Blue Devils in battle of beatens with Chiefs
Wa-Hi has its best chance yet to pick up a win as neither Moses Lake nor the Blue Devils have won this season.
WALLA WALLA — If there was ever a football matchup where one could suggest that something has got to give, it's Wa-Hi's Big Nine Conference 4A contest at Moses Lake on Friday night.Neither the Blue Devils nor the Chiefs have won a game and both teams are
Bombers dampen Devils' homecoming
Richland sets the tone early and hands Wa-Hi the 31-15 defeat in the last home game of the season for the Blue Devils.
WALLA WALLA — Sophomore quarterback Zack Whitby ran for two scores and passed for another Friday night as Richland put a damper on Wa-Hi's homecoming and last regular-season home game with a 31-15 victory in Big Nine Conference 4A football action at soggy
Rested Blue Devils need homecoming win against Richland
Wa-Hi may tweak its starting lineups as the Blue Devils look for a spark against Richland.
WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi and Richland have one thing in common heading into their Big Nine Conference 4A football game Friday night at Borleske Stadium.The two sides need a win in the worst way. Wa-Hi, to at least break into the victory column, and Richland, t
Wa-Hi looks to improve during bye
The bye provides opportunities to review and learn from rough start to season.
WALLA WALLA — It will be another week before the Wa-Hi Blue Devils host Big Nine Conference 4A rival Richland in their final regular-season home game at Borleske Stadium.But minus the shortened practice sessions — from two hours to 90 minutes — it was bus
Pirates pull away from Blue Devils
Davis scores three quick second-quarter touchdowns to overcome Wa-Hi's 7-0 lead and spark the 41-16 victory.
WALLA WALLA — The final four minutes and change of the first half of Friday night's Big Nine Conference 4A football game between Wa-Hi and Davis at Borleske Stadium illustrated why the Blue Devils have yet to win a game this season and the Pirates are und
Devils to take on undefeated Davis
Wa-Hi will 'need to play with confidence” as the biggest test of the season approaches against Davis.
WALLA WALLA - If there was ever a high school football matchup that looked like a mismatch on paper, Friday night's Big Nine Conference 4A contest between Wa-Hi and Davis - scheduled for 7:30 at Borleske Stadium - appears to be just that.The Blue Devils a
Wa-Hi football gets blown out by Chiawana
Riverhawks RB Jordan Downing rushes for 238 yards and QB Joey Zamora throws four touchdowns in the rout.
PASCO — Fourth-ranked Chiawana scored touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions and amassed 517 yards of offense during a 56-24 victory over Wa-Hi in Big Nine 4A football action Friday night at Edgar Brown Stadium. Running back Jordan Downing rushe
Blue Devils prep for Chiawana
The Devils will need everything they can muster when facing the reigning Big Nine 4A champions.
WALLA WALLA — Starting a season 0-3 would mean a steady drop in morale for a lot of high school football teams.Despite setbacks to Hermiston, Southridge and Wenatchee, that doesn't appear to be the case at Wa-Hi.'These kids are awesome. They're great,” Wa
PHOTO GALLERY - Panthers hand Blue Devils 28-17 loss
Wenatchee scores 19 first-quarter points, and 16 more in the fourth, for the Big Nine Class 4A victory at Borleske Stadium.
WALLA WALLA — Wenatchee backup quarterback Dillon Sugg completed just one of his first eight pass attempts Friday night in the Panthers' Big Nine Conference 4A football opener with Wa-Hi at Borleske Stadium.But a pair of fourth-quarter tosses more than ma
‘Resilient' Blue Devils face Panthers
Wa-Hi coach Eric Hisaw is impressed with his squad's practice in preparation for Wenatchee.
WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi may be 0-2 in the early stages of the 2011 high school football season, but you wouldn't have known it if you had been on the Walla Walla High School campus this week for any of the team's practice sessions leading up to Friday's Big N
Warrior men coast past South Puget Sound
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College shook off a slow start, netted six first-half goals, and coasted to a 7-0 victory over South Puget Sound in NWAACC men's soccer action Saturday afternoon at Warrior Field.The Warriors are now 4-1 on the season a
Suns burn Blue Devils in 42-22 win
Southridge quarterback Matt Mendenhall lives up to his billing, throwing for five first-half TDs in the victory.
KENNEWICK — Wa-Hi head football coach Eric Hisaw described Southridge quarterback Matt Mendenhall as 'the real deal” and added he 'may be the best we see all year” in the days leading up to Friday night's clash between the two Big Nine high schools at Lam
WWCC women shine in win over Lane
‘This is the best I've seen them look,' coach Chad Bodnar says following the 4-0 victory.
WALLA WALLA — Forward Kaylie Winston scored one goal and assisted on two others to lead two-time defending NWAACC champion Walla Walla Community College to a 4-0 victory over Lane in women's soccer action Saturday afternoon at Warrior Field.The win, comin
Blue Devils want big effort vs. Suns in Friday football
Wa-Hi and Southridge will meet Friday, with both football teams seeking their first win.
WALLA WALLA — A pair of hungry high school football teams will take the field Friday night at Kennewick's Lampson Stadium hoping to end the evening with their first win of the 2011 season.Wa-Hi and Southridge suffered season-opening defeats last week. The
'Dogs again bite Wa-Hi in football opener
For the third year in a row, Hermiston hands Wa-Hi a season-opening football defeat, this time 28-21 on Friday night.
WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi did enough things to both win and lose its season-opening high school football game with Hermiston Friday night at Borleske Stadium.On the positive side, running back Jonah Hoe rushed for 155 yards while quarterback Dakota Turner hooke
Blue Devils face familiar opening nemesis on gridiron
Hermiston, which heads to Borleske Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Friday, has defeated Wa-Hi to open the last two football seasons.
WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi opens its 2011 football campaign Friday night at Borleske Stadium against a non-league opponent that has been a nemesis the last two seasons.Hermiston began its 2010 schedule with a 32-17 home triumph over the Blue Devils.The Bulldogs
Warrior women hope encore is third-straight soccer title
The WWCC women's soccer team hopes 13 freshmen can help it to another title.
WALLA WALLA — When a team ends its season with a championship of any kind, some may immediately ask, 'What will you do for an encore?”In the case of the Walla Walla Community College women's soccer team, their encore was claiming a second consecutive NWAA
Big team, big expectations for Warrior men
Some of the region's top freshmen join WWCC's men's soccer team, which finished out of the playoff race last season.
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College's men's soccer program will do all it can this season to put the 2010 campaign in its rear-view mirror.WWCC won the NWAACC championship in 2008 and was runner-up in 2009 before finishing out of the postseason pi
Sweets wrap league play with victory
Walla Walla will begin a best-of-three playoff series with Wenatchee on Friday.
WALLA WALLA — Sweets pitcher Tyler Billen made his last outing of the 2011 West Coast League baseball season a memorable one for himself, his teammates and an announced Borleske Stadium crowd of 1,856.The 6-foot-4, 240-pound left-hander allowed just two r
Record field hoops it up at annual Peach Basket Classic
The 18th annual Peach Basket welcomes an all-time record 312 teams for this year's tournament.
WALLA WALLA — A group of 38 teams distinguished themselves from an all-time record field of 312 squads by claiming division championships Sunday during the closing session of the 18th annual Peach Basketball Classic 3-on-3 basketball tournament in downtow
Sweets' win puts WCL playoffs in reach
Andrew Mendenhall's two-run double caps a three-run, eighth-inning rally.
WALLA WALLA — If the Walla Walla Sweets reach the West Coast League playoffs, they may look back at their 4-3 triumph over the Kelowna Falcons on Saturday night at Borleske Stadium as a game that helped them achieve that goal.Andrew Mendenhall's two-run d
Elks score early to close out Sweets
Bend uses a two-run first and allows the Sweets just four hits in the win.
