Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – On March 21, the Dayton-Waitsburg baseball team opened their season in the wind, rain and cold, with a 12-2 home win over non-league opponent Riverside. DW started the first inning with a bang, with Jacob Dunn striking out two and catcher Kyle Gradwohl making a throw-out at second base, as the first three batters were retired for Riverside. On the offensive side, DW scored early in the game, taking advantage of several Riverside errors, ending the first inning with six runs scored. "Dun...
COLFAX – Waitsburg’s Landon Callas won both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles at the McDougall Invitational track meet here last week, with times of 15.40 and 40.91 respectively. On the girls’ side for Waitsburg, Emily Adams came away with a win in the 1600 meter run with a time of 6:45.64, a second-place finish in the 800 meters at 2:29.84 and a fourth-place finish in the long jump with 32-08.50. Both Dayton and Waitsburg competed at the meet, which consisted of all sized schools, including 4A schools Clarkston and Pullman. For Dayton, Hayden Wool...
KENNEWICK –Dayton Senior Zech Brayan came away with wins in the 1600 and 3200 meter races at the Riverside Invite meet on March 21. Bryan ‘s time for the 1600 was 5:54.49, and he finished at 12:38.37 in the 3200. Teammate Wyatt Johnson took second behind Bryan in the 3200, with a time of 12:53.93. Cal Martin also had a big day, winning in the javelin with a hurl of 141-11’, and taking second in the shot put 38-00’. Martin was also part of the 4x100 relay which took third place with a time of 51 seconds flat. Jennifer Warren won the Triple...
WAITSBURG – Last week, the Waitsburg girls' softball team took on Riverside and Mac-Hi JV. Though the Cards lost both games, they are showing improvement, primarily in the consistency of their pitching, and they have been settling in on defense, decreasing their errors. The Cardinals hosted the Riverside Pirates on March 20, with Riverside coming out on top, 23-2, in a game stopped after five innings. Riverside had the hot bats and scored 11 in the third inning, while Waitsburg struggled with t...
DAYTON - Last week, the Dayton girls’ softball team started their season by beating Riverside 12-7, but then dropping both ends of a double-header against Colton, 6-4 and 20-10. At Riverside (Boardman, Ore.), on March 21, Hannah Becker hit a two-run homer in her first at-bat to help her team jump on top with six runs in the first inning. The offense slowed considerably after the second inning as both teams settled in with solid defense. Destiny Brincken had four RBIs for the day for Dayton. Dayton 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 – 12 runs 11 hits 2 errors Riv...
PENDLETON – Waitsburg’s Landon Callas and Emily Adams come away with wins Thursday at the Buck Classic track meet here. Callas topped the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 40.91, and placed third in the 110 hurdles in 16.64. Adams took first in the triple jump, with a distance of 31-11, and second in the 1500 meters, clocking in at 5:06. The Buck Classic featured teams from Oregon and Washington, and schools of all size designations....
YAKIMA – Seniors Landon Callas and Emily Adams put in strong performances at Waitsburg's first meet of the season at East Valley High School here Saturday. Callas won the 300-meter hurdles and placed second in the 110 hurdles. Adams placed second in the triple jump, third in the 800 Meters, fourth in the 3200 and 11th in the long jump. The Cardinal track team started their season competing against teams from all over the region at the Papa Wells track meet. The meet consisted of 27 teams from al...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School held its winter sports awards ceremony on Tues., March 20, 2017 at the WHS auditorium. Girls’ Basketball: Most Valuable Teammate: Devon Harshman Most Inspirational: De’Ja Williams Most Improved: Marley Ahler and Kirsten Miller Boys’ Basketball: Most Valuable Player: Kyle Gradwohl Most Inspirational: Jacob Dunn Most Improved: Jordan French Mr. Offense: Kyle Gradwohl Mr. Defense: Landon Callas Coaches Award: Jacob Dunn Cheerleading: Most Valuable Teammate: Kelsey Alleman Most Improved: Kenn Gallee Most Inspira...
