Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls bas- ketball team closed their sea- son after a tough loss against St. George's Dragons, 52-21 in Colfax Thursday, Feb. 7. The relatively young team took third in the league and is proud to have claimed that title, head coach Jerry Baker said. The lady Cardinals played hard in the first period pull- ing ahead and leading for part of the first period. The Cardinals brought the heat and defended their trip to playoffs, matching the Drag- ons' score when...
DAYTON - The Dayton girls basketball team faced a strong district seven team Saturday, and while the lady Bulldogs were able to hold some ground, they weren't able to pull ahead, falling 50- 36 to the Colfax Bulldogs. Both teams opened taking shots at every opportunity. But Dayton struggled to hit the net taking 14 attempts and hitting only two for five points. Colfax took 18 attempts and hit seven, helping their ladies pull ahead of Dayton before ending the first period 18-7. The score gap d...
REARDAN - Freshman Tristan Newman is content to revel in the prospect of being the lone Tiger going to the state wrestling meet at the Tacoma Dome Friday and Saturday, but only for a moment. He's quick to point out that he wouldn't have gotten this far without all his years as a "little guy" in Waitsburg's "Matbird" program (a nod to his parents and coaches) or his teammates on the Waitsburg-Prescott wrestling team. "I wish they could be there with me," he said about the other Tigers who...
DAYTON - The Waitsburg Prescott girls' basketball team struggled against Asotin in their first post- season game Tuesday night, falling 40-30 to the Panthers. The lady Cardinals opened strong, matching the Panthers' height and speed to take the lead early on. The Cardinals came out ready to play with energy to boot. That energy translated into points, as the Cardinals finished the first period ahead of the Panthers, 10-8. The second period started slow, both teams struggling to hit the net an...
DAYTON - As basketball season comes to a close and post-season play begins, Dayton's lady Bulldogs gear up for playoffs with hard work, determination and a little superstition. Seniors McKayla Bickelhaupt, Jessica Tate, Malia Frame and Samantha Harting took a few minutes out of practice to indulge on excitement about the playoffs and some of the strategy on their minds during the coming practices. Frame, who is recovering from being sick is focused on getting healthy. She said she expects teams they take on in playoffs to bring the sam...
TRICITIES - After a slow start for both teams, the Bulldogs surged through in the fourth quarter to come from behind for a win over Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars, 53- 48 Saturday. The game opened with a slow first period. The Bulldogs attempted 14 shots to the Jaguars' 16 putting up six points from the field to the Jaguars' six but couldn't match free throw points to end the first period 8-7, Tri- Cities Prep. In the second period, the Bulldogs put up 16 shots but only hit eight points before free...
DAYTON - The Bulldogs boys varsity team fought until the bitter end in their 60-41 loss against the WWVA Knights Tuesday night, but they could not get past their two biggest season-long hurdles: height and second-half shooting malaise. "It's been like that all year," head coach Roy Ramirez said. "You can't fault their effort. They all played hard. They ran the floor well. They passed the ball well. But during the second half they have a tough time putting the ball in the hole." And not b...
DAYTON - Tuesday night's 38-31 victory over Walla Walla Valley Academy wasn't quite as sweet for the Lady Bulldogs as the 45-40 cliff-hanger win over DeSales on Saturday, but the seniors were pleased they pulled it out of the hat on their home court during Senior Night. "It was awesome to get a win," senior Malia Frame said. "It was a bit messy, but we were able to pull it off." With only one regular- season game left against Tri Cities Prep on Saturday, the Lady Dogs are virtually guaranteed s...
WAITSBURG - Despite size disadvantages, the Waitsburg-Prescott lady Cardinals kept a win away from the McLoughlin Pioneers like an uneven game of keep away, securing a 44-26 victory Tuesday night. The game opened slowly, with the Pioneers taking the jump ball but missing their shots. The Cardinals played aggressively, stealing and rebounding at every opportunity and blocking the Pioneers from the basket. Early in the game, fouls slowed the Pioneers down, putting Cardinals on the line and ja...
WAITSBURG - For the WP Boys basketball team, good things come in threes - three-pointers that is. After a close back-and-forth against the McLoughlin Pioneers, the Cardinals came out on top, 63-57 to secure a win on Senior Night. The Pioneers hit the court fierce and ready to fight for a win. But the Cardinals were ready to come along for the ride, working hard to match Mac-Hi points. The Pioneers moved quickly around the court but predictable moves from big players allowed quick Cardinals to sn...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Prescott's year-long Achilles' heel has been free throw shooting. Blessed with depth at forward, and experience, quickness, and shooting ability at guard, the Cards expected more out of their season thus far. But performances like last week's 4-point loss to fourth place Tri-Cities, where WP missed on 29 of 41 free throw attempts, put the Cards in a precarious perch three games behind first place DeSales and two behind second place Dayton coming into this weekend. Tha...
My last two columns certainly g e n e r ated some feedback. I was hoping to hear more from students during a substitute teaching assignment I had scheduled in Dayton last Thursday. Alas, I was unable to go, because I got a full-time teaching job! In the Tri-Cities! As you may have guessed, that's going to put a damper on my ability to cover sports for the Times. In all likelihood my coverage of the Dayton at WP game from last Friday will be my last for a while. Well, enough about me. You want...
