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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Here at The Times, we love the spring for all the reasons you all do, and for another reason as well: Springtime brings great photo opportunities in the Touchet Valley. We like to keep this newspaper colorful, and that can be tough to do in February. But once the trees turn green and the the flowers are in bloom and people are out enjoying the weather, we put our cameras to work. Events in Waitsburg and Dayton are great fun to photograph. In our last two issues, we've tried to convey the wide...
SPOKANE – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' track and field team captured a win at the 2B District 7/9 regional meet on Friday. WP ended the meet with 94 points, outscoring 17 other teams, including second-place Asotin, who had 92. "It was a big day and our kids stepped up big time," said WP track coach Jeff Bartlow. "We're having lots of success right now in track. It is exciting." Kobie Brown led the Cardinals with wins in both hurdles events (110 and 300 meters). Owen Lanning was second in all fou...
SPOKANE – The Dayton girls' softball team won their first two games at the 2B District 7/9 regional tournament here Saturday, which qualified them for this week's state tournament. In the championship game however, the Lady Bulldogs fell to DeSales. "The girls had a great day at the regional tournament," said Dayton assistant coach Desirae Jones. "Winning game one against Mary Walker cinched a state berth for us. Winning game two (over NW Christian) was icing on the cake." Dayton prevailed, 1...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys won the Southeast District 9 track championship here on May 13. WP outscored a strong Asotin team, 191-148. "We had not won it two years in a row and it was a sweet win," said WP track coach Jeff Bartlow. "Kids got all excited about it. Everyone contributed and we will be sending 15 boys and one girl on to the Regionals next Friday in Spokane." Seniors Kobie Brown and Owen Lanning racked up big points in their events. Brown won the 110 and 300 meter h...
DAYTON – The Dayton High softball team advanced to the Southeast 2B district tournament with a big win here over the WP Lady Tigers on May 12. The Tigers' loss ended their season. Dayton pitcher Megan Robins gave up only one WP hit, while striking out 10. The Lady Bulldogs scored seven runs in the first three innings and then eight in the fourth. The game ended on the mercy rule after the top of the fifth. For Dayton, senior Sarah Phillips had four hits and two RBIs. She also had four stolen bas...
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton Bulldogs' softball team had an easy time with Asotin Saturday in the first round of the Southeast District 9 tournament, beating the Panthers 11-1. Sarah Phillips had her second consecutive four-hit game for Dayton, as she scored three times and scored two bases. Samii Bledsoe added two hits and three RBIs. Dayton had a total of 13 hits on the day. Pitcher Megan Robins struck out 10 Asotin Batters, as the Lady Bulldogs moved on to round two against DeSales. Dayton 102 1...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg-Prescott boys' track team took a convincing win in the regular season's final meet at Martin Field in Walla Walla on May 6. The Cardinals easily out-pointed perennial favorite Asotin, 199-136. But Asotin didn't bring their full team to the meet, according to WP track coach Jeff Bartlow. "This week it will be much different as we will be competing in District [District 9 Finals meet on Wednesday] and the entire Asotin team will be there," Bartlow said. He said that, si...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team hosted Garfield-Palouse on May 6, and limited the Viking offense to one run, winning 4-1. Defensive miscues allowed Gar-Pal to pick up a quick first-inning run, but pitcher Talen Larsen then held G-P scoreless through the sixth, giving up just five hits. Chance Leroue closed out the game on the mound. The Tigers had five errors in the game. "Despite some early struggles defensively we were able to hang in there and get it done," said WP Coach D...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott girls' softball team dropped two one-run games to Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, 17-16 and 9-8. In Game 1, the Lady Tigers jumped on the Vikings with 12 runs in the first inning and four more in the second. But it wouldn't be enough, as Gar-Pal fought back, taking the lead with six runs in the seventh inning. For the game, WP had 18 hits and gave up 15. Kassidy Kuykendall and Hannah Grant each had three hits. But the Lady Tigers committed seven errors to help o...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team dropped two games at home on Thursday to Tri-Cities Prep, 7-6 and 3-1. They followed a win against Riverside on April 28, 16-1. In game one Thursday, the cardinals were trailing 6-2 going into the seventh and final regulation inning. A four-run rally tied the score and sent the game into extra innings. TCP scored a lone run in eighth, and took the victory, 7-6. The bottom of the 7th was highlighted with a double by Devin Acevedo, a 2 RBI single b...
ASOTIN – The Dayton Bulldogs' softball team demolished the Asotin Panthers in Game 1 of Saturday's double-header here, 14-2. Pitcher Megan Robins held Asotin scoreless until the fifth and final inning, giving up just three hits. Dayton scored in every inning except the fourth. Taylor Frame was three for four at the plate, with five RBIs. Sarah Phillips, Lexie Ramirez and Heidi Dobbs added two hits each to Dayton's total of 12 hits. "The girls really showed up with the bats today," said Dayton a...
LEWISTON – The Waitsburg-Prescott track and field team sent ten athletes to the Meet of Champions here on April 30. The meet was an invitational, based on athletes' performances in earlier meets this season. WP sophomore Landon Callas significantly reduced his personal record times in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdle events. He was 8th in the 300 and 11th in the 110. Senior Owen Lanning was 5th in the 110 and 6th in the 300. "Landon Callas had a great day and is improving each week in the hurdl...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' softball team easily swept their home double-header against WP Saturday, winning 16-5 and 13-3. In Game 1, WP held a 2-1 lead going into the third innings, but the Lady Bulldogs took advantage of nine Tiger errors to score 15 runs in the final three innings. Dayton pitcher Savannah McFarland held WP to only two hits, but Dayton committed four errors of their own, as WP put up five runs. For Dayton, Taylor Frame had a home run and four RBIs. Hannah Becker added two d...
