Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG-Monte Pettichord attends Waitsburg High School, Home of the Cardinals, and played his high school sports career with the DW Combine Wolfpack. The senior has signed a letter of intent to play college football at Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande, Oregon. The EOU Mountaineers play in the NAIA division. The Mountaineers finished their 2022 season with a win and a 2-9 record. Pettichord began playing football in the fifth grade and was given a chance to play quarterback as an eighth...
WAITSBURG-The Inland Northwest Musicians' mission statement: Inland Northwest Musicians will establish and operate a regional orchestra and chorale to provide performances and musical education for the enrichment of musicians and citizens of the area. In their twenty-fourth season, the Inland Northwest Musicians plan performances over a wide geographic area in large and small communities throughout Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington. They also state in their concert program that they...
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg middle school girls basketball team finished their season on Thursday, February 23. The Cardinals were the shortest and youngest team in the league this year. The girls struggled at times to score against the more experienced teams, but they improved immensely on defense. Five sixth and two seventh graders finished the season and will look to improve individual skills in the off-season. On Friday, February 24, the team played some shooting games in the high school gym,...
WAITSBURG-The Wolfpack Boys Basketball team was cheered Friday afternoon as they left to play in the WAII State 2B basketball tournament in Cheney. Waitsburg students and staff lined the street in front of the high school to wave and cheer on the team as they left Waitsburg. Community members showed support as the team drove down Main Street before heading to Dayton. The team held a practice Friday evening in Cheney and played Lind-Ritzville-Sprague on Saturday. Though the Wolfpack lost the...
WAITSBURG-Jake Winona has forty-one registered wrestlers in his fifth year as head coach of the Mat Birds wrestling team. Stef Parrish is in her first year as league rep and states that the Mat Birds have been operating under the Washington Little Guy Wrestling League since 2007. The league promotes youth athleticism and community involvement. The Mat Birds club is for boys and girls ages five to fourteen, with integrated practice as a group. Many wrestlers remain with the club after age...
WAITSBURG-Between 25 to 35 future basketball players have been practicing dribbling, passing, and shooting skills in the Waitsburg gym on Thursdays. Organizers Katelyn Stahl and Chelsie Abel started the practices for Pre-K to second-grade boys and girls on January 19. Children from Waitsburg, Prescott, and Dayton participate in warm-up exercises before breaking into age-appropriate groups to practice skills. With the help of parents, including Dane Henze, John Langford, and Ryan Stahl, leaders...
WAITSBURG-Since the age of one, brothers Isaac and Ethan Mahre traveled in their dad's backpack as he skied the slopes at White Pass. When they were two years old, they were learning to ski with their dad. Isaac, an eighth grader at Waitsburg Preston Hall, started competing with the White Pass Ski Club at age six. Ethan, a third-grade student at Waitsburg Elementary, started competing at age four. The brothers practice every weekend from December through April unless they are at a meet. Most of...
WAITSBURG-A young middle school girls basketball team was dominated in their first game of the season by Rogers Adventist School on Monday, January 23, in College Place. The Cardinals struggled against the much taller Roger team losing 52-16. Sixth grader Olivia Kiefel played well on offense and defense and contributed with four points and two steals. Seventh grader Cheri Mathews scored six points and had eight rebounds. Sixth grader Kayla Kuykendall and seventh grader Rilee Brunton scored two...
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg High School senior Garrett Palmer hit 45 out of 50 clay pigeons to place sixth out of 85 shooters at the Pullman FFA Trap competition on Saturday, January 14. Pullman High School FFA hosted the event at the Colton Gun Club in Colton. Eighteen teams attended, with Freeman High School placing first. Five other Waitsburg High School members shot well also: Preston Hinchliffe hit 37, William Daves 35, Abbi Paolino 31, Koyen Fortune 23, and 8th grader Akayden Mikesell hit 33 as...
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg Elementary second-grader Elise Pearson is enjoying her first-year as a member of the Firehouse Elite Cheerleading team based in Richland. The eight-year-old competes at the youth level with her team, Blackout. Blackout recently won first place in its first meet of the season, a two-day event in Portland, Oregon, on December 3 and 4. The Firehouse Elite teams also won four Judges' Choice Awards; best pyramid, best stunts, best tumbling, and best dance. Pearson started...
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg High School has updated its weight room to improve safety and to increase interest and participation in athletic programs, according to Gabe Kiefel. The school board approved the purchase of four sets of weight racks, weights, benches, and floor pads. The school was able to keep equipment in good shape for many years; however, the equipment has since worn out or become outdated. Safety is the number one priority. All the school's athletic programs have utilized the weight roo...
