Exhibition a building block for CWU, UW

SELAH, Wash. — You’d never have suspected the result by the excitement in Mallory Holtman’s face.

“I’m excited,” she said. “We’re excited. We’re really looking forward to the season.”

It’s true that Holtman had just lost her first game as Central Washington’s fastpitch coach, 10-1. Then again, the Wildcats had played Washington.

So for CWU, coming off a breakthrough year, and for the Huskies, coming off the dynamically successful Danielle Lawrie era, it was all good Saturday at sunsplashed Carlon Park.

“We feel good about what we’ve accomplished the last couple of years,” said UW coach Heather Tarr, alluding to her program’s 2009 national championship and another College World Series appearance last spring. “Now we’re trying to build on that, to move forward as a program.”

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Tarr said no single player has, or likely will, attempt to fill Lawrie’s formidable shoes. Freshman Bryana Walker, sophomore Amanda Fitzimmons and junior Jenna Clifton split time Saturday, limiting Central to two hits while striking out five and walking two.

One of CWU’s safeties was Elena Carter’s two out, fourth inning homer to center field, which served as CWU’s offensive highlight.

Wildcats starter Maria Gau, a freshman from Woodinville, yielded a two-out, two-run single in the second to Maggie Wagner, allowed another run in the third, then and gave way to Lindy Baxter after allowing a leadoff double to Kimi Pohlman and an RBI single to Ashley Tuiasosopo in the fourth.

Clifton, initially in left field, reached on an error and Wagner followed with a three-run homer. Jenn Salling would also go deep before then inning ended.

Holtman, however, noted that four non-seniors from last spring’s Central team that reached the NCAA Division II West Regional title game were not available for Saturday’s exhibition, but will be next spring.

Most notable among them was pitcher Lauren Hadenfeld, the Wildcats’ pitching ace.

“She’ll be our No. 1,” Holtman said. “Losing (leadoff hitter) Dani Monson will hurt, but we recruited for that position. And in the middle of our batting order we’ll have Kelsey Haupert and Samantha Petrich, who combined for 120 (129, actually) RBI last year. That’s huge.”

So was Hadenfeld’s 24-6 record and 2.26 earned run average. The right-hander from Vancouver was the closest CWU could come to a D-II version of Lawrie.

“Of course, we’re not expecting anyone to actually replace Danielle,” Tarr said, “and it would be unfair to the young women on our pitching staff to even ask them to. We have three freshmen who can do some things, and Jenna Clifton, who pitched the last inning today, has pitched well. So we’ll be more of a staff next year than just having one dominant person.”

Holtman, meanwhile, expressed lofty expectations for 2011.

“I think we can go beyond what we did last year,” she said. “We’re expecting to win another GNAC championship and go even farther in the playoffs.”

Ellensburg’s Meghan Kopczynski, a sophomore starting catcher who batted .356 last season, has transferred to pursue a nursing career, a CWU official said.

Central Washington    000    100    0    —    1    2    1
Washington                     021    500    2    —    10    11    0
Gau, Baxter (4), Harris (7) and E. Carter, Hughes (7); Walker, Fitzsimmons (5), Clifton (7) and Wright.
Highlights: Elena Carter (CWU) HR, Carina Wagner (CWU) 1-3; Jenn Salling (UW) HR, 2 RBI; Hooch Fagaly (UW) 2-4, 2b, RBI; Ashley Tuiasosopo (UW) 1-2, RBI; Maggie Wagner (UW) 2-2, 2b, HR, 5 RBI.

Central Washington-Washington fastpitch photo gallery

Photos from Saturday’s exhibition fastpitch game between the University of Washington and Central Washington University at Carlon Park in Selah, Wash. All photos by Gordon King of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Newman latest to join list of heroes

YAKIMA, Wash. — Second childhoods seem to vary in categories including length, frequency and intensity, but they do have one constant.

They always seem to surprise us.

Such was my most recent experience, which evoked warm memories of  people I first considered heroes.

My earliest and most enduring role models were my parents. But to a kid like me growing up in a community like Naches Heights, pre-ESPN and 24-7 radio and TV sports coverage, heroes were mostly high school athletes — big guys most of us wanted to be like in style if not stature.

We wanted to comb our hair like they did, wear the same type of clothes they did. To us, they epitomized cool.

For a future Highland student, luminaries of the 1960s included Rod Niemi, who still holds the school record for points scored in a basketball game (40); Manny Perez, a three-sport standout who starred on the Scotties’ first unbeaten football team (1965) and later became one of the best second basemen Bobo Brayton coached at Washington State; and Steve Elliott, a left-handed pitcher with what appeared to me, at least, to be a Sandy Koufax-caliber curveball.

During that golden era of prep sports in and around the Yakima Valley there were so many others, from Bucky Bruns at Prosser to Jim Hilliard at East Valley to Scott McDonald at Marquette to Ted Wierman and Lenny Allen at Davis to Steve Dale and Spud Edmondson at Eisenhower.

