Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA – Cold shooting and turnovers plagued the Dayton girls' basketball team Saturday night, as they lost to Colfax here, 47-29, in the final round of the 2B District 7/9 sub-regional tournament. The Lady Bulldogs still advance to the 2B state round of 16, as #2 seed. They will play White Swan at Chiawanna High School in Pasco at 10 a.m. Saturday. Dayton and Colfax both struggled to get anything going in the first quarter Saturday, as Dayton held on to a 1-0 lead until less than four m...
WAITSBURG – WP Heavyweight wrestler Tristan Newman got off to a great start at the 2015 State Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome on Friday, Feb. 20, but failed to maintain enough momentum to take a spot on the podium. Newman took Marcos Perales of South Bend by pin in 1:52 on Friday afternoon, before losing to Chad Edwards of Tonasket in a close 5-4 decision on Friday night. Newman was eliminated on Saturday afternoon when he fell to Daniel Fruh of North Beach by pin in 2:11. Fruh took fourth p...
WAITSBURG – The WHS gymnasium was a happening place on Wednesday, Feb. 18 as Waitsburg elementary and middle school students jumped rope, hula hooped and shot baskets as part of a campaign to raise funds for the American Heart Association (AHA). The students easily surpassed their set goal of $3,000 and raised $3,212.57, through pledges from friends and family, to help the AHA meet their goal of building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke. A walk through the gym and it w...
WAITSBURG – The Associated Press named its Washington All-State first and second teams in December, and four members of the Waitsburg-Prescott team made the 2B rosters. Senior wide receiver Devin Acevedo was named to the first team, which was well-deserved, according to WP football coach Jeff Bartlow. "Devin has the softest hands probably in my 16 years here," the coach said. "He was one of our best ever at catching the ball." Second-team selections included senior defensive back Talen L...
DAYTON – Members of Dayton School District’s technology committee are meeting this week to discuss the future of technology for the district. Dayton may consider a technology levy in February 2016 to replace the current levy in support of such equipment in the schools, according to Superintendent Doug Johnson. Capital levy funds are collected each year to support technology purchases in the district, according to Johnson. “Recently we placed an order for 48 Chromebooks. These are laptop compu...
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