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WAITSBURG - For the second time, Waitsburg- Prescott's Seth Deal is the boys cross country District 9 champion. Deal took first place on Thursday at Clarkston High School with a time of 15:30 in the varsity boy's 3-mile race . WP's E.J. Meserve will join Deal at the state competition because he placed 11th with a time of 17:12. The top 15 runners in each race will go on to compete at state. Meserve shaved nearly one minute off his time Thursday from a competition on the course earlier this seaso...
DAYTON - Dayton Bulldogs scored the first touchdown of Friday's game in Walla Walla, but DeSales' defense and late offensive moves in the game gave the Irish a slim victory, 15-14. The first half of the game showed some good defense from both sides of the field. Right before the buzzer with about one minute left in the first quarter, Colton Bickelhaupt hit Wyatt Frame for 31 yards and earned a first down at the 3-yard line. Frame ran the ball in two plays later, leading 6-0 at the start of the...
WAITSBURG - The WP Cardinals had a strong showing at the Wildhorse Invitational in Pendleton on Oct. 21. Coa ch Joanna Lanning had four runners in the competition. Middle school standout Emily Adams crossed the finish line fourth out of 72 runners in the girl's 3,000-meter race with a time of 12:20. E.J. Meserve was Lanning's only varsity runner on Friday, but he made gains in his performance. He placed 22nd with a time 0f 18:26 in the varsity boy's 5,000-meter race. The Potts brothers, Andre...
DAYTON-The Dayton Lady Bulldogs clinched the Blue Mountain League Volleyball Championship as they left their teeth marks on the Desales Fighting Irish in three games, 25-22, 25-12, and 25-21. With its only loss of the season being to the Asotin Panthers the Bulldogs proved that hard work, passion, team work, and the sheer desire to win is what it takes to end the season on top. The Bulldogs defense was rock-solid as Nicole Lambert and McKayla Bickelhaupt got down and dirty for 23 digs each. Shelby Smith and Courtney Mings were a force to be...
WAITSBURG - The WP Tigers smashed Riverside Christian in Yakima on Saturday, 9-2. Riverside scored first at the 3-minute mark and again at the 80-minute mark. WP's Francisco Gonzalez put four into the goal. Lino Diaz made three goals and Jesse Albarran made two. Kevin Ortega lead in assists with four. Ernesto Valdovinos came in next with two assists, followed by Aldair Escalante with one, Francisco Gonzalez with one and Lino Diaz with one....
WAITSBURG-The WP Lady Cardinals celebrated a 2011 Homecoming victory over the Tri-City Prep Jaguars last Thursday night on Kison Court. WP's Ronnie Hulce, Krystal Harris and Dionna Baker each had a serving ace and a kill to help take the Cardinals to an early 12-6 lead over the Jaguars in game one. The Jaguars rallied scoring on two missed Cardinals attacks, a Cardinal block that flew out of bounds and two kills of their own to pull within one point at 15-14. The Cardinals answered with...
WAITSBURG -- The Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals dominated the Asotin Panthers last Friday night for a 48-20 Homecoming victory securing the League Championship for the third consecutive year. The Panthers took first possession of the game, only to punt the ball away after just one first down and a WP Greg Stearns sack. The Cardinals opening drive began on its own 26- yard line with a carry from running back Billy Brown. Brown was stopped after just a two yard gain but WP quarterback Zach Bartlow...
DAYTON -- Each at the top of their league, the Bulldogs and Tigerscots clashed Tuesday in a match that was more playoff preparation than victory for the Dayton team. The Bulldogs, who fell victim to its own inconsistent focus, lost in four against the Weston-McEwen team. "We had a lot of highs and lows," Bulldogs head coach Shannon Turner said. "They need to learn to focus. But this was good competition. I think the last time we beat them was in 2006 and that was the year they were state...
