Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON -- The Dayton Bulldogs swept the Pomeroy Pirates last Tuesday afternoon in a nonleague baseball matchup, 13-3, and 16-6, last Tuesday afternoon. Bulldog Sophomore Lowden Smith took the mound for the Dogs in the opener striking out 11 batters while walking only three and allowing only three hits. He kicked off the day with striking out his first batter in just three pitches. Second baseman Ian Smay threw out the next batter after scooping up his grounder and Smith finished off the Pirates...
PRESCOTT-The WP Tigers kicked off their 2012 season with a 5-4 victory over the Pilot Rock Rockets last Saturday afternoon. The Rockets wasted no time putting runs on the board capitalizing on a Tiger error to score their first run in the top of the first with one out. A sacrifice bunt from the Rockets left them with two outs and one runner on, but the Rockets followed that up with a line drive down the first base line to score once more to put the Tigers down, 0-2 . With two outs and one...
PRESCOTT -- The WP Tigers baseball season is in full swing with 28 players making their bid for some diamond action. The Tigers' season may look to be an unpredictable one, but head coach Dustin Snedigar isn't worried that he has only five returning players and only three who have seen major varsity innings. "We lost a lot of seniors in core positions, "said Snedigar. " But we've some younger players up from junior high and some surprises coming in from Jubilee. I think we'll be sitting pretty...
PRESCOTT - The WP Lady Tigers 2012 softball team may have lost seven seniors who were the core of last year's team, but the remaining Tigers are no strangers to the field. Seniors Hailey Goenen, Dionna Baker and Taylor Doepker will step up to lead this group of ladies on their quest for a trip to the state tournament. It wouldn't be too far off to say Goenen will be a tremendous force both on the field and behind the plate this year for the Tigers. She is an all-conference outfielder in right fi...
WALLA WALLA - The Dayton Lady Bulldogs fought tooth-and-nail for a trip to the big show, but were overpowered by the fast and furious Brewster Bears, 71-37, last Saturday night to end their season with a 9-15 record. Dayton's McKayla Bickelhaupt was first to light the board with her infamous pull up jumper from the top of the key. The Bulldogs were able to hold off the Bears for the next 2 minutes until the Bears' hot hands stole the ball away from the Bulldogs to lay it up at the other end for the Bears' first bucket. The Bears' man- to- man...
WALLA WALLA - The WP Lady Cardinals ended their dreams of a state title with a 44-50 loss to the Riverside Christian Crusaders last Saturday night, leaving the Cardinals with a 19-5 season record. The Cardinals got off to a hot start in the game Saturday when Taylor Doepker connected with Ronnie Hulce at the top of key who put the ball through the hoop for the first WP bucket. WP's Dionna Baker then ripped down a defensive rebound that she dished off to Kristin Potter who drove down the court...
DAYTON - The WP Cardinals fell to the Dayton Bulldogs, 38-49, last Wednesday night in a District 9 tournamentseeding matchup. The heat was on, both on the court and in the stands with the gym near capacity to cheer on another high school rival basketball game. WP's Billy Brown out jumped Dayton's Joey Schlachter and the game was on. The Cardinals were the first to score with a basket from Zach Bartlow, but Schlachter quickly answered from down low for the Bulldogs' first two points. As the two teams battled back and forth in a playgroundstyle...
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Bulldogs advanced to the District 9 championship game with a 67-53 victory over the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights last Saturday night. Dayton's brick house Kroft Sunderland got right down to business putting up back-toback baskets to get the Bulldogs started. The Knights lit the board with back to back to back threepointers, but Dayton's Garett Turner drove the baseline to draw defenders before dumping it off to Joey Schlachter for two to prove the Dogs came to...
WALLA WALLA -- The WP Cardinals stayed alive in playoff action with a 37-28 victory over the Tri-City Prep Jaguars last Saturday night. The Jaguars were first to light the board, but the Cardinals answered with a three-point basket from Dalton Estes to start things off for the Cards. The Jaguars answered Estes with a three-pointer of their own, but Cardinal Dustin Wooderchak added two more with a put back from underneath. The Jaguars gave the ball up to the Cards with a traveling violation,...
WALLA WALLA -- The WP Lady Cardinals fought tooth and nail for a 47-44 victory over the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals, who had recently lost a close battle with the Irish, came out onto the court with a vengeance to stay alive in playoff action. WP grabbed the tipoff and quickly lit the board when Kristin Potter cut through the key banking it in for two. It took the Irish a couple trips down the floor before they connected from behind the three-point line. They...
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Lady Bulldogs are living the dream after a 41-36 upset over the Asotin Panthers last Saturday night. With a rocky, 0-8, start to the season, a shot at the district title game would seem out of reach to the average Joe, but that isn't the case for the Dogs. "I kept telling the girls not to get in the mindset that we still couldn't end up in the tournament," said Dayton head coach Clayton Strong. "The girls didn't give up and kept working harder and improving and now...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals put another win on their league record with a 52-36 win over the Tri-City Prep Jaguars last Friday. WP's Zach Bartlow led the way with 21 points, including three 3-point baskets and12 rebounds. Dalton Estes threw up two three-pointers and scored eight points. Saturday night, the Cardinals fell short losing to the Liberty Christian Patriots, 64-57. Despite Bartlow's 31 points in Saturday night's game, the Patriots went 14 for 23 from behind the threepoint line with...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Lady Cardinals had 11 players light up the board to put away the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights with a 65-31 victory last Tuesday night. The Cardinals took the tip off and hit the court running, showing the Knights no mercy with their quick perimeter passing while dominating the boards from inside. WP's Dionna Baker worked her way inside and put up a Ronnie Hulce pass for the first Cardinal bucket, and then followed that up with a steal from the Knights' end of the court...
