NEW Hermiston team wins Copa Walla Walla tournament  - 
WALLA WALLA — Union, a team from Hermiston, won the Copa Walla Walla in the Latin American Soccer League’s annual summer tournament.They defeated El Valle, from Sunnyside, 4-2, in Sunday’s finale.Six of the 10 teams were from Walla Walla — Jalisco, Michoa...


NEW Ryan Baumgart continues to final round at WJGA state  - 
EVERETT — One local golfer is continuing play today, the final day of the Washington Junior Golf Association State Championship.Ryan Baumgart shot a 69 at the par 72 Legion Memorial Golf Course for a two-day score of 148. He continues to the final round t...


NEW Whitman soccer team heading to UK - 
WALLA WALLA — Whitman soccer is heading across the pond.And the continent.Mike Washington, the head coach of the Whitman men’s soccer team, is hosting 14 of his players on a trip to his native England for a few weeks of training and international play.Thi...


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NEW HOOPSTARS learn and play at WWCC girls basketball camp - 
Bobbi Hazeltine, the women's basketball coach at Walla Walla Community College, had about 100 girls in grades two-12 in the HOOPSTARS basketball camp, which started Tuesday and ends today. ...


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Stewart’s single lifts Sweets to 11th-inning win - 
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla and Kitsap went to extra innings for the third time this season in West Coast League baseball action here Wednesday.The BlueJackets won the first two extra-inning battles, but Wednesday belonged to the Sweets and Elliot Stewart.S...


NEW Three local golfers playing at WJGA state tourney - 
EVERETT — Walla Walla’s Jake Hanson shot a 77 in the boys 16-17 division on the first day of the Washington Junior Golf Association’s state championship Wednesday.Hanson was nine shots off Ilwaco’s Patrick Whealdon’s first-round 68. The division moves fro...


NEW Pacific goes 1-2 at Little League All-Stars - 
ELMA, Wash. — Walla Walla Pacific’s 11-12-year-old All Stars traveled to the Washington State All-Star tournament here over the weekend, and compiled a 1-2 record before their season ended Monday night.Pacific opened play with a 6-5 loss to Northeast Seat...


NEW Jacob Bradley gets hole in one at Veterans - 
WALLA WALLA — Jacob Bradley got a hole-in-one July 6 at Veterans Memorial Golf Course.Bradley got the ace on the 115-yard par-3 sixth hole using a lob wedge.It was witnessed by Don Johnson, Zach Armijo and A.J. Schuster....


NEW Walla Walla Youth Football League adds sign-up dates  - 
WALLA WALLA — The Walla Walla Youth Football League has added additional registration dates on Aug. 12 and 13 during the City of Walla Walla Flag Football finale. The youth league is open to third-sixth graders in the 2010-2011 school year. Tryouts for th...




NEW Whitman adds Cox as women’s hoops assistant - 
WALLA WALLA — Whitman College’s new women’s assistant basketball coach arrives with experience at the NCAA Division III level.Jessica Cox, a 2005 graduate from Iowa’s University of Dubuque, has spent three years as an assistant coach at Augustana College ...


Walla Walla Black Sox 13U end season third at Blowout - 
WALLA WALLA — After a black Friday, the Walla Walla Black Sox 13-year-old youth baseball team rebounded to win three straight games over the next two days and claim third place in their season-ending Black Sox Blowout tournament at Ray Lane Field....


Wa-Hi grad Sirmon joins Tennessee coaching staff - 
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Wa-Hi football star Peter Sirmon has been hired by the University of Tennessee as a graduate assistant for the Volunteers this upcoming season....


Walla Walla youth baseball tips cap to Gerwyn Jones - 
WALLA WALLA — Figuratively speaking, Gerwyn Jones’ ashes are spread all over this valley.Jones, who died last November a few months shy of his 100th birthday, had his fingerprints on almost every facet of life in Walla Walla and the surrounding area for t...


Williams’ single lifts Walla Walla Sweets past Bend Elks in 10th inning - 
WALLA WALLA — The Walla Walla Sweets were up to it again here Friday in West Coast League baseball action.For the fourth consecutive game, the Sweets came from behind and rode Adrian Williams’ walk-off, 10th-inning single to a 4-3 win over the West Divisi...


Walla Walla Griz end season fourth at Palouse Summer Series - 
PULLMAN — The Walla Walla Griz ended their summer baseball season here Saturday with a 4-2 loss to Eastlake of North Bend in the third-fourth-place game at the annual Palouse Summer Series.The defeat left the Griz with a 2-2 record in the tournament. Thei...


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Walla Walla to be represented at Senior Games - 
WALLA WALLA — It’s not just the young representing Walla Walla at state athletic events this summer.A local team of eight will take their athletic skills to the Olympia area this weekend for the Washington State Senior Games, swinging rackets, riding bike...


Three Walla Walla golfers head to WJGA state tournament - 
SOAP LAKE — One local golfer was district champion in her age bracket, joining two others as state qualifiers in the Washington Junior Golf Association district four tournament....


Walla Walla Pacific 9-10s out of state tournament after loss - 
SHORELINE, Wash. — Ben Ortiz pitched the first four innings before Jack Wiegand and Jordan French finished the game off as Walla Walla Pacific’s 9-10-year-olds downed Skagit, 5-2, to stay alive at the state tournament Monday....


DeSales graduate Ayres selected to state officials Hall of Fame - 
WALLA WALLA — DeSales High graduate Steve Ayres was recently selected to the Washington Officials Association Hall of Fame class of 2010....


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