Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA - It's barely 9:30 on a cold overcast Saturday morning in a distant corner of the Walla Walla Regional Airport and Industrial Park. But things are already busy at 551 Lockheed Ave., home of Builders ReSupply. Matt and Lindsey Williams, a young couple who just bought a 900-square-foot home on Walla Walla's Bonselle Street, are looking for different hardware to put on their kitchen cabinets. It's just one item on a long, home-improvement to-do list, Lindsey jokes while the cou...
DAYTON - A stunning come-from-behind victory over Liberty Christian in the district volleyball tournament Saturday crowned the Lady Bulldogs as district champions and sent them to state for the first time since 2005. They will play their first game at the Sundome in Yakima at 9 a.m. on Friday against Wahkiakum. If they win, they will play again at 5 p.m. against the winner of the Darrington vs Kittitas match. If they lose, the Bulldogs will play that game's loser at 7:30 p.m. "We earned our...
POMEROY - It may have been hard to imagine earlier in the season, but coach Dean Bickelhaupt and his staff took their Bulldogs to the playoffs Tuesday night after winning both games in the tie breaker for fourth place in the league. "They put it all together tonight," Bickelhaupt said after the series of short games. "We couldn't ask for a better way to end the regular season." Dayton started the evening with a game against TOR and scored a 32-yard field goal early in the first half. Bi...
OAKESDALE - After eking out a tough 14-13 victory over TOR on that team's soggy bottom field in Oakesdale Friday night, the Cardinals face a dangerously fast-running Reardan Indians team at home this weekend. The loser-out regional playoff matchup starts at 7 p.m. on Friday. Though not pretty, the Cardinals' final win late last week gave them a perfect 9-0 season, the first one of its kind since 1967, according to local sports historian and booster Ross Hamann. But if WP thought its mistbound...
Riding a wave of discontent about the state of politics and the economy, Republicans took a majority of seats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday but did not reach a majority in the Senate, where Democrats hung on to a slim margin. Early returns showed that democrats lost 60 seats in the House, leaving them with 183 and Republicans with 238 with an additional 13 races still undecided. Two-hundred and eighteen seats are needed for a majority. In the Senate, Democrats kept 51 seats, compared to the Republicans' 46 with three races to...
OAKESDALE - For the first time since 1967, the Cardinals have a perfect 9-0 season thanks to a hard-fought win against an equally tough TOR playing at home. quot;We knew it would be a fist fight,quot; head coach Zach Bartlow told his team after the game. quot;I told you we would win it by 1 (point) if we had to.quot; Kris Cady was the undisputed MVP of the game, blocking a Nighthawks' extra point attempt that turned out the give WP it's winning margin. Throughout the tame, he made up for a bad play, trying to control a live ball for a punt...
SPOKANE - In a business development that's good borrowers and the Touchet Valley community but bad for shareholders and mixed for employees, the holding company of American West Bank has announced restructuring plans through Chapter 11 bankruptcy while selling its banking operation to a California-based investment company. The sale has a local historical dimension since it means the end of the road for the investors from Walla Walla, Waitsburg and Dayton who put up the capital in the 1970s to launch the Bank of the West, whose operations in thi...
SPRING VALLEY - Reporting on my first crush season in this corner of the Walla Walla wine region, I was fully prepared to remove my shoes and socks, step into some large vat and start stomping on freshly picked grapes. I wasn't shocked to learn "crushing" isn't done this way these days, at least not at Spring Valley Vineyard or Dumas Station, the two local wineries I visited for a taste of the season. But I was surprised the word "crush" isn't even a very apt way to describe how winemakers...
DAYTON - Friday night's next-to-last regular season football game in Dayton excited the home crowd. Though the Bulldogs lost 24-7, Dayton started strong and managed to hold its own against the higher-ranking DeSales Irish. "The played hard," head coach Dean Bickelhaupt said. "They had a lot of heart." Even with their 1-3 league record, it is conceivable the Bulldogs could go to the playoffs since they share their record with TOR and TCP. TOR plays first-ranked Waitsburg-Prescott on Friday,...
KENNEWICK - After forfeiting last week's game against DeSales, the Bulldogs came out playing somewhat rusty against Liberty Christian Tuesday night but still won their match in four: 20-25, 25-16, 25-19 and 25-18. The victory means Dayton places second in the league and will host Liberty Christian at Dayton at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3. "It took us a while to get our team thing going," head coach Shannon Turner said. "But overall, I thought they pulled it together very well." Dayton forfeited last week's match against the Irish after th...
ASOTIN - Despite the turnovers, despite the penalties and despite the hometown referees' micro officiating, to put it kindly, the WP Cardinals did what they couldn't do last year: beat the formidable Asotin Panthers on their own turf. WP's 28-8 victory made the Cardinals league champions, which means they will host the first playoff game in Waitsburg on Nov. 3. "It was disappointing to win the championship this way," head coach Jeff BartCardinals said after the game. "This (the penalties) is our Achilles heel. We have to put our foot down...
DAYTON - Travis Stephenson, Ski Bluewood's new general manager, reported eight inches of snow at the resort early this week. The early dusting was welcomed with excitement by the new owners. It was both a reminder that the season is just around the corner and how much still needs to be done to get the mountain ready. One of the many tasks still at hand is the recruitment of at least half the workforce. To get that process underway, Ski Bluewood is hosting a job fair from 4 - 6 p.m. on Sund...
OAKESDALE - After the intensity of the Bulldogs' Homecoming battle against WP the week before, Dayton came out sluggish against TOR last Friday and lost their away game 37-6. Dayton fumbled on the kickoff return, and TOR capitalized on the error with its first touchdown. The Bulldogs denied them a two-point conversion and shut down their offense for the remainder of the first quarter. TOR's second touchdown came after Dayton was penalized on a pass interference call, putting the ball on the Bulldogs' 10-yard line and giving the Nighthawks p...