To someone my age they were larger than life.

Dad and I watched the blockbuster 1964 Ike-Davis football game at an overflowing Zaepfel Stadium. From my early-teen perspective, it might as well have been the Rose Bowl.

I’ve since learned that we in the media have long overused the term “hero,” and agree completely with Sparky Anderson’s plea to defer in that regard.

“Don’t call us (ballplayers) heroes,” Anderson said. “Firemen are heroes.”

So is the person I met last weekend. His name is Matthew Newman.

Most around the Valley are familiar with Matthew and the near-fatal head injury he sustained more than a year ago as Highland’s junior quarterback. Through the YH-R and other outlets including Matthew’s CaringBridge website, they’ve followed his struggle through life-threatening infections and paralyzing headaches.

Matthew has been home since last December, though, and has continued a remarkable recovery with the help of a wonderful family and a support group that far transcends his own community.

I had already known Matthew’s older brother, Patrick, from the 2009 Media Classic in Pasco, and last Friday night got to meet the rest of his family — parents Marla and Randy Newman, and younger brother Benjamin — at Highland’s homecoming game.

“Hey,” Matthew said, offering a smile and handshake, “You’re the person who wrote in my (CaringBridge) guest book and put the stuff in about you and your dog.”

I had in fact mentioned nightly neighborhood walks with my little dog Grace, and that we’d talked about Matthew on many of those occasions, hoping for his recovery.

“Dogs are like that, huh?” he said. “You can talk to them about stuff. And they listen.”

As Highland’s game with Granger continued on nearby Joe Casper Field, we all had a wonderful conversation that touched on all sorts of topics.

Last Sunday, a celebration was held in the high school commons featuring an eloquent address from Matthew’s uncle Brad Newman, regarding Matthew’s recovery and how faith and support from the family, community and beyond had so productively interacted.

Matthew, described by his Mom as “very social,” smiled, shook hands and chatted happily with those in attendance. Later, in a more serious tone, he confided that while he was enjoying once again being a full-time high school student, he was struggling with the professional direction he would take after completing his education at Washington State University.

“I just don’t know,” he said. “I’ve considered just about every job in the world, and I haven’t been able to decide.”

I mentioned that most his age face the same dilemma, and he shouldn’t consider the matter to be urgent.

“I guess not,” Matthew said, leaning back in his chair.

Truth be told, he already had encountered challenges more substantial than most of us will see in our lifetimes. And no one but him will ever know their severity.

From excruciating pain to agonizing uncertainty about what might, or might not, happen next, Matthew had endured an ordeal that no one could have possibly prepared him for.

The same could be said for the emotional trauma his family had experienced.

Days must have seemed like weeks, weeks like months and months like years. And once Matthew’s survival was secure, there probably were questions regarding what kind of life awaited him.

And while his recovery is not yet complete — Matthew is still unable to drive, for example — he has reached a stage few familiar with his situation would have imagined 11 months ago.

For his part, Matthew expresses no bitterness toward the random event that changed his life. At times he seems deeply philosophical, but not angry.

A highlight of the weekend’s experience, for instance, was his meeting Grace after Sunday’s celebration. Marla, Randy and Benjamin had met her Friday night while Matthew was enjoying his reign as Highland’s homecoming king.

“She’d be a great point guard,” I said as Grace sped around in excitement. “Exceptional foot speed.”

As Matthew scratched her ears and Grace wagged her tail furiously, he said, “Yeah, I’d hate to try to guard her. She’d be too quick for me.”

Then he grew serious, looking up with a freshly-licked face.

“Do you think dogs go to heaven?” he asked.

“Yeah,” I said. “I believe they do. My Mom and Dad are there and I’d like to think all the dogs that were members of our family when I was growing up, and were with them afterward, are with them now. Each of them was special.”

“Special like Grace, huh?” Matthew smiled.

That night, while Grace and I enjoyed our walk, I recalled the heroes of my youth.

I remembered my amazement at how Rod Niemi dropped jump shot after jump shot and how I added and re-added his point total in my homemade scorebook, finally realizing that he had in fact reached 40.

At how Manny Perez ran through tacklers seemingly twice his size and, on Highland’s old baseball field, hit drives over the distant football bleachers for home runs.

And how Steve Elliott would engage in his wonderfully fluid windup, kick his right foot high in the air and then throw a breaking ball that an opposing hitter would miss by a foot.

Back then, to me, they were worthy heroes.

And so now is Matthew Newman.

Central Washington runs past pesky Clan

BURNABY, British Columbia — Blaine Bennett came to Central Washington in 2008 promising to throw the football first and run it second.

Unless, of course, circum-stances dictated otherwise.

