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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Asotin High School's powerful track and field teams won both the boys' and girls' team competitions last week at the District 9 meet held last week at the Dayton High School Track. On the boys' side, however, the WP Cardinals made a strong showing, notching 105.5 points to Asotin's 120.5. Third place Tekoa- Oakesdale-Rosalia scored only 34. "We were missing James Thompkins' 30 points (100, 200 and 400)," said WP coach Jeff Bartlow, "as again he would have won those eventshellip;he is...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs scored three runs in the second inning of game one to take a 3-2 lead, but struggled the rest of the afternoon Tuesday against an overpowering WP Tiger baseball team. Dayton pitcher Lowden Smith struck out 13 tigers in the first game, but the Bulldogs committed four errors as the Tigers cruised to a 10-4 victory. Dalton Estes also pitched an outstanding game for WP, striking out nine. The Tigers scored four runs in the fifth inning and two each in the sixth and...
DAYTON - The Bulldogs track and field team is ready to show off its growing talent at the first home meet of the season co-hosted with Waitsburg Prescott this week, head coach Dan Nechodom said. The meet, which will draw league teams from Asotin, DeSales, St. John- Endicott, Tekoa-Oakesdale- Rosario, WP and Walla Walla Valley Academy, starts at 3:30 pm Wednesday. The afternoon is expected to be sunny with temperatures in the upper 60s. "They're excited," Nechodom said about the eight boys and seven girls on his young team. "I see a lot of...
PROSSER - The Cardinals placed 10th in the tough Prosser Rotary Invitational Saturday thanks to the lofty performances from runner Seth Deal and thrower Ben Shafer. "Seth and Ben both stood out and, between the two of them, got all of our points that we collected as a team," WP head track and field coach Jeff Bartlow said. WP's 32 points allowed the boys team to vault ahead of such competitors as Richland, Kennewick, Ellensburg and DeSales. Dayton did not participate in the event. Shafer p...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers made a huge comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning during the first game of a double- header against the Lady Bulldogs, scoring five runs to take a 9-8 walk-off victory. In game two, the Tigers shut out Dayton 7-0. The Bulldogs held the lead the entire first game, but lost control in the final inning. The Bulldogs scored their first run in the second inning, then batted around the third inning, scoring four more runs. They held steady through the fourth in...
It looks like spring has arrived in our valley and the birds definitely think so! The two peacocks, white and blue, are busy displaying for their hens daily, delighting visitors to the Pioneer Park Aviary. One of our breeding pairs of NeNe, or Hawaiian, hatched goslings March 12, and they can be seen exploring their world in the lower pond enclosure with their parents. The NeNe is an endangered species, and the aviary's breeding program has been extremely successful. Last years' five go...
WAITSBURG - Organizers of the Tour of Walla Walla bicycle race report that more than 500 riders will compete this year. The first stage is set to begin Friday afternoon, with Pro 1 and 2 men starting their 64 mile race at 3:45 p.m. Riders will climb the Middle Waitsburg Road hill and head south before turning onto Ferris Road and then heading north on Lower Waitsburg Road. After a short stint on Highway 124, the course heads east on Bolles road, returning to downtown Waitsburg. The Pro 1 a...
WP Boys 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals 1. James Thompkins 11.37a 8. Alex Dill 12.58a 9. Kobie Brown 12.87a 13. Luke Alexenko 12.99a 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals 4. Brendan Donovan 25.30a 5. Alex Dill 25.55a 8. DJ Leroue 27.43a 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals 5. Dalton LaRue 57.32a 6. Kobie Brown 57.35a 7. Tebo Martinelle 59.24a 8. Jada Alfred 59.29a 9. DJ Leroue 1:00.24a 10. Kevin Aquino 1:00.53a 11. Jessie Rawson 1:02.14a 13. Zac Brown 1:04.84a 14. Kevin Kamel 1:04.86a 15. Brandon Penner 1:07.25a 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals 1. James Thompkins...
