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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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RICHLAND-- The Tigers' season came to an end Tuesday night, as they lost by 14-6 to the Patriots of Liberty Christian in loser-go-home district tournament game. The loss ended a season that held promise for Waitsburg- Prescott, but the Tigers could never truly recapture the magic of last season when they went all the way to the regional finals after a late season run. "This year, statistically, we hit the ball better, had better pitching, and had a better record," Tigers head coach Dustin...
TOUCHET - The Lady Tigers suffered a 9-2 nonleague defeat against the Touchet Indians Monday, but it didn't matter from a playoff perspective. After splitting a double header with the De- Sales Irish last Tuesday in Prescott, WP is the No. 1 seed in the SE2B and play the No. 2 league seed at districts May 20 at Trac in Pasco. The opener against De- Sales last week was scoreless until the bottom of the third when Alyssa Hafen made it safely on base then continued to steal her way across the plate...
COLFAX-The WP track teams competed in a District 7 track meet last Tuesday in Colfax. The men added another first place victory to their season with a total score of 108 points. The women finished second behind the dominating Colfax team. Ronnie Hulce led the Cardinals with three first place finishes. She put in a stellar performance in the 300 meter hurdles, finishing with a time of 49.49. She set a new personal record and broke the existing school record which she herself had set last year as a sophomore. Hulce also hopped, skipped and...
RICHLAND - - Ba d weather has dampened the spirits of Touchet Valley high school golfers in the last few weeks. " It has been difficult for us to get any consistent practice," said Dayton/WP head golf coach Mike Mc- Ghan. "For example, we got snowed out two weeks ago." The Dayton and Waitsburg Prescott teams played at Columbia Point Golf Course in Richland last Tuesday but didn't have complete games. The 18-hole, par 72 course was tough for all five teams. Tri-Cities Prep boys took top scores...
DAYTON-The WP Tigers swept the Dayton Bulldogs in a league double-header last Saturday in Dayton. But they weren't as effective against arch rival DeSales on Tuesday, losing 3-4 and 8-2 in their doubleheader with the Irish. Their league games done, the Tigers now await the outcome of other league games to see if they're in the running for the playoffs. More details and results of Tuesday's game will appear in next week's edition of the Times. This weekend, the Tigers came out in full force...
DAYTON- T h e Lady Tigers Tuesday spl i t their doubleheader against the Irish following a similar result against the Bulldogs this weekend. Those scores mean WP is now tied with Dayton for first in the league. The Tigers lost their first game against DeSales 3-5, but won game two 8-1. More details will be in the Times next week. WP and Dayton Bulldogs split a league double- header last Friday afternoon in Dayton. The Bulldogs took the first game in eight innings 7-6 while the Tigers took the...
DAYTON - WOO Crew members Blake Morasche, 14 of Walla Walla and Jaymin Morgan, 16 of Kennewick finished well ahead of their pre-race ranking and their fellow competitors from across the nation at the 2011 United States of American Snowboard Association Nationals at Copper Mountain, Colorado, April 2 - 12. Dayton's Alex Naylor, ranked 6th nationally in the men's 16-18 age group was preparing during one of several training runs on Saturday before his race on Monday. Naylor was running the course...
DAYTON - The Bulldogs came out as the underdogs in three games this past week, losing to Tekoa-Oakesdale- Rosalia in two games on Saturday and just barely missing a lead against Touchet on Tuesday afternoon. Dayton succeeded in grabbing three runs in the first inning against Touchet, but the Indians made a slow and steady comeback beginning in the third inning, finally wrapping up the game 7-6. The Bulldogs defense was led by junior Colton Bickelhaupt on the pitcher's mound until up-and-coming f...
RICHLAND- The WP Tigers split a double-header with the Liberty-Christian Patriots Saturday in Richland. Tiger Zach Bartlow took the mound in game one throwing two of his five strike outs of the day in the first inning. The Tigers' offense backed it up with three runs and took a 3-0 lead to start the third inning. A single from Bartlow and Dalton Estes loaded the bases and a double from Matt Hamilton scored two. The Patriots were held scoreless in the bottom of the third with three up, three...
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs had their first loss of the season in double league match ups against Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia at home on Saturday. The split game, with a 6-8 loss in game one and a 15-11 victory in game two, puts the softball team at 5-1 in league and 9-1 overall. The first game was close, with Dayton scoring the first runs. But in the 6th and 7th innings, the Spartans scored all eight of their runs. On defense, Kayla Turner pitched with Miwa Umeda behind home plate, a solid partnership that has seen the Bulldogs through a number of...
RICHLAND - The WP Lady Tigers softball team kept their perfect league record by sweeping the Liberty Christian Patriots Saturday in Richland. They got off to an explosive start with the bats and had the Patriots ten-runned by the top of the second inning in the opener. Sophmore Jennifer Nichols took control from the mound in game one striking out six Patriots and only allowing one hit. The Tigers combined their fierce swings for 18 total hits. Taylor Moon, Dionna Baker, and Hailey Goenen...
WALLA WALLA - The Waitsburg-Prescott boys and girls track teams came away with first-place finishes in last Wednesday's meet at Borleske Stadium in Walla Walla. The girls had a total score of 102 with the nearest competitor being DeSales with 68 points. The boys blew everyone out of the water with a total of 134 points with the nearest competitor also being DeSales, at 50 points behind. Kristin Potter put in another top-notch performance, clenching three first-place honors in the 100, 200, and...
