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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Coming off its first state appearance and trophy presentation in 17 years, the Dayton boys basketball team dreams of making a repeat appearance this year. If it does, it won't be because of returning talent. Of the six-man rotation Dayton used most of last year, the Bulldogs return no starters and only one major role player-senior Wyatt Frame. Fifth-year head coach Roy Ramirez is not deterred, though he readily admits he lost a lot of skill and experience from last year. "We lost our...
KENNEWICK - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague defense stuffed WP's high octane offense into a box in the first half of their state semifinal tilt, padlocked it, stuffed it inside another box, sealed it shut with five layers of packing tape, then shipped it off to Mars. Or at least that's how it felt here Saturday, as the Broncos did what no other team has been able to do all year: hold WP scoreless for three quarters of football. Add to that a fast start by the LRS offense that provided just enough...
DAYTON - A thin overcast sky and mild temperatures in the 40s greeted an influx of tourists and locals alike during the first day of the Dayton Christmas Kickoff celebration Friday in "The Town That Still Believes." The Dayton Chamber of Commerce's annual event brought people from as far away as the Tri-Cities, Spokane and Yakima to participate in the family-friendly activities and to take advantage of the Christmas sales that peppered the downtown core. Gunnar and Danika Gaethle spent a few...
WAITSBURG - Seventy- three student athletes from Waitsburg, Prescott and Jubilee schools were honored at this year's fall sports awards ceremony Monday night at the Waitsburg High School auditorium. Participants in cheerleading, cross country, volleyball and football were honored. A separate event honoring soccer participants was held Tuesday at Prescott. Cheer coach Vickie Hamann led off the festivities introducing her fall varsity and junior varsity cheer squad. Margaret Potolicchio, of...
SPOKANE - Waitsburg- Prescott's quick-hit offense scored the first three touchdowns of its quarterfinal match- up with Reardan here Saturday, while its defense held the grind-it-out Indian running attack scoreless over the game's first 21 minutes. The Indians mustered a fight before the final siren sounded, but the early deficit proved too much to overcome. The Cardinals fly on to a state semi-final tilt with No. 2 ranked Lind-Ritzville/ Sprague on the wings of the, 39-12, quarterfinal victory...
SPOKANE – Too-familiar foe Northwest Christian eliminated the Tigers from the state tournament in a, 5-1, first round loss on Saturday at Whitworth University in Spokane. It was the Crusaders’ third-straight victory in four total tries over WP this season, and the second four- goal margin. WP got on the board first in 15th minute. Ernesto Valdovinos posted the goal on an assist from Rodrigo Gonzalez. NWC netted an equalizer 3 minutes later when forward Jacob Weaver questionably beat the WP defense, scoring the first of his four goals....
WAITSBURG -- As Waitsburg-Prescott's football squad continues its sojourn toward the ultimate honor of a repeat state title, five Cardinals garnered individual honors this past week by being named to the Southeast 2B All-League Team. Chance Leroue and Ben Shafer earned all- league offensive honors- Leroue at tight end and Shafer on the offensive line. Danny Stansell and Roy Ebong were chosen all-league defenders- Stansell at linebacker and Ebong at defensive back. Leroue and Stansell were two of only three sophomores named to the all- l...
PASCO - Dalton Estes, Chance Leroue and Stirling Eastman recorded three touchdowns each last Friday as the offensive juggernaut that is the 2012 edition of Waitsburg-Prescott football team pummeled another opponent- this time Oroville, 54-26-and set up a quarterfinal showdown with Reardan Saturday in Spokane. "Our offense carried the day," said WP head coach Jeff Bartlow, "They moved the ball, they moved the chains all night. I don't want to say flawless, but close. We ran. We threw. (A...
