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HS Baseball

On Tuesday, April 19, the high school baseball team lost 8-2 and 5-4 to WWVA.  No other details were received.

 Thursday, April 21, the Wolfpack lost their first game to River View 14-4. The teams were tied 4-4 after three innings then the Panthers scored two runs in the 4th and five runs in the 5th to extend their lead.  DW struggled to put runs on the board and although they didn't commit any errors, they had a tough time defensively containing their opponent. Levi Boudrieau started as pitcher, allowing six hits and four runs over three innings.  He struck out two and did not walk a batter. Klint Kuykendall pitched in relief. DW had nine hits in the game with Kuykendall getting three hits in four at bats. Jasper Morrow, Cyson Morris and Boudrieau had two hits each.  Morrow also had three stolen bases. 

 In game two of the doubleheader, the game ended in a tie at 5-5 after River View scored on a stolen base in the seventh inning. DW tallied seven hits in the game with Keon Lindley going 3 for 4 at the plate. Zach Durham had two hits and Levi Boudrieau had three stolen bases. Jasper Morrow pitched all seven innings.

MS Softball and Baseball

Middle School Softball and Baseball Pick up first win of the season against Bethlehem Lutheran.

DW softball beat Bethlehem Lutheran Eagles on Monday, April 25, 15-9 and the Wolfpack baseball team won their game 15-0.

In the girls' game, Peyton Benavides got the start at pitcher and Lucy Trump pitched in relief. Trump, Cindi Howard, and Skyla Johnson each had a hit in the game that saw a lot of walks and wild pitches by the Eagles. Coach Des Jones stated that her players ran the bases well.

In the boys' game William Durham got the start on the mound striking out eight and Beau Hazelbaker pitched in relief. The Wolfpack had 13 hits in the game with Traicen Garcia and Denver Hutchens amassing three hits each. Colton Steinhoff led the team in stolen bases with four.  The team stole a total of 25 bases and had no fielding errors in getting their first win for Coach Duke Morrow.

Golf

On Tuesday, April 19, the golf team traveled to Walla Wala for a 9-hole, par 72 course at Veterans Memorial. Coach McGhan was happy with his team's short game as their chipping and putting kept their scores reasonable. Caleb Barron had a good day with a score of 93, second best among the five teams of 2B golfers. Theo Anderson shot 111, Garrett Palmer 127 and Lucas VanHoose shot a 134.

On Thursday, April 21, at the 18-holes, par 68 course the Wolfpack had another respectable showing.  The Legacy meet was in Othello and Coach McGhan saw a lot of improvement in his golfers.  Theo Anderson and Garrett Palmer shot their personal best, stated Coach McGhan. All the players had some difficulty reading the greens so their putting was not the best.  Anderson shot a 108, Palmer 113, Cayle Davis 121 and Caleb Barron shot a 107. 

Track

 The Wolfpack track and field team traveled to Burbank for their first league meet. Coach Nechodom stated that it was great getting out and competing after the previous week's meet was canceled due to weather. He said that his athletes wanted to see how they'd stack up against peers instead of schools with senior classes larger than our school districts.

Several athletes set personal records (PR) at the meet. Trista Villaro and Cedar Stegall had PRs in the 100 meter, Marion Duncan had a PR in the shot put, and the 400-meter, where she placed 5th. Chasity Paddock had PRs in the shot put and discus. Kaydance Tiner had PRs in the discus and long jump. Teegan Kenney's PRs were in the 100-meter and long jump. Vaughn Walter had a PR in the 400 and placed 2nd in the high jump for another PR. Tony Halvorson had a PR in the 800-meter, and Alex Dahlby had PRs in the 1600-meter and the discus events.

 HS Softball

The high school softball team lost both games of the doubleheader on Thursday, April 21, against River View. In the first game Megan Forney pitched and had a hit in the 18-4 loss. Kameryn Tupling, Peyton Struckmeier, Jessie Atteberry, Alyssa Segraves and Alyssa Hollingworth had one hit each. In the nightcap the Panthers scored 14 runs in the 2nd inning and won the game 17-1. Tupling pitched for DW and Struckmeier had two hits.

DW played River View JV in Finley winning both games on Wednesday, April 20 ; 15-13 and 20-16.