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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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MEDICAL LAKE – The Prescott baseball team's season ended Monday as the team lost in the second playoff round to St. George's, 6-0. Dragons' pitcher Zach Steele stifled Tiger hitting, holding Prescott to three hits in the game, and getting nine strikeouts. St. George's had six hits, but also took advantage of three Tiger errors. Jacob Dunn pitched a complete game for Prescott. Two of the Tigers' hits came off the bat of catcher Kyle Gradwohl. The Tigers ended their season with a 10-12 overall r...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Waitsburg boys' track team came away with the team title at the final 2B District 9 meet of the year here on May 3. And for the Cardinal girls, Emily Adams won all three of her events. Adams won the 800 meters, 1600 meters and triple jump events. Her 1600-meter time of five minutes, 28.5 seconds was a personal record, and also broke her own school record by 1.5 seconds. On the boys' side, Landon Callas continued his dominance in the hurdles, winning both the 110 and 300 meter...
DAYTON – The Dayton varsity softball team played a scheduled five-inning Monday night and came away with a 3-2 win. The Lady Bulldogs got nine hits, but could only convert three runs, which were barely enough for the win. In the bottom of the fifth ining, with score tied at two, Dayton loaded the bases. With one out, Scully Castorena got the game-winning hit. Castorena was three-for-three for the game and also scored the team’s second run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch. Heidi Dobbs and...
PRESCOTT – Kyle Gradwohl and Jacob Dunn pitched a combined two-hitter against Riverside on April 26, as the Prescott Tigers downed the Pirates 11-1 in a shortened six-inning game. The Pirates got their lone run in the top of the first inning, and held the Tigers scoreless until bottom of the fourth. A five-run fourth and four-run fifth sealed the deal for the Pirates. Their two runs in the sixth inning ended the game on the mercy rule. The two pitchers had multiple hits in the game. Dunn pounded...
RITZVILLE – Waitsburg junior Landon Callas continued his improvement in the hurdles, particularly at 300 meters, as he won that event at the Undeberg Invitational meet in Ritzville Saturday. His time of 41.25 seconds was a personal record, and also is the second best time in the state among 2B boys so far this year. Callas also took sixth in the 110 meter hurdles. Brandon Penner also got a win at Ritzville, taking the Discus event with a throw of 140 feet, five inches. Teammate Mark M...
PASCO – The Dayton Bulldogs were unable to bring a runner across the plate, and got only two hits, during a double-header against Tri-Cities Prep here on April 26. They took two losses, 13-0 and 12-0. Dayton’s 12 errors, against none for the Jaguars, contributed to the lopsided losses. Game one starter Dyllan swan struck out four TCP batters, but gave up six walks. In the second game, starter Ashton Loper struck out five, and did not allow a walk. “A major milestone for our pitchers,” coach S...
Callas again wins 300 hurdles; Adams wins tJ; Penner 2nd in javelin COLFAX – The Waitsburg track team traveled to Colfax on April 26, and several athletes turned in top performances at the NE 2B League meet Brandon Penner again had an outstanding day, finishing first in the Discus and second in javelin. Mark Montgomery was second in the discus and fifth in the shot put. Zion Branson took third in the shot. Landon Callas won the 300 meter hurdles, an event he is beginning to dominate in 2B m...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott baseball team swept a double-header at home against DeSales on April 19, winning 9-1 and 10-6. In game one, Tiger pitcher Jacob Dunn struck out 12 Irish batters and gave up only three hits. Dunn also had three hits in the game, including two doubles. Tyler Hoffman also had two doubles and three hits total. Kyle Gradwohl had two hits, including a home run. The Tigers had a total of 15 hits. In the second game, the Tigers fell behind 5-2 halfway through the third inning, b...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott softball team hosted DeSales on April 19 and dropped two games to the Lady Irish, 9-2 and 6-1. In the first game, Prescott gave up three runs in the first inning after a fielding error, and could never get anything going on offense to get back into the game. The Lady Tigers had four hits and committed two errors. In game two, Prescott kept the game close through five innings. But DeSales broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth with three runs, and scored two more in the s...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Tigers gave up nine runs in the first two innings against Liberty Christian on April 21, and it was too much to recover from. LC took advantage of five Tiger errors as they scored six in the first and three more in the second, on their way to a 10-4 win. Prescott avoided a shutout, scoring all of their runs in the sixth inning. The Tigers had six hits, including two each by Jacob Dunn and Max Conard. LC 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 runs 8 hits 0 errors Prescott 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 r...
Offense continues to improve as Dayton falls 13-3, 19-3 on the road ASOTIN – The Dayton Baseball team traveled to Asotin on April 19 to take on the undefeated Panthers and fell 12-3 and 19-3 in a double-header. In the first game, Dyllan Swan had a strong four innings on the mound, with two strikeouts, before being relieved in the fifth. Dayton trailed 9-2 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, but gave up four runs, which ended the game on the mercy rule. The Bulldogs had five hits in the g...
ASOTIN – The Dayton softball team scored in six of seven innings in game one of their double-header on April 19, and cruised to a 7-2 win. But in game two, the Lady Bulldogs were shut out, despite getting five hits in the game, falling 5-0. Dayton had seven hits in the first game, including two by Heidi Dobbs, as the team scored in all but the second inning and took advantage of four Asotin errors. In game two, the Lady 'Dogs committed four errors of their own, and couldn't bring any of their ba...