Dayton Boys 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals 20. Andrew Mendoza 13.49 23. Tyler Cooper 13.62 25. Brian Mascall 13.68 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals Tyler Abramson NT 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals 8. Brian Mascall 1:02.82 Tim Ihle NT 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals 11. Levi Laib 2:24.73 19. Tyler Abramson 2:39.28 1600 Meters - Varsity - Finals 20. Brian Mascall 5:37.02 3200 Meters - Varsity - Finals 13. Tim Ihle 13:08.04 Brian Mascall NT Shot Put - 12lb - Varsity - Finals 19. Andrew Mendoza 30-09.00 34. Tyler Cooper 25-05.75 Discus - 1.6kg - Varsity -...
PASCO - Three WP athletes qualified for the Pasco Invite on Saturday and each did well in competition, setting new personal records and earning a place on the podium. The meet included only the top athletes from 4A schools on down. Out of more than 60 teams competing from throughout the northwest, only nine were from "B" schools. "I was really happy with our results and the kids should be proud of themselves," WP track and field coach Jeff Bartlow said. Sprinter James Thompkins competed in the 100 meter dash and ran it in 11.49 seco...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg-Prescott Tigers dropped a solo affair Tuesday afternoon-the Tigers first game in over two weeks-11-1 to Mac-Hi of Milton-Freewater, Ore. The Tiger loss was only its third of the season, and first by a 10-run margin. WP starter Dalton Estes set the Pioneers down in order in the first inning, but gave up two runs in the second on a 2-RBI single by Mac-Hi second baseman Blake Yensen. WP narrowed the gap to one run in the third. Centerfielder Nolen Allen and second baseman Kyle Dozier led off the inning with b...
PRESCOTT – It was more than a decade ago, but James Thompkins remembers the night like it was yesterday. He was only six, the youngest of six siblings. They lived with their mother in a crammed high-rise apartment on the west side of Chicago. He woke up in the small hours that day when she opened the door for his uncle, who stumbled in with a fresh gunshot wound in his leg. From that moment on, he remembers how trauma and drama were a constant part of his life. The Thompkins were always mo...
Fun, frugal family activities that require minimal advance preparation are difficult to come by. Geocaching meets those requirements and more. My son received a GPS for Christmas two years ago and we've been hooked ever since. The Touchet Valley is filled with hundreds of caches requiring nothing more than a GPS to find, though a GPS enabled smart phone will get you by in a pinch. Not only will geocaching get you off the couch and into the great outdoors, it's gratifying and educational as...
WAITSBURG - Fresh from a preseason loss against the Idaho Matadors and the loss of their best running back, the Waitsburg Elite face the high-ranking Spo- kane Wolf Pack in their regu- lar season opener at Cardinal Field Saturday. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. "It will be interesting to see what they bring," team owner and quarterback George Martinez said about the Elite's first opponent of the season. The Elite went down 32-7 against the Matadors on Easter weekend, March 30, a game that drew 225 to the...
The Carnival of Speed at Milton- Freewater's McLaughlin High Friday featured nearly 1,000 athletes from more than 20 schools in northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington. WP's James Thompkins swept the sprint events, winning the 100, 200 and 400 meter finals. The only disappointment for Thompkins thisdaycameinthe4x100 relay. He anchored a WP squad that finished fourth. Deal was the dominant male distance runner at the event, winning the 1500 and 3000 meter races. WP fielded a large co...
DAYTON - Chalk up another accolade for one of Dayton's most decorated denizen of the hardwoods. All-league-every-sport star McKayla Bickelhaupt capped her senior basketball season by being selected to play in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association (WSGBCA) all-state game in SeaTac on March 23. The game, held at Seattle Christian High School, pitted the best of the 1B girls against the best distaff B-ballers from the 2B ranks. Bickelhaupt made the most of the opportunity,...
