Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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PASCO -- One heartbeat, one machine, one WP Cardinal Football team corralled the Lind/Ritzville Broncos, 42-7, last Saturday afternoon in Pasco. The Broncos clock-eating offense began the game deep in its own territory. After several short gains with the run and a couple of incomplete passes, the Broncos faced a 4th and 1 situation on the Cardinals 34-yard line. Once again, the Broncos plugged it up the middle and made the first down by inches. Cardinal Chance Leroue sparked the defense by...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals scored on every first-half possession to send the Brewster Bears into hibernation for the year with a 48-7 rainy-day victory last Saturday. The Bears took the opening kickoff and began its first drive on its own 30-yard line. Two short carries and an off-sides call on the Cardinal defense helped them to a first down, but a quarterback sack from Cardinal Brenddon Donovan put the Bears in a punting situation from its own 42-yard line . T he Cardinals opening drive...
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Lady Bulldogs lost two matches in a row last week and were eliminated from Blue Mountain District play. After finishing the regular season in first place with an11-1 record the Bulldogs fell to the WP Cardinals in three games last Wednesday night in Dayton. The Cardinals were first to score in game one, but Bulldogs Shelby Smith and McKayla Bickelhaupt fought back at the net throwing down kills to a 10-all tie. The two teams would take turns scoring on missed attacks... Full story
RITZVILLE -- The Dayton Bulldogs were shut down by the Ritzville Broncos last Friday night 12-0. The loss prevented the Bulldogs from advancing to the state tournament finishing with a winning record of 5-4 for the 2011 season. The Bulldogs took the opening kick off and started their first drive on their own 35-yard line. Isaiah Lambert took the first handoff but was met at the line and tackled for a loss of two yards. Two incomplete passes had the Bulldogs deep in their own territory and they... Full story
WAITSBURG -- The WP Lady Cardinals took the first place seed into district play with a three game upset over the Dayton Bulldogs last Wednesday night. Missing many of their hometown fans who were at the concurrent Cardinals' football playoff game Saturday, the WP girls later team lost a tightly contested district playoff match against the home-courted Irish, ending the Cardinal players' hopes to go to state. On Wednesday, each game was a point-for-point battle that had serving aces from...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals clinched a first round 2B state tournament berth Saturday with a 54-21 elimination of the Kettle Falls Bulldogs. Two plays and 14 yards later, the Bulldogs found themselves on their own 39-yard line. Jesse Dodson took the handoff, slipped and bounced his way through Cardinal defenders, and the board read 0-7 Bulldogs with 10:21 left in the first. The Cardinals' opening drive was a Billy Brown-Zach Bartlow show as the two took turns pushing the ball up the field to r...
WAITSBURG --The WP Cardinals had the power of pink on their side as they clipped the T-O-R Nighthawks wings last Friday night 35-0. The win gave the boys of fall their second-consecutive undefeated regular season. They begin loser-out post season play this Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Waitsburg against the Kettle Falls Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are the fourth place seed from class 2B District 7 with a 5-4 record. Kettle Falls is lead by 5'10", 155-pound sophomore quarterback Conner McKern. "McKern has a decent arm and he can move," said WP...
WAITSBURG --The WP Cardinals finished its second consecutive undefeated league season with a senior night shut-out of the T-O-R Nighthawks, 35-0. After showering their parents with balloons and flowers, the big red birds took to the field sporting pink socks in recognition of breast cancer awareness month. The Nighthawks took first possession of the game, but were forced to punt after the WP's defense held them to just 4 yards in three plays. Slow to start, the Cardinals took its turn punting...
DAYTON-The Dayton Lady Bulldogs clinched the Blue Mountain League Volleyball Championship as they left their teeth marks on the Desales Fighting Irish in three games, 25-22, 25-12, and 25-21. With its only loss of the season being to the Asotin Panthers the Bulldogs proved that hard work, passion, team work, and the sheer desire to win is what it takes to end the season on top. The Bulldogs defense was rock-solid as Nicole Lambert and McKayla Bickelhaupt got down and dirty for 23 digs each. Shelby Smith and Courtney Mings were a force to be...
WAITSBURG-The WP Lady Cardinals celebrated a 2011 Homecoming victory over the Tri-City Prep Jaguars last Thursday night on Kison Court. WP's Ronnie Hulce, Krystal Harris and Dionna Baker each had a serving ace and a kill to help take the Cardinals to an early 12-6 lead over the Jaguars in game one. The Jaguars rallied scoring on two missed Cardinals attacks, a Cardinal block that flew out of bounds and two kills of their own to pull within one point at 15-14. The Cardinals answered with...
WAITSBURG -- The Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals dominated the Asotin Panthers last Friday night for a 48-20 Homecoming victory securing the League Championship for the third consecutive year. The Panthers took first possession of the game, only to punt the ball away after just one first down and a WP Greg Stearns sack. The Cardinals opening drive began on its own 26- yard line with a carry from running back Billy Brown. Brown was stopped after just a two yard gain but WP quarterback Zach Bartlow...
WAITSBURG- Th e Waitsburg High School 2011 Homecoming festivities began with classes decorating their designated spots of the hallways in their own fashion to show off their Cardinal pride. Although the seniors' lights and streamers were a festive addition to the cage, the juniors took top prize with their football field surrounded by red lights, and their hanging volleyball net with cutouts of the class. Monday's dress up was a color-coded theme to show what your status was for the dance....
WALLA WALLA-The WP Lady Cardinals were defeated at the hands of the Desales fighting Irish Tuesday night in Walla Walla. The loss puts them in fourth place in District Nine. The first game got off to a heated start with the Irish blocking two back-to-back attacks from the Cardinals before a third flew out of bounds, giving the Cardinal the lead-off score. A serving ace and a kill from WP's Krystal Harris would jump the Cardinals to a 4-0 lead. Four kills from the Irish, and missed serves and...