Lady TIgers Sweep Columbia PRESCOTT – The WP softball team hosted Columbia (Burbank) on April 21 and came away with their first two wins of the season, 13-3 and 3-0. In game 1, the Lady Tigers took advantage of Coyote pitching control problems to score 13 runs on only six hits. Analise Salazar had three hits for WP. The Tigers scored ten runs in the fourth through sixth innings, to build a ten run lead and end the game early. In game 2, pitcher Jaidyn Brown shut out the Coyotes, giving up o...
DAYTON – The Dayton softball team was swept by DeSales in a Monday night double-header here, 17-0 and 20-10. The losses put the Lady Bulldogs record at 4-2 in league play and 6-6 overall. In game 1, Irish pitcher Kaylee Brown shut down Dayton, giving up just one hit, a single by Kellie Moore. Brown also hit two home runs in the game. Dayton pitcher Savannah McFarland gave up 14 hits, and the Bulldog defense committed five errors. Dayton’s bats awoke in Game 2, as they scored 10 runs in the first...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team hosted Columbia (Burbank) Tuesday for what turned out to be two lopsided games – a win and a loss. The Tigers held the Coyotes to one hit in game one, and won, 11-1. In game two, Columbia came back in a big way, scoring ten runs in the first three innings on the way to a 13-2 five-inning victory. Senior Chance Leroue gave up a run in the first inning of game one, but then shut down the Coyotes the rest of the way. The Tigers tied the score in the...
RITZVILLE – WP and Dayton track athletes traveled here Saturday to take part in the 10th annual Undeberg Invitational Track Meet, held at Lind-Ritzville High School. They competed against other athletes from nearly forty high schools around Washington. WPs Emily Adams had a strong meet, finishing fourth in the 3200 meter run and 10th in the 1600. She was also ninth in the long jump and 10th in the triple jump. The WP boys finished seventh in the team competition, only 3 ½ points behind t...
When you read what I’m about to say, you’re going to think I’m a sore loser. So I plead guilty right up front. But I write on anyway because I think it’s important for taxpayers to know how their money is being spent. Last month, The Times was invited to bid on the contract to publish legal notices for Columbia County for the 12-month period beginning July 1. Our bid was $4.95 per column inch, and our text size is 8 point font. With this bid, we would easily cover our costs make a reasona...
WALLA WALLA – Dayton senior Kaitlyn Andrews continued her dominance of javelin and long jump events last week, winning those, as well as the triple jump and 100 meter race at the Irish Invite here on April 15. WP senior Kobe Brown, competing in his first meet this year, also won all four of his events. Brown captured the high jump, long jump and two hurdles events: 110 and 300 meters. The WP boys had a strong team showing, racking up 189 points for second place, only 16 points shy of the w...
PRESCOTT – The defending state champion DeSales baseball team came to Prescott Saturday, and the WP Tigers gave them all they could handle. But the Tigers came up just short in both games. A seventh-inning run gave the Irish a 1-0 victory in the first game, and three extra-inning DeSales runs in the ninth were the Tigers undoing in the second game – a 6-3 loss. The first game was a pitching masterpiece between WP's Jacob Dunn and DeSales' Cam Richman. Richman was a little better, throwing a no-...
GARFIELD – The Dayton girls’ softball team showed the offense they’re capable of, as they swept Garfield-Palouse/Oakesdale here Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs scored 29 runs on 20 hits, including three home runs in the first game. In game 1, pitcher Savannah McFarland gave up three runs on four hits for the win. Hanna Becker, Lexie Ramirez and Caitlyn Robins each had home runs. Becker had five RBIs. In the second game, Dayton took a 4-3 lead into the fifth inning before breaking the game open...
As I write this early on Tuesday morning, it’s snowing at my house. But I’m not discouraged. Yesterday was in the 60s and more warm weather is on the way. Baseball is up and running, and the Mariners are 3-4 after losing to the Dodgers last night. (Interleague games already? I miss the old days.) On Friday, cyclists from around the northwest will converge on Waitsburg for the annual Tour of Walla Walla bike race. (See the article on Page 9.) The race schedule is a little different this yea...
BENTON CITY – After sitting out the first four meets of the season due to eligibility issues, WP's Kobie Brown showed up at the SCAC meet here on a mission. Competing against athletes from three 1A schools – Kiona-Benton, Columbia-Burbank and River View – Brown won the high jump, long jump and 300 meter hurdles. He also finished 4th in the 100 meters. Teammate Owen Lanning finished second to Brown in both the 300 hurdles and the long jump. Lanning won the 110 meter hurdles and the Triple Jump....
WAITSBURG – The 19th annual Tour of Walla Walla cycling stage race will begin early Friday in Waitsburg. More than 100 professional and amateur cyclists from throughout the northwest are expected to take part. The time trial stage, which in previous years was held on Saturday mornings, has been moved to Friday morning. In that event, participants start one at a time and race against the clock. The 6.8 mile time trial course begins on Cemetery Road in Waitsburg and follows Wilson Hollow Road for...
A little over a year ago, voters in the Dayton School District soundly defeated a $25 million bond levy measure that would have funded a major renovation to Dayton’s school facilities. The message was clear: taxpayers weren’t willing to pay for a project that they deemed much more luxurious than what the schools needed to do their job of educating our kids. This month the Dayton schools are again asking voters to approve a levy measure, but on a much smaller scale. The district is asking for...