They did Saturday at Terry Fox Field, where the No. 22 Wildcats used the two-pronged running attack of Bryson Kelly and Ishmael Stinson to fend off winless Simon Fraser 44-30 in a GNAC football game.

Kelly, a 235-pound senior from Mukilteo, carried 30 times for 246 yards and four touchdowns while Stinson, a 197-pound redshirt freshman from Tacoma added a career-high 154 yards and a TD on 21 rushes.

“I’d say that’s a pretty good day,” Bennett said of CWU’s 381 rushing yards. “Running the ball today was our best option. We felt we could control the line of scrimmage and get our two running backs going, which we obviously did.”

And needed to.

The Clan, which hadn’t come close to victory in its first three games, was tied 10-10 at halftime. Central (3-0 GNAC, 3-2 overall) made it 20-10 after three quarters and led 30-10 and 37-17 and 44-24 in the fourth, but SFU (0-3, 0-4) rushed for 234 yards and passed for 225.

Running back Gabriel Ephard had 222 yards and scores of 64 and 70 yards on 14 carries.

The Clan’s numbers did not agree with Bennett, who had touted his team’s defensive front seven all season.

“They’re a huge concern,” he said. “Our defense shouldn’t give up those kinds of yards or those kinds of points. If we’re good enough defensively to hold Eastern Washington to 89 rushing yards, we should be able to come and play our very best game against a GNAC opponent. I’m very disappointed that we’d give up those kinds of numbers.”

Kelly’s scores covered 1, 22, 4 and 3 yards and Sean Davis kicked field goals of 26, 35 and 28 yards.

While Central extended its conference winning streak to 34 games, a showdown looms next Saturday at Humboldt State where the Lumberjacks are 2-0 in the (3-1 overall).

“We’re both undefeated in the conference,” Bennett said, “so the game will have a conference championship type of fell to it at their place. It will be a tough game and we’ll have to play our very best.”

He also said starting left tackle Brian Agnis has been lost for the foreseeable future to a knee injury.

Central Washington 0 10 10 24 — 44 Simon Fraser 0 10 0 20 — 30

Second Quarter CWU—Bryson Kelly 1 run (Sean Davis kick), 14:57. SFU—Gabriel Ephard 64 run (Jeffrey Biles kick), 13:19. CWU—FG Davis 26, 6:33. SFU—FG Biles 43, 1:27. Third Quarter CWU—FG Davis 35, 12:36. CWU—Kelly 22 run (Davis kick), 1:58. Fourth Quarter CWU—Kelly 4 run (Davis kick), 11:46. CWU—FG Davis 28, 9:26. SFU—Ephard 70 run (Biles kick), 4:28. CWU—Kelly 3 run (Davis kick), 4:28. SFU—Ben Allen 60 pass from Tore Corrado (Biles kick), 4:19. CWU—Ishmael Stinson 10 run (Davis kick), 1:31. SFU—Mathis Baumbach 14 pass from Ryan Schwartz, 0:05.

Away Home First downs 27 18 Rushes-yards 54-381 22-234 Passing 127 225 Comp-Att-Int 15-28-0 19-35-3 Return yards 96 126 Punts-Avg. 3-48.3 3-35.3 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 4-30 7-45 Time of possession 37:45 22:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Central Washington, Kelly 30-246, Stinson 21-154, Team 1-(minus 1), Ryan Robertson 2-(minus 18). Simon Fraser, Ephard 14-222, Biles -21, Team 1-(minus 1), Schwartz 5-(minus 2), Ben Allen 1-(minus 6). PASSING — Central Washington, Robertson 15-28-0 127. Simon Fraser, Schwartz 18-34-3 165, Corrado 1-1-0 60. RECEIVING — Central Washington, Kollin Hancock 3-32, Demetrius Guice 2-20, Jamal Weems 2-14, Justin Helwege 2-8, Robert Akeo-Orr 1-16, Codey Berry 1-11, Griffin Squires 1-11, Phil Frost 1-8, Kelly 1-6, Stinson 1-1. Simon Fraser, Baumbach 5-63, Taylor Wilkinson 5-50, Ephard 4-17, Allen 3-84, Bo Palmer 2-11.

Prep soccer: Mohsenian, Rodriguez lead EV

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Yasi Mohsenian and Shallise Rodriguez scored the first two goals of the match to lead East Valley to a 3-1 win over Ellensburg as the CWAC girls soccer season opened on Saturday.

Goalkeepers Karlee Ward and Brianna Hallenbeck combined for 10 saves, helping unbeaten EV improve to 6-0-1 for the season.

Ellensburg drew within a goal just before halftime, but EV’s Samantha Herzog popped in an insurance tally in the 58th minute.

The Red Devils are on the road again Tuesday, visiting Othello.

First half: 1, EV, Yasi Mohsenian, 20:00; 2, EV, Shallise Rodriguez (Ashlee Betancourth), 36:00; 3, Ellensburg, Jax Chissus (Hadli Farrand), 40:00.