PRESCOTT - One win was all the Waitsburg- Prescott soccer team needed to punch its ticket to the Class 1B/2B State Playoffs. The Tigers struck out in their first attempt at home against Northwest Christian last Friday, 4-2, but bounced back to knock off Riverside Christian in a loser-out contest, 6-1, at Spokane and claim the No. 3 seed to state. WP built a 2-0 halftime lead over Riverside Christian on the Gonzaga Prep pitch. Captain Lino Diaz and fellow forward Ernesto Valdovinos tallied the...
WAITSBURG - When drawing up pass coverages, most teams scouting Waitsburg Prescott know that success rests in slowing down the receiving triple threat of Dalton Estes, Roy Ebong and Chance Leroue. But after James Thompkins' 205-yard, four-touchdown reception performance in WP's, 47-8, win last Friday over Mary Walker of Springdale, opposing teams will have to account for the 5-foot-7 Jubilee Leadership Academy senior too. Thompkins pulled in four receptions on the night and all went for six...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Prescott's seniors refused to end their high school football careers as anything less than league champions for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year. Dalton Estes' 251 all- purpose yards, Sterling Eastman's 250 passing yards, and Roy Ebong's two stellar kick returns, five receptions and key first half interception stopping a sure Tri-Cities Prep score fueled the Cardinals' title-clinching, 34-14, victory over the visiting Jaguars. "That second half was gutty," a sm...
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg-Prescott failed by the narrowest possible margin to DeSales on Senior Night for the Irish. WP lost the 5-set heartbreaker last Tuesday, 16- 25, 25-12, 22-25, 25-20, 13-15. The Lady Cards overcame the Irish in an error- plagued set one by nine points. WP broke open a 10-9 lead with a 10-3 run built without the aid of a single ace or kill by either side. The Cards closed the set out with an ace however, when Krystal Harris' hard serve tripped the net, and fell to an e...
ASOTIN - Two big plays proved the difference in Waitsburg-Prescott's must- have victory at Asotin last Friday. The, 26-14, win nearly guarantees the Cardinals control of their own destiny in the chase for the Southeast 2B title as they go into their final regular season game this Friday against Tri-Cities Prep. After a first half defensive slog, the Cards posted the two, long-field scores in the span of just a minute-and- a-half late in the third quarter to put some distance between...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg-Prescott's first-string defense held Mabton to minus 31 yards of rushing and minus 3 yards passing, en route to a 54-8 homecoming drubbing of the visiting Vikings here Friday. Mabton recorded no first downs versus WP's no. 1 defense, fumbled twice, and ran only four plays for positive yardage. WP's starters played just half the game, and their dominant perfor- mance on both offense and defense forced the 40-point running clock rule for the entire second half. WP's initial scoring came early and often. The Cards put 26...
PRESCOTT - The two beasts of the east in Class 1B/2B soccer played to a 1-1 draw here Friday afternoon. Though a tie may sound boring, the undefeated St. George team and two-loss Waitsburg-Prescott team made it one of the more suspenseful matches of the season. WP controlled the tempo and attacked the tall, defen- sively-minded Dragons the entire game. The Tigers put the initial pressure to the visitors with a series of corner kick chances 10 minutes in. Jonny Es- calante caught up to a loose ba...
WAITSBURG - The WP volleyball team fell to WWVA in three sets last Tuesday night in Dayton. The Knights proved too much for the Cardinals, despite an early rush of energy and a solid second set. The Knights were victorious, 25-17, 25-21, 25-11. In the first set on Kison Court Tuesday night, the Lady Cards were pumped up and keeping up with the Knights. Serving errors on both sides of the net added points to the opponents' scores. Great spikes from WWVA's Megan Gregg helped the Knights clinch...
