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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...

Ken Graham, The Times|Feb 13, 2014

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg boys' basketball team won their fifth straight game on Feb. 5, defeating DeSales in the District 9 Tournament play-in game 73-47. The defeat sent De­Sales home for the season, and put WP in the weekend tournament, which was de­layed due to weather. The Irish jumped out to an early 9-2 lead, but WP came roaring back with an 18-4 run to lead after the first quarter 20-13. They never looked back. The Cardinals led 43- 21 at the half and 63-30 after three quarters. Owen L...

Dena Wood, The Times|Feb 13, 2014

WAITSBURG - Four WP Wrestlers placed high enough at last week's sub- regional tournament to ad­vance to regionals competi­tion. Tristan Newman, who has lost only two matches all season, took first place as League/District Champion. David Just placed fourth and Tyler Brooks and Tyler Hoff­man each placed sixth. Sub-Regionals took place February 8 in Colfax. Par­ticipating teams included Waitsburg/Prescott, Almira/ Coulee/Hartline, Lind/Ritz­ville, Liberty, Colfax/Gar- Pal, Wilb...

Feb 6, 2014

DAYTON - The Colum­bia County Wellness Project is sponsoring its first Heart and Sole Fun Run here on February 15 at 10 a.m. The five-kilometer run will begin at Flour Mill Park and follow the Touchet River dike path south of Main Street. A five dollar donation is requested for the American Heart As­sociation. The fun run is being held during Heart Health Month, part a year-long wellness program being conducted by the Wellness Project. The Columbia County Wellness Project is spon­sored by th...

Dena Wood, The Times|Feb 6, 2014

DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs racked up a home- court win in a back-and-forth match against Waitsburg- Prescott at Friday night's league match, walking away 42-26. The Lady Cards started strong, leading 5-0 midway through the first quarter. Dayton's Sarah Phillips landed the first point for the Bulldogs with a successful foul shot at the four-minute mark. Lexi Ramirez made two more foul shots and Phillips tossed in a 3-pointer, pulling Dayton into the lead 6-5. "I thought we came out a bit tight to...

The Times|Feb 6, 2014

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' basketball team won two big games over the week­end, extending their win­ning streak to four games. Their season-ending league record of 6-4 gives them a fourth seed going into the Southeast 2B District 9 tournament this week. On Friday night, the Cards dismantled Day­ton 48-26. For the third game in a row, forward Co­rey Brownlee led Cardinal scoring, this time with 10 points. Brownlee also led WP in rebounding with 10. Devin Acevedo and Owen Lan...

Story Dena Wood Photos By Nick Page, The Times|Feb 6, 2014

PRESCOTT - They might have had the home court, but WP wrestlers didn't have the advantage at Wednesday's meet against Pomeroy in Prescott. The Pi­rates walked away with wins in every match. Adding insult to injury (or maybe the other way around), WP wrestler Kavin Kuykendall sustained a bro­ken collarbone, ending his season. WP Coach Lanny Adams said Pomeroy came, "ready to wrestle and it showed." He attributed some of his team's weak performance to the fact that it had been nearly two weeks s...

Jan 30, 2014

Jan 30, 2014

WAITSBURG – Two of WP’s Cross Country runners – EJ Meserve and Emily Ad­ams – made District 9 2013 Cross Country All League Teams, as nominated by coaches. Adams, who ran her first year of high school X-C in 2013 and placed 32nd in the State Meet, earned the 7th slot on the Women’s First Team. EJ Meserve, who placed 29th in the State Competition in his senior year, took the first slot on the Men’s Second Team. “I was very happy to see that two of our six ath­letes made one of the four teams,...

The Times|Jan 30, 2014

COLLEGE PLACE – The Dayton boys couldn’t keep pace with a strong Walla Walla Valley Acadamy team Saturday, falling to the Knights 61-21. The loss leaves the Bulldogs at 0-9 in league play and 1-18 overall. Zach Waggoner led the way for Dayton with 9 points. Cruz Ramirez had a strong game under the boards, with 10 rebounds. For the game, the Bulldogs were 0-13 in three-point goal attempts. The ‘Dogs finish out their season Friday, hosting rival Waitsburg-Prescott....

The Times|Jan 30, 2014

COLLEGE PLACE – As the Lady Bulldogs entered the fourth quar­ter, trailing Walla Walla Valley Academy by nine points, Madison Mings caught fire. In the final frame, Mings scored 16 of her game-high 22 points, including three 3-point­ers. Dayton outscored the Knights 21-4 in the fourth quarter to win the game, 39-31. The Bulldogs played evenly with WWVA in the first half, and led 16- 15 at the break. Dayton struggled in the third, as the Knights outscored them, 12-2. Besides her 22 points, Min...

Dena Wood, The Times|Jan 30, 2014

WAITSBURG – It was a tough week for the Lady Cards, who dropped each of their three games, to Colfax 43-11 on Tuesday, Tri-Cities Prep 63-37 on Friday, and DeSales 60-12 on Saturday. The Cards struggled hard to score at Tues­day’s home game against Colfax. Senior Captain Chelsey Brannock said it was “good to get back on the floor” after spending two weeks on the bench recovering from a concus­sion, “We just couldn’t break through their press to run our plays,” she said. “We only shot three t...