WALLA WALLA — A two-run first inning proved to be enough for the visiting Bend Elks on Wednesday night during a 2-1 victory over the Walla Walla Sweets in the opener of a three-game West Coast League baseball series at Borleske Stadium.A quartet of Bend p
Griz 10-run Shockers in win
Three Griz collect two hits each in the 13-3 tournament win over Hermiston's Shockers.
WALLA WALLA — A trio of Walla Walla Griz collected two hits apiece and pitcher Zach Zehner recorded his seventh win of the summer during a 13-3, loser-out victory over the Hermiston Shockers in single A district baseball action Saturday afternoon at Walla
Pitching paces Walla Walla Sweets past Portland Lobos
A trio of Walla Walla relievers combine for five scoreless innings to close out the 6-2 victory over the Portland club Wednesday.
WALLA WALLA — Relievers Tyler Billen, Geoff Soja, and Simon Anderson combined to throw five scoreless innings Wednesday night to help lead the Walla Walla Sweets to a 6-2 victory over the Portland Lobos in a West Coast League non-counting baseball contest
Lobos double Sweets on hits, runs
The WCL Portland team knocks out 12 hits to Walla Walla's six in the 4-2 victory.
WALLA WALLA — The visiting Portland Lobos doubled the Walla Walla Sweets in the two most important offensive categories Tuesday night during West Coast League baseball action at Borleske Stadium.Hits and runs.Portland outhit the Sweets 12-6 and, more impo
Walla Walla Sweets' Richardson outduels Kitsap
Ryan Richardson outduels Kitsap's Richie Mascheri as Walla Walla hands the BlueJackets the 3-1 West Coast League defeat.
WALLA WALLA — Baseball fans who appreciate pitching would have loved the opening act of a three-game West Coast League baseball series between the Walla Walla Sweets and Kitsap BlueJackets Saturday night at Borleske Stadium.
Walla Walla Bruins play Hanford Flames to twin bill split
Walla Walla wins the Junior Legion opener, 8-5, before Hanford scores six eighth-inning runs in the nightcap for the 12-10 victory.
WALLA WALLA — Sean Hollenbeck had three hits and Luke Reardon contributed a two-run, fifth-inning double as the Walla Walla Bruins built a pair of five-run leads and held on for an 8-5 victory over the Hanford Flames in the opening game of a Central Washi
Pride Baseball powers past Walla Walla Bears for Invite title
Donnie Santos smacks two three-run home runs in Pride's 14-2 win over the Bears in the Sweet Invitational title game.
WALLA WALLA — Donnie Santos blasted a pair of three-run home runs to help power Pride Baseball to a 14-2 victory over the Walla Walla Bears in the championship game of the Walla Walla Sweet Invitational baseball tournament Sunday afternoon.The lopsided tr
Bears open own tourney with five-inning victory
Jake Campeau gives up just three hits in the 11-0 victory over the Jerome Cyclones Thursday.
WALLA WALLA — Jake Campeau tossed a three-hitter and struck out six Thursday night to lead the Walla Walla Bears to an 11-0 victory over the Jerome Cyclones in the opening session of the Walla Walla Sweet Invitational baseball tournament.Campeau's gem at
Return home isn't so Sweet in loss
Walla Walla falls to Cowlitz, 3-1, to lose nine of the last 10.
WALLA WALLA — The opener of a three-game West Coast League baseball series between the Walla Walla Sweets and Cowlitz Black Bears provided an interesting contrast on Thursday night at Borleske Stadium.A pair of teams headed in opposite directions.The Swee
Bruins split in tourney's third round
The Bruins top Lower Columbia 14-4, then lose to the Diamondbacks 12-8. They play Sockeye Baseball Club at 8:30 this morning.