Second half: 4, EV, Samantha Herzog, 58:00.

Saves: Karlee Ward (EV) 6, Brianna Hallenbeck (EV) 4, Sammy Bell-Ruelas (El) 6, Tiffany Tate (El) 2.

PROSSER 7, SELAH 2: At Prosser, Wash., Helen Petersen fired in five goals to boost the Mustangs season mark to 4-3. Prosser hosts Ellensburg on Tuesday while Selah plays at home against Wapato.

First half: 1. Selah, Ashley Wilkey, 3:00; 2. Prosser, Helen Petersen, 5:00; 3. Prosser, Mackenzie Forsyth, 15:00; 4. Prosser, Madison Moore, (Kayleen Maddox),18:00; 5. Prosser, Petersen (Carly Crawford), 38:00.

Second half: 6. Prosser, Petersen, 43:00; 7. Prosser, Petersen, 50:00; 8. Selah, Lily Hamell, 54:00; 9. Prosser, Petersen, 70:00.

Saves: Jamie White (P) 2, Rut Suarez (P) 2; Braelyn Carter (S) 5.

QUINCY 4, TOPPENISH 0: At Quincy, Wash., Kala Brindle scored twice, both in the first 11 minutes, to lead the Jackrabbits in the league opener for both teams.

First half: 1, Quincy, Kala Brindle, 6:00; 2, Quincy, Brindle, 11:00; 3, Quincy, Marbely Sanchez, 31:00.

Second half: 4, Quincy, Kimberly Avalos (Kylie Williamson), 44:00.

Saves: Toppenish 6, Jenna Arnall (Q)  3.

EPHRATA 3, WAPATO 0: At Wapato, Wash., Emily Sween recorded a hat trick and Skylar Lund made three saves to earn the shutout for the Tigers.

First half: 1, Ephrata, Emily Sween (PK), 26:00.

Second half: 2, Ephrata, E. Sween, 42:00; 3, Ephrata, E. Sween (Lana Sween), 64:00.

Saves: Skylar Lund (E) 3, Madison Haynes (W) 12.

CBBN

CHIAWANA 2, DAVIS 1: At Chiawana, Wash., the Riverhawks escaped with the 4A win on Lexi Miller’s goal in the 71st minute.

Teresa Gonzalez scored in the 21st minute to open a 1-0 lead for the Pirates, who host Eisenhower on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

First half: 1, Davis, Teresa Gonzalez (Mackenna Morton), 21:00; 2, Chiawana, Erin Huisinigh, 32:00.

Second half: 3, Chiawana, Lexi Miller, 71:00.

Saves: Theresa Salazar (D) 6; Kora Bales (C) 4.

HANFORD 1, WEST VALLEY 0 (OT): At Hanford, Wash., the Falcons punched in the winner two minutes into overtime and lifted their 3A record to 4-1. West Valley (2-3) resumes conference play on Tuesday at Sunnyside.

First half: No scoring.

Second half: No scoring.

Overtime: 1. Hanford, 82:00.

Saves: Rozalyn Pratt (WV) 1, Stephanie Gibson (WV) 1; Gabrielle Schuler (H) 1.

KAMIAKIN 8, SUNNYSIDE 0: At Sunnyside, Wash., Heidi Leonard, Chandra Stevenson and Megan Beaucheme scored two goals each to power unbeaten Kamiakin in the 3A contest.

First half: 1, Kamiakin, Heidi Leonard, 3:00; 2, Kamiakin, Chandra Stevenson, 13:00; 3, Kamiakin, Malory McDowell, 27:00; 4, Kamiakin, Ellie Heiden, 29:00; 5, Kamiakin, Megan Beaucheme, 32:00; 6, Kamiakin, Stevenson, 38:00.

Second half: 7, Kamiakin, Leonard, 65:00; 8, Kamiakin, Beaucheme, 78:00.

Saves: Sydney Grant (K) 1, Marisol Gomez (S) 13.

NON-LEAGUE

NACHES VALLEY 2, LA SALLE 1: At Naches, Wash., Delaney Romero and Chelsea Robles each scored in the final two minutes of the first half to spark Naches Valley (3-3).

Grace Martin scored five minutes into the second half, but La Salle (3-1-2) couldn’t get the equalizer.

First half: 1, Naches Valley, Delaney Romero (Rachel Hall), 38:00; 2, Naches Valley, Chelsea Robles (Alina Kelley), 39:00.

Second half: 3, La Salle, Grace Martin, 45:00.

Saves: Stephanie Perez (L) 4, Aslynn Snyder (NV) 5, Alina Kelley (NV) 9.

HIGHLAND 2, CONNELL 0: At Cowiche, Wash., Susy Jiminez and Caitlin Long provided the goals and Melissa Cervantes recorded 10 saves in the shutout. The Scotties (2-2-1) open conference play Tuesday at Goldendale.