BURBANK – Waitsburg’s Emily Adams took first place in the 800 meters and the triple jump on April 19 at the SCAC East League Meet #2 at Columbia Burbank High School. Adams also took second place in both the100 meters and 3200 meters. Adams’s 800-meter time of two minutes, 24.72 seconds was a personal record, breaking her previous record, set last year, by nearly three seconds. Also or the Waitsburg girls, Clarissa Espana was fourth in the 200-meter race. The Waitsburg boys had a strong showi...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott boys fell twice to Asotin at home in a Friday double-header, 2-0 and 10-3. In the first game, Jacob Dunn pitched a gem, giving up only three hits in a complete-game effort. But a fifth-inning Tiger error with one out led to two Panther runs that provided all the scoring the visitors needed. Prescott also recorded three hits, but couldn't generate any offense. Dunn had eight strikeouts for Prescott, but the Tigers struck out 12 times against Asotin pitcher Koby Blunt. "...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott softball team came out on fire, scoring four runs in the first inning of game one, on the way to a split of a double-header with Asotin. After taking the first game, 7-6, the Tiger bats went quiet, and the home team fell 10-0 in game two. In the first game, Prescott broke a 6-6 tie in the sixth inning, when Jade Alleman led off with a triple, and then, with two outs, was knocked home on an RBI single by Timber Frohreich. Each team had 10 hits, but the Lady Tigers were a...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Walla Walla Valley Academy softball team was no match for Dayton Friday afternoon, as the Lady ‘Dogs won two mercy rule-shortened games, 33-1 and 10-0. In game one, Dayton had 23 hits and took advantage of nine WWVA errors, in a game that was called after three innings. Tatum Laughery led her team with five hits. Heidi Dobbs had four hits, and Kellie Moore and Megan Robins each had three. Moore and Robins each had six RBIs. Game 2 lasted five innings, again shortened by the m...
DAYTON – On Friday afternoon, at the first track and field meet ever held at the new College Place HS athletic field, several Touchet Valley athletes had top performances. Waitsburg's Landon Callas came away with four first-place finishes. He won the 400-meter race, along with both hurdle events – at 110 and 300 meters. Callas also led off the winning 4 X 100 relay team. Cardinal Emily Adams missed a sweep of her own by one place in the long jump. She took first in the 400 and 3200 meter rac...
DAYTON – The Dayton baseball team scored seven runs on seven hits in the first game of their double-header against Walla Walla Valley Academy here Friday, but their pitchers could hold off the Jaguar hitters, as they lost, 17-7. WWVA also won the second game, 14-2. In game one, WWVA jumped on the Bulldog pitching quickly, scoring 10 runs in the first inning. But Dayton was able to make headway on offense, scoring seven runs in the first four innings. In the second game, the Jaguars again got t...
WAITSBURG - Representative Maureen Walsh (R-College Place), has announced she will run for the State Senate seat currently held by Mike Hewitt, who is retiring. Hewitt has been in the Senate for 16 years. Walsh was first elected to one of the two House seats representing the 16th legislative district, in 2004. "I've been so fortunate to work in the House on behalf of the people in our district for the last 12 years. My seatmates in the Legislature include former Rep. Bill Grant, who passed away...
WALLA WALLA - The Port of Walla Walla Commissioners have announced that four candidates will be interviewed to become the Port's next executive director. Final interviews will be held Thursday. Among the finalists are Port of Columbia Manager Jennie Dickinson and Waitsburg City Council member KC Kuykendall. An interview panel will meet with the candidates on Thursday in executive session, and then forward their recommendation to the Port commissioners, who will meet and make their final...
During my interview with Representatives Terry Nealey and Maureen Walsh on March 24, we spent more than half our time talking about the supplemental state budget the legislature failed to agree on during this year’s regular session. That discussion was covered in-depth in last week’s issue. Since then, the legislature has passed a supplemental budget that adds $191 million in spending for such things as homelessness, mental health and alleviating a state-wide teacher shortage. The House and Sen...
DAYTON – Alder Family Dental has announced that Dr. Rachel Deininger has begun serving patients in their Dayton office and will soon become the primary dentist in that office. Dr. Deininger will take over the practice that Alder purchased from Dr. Norm Passmore last year and continues to operate at its Main Street location in Dayton. Dr. Deininger has been in practice for about seven years, and joined Alder Family Dental in September. She is a California native and a graduate of Walla Walla Univ...
MILTON-FREEWATER – Waitsburg junior Emily Adams took three firsts and a second, racking up 38 points to lead the Waitsburg girls to a fourth-place finish at Friday's Carnival of Speed track and field meet at Mac-Hi here. The Waitsburg boys took fifth among nearly 25 schools competing. Waitsburg was the top finisher among Washington state schools, including Wa-Hi, in both boys' and girls' divisions. Based on performances, Adams was named top female athlete at the meet. She won both the 1500 and 3...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott girls' softball team came up short in the first game of their double-header Saturday against Tri-Cities Prep, losing 9-5. But in the second game, the Lady Tigers rallied for a walk-off winning run in seventh inning to beat the Jaguars 9-8. In the first game, a fourth-inning error led to four TCP runs and left Prescott trailing 5-1. Three seventh-inning runs sealed the deal for the Jaguars. For the game, Devon Harshman had three hits and Chloe Pearson had two. In the s...
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton girls' softball team started out slow in the first game of their double-header here against DeSales, striking out nine times on the way to a 4-1 loss. The Lady Bulldogs only managed two hits in the game. Those came from Hanna Becker and Megan Robins. The Bulldog bats came alive in the second, as the team scored four runs in the third inning on their way to a 6-0 shutout win. Mia Becker led the way with a bases-clearing triple in that fourth frame. "Savannah McFarland p...