DAYTON – The Dayton Track team has many returning athletes to watch in 2017, says Coach Dan Nechodom. Twenty athletes will compete for Dayton this year, including just one freshman. Senior Cal Martin, who placed seventh at state in the javelin last year, returns as a team leader, and will continue to be tough in the field events. Nechodom describes Martin as being a "quality guy who never backs down from anything." Seniors joining Martin include Zech Bryan who is shooting for a state berth in th...
Dayton-Waitsburg Baseball Date Opponent Location Time No. of Games Sat. March 25th DeSales Dayton 2:00 2 Tues. March 28th Gar/Pal Dayton 4:00 1 Fri. March 31st Pomeroy Dayton 2:30 2 Sat. April 15th Lyle/Wishram Lyle 11:00 2 Sat. April 22nd Kittitas Dayton 3:00 2 Tues. April 25th WWVA WWVA 3:00 2 Fri. April 28th White Swan White Swan 3:00 2 Tues. May 2nd Liberty Christian Liberty Christian 3:00 2 Sat. May 6th TC Prep TC Prep 11:00 2 Waitsburg Softball Date, Day Opponent Location Number of Games Start Time 3/23, Thursday MacHi MacHi 1 5:00 p.m....
The Waitsburg softball team hosted Riverside High of Boardman, Ore. on Monday night and struggled, falling 23-2 in five innings. Chloe Pearson had two hits, to lead the Lady Cardinals. Waitsburg will face Mac Hi JV on Thursday....
DAYTON – The Dayton High School softball team is looking to repeat a trip to the state tournament this spring. Dayton lost their starting catcher and first basemen from the 2016 season, but is fielding seven of last year's starting lineup. This year, 16 athletes have turned out for the Lady Bulldogs. Overall the Bulldogs will be fielding a young team with just two seniors, Savannah McFarland and Mia Becker, and two juniors, Megan Robins and Hannah Becker. There will be no eighth-grade players t...
WAITSBURG – The 2017 Waitsburg Softball season starts Thursday, with a non-league game against MacHi's JV in Milton-Freewater. The Cardinals are coached by Angie Potts, with assistant coaches Allan Wilson, Josh Wilson (also the middle school coach), Danielle Carpenter and Samantha Henze. Two seniors, Timber Frohreich and Jade Alleman will be leading the team this year. The Cardinals graduated their 2016 starting pitcher, so for 2017 Juniors Taylor Jones and Ariel Sandau, as well as sophomores D...
Dayton-Waitsburg enters first year as combine with experienced Waitsburg pitchers DAYTON – Dayton and Waitsburg High Schools will field a combined baseball team for the 2017 season. It’s the first year for the new baseball combine. This year, 23 young men from the two schools have turned out to play, which presents the opportunity for some JV games (dates to be announced). The combine will bring experience from Waitsburg, along with strong younger players from Dayton. Head coach Shane Loper will be assisted by Johnny Watts. Loper and Watts coa...
SPOKANE – The Dayton girls' basketball team played four games in four days here last week at the Hardwood Classic state championship tournament, and won three of them, preserving a fourth-place finish. After losing their seeding game the previous week against Colfax, the Lady Bulldogs faced a tough road in their quest for a state championship. Dayton mounted a big fourth-quarter rally on Wednesday to stave off elimination against Mabton, and then fell to number-two seeded Wahkiakum on T...
Richland – A cold third quarter sunk the Dayton Lady Bulldogs against the Colfax Bulldogs Saturday in Regional 2B playoff action, as the Dayton girls fell, 57-48. However, Dayton is not out of the hunt for the state title. With the #1 RPI ranking, the girls will advance to the round of 12 and play Mabton Wednesday night at 9 p.m. in Spokane. Colfax will receive a bye in the first round and play in the quarter-finals Thursday. Going into halftime, the Dayton girls trailed 21-18, but after the thi...
COLFAX – After the Waitsburg boys’ basketball team lost a tough district championship game to Pomeroy on Feb. 17, they had to return to the court the next night to face Colton in a loser-out playoff game. The Cardinals couldn’t keep up on this Saturday night, and fell, 68-51. Colton was hot out of the gate and built a 21-7 first quarter lead, which the cardinals couldn’t overcome. The score was 36-21 at the half. For the game, Jordan Garrity led the scoring with 20 points, including five three-pointers. Kyle Gradwohl had 13, and Jacob Dunn fi...
