Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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ST. JOHN - The Lady Cards fell to St. John-Endicott in a hard-fought four matches on the Eagle's court on Thurs., Oct. 5. Waitsburg dropped the first two matches 18-25 and 13-25, won match number three 25-18, but dropped the final match 20-25. "We didn't play very well in the first two sets. We tried a couple of different rotations with girls in different positions and they didn't make the adjustment. In the third set we went back to our original rotation and the girls were clearly more...
WAITSBURG/DAYTON – Due to declining numbers on the DW football roster, the last high school junior varsity football game was Mon., Oct. 9 in Irrigon. JV athletes will remain on the roster, at practice, and at varsity games but there will be no further JV games for the season. The original JV/Varsity roster listed 35 athletes. An updated roster, released last week, lists 27 players. Head DW football coach Troy Larsen attributed the decline to a mix of students moving from the district, players q...
MABTON – The DW football team traveled to Mabton for a league game Friday night but a failure to schedule referees, which is the responsibility of the home team, resulted in the game being cancelled. Both teams arrived ready to play and waited for approximately an hour before heading home, according to WHS school officials. The schools are working to coordinate a makeup game date. The WIAA is testing the RPI system, which is used to seed tournaments, so the game must be played....
WAITSBURG – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team lost its fifth game of the season here Friday night, falling to Lyle-Wishram, 46-6. DW started out strong, stopping L-W on its first drive and returning a blocked punt to the L-W 11-yard line. Running back Chris Philbrook punched the ball in from the two to give DW an early 6-0 lead. L-W got their first score late in the first quarter, to tie the game at six. The flood gates opened in the second quarter, as L-W scored 34 unanswered points to put t...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Dayton Volleyball team fought a hard match here on Sept. 26, but fell to Walla Walla Valley Academy in five sets, 21-25, 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 14-16. The Lady Bulldogs struggled at the start of the match, dropping the first set before winning the next two sets convincingly. After WWVA evened things up by winning the fourth set, Dayton came within a point of sealing the match in the final set, taking a 14-11 lead. But they couldn’t hold on, as WWVA won the next five points to...
Defense can't stop TCP running game on wet night in Dayton DAYTON – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team struggled on a soggy home field here Friday night, and took a loss against Tri-Cities Prep, 47-14. DW is now 0-4 on the season. With poor field conditions, each team stuck to their ground game, completing only one pass each the entire game. TCP scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and added three more in the second, to build a commanding 33-0 lead, before DW got their first score late i...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg cross-country team has just three boys competing this year, but they’ve had an encouraging early season, according to coach Ann Adams. After their first meet, the Seaport Invite, in Clarkston on Sept. 16, Adams said, “I am very happy with how the boys did and looking forward to seeing what they can do this year.” At that meet on a three-mile course, Daltin Lambert had a personal best time of 20:54.21. “He ran well, smart and had a good show for the first meet of the se...
TOUCHET – The Waitsburg volleyball team cruised past Touchet on Thursday, sweeping the Indians here, 25-14, 25-21, 25-16. Ariel Sandau led her team with 4 kills, 15 assists, 8 digs and 8 aces. Tayler Jones had eight kills and 10 digs. Devon Harshman had 8 kills and two blocks. "I'm so happy with how the girls played this match," said Waitsburg Coach Angie Potts. "They worked as a team, communicated really well, hustled, and were smart. They made the right adjustments on their own as needed a...
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton girls’ volleyball team took care of DeSales in their league opener this week, sweeping the Lady Irish on the road, 25-13, 25-12, 25-5. Megan Robins led her team with 21-for-21 serving, including six aces. Hanna Becker was 16 of 18 serving, and also had eight kills, nine assists and four digs. “It was our first league match,” said Dayton Coach Shannon Turner. “Dayton is 4-1 overall…Great start to the season.” The Dayton girls were to host Walla Walla Valley Academy on Tu...
