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  • Dunn, Gradwohl Give Tigers Pitching Prowess

    Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 17, 2016

    PRESCOTT – The team will be called the Tigers, but several players from Waitsburg High School will join Prescott High's baseball team to create a strong contender the Southeast 2B District 9 league this year. Coach Dustin Snedigar said that veteran pitchers Jacob Dunn and Kyle Gradwohl, both Waitsburg juniors, will be mainstays for the Tigers on the mound. A number of other players will get some pitching time as well, he said, including Tyler Fedderson, Joe Adams and Walter Hartwell. Dunn and G...

  • Young Lady Tiger Team Shows Strong Defense

    Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 17, 2016

    PRESCOTT – With just two week's practice under their belts, Lady Tigers head softball coach Angie Potts is optimistic about what she expects to be a highly competitive season. "The whole league is looking good this year. There is no particular standout. I think we'll all have the ability to beat each other, depending on the day," she said. Potts has coached with the Prescott program for fourteen years and has been head coach for eight. She is assisted by Allan Wilson. Wilson was officially h...

  • Local Ladies Receive NBHA Awards

    The Times|Mar 17, 2016

    WALLA WALLA – Several local ladies received honors at a February awards ceremony in Walla Walla for the District 9 National Barrel Horse Association 2015 championships. The NBHA, based in Augusta, Georgia, has over 23,000 members and offers sanctioned barrel races for men, women, and youth throughout the U. S. and in twelve countries. Washington State's District 9 includes Walla Walla and Columbia Counties. Below are the 2015 District 9 winners. Division One champion is Angela Adams with 74 p...

  • Coaches Expect Strong Performances from Waitsburg Track Athletes

    Ken Graham, The Times|Mar 17, 2016

    WAITSBURG – Coach Jeff Bartlow says he is very optimistic about the strong performances he expects from his track and field athletes this year. "We should have a great team this year," he said. "I expect to win some meets, and to send a lot of these kids to state." As of this writing, the Waitsburg track roster includes 21 boys and five girls. The team includes one athlete each from Prescott and Jubilee Academy – both boys – and the rest from Waitsburg. Travis Crockett, a junior and veter...

  • Local Watercolorist Jill Ingram Uses Art to Depict Life on the Farm

    The Times|Mar 17, 2016

    DAYTON - For watercolorist Jill Ingram, who grew up on a farm and married a farmer, art is as much of her life as wheat and pigs. The daughter of Dayton artist Iola Bramhall, Ingram dabbled with painting and drawing throughout her childhood, but things became more serious when she turned to art as part of her healing process after a horse accident. Ingram has made a name for herself in the art world. For several years she operated Jill Ingram Watercolors in downtown Dayton and sold her work nationally and internationally through galleries in...