Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DW Wolfpack softball lost the first game of the double-header against Tri Cities Prep on Saturday, 8-7. In game two the score was tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the 5th. DW scored in the 5th and the 6th inning to take a 12-4 lead. DW held TCP to four runs in the top of the seventh to win 12-8. It was the last home game for the DW softball team and it was also senior night for Sadie Seney. Seney pitched both games and had an over-the-fence home run in game two....
Wolfpack baseball played Tri Cities Prep for their final game of the short 2021 season. The Wolfpack lost 24-0, but the young team has high hopes for the 2022 season....
The Wolfpack played against Columbia Burbank on April 24, for a doubleheader game. Game one saw a score of 9-1, with Burbank winning. The team took their first lead of the year into the bottom of the 3rd inning. “For a team solely made up with underclassmen with limited experience they showed competitive grit and significant improvement defensively,” Watts said, in an email. “Due to numbers, many of the players were in positions that they normally don’t get a lot of reps in much less game-time situations.” DW jumped out first yet again wit...
The Wolfpack split the softball double-header losing the first game 14- 16 and winning the 2nd game 12-7. In the first game, DW allowed Riverview to score 12 runs in the 1st inning to take a 12-4 lead. DW held the Panthers to 4 runs through the next 6 innings....
The DW softball team won both games of a double-header against Columbia Burbank on Saturday, April 17 in Dayton. The Wolfpack won the first game 5-3 in seven innings and won 13-3 in the second game in 5 innings....
The Wolfpack won the first game 20-3 in four innings of play and DW won the second game 22-11 in five innings....
WAITSBURG-The DW Wolfpack Fall Athletics banquet honored the volleyball and football athletes on Monday, April 19. The JV volleyball team was recognized first, with coach Karen Huwe announcing that the girls played eight games during the short season. DW JV volleyball brought home six wins, one loss, and one tie. Ella Larsen received the Coach's Award, while Amy Bly was recognized as the "Most Improved" player and Maddie Richardson as the "Best All-Around" player. According to Huwe, the JV team... Full story
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack ended the spring season 3-3. The Wolfpack traveled to White Swan High School and picked up a 40-12 victory on the short turnaround week. Monte Pettichord started the game off throwing 6-8 for four touchdowns (TD) and 206 yards in the first half. Pettichord and the Wolfpack receivers, especially the three senior starters Evans, Finney, and VanBlaricom, charged into a fast start and allowed DW a head start at halftime, up 32-6. From that first TD on the Wolfpack, the defense held White Swan in check, as t...
The Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack is a part of the Eastern Washington Athletics Conference 2B league. The league announced its athlete selection on April 5. Football EWAC 2B Football All-League Offense. 1st Team - Shawn Evans, Receiver 1st Team - Theo Anderson, Offensive Line 2nd Team - Monte Pettichord, QB Honorable Mention - Colton VanBlaricom, Receiver Honorable Mention - Mason Finney, Receiver EWAC 2B Football All-League Defense. 2nd Team - Theo Anderson, DL 2nd Team - Adam Pucket, DL 2nd Team - Mason Finney, Linebacker 2nd Team - Colton...
DAYTON—The Wolfpack charged up and brought home one final win for the 2021 season. Playing against White Swan Cougars, the final scores were 26-24, 18-25, 19-25, 25-8, 15-13. The team was led by seniors Katherine Houchin, who had 16 digs, 13 kills, and one ace, Sadie Seney with ten digs, ten kills, six blocks, and five aces, and Teagan Larsen, who ended the match with 17 assists, seven digs, three kills, one block, and two aces. Megan Forney played a big part in the final victory, with 13 assists, 11 digs, two kills, four aces under her n...
WAITSBURG-Dayton Waitsburg had a tough night moving the ball against a senior-heavy Columbia Burbank team, on the Coyotes' senior night. Columbia Burbank came out firing last Thursday night and put up 35 points in the first quarter to set the tone for the night, according to coach Troy Larsen. "We had a really hard time picking up their front 5 and when they brought even more via the blitz, they put us in some bad situations, pretty much eliminating our run game," said Larsen. "Columbia was...
DAYTON-The newly-named Dayton Waitsburg Wolfpack Volleyball won against River View High School on March 18. Set scores were 15-25, 25-23, 25-14, 22-25, 15-9 Teagan Larsen finished the game with four aces, 15 assists, five digs, and one kill. Sadie Seney totaled 14 digs, 14 kills, three blocks, and two assists. Katherine Houchin ended the game with 16 digs and six kills, and Makenna Barron had 15 digs and four kills. "The team worked hard tonight and continues to gain confidence in themselves...
WAITSBURG-Dayton Waitsburg Wolfpack Football had a rough night against a fast River View High School team on Friday, March 19, with a final score of 41-6. River View High started the game with a dive play up the middle for a 60-yard touchdown. "On Senior Night/Homecoming, I thought our heads were in a good place, then RiverView ran up the middle for a touchdown (TD)," said coach Troy Larsen. "To give our team some credit, they came out and made River View go three and out on the next three...