COLTON - The Dayton Bulldogs pulled off their third win of the season in the second game of a doubleheader against the Colton Wildcats on Tuesday. The boys lost their first game against the Wildcats 10-0, but came to life in the fifth inning of their second game against the non-league opponent on a triple from Lowden Smith that scored him and batters Spencer Conwell and Guy Spallinger. The team kept loading the bases with singles and scored three more times to win their second game against Colton 6-3. "We had a lot of timely hits from...
COLTON - The Bulldogs softball team suffered its first losses of the season, going down 10-7 in the first and 3-7 in the second of its spring break doubleheader against Colton Tuesday. "They (Colton Wildcats) got their big opportunity hits when they needed them and we didn't," assistant coach Des Jones said on the way home to Dayton. In the first game, the Lady Dogs out hit the Wildcats 12-8, but couldn't capitalize as well on its superior batting average. Dayton went into the bottom of the t...
WP Boys Results 100 Meters - Varsity 1. James Thompkins 11.48a 6. Brendan Donovan 12.23a 9. Alex Dill 12.55a 12. Luke Alexenko 12.75a 20. Cory Brownlee 12.97a 27. Dalton LaRue 13.17a 22. Kevin Aquino 13.00 30. Trenton Kitselman 13.42a 39. Brandon Penner 13.80 42. Stuart Walsh 14.10a 200 Meters - Varsity 1. James Thompkins 23.21a 16. Kevin Aquino 26.53a 25. Jada Alfred 28.21a 29. Brandon Penner 28.78a 400 Meters - Varsity 1. James Thompkins 52.76a 5. Dalton LaRue 57.50a 6. Kobie Brown 57.60a 9. Kevin Aquino 59.50a 10. Jada Alfred 59.64a 12. DJ...
"You are coming to our game aren't you?" "Huh? What? A game? When?" I asked absent- mindedly. I was multi-tasking- taking attendance, trying to settle down the class, running down the agenda of junior Honors English that day. Now I was trying to take part in a conversation. Never a good idea. "Tuesday," one of the five softballers in my class answered. "Uhhh, I'll have to check my schedule," I thought about the stack of essays I hadn't graded yet. My belly twinged again with time-away-from-fam...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott hardballers earned a split with Tri-Cities Prep here Saturday on the springiest day of the spring sports season. The 70-degree sunlight didn't help WP in its first game as the Tigers tumbled to a disappointing 6-2 loss. WP rebounded in the afternoon affair, taking the high-scoring second half of the twinbill, 14-9. Prep starter Isaac Nelson held the WP offense in check for most of game one. Nelson fanned five through the first three innings while allowing just one hit. Nelson finished with eight Ks and seven...
ASOTIN - The Dayton Bulldogs baseball team struggled Saturday, losing both ends of a double-header to the Asotin Panthers. The inexperienced bulldogs were shut out in first game, 10-0, as Asotin's pitchers combined for a two-hitter. Lowden Smith and Logan Hays had the teams only hits. Smith pitched a complete game, but the bulldogs gave up 10 runs to the Panthers, while committing 12 errors. In the second game, the Bulldogs scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but ended up with a...
ASOTIN - Dayton's softball team is off to a strong start after taking two victories against Asotin in Saturday's double-header. In the first game, the bulldogs rode a four-run second inning to edge the Lady Panthers 6-5. Pitcher Sam Harting gave up five runs on three hits, with the Dayton girls committing three errors. The Lady Bulldogs had six runs on six hits, with Courtney Mings collecting two hits and Sarah Phillips, Jessica Tate, Lexus Ward and Kellie Moore, each with one. In the second game, Dayton came out strong, scoring three...
DAYTON - This year's relatively clear weather didn't hold up for the Waitsburg-Prescott track and field team, leaving students in the cold twice last week. The meet scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 was rescheduled for Friday, March 29 due to inclement weather but the rescheduled meet had an equally cold reception. Head coach Jeff Bartlow said the event was unforgettable and a moment many students will remember for the rest of their lives. During the meet, snow started to fall and during the boys 3200 and the boys and girls 4x400 relays th...