DAYTON - Waitsburg- Prescott crashed Dayton's homecoming party here Friday, breaking open a low- scoring game through one half with 31 points in the second to rout the winless Bulldogs, 39-0. The first half was so ugly-marred by six turnovers, nine penalties (one resulting in a safety), and five first downs between the two teams-it was a wonder either team scored at all. But Waitsburg-Prescott did, thanks to Dayton's holding penalty in the end zone that counted as a 2-point safety, and si...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott Tigers experienced two different levels of opponents within 24 hours and two opposite scoreboard results. WP dismantled the new soccer program of Class 1B Valley Christian of Spokane, 10-0, on Friday, then lost a 3-2 thriller to defending Oregon Class 3A/2A/1A champion Riverside of Boardman, Ore., on Saturday. Friday's game against Valley Christian was over by the 30th minute, when WP head coach Mark Grimm pulled all his starters save two for "leadership pu...
DAYTON - Dayton netted a much-needed victory over valley rival and league foe Waitsburg-Prescott in four sets here Thursday, 25- 23, 12-25, 25-11, 25-13. Bulldog McKayla Bickelhaupt led all players with 16 kills, but it was her team's group effort during an 8-0 run to start the third set that turned the tide of the match. From there, Dayton steamrolled WP the rest of the way claiming the third and fourth sets in convincing fashion. Game one was a back- and-forth scrum that saw Dayton jet to...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg- Prescott's defense bent a lot Friday, but didn't break when it counted, including stopping archrival DeSales' final scoring chance on the 1-yard line as the game clock expired. The 16-13 victory dropped the Irish from the ranks of the unbeaten and propelled the Cardinals back into league- championship contention. In its most lackluster offensive performance of the season-225 total yards, WP produced the big plays when needed, and capitalized on Irish miscues. The first...
COLLEGE PLACE - The WP volleyball team traveled to College Place for its only match of the week and fell to the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights in four sets. The teams were evenly matched in the first set, but the Cardinals couldn't close the deal losing, 23-25. WP squared the match with a convincing, 25-18, victory in set two. But the Cardinals couldn't sustain the momentum. The Knights reeled off victories in the next two sets by the same scores 18 and 25, 18 and 25. "Overall our play has improved," WP coach Angie Potts said lauding h...
OAKESDALE - Waitsburg- Prescott couldn't overcome an uncharacteristic five-turnover night and lost to Tekoa-Oakesdale Rosalia in the opening game of league football play, 32-22. It was the Cardinals' first loss since 2010. That's not to say last week's no. 1 team in the Class 2B ranks didn't try. The Cardinals trailed, 20-0, at halftime thanks to two particularly costly fumbles. The first occurred in the first quarter on the second play of WP's second possession. Taking the snap at his own 1...
WAITSBURG -- Waits- burg-Prescott crammed eight games into the first five days of its first week of the 2012 volleyball season. The Cardinals emerged with four wins, three losses and the consolation bracket winner of their home tourna- ment last weekend. As reported last week, the Cards lost their opener to the giants of Colfax, Tuesday. On Wednesday, they returned to their home court to face Rosalia. In a match that went the distance, WP defeated the Spartans 15-25, 20-25, 25- 20, 25-19 and 15-11. On Thursday, the games continued against...
DAYTON -- The Dayton volleyball squad stumbled out of the gate in its open- ing week of the season losing to non-league opponents Garfield-Palouse and Pomeroy, but ended on the upswing with a second place finish at the Waitsburg-Prescott tournament Saturday. Dayton's Lady Bulldogs fought hard but were unable to win the four-game set against the Garfield-Palouse Vikings Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Palouse. The Bulldogs kept the scores close, but ultimately couldn't secure the win, walking away with...
PRESCOTT -WP took on perennial soccer powerhouse St. George in Spokane last Saturday, and the Tigers did not fare well in their second contest of the season, losing to the Dragons, 4-1. Luis Fernando Escalante put WP on the scoreboard with penalty kick at the 38 minute mark to make it 2-1 at halftime, but it was the only goal the Tigers could muster. "We had 17 shots on goal," WP assistant coach Jay Potts said. "They had too many to count. We had a freshman goalie (Antonio Benito) starting back...