WALLA WALLA — The Walla Walla Bruins split a pair of games at Walla Walla Community College's Warrior Field on Saturday during session three of their annual Junior American Legion baseball tournament.Walla Walla dropped a 12-8 decision to the Kuna Diamond
Walla Walla Bruins win, Milton-Freewater Blazers fall at Sweet Invitational
The host Bruins down Kirkland, 8-2, while Milton-Freewater is sunk by the Foss Tugs by the same score.
WALLA WALLA — A pair of 8-2 verdicts yielded different results for a pair of local teams Thursday during the opening session of the Walla Walla Bruins' annual Junior American Legion Sweet Invitational summer baseball tournament.The host team, behind a 13-
Beatty's beauty holds up in Knights' 3-2 win over Sweets
Errors are costly for Walla Walla as Corvallis builds a 3-0 lead and Max Beatty's stellar outing holds off the Sweets bats in the 3-2 victory Saturday night.
WALLA WALLA — A pair of unearned runs and three errors cost the Walla Walla Sweets the middle game of a three-game West Coast League baseball series with Corvallis Saturday night at Borleske Stadium.The Knights built a 3-0 lead after seven innings and hel
Irish settle for fourth at baseball tourney
DeSales falls to Seattle Lutheran, 12-7, in Friday's state semifinal, and then is tripped up by LaConner, 5-4, in the third-fourth-place game.
YAKIMA — The 2011 baseball season ended with semifinal and consolation defeats for the DeSales Irish at the Class 2B state baseball playoffs that wrapped up here Saturday at Yakima Valley College's Parker Field.DeSales allowed three runs in the bottom of
W-P boys win fifth straight district track championship
The DeSales girls win second place in the 2B District 9 championships on Friday.
WALLA WALLA — Waitsburg-Prescott claimed its fifth straight boys district championship — and the program's sixth in the last seven seasons — and DeSales nipped W-P on the girls side for second place on Friday during the final session of the Class 2B Distr
rish sweep Patriots, clinch third in SE2B
DeSales' softball team will again host Liberty Christian Tuesday in a district loser-out game after the two wins Friday.
WALLA WALLA — DeSales entered its Southeast 2B District 9 softball doubleheader with Liberty Christian on Friday needing just one win to clinch third place and take the No. 3 seed into district tournament action that begins on Tuesday.The Irish opted inst
Blue Devils end regular season with bang
Wa-Hi's softball team ends the regular season with a sweep of Wenatchee, and now preps for next week's district tournament.
WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi celebrated Senior Day by ending its softball regular season on Friday with a share of the Big Nine Conference 4A championship after a doubleheader sweep of Wenatchee, 13-4 and 6-0, at Murr Sports Park.Hope Klicker, one of three Blue De
Warriors drop improbable pair
WWCC has a 10-run lead over CBC after two innings in game one, but loses 18-16, and drops the nightcap 8-3.
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College built a 10-0 lead over Columbia Basin after two innings of the opening game of an NWAACC Eastern Region baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Warrior Field.What happened after that was nothing short of imp
Warriors slap Knights with NWAACC East sweep
Wenatchee had a one-game lead over WWCC in the Eastern Region before the Warriors took two from the Knights, 2-1 and 5-3.
WALLA WALLA — Visiting Wenatchee Valley came to Warrior Field Friday for a community college softball doubleheader against Walla Walla with the NWAACC's top ranking and a one-game lead in the Eastern Region standings over the Warriors.WWCC's Dara Kosanke
WWCC slaps Wenatchee Valley with NWAACC East softball sweep
Wenatchee had a one-game lead over WWCC in the Eastern Region before the Warriors took two from the Knights, 2-1 and 5-3.
WALLA WALLA — Visiting Wenatchee Valley came to Warrior Field Friday for a community college softball doubleheader against Walla Walla with the NWAACC's top ranking and a one-game lead in the Eastern Region standings over the Warriors.WWCC's Dara Kosanke
Bat attack sparks Blue Devils win
Wa-Hi knocks out 13 hits in the 7-1 win over Pendleton Thursday.
WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi rode the pitching of Alyson Ambler and a 13-hit attack — led by the three apiece by Hope Klicker and Trae Payne — to a 7-1 victory over Pendleton in non-conference softball action Thursday afternoon at Murr Sports Park.Ambler struck ou
Mac-Hi boys, W-P girls top 75th Carnival of Speed
Mac-Hi's Emily Childers and W-P's Ronnie Hulce share female honors at the annual extravaganza.
MILTON-FREEWATER — Mac-Hi's boys and Waitsburg-Prescott's girls claimed team titles here Friday afternoon and two local athletes — Waitsburg-Prescott's Ronnie Hulce and Mac-Hi's Emily Childers — shared the honor of top female with 30.5 points apiece durin
Warriors bats alive, but split on the day
The WWCC baseball team falls to Olympic but tops Clackamas in the nightcap.
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College split a pair of NWAACC baseball games Saturday during the opening session of the East Region Invitational at Warrior Field.The Warriors lost to Olympic, 7-5, before downing Clackamas, 9-1, in a game called in th
Pitchers help Warriors rack up two nonleague wins
The Warriors defeat Blue Mountain 8-0 and Columbia Basin 7-3 despite soggy conditions.
WALLA WALLA — Top-notch efforts by pitchers Tyler Roberts and Brett Watson helped put Walla Walla Community College in the win column against a pair of NWAACC Eastern Region foes in a pair of nonleague games Saturday at soggy Warrior Field.Roberts threw s
Warriors open softball season with mercy-rule wins over Storm
Host WWCC doesn't treat Chemeketa kindly in 10-2 and 9-1 victories to open the season Friday.
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla Community College put up crooked numbers in the first three innings of both of its season-opening softball games with NWAACC rival Chemeketa on Friday afternoon at Warrior Field.WWCC built a 10-0 lead after three innings of the o
Irish girls fall to Asotin and out of play in SE2B finale
The Panthers pick up a 51-37 win off DeSales' poor field-goal shooting Saturday night.
WALLA WALLA — Asotin took advantage of a quick start and DeSales' poor field-goal shooting, coasting to a 51-37 victory in the finale of the Southeast 2B District 9 girls basketball tournament on Whitman's George Ball Court at Sherwood Center Saturday nig
Waitsburg-Prescott fights off pesky Irish girls, 40-36
A game-ending 7-1 run lifts W-P to the District 9 title as DeSales faced an elimination game Saturday night against Asotin.
WALLA WALLA — Megan Withers converted a three-point play with 1:55 left in the fourth quarter Friday night to commence a game-ending, 7-1 run that lifted undefeated Waitsburg-Prescott to a 40-36 victory over DeSales in the championship game of the Class 2
Waitsburg-Prescott boys take No. 1 to Spokane after win over Dayton
Zach Bartlow scores 21 points to lead W-P to the District 9 championship and a top seed to the regional tournament.
artlow scored 16 of his game-high 21 points in the second half Friday night as Waitsburg-Prescott claimed the Class 2B District 9 boys basketball title with a 69-56 triumph over stubborn Dayton on George Ball Court at Sherwood Center on the Whitman Colleg
W-P boys take care of Tri-Cities Prep
Waitsburg-Prescott downs the Jaguars, 59-36, behind five starting seniors Friday night.
WAITSBURG — Southeast 2B League regular-season champion Waitsburg-Prescott celebrated Senior Night at Kison Court with a 59-36 boys high school basketball victory over Tri-Cities Prep here Friday night.W-P, No. 8 in the latest Class 2B state poll, improve
W-P girls celebrate seniors with rout of Jaguars
Southeast 2B League champions W-P hands Tri-Cities Prep a 48-24 thumping Friday during Senior Night.
WAITSBURG — Senior Night.A time to reflect.A time to celebrate.A time to crush a league opponent.Megan Withers scored a game-high 18 points and Genesis Pearson added 12 points and 15 rebounds here Friday night to lead Southeast 2B League champion Waitsbur
