Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team was unable to claim their first win of the season on homecoming night Friday, as Kittitas-Thorp prevailed in their game here, 24-7. DW dug itself a hole on the first drive of the game, as Kittitas recovered a fumble on the fifth play and returned it 25 yards for a score. DW lost its second fumble on its next drive as well. Kittitas scored once each in the next three quarters and built a 24-0 lead late in the game. DW got on the board with 22 s...
MABTON – On Monday night, the DW football team traveled to Mabton for the second time this month, and this time a football game took place, with Mabton prevailing, 40-6. The two teams were scheduled to play here Oct. 6, and DW made the trip, but the game couldn’t be played, because no officials had been assigned to the game by the league. Mabton jumped out to an early lead, scoring two touchdowns each in the first and second quarters, and taking 26-0 lead into the half. Mabton was up 40-0 in...
WHITE SWAN – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team overcame penalties, turnovers and a season-ending injury to its starting running back, and nearly secured its first victory of the season on the road Friday against White Swan. DW ultimately came up short, falling 30-29 to the Cougars. With starting running back Chris Philbrook out for the season with a broken leg, suffered in DW's game against Lyle/Wishram on Sept. 29, coach Troy Larsen made some changes to his starting offensive backfield. B...
Recently we’ve received a few comments from readers saying they were glad The Times stopped running political columns from the Washington Post Syndicate. Granted, the number of those comments is small – I could count them on one hand – but I’m sure there are others with similar feelings who didn’t get around to sharing them with us. The comments in question generally made the point that these readers didn’t like seeing “liberal” political views published in The Times – to the point that some w...
WAITSBURG – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team lost its fifth game of the season here Friday night, falling to Lyle-Wishram, 46-6. DW started out strong, stopping L-W on its first drive and returning a blocked punt to the L-W 11-yard line. Running back Chris Philbrook punched the ball in from the two to give DW an early 6-0 lead. L-W got their first score late in the first quarter, to tie the game at six. The flood gates opened in the second quarter, as L-W scored 34 unanswered points to put t...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Dayton Volleyball team fought a hard match here on Sept. 26, but fell to Walla Walla Valley Academy in five sets, 21-25, 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 14-16. The Lady Bulldogs struggled at the start of the match, dropping the first set before winning the next two sets convincingly. After WWVA evened things up by winning the fourth set, Dayton came within a point of sealing the match in the final set, taking a 14-11 lead. But they couldn’t hold on, as WWVA won the next five points to...
Defense can't stop TCP running game on wet night in Dayton DAYTON – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team struggled on a soggy home field here Friday night, and took a loss against Tri-Cities Prep, 47-14. DW is now 0-4 on the season. With poor field conditions, each team stuck to their ground game, completing only one pass each the entire game. TCP scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and added three more in the second, to build a commanding 33-0 lead, before DW got their first score late i...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg cross-country team has just three boys competing this year, but they’ve had an encouraging early season, according to coach Ann Adams. After their first meet, the Seaport Invite, in Clarkston on Sept. 16, Adams said, “I am very happy with how the boys did and looking forward to seeing what they can do this year.” At that meet on a three-mile course, Daltin Lambert had a personal best time of 20:54.21. “He ran well, smart and had a good show for the first meet of the se...
TOUCHET – The Waitsburg volleyball team cruised past Touchet on Thursday, sweeping the Indians here, 25-14, 25-21, 25-16. Ariel Sandau led her team with 4 kills, 15 assists, 8 digs and 8 aces. Tayler Jones had eight kills and 10 digs. Devon Harshman had 8 kills and two blocks. "I'm so happy with how the girls played this match," said Waitsburg Coach Angie Potts. "They worked as a team, communicated really well, hustled, and were smart. They made the right adjustments on their own as needed a...
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton girls’ volleyball team took care of DeSales in their league opener this week, sweeping the Lady Irish on the road, 25-13, 25-12, 25-5. Megan Robins led her team with 21-for-21 serving, including six aces. Hanna Becker was 16 of 18 serving, and also had eight kills, nine assists and four digs. “It was our first league match,” said Dayton Coach Shannon Turner. “Dayton is 4-1 overall…Great start to the season.” The Dayton girls were to host Walla Walla Valley Academy on Tu...
DAYTON – Members and friends of the Dayton First Congregational Church held a celebration following last Sunday's service to honor the 140th anniversary of the church's founding. The historic Rev. Cushing Eells bell in the church's steeple was rung during worship. The Congregational Church is one of Dayton's first churches. According to a history provided by church officials, a group of Congregationalists began meeting in Dayton in 1877, led by Rev. E.W. Allen, a local farmer. This was only a d...
One of my tasks every evening is to find the cat and get him in the house. He’s an indoor/outdoor cat, but he prefers to sleep inside at night, even though he isn’t always ready to turn in when I am. And he’s the same color as the dead grass around our house, so he’s hard to find. After a few fruitless searches around the property, I got the great idea of outfitting him with a GPS tracking device. That way, even if he was hunting mice in a dense thicket of brush, I’d be able to find him with...
Lady Cards finished 19th out of 32 teams after long day of tourney play YAKIMA – Members of the Waitsburg girls' volleyball team got up early last Friday and drove to Yakima, where they made a strong showing, finishing 19th out of 32 teams. The Lady Cards played three two-set matches in morning pool play, and then played two more matches in bracket play in the afternoon. In pool play, Waitsburg split with Goldendale, 19-25, 25-22 and lost two sets to Selah JV, 20-25, 19-25. They then split with...
