Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG-After a couple seasons of rest, the Waitsburg MatBirds will return to the mat this spring. Wrestlers, both boys and girls, ages 5-14 are welcome. The first practice was Tuesday, January 18, but program coordinator Kristy Taylor said that registrations will be accepted through February 15. The MatBirds practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, at the Waitsburg Elementary multipurpose room starting at 6:30 p.m. Athletes and parents must wear a mask while in the building....
Waitsburg, WA-It's October, and, for many people around the area, it means it is time to dust off their rifles, get their licenses and permits squared away, and head out to the fields with the hopes of filling their freezer with venison or elk. Hunting seems simple enough; grab a firearm and go hike around until you find the right buck; but there is much more to it. For conservation purposes, Washington is split into 6 different regions, and each region is split into smaller sub regions, called...
Muzzle loading season for Deer opened in our area on 28 September and runs through October 6th. Muzzle loading (black powder) hunting is primarily done in the surrounding wheat fields rather than in the Blue Mountains and hunters are only allowed to take mule deer and whitetail bucks with 3 points or better, or white tailed does. Muzzle loading requires a great deal of patience and skill as it requires hunters to get very close to their quarry, as black powder weapons are typically most...
WAITSBURG & WALLA WALLA-The Tour of Walla Walla cycling weekend kicks off April 12-14. This is the 21st year of what has become a spring classic in the local road racing community. The competition consists of four stages, beginning with the Wilson Hollow time trial in which cyclists in eight categories race solo against the clock. This 6.8 mile circuit leaves from the Waitsburg Fairgrounds staging area heading east on Wilson Hollow Road. It begins with a short kicker, then settles into the...
DW Track Coach Dan Nechodom gave a "big shout out" to Dayton High School facilities staff Jim Gallaher, for spending much of lastFriday clearing snow off the track so the team could practice. "We managed to get in 5 to 7 reps of about 80 m, dodging remaining patches of snow and ice, before we all got too cold," said Nechodom in a Facebook post. Read a DW Track and Field update on Page 9....
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...
Waitsburg Matbird Lash LaRue placed first in his weight division in the 11-12 age group at the Jason Crawford Memorial Wrestling Tournament at the Spokane Arena on Sat., April 9. In 2012 the tournament established a world record for the "largest single-day youth wrestling tournament in the world." Between 1,200 and 1,300 between the ages of 5-14 come from across Washington, Idaho, and Montana to compete in the tournament each year....
WAITSBURG – The 20th annual Tour of Walla Walla cycling stage race will begin early Friday in Waitsburg. More than 100 professional and amateur cyclists from throughout the northwest are expected to take part. The time trial stage will begin Friday morning. In that event, participants start one at a time and race against the clock. The 6.8-mile time trial course begins on Cemetery Road in Waitsburg and follows Wilson Hollow Road for 3.4 miles out and back. The time trial is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. until about noon. And then lower c...
Boys Results 100 Meters – A Team 6th place Wyatt Bohlman 13.64 7th place Bradley Sandau 13.74 13th place CaidonLeamy 15.23 14th place Grant Teal 20.86 100 Meters – B Team 4th place Cason Nichols 14.18 5th place Alvin Knowles 15.21 8th place Logan Baker 15.74 200 Meters – A Team 6th place Bradley Sandau 28.49 400 Meters – A Team 4th place Seamus House 1:09.18 800 Meters – C Team 3rd place KobyHaris 3:16.10 100m Hurdles – A Team 5th place Wyatt Bohlman 21.23 100m Hurdles – B Team 3rd place Cason Nichols 19.34 100m Hurdles – C Team 3rd place...
