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The Times|Mar 27, 2014

DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs Softball team faced the Touchet Indians, over­coming 6 errors to bring home a 4-3 win, at the March 20 home game. Lexus Ward pitched the game with Madison Min­gs catching The 'Dawgs were up 3-2 going into the seventh inning. Touchet's Jennifer Aceves led off to get on base due to an in­field error, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Touchet's Melissa Creek hit a pop-up to shallow left and Aceves tagged up to score the tie run. A groundout to pitcher ended the in...

Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 27, 2014

PILOT ROCK - The Lady Tigers softball team won one of three games played at the March 21-22 tournament in Pilot Rock. The Tigers faced Umatilla in Friday night's first game of the tournament, walking away with a 14-3 mercy-rule win. "We initially struggled with Umatilla's young pitch­er because her speed isn't something we're used. It was hard for the girls to be patient at the plate and let the ball get to them. This game gave us a good op­portunity to work on several things offensively. On t...

Ken Graham, The Times|Mar 27, 2014

DAYTON - Dayton High School's Kaitlyn Andrews won the girls' 100 meter dash, shot put and javelin events at the year's first track and field meet on March 16. The meet at Hanford High School in Richland, featured teams from Dayton, WP, River View, Sunnyside, Prosser and Hanford High Schools. WP's Owen Lanning won the boys' 300 meter hurdles finals and was sec­ond in the triple jump. Andrews, a junior, domi­nated in the javelin with a winning throw of 119 feet, six inches. Her closest c...

Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 20, 2014

PRESCOTT -- High spirits, warm weather and a semi-sunny afternoon made for an ideal kickoff to high school softball season at Saturday's Jamboree between Waitsburg, Dayton and Touchet. Teams played three innings each and took advantage of the non- league event to try players in new positions and get a feel for the upcoming season. First up was WP against Touchet. Touchet was ahead 2-0 at the end of in­nings one and two, but WP pulled out a win, scoring four points in the bottom of the third...

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Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 20, 2014

WAITSBURG -- As baseball season begins, the Waitsburg School Board was thrown a curve ball with a proposal that "came out of left field" according to Board Chairman Ross Hamann. Prescott School Super­intendent Brett Cox -- on behalf of the Prescott School Board - recently submitted a proposal requesting sev­eral changes to the current athletic combine agreement between Waitsburg and Prescott. District 9 WIAA Executive Director Bob Kirk was on hand at the March 12 Waitsburg School Board m...

Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 13, 2014

WAITSBURG - While WP high school wrestlers have wrapped up their sea­son, the Waitsburg Matbirds are gearing up for their eighth year on the mats. The team performed well at their first meet of the season in Colfax on Saturday. The Matbirds were founded by Travis and Kari Newman and Laura and Bill Brown, and compete in the Washington Little Guy Wrestling League. "There was no wrestling here when our boys were young so we drove them to Dayton where there was a Little Guy League at the time,"...

Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 6, 2014

WAITSBURG - To Waitsburg-Prescott Cross Country Coach Joanna Lanning, giving back to a supportive commu­nity is as important as performing well in competition. WP X-C athletes recently concluded a fundraiser in which the seven-person team raised $300 for the Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer Center in Walla Walla. For several months, the athletes sold black and pink wrist bands embossed with the slogan, "Got Pink?" The group voted on both the color and the slogan. A check for $300 will soon...

Dena Wood, Out and About|Mar 6, 2014

WAITSBURG - I choked back tears more than once as Carrie Graham described her family's experience with Spe­cial Olympics Washington. I don't think she noticed - at least I hope not. But then again, she may not have cared. I'm pretty sure I saw some sparkly eyes on her side of the table as well. Carrie and her husband Brad Graham returned from Wenatchee late Sunday night where they had coached their athletes in the 2014 Washington State Olympic Winter Games. The Special Olympics is a family...

Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 6, 2014

WAITSBURG - The WHS gymnasium was quite literally the most "hop­ping" place in town last week. On the afternoon of Feb. 26, Waitsburg el­ementary students filled the court -- jumping, shooting, swiveling and twirling, to raise funds for the American Heart Association (AHA) as part of the annual Hoops for Heart fundraiser. "Our goal was to raise $2,500 said Event Coordinator and First Grade Teacher Dinah Lind­sey. "We ended up raising $3,320.30!" Preparation for the event began with a "kick of...

The Times|Feb 27, 2014

SPOKANE - With a few seconds remaining Saturday night, at the Dis­trict 7/9 playoffs here, a Tri-Cities Prep outside shot broke a 51 all tie and sent the Waitsburg-Prescott boys basketball team home for good. The Cardinals made a valiant comeback after trail­ing at the half by ten points. They played outstanding defense in the third quarter, outscoring the Jaguars 9-5 in that frame. They took the lead with two minutes re­maining in the game, before the heartbreaking finish. Coree Brownlee le...

The Times|Feb 27, 2014

SPOKANE - The Dayton Girls' Basketball team ran up against a tough pair of north­ern opponents last weekend at District 7/9 playoffs, and ended their season with two losses. St. Georges 52, Dayton 33 Friday night, against St. Georges, the Lady Bulldogs fell behind early, trailing 11-5 at the end of one. Day­ton trailed by seven at the half, but the Dragons blew the game open in the third quarter, with a 22-12 run. Guard Lexie Ramirez led the Lady 'Dogs with 14 points, including two three- pointe...

Dena Wood, The Times|Feb 27, 2014

TACOMA - WP sophomore wrestler Tristan Newman made history his freshman year by be­coming the first WP wrestler to make it to State level competition. He set the bar even higher this year, by taking fourth place in the 285 pound class at the Tacoma Dome Mat Classic 26. In 2012, Newman failed to place at the State tournament, losing his first two matches to com­petitors from LaConner and the Methow Valley. This year, Newman won two of his four matches. "Tristan entered the State tournament a l...

Dena Wood, The Times|Feb 20, 2014

KITTITAS - WP sopho­more Tristan Newman will make his second appearance at the state wrestling tourna­ment at the Tacoma Dome this weekend, after placing fourth at the regional tourna­ment here Friday. Mat Clas­sic 26 begins Friday WP wrestlers faced stiff competition in Kittitas. Of the four competing wres­tlers, only Newman claimed a win. He won three of his five matches, securing fourth place in the region. Tristan Newman (285): Bye first round; pinned by Mark Daturi (Mary Walker) 3:05; pinn...

Ken Graham, The Times|Feb 20, 2014

Lind-Ritzville-Sprague 78, WP 32 WAITSBURG - The Lind- Ritzville- Sprague Broncos galloped into WP's home gym in the first round of the District 7/9 playoffs and trampled the cardinals into dust. The 78-32 loss put WP into a Monday loser-out game, which they survived. LRS had a 14-8 lead after one and then lit up the gym in the second, outscoring the Cardinals in that frame, 26-6, to take a 40-14 lead into the locker room. Corey Brownlee led WP scoring with 11 points. WP 69, WWVA 65 SPOKANE -...

Ken Graham, The Times|Feb 20, 2014

Dayton 39, Davenport 30 DAYTON - Dayton's Lady Bulldog basketball team outlasted a tough Dav­enport team to take a win in the first round of the South­east Washington District 7/9 playoffs 38-30 Saturday in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. Dayton jumped to an early 14-2 lead at the end of the first quarter, only to see it disappear in the second. The Lady 'Dogs led the Lady Gorillas by a point at the half before hitting a dry spell in the third quarter to fall be­hind 19-16. A quick co...