Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Lady Cards basketball team lost two non-conference road games last week, falling to Touchet, 22-68, on Dec. 9 and Pomeroy, 17-63, on Dec. 12. Despite the losses, coach JT Elsey is encouraged by the team's steady improvement in play and teamwork. Elsey said the team played hard in the Touchet game and made headway in working as a team. "What I expect for them to do game to game, is to improve little by little," he said. Leading scorers for the Touchet game were Paige Wood, with...
DAYTON - The Dayton girls' basketball team woke up at halftime and cruised to any easy win over Pomeroy at home on Dec. 9, 41-22. The win gives the Lady 'Dogs a 4-0 record with four more games to play before the Christmas break. After taking a 17-14 lead at the half, Dayton shut out the Pirates in the third quarter and outscored the opponents 24-8 in the second half. "I thought again our effort was really good," said Dayton coach Clayton Strong. "We had some lapses especially in the second quart...
SPANGLE - The WP wrestling team traveled to Spangle Saturday to compete against 14 teams in the Liberty Invite, their first meet of the season. Of the four WP wrestlers eligible to compete at the meet, three failed to make weight goals and were forced to compete in a higher class than expected. David Just, at 138 pounds, was forced to compete in the 145 pound class, giving up nearly nine pounds to his opponents. Just started out strong in his first match against Brock Higgins from Hanford. Just...
POMEROY - The WP boys basketball team took a hard-earned road win in overtime here Friday, 63-60. The victory gave the 2-1 Cardinals a split in their series with Pirates, after losing at home a week earlier. In Friday's game, WP fell behind the Pirates early, trailing by four after the first quarter. They were up by one at the half. "I don't think either team led by more than six the whole game," WP Coach Tavis Crittenden said. With the score tied at 54 after regulation play, the teams battled...
WAITSBURG - The Lady Cards took a hit in their first match of the season, falling 60-17 against the Pomeroy Pirates in a home court match on Dec. 6. In spite of the score, coach J.T. Elsey said he felt the team performed well overall. "I felt that the girls played a pretty good game, although the overall score did not reflect that. They did pretty good for the first time playing for a new leader that has a complete different set of expectations," he said. Elsey said the team put forth a decent...
DAYTON - The Dayton boys' basketball team dropped three games last week, as their season got off to a tough start. On Dec. 6 at home, the Bulldogs lost to Garfield Palouse, 59-19. The 'Dogs traveled to St. John to play St. John-Endicott Friday night, and lost a close game, 45-36. Ian Smay had ten points and Andrew Mendoza added six, to lead Dayton's Scoring. On Saturday, the Bulldogs struggled against Liberty High in Spangle, losing 69- 19. Zach Waggoner led Bulldog Scorers with five points....
DAYTON - The Dayton girls' basketball team notched three wins in five days last week as they started their season on a hot streak. After beating Garfield Palouse at home Dec. 2, 43-29, they traveled to St. John, beating St. John-Endicott 41-33 on Friday, and then won on the road again Saturday at Liberty High in Spangle, 60-51. Dayton 43, Gar-Pal 29 Against Gar-Pal at home, Sarah Phillips, Madison Mings and Sidney Andrews each tallied nine points, and Lexie Ramirez had eight, as the Lady 'Dogs...
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PRESCOTT - WP sophomore soccer player Ivan Figueroa was nominated by a community member and selected by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association as one of its Athletes of the Week. Figueroa blasted goals in two playoff games last month, as his team took second place at the state tournament in Sumner. In recognition of their accomplishment, each Athlete of the Week winner receives a congratulatory letter from WIAA Executive Director, Mike Colbrese, a commemorative WIAA State Athlete of the Week t-shirt, and a certificate. Winners...
DAYTON - The Dayton football, volleyball and soccer players, along with cheerleaders, gathered with family and friends on November 20 for the Dayton High School Fall Sports Awards Ceremony. Dayton played 8-man footabll for the first time this year, and came away with one win. Dayton's volleyball team qualified for regional playoffs. Volleyball MVP- Sarah Phillips Most Inspirational- Lexie Ramirez Most Improved- Mia Becker Coaches Award- Jenna Phillips Cheerleaders Best Teammate- Jennifer Warren Most Spirited- Alea Pena Most Improved- Amanda...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg parents, athletes and coaches gathered in the WHS auditorium on Tuesday Nov. 18 to honor athletes in a Fall Sports Awards ceremony. The WP soccer team was not present and will hold an award ceremony at a later date. Coach Jeff Bartlow noted that the 2015 graduating senior football players racked up 41 wins with only 8 losses in their four years of play. Cheerleaders Most Valuable: Caitlyn Mohney Most Improved: Analise Salazar Most Inspirational: Lisette Mendoza Cross Country Most Valuable: Landon Callas Most...