WALLA WALLA--The WP Lady Cardinals slipped down to a third-place standing in the Blue Mountain League after a 40-48 loss to the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. Early turnovers, cold shooting and some good old-fashioned DeSales home gym offi ciating put the Cards in early foul trouble. With seven first-quarter Cardinal fouls, head coach Jerry Baker went to his bench early to try and spark some Cardinal offense. With the constant blowing of the whistle, it was impossible for the Cardinals to find any sort of rhythm to build the...
WALLA WALLA- The WP Cardinals kept their second place Blue Mountain League standing with a 49-45 victory over the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. It was another heart-pounding, nail-biter of a game as the Irish jumped out to a sevenpoint lead right out of the gate. Free throws from Dustin Wooderchak and Sterling Eastman got the Cards on the board, but it would be minutes later before the Cardinals' cold shooting finally produced a basket. This happened when Zach Bartlow found...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals had five players in double digits on their way to a 62-50 victory over the Asotin Panthers last Saturday night, securing them a second-place league standing. Once again, WP's Billy Brown out-jumped his opponent and the Cardinals capitalized on it with an opening basket from Brown. Asotin was quick to answer, but WP's Zach Bartlow drove up the middle with his usual flair and added two more for the Cards. The Panthers full-court press held the Cardinals off while they put in two baskets, but WP's Dustin Wooderchak...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Lady Cardinals knocked the Asotin Panthers off their undefeated pedestal last Saturday night with a 52-48 victory on Kison Court. The Panthers were quick to score with a basket from JaLisa Jose and immediately put the full-court press on the Cardinals. The Cards were moving the ball well, drawing two early Panther fouls, and beating the press on their way to open scoring with a three-pointer from Krystal Harris. The Panthers quickly answered with a basket of their own, but were called for their third foul at just 1.5...
WALLA WALLA -- The Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association held the fourth race of the winter jackpot racing series last Saturday at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds indoor arena. Racers came as far away as Pendleton and Lewiston to try their luck at a piece of the jackpot. Participants must attend at least five of the six races to be eligible for the series award to the high money winner in each "D" class at the end of the season. The fastest time of the day sets the 1D class and takes home the...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals shook off a slow offensive second quarter to hold off the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights last Tuesday for a 57-49 victory. The Cardinals grabbed the tipoff and hit the court running, landing the first two baskets of the night with a Zach Bartlow dish off to Dustin Wooderchak and a Sterling Eastman steal that he took the length of the court for two points. Wooderchak then took his turn with a steal, but lost control under the basket as he tried to find Bartlow, and gave the ball right back to the Knights....
WAITSBURG -- The WP Lady Cardinals remain in third place in the Blue Mountain League with a 52-27 victory over the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights last Tuesday night. WP's Ronnie Hulce got things rolling with a quick bucket for the Cardinals, but the Knights quickly answered with a steal that they converted into a fast break layup. The Cardinal defense began with a full-court press that produced a stealing spree in the next few trips down the floor. WP's Kristin Potter got her hands on a Knight pass, but all the excitement of bringing the...
WAITSBURG -- Early turnovers and a scoreless second quarter was the beginning of the end for the WP Lady Cardinals as they fell to the DeSales Fighting Irish, 30-41, last Friday night on Kison Court. The Irish were first to score with two quick baskets from underneath, but WP's Kristin Potter threw up two back-to-back, three-point baskets in the first two minutes to keep the Cards right in it. The Irish answered with two more baskets and the Cardinals' turnovers were one after the other as the...
WAITSBURG -- It was Friday night and Zach Bartlow was having trouble sleeping. He wasn't reflecting on that night's WP basketball game, he was thinking about how he was going to pull off Saturday morning's youth basketball camp. "I was a little nervous about today," said Zach. "I wasn't expecting to get these turnout numbers, so I was a little worried about how it was going to turn out." Bartlow is heading a three-week youth basketball camp as part of his senior project. The camp began last Saturday and will run for the next two consecutive...
WALLA WALLA - Dayton's Lady Bulldogs' winning streak has come to end. It was a fast-and-physical matchup against the DeSales Fighting Irish that left the Lady Dogs fighting with all they had during their 60-31 loss to the Irish. The Bulldogs held their own during the second half, but they took a beating in the first half that they just couldn't recover from. The Irish jumped out to a quick lead on the Bulldogs nailing seven three pointers in the first quarter and holding the Bulldogs for a 27-5...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals had seven players land buckets for a total of 31 second-quarter points en route to a 80-40 stomping of the DeSales Fighting Irish last Friday night on Kison Court. The Cardinals opening 6-0 run began with a put back from Billy Brown, a Zach Bartlow drive to the hoop for two, and Dalton Estes was wide open underneath the basket for an easy bucket to kick things off for the Cards. The Irish sank their first basket with just more than 4 minutes left in the first, but...
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Bulldogs kept their perfect season alive with a 60-36 victory over the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. The Irish took the tipoff, but missed three-consecutive shots before Bulldog Kroft Sunderland started off the scoring from down low . The Irish put up three unanswered baskets while the Bulldog defense tried to find their groove. The Bulldogs scored again with just less than 4 minutes left when Hayden Fullerton tossed up his first three pointer of the...