Dayton-Waitsburg moved the ball well, but was unable to score WALLA WALLA – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team brought an improved offense into their game against DeSales here on Friday night, but was still unable to score. DeSales racked up 22 points in the first half on their way to a 32-0 victory. The Valley-Football team moved the ball well on the ground and drove deep into Irish territory twice. But they were unable to convert either drive for a score. Running back Chris Philbrook had an o...
DAYTON – More than 50 people showed up Monday evening for a public hearing held by the Columbia County Planning Commission on the final draft of Columbia County Fairgrounds Facilities Improvement Plan. About a dozen people spoke to the commission and the audience, conveying their hopes and concerns about potential improvements to the fairgrounds facility and Touchet Valley Golf Course near Dayton's west end. Many expressed concerns about horse stall rentals becoming too expensive, and t...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' volleyball team started the season at home last week, sweeping their match with Garfield-Palouse (25-18, 25-13, 25-17) on Tuesday and beating Athena Weston in five sets (19-25, 25-15, 29-27, 14-25, 15-4) on Thursday. Senior Hannah Becker dominated the net in both games, getting 14 kills, 13 assists and eight blocks against GP, and 17 kills, 17 assists and five blocks against AW. Megan Robins was 14 of 14 serving in the GP match, with two aces, and she was 24 of 26 s...
BURBANK – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team went on the road Friday night, but was unable to mount an offense, and came away with a 42-2 loss to Columbia-Burbank. For the second week in a row, turnovers hobbled the team, as they lost two fumbles and suffered three interceptions. CB dominated the first half, scoring five touchdowns and building a 32-0 lead. CB scored an additional TD and a field goal in the third quarter. DW got its only score of the game in the fourth quarter on a safety. W...
WAITSBURG - Both the Prescott and Waitsburg volleyball teams struggled against strong competition at the Waitsburg Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday. Waitsburg lost tight second sets, as they were swept by both Tri-Cities Prep (12-25, 24-26) and Touchet (18-25, 25-27) in pool play. The Lady Cards won their third pool match against Mabton (26-24, 25-22). In Bracket Play, Prescott knocked off Waitsburg twice in two tight matches (25-23, 25-23 and 25-20, 25-20) to clinch fourth place ahead of...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg girls’ volleyball team swept two matches on the road last week, getting wins against DeSales and Mac-Hi. Waitsburg over DeSales, 25-9; 25-14; and 25-18 On Sept. 5 against DeSales, Devon Harshman dominated the net, getting 12 kills and two blocks, as the Lady Cards swept the Irish in three sets. “I thought we played well for our first match of the season,” said Waitsburg coach Angie Potts. “We need to continue working on our serve receive passing, but the girls had...
It’s Fair time in Columbia County. Kids and adults throughout the Touchet Valley will come to Dayton to celebrate a tradition more than a century old. This year’s Columbia County Fair starts Friday and runs through Sunday. Fairs are an American tradition of course, held in nearly every county in the country. They celebrate the deep agricultural and pioneering history of our forefathers. But fairs were held long before the founding of our country. Roman provinces held fairs that were hol...
Non-league opponent runs away with a 49-6 win in season-opening game at Waitsburg WAITSBURG – Lack of playing experience showed for the Dayton-Waitsburg football team as they fell hard to Mac-Hi here Friday night, 49-6. The Pioneers built a 35-0 lead in the first half, and DW was unable to get on the board until their lone TD late in the third quarter. On that play, quarterback Brayden Miller hit receiver Chris Andrews on a 29-yard passing play. "It was the first time any of our guys had s...
Yes, that’s right. Don’t let the near-triple-digit temperatures fool you; summer vacation is over. Kids in Dayton and Prescott are back in school already, and Waitsburg’s kids will hit the books next week. Every year at about this time, newspapers everywhere write optimistically about the excitement of the upcoming new school year. They also give a stern warning to all of us drivers: “Watch out for kids!” Let me add my voice that. Our kids are a grade older, but they’re still kids. And they’re n...
WAITSBURG – In sports lingo, they call it a "rebuilding year." Dayton-Waitsburg head football coach Troy Larsen says he and his coaching staff still have a lot of decisions to make as far as which of his players will start at what positions. But he's looking forward to seeing who takes on the strong leadership roles on the team, starting Friday night, when his team takes on Mac Hi in Waitsburg. The game starts at 7 p.m. "We're going to have a new set of leaders this year," Larsen said. "It'll b...
DAYTON – Excavation began in earnest this week at the site of Columbia Pulp's new straw pulp plant, about five miles west of Starbuck. Crews from Pacific Civil and Infrastructure, the general contractor for the new plant, moved equipment onto the site on Monday and began moving dirt. Nearly four years after Columbia Pulp first announced plans for its new plant, funding finally closed on Aug. 9, on both the equity and bond financing for the project. The Washington Economic Development Finance A...
DAYTON - Columbia Pulp I, LLC announced last week that it has entered into agreements for the debt and equity financing required to commence construction of its new straw pulp manufacturing facility near Starbuck. According to Columbia Pulp CEO John Begley, $133.6 million in tax-exempt bonds and $36 million in equity financing are expected to close simultaneously on Aug. 9. Construction should begin shortly thereafter, he said. If plans hold, the pulp mill will be completed and begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2018. Begley said the...