First half: 1. Highland, Susy Jiminez, 1:00.

Second half: 2. Highland, Caitlin Long (Alyssa Wickenhagen), 41:00.

Saves: Melissa Cervantes (H) 10; Maci Whitby (C) 16.

GOLDENDALE 3, CLE ELUM 0: At Goldendale, Wash., Andrea Keffeler scored two goals and assisted on the third as the Timberwolves, who did all their scoring in the second half, improved to 2-1-1.

First half: No scoring.

Second half: 1, Goldendale, Andrea Keffeler (PK), 45:00; 2, Goldendale, Sydney Ross (Keffeler), 46:00; 3, Goldendale,  Keffeler (Carlee Wheelon), 60:00.

Saves: Dallas Smith (G) 5, Tashia Mosley (CE) 4.

Preps: Ike boys 6th, girls 9th at Stanford

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Eisenhower’s boys and girls cross country teams, both ranked No. 1 in Washington, took their show on the road Saturday and came away with top-10 finishes in the seeded high school races in the Stanford Invitational.

Ike’s boys placed sixth with Timothy Cummings leading the way in 11th. He covered the 5,000-meter course in 15:42 despite temperatures in the low 90s.

The Cadets would certainly have finished higher if German Silva, who was running in the top 10 with 1,000 meters to go, hadn’t been forced out of the race with lingering flu symptoms.

The girls team placed ninth with Mayra Chavez and Berenice Penaloza finishing in the top 20.

The Cadets will join Davis, West Valley and Sunnyside in a CBBN meet at Franklin Park on Tuesday and then host the 37th annual Sunfair Invitational on Saturday.

Stanford Invitational

BOYS

Team scores — Top 3: 1, Arcadia, Calif., 33; 2, Bellarmine, Calif., 141; 3, La Costa Canyon, Calif., 163. Local: 6, Eisenhower 204.

Winner: Ammar Moussa (Arcadia) 14:37.

Ike runners: 11, Timothy Cummings 15:42; 18, Jaziel Rodriguez 15:51; 36, Santos Vargas 16:15; 58, Delfino Dominguez 16:34; 81, Kyle Chapman 16:56; 113, Peter Troianello 17:37. Total 158 runners.

GIRLS

Team scores — Top 3: 1, Jesuit, Ore., 99; 2, Granite Bay, Calif., 113; 3, Mira Costa, Calif., 144. Local: 9, Eisenhower 233.

Winner: Catrina McAlister (Arcadia) 17:16.

Ike runners: 11, Mayra Chavez 18:30; 16, Berenice Penaloza 18:44; 52, Elise Tello 19:43; 59, Katherine Bravo 19:52; 95, Tori Klein 20:41; 109, Alyssa Pena 21:16; 129, Lindsy Thomas 23:30.

NIKE PRE-NATIONALS

At Portland

BOYS

Winner: Ryan Urie (Patrick Henry, Calif.) 15:18 (5,000 meters).

Davis results: 20, Joe Knox 16:52; 27, Alberto Melchor 17:00; 70, Alexio Garcia 17:59; 71, Alex Palacios 18:00; 107, Pablo Espinosa 18:36; 118, Collin Buckley 18:52; 119, Israel Fernandez 18:58.

GIRLS

Winner: Molly Grabill (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) 17:42.

Davis results: 15, Kaitlin Kaluzny 19:07; 46, Sydney Allen 20:03; 135, Megumi DeMond 22:08; 138, Emily Gerardi 22:16; 141, Maria Beltran 22:24; 146, Erica DeMond 22:29.

Connell Invitational

BOYS

Team scores — 4A-3A: Sunnyside 29, Kennewick 54, Richland 62, Moses Lake 69. 2A: Moscow 41, Toppenish 54, Othello 83, Prosser 89, Clarkston 103, Grandview 160. 1A: Zillah 35, Royal 47, Kiona-Benton 83, Connell 89, Granger 109, Cle Elum 160.

Winner: Adam Storey (Mos) 15:53 (5,000 meters).

Local highlights: 2, Juan Reynoso (Su) 16:02; 4, Nathan Gonzalez (Su) 16:21; 8, Gustavo Madrigal (Pro) 16:39; 11, Emelio Gonzalez (T) 16:52; 12, Omar Cantu (Su) 16:53; 17, Cameron Kobes (T) 17:11; 24, Scott Thomas (Z) 17:30; 25, Matt Argo (Z) 17:38; 28, Javier Neri (Gv) 17:44; 31, Francisco Villegas (T) 17:51; 38, Dusty Bender (RC) 18:05; 40, Troy Dunbar (Z) 18:12; 44, Tony Vasquez (T) 18:15; 47, Bradley Buttars (P) 18:21; 49, Juan Sandoval (Gr) 18:22.

