead into halftime. WP starters Owen Lanning and Danny Stansell also went out in the second quarter with injuries. WP Coach Jeff Bartlow said that...
CLARKSTON - WP X-C runners raced the 3 mile Seaport Invite at Clarkston's Beachview Park on Saturday. The course includes one mile on the grass, a second mile on a packed trail with a gradual decline and a big hill for the finish. Landon Callas was the first WP mens runner in with a time of 20:10.34, followed closely by Skylar Wood with a time of 20:14.88. Callas placed 37th out of 72 runners and Wood placed 39th. The boys placed 7th and 8th among 2B runners. The remainder of the boys' team...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs football team came out strong Friday night, scoring two quick touchdowns against Garfield-Palouse, and taking an early 14-0. But it wasn't to be, as the Vikings fought back with six first-half touchdowns of their own, before rolling to a 62-26 win. Quarterback Cal Martin connected with receiver Ben Kleck twice for early scores: once from eight yards out and again from 53. Kleck scored again on an 84 yard kickoff return late in the first quarter. The Bulldogs got...
PRESCOTT - The WP Pirates soccer team completed a successful first two weeks, piling up a 4-0 record and giving up only two total goals. On Sept. 12, Riverside High School, from Boardman, Ore., traveled to Prescott, where the Pirates prevailed, 4-1. Ivan Figueroa scored a hat trick and Luis Garcia added a goal. WP dominated Walla Walla Valley Academy in there next game, on Sept. 17, getting a 7-0 shutout. Luis Garcia had four goals for the Pirates, with one each from Ricardo Flores, Ernesto...
WAITSBURG - WP's Lady Cards opened their season by taking fourth place in a seven-team, home-hosted tournament on Saturday. The Touchet Indians placed first, followed by De- Sales in second and Lacrosse-Washtucna Kahlotus (LWK) in third. Mabton, Colfax and Wa-Hi's JV team also participated. Samantha Fedderson led WP with 23 kills and 26 digs; she served 23/32 with four aces. Paige Wood followed in close second with 22 kills, 24 digs, and 18/23 service with five aces. Kassidy Kuykendall made 24...
DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs took home a straight-set win against the Mac-Hi Pioneers on the Sept. 18th, scoring 25-21, 25-9 and 25-17. "We started out a little slow and Mac-Hi played very aggressively in the first game, picking up everything we sent over. They also scored a lot of points from our unforced errors," said Bulldog coach Shannon Turner. She said her team moved well on the court and began hitting better in the second and third sets. Lexi Ramirez served a perfect 15/15 service with 2...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg-Prescott and Orofino fought it out in Waitsburg Friday night, but the Cardinals came out on the short end of a 48-46 offensive showdown. The Cards took a 38-28 lead into the fourth quarter, but a struggling defense, hobbled by injuries, gave up three straight touchdowns and couldn't recover. Chance Leroue and Talen Larsen both suffered leg injuries in the third quarter, putting a strain on an already tired defense. "With Chance and Larsen out, we had trouble in that fourth...
DAYTON - Dayton's Lady 'Dawgs kicked off their volleyball season with a Jamboree in Clarkston on Sept. 8, and a hard-fought, fiveset loss to Weston-McEwen on September 9. Coach Shannon Turner says the team is playing well early in the season. The Bulldogs fell to the TigerScots with set scores of: 23-25, 25-18, 25-22, 13-25 and 10-15. Junior Madison Mings served a perfect game with 17/17 over the net. Sophomores Jenna Phillips, Josilyn Fullerton and Senior Lexie Ramirez were right behind with...
CLARKSTON - WP's Cross Country team kicked off their season with a 2.6 mile Asotin XC Island Run at Chief Timothy park in Clarkston, Wash. on Sept. 13. "Being the first race of the season - and ever for some runners - we didn't set a lot of expectations. Still, I was pleased with the day and we all gained some information and experience on which we'll keep building," said Coach Dan Nechedom. Sophomore Emily Adams placed fifth out of 33 women runners with a finish time of 18:36.10. Adams placed...