Lady Cards finished 19th out of 32 teams after long day of tourney play YAKIMA – Members of the Waitsburg girls' volleyball team got up early last Friday and drove to Yakima, where they made a strong showing, finishing 19th out of 32 teams. The Lady Cards played three two-set matches in morning pool play, and then played two more matches in bracket play in the afternoon. In pool play, Waitsburg split with Goldendale, 19-25, 25-22 and lost two sets to Selah JV, 20-25, 19-25. They then split with...
Dayton-Waitsburg moved the ball well, but was unable to score WALLA WALLA – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team brought an improved offense into their game against DeSales here on Friday night, but was still unable to score. DeSales racked up 22 points in the first half on their way to a 32-0 victory. The Valley-Football team moved the ball well on the ground and drove deep into Irish territory twice. But they were unable to convert either drive for a score. Running back Chris Philbrook had an o...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' volleyball team started the season at home last week, sweeping their match with Garfield-Palouse (25-18, 25-13, 25-17) on Tuesday and beating Athena Weston in five sets (19-25, 25-15, 29-27, 14-25, 15-4) on Thursday. Senior Hannah Becker dominated the net in both games, getting 14 kills, 13 assists and eight blocks against GP, and 17 kills, 17 assists and five blocks against AW. Megan Robins was 14 of 14 serving in the GP match, with two aces, and she was 24 of 26 s...
BURBANK – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team went on the road Friday night, but was unable to mount an offense, and came away with a 42-2 loss to Columbia-Burbank. For the second week in a row, turnovers hobbled the team, as they lost two fumbles and suffered three interceptions. CB dominated the first half, scoring five touchdowns and building a 32-0 lead. CB scored an additional TD and a field goal in the third quarter. DW got its only score of the game in the fourth quarter on a safety. W...
WAITSBURG - Both the Prescott and Waitsburg volleyball teams struggled against strong competition at the Waitsburg Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday. Waitsburg lost tight second sets, as they were swept by both Tri-Cities Prep (12-25, 24-26) and Touchet (18-25, 25-27) in pool play. The Lady Cards won their third pool match against Mabton (26-24, 25-22). In Bracket Play, Prescott knocked off Waitsburg twice in two tight matches (25-23, 25-23 and 25-20, 25-20) to clinch fourth place ahead of...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg girls’ volleyball team swept two matches on the road last week, getting wins against DeSales and Mac-Hi. Waitsburg over DeSales, 25-9; 25-14; and 25-18 On Sept. 5 against DeSales, Devon Harshman dominated the net, getting 12 kills and two blocks, as the Lady Cards swept the Irish in three sets. “I thought we played well for our first match of the season,” said Waitsburg coach Angie Potts. “We need to continue working on our serve receive passing, but the girls had...
Non-league opponent runs away with a 49-6 win in season-opening game at Waitsburg WAITSBURG – Lack of playing experience showed for the Dayton-Waitsburg football team as they fell hard to Mac-Hi here Friday night, 49-6. The Pioneers built a 35-0 lead in the first half, and DW was unable to get on the board until their lone TD late in the third quarter. On that play, quarterback Brayden Miller hit receiver Chris Andrews on a 29-yard passing play. "It was the first time any of our guys had s...
WAITSBURG - Head cheer coach Vickie Hamman and JV coach Michelle Swan are looking forward to an enthusiastic year. Fifteen D-W cheerleaders, five from Dayton and 10 from Waitsburg, have turned out for the fall season. This is Swan's first experience coaching cheer, but she has also coached Color Guard. It is Hamann's tenth year coaching at Waitsburg. Four of the varsity cheerleaders are seniors with at least three years of cheer experience. The other members of the varsity squad are sophomores w...