GIRLS

Team scores — 4A-3A: Richland 40, Sunnyside 42, Kennewick 44. 2A: Moscow 38, Clarkston 49, Prosser 54, Toppenish 117, Othello 128. 1A: Zillah 30, Cle Elum 33, Connell 73, Goldendale 85. 2B-1B: NW Christian 24, Asotin 40, Riverside Christian 64.

Winner: Sierra Speiker (Oroville) 18:19.

Local highlights: 6, April Soelberg (RC) 20:41; 12, Jocelyn Yanez (Su) 21:25; 16, Kenzie Koch (Pro) 21:42; 17, Emma Tuning (Z) 21:48; 23, Mackenzie Davis (Pro) 22:05; 25, Kolby Childers (Pro) 22:07; 29, Carlee Creager (CE) 22:27; 32, Jamie Lambert (CE) 22:39; 36, Jill Lambert (CE) 23:00; 37, Christina Wilson (Bick) 23:01; 38, Kayla Gonzalez (Su) 23:06; 39, Ariel Medina (T) 23:11; 42, Jessica Walker (Z) 23:17.

Bellevue Invitational

BOYS

Winner: Todd Jackson (Elma) 16:10 (5,000 meters).

Top locals: Matt Schwittay (Selah) 17:42; Andrew Isom (Se) 17:52; Brad Kahn (Se) 17:55; Konner Hopkins (East Valley) 18:06; Marcus Lopez (EV) 18:20; James Himes (EV) 18:36; Stefan Beckmann (Se) 18:44; Alex Bazan (Se) 18:46; Conner Schnieder (EV) 18:49; Ethan Smith (Se) 18:52.

GIRLS

Winner: Maddie Meyers (Northwest) 18:03.

Top locals: Katrina Radach (EV) 21:02; Ashley Ommen-Nunley (EV) 21:29; Olivia Newman (Highland) 22:41; Daniela Depaz (EV) 22:42; Claire McIntyre (High) 23:00; Azayla Alvarado (EV) 23:48; Jacqlyn Sauve (Se) 23:54; Elena Cole (High) 24:11; Diana Notman (High) 24:20; Haley Packard (Se) 24:37.

PREP FOOTBALL

No. 7 Asotin tops Cougars

WHITE SWAN, Wash. — Dillon Glover ran for 137 yards and three touchdowns to lead seventh-ranked Asotin to a 35-12 win over White Swan in Class 2B non-league play on Saturday.

The Cougars (1-3), who were within 14-6 in the fourth quarter, got 143 passing yards and a rushing touchdown from quarterback Curtiss Oliva. Alex Sampson hauled in five of Oliva’s passes for 96 yards.

Asotin               0    0    14    21    —    35
White Swan    0    0    0    12    —    12

Aso — Dillon Glover 20 run (Ben Servatius kick)

Aso — Jonathon Miller 27 run (Servatius kick)

WS — Curtiss Oliva 8 run (pass failed)

Aso — Glover 65 run (Servatius kick)

Aso — Glover 20 run Servatius kick)

Aso — Levi Forsberg 25 run (Servatius kick)

WS — Kaleb Spencer 2 run (pass failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Asotin, Glover 11-137, Servatius 7-35, Miller 7-59, Forsberg 6-52, Jacob Whittaker 2-13, Neil Landrus 1-6, Ryan Schaefer 2-minus 3, Erik Loseth 2-minus 3, Robert McIntosh 1-30. WS, Nicko Nanez 18-64, Spencer 8-43, Adonis Lewis 1-10, Oliva 6-minus 1, Zack Tenney 1-12, Kobie Lewis 1-6, Cody Oliva 1-4, Joseph Kosik 1-3, Alex Sampson 1-0.

PASSING — Asotin, Servatius 1-9-0-9. WS, Oliva 10-30-2-143, Kosik 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING — Asotin, McIntoush 1-9. WS, Alex Sampson 5-96, Alfredo Galvan 3-30, Spencer 2-24.

Reardan 21, Kittitas 20

KITTTIAS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Gunner Genge 17-74, Zach Wallace 4-21, Tom Studer 6-37.

PASSING — Studer 15-29-0 218.

RECEIVING — Wallace 4-49, Genge 4-99, Ty Poole 3-54, Carl Tilton 2-8, Haaken Larsen 1-3, Isaac Johnson 1-7.

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Crusaders sweep league match

COULEE DAM, Wash. — Onyx Gibb’s nine kills powered Riverside Christian to a 25-13, 25-22, 25-18 sweep over Lake Roosevelt in North Central 2B play on Saturday.

The Crusaders improved to 3-0 in league and will host White Swan on Tuesday.

Riverside Christian highlights: Onyx Gibbs 9 kills; Amanda Cunnington 7 digs; Megan Hopp 3 aces, 2 kills; Olivia Hargrave 5 aces, 5 kills, 9 digs; Kendra Staymates 4 aces, 6 kills, 3 blocks; Breezy Byrne 2 aces, 2 kills, 22 assists.