WAITSBURG - Dayton kept its play-off hopes alive with a sound beating of Waitsburg-Prescott Friday on the Cardinals home court. The Bulldogs bolted to a 9-point lead in the first stanza and never looked back in defeating their Touchet Valley rivals, 53-33. The loss all but dashed WP's slim play- off hopes. In the game Friday on the Cardinals home court, the Bulldog boys bolted to a 9-point lead in the first stanza and never looked back in defeating their Touchet Valley rivals, 53-33. The lo...
Ephrata Tournament January 19, 2013 Team participat- ing: Waitsburg/Prescott, Wenatchee, Eastmont, Eph- rata, Pasco, Prosser, Selah, Quincy, Othello, Chiawana, Royal City, Kamiakin, West Valley (Yakima), Warden and Kiona Benton. 132 lbs. Brandon Aceves (W/P) vs. Riley Harris (Se- lah) - Aceves lost by major decision 11-2 Brandon Aceves (W/P) vs. Cesar Mondragon (Othello) Aceves lost by decision 16-9 138 lbs. James Thomp- kins (W/P) vs. Spencer Elmore (Quincy), Thompkins lost by pin in the 3rd ro...
DAYTON - The Dayton boys basketball team opened with a fight against Asotin Saturday night and kept the game close but ultimately couldn't stop the Panthers, falling 45-39. The Bulldogs opened strong, with Wyatt Frame posting the first points of the game. The Panthers couldn't find many openings and struggled to match Dayton's scores. The Bulldogs forced Asotin into a shot clock violation with 1:01 left in the first period. Both teams posted shots but the Bulldogs were able to slow the Panthers...
PASCO - Waitsburg- Prescott nearly overcame a 16-point third quarter deficit to pull off a road win against league foe Tri-Cities Prep here Saturday. Sadly, the Cardinals run ran out of gas late, and the Jaguars escaped with a 60-50 victory. The two sides appeared evenly matched through the first four minutes. Owen Lanning's basket-and-free- throw at 4:02 gave the Cards the lead 8-6. It was the last lead the Cardinals would hold. Tri-Cities Prep reeled off 20 of the game's next 25 points to...
PASCO - Waitsburg- Prescott's girls dominated the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars in nearly all aspects of their game Saturday in Pasco-steals, rebounds, field goal attempts, and free throw tries. The one place it didn't-made free throws- proved costly, and proved the margin of defeat in the Cardinals 51-47 loss. In all, WP shot an astounding 41 times from the charity stripe, connecting on just 12. "Twenty-nine percent from the free throw line- that's just ridiculous," said a wryly amused WP coach J...
Last week I wrote about how Dayton’s kids— especially boys— aren’t turning out in numbers for sports compared to years past. I also noted that the lack of turnout had nothing to do with school size, which has remained fairly consistent over the years. Today I stop reminiscing and kvetching and get down to the big question: ‘Why?’ As I put together my original article on Dayton’s school board voting to let eighth- graders play up on the high school team four weeks ago, I asked several int...
DAYTON - The Dayton girls' basketball team wavered on tired legs briefly on Saturday, but got the adrenaline coursing to seal Asotin's fate, taking the Panthers down 60-56 in overtime. The first period was slow, with foul calls increasing to the point of seeming constant and interrupting the flow of the game. The lady Bulldogs moved slower than normal, tired from playing two nights in a row. But they didn't let it keep them from shooting. The Bulldogs and Panthers kept the score close and en...
DAYTON - Dayton's girls claimed victory over Walla Walla Valley Acade- my, Saturday-the sandwich game between crushing defeats to DeSales, Friday, and Lewiston JV, Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs beat WWVA by eight, 41-33, after first being trounced by first place DeSales, 57- 32. The Dogs took another beating Tuesday, 52-15, in a mostly meaningless nonleaguer, by Lewiston. Dayton coach Clayton Strong opted to play his second string a significant amount of time Tuesday, while experimenting with...
DAYTON - It took an extra four minutes to finish, but the Dayton boys claimed some consolation after a disastrous road weekend by beating the Lewiston JV in overtime Tuesday, 39-34, in their final non-league game of the season. The Bulldogs dropped a pair of contests to DeSales and Walla Walla Valley Academy Friday and Saturday after being up double figures (versus DeSales) and tied (versus WWVA) at half. Dayton fell to the Irish 47-35, and to the first place Knights, 46-34. Bulldog coach Roy...
WAITSBURG - Much of where WP will end up in the league standings going into the playoffs was decided at Kison Court last weekend and Monday. WP played 30 percent of its league schedule and over half of its home league calendar in the four days surrounding Sunday. Unfortunately, the Cards counted just one win in the three games-against Asotin, 64-56, on Friday. The Cardinals dropped Saturday's contest to the surging DeSales Irish, 75-56, then dropped a heartbreaking comeback try against first...
Many of you may not know this about me, but in the winter of 1990-1991 I averaged eight points per game as a senior playing post for the Dayton Bulldogs basketball team. At 6-feet 4-inches, I was the tallest kid on the squad, but hardly the best. That honor belonged to shooting guard Jeremy Himmerich who went on to play at Walla Walla Community College. My team finished in a 3-way tie for first in the league with DeSales and Pomeroy, but like so many other great Bulldog teams before it, we...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott women throttled Walla Walla Valley Academy Monday, got throttled by DeSales Saturday, and pulled out a come- from-behind thriller in overtime Friday versus Asotin to fill a busy three games in four days 'weekend' on the hardwood of Kison Court. The 2-for-3 showing puts WP third in league, a half- game behind Dayton prior to the Bulldogs' Tuesday's action. Fifth place Tri-Cities Prep is on tap for Saturday night. WP beat WWVA 43-20, and Asotin 57-53. De...