Deal and Adams Place Second in Opening LCSC X-C Meet MISSOULA, Mont. – Waitsburg grads Seth Deal and Emily Adams represented Waitsburg well by placing second in the opening Lewis-Clark State College Clash of the Inland Northwest cross country meet at the University of Montana on Aug. 31. Senior Seth Deal placed second in the men's race with a tie of 19:24.40. First place went to Whitworth senior Nolan Ryan who won with a time of 18:45.05. In the women's race, senior Ariel Jensen placed first w...
WAITSBURG – Cardinal volleyball coach Angie Potts is looking forward to facing the upcoming season with a scrappy, aggressive and close-knit team. Waitsburg is fielding both varsity and JV teams this year, with two coaches and two volunteer assistants. Potts has coached volleyball for 25 years and this will be her fifth year in Waitsburg. She is assisted by JV coach, Tammy Brown, who has been with her the last three years and was JV coach under Tracy Barron in years past. Jaidyn Brown is in h...
10-18 Waitsburg Volleyball Date Opponent Location JV Varsity Sat. Sept 2 Jamboree Kahlotus Jamboree TBA Tues. Sept 5 Desales Desales 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Thurs. Sept 7 MacHi/Elgin MacHi TBA TBA Sat. Sept 9 Tournament Waitsburg 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Thurs. Sept 14 Prescott Waitsburg 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Fri. Sept 15 Tournament Sundome TBA Tues., Sept 19 Touchet Touchet 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Tues. Sept 26 Pomeroy Pomeroy 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Thurs.Sept 28 Oaksdale Waitsburg 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Tues. Oct 3 GarPal Waitsburg 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Thurs. Oct 5 SJE SJE 5:00 pm 6:00 pm...
WAITSBURG – In sports lingo, they call it a "rebuilding year." Dayton-Waitsburg head football coach Troy Larsen says he and his coaching staff still have a lot of decisions to make as far as which of his players will start at what positions. But he's looking forward to seeing who takes on the strong leadership roles on the team, starting Friday night, when his team takes on Mac Hi in Waitsburg. The game starts at 7 p.m. "We're going to have a new set of leaders this year," Larsen said. "It'll b...
CHENEY – Waitsburg senior Emily Adams dominated the long-distance events at the state 1B tournament here on Friday and Saturday. Adams won state titles in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter races, and took third in the triple jump. On Friday Adams won the 1,600 easily, setting a new personal record of 5:20.32. On Saturday, Adams took an early lead in the 3,200 and kept putting distance on the rest of the field, beating her nearest competitor by a full minute. Adams shattered the existing 1B state reco...
YAKIMA – The Dayton softball team traveled to Yakima to participate in the 2B state tournament on Friday and Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs played three games before being knocked out of the tournament by Northwest Christian. In the first game Dayton faced off against Ocosta, but came up short losing 11-6 and sending the Bulldogs to the consolation bracket. Dayton outhit Ocosta 13-12, but couldn’t put together their hits to score. Ocosta put big hits on the board when they needed them by hitting four doubles and a triple. Dayton’s Hanna Becke...
CHENEY - Dayton High School sent two athletes to the Washington State 2B track meet in Cheney on Friday and Saturday, and came away with two podium finishes. Senior Cal Martin competed in the javelin and advanced to the final heat, where he threw 163-10, which brought home the third-place medal. Teammate Hayden Wooldridge also made the finals in the 110-meter hurdles where he placed fifth, crossing the wire with a time of 16.85. Wooldridge was also 14th in the 300-meter hurdles....
Jacob Dunn was one of five finalists for the Blue Mountain Youth Awards Scholar Athlete of the Year honored at the foundation's annual awards ceremony on May 24 in Walla Walla. Other finalists included: Willa King (WWVA), Erika Leinweber (Wa-Hi) Zach Leahy (DeSales), Kenneth Rooks (College Place). Emily Adams was one of five finalists for Female Athlete of the Year. Other finalists included: Paige Gardner (Wa-Hi), Phoebe Nguyen (Whitman), Brandi Schoessler (Wa-Hi), Sydney Smith...