WHITE SWAN 3, SOAP LAKE 0: At White Swan, Wash., Kassie Espindola totaled three kills, six aces and nine perfect passes as the Cougars rolled 25-17, 25-11, 25-13.

Shelby Clark and Whitney Wilson combined for 15 assists as White Swan improved to 3-2 in league play and 5-2 overall.

White Swan highlights: Kassie Espindola 6 aces, 3 kills, 9 pp; Shelby Clark 6 assists, 4 pp; Whitney Wilson 9 assists.

KITTITAS 3, ENTIAT 0: At Entiat, Wash., Dakota Adams had seven kills and 10 digs, and Kayvonne Vaver six kills, 9 digs and 11 aces in just 18 service attempts to lead Kittitas to the 25-9, 25-12, 25-4 sweep.

Kittitas highlights: Dakota Adams 7 kills, 10 digs; Kayvonne Vaver 6 kills, 9 digs, 11 aces (in 18 serve attempts); Sareena Calahan 15 digs.

Local Report: Dasso, Porcayo lead Bestball

YAKIMA, Wash. — Lyn Dasso and Ivan Porcayo fired a 63 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Central Washington Fall Bestball on Saturday at SunTides Golf Course.

Defending champions Dusty Frontis and Corey DeGrood, and Bill Adkison and Jeff Shaw are tied for second.

The father-son team of Chris and George Adams are tied with Adkison and Shaw for the net lead.

The final round is today.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Gross: 1, Lyn Dasso-Ivan Porcayo 63; 2, (tie) Bill Adkison-Jeff Shaw 64, Dusty Frontis-Corey DeGrood 64; 4, Matt Crockett-Sean Ritter 68; 5, (tie) Chris DeGrazia-Mike Hickcock 67, Jeffrey Heil-Michael James Wise 67; 7, (tie) Bruce Hiatt-Bruce Steelman 68, Ray Gallipo-Ward Jackson 68; 9, (tie) West Campbell-Robi Raab 69, Steve Adams-Steve Stough 69, Darren Holdt-Greg Clark  69, John Onstad-Shane Snell 69.

Net: 1, (tie) Chris-George Adams 57, Adkison-Shaw 57; 3, (tie) Buck Berndt-Greg Dunn 59, Adams-Stough 59; 5, Dasso-Porcayo 50; 6, (tie) Steve Rasmusson-Rob Woodey 61, Jonathan-Peter Ripplinger 61; 8, (tie) Rod Johnston-Dean Schuler 62, Mike Bowman-Keith Larsen 62, Holdt-Clark 62, Heil-Wise 62, Pete Christensen-Cliff Lewis 62.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Central sweeps NW Nazarene

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Kady Try and Kristel Baeckel produced 26 kills to power Central Washington to a 3-0 sweep of Northwest Nazarene in GNAC volleyball action Saturday night in Nicholson Pavilion.

Try had 14 kills and five blocks while Baeckel added 12 kills and five blocks as the Wildcats won 25-16, 25-21, 25-23.

Carlee Marble amassed 33 assists for CWU, which improved to 3-2 in conference play and 5-5 overall.

Carly Dranginis had 10 kills and Riverside Christian graduate Amy Van Beek had a kill and an ace for the Crusaders (3-3, 3-8).

CWU highlights: Kady Try 14 kills, 5 blocks; Kristel Baeckel 12 kills, 5 blocks; Meg Ryan 13 digs; Carlee Marble 33 assists.

YVCC defeats Treasure Valley

ONTARIO, Ore. — Tori Fisher had 10 kills and 12 digs in leading Yakima Valley to an NWAACC East Region victory over Treasure Valley in a volleyball match Friday night.

YVCC won 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20 to improve to 2-2 in the East region and 10-5 overall.

YVCC highlights: Tori Fisher 10 kills, 12 digs; Erin Mertens 17 assists, 3 blocks; Taylor Herrick 21 digs; Veronica Sanchez 13 digs; Samantha Zapien 4 blocks, 4 kills; Traci Schwyen 4 kills, 4 blocks; Aimee Gone 4 kills, 4 blocks.

COLLEGE SOCCER

Tomaso leads CWU past Saints

LACEY, Wash. — Serena Tomaso scored her first career hat trick as Central Washington beat Saint Martin’s 4-2 in GNAC women’s soccer action Saturday.

Carson McKole got the other goal for the Wildcats (2-2-0 GNAC, 2-5-1 overall), who won their second straight conference match.

Kaycie Hutchins had two assists and goalkeeper Kori Butterfield recorded nine saves.

First half: 1, CWU, Serena Tomaso (Kaycie Hutchins), 7:28; 2, SMU, Jenny Baker (Jill Webb), 8:29.

