Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The WP girl’s basketball team faced Helix at a home match in Prescott on Jan. 27, ultimately losing what was their tightest game of the year, 32-21. The Lady Cards ended the first quarter with a 13-10 lead over the Grizzlies, stayed strong through halftime, but lost steam in the last half. “We still struggle with making our shots, rebounding and turning over the ball,” said coach J.T. Elsey. “We should have won that game!” Stat leaders for the game were Kassidy Kuykendall with 16 points and 6 rebounds, Analise Salazar with 8 poin...
Dayton junior Madison Mings was named Washington State 2B Athlete of the Week for the week of January 11-17, by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. That week, Mings scored 11 points in the Lady Bulldogs’ win over WP and 16 points as her team defeated Tri-Cities Prep. Mings received a commemorative certificate and “Athlete of the Week” T-Shirt from WIAA Director Mike Colbrese....
Thursday, Feb. 5: Asotin Saturday, Feb. 7: Waitsburg Monday, Feb. 9: Waitsburg (See brackets in chart below) 2B Regional & State Basketball Tournament Schedule District 7/9 Sub-Regional Tournament Monday, Feb. 16 - West Valley High, Spokane Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20, 21 - Whitman College State 2B Regional Tournament Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27, 28 - Spokane State 2B Championship Tournament Thursday - Saturday, March 5, 6 and 7 - Spokane...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' basketball team is heating up as the season draws to a close. With their fourth and fifth straight wins over the weekend, the Cardinals are now 4-4 and tied for third in the Southeast 2B standings with Asotin and second-place Tri-Cities Prep. Their overall record is 10-6. On Friday, the Cardinals hosted Asotin and cruised to a win over the Panthers, 67-48. The high-scoring contest featured big games from Owen Lanning, who scored 18 points, and Kaimen S...
DAVENPORT – The WP wrestling team traveled to Davenport on Saturday, Jan. 24, where two of the three competing grapplers walked away with wins. "The WP wrestlers showed a lot of improvement. They were making the moves happen!," said Coach Lanny Adams. 132 lb. Devin Newman won by pin in 1:29 against Connor Beattle of Davenport. "Devin wrestled aggressively. He did not want a repeat of his last couple of matches. He moved off on the whistle and dominated," said Adams. 138 lb. David Just also c...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team went on the road Friday to DeSales, and fell to the league-leading Irish, 39-35. The following night, however, the Lady 'Dogs easily defeated the Asotin Panthers at home, 44-29. Against DeSales, Dayton fell behind early and was never able to catch up. They trailed 10-4 after the first quarter and 18-12 at the half. "We just couldn't get shots to fall," said Dayton coach Clayton Strong. "It was a fun atmosphere to be in as far as the crowd goes. I t...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls played a competitive first quarter as they faced off against the Asotin Panthers in a league match on Friday, Jan. 23. but failed to maintain their tenacity, ultimately losing 64-26. “I was most impressed with the first one-and-a-half quarters of the Asotin game,” said WP Coach J.T. Elsey. “The girls played very well. They moved the ball well and they played really good defense. Paige Wood had her best game all year with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Kassidy Kuykendall also scored 11 points and a coupl...
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton Bulldog boys traveled to DeSales Friday, but struggled in a losing effort, 56-38 The bulldogs came out aggressively, taking a 10-9 lead after one quarter, but couldn’t match up to the taller Irish. Zach Waggoner scored 20 points for the Bulldogs, and Ben Kleck added 13. Each had a three-pointer. On Saturday, the Bulldogs hosted Asotin and fell, 60-36. The 0-18 Bulldogs Travel to College Place Thursday to face WWVA, and then finish out their season Saturday night in Waitsburg against the Cardinals....
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team lifted their record to 13-2 after three decisive wins last week, including a 57-15 drubbing of the WP Lady Cardinals. Dayton 45, Garfield-Palouse 28 On Jan. 13, Dayton traveled to Garfield-Palouse, where they easily outplayed the Vikings, notching a 45-28 non-league road win. The Lady 'Dogs took a 23-14 lead into the half of a game that was never close. "We started out a little slow, but Palouse has always been a difficult place to play," said Dayton c...
DAYTON - The WP Cardinals came into this road game at 6-6, looking to get above .500 for the season at the expense of Dayton. In a close game that went back and forth for the majority of the evening, it was difficult to tell if the Bulldogs would get their first win or if the Cardinals would get on the plus side of .500 Though close, the first quarter swung to WP 12-8, largely due to Dayton's eight turnovers. In the second quarter, the Bulldogs were able to limit their turnovers (4), apply press...
DAYTON – Entering the week at 0-12 the Dayton Bulldog boys varsity squad remains positive going down the stretch run of their season. With less than two weeks to go in a year that has yet to see a win, the players refuse to simply go through the motions. On January 13, the Bulldogs headed to the Palouse for a road game against state powerhouse Garfield-Palouse. In a matchup that pitted teams going in opposite directions, the 11-0 Vikings made quick and easy work of the Bulldogs with an o...
