The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WALLA WALLA – Part of the dream for many junior college baseball players is to earn an opportunity to play high-level amateur baseball in the summers in a league such as the West Coast League. For three Walla Walla Community College Warrior players that dream became reality on Jan. 25 when Walla Walla’s own hometown Sweets signed pitchers Brayden Hirai and Michael Peterson, along with outfielder Brandon Wagstaff.

In the case of the two pitchers, they both return for a second season with the Sweets. Wagstaff, who redshirted due to injury last year, joins the Sweets for the first time....