CARDINAL SPORTS with Karen Huwe

Ms Solftball Lose Season Opener

Waitsburg Middle School played in its first game of the season against St. Patrick Catholic School from Pasco on Monday, April 27.

Bases on balls, wild pitches, and stolen bases occurred for both teams. The Cardinals walked a few too many and lost 25-4 in five innings of play.

Lillian Carpenter hit a triple in the game and crossed home plate for two of the four Cardinal runs.

St. Pat.` 5 5 5 5 5 25 0 3

Waitsburg 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 2

Waitsburg Battery: Madyson Potter and Kaitlyn Paul

Hits: Paul, Carpenter, Laila Long

Cardinal HS Track Results

The Waitsburg High School track team joined seventeen other schools at the Undeberg Invitational track meet at Lind-Ritzville High School on April 25, 2026.

Team results:

• Teegan Kenney: 100m 5th place, 12.15; 200m 5th place, 24.77, SB; long jump 6th place with a jump of 19' 0", SB; triple jump 2nd place with a jump of 40'.5", PB

• Cheri Mathews: 100m 25th place,15.39; shot put 20th place, 20' 11"; discus - 14thplace, 64' 4"; and javelin 6th place with a throw of 86' 9"

• Addison Crenshaw: shot put 23rd place, 19' 10.25"; and discus 10th place with a throw of 76' 7", PB

• Emerson Underwood: discus 25th place, 52' 5"; and javelin 15th place with a throw of 64' 11", PB

• Olivia Duncan: shot put 7th place, 27' 11", PB

ardinal MS Track Results

Waitsburg Middle School track team had its first meet of the season at the SE 1B Middle School Meet in Pomeroy on April 20, with thirteen schools competing. Some events had over 50 kids participating.

Team highlights:

• 100m boys – Nolan King 5th,13.90; Flynn Richardson 11th,14.94

• 100m girls – Jaylynn Gleason 3rd,14.69; Emma Langford 13th,16.04

• 4x100 relay boys – 6th, 58.46 (Sidian Stegall, Ollivyr Dahlby, Richardson, King)

• 4x100 relay girls – 1st, 1:00.85 (Langford, Ava McCaw, Tanna Ray, Gleason)

• 200m girls – Gleason 5th 30.86; McCaw 9th, 32.87

• Shot put boys – Arrow Groom tied for 1st, 33' 6"; Stegall 15th, 24' 10"

• Shot put girls – Katherine Roberts 24th, 16' 2"

• Discus boys – Groom 5th, 96' 10", Stegall 13th 65' 2", David Sasha 15th 62' 8"

• Discus girls – Ray 14th,40' 8"; Roberts 22nd 20' 2"

• Javelin boys – Dahlby 4th, 89'3", Stegall 9th,73' 7"; King 13th, 67'0"

• Javelin girls – Gleason 4th, 65' 5"; Ray 16th, 49' 4"; Kaitlynn Miller 27th, 33'4"

Cardinals Lose Doubleheader to Pirates

Kare Huwe

Shortstop Bryer Paul throws to first base.

Waitsburg High School's baseball team lost both games of the doubleheader against Pomeroy on Friday, April 24.

The Pomeroy Pirates won 7-2 in the first game and 24-3 in the second.

Game 1

Pomeroy 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 7

Waitsburg 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2

Battery: Trace Nesje, Rollin Carpenter, and Colt Boudrieau

Waitsburg hits: Isa Reyes, Griffen Hinchliffe, Boudrieau, Nesje

Game 2

Pomeroy 0 8 5 2 9 24

Waitsburg 0 3 0 0 0 3

Battery: Reyes and Nesje

Waitsburg hits: Kellen Coulston, Rowdy Cole, Boudrieau, Reyes

Cardinal Golfers At TVGC

Karen Huwe

Freshman Cody Coulston takes his first putt on hole 9; on his drive he hit the flag and the ball landed where he is now putting from.

Waitsburg High School’s golf team played at the Touchet Valley Golf Course on Thursday, April 23, against Dayton, Walla Walla Valley Academy, and St. John-Endicott.

The seven Cardinals played 18 holes, with five members shooting their lowest scores of the season.

Jake Lynch scored a 99, and Carter Barron ended the day with a score of 97. The five personal best scores were earned by Blake Benevides, 89; Cody Coulston, 92; Gavin Mikesell, 112; Landen Henry, 114; and Victor Whitmore, 117.