PASCO --The WP Cardinals held off an air attack by the Tri- City Prep Jaguars last Friday night to remain undefeated, 7-0. The Jaguars took the opening kickoff and began an opening drive on its own 34-yard line. After completing three first downs that took them to the WP 14-yard line, Jaguar quarterback Evan Whitsett connected with Chris Yackawich for an 11 yard completion that put the Jaguars at first and goal on the 3-yard line. The impenetrable Cardinal defense kept the goal line out of reach...
DAYTON -- In a victory that showed little doubt who dominates the league, the Bulldogs beat Walla Walla Valley Academy in three games Tuesday night despite a late rally from the Knights. That win and Asotin's defeat at the hands of Waitsburg Prescott the same night propelled Dayton to the no. 1 spot in the Blue Mountain League. "So far so good," Bulldogs' head coach Shannon Turner said after Tuesday's game. "I like the direction we're going." The Bulldogs are now 8-1, the best record in the...
WAITSBURG --The WP Lady Cardinals held on strong to take down the no. 1 ranked Asotin Panthers Tuesday night at Kison Court. The Cardinals wasted no time getting down to business jumping to a 7-3 lead from two Ronnie Hulce kills and a serving ace from Krystal Harris. The Panthers took its first timeout to try and break things up, but came back with a failed attack and faced another Hulce kill, putting the Cardinals up, 10-3. Cardinal freshman Samantha Fedderson made her varsity debut with a bloc...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals held off the Dayton Bulldogs in an oldfashioned duke 'em out high school rival football game and remains undefeated for the season, 5-0. The Bulldogs came out pumped up and ready to play and wasted no time lighting up the board. The Bulldogs received the opening kickoff and began its drive on its own 35-yard line. After earning a first down that took them to the 44-yard line, quarterback Colton Bickelhaupt broke tackles and weaved through Cardinal defenders all the...
WAITSBURG - The WP Lady Cardinals were defeated by the Dayton Bulldogs in four games of Blue Mountain League volleyball action last Tuesday. It was intense, inyour face volleyball action filled with long vollies as the two rival teams battled it out in Kison Court. The Cardinals started off red hot scoring first and then following it up with three kills from Ronnie "Hammer" Hulce to give the Cardinals a 7-3 lead. The Cardinals were the first to exercise its time out after the Bulldogs rallied an...
WALLA WALLA --The WP Cardinals stepped it up in the second half to defeat the DeSales Irish 33-14 last Friday night. After forcing the Irish to punt on their opening drive, the Cardinals started their first drive on their own 30-yard line. WP quarterback Zach Bartlow tried to spark the opening drive with three straight QB keepers to take them to the Irish 30-yard line. The drive was soon ended when Bartlow only gained two yards on fourth and six and the Irish took over on downs. The Irish took...
WAITSBURG -- The WP "Boys of Fall" were dressed to kill in their new black home jerseys last Friday night as they robbed the Riverside Pirates blind of their loot, taking no prisoners and winning the game, 49-14. The Pirates started things off with possession, but after three plays, including a Danny Stansell quarterback sack, the Pirates were forced to punt. Beginning their opening drive on their own 49-yard line, the Cardinals wasted no time lighting up the board. Dalton Estes took the first... Full story
WAITSBURG -- It was a heartbreaking night last Thursday when the WP Lady Cardinals were defeated by the Desales Irish in five games. The Cardinals came out strong in game one battling point for point with the Irish to a score of 11-11 with WP taking the first time out. The Cardinals exploded when play resumed, led by four back-to-back kills from powerhouse Ronnie Hulce. A serving ace from WP's Krystal Harris and two kills from WP's Rhiannon Chapman would continue to fuel the Cardinal's fire. A b... Full story
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Lady Bulldogs improved their league record to 4-1 with a win over the Desales Fighting Irish Tuesday night. The Bulldogs took the first point of the match with a kill from Shelby Smith. A long volley ending with a tip dropping on the Bulldogs put the Irish on the board. The Bulldogs went to work with a kill from Courtney Mings and two kills from McKayla Bickelhaupt to contribute to an 8-all tie and an Irish time out. The two teams would swap points with several missed a...
ASOTIN -- The WP Lady Cardinals lost a league match in three games to the towering Asotin Panthers last Thursday night. The Cardinals started off on the right foot scoring first but the Panthers 5'11" senior JaLisa Jose answered with a screaming kill and didn't stop all night. A missed attack attempt from the Cardinals and an Asotin serving ace gave the Panthers a 3-1 lead. But the Panthers would miss its next serve and WP's Dionna Baker and Rhiannon Chapman would contribute back-toback kills for a 5-4 WP lead. The first game continued to be a...
ELGIN -- It took a while for the WP Cardinals to shake off that mountain breeze and warm up last Friday night, but they pulled it together and took home another "W" against the Elgin Huskies to improve their record to 3-0 with a 50-28 victory. Cardinals kicked off deep into Husky territory to begin the first half. On the second down of the game, Elgin's Dylan Crouch broke away for a 40-yard run and was looking to score, but Zach Bartlow caught him on the 10-yard line. WP's defense held them to fourth and one, but Crouch pushed through the line... Full story
DAYTON-The Dayton Lady Bulldogs improved its league record to 3-1 Tuesday night with a victory over the Liberty Christian Patriots. The Bulldogs cruised to a 25-9 victory over the Patriots in game one and was given a run for its money in game two. The Patriots were first to score, but the Bulldogs jumped to a 9-4 lead with a serving ace from Chelsea Wooldridge and failed attack attempts from the Patriots. The Bulldogs unfortunately got too comfortable in their shoes, letting balls drop and missi...