DAYTON - Dayton and Tri-Cities Prep were scheduled for an 18-hole match at the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton last Friday, but both teams were missing so many golfers the coaches decided to mix things up and put the kids into teams and play a scramble. "We have always wanted to try something different in Dayton," Dayton head coach Mike McGhan said. "This was a great opportunity to put a little twist in things. It came at a good time as the weather has been getting the kids down. The kids had fun but got soaked in the rainy weather." A...
WALLA WALLA - If Dayton's success last week against Tri-Cities Prep represented the perfect baseball games, Saturday's double- header defeat at the hands of the Irish in Walla Walla was a mirror opposite. "I told the kids going in - if we don't make any mistakes, we can beat these guys," said Dayton head coach Sal Benavides. But in game one, the Bulldogs committed five errors, costing them big. "We had one sequence with three errors," Benavides said. "I had to go out there and tell them, 'You gu...
PRESCOTT - Coming off a nearly three-week break since their last outing, the Waitsburg- Prescott Lady Tigers swept the TOR Nighthawks in a league double header. The Tigers took the first game 11-6 with Jennifer Nichols getting things started from the circle with a solid performance, striking out six Nighthawks and walking just three. "Limiting the amount of batters walked is the biggest thing," said head coach Angie Potts. "If you can take away the freebies and not just give runs away, you're go...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers dropped the ball here Saturday to lose another league double-header against the TOR Spartans. Zach Bartlow pitched six innings for the Tigers in the opener, throwing three strike outs. Dalton Estes seemed to get the Tigers started with his single to center and one runner on, but with two outs, Matt Hamilton's grounder beat him to the bag. The Tigers were left scoreless with two runners on. Joe Purdin made a diving catch for a line drive at second to spark up a little defense, but a bad hop at the plate from an outfield...
WALLA WALLA - Winter continues to hold Southeast Washington in its grasp, with snow flurries and hail bombarding the Touchet Valley early this week, but the rain held off and the sun peeked through just enough over the weekend for local teams to hit the fields. And a great weekend it was for the Lady Bulldogs, who took two wins from their DeSales rivals on their own home field in Walla Walla on Saturday. In the opener, Dayton played in fits and starts, scoring two runs in the second inning. The...
WALLA WALLA - The WP track team had a phenomenal day last Wednesday at Borleske Stadium. It was no wonder that the skies above opened up with a downpour during the event because these Cardinals were on fire. The lady Cards took home the second place title with 62 points losing out to Asotin. They missed out on scoring opportunities from a lack of normal races with unavailable team members due to injury and illness. "Kristen Potter and Ronnie Hulce both had outstanding days," said head coach...
PASCO - The Bulldogs were thrilled Tuesday night after winning their first league games of the season during a double-header against Tri-Cities Prep. Cold and rainy conditions have postponed many games for Dayton this spring. Tuesday's games in Pasco were the team's first league matches of the year, and they took top scores in both: 17-6 in the first game and 17-6 in the second. "I'm just so happy," said Dayton head coach Sal Benavides on Tuesday. "Everything moved to perfection. It was fun to watch." Dayton's baseball team this year is young,...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott Tigers and Columbia-Burbank Coyotes exchanged scores of 6-3 to split last Saturday's nonleague double-header. Zach Bartlow took the mound for the opener, striking out three batters in the first inning but not before the Coyotes put two runs on the board. The Tigers answered with a single from Dalton Estes that advanced TJ Hofer to scoring position, where Tre Brannock's RBI sent Hofer home to put the Tigers down by one. The Coyotes scored another run in the top...
WAITSBURG - After several months of surveys and discussions, the future of high school wrestling in the Touchet Valley looks mixed. On Wednesday, April 13, the Waitsburg School Board is scheduled to vote on a recommendation from the Waitsburg- Prescott Athletic Combine's Advisory Group to add wrestling to the high school's winter sports season in 2011-2012. The Prescott School Board late last month gave its green light for the combine to explore the concept of adding a wrestling program pending...
WALLA WALLA - Dayton and Waitsburg golfers tried their luck Tuesday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Golf Course in Walla Walla. The boys played 18 holes on this par 72 course. Dayton placed second, with 277 points, among other teams who competed including De- Sales, which took first with 256 points; Tri-Cities Prep, third with 283; and Liberty Christian in last place, with 297. Individual placement in the top three went to DeSales golfers Ryan Baumgart, who took first with 78; Jerod Conen,...
DAYTON - At some point early in the season, Mike and Kelly Stephenson stopped comparing this year's Ski Bluewood attendance numbers to last year's. It's not that they were bad. To the contrary. Even before the final count is in, they already know that the 2010- 2011 season's crowds were above the three-year average from the last few years. They just didn't want to be obsessed with their first year's statistical performance as new co-owners of the local mountain, Kelly Stephenson said. They...
DAYTON - Local athletes will compete at the United States of America Snowboard Association's Snowboard and Freeski National Competitions at Copper Mountain, Colorado, this week and next. Dayton resident Alex Naylor, 16, will compete in the men's 16-18 age group. He is currently ranked 6th nationally in ski cross. Naylor is one of 22 finalists competing on Monday, April 11. He was undefeated in all qualifying races this winter. Naylor is a sophomore at Dayton High School, plays football and is...