COLBERT – WP grapplers traveled to Colbert Jan. 17 to compete in the Northwest Christian High School Crusader Wrestling Classic Invitational. Tristan Newman placed second in the 285-pound division and David Just placed fifth at 138 pounds, with both wrestlers going 1-1. 132-pound Devin Newman dropped two by pin. At 138 pounds, Just lost one by pin before winning against Pomeroy’s Chance Robison in a 10-0 major decision. Dejay Lalka, at 145 pounds, dropped two by pin. Heavyweight Tristan Newman won his first match by pinning Austin Fawcett of...
DAYTON - In a season that has seen more lows than highs, the Dayton Bulldog boys' basketball team continues to play hard and get better as a team. Still, last weekend saw Dayton lose two road games: to the Asotin Panthers, 55-40, on Friday and to Walla Walla Valley Academy, 53-9, Saturday. The Bulldogs played close to the Panthers all night, until time was running out and they were forced to start fouling. Asotin hit most of their free throws and pulled away down the stretch. Saturday's game...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team continued their dominant play last week, beating Pomeroy Tuesday, Asotin Friday and Walla Walla Valley Academy, all on the road and all by more than 10 points. Dayton 54, Pomeroy 37 Sidney Andrews, Shayla Currin and Madison Mings all scored in double figures, as the Lady 'Dogs rolled to a comfortable win on Tuesday in Pomeroy. Dayton trailed by three at the end of the first quarter, but came back to lead by six, 24-18, at the half. "We got down early 1...
PRESCOTT - WP wrestlers had two meets last week where grapplers Tristan Newman and Dejay Lalka celebrated personal successes. The team traveled to Springdale on Saturday, where Newman beat long-time competitor Mark Dituri of Mary Walker for the first time in two years. At Monday's home meet here, Dejay Lalka, who wrestles with just one leg, brought the crowd to tears as he secured the first win of his wrestling career. At the Springdale meet, 138 lb. David Just won two and lost two, all by pin....
WAITSBURG – DeSales' Tyler Jacobson broke the hearts of Cardinal fans Saturday night with a last-second three-point shot in regulation to tie the game with WP, 44-44. The Irish went on to dominate the overtime period and beat the Cardinals, 57-51. The score was close throughout the game, with the Cardinals taking a two-point lead into the half. For the game, Kaimen Suffia led the Cardinals with 15 points, followed by Chance Leroue, with 13. Jacob Dunn had nine. WP was to play Milton-Freewater T...
WAITSBURG – The Lady Card basketball team had a discouraging weekend, falling 56-18 to Tri-Cities Prep on Friday and 57-27 to DeSales on Saturday. Both were conference matches. WP Coach J.T. Elsey said Friday’s game was especially hard to watch. “The team started the game dull and the aggressiveness was not there. We were unable to run our defensive sets and had trouble on defense. TCP had two good shooters who took advantage of the poor defense. We still struggle to make the shots that we get and we are still averaging 30+ turnovers a game,...
DAYTON – Dayton School District will be honoring its 20-year state champions on Friday with a students’ spirit assembly at 2:10 p.m. and then with community members at another spirit assembly between the boys’ and girls’ basketball games against Waitsburg-Prescott at around 7 p.m. Both events will be in the Dayton High School gymnasium. The Bulldogs won state in football, basketball and track during the 1994-1995 school year. Interim Secondary Principal Kate Wenzl is asking that people help spread the word about this event; alumni plannin...
DAYTON – A sputtering Dayton girls' basketball team came to life late in the third quarter Friday and rallied to beat Lind-Ritzville, 49-46. The Lady 'Dogs trailed by as much as 18 points in the third, but came back, cutting the deficit to nine at the end of three and outscoring the Bronco girls 22-10 in the final stanza. Dayton led 13-10 after one quarter, but were outscored 14-4 in the second, to trail 24-17 at the half. "We got a couple of bounces to go our way at some crucial times, and w...
WAITSBURG – WP wrestlers continued to compete through the Christmas school break, participating in a tournament in Pomeroy on Dec. 30 and the Jo Hi Invitational in Joseph, Ore. on January 2. Senior Tristan Newman took third place, wrestling against several past state competitors, at Jo Hi and walked away with a first place medal at the Pomeroy competition. Five wrestlers competed at the Pomeroy meet on Dec. 30. Coach Lanny Adams said Devin Newman wrestled hard against very skilled and t...
WAITSBURG – Led by 6 foot 8 inch Match Burnham's 31 points, the Liberty Lancers won big over the WP boys' basketball team Friday night, 62-38. The Cardinals struggled in the first half, falling behind 21-7 after one quarter and 36-14 at the half. Burnham scored 25 of his points in that half "We had three starters in foul trouble early," said WP coach Tavis Crittenden. "Once they sat down, we fell behind." Only eight WP varsity players suited for the game, since it took place before the end of C...
WAITSBURG – The W-P Cardinals girls' basketball team fell to the Liberty-Spangle Lancers, 62-22, in Friday's home-court non-conference match. Liberty took an early lead, pulling ahead 17-5 at the first quarter and maintaining the lead with the help of Madelynn Flaig who scored 22 game points. WP warmed up to put up a good fight in the final quarters, but missed field goals failed to reflect the improved play. WP coach JT Elsey said turnovers and missed shots were WP weak points. Senior A...
