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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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CLARKSTON - The Dayton High School track and field team is improving and head coach Shawn McGee says his athletes are hard at work and ready for the challenge of postleague competition. The Bulldogs competed in Clarkston last Wednesday in the District 9 meet against DeSales, Asotin, Garfield-Palouse/ Colton, St. John-Endicott/ LaCrosse-Washtucna, WWVA, TOR and WP. Out of the eight teams in attendance, the Bulldogs placed eighth for both the men's and women's teams. But, this small team had some great times and distances last Wednesday that are...
CLARKSTON - Despite many WP athletes being absent because of other activities last Wednesday, the WP Cardinal track and field teams placed in the top three at the District 9 meet in Clarkston. "Our kids performed at a high level," head coach Jeff Bartlow said. "I was proud of them." The WP men's team dominated the competition once again and placed first overall. The women's team placed third. The meet was large, drawing athletes from DeSales, Asotin, Garfield-Palouse/Colton, St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse- Washtucna, WWVA, TOR and Dayton. And for...
WAITSBURG - Seventeen-yearold Dakota Baker doesn't even remember the first time his grandpa took him to a course to golf because he was so young. And all of that time on the greens and hitting drives is paying off. Baker is the lone Waitsburg High School golfer competing in District 9 and he's hoping to make another trip to the state competition in a few weeks. "I love being outside in the fresh air," Baker said about his love for the sport. "And I like hanging out with my friends, too."...
RICHLAND - The Dayton Bulldogs blew the Liberty Christian Patriots out of the water, 8-0, on Tuesday night in district playoffs thanks to pitcher Lowden Smith. "Lowden pitched a heck of a game," said Dayton head coach Sal Benavides. Tuesday's success means the Bulldogs will meet rival WP in Walla Walla at Borleske Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m. The winner from Saturday's game will play in regionals on May 19 in Mossyrock. On Tuesday in Richland, Smith gave up only two hits, one walk and threw...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott Tigers are off to their next playoff game in Walla Walla this weekend after handily beating Tekoa-Oakesdale Rosalia (TOR), 10-0, last Tuesday night. "It was a good day," head coach Dustin Snedigar said after the game. "It was pretty well-rounded with Zach (Bartlow) throwing a lot of strikes, strong defense and the bats coming to life in the third inning." WP faces Dayton in the next playoff game on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Borleske Stadium in Walla Walla. Dayton beat Liberty Christian in Richland, 8-0, last...
MILTON-FREEWATER - WP maintained its successful season last Wednesday by placing first and second in the men's and women's track and field competition at Shockman Field. The Cardinals went up against some tough teams on Wednesday. McLoughlin, De- Sales, Pomeroy and WWVA athletes competed at the meet. It was a big day for the WP women's team with veterans stepping up and adding up the points for their team and a couple of younger athletes showed their potential as well. Veteran sprinter Kristin Potter took first in the 100-meter race and first i...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs and other local track and field teams faced wind, hail and rain last Wednesday during a track meet in Dayton, but the Bulldog athletes ran through the conditions and came out with some great times and distances. The Bulldog men and women placed fifth in the competition on their home turf against Asotin, Garfield- Palouse/Colton, St. John-Endicott/ Lacrosse-Washtucna and Tekoa-Oaksdale-Rosalia. "We were forced to pause the meet just after the boys 4x100 relay due to lightning," said Dayton assistant coach Dan...
ROSALIA - The Lady Bulldogs are in third place in their league with a 6-4 record after splitting a doubleheader with Tekoa-Oakesdale- Rosalia Saturday. But the Dogs won't know for some time whether they'll go to the playoffs as other league teams still have as many as half their league games left to play. Dayton came out swinging against TOR on Saturday, beating the Night Hawks, 9-4, in the first game. Bulldog pitcher Sam Harting struck out nine of the first 10 batters and had 14 strike outs...
WALLA WALLA - After splitting its doubleheader game against DeSales Tuesday, the Waitsburg-Prescott Tigers are focusing on Saturday's game against St. John- Endicott in preparation for the playoffs. Now solidly in third place in the league, the Tigers would remain in the top three if they split or sweep St. John this weekend. If they're swept, the WP players may end up in fourth place, depending on the outcome of other league games this weekend. Either way, WP will have its first loser-out game...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs handily defeated the St. John-Endicott-La- Crosse-Washtucna Eagles in two games last Tuesday, first blowing away the competition, 10-0, and then beating them, 8-4. Head coach Sal Benavides said the Dogs had a lot of hits early in the first game that gave them the edge over the Eagles. He was right -- the Bulldogs had eight hits in that first inning. Col ton Bi cke lhaupt pitched the first game for the Dogs that resulted in a no-hitter. In the second game, Benavides...
WALLA WALLA - The 2012 WP Tigers softball team is virtually guaranteed a playoff berth at the state qualifier in Pasco later this month, despite Tuesday night's doubleheader loss against DeSales. After Tekoa- Rosalia- Oakesdale swept Asotin on Monday, the Panthers dropped to five losses, putting them behind WP. The Lady Tigers now rank second and has tiebreaker status in case of a draw for second. "We'll stay in second," head coach Angie Potts said after Tuesday's games against the Irish, who na...
DAYTON - Wi t h Tuesday's planned Asotin game canceled because of Monday night's rain storm that inundated the baseball field on Cottonwood Street, the Bulldogs are looking at Saturday's away game against TOR to shore up their 2-4 league record. Dayton's league standing took a hit when De- Sales beat the Dogs in a doubleheader last Friday. The Irish won the first game, 9-2, and the second game, 12-0. " They made some plays that kept us from scoring," Dayton head coach Sal Benavides said. "They're as good hitting team. I keep telling the boys th...