WAITSBURG - WP's middle school runners saw successes and personal record races on Oct. 12 at a meet at Pioneer Middle School in Walla Walla. WP middle school runner Emily Adams placed first in the girls seventh grade 2-mile race with a time of 12:32. On Wednesday, she shaved nearly two minutes off of her 2-mile time from the previous meet. Coach Joanna Lanning said Adams is now ranked second in state for seventh grade. WP's middle school boys also made strides on Wednesday. Andre Potts placed...
WAITSBURG -- WHS Homecoming is coming up. Friday is Spirit Day for students with an assembly in the gym for Barbie Bob and a pep rally. Cross Country competes in Pendleton at 4 p.m. and the football game is at 7 p.m. The Homecoming court will be announced at the football game. The ASB Student Council will be hosting a Community Tailgate Party from 5 to 7 p.m. The council will be providing chili, hot dogs and lemonade and we would like to invite everyone in the community to join with their favorite tailgate treats. Saturday is the Homecoming...
DAYTON - Coming off of a narrow defeat against the Cardinals, the Bulldogs didn't necessarily need a confidence booster going into Friday night's game against Tekoa/Oasksdale/Rosalia. With good reason, they took pride in their performance that nearly knocked WP off its top undefeated position in the league. The Bulldogs were ready for anything. But they got another shot in the arm anyway, handily beating the Nighthawks, 26-6, with a defense that squeezed almost every TOR ground and air campaign...
WALLA WALLA-The WP Lady Cardinals were defeated at the hands of the Desales fighting Irish Tuesday night in Walla Walla. The loss puts them in fourth place in District Nine. The first game got off to a heated start with the Irish blocking two back-to-back attacks from the Cardinals before a third flew out of bounds, giving the Cardinal the lead-off score. A serving ace and a kill from WP's Krystal Harris would jump the Cardinals to a 4-0 lead. Four kills from the Irish, and missed serves and...
PASCO --The WP Cardinals held off an air attack by the Tri- City Prep Jaguars last Friday night to remain undefeated, 7-0. The Jaguars took the opening kickoff and began an opening drive on its own 34-yard line. After completing three first downs that took them to the WP 14-yard line, Jaguar quarterback Evan Whitsett connected with Chris Yackawich for an 11 yard completion that put the Jaguars at first and goal on the 3-yard line. The impenetrable Cardinal defense kept the goal line out of reach...
PRESCOTT -- The Tigers and the Bulldogs measured their progress quite differently in Tuesday's matchup at Prescott. Superficially, the score would put them light years apart. WP swept Dayton away, 12-1. But the fully expected lopsided result masked underlying fundamental improvements for each team as they march toward the end of the soccer season. The Tigers are now 9-1- 2, having recently lost its first regular-season game. The goal is to sharpen its team skills to ready themselves for the...
WAITSBURG - It was a learning experience that wielded success for the WP Cardinals at the Richland Invitational on Oct. 8. The Cardinals had been gearing up for this pivotal meet because it brought tons of competition from all over, WP cross country coach Joanna Lanning said. WP runners Seth Deal and E.J. Meserve were part of the 800 male runners who competed on Saturday. "It's bigger than state," Lanning said of the competition. Meserve competed in a freshman-sophomore race and placed 26th with a time of 18:24. Deal competed in the 5K varsity...
PRESCOTT - S t . George's Dragons had a quick, powerful start to Friday's soccer game against the WP Tigers, but the Tigers stepped up its game and ended the battle with a 3-3 tie. The Dragons were fast out of the gate Friday at Prescott High School scoring two goals quickly in the first half. The Tigers were up to the challenge of slaying the dragons and Luis Fernando Torres Escalante took advantage of an open shot to the net and scored a first goal for WP with 16 minutes left in the first half...
DAYTON -- In a victory that showed little doubt who dominates the league, the Bulldogs beat Walla Walla Valley Academy in three games Tuesday night despite a late rally from the Knights. That win and Asotin's defeat at the hands of Waitsburg Prescott the same night propelled Dayton to the no. 1 spot in the Blue Mountain League. "So far so good," Bulldogs' head coach Shannon Turner said after Tuesday's game. "I like the direction we're going." The Bulldogs are now 8-1, the best record in the...
