Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
COLBERT – Waitsburg's Joe Adams won all three of his matches at the Regional Meet in Colbert Saturday, to take first place in the 182-pound class. He moves on the state tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Friday and Saturday, as regional champion. Also moving on to state is Tyler Hoffman, who took third place in the 285-pound class. David Just and Ky Adams will both travel to Tacoma as alternates. Joe Adams won his first match, against Damon Holt, of Republic, by pin at 0:25. In his next match, J...
MABTON – The Dayton boys’ basketball team lost a tough season finale to Mabton here on Saturday, 60-57. The loss ended the season for the Bulldogs, who finished with a 4-16 record. Dayton jumped out to a 20-11 lead in the first quarter, but Mabton came roaring back in the second, to take a one-point lead at the half, 37-36. The bulldogs led by one at the end of the third quarter, but couldn’t hold the lead. For the game, senior Ben Kleck shot 13-20 from the field, hitting three three-point shots, and went two-for-two at the free-throw line....
MABTON – The Dayton girls’ basketball team played without two starting seniors in their final league game here Saturday, and lost to Mabton, 48-35. It was the Lady Bulldogs’ only league loss of the season. The game, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, was delayed twice because of weather. Starters Shayla Currin and Josilyn Fullerton, along with reserve Neylan Bryan, were suffering flu symptoms and did not make the trip to Mabton. Dayton ended the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference regul...
Waitsburg and Prescott recognized their senior fall sports participants at home games over the weekend. Dayton recognized senior players at their home game against Liberty Christian on Tues., Feb. 7. Waitsburg Seniors Wrestling: Dylan Knowles, Tyler Hoffman, Joe Adams, Dejay Meyer, Devin Newman, David Just, Emily Adams (Manager) Boys Basketball: Kyle Gradwohl, Jacob Dunn, Jordan French, Jordan Garrity, Landon Callas, Cameron Terry, Nick Kitselman Girls Basketball: Taylor Hays, Analisea Araya...
COLFAX – Waitsburg's Joe Adams will represent his team as district champion this weekend, as Waitsburg will send five wrestlers to the regional tournament in Colbert Saturday. After two bye rounds, Adams, wrestling in the 182 pound class, pinned his opponent in the championship match, Mayson Payne, of Readan, at 4:15. "Joe dominated this match," said Waitsburg coach Lanny Adams. "He had Mayson on his back for most of the entire first round." Joe Adams will go into regionals as number one s...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team hosted DeSales a day later than scheduled, due to weather, and the Lady Bulldogs easily overcame the Irish on Wednesday, 52-34, for their 12th straight league win. Dayton Remained undefeated in Eastern Washington Athletic Conference play this year, with two games to go. The Lady 'Dogs jumped out to an early lead, outscoring the Irish 10-3 in the first quarter, and led 27-17 at the half. Dayton was led in scoring by Sidney Andrews, who scored 22 p...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg boys' basketball team racked up two more wins over the weekend, against Pomeroy and St. John-Endicott, to end their regular season schedule. The Cardinals move on to the playoffs, facing the winner of Thursday's Oakesdale vs. Colton game on Saturday at home. Waitsburg 59, Pomeroy 55 Playing first-place Pomeroy at home on Friday, the Cardinals played even with the Pirates in the first half, but trailed at intermission, 29-25. Waitsburg had a big offensive third q...
