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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs played just one game last week, but it was a feather in their cap as things turned out. The Lady 'Dogs defeated the Asotin Panthers 46-35 on Saturday. "I was proud of the way we played team defense," said Dayton coach Clayton Strong. "It was one of the best games we have had playing defense all year, which included blocking out the best that we have so far this year, and holding their best player to a total of two points." Strong said he was equally pleased with how...
1. WP Boys Track Team 3rd at State, Thompkins Sweeps Sprints 2. WP Soccer Takes 4th at State Tournament 3. Dayton Softball Team Makes Top 8 4. Cards Win League, Two Make All-State 5. Newman Wrestles His Way to State...
DAYTON- The Dayton girls' basketball team won both games in their home holiday tournament over the weekend. The Lady 'Dogs dominated LaCrosse-Washtucna Friday night, 46-16 and then won Saturday's championship game against Elgin easily, by a score of 54-33. "It was kind of nice to knock off some rust from the holiday layover," said coach Clayton Strong. "Everybody had a chance to play and got lots of minutes." Madison Mings had a huge game against Elgin, scoring 20 points. She made eight of 16...
DAYTON - Dayton's girls came out on top in their first league home game of the season on Saturday, defeating Tri-Cities Prep 42-28. At one point in the fourth quarter, the Lady 'Dogs' lead jumped from five to 18 in just a few quick plays, which made head coach Clayton Strong proud. "It's a sign that we're really maturing as a team," he said. "That and also how well the girls shared the ball during the game, which they did better in this game than I've seen them do in the three years since I too...
WAITSBURG - The WP girls took their first win of the season in a pre-league nail-biter against the Mac-Hi Pioneers here by a score of 42-38 on December 17. Both teams played hard and remained neck-and-neck throughout the game. At the end of the third quarter the Pioneers were ahead with a score of 27-28. The teams were tied at 33 points early in the fourth quarter, when WP changed tactics in response to the Pioneers' outside shooting abilities. WP went man-to-man in response and took a slight l...
COLLEGE PLACE - In their first Southeast 2B league game of the season, the WP Cardinals escaped with a 62-56 victory over Walla Walla Valley Academy here Saturday night. Chance Leroue and Owen Lanning both had big offensive games, scoring 17 points each. Lanning was nine-for-10 from the free throw line. Leroue added 10 ten rebounds, to secure a "double-double." The Cardinals started off slow and trailed 14-6 at the end of the first quarter. However, they exploded for 28 points in the second q...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott wrestling team opened their season with the Liberty Invite in Richland on Dec. 14, and their first league meet at Tri-Cities Prep on Dec. 17. WP's David Just (126 lbs.) took third place at Liberty; his only loss was to returning state champion Kain Feltwell from Liberty. But a mistake cost him his second match at the Dec. 17 TCP meet. Just, described by Coach Lanny Adams as a "very technical wrestler," won his first match against White Swan's Oscar Ponce, pinn...
WAITSBURG - The Associated Press announced their 2B football all-state player selections last week, and the list included two WP Cardinals each on the first and second teams. Kicker Antonio Benito and defensive back Talen Larsen were named to the first team and wide receiver Devon Acevedo and Offensive Lineman Nate Bartlow were named to the second team. WP Coach Jeff Bartlow was understandably proud as he discussed the winners. "This is just another example of how hard our kids work and ho...
WAITSBURG - The Dayton jumped out to an early lead in Saturday night's game here, with nine quick points, and led 14-11 at the end of the first quarter. But the Bulldogs were unable to sustain their offence, as the WP Cardinals pulled out a 38-25 win. WP coach Tavis Crittenden said early foul trouble hurt his team in the first half and caused his team to switch from man-to-man to zone defense after the intermission. "With the zone we were able to hold them to one field goal and four points in t...
WAITSBURG - Saturday's pre-league girls' basketball game between Dayton and WP was a success for the Lady Bulldogs. Though the Cardinals were on their home court, Dayton girls won the game 37-22. The victory wasn't as sweet as it could have been for Bulldog Coach Clayton Strong, however. "The game did not have a lot of flow to it as neither team shot the ball well or took care of the ball," Strong said. "We are glad that we won a rivalry game away from home, but I don't think that we are sati...
POMEROY - WP's Chris Campbell knocked down four 3-point shots Saturday, and scored 16 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome a tall Pomeroy team. The Pirates beat the Cardinals in an offensive battle, 67-62. WP came out strong and led at the end of the first quarter, 21-8. The Pirates battled back, cutting WPs lead to two at the half, 36-34. The Cardinals struggled in the third quarter and were outscored 17-5, leaving them with a 10-point deficit they couldn't overcome. WP showed balanced scoring: Chance Leroue had 12 points, Owen Lanning...