WAITSBURG --The WP Lady Cardinals held on strong to take down the no. 1 ranked Asotin Panthers Tuesday night at Kison Court. The Cardinals wasted no time getting down to business jumping to a 7-3 lead from two Ronnie Hulce kills and a serving ace from Krystal Harris. The Panthers took its first timeout to try and break things up, but came back with a failed attack and faced another Hulce kill, putting the Cardinals up, 10-3. Cardinal freshman Samantha Fedderson made her varsity debut with a bloc...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals held off the Dayton Bulldogs in an oldfashioned duke 'em out high school rival football game and remains undefeated for the season, 5-0. The Bulldogs came out pumped up and ready to play and wasted no time lighting up the board. The Bulldogs received the opening kickoff and began its drive on its own 35-yard line. After earning a first down that took them to the 44-yard line, quarterback Colton Bickelhaupt broke tackles and weaved through Cardinal defenders all the...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg- Prescott's Seth Deal continued his hot streak at the end of September and early November placing first twice in boys varsity races at recent cross county meets. WP cross country Coach Joanna Lanning is happy with Deal's performance, and truly believes that she has more than one star on her team. "I hope all three of the high school runners are going to state," Lanning said. In addition to Deal, E.J. Meserve and Trent Hasen are gearing up for some tough competitions in the coming weeks. On Sept. 24 at a meet in Connell,...
WAITSBURG - The WP Tigers rolled to easy victories in their last two games, beating Walla Walla Valley Academy 11-0 last Wednesday and Riverside Christian 11-1 on Saturday. The Tigers were scheduled to play Riverside Christian in Yakima on Tuesday, but no results could be obtained before this newspaper's deadline. In Wednesday's match against the Knights, WP's Enrique scored the most goals with three, followed by Lino Diaz, Francisco Gonzalez and Aldair Escalante each with two. Luis Torres and Jesse Albarran had one goal. In the same game,...
DAYTON - Using excellent defense, the Dayton Bulldogs beat the Tri Cities Prep Jaguars 30-0 at Dayton's Homecoming game on Friday night. The crowd was decked out in Crimson and Gold in the Bulldog stands as alumni returned for the big game. The team ran out onto the field and a fireworks display to the "Star Spangled Banner" kicked off the game play. The game started shaky. Following the kickoff, a scramble on the field landed a yellow flag in the Bulldog's favor. The Bulldog's held TCP's...
WAITSBURG - The WP Lady Cardinals were defeated by the Dayton Bulldogs in four games of Blue Mountain League volleyball action last Tuesday. It was intense, inyour face volleyball action filled with long vollies as the two rival teams battled it out in Kison Court. The Cardinals started off red hot scoring first and then following it up with three kills from Ronnie "Hammer" Hulce to give the Cardinals a 7-3 lead. The Cardinals were the first to exercise its time out after the Bulldogs rallied an...
WALLA WALLA --The WP Cardinals stepped it up in the second half to defeat the DeSales Irish 33-14 last Friday night. After forcing the Irish to punt on their opening drive, the Cardinals started their first drive on their own 30-yard line. WP quarterback Zach Bartlow tried to spark the opening drive with three straight QB keepers to take them to the Irish 30-yard line. The drive was soon ended when Bartlow only gained two yards on fourth and six and the Irish took over on downs. The Irish took...
DAYTON - This week students are showing their spirit to celebrate Homecoming with tons of activities and a home football game. On Monday, there was a Powder Puff football game. On Tuesday, students showed up to school dressed as Barbie or Ken. Wednesday is Twin Day and the school had a lip sync assembly. A home volleyball game is set for Thursday night against TCP at 5. Friday is red and gold day, with a pep assembly at 2 p.m. in the gym, float judging at 6:30 p.m. on the football field and the homecoming football game against TCP in Dayton at...