WAITSBURG—DW Volleyball claimed a well-earned victory against Columbia Burbank, scoring 19-25, 25-16, 25-8, 17-25, 15-10. Senior Sadie Seney led the charge, with 13 kills, four digs, one block, one assist, and eight aces. Katherine Houchin finished the game with a total of eight kills, five digs, one assist, and one ace. Teagen Larsen had 14 assists, three dis, one kill, and two aces, and Megan Forney had six assists, four digs, and two aces. DW Volleyball played against Tri-Cities Prep on March 11, making progress as a team. DW lost in t...
WAITSBURG—Dayton-Waitsburg Football played Mabton High School at Mabton on Saturday, March 13, with a 1 p.m kickoff. “The weather was almost too nice with the sun and 62 degrees outside,” said head coach Troy Larsen. “We had a starter go down in the first half with heat exhaustion and our conditioning was tested with the rest of the team playing for the first time with any sort of heat.” After a slow start, Dayton-Waitsburg adapted and started to play better. Monte Pettichord started out 3-16 with two interceptions before getting out and finis...
Dayton-Waitsburg Volleyball played against the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights on March 2, falling short of victory with set scores of 9-25, 11-24, 14-25. Head coach Tracy Barron shared that she was proud of the leadership she saw from the senior players. Sadie Seney led the scorebooks for the WWVA match, with five kills, two blocks, and five digs. Katherine Houchin finished the match with three kills, three digs, and one ace, while Teagan Larsen ended her game with six assists, four digs, and one ace. “The girls really struggled with p...
WAITSBURG—Dayton-Waitsburg Football played Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars in an Eastern Washington Athletics Conference (EWAC) football game Friday night. Coach Troy Larsen said that Tri Cities Prep (TCP) is a very fast and physical team that likes to attack from their 3-4 defense. “DW, (we) had a hard time picking up the blitzing linebackers and that gave Monte Pettichord some challenges with who to read,” said Larsen. With DW guards not getting to the linebackers, the running game was a tough go and the team turned to the passing game. Petti...
WAITSBURG-Dayton-Waitsburg Volleyball hit the court for the first match of the 2020-21 season against Mabton, on February 23. Coach Tracy Barron shared that the 2020-21 DW Volleyball team is a young team that has not had much opportunity to practice together, but they have lots of potential. Senior Teagen Larsen led the charge for DW ladies with three aces, 23 assists, and one kill. Senior Sadie Seney was close behind with one ace and ten kills. Freshman Makenna Barron earned recognition after...
WAITSBURG—The much-anticipated DW Football season kicked off over the weekend, playing against the Highland Scotties. The 2020-21 season was delayed due to pandemic concerns, shutdowns, and restrictions. The football team got the go-ahead to begin practices in early February and were cleared to begin playing a couple of weeks later when the Southcentral Region moved to Phase 2 of the Roadmap to Recovery plan, which went into effect in January. Coach Troy Larsen said that the Dayton-Waitsburg Football had a great start to the 2021 COVID-19 s...
WAITSBURG-The Dayton-Waitsburg football and volleyball teams are finally gearing up for a modified season, as pandemic-related restrictions begin to ease up. Sporting events across the board will look different for a while. The following are rules for Dayton-Waitsburg sporting events. The rules have been developed with guidance from the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference, and respective public health departments. Only two spectators per rostered student-athlete will be allowed to attend...
WAITSBURG—Dayton Waitsburg volleyball and football are scheduled to begin Monday, February 15. Locker rooms will not be available for athletes to use, so they must show up to practice dressed appropriately. The fall sports season will go for six weeks, and games may be played once the region has reached Phase 2 of the Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan, which went into effect January 11, 2021. Volleyball athletes will practice in Dayton, and buses will depart Waitsburg at 3:15 p.m for p...
Both schools are working with county health departments for conditioning guidance WAITSBURG—The Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) recently released a ‘conditioning’ schedule for high school students. The Dayton/Waitsburg athletics combine has worked with athletes and coaches to develop a conditioning schedule for male and female athletes. Right now, coronavirus restrictions require students to stay within their district for conditioning. Waitsburg athletes must train in Wa...
Head football coach Troy Larsen was kind enough to talk to me this past Sunday evening about the upcoming high school sports year. What follows is part of our conversation. E.U. – Do you have any idea how many might be coming out this year for football? T.L. – I do not. We didn’t have spring football, so usually, that’s a barometer. And then I get to see all the freshmen that are coming up. We missed out on all of that, and without school, I wasn’t able to have my spring meeting with all the k...
Thursday's Dayton-Waitsburg Winter Awards Banquet had a bittersweet atmosphere, while laughter rang out throughout the Waitsburg Elementary's multipurpose room there was also the realization that this might be the last athletic celebration for D-W for some time. It was shortly after this meeting that word got out that Walla Walla and College Place had shut down athletic events and then on Friday, March 13, Governor Inslee announced that Washington State schools will close for six weeks,...
The Eastern Washington Athletic Conference, which is at the 2B classification level, announced its all-league selections for its East Division. The Dayton-Waitsburg girls received three selections. Junior forward Sadie Seney was named to the first team, while junior guard Mackena Culley and freshman forward Claudia Benavides were named to the second team. The EWAC named Columbia-Burbank's Jadyn Johnson as player of the year. They also named DeSales coach Tim Duncan as coach of the year. Duncan...