SUMNER - The WP soccer team ended their season with a trip to the Division 2B state championship game here on Saturday. The Tigers fell, 1-0, to Mount Vernon Christian. On Friday, the Tigers beat Friday Harbor, 1-0, in the semifinal game. Ivan Figueroa scored in the 63rd minute for the only goal of the game. The win moved WP into Saturday's championship game. In Saturday's game, Figueroa again scored the Tigers' lone goal, this time, in the opening minutes of the game. WP couldn't make their lead stick though, as Mount Vernon Christian scored...
PASCO - The WP Cardinals football team was up against a team with a 37-game winning streak, and came up just short Friday night, losing 17-14. The two-time defending state champion Lind-Ritzville- Sprague Broncos took advantage of a safety and a questionable call on a field goal to move on in the playoffs. "It was a hard-fought game," said WP coach Jeff Bartlow. "The first half we came out and really had a good defensive half." After an early Bronco touchdown, the Cardinals came back with a...
SPOKANE - The WP Tigers soccer team got a huge win Friday, beating St. George's, 2-0, in a state quarterfinals game. The Tigers travel to Sumner, Wash. this week to play Friday Harbor in their semifinals game Friday. A win would put them in the state championship game Saturday. Against St. George's, the Tigers got an unassisted goal from Jonny Escalante in the 30th minute. In the 75th minute, Ivan Figueroa scored WPs second goal with an assist from Alberto mendez. Tiger goalkeeper had two saves on the game....
PASCO - On Friday night, the Waitsburg Prescott football team took a big step toward their goal of reaching the state championship game by beating Tonasket, 27-6. They face a much bigger challenge this week. This Friday, the Cardinals face a team with a 37-game winning streak, two-time defending state champions Lind-Ritzville- Sprague. The last time L-R-S lost a game was in the 2011 playoffs, to WP, 42-7. The Cardinals were on their way to the state title. Against Tonasket, the Cardinals' defens...
Dayton football players gave a helmet salute after their 58-28 win against Lacrosse/Washtucna/ Kahlotus on Thursday in their last game of the season. The Bulldogs jumped to a 42-8 halftime lead on the way to their only win of the season....
PASCO - WP harriers Emily Adams and Landon Callas competed in the State 1B/2B cross county championships at Sun Willows golf course here on Saturday, Nov. 8. "Both runners represented themselves and the school well and have every reason to feel proud of the growth and accomplishment they've had this season," said cross country coach Dan Nechodom. This was sophomore Adams' second time to the high school state meet. She covered the course in 20:45.09, finishing 18th against a field of 66 racers....
CHENEY - The Dayton Bulldogs volleyball team fell just short of moving on to State play at Saturday's Regional tournament here. The Bulldogs lost their first match to Davenport in four sets, 25-23, 23-25, 18-25, 18-25. The picked up a five-set win against Wilbur-Creston in game two,27-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-22, 15-5 before falling to Reardon in a winner-tostate five-set match, 18-25, 25-21, 10-25, 25-23, 9-15. "The girls played hard!" said coach Shannon Turner. "We didn't get the outcome that we w...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott football team started strong and got stronger, as they easily beat Liberty Spangle, 62-24, in their playoff crossover game at home Friday. The win puts the Cardinals in the state playoffs for the sixth straight year. The Cards pounced early, with Chance Leroue scoring on a 60 yard run off a screen pass on the second play from scrimmage. On Liberty's first play after the kickoff, WP's Devin Acevedo picked up a fumble and ran it in from the 15 yard line to give...
DAYTON - It looked like WWVA would take the game when they won the first two sets in their league match against Dayton on Oct. 30, but the Lady 'Dogs rallied to hand WWVA their first league loss of the season 19-25, 16-25, 25-16, 25-16 and 15-12. The win put the Bulldogs 8-2 in league and 15-5 overall. "We lost the first two sets and came out fighting in the third, fourth and fifth to win. We put it all together offensively and defensively and dug deep, playing the entire games and finishing...
PASCO -- The WP Cross-Country team were all winners at Saturday's 1B/2B District 7/9 Cross Country Championships in Pasco. Each racer set personal records on the demanding and hilly course, and Emily Adams and Landon Callas crossed the finish with times fast enough to qualify them for the State Championship meet next week. The top 20 individual girls and 4 girls' teams as well as the top 30 individual boys and 6 boys' teams qualified for the state meet. Adams placed 9th overall out of 58 women r...