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Dayton Bulldogs played hard against a tough Mac-Hi team, losing the opening round of the Milton Freewater Open Invite tournament Friday night, 50-32. The Bulldogs trailed by only two at the half, 23- 21, but were outscored 18-7 in the third quarter, as the Pioneers pulled away. Logan Hays led Dayton's scorers with eight points, followed by Ian Smay and Ben Kleck with six each. Cruz Ramirez was dominant on the boards, pulling down 12 Rebounds. In Saturday's loser's bracket game, Dayton dominated Helix, winning 41- 26...
WAITSBURG - In her 10th year coaching cross country for Waitsburg- Prescott, Joanna Lanning said this year's hardworking, tight-knit, and enthusiastic team members made 2013 her "most enjoyable year yet." Following a potluck dinner in the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room, team members and parents watched a video recap of the year. Lanning praised the members of the group for their hard work and congratulated the team for their community service project in which they raised ap...
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Lady Bulldogs played two pre-league basketball games here over the weekend, coming out on top in both with a strong defense in the first three quarters. "Of course we can always get better," said girls coach Clayton Strong. "But our defense was pretty sweet over the weekend." Friday night was the first game of the Oregon tournament, and the girls played Mac-Hi. Dayton was up 25 points going into the fourth quarter and took the game by a score of 42-26. "The final s...
WAITSBURG - Coach Lanny Adams has high expectations for this year's crop of Waitsburg-Prescott wrestlers. With 11 boys competing - the largest turnout since the program restarted - Adams anticipates Sophomore Tristan Newman will make a return appearance at the state tournament in the Tacoma Dome, and hopes to see another team member or two join him. The relatively new WP High School wrestling program is beginning its third year, but Coach Adams has a long history with the sport. Adams firs...
DAYTON/WAITSBURG - Dayton and Waitsburg will battle it out in a basketball food drive fundraiser on Saturday, December 14 at the Waitsburg High School Gymnasium. Admission to the non-league games is a donation of non- perishable food items in a competition to see which town can bring in the most donations. JV Girls will play at 2 p.m., JV boys at 3:30 p.m., Girls Varsity at 5 p.m. and Boys Varsity at 6:30 p.m. Each community will have a trailer located in the Waitsburg High School parking lot where food items can be deposited. Attendees will...
WAITSBURG - Cheer coach Vicki Hamman kicked off Waitsburg's Fall Sports Awards by recognizing the girls that keep the energy going all season long - the WP cheerleaders and Cardinal mascot, Catherine Shepherd. "It was a long season," said Hamann, "but the girls did well." Awards were voted on by the team members and the Most Improved award went to Lissette Mendoza. The two seniors and co-captains - Heidi Miller and Meara Baker - took Most Inspirational and Most Valuable, respectively. Co...
DAYTON - Tuesday morning, folks in Dayton awoke to the first snowfall of the season. Up the river and into the woods, elevation 4545 feet, the general manager of Ski Bluewood writes, "We will be firing up the snow cats to get a closer look at our slope coverageshellip; Think Snow!" Eight inches of new snow was reported at the base of the resort. Ten inches at the summit. "Let it snow! Let it snow!!" Nobody can predict just when Ski Bluewood will open for its 2013-2014 season, but ma...
DAYTON - Most Dayton fall sports coaches are losing only a few seniors this year. But regardless, each spoke with fondness of youth they've had a hand in raising over the past four years at last Thursday's 2013 Fall Sports Banquet in the Dayton multipurpose room. Head football coach Dean Bickelhaupt had, by far, the largest number of seniors on his team. "We had probably the best team chemistry this year that I've had in all my years coaching," Bickelhaupt said Thursday. "The older players...
SUMNER - For the second time in three years, the WP Tiger soccer team traveled to Sunset Stadium for the state soccer championship in their division. But unlike their first appearance in 2011, they were unable to beat the other teams left standing in the final four this weekend. "Our goal was to get to the final four, which is a feat in itself," assistant coach Jay Potts said. "Once we were there, we knew anything could happen. We would have liked to have gone further, but they (pl...
WAITSBURG - WP football coach Jeff Bartlow will be assembling a new offensive line next year, after the departure of five seniors from this year's team. Chad Pearson, Nick Pearson, Nate Barlow, Trenton Kitzelman and Dalton Larue were all starters and most started on both offense and defense. "All five are OL guys and so we will have some spots to fix next year," Bartlow said. In an email to the times, he also said: The five seniors are fortunate in the fact they are one of just a few athletes at Waitsburg that won four league titles in a r...