ROSALIA - The Lady Tigers had a great day Saturday winning a doubleheader over, TOR 12-1, and 9-7. The recent win puts the Tigers at 7-1 in league and 10-2 overall. Head coach Angie Potts said the first game against TOR was a great display of her team's talent. WP pitcher Jennifer Nichols held TOR to one run and only four hits. Potts said this was Nichols' best day on the mound this season by far. Heidi Miller had an unassisted double play at first base and a great day overall. The whole team hit the ball well on Saturday, including Chelsey...
TOUCHET - Despite some opportunities during the sunny late afternoon ball game against Touchet, the Lady Bulldogs lost to the Indians, 8-2, Tuesday night. "Touchet is always a good team," head coach Terry Robbins said. "We came into the game a little down." Robbins said his starting pitcher for the evening, McKayla Bickelhaupt, reported sick and her backup, Sam Harting, wasn't mentally ready to take over, putting in a so-so performance that allowed Touchet some hard-line drives and outfield hits...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers baseball team wasn't enough to keep up with the Weston-McEwen Tigerscots and lost, 9-2, at home on Tuesday afternoon. " They weren't ready to play," said WP head coach Dustin Snedigar. Snedigar said his team had a couple of sloppy innings and failed to capitalize on a couple of decent plays. It was a sunny day in Prescott, but it was awfully breezy, with wind whipping against the player's uniforms. The score was held at 0-0 all the way through the third inning, when...
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO. -- WOO Crew team member Alex Naylor of Dayton improved his national standing, finishing seventh in a field of 18 men in the Men's 16-18 year-old Skier Cross. Prior to Nationals at Copper Mountain, Colo., the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) Naylor was ranked 13th nationally out of 54 skiers. He placed second in his first heat and third in the second heat. Naylor later finished third in the consolation round placing seventh overall. Naylor placed first...
WALLA WALLA - Last week was a good one for the WP track team and for two of the members of Dayton's crew. The WP men placed first in the River's Edge meet at Milt Durant Field in Umatilla last Friday and first in the District 9 meet at Martin Field in Walla Walla last Wednesday. The Lady Cardinals placed second on Wednesday and fifth on Friday. Waitsburg-Prescott competed with 14 teams in the River's Edge meet and four teams at Martin Field. "We really had some good performances," WP head coach...
PRESCOTT -- WP earned a hard-fought win in game one in the eighth inning on Saturday afternoon, 3-2. An extra inning was initiated when the bases were full in the seventh inning with the score tied, Dayton hit the ball to the Tigers' shortstop and WP got the third out on second base. "( Bulldog pitcher) Lowden Smith gave the Dayton team a great chance," said, Dayton coach Sal Benavides. "We had some costly errors in the fourth and eighth innings," said Benavides. Zach Bartlow also had an RBI...
PRESCOTT -- The WP Tigers Softball team went for the double win in a double hitter against the Dayton Bulldogs on Saturday, finishing ahead 4-3 the first game, and 7-4 the second game. But the Dogs bounced back on Tuesday win a doubleheader win over Gar-Pal 11-7 and 20-10. In the first WP game, the Tigers held the Bulldogs at 0 until the sixth inning when the Bulldogs put three up on the board. Tigers Katie Hofer and Hailey Goenen both had one hit while Bulldogs Sarah Phillips, Nicole Lambert,...
MOSCOW - The WP Cardinal track and field team faced some tough competition last Friday and despite missing some key athletes who were competing at the Pasco Track Invite, still came out second overall for the men's team. The women's team placed tenth. WP traveled all the way to Bear Field in Moscow for the Moscow Twilight meet. WP faced Moscow, Grangeville, Lewiston, Logos, Pullman, Kamiah, Colfax, Potlatch, Highland C and Gar Pal/Colton. Head coach Jeff Bartlow said the weather was great on Friday and he was proud of his team. Standout...
PASCO - Last Saturday when the majority of the WP track team was competing in Moscow, a few select athletes were competing in the Pasco Invitational. In this big meet, WP's Seth Deal, a middledistance runner, and Eshom Estes, the Cardinal's all-star thrower, went up against the toughest athletes in the region. Middle-distance coach Joanna Lanning said Deal placed 26th out of 42 of the state's best 3,200 athletes from all classifications. "What was so terrific is that it was a personal record for...
WAITSBURG - The 16th Annual Tour of Walla Walla bike race is returning to Waitsburg and Walla Walla this weekend and area competitive cyclists are getting ready for long rides and time trials. The three-day race event will bring out everyone from hobby racers to cyclists who "take it very seriously," said Steve Rapp, the race director. The race begins Friday on Lower and Middle Waitsburg roads and the cyclists will make two or three 21-mile loops. On Saturday morning in Walla Walla, there is a...
COLTON - The Lady Bulldogs were no match for the solid team from Colton High School. Dayton lost to the Colton Wildcats in a non-league doubleheader last Saturday, 16-6, and 10-0. In the first game, both were played on Wildcat turf, Dayton earned six runs, six hits and made seven errors. Colton had 16 runs, 10 hits and made no errors. Assistant coach Desirae Jones had said earlier in the week she knew Colton was a tough team and Saturday would be challenging for the Bulldogs. It turned out to be just as challenging as she had thought. " Colton...
DAYTON -- The Dayton Bulldogs boys baseball team split Saturday, falling in the first game of the doubleheader at Dayton against the Colton Wildcats, 14-6, and winning the second, also against the Wildcats, 11-12. This brought the Bulldogs' record to 5-1 all, and 2-0, in division games. The team got off to a challenging start when senior Colton Bickelhaupt injured his back sliding into home during the second inning of the first game. Bickelhaupt dislocated his shoulder during a state basketball...