Kyle Gradwohl (30) and Jacob Dunn (22) were honored as part of the SE 1B District 9 All-League First Team Boys Basketball Team during the district playoffs in Colfax on Fri., Feb. 18. All-league team players in order of selection are: Jacob Tewalt, junior, (Pomeroy); Kyle Gradwohl, senior, Waitsburg; Travis Crockett, senior, Prescott; Mason Bates, senior, Garfield-Palouse, Grant Kinzer, senior, Colton; Brady Chadwick, senior, Colton; Jace Gwinn, sophomore, Pomeroy, Jacob Dunn, senior,...
Adams goes two-for-two, wins fifth-place match; Hoffman fails to place TACOMA – Waitsburg's Joe Adams performed well at the Washington State Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome last weekend. Wrestling at 182 pounds, Adams won his first match, but then lost his next two by decision, before winning the fifth/sixth place match. Against Johnny Franke, of Darlington, Adams won by decision 3-1. "Very close match," said Dayton coach Lanny Adams. "The first two rounds, they were on their feet. Neither could...
EAST WENATCHEE – The Dayton girls' basketball team started their playoff run this year with a 55-40 drubbing of Brewster here on Saturday in District 5/6 play. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead, up 20-9 at the end of the first quarter, and leading 35-20 at the half. Each team scored 20 points in the second half, but the outcome was never in question. Dayton moves on to next weekend's round-of-16 regional playoffs, as number-one seed. They will play number-eight seed, Colfax, at R...
COLFAX – The Waitsburg boys' basketball team built an early lead against Pomeroy here Friday, but couldn't hold on, as they fell in the district championship game, 45-41. With the loss, the Cardinals were to move on to play Colton on Saturday. The Cardinals outscored the Pirates 15-9 in second quarter, to build a 22-19 lead at the half. But Pomeroy came out hot in the third quarter, taking a 35-30 lead into the fourth, which Waitsburg couldn't overcome. The Cardinal scoring was evenly spread a...
WALLOWA – Members of the Waitsburg FFA Chapter kicked of National FFA Week by traveling to the Wallowa FFA Alumni Trap Shoot on Sun., Feb. 19. Congratulations go to Drew Farley, Seamus House, and Tyler Hoffman for winning two rounds each....
TOUCHET – The Waitsburg girls’ basketball team traveled to Touchet for a loser-out district playoff game on February 13. The Lady Cards were overwhelmed by the Indians, 58-22. Touchet jumped out to a 15-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, and built it to 26-11 at the half. The Lady Cards were unable to make up any ground in the second half. Devon Harshman led the Waitsburg scoring, with nine points. Analesea Araya added seven. Harshman also had ten rebounds. Seniors ending their careers for Waitsburg included: Lexi Brannock, Taylor Hay...
WAITSBURG – Kyle Gradwohl racked up 27 points and Jacob Dunn added another 24, as the Waitsburg boys' basketball team beat Colton in the first round of District playoffs. With the win, the Cardinals move on to face Pomeroy Friday in Colfax in the district championship. The winner of that game moves on to regionals the following weekend. The loser will play a consolation game Saturday for a last chance to make regionals. Waitsburg led 14-12 at the end of the first quarter, and built the lead t...
POMEROY – The Waitsburg Girls’ basketball team played their first playoff game here on Feb. 8 and struggled against a strong Pomeroy team, falling 55-24. The Lady Cards were to play a loser-out game on Monday. Waitsburg got blown out in the first half, falling behind, 18-4 after the first quarter, and trailing 38-8 at the half. Tayler Jones and Taylor Hays each had six points to lead the Cardinal scoring. All of Hays’s scoring came on two three-point shots. Analisea Araya pulled down five rebounds for Waitsburg. Waitsburg 4 4 10 6 — 24 Pomeroy...
