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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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COLLEGE PLACE – Under sunny skies on a beautiful spring day, the District 9 track meet brought the league season to an end for area schools. Waitsburg ended an impressive season with a strong showing Wednesday, sending many athletes to the Regional meet next weekend in Spokane, where they will face off with qualifying members from District 7 teams. Waitsburg's Emily Adams stole the show, sweeping all four events she entered, including the 800, 1600 ,and 3200 meter runs and the triple jump. "...
WALLA WALLA – Dayton was crowned the District 9 2B softball champions on Friday, as they beat league rivals Asotin and DeSales in closely contested games. Dayton's offense during the first game against Asotin saw seven different Bulldogs record hits to support a stellar performance from junior pitcher Savannah McFarland, who threw a no-hitter against the Panthers. McFarland had 11 strikeouts in her no-hit bid, as the Lady Bulldogs scored a run in the first two innings followed by a two-run t...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School junior Kyle Gradwohl, was nominated by a community member and selected by WIAA staff as one of the Athletes of the Week for achievements playing for the Prescott Tigers baseball team. Each week, throughout the school year, the WIAA recognizes twelve varsity athletes, a male and female from each of the six classifications, who exhibited an outstanding performance for the previous week. Gradwohl spun a four-hitter, including 13 strikeouts, to eliminate Liberty) Spangle 5-0 in district playoffs. He also picked u...
WALLA WALLA – Former Waitsburg-Prescott track star, Owen Lanning, was honored as one of five finalists for Male Athlete of the Year during the 40th annual Blue Mountain Sports Awards in Walla Walla on May 11. Lanning, a freshman, participates in multiple track and field events for Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, including the 110 meter hurdles, 400 meter, 1600 relay, long jump, and javelin. Lanning also captured a Frontier Conference Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Week award in M...
MEDICAL LAKE – The Prescott baseball team's season ended Monday as the team lost in the second playoff round to St. George's, 6-0. Dragons' pitcher Zach Steele stifled Tiger hitting, holding Prescott to three hits in the game, and getting nine strikeouts. St. George's had six hits, but also took advantage of three Tiger errors. Jacob Dunn pitched a complete game for Prescott. Two of the Tigers' hits came off the bat of catcher Kyle Gradwohl. The Tigers ended their season with a 10-12 overall r...
DAYTON – Skyline Adventures, a local youth-oriented nonprofit organization received a grant last week from the Pacificorp Foundation for $2,000 for youth recreation scholarships. According to Ski Bluewood General Manager Kim Clark, the grant funds will help provide scholarships for 140 kids, plus provide winter training for Special Olympics athletes. "Skyline Adventures is an outreach program that focuses on reaching out to youth, adult mentors, special needs individuals and groups that are f...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Waitsburg boys' track team came away with the team title at the final 2B District 9 meet of the year here on May 3. And for the Cardinal girls, Emily Adams won all three of her events. Adams won the 800 meters, 1600 meters and triple jump events. Her 1600-meter time of five minutes, 28.5 seconds was a personal record, and also broke her own school record by 1.5 seconds. On the boys' side, Landon Callas continued his dominance in the hurdles, winning both the 110 and 300 meter...
Waitsburg Boys 100 Meters 1. Travis Crockett 11.37 6. Joe Leamy 11.91 22. Daltin Lambert 13.59 200 Meters 1. Travis Crockett 23.49 10. Joe Leamy 25.38 25. Brayden Wood 31.43 400 Meters 15. Brayden Wood 1:10.62 800 Meters 1. Skylar Wood 2:12.41 2. Daltin Lambert 2:42.30 1600 Meters 6. Tom House 5:51.20 8. Korben Duffy 6:09.20 3200 Meters 6. Skylar Wood 12:52.50 Tom House NT 110m Hurdles - 39” 1. Landon Callas 16.20 2. Nicolas Kitselman 17.80 5. TJ Morrison 18.80 6. Cameron Terry 21.50 300m Hurdles - 36” 1. Landon Callas 41.27 5. Nicolas Kit...