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Cardinals and Tigers aren't the only undefeated WP teams so far this year. The WP Mustangs added to their perfect record last Thursday with a 28-0 win over the Central Middle School Jaguars. Led once more by Chance Leroue and Daniel Stansell, the Mustangs had an impressive night in Milton-Freewater with important contributions from Talen Larsen, Owen Lanning, Devin Ocevedo and Luke Alexenko. Right out of the gate, the Mustangs picked up their first points with a 46-yard...
WAITSBURG - Forced or fortuitous, the opportunities kept coming the Cardinals' way during their Homecoming game against the Tri Cities Prep Jaguars Friday. Whether it was a fumble recovered by Eshom Estes or an interception by Kris Cady, WP took full advantage of the Jaguars' turnovers in the home team's 28-7 win. The Cardinals are 7-0 going into a tough away game Friday against the Asotin Panthers, the only team to beat WP in the regular season last year. "It was a great Homecoming nig...
The gravel road to the trailhead was filled with potholes that rocked the car. We knew we were close to our destination. We pulled up to where the old logging road is cut off to motorized traffic by a high mound of dirt and a deep trench. The four of us got out of the car. Niko and I emerged from the back seat. My friend and his oldest son got out of the front. My friend's youngest son, a good friend of Niko, wasn't with us. But he was foremost on our minds. His father made a point of...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg and Prescott school districts suspended the entire WP volleyball coaching staff Friday pending an investigation into allegations that they created an atmosphere of harassment, intimidation and bullying. "The WP high school volleyball coaches have been suspended for the remainder of the season," Waitsburg Superintendent Dr. Carol Clarke and Prescott Superintendent Dr. Bill Jordan said in a prepared statement that did not cite the reasons for the suspension. "The...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals went 7-0 Friday night after beating Tri Cities Prep 28-7 in a festive Homecoming game. Kris Cady, Dalton Estes, T.J. Hofer and Quarterback Zach Bartlow each scored touchdowns, while the Cardinals' defense allowed only one Jaguars touchdown. For WP, the game was a mixture of opportunities, penalties (some of which brought back touchdowns) and turnovers made up for by more turnovers won on TCP. quot;It was a great Homecoming night win,quot; head coach Jeff Bartlow said. quot;We played extremely hard....
DAYTON - If all goes as planned in the next several weeks, Ski Bluewood will be open under new ownership and management for the 2010 - 2011 ski season. A regional Tri-Cities-based group of investors, led by Bluewood ski instructors Kelly and Mike Stephenson, has agreed to buy the resort from Stan and Nancy Goodell and is busily preparing the mountain for the upcoming season. "Ski Bluewood is a huge resource for this area and for families," said Mike Stephenson, managing partner of WGSKI, the limited liability company being formed to purc...
DAYTON - Some time around 11:30 last Tuesday night, someone uncoupled Union Pacific car # BF-100-48, removed the chocks from its front wheel, stepped onto the small ladder in the front of the car and force-snapped the padlocked cable tether to release the brake. Somehow, the derail installed on the tracks failed as the car rolled over it and tore it loose. Almost immediately, BF-100-48 started its dangerous, uncontrolled trek from its position at the Seneca plant at the east end of Dayton. F...
WAITSBURG - With the regular season slump continuing for the Cardinals, WP head volleyball coach Jesse Buehler is looking ahead to the playoffs as the time her girls will peak as a team. After losing to Dayton last Tuesday, the Cardinals lost in four games against top-ranked Asotin 19-25, 25-20, 20-25 and 19-25 Tuesday. "We were well-prepared for this match," Buehler said. "Each game was fairly close. I'm at a loss as to what the problem was." Although WP lost the first game, they struggled back from an earlier deficit and took their...
WALLA WALLA - The Bulldogs Varsity volleyball team improved its record to 6-3 Tuesday night after beating Walla Walla Valley Academy in four games 25-22, 25-22, 20-25 and 25-20. Although head coach Shannon Turner said the win over the Knights wasn't her team's best of the season, the Bulldogs are keeping up their discipline and momentum this fall. On Thursday night, they beat the Asotin Panthers during their Homecoming match in three games 25-17, 25-21 and 25-22. In their away game against...
DAYTON - It wasn't the Bulldogs' expectation to win against the undefeated Cardinals in Dayton's Homecoming game Friday. But they hoped "to make it game," as senior Bulldogs running back Dain Henderson put it. And they did. The Bulldogs lost 20-0 to their cross-valley rivals, and if Dayton's offense had been more effective, the margin would have been considerably smaller. The Cardinals scored only once during the first half. Cardinal T.J. Hofer intercepted a first-possession throw by Bulldogs quarterback Colton Bickelhaupt and ran it 27 y...
DAYTON - They were denied by 2 points the last time the played the Asotin Panthers. But on Thursday night, the Bulldogs simply put their long-distance opponents away, winning the match in three games 25-17, 25-21 and 25-22. "It was sweet," head coach Shannon Turner said. "They did everything we work so hard on in practice." Not that it was easy. After winning the first two games handily, the Bulldogs suddenly faced a Panthers team determined to claw its way back in the third game. Asotin took an early lead and Dayton stayed behind by as many...
DAYTON - Shortly before midnight Tuesday an empty boxcar broke free on the main rail line in Dayton and made a freak, high-speed getaway, waking residents throughout the Touchet Valley and eluding sheriff 's deputies before it finally slowed enough to be secured just past Prescott. No damage or injuries were reported from the runaway car, which exceeded speeds of 60 miles per hour and barreled without warning past numerous unguarded crossings in Dayton, Waitsburg and Prescott. It also crossed...
