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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
LEWISTON - The Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) men's cross country team is currently ranked fourth in the NAIA, according to the final edition of the 2013 NAIA Coaches' Top 25 polls. 2013 Waitsburg graduate Seth Deal, attending LCSC on a partial athletic scholarship, is regularly placing fourth or fifth on the Warrior team of 17 men. Both the men's and women's Warrior cross country teams have earned a spot in the National Championships to be held in Lawrence, Kan. on Saturday, Nove...
SPOKANE - For the second time in three years, the WP Tigers soccer team made it into the final four for its division and are off to Sumner for the state championship tournament. "We're back," assistant coach Jay Potts said. "That feels great. The boys are really excited about it. About half the team (starters) have been there before and for the other half it's all brand new." The Tigers earned their spot by beating Northwest Christian 1-0 in Spokane on Saturday. Striker Ivan Figueroa scored o...
PASCO - The Adna Pirates' ground game proved too much for Waitsburg- Prescott in the first round of the state football playoffs. Adna rushed for 367 yards, beating the Cardinals 33-17 Friday night in Pasco. WP tailed 19-0 at the end of the first quarter and was never able to get back in it. "We just got off to a slow start and I feel bad about that," said WP coach Jeff Bartlow. "That has happened a few times this year." Bartlow said the Cardinals' struggled to get their passing game going. "...
PRESCOTT - In the first minute of the WP Tigers' second half against St. George Friday, it looked like the home team had a chance of gaining the upper hand against an arch rival that beat them twice before during the regular season. After a scoreless first half, striker Ernesto Valdovinos broke through the Dragons' defenses in the 41st minute and put one in the net on an assist from Jose Pananagua. But then, the team made a classic mistake, assistant coach Jay Potts said. The Tigers got off th...
WAITSBURG - The Southeast 2B Football League named its all-league team last week, and it included eight Waitsburg- Prescott players. WP coach Jeff Bartlow praised those players, whom he called a "great bunch of guys. The seniors alone have never NOT won the league title," he said. "They only know how to winhellip;.winning is a habit at this point and an expectation." WP had the most players on the list, followed by Tri- Cities Prep and Asotin, with seven players each. Following is the list of WP's All-League players, with Bartlow's comments...
PASCO - Senior E.J. Meserve performed admirably in the final race of his high school career, placing 29th out of 125 runners at Saturday's 1B/2B WIAA State Championship Cross Country Meet at Sun Willows Golf course here. Meserve finished the 5,000 meter race with a time of 17:38.11. "This was E.J.'s fourth state appearance and his progression has been impressive," said WP X-C Coach Joanna Lanning. Meserve finished 95th in his freshman year with a time of 19:41; as a sophomore he came in 58...
PASCO - The Lady Bulldogs fought hard to remain in playoff contention, but the effort wasn't quite enough to get them past Davenport or TriCities Prep this weekend. "Overall, we had a good season and I see a lot of improvement in individual players," head coach Shannon Turner said about her young team. "It was a good experience to play at the District 7 & 9 Regional Tournament and will help us for next year." Dayton lost both games that could have advanced them to state. The girls lost in t...