DAYTON – The Dayton varsity softball team played a scheduled five-inning Monday night and came away with a 3-2 win. The Lady Bulldogs got nine hits, but could only convert three runs, which were barely enough for the win. In the bottom of the fifth ining, with score tied at two, Dayton loaded the bases. With one out, Scully Castorena got the game-winning hit. Castorena was three-for-three for the game and also scored the team’s second run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch. Heidi Dobbs and...
7th-inning Tiger rally falls short by a run PRESCOTT – The Prescott Girls' softball team hosted Riverside-Boardman on April 26 and came out on the short end of a high-scoring game, 9-8. Each team had ten hits, and the Lady Tigers played an errorless game. In the bottom of the seventh, the Tigers had runners on first and third with no outs. Devon Harshman scored after an attempted pickoff throw, which allowed Bailey Adams to reach second. Adams moved to third and then scored on consecutive g...
PRESCOTT – Kyle Gradwohl and Jacob Dunn pitched a combined two-hitter against Riverside on April 26, as the Prescott Tigers downed the Pirates 11-1 in a shortened six-inning game. The Pirates got their lone run in the top of the first inning, and held the Tigers scoreless until bottom of the fourth. A five-run fourth and four-run fifth sealed the deal for the Pirates. Their two runs in the sixth inning ended the game on the mercy rule. The two pitchers had multiple hits in the game. Dunn pounded...
RITZVILLE – Waitsburg junior Landon Callas continued his improvement in the hurdles, particularly at 300 meters, as he won that event at the Undeberg Invitational meet in Ritzville Saturday. His time of 41.25 seconds was a personal record, and also is the second best time in the state among 2B boys so far this year. Callas also took sixth in the 110 meter hurdles. Brandon Penner also got a win at Ritzville, taking the Discus event with a throw of 140 feet, five inches. Teammate Mark M...
PASCO – The Dayton Bulldogs were unable to bring a runner across the plate, and got only two hits, during a double-header against Tri-Cities Prep here on April 26. They took two losses, 13-0 and 12-0. Dayton’s 12 errors, against none for the Jaguars, contributed to the lopsided losses. Game one starter Dyllan swan struck out four TCP batters, but gave up six walks. In the second game, starter Ashton Loper struck out five, and did not allow a walk. “A major milestone for our pitchers,” coach S...
Callas again wins 300 hurdles; Adams wins tJ; Penner 2nd in javelin COLFAX – The Waitsburg track team traveled to Colfax on April 26, and several athletes turned in top performances at the NE 2B League meet Brandon Penner again had an outstanding day, finishing first in the Discus and second in javelin. Mark Montgomery was second in the discus and fifth in the shot put. Zion Branson took third in the shot. Landon Callas won the 300 meter hurdles, an event he is beginning to dominate in 2B m...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott baseball team swept a double-header at home against DeSales on April 19, winning 9-1 and 10-6. In game one, Tiger pitcher Jacob Dunn struck out 12 Irish batters and gave up only three hits. Dunn also had three hits in the game, including two doubles. Tyler Hoffman also had two doubles and three hits total. Kyle Gradwohl had two hits, including a home run. The Tigers had a total of 15 hits. In the second game, the Tigers fell behind 5-2 halfway through the third inning, b...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott softball team hosted DeSales on April 19 and dropped two games to the Lady Irish, 9-2 and 6-1. In the first game, Prescott gave up three runs in the first inning after a fielding error, and could never get anything going on offense to get back into the game. The Lady Tigers had four hits and committed two errors. In game two, Prescott kept the game close through five innings. But DeSales broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth with three runs, and scored two more in the s...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Tigers gave up nine runs in the first two innings against Liberty Christian on April 21, and it was too much to recover from. LC took advantage of five Tiger errors as they scored six in the first and three more in the second, on their way to a 10-4 win. Prescott avoided a shutout, scoring all of their runs in the sixth inning. The Tigers had six hits, including two each by Jacob Dunn and Max Conard. LC 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 runs 8 hits 0 errors Prescott 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 r...
