Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
MILTON FREEWATER - Cardinal Kayla Huxoll's unfortunate javelin accident aside, the Carnival of Speed track meet in Oregon Friday was a success for WP, bringing the Lady Cardinals to the top of the heap, head track and field coach Jeff Bartlow said. It followed a productive meet in Colfax on Wednesday despite high cold winds with both Cardinals teams winning that event on points. The Carnival of Speed, in its 75th running, was the more challenging of last week's two events with 19 teams with nearly 600 athletes from Washington and Oregon on the...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs softball team went 5-0 Thursday after defeating a young Tri Cities Prep team in a windy doubleheader at home. The Lady Bulldogs beat the Jaguars 10-0 in the first and 10-0 in the second game, allowing only two hits in each of the two games. "We got to hit the ball today," Dayton assistant coach Desirae Jones said. "Some of our pitchers got some more experience in the circle and we are improving our mental game." The pitchers included Colleen Delp, who started the...
WP EARNS TOP TRACK SCORES CLARKSTON - The Waitsburg-Prescott men's track and field team took top marks at the District 9 meet here on Wednesday, March 23. Scoring a total of 118 points, the Cardinals out-competed second-place Asotin, with 96 points, and third-place Pomeroy, with 79. In the 100 meter race, junior Jared Morris took 5th with a time of 11.81 seconds, senior Justin Armstrong took 6th and junior Antonio Thompkins took 8th. Sophomore Seth Deal took 1st place in the 1600 meters race, with a time of 4:47 minutes. Deal also took 1st in...
DAYTON - The weather finally cooperated for Touchet Valley's high school golfers last week. The Dayton and WP teams hosted Tri-Cities Prep, DeSales and Liberty Christian golfers here at the Touchet Valley Golf Course last Friday for the third match of the season. "This was probably the best weather we have had this season in Dayton," said Dayton/ WP head coach Mike McGhan. "The course was in great shape for this time of the year." That's not to say the course wasn't challenging at times. "There was a lot of competitive golf today," McGhan said...
DAYTON - The Bulldogs are chomping at the bit. Cold, soggy weather has kept the Dayton baseball and softball teams indoors for most of the season so far. Both teams had planned to play double-headers against Pomeroy on Tuesday, but those matches had to be rescheduled because of the rain. The Lady Bulldogs played one, non-league game against Walla Walla High School's JV team last Thursday, neatly beating the Blue Devils 5-3. "Kayla Turner played a pretty good game pitching," said assistant coach Desirae Jones. "And we got hits when we needed...
WALLACE, ID - After over 14 weeks of training and racing, it is likely that the athletes and parents of the Bluewood Alpine Race Team's youth league team are a little relieved that the season is over. Not so for the coaches, who wish that it was just getting started. "We have put a lot of emphasis on skills development this season and our racers are really starting to respond." stated head coach Hal White. "It's hard facing the summer with everyone performing so well." White and his coaching...
PRESCOTT- After beating the Asotin Panthers in a doubleheader this weekend, the Lady Tigers faced mud, rain and the Weston- McEwen Tigerscots in a non-league game Tuesday afternoon. Everyone battled slick bases and mud-filled shoes before the game was called in the top of the fifth due to weather. The Tigers were behind 8-4, but the teams did not finish their required five innings so the winner is undetermined. "They're a tough team," head coach Angie Potts said. "They were a state-ranked team...
PRESCOTT - After Saturday's doubleheader loss against Asotin, the Tigers were all too happy chalking up a 6-4 win Monday against Weston-McEwen. WP scored two runs in the first inning, two in the third and two in the sixth. Even though the Tigerscots responded with a rally in the fourth, they could not overcome the Tigers' twopoint lead in the top of the seventh. As a result, WP improved its record to 4-2 overall with Monday's non-league win, which helped the Tigers put their weekend loss behind...
STARBUCK - Just after lunch on Friday afternoon, the two schools met in their final contest of the academic year. Tensions were high among the almost fifty kids and their teachers and parents, who sat in folding metal chairs just inches from the sidelines in the gym. The excitement was so palpable that the little athletes had to rush back and forth in a constant stream between the benches, the restrooms and the drinking fountain. The Starbuck Stars, playing on their home court, had the...
TOUCHET - The Lady Bulldogs softball team is running hot this season. They've played two nonleague games and won both. They are now 2-0. On Tuesday afternoon, they beat the Touchet Indians in two games: 6-1 and 7-2 . "We had solid pitching in both games," said assistant coach Desirae Jones "We had some girls step up and hit the ball when we needed them." Miwa Umeda had five hits for the day with a double and a triple. Kayla Turner had four hits. Samantha Harting had three hits with a double. "Overall it was just a great effort from all the girl...
YAKIMA - At the first track meet of the season, athletes are usually a bit rusty and performances are rarely what they were at the end of the previous year's season. WP competitors are no exception, but much to head coach Jeff Bartlow's delight, this year's Cardinals performed very close to their peak last year and some even exceeded it at the Papa Wells Invitational in Yakima. " Overall, I'm pretty pleased," he said. "I really felt good about it." Ronnie Hulce placed first with a high jump of 4' 10," which is only slightly below her...
PRESCOTT - The Lady Tigers took to the field Saturday in a non-league doubleheader against the St. John Eagles, beating their opponents 7-0 and 8-0. Led by the pitching attack of Jennifer Nichols and Kazmira Grende the Tigers shut down the Eagles in an all-out blowout. Hailey Goenen got things started off for the Tigers when she stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the first and hammered a solo home run. The Eagles had an opportunity to even things up in the top of the third with bases...
