Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
WAITSBURG - Call it a triumvirate. Or football's version of the "triple-double." Waitsburg-Prescott running back Chance Leroue ran for a touchdown, caught a pass for a touchdown (twice actually) and threw a pass for yet another touchdown, as the Cardinals cruised to a 41-14 victory over Liberty here Friday night. On top of all that, Leroue also rushed for 167 yards, putting him over the 1,000 yard mark for the season. He also had 40 yards receiving. The win puts the Cardinals into the WIAA...
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DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs' football season ended Friday night with a 31-0 loss to the Mabton Vikings. Bulldogs ended their season 0-4 in league play and 1-7 overall. The Bulldogs had a solid game on the ground, rushing for 199 yards, compared to 146 for the Vikings. Running back Lowden Smith, playing with a hurt ankle, gave an outstanding performance in his final game, rushing for 132 yard on 25 carries. But Mabton's passing game proved too much for the Bulldogs. Viking QB Roy Zavala threw for 99 yards and one touchdown. The bulldogs were...
ASOTIN - The Dayton Bulldogs volleyball team placed third in district after losing in three against the Asotin Panthers but beating the DeSales Irish in four this weekend. Dayton placed after number one Tri-Cities Prep and number two Asotin. The Lady Dogs move on to regionals in Pasco, where they face the Davenport team from District 7 in a 9 a.m. game at Chiawana High School on Saturday. "The girls are ready for the challenge," head coach Shannon Turner said. "It's always good to be one of the teams to go on. They're pumped about that. But...
CONNELL - After beating Northport on Saturday, the WP Tigers move on to host a tough St. George on Friday and Northwest Christian or Valley Christian on Saturday. Both games are at home in Prescott. The Tigers could not be stopped against winless Northport and against winds of up to 50 miles per hour blowing through the field at Connell. The team logged 16 goals and allowed Northport only one ineffective shot on goal compared to its own barrage of 63 shots. "We kind of knew going in," assistant coach Jay Potts said about their toothless o...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Cold, wind and rain added to the obstacles facing the WP Cross Country team at Saturday's District Meet at the Plantes Ferry Soccer Complex here. District 9 combines with District 7 with the top four Women's teams and 20 individuals and the top six Men's teams and 30 individuals qualifying for State. Two WP racers - Emily Adams and EJ Meserve - faced the elements and their competitors with the speed and perseverance necessary to advance to the state competition. Fres...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs made themselves proud Saturday in their first- round playoff game here Saturday, losing to #2 seed Valley Christian 1-0. The game was scoreless for 79 minutes before the panthers scored in the last minute, to avoid the upset. "As a coach, I could not ask more from a team," said coach DJ Frame. "It was an amazing game to watch. All 11 players on the field worked as a team." Frame said he is particularly encouraged that eight of his 11 starters will return next...
PASCO - At the end of regulation play in Friday night's game here between Waitsburg-Prescott and Tri- Cities Prep, the score was tied 35-35. That's ten total touchdowns. And, just as importantly, that includes ten successful PATs (points after touchdown, or extra points). WP kicker Antonio Benito and TCP kicker Hogan Jones were each perfect through 60 minutes. In the overtime period, each team had a chance to line up on offense at the opposition's 25-yard-line and attempt to score. WP won t...
MOSES LAKE - The WP Tigers finished their season 12-4 overall and 4-0 in league, securing the top seed in the soccer playoffs. They face Northport in Connell at 1 p.m. Saturday, and are expected to breeze past this first winless playoff opponent before facing a much tougher team - likely arch rival St. George of Spokane. "We'll be ready to play," assistant coach Jay Potts said about this weekend's first playoff test. "We'll be up for it." The Tigers won their last two games of the season. They beat Irrigon 5-0 on Friday and Moses Lake 4-1 o...
WAITSBURG - "It was another great day!" said WP cross country Coach Joanna Lanning, referring to Thursday's District 9 Big Cross League Meet in Pasco. The WP Men's team placed third behind Asotin and Tri- Cities Prep, and ahead of Pomeroy. Freshman Emily Adams (20:28) was fourth among 38 runners in the women's 5000 Meter race, in spite of taking a spill on the course. "Emily was running very strong in second place the last half of the meet," said Lanning. "Then she fell on the back side of...