Offense continues to improve as Dayton falls 13-3, 19-3 on the road ASOTIN – The Dayton Baseball team traveled to Asotin on April 19 to take on the undefeated Panthers and fell 12-3 and 19-3 in a double-header. In the first game, Dyllan Swan had a strong four innings on the mound, with two strikeouts, before being relieved in the fifth. Dayton trailed 9-2 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, but gave up four runs, which ended the game on the mercy rule. The Bulldogs had five hits in the g...
ASOTIN – The Dayton softball team scored in six of seven innings in game one of their double-header on April 19, and cruised to a 7-2 win. But in game two, the Lady Bulldogs were shut out, despite getting five hits in the game, falling 5-0. Dayton had seven hits in the first game, including two by Heidi Dobbs, as the team scored in all but the second inning and took advantage of four Asotin errors. In game two, the Lady 'Dogs committed four errors of their own, and couldn't bring any of their ba...
BURBANK – Waitsburg’s Emily Adams took first place in the 800 meters and the triple jump on April 19 at the SCAC East League Meet #2 at Columbia Burbank High School. Adams also took second place in both the100 meters and 3200 meters. Adams’s 800-meter time of two minutes, 24.72 seconds was a personal record, breaking her previous record, set last year, by nearly three seconds. Also or the Waitsburg girls, Clarissa Espana was fourth in the 200-meter race. The Waitsburg boys had a strong showi...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott boys fell twice to Asotin at home in a Friday double-header, 2-0 and 10-3. In the first game, Jacob Dunn pitched a gem, giving up only three hits in a complete-game effort. But a fifth-inning Tiger error with one out led to two Panther runs that provided all the scoring the visitors needed. Prescott also recorded three hits, but couldn't generate any offense. Dunn had eight strikeouts for Prescott, but the Tigers struck out 12 times against Asotin pitcher Koby Blunt. "...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott softball team came out on fire, scoring four runs in the first inning of game one, on the way to a split of a double-header with Asotin. After taking the first game, 7-6, the Tiger bats went quiet, and the home team fell 10-0 in game two. In the first game, Prescott broke a 6-6 tie in the sixth inning, when Jade Alleman led off with a triple, and then, with two outs, was knocked home on an RBI single by Timber Frohreich. Each team had 10 hits, but the Lady Tigers were a...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Walla Walla Valley Academy softball team was no match for Dayton Friday afternoon, as the Lady ‘Dogs won two mercy rule-shortened games, 33-1 and 10-0. In game one, Dayton had 23 hits and took advantage of nine WWVA errors, in a game that was called after three innings. Tatum Laughery led her team with five hits. Heidi Dobbs had four hits, and Kellie Moore and Megan Robins each had three. Moore and Robins each had six RBIs. Game 2 lasted five innings, again shortened by the m...
DAYTON – On Friday afternoon, at the first track and field meet ever held at the new College Place HS athletic field, several Touchet Valley athletes had top performances. Waitsburg's Landon Callas came away with four first-place finishes. He won the 400-meter race, along with both hurdle events – at 110 and 300 meters. Callas also led off the winning 4 X 100 relay team. Cardinal Emily Adams missed a sweep of her own by one place in the long jump. She took first in the 400 and 3200 meter rac...
DAYTON – The Dayton baseball team scored seven runs on seven hits in the first game of their double-header against Walla Walla Valley Academy here Friday, but their pitchers could hold off the Jaguar hitters, as they lost, 17-7. WWVA also won the second game, 14-2. In game one, WWVA jumped on the Bulldog pitching quickly, scoring 10 runs in the first inning. But Dayton was able to make headway on offense, scoring seven runs in the first four innings. In the second game, the Jaguars again got t...