Second half: 3, CWU, Tomaso (Amy Pate), 45:28; 4, SMU, Megan Beisley (Shannon White, Baker), 69:48; 5, CWU, Carson McKole (Hutchins), 74:05; 6, CWU, Tomaso (Amanda Biggs), 83:43.

Saves: Kori Butterfield (CWU) 9; Gina Cardenas (SMU) 6.

COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY

Santos paces CWU men

SPOKANE, Wash. — Manuel Santos, a junior from Davis, led Central Washington men’s runners in Saturday’s Erik Anderson Memorial cross country invite.

Santos placed 26th individually in the 8-kilometer competition with a time of 27 minutes, 8 seconds.

In women’s competition, Zillah senior Adriana Mendoza was 31st in the 6K race in 20:29.65.

Both CWU teams finished last in the six-team meet.

Zillah airs it out against Goldendale

Leopards break from ground attack, rally past T’wolves ||

ZILLAH, Wash. — It took a vicious Goldendale defense and a full moon to force the issue, but the Zillah Leopards changed their colors Friday night.

Not because they were initially inclined to do so, but because they literally had no other option.

With its vaunted ground game all but shut down by the Timberwolves’ speed and tenacity, Zillah took to unfamiliar skies and quarterback Jared Ziegler responded like a savvy veteran.

Despite attempting just eight total passes in three previous games, Ziegler threw for 116 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to rally the Leopards to a 21-17 victory in a SCAC West showdown of unbeatens.

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Ziegler directed a 63-yard game-winning drive by completing 5 of 7 passes to four different receivers — the last being a 14-yard hookup with Marco Rodriguez with 22.6 seconds left.

“Having to do this in a game is way faster than I’m used to,” said Ziegler, who passed for all three of Zillah’s touchdowns and accounted for 225 yards of offense. “But I give a ton of credit to our scout defense because they come hard in practice. If they didn’t I wouldn’t know what to do.”

Ziegler and his receivers clicked when they had to.

Down 14-7 in the final period, Ziegler went 3-for-3 for 53 yards — including a fourth-and-6 conversion — to pull the Leopards even on Robert Slack’s 7-yard touchdown catch with 6:42 left.

Then Goldendale and its strong-armed quarterback Tyler Cronin went to work. Cronin drove his team to a first down on Zillah’s 6 before the Leopards’ defense held, forcing the Timberwolves to settle for Braydon Ross’ 21-yard field goal.

But that was good for a 17-14 lead with just 2:28 remaining, and several times on Zillah’s final drive it looked like Goldendale had the home team on the ropes.

But the Leopards survived a holding penalty, a fourth-and-2 play and they got the benefit of a controversial incomplete-pass ruling when it looked like Goldendale had knocked the ball out of Zielger’s hand on a scramble.

“We found a way, and honestly I would have been proud with a 17-14 loss to that tough team,” said Zillah coach Rock Winters. “They took us out of our run, and to survive that you have to be able to throw. Sure we run the ball a lot, but the thing is we have some very good receivers and they made some big plays.”

Cronin spread the field and made Zillah’s secondary work hard, throwing 32 times for 173 yards. But the Leopards got under a few of those deep passes and Ricky Cuellar, Mitchell Zapien and Slack came up with interceptions.

“We were looking for a touchdown because there was a lot of time left,” Goldendale coach Don Strother said of the fourth-quarter field goal. “We played a tough game and I’m real proud of the effort. But the bottom line is we had chances and didn’t get it done.”

Cronin completed a 33-yard pass to Jose Briseno to set up Goldendale’s third-quarter go-ahead touchdown, and a 32-yarder to J.D. Moss that led to Ross’ third field goal of the season.

But Ziegler’s night, which started inauspiciously with two interceptions, finished with career numbers — 10-for-18 for 155 yards and three touchdowns.

“We run the ball. That’s what we do because we have a great line,” said Ziegler, who helped Zillah extend its conference win streak to 14. “But we switched gears a little and got the ball down the field. It’s a great win in a tough, tough game.”

Both teams resume conference play next Friday with Goldendale (1-1, 3-1) hosting Cle Elum and Zillah (2-0, 4-0) visiting Highland.

9/25/10 Zillah-Goldendale photo gallery

Photos from Friday’s prep football game between Zillah and Goldendale  at Zillah High School in Zillah, Wash. All photos by Sara Gettys of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Grizzlies make a stand against Rams

Sunnyside’s late sack helps seal road win against West Valley ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — It had evolved into a game that appeared destined to be decided by one play.

But who would make it? And which team would he play for?

With Sunnyside clinging to a three-point lead and West Valley a mere four yards from the winning touchdown with time running out Friday night, a large homecoming crowd held its breath.

On second and goal, Rams quarterback Tyler Williamson rolled to his right. He might have seen an open receiver and he might not have. The crucial thing is, Grizzlies sophomore Eric Amaro saw Williamson.

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And when the 6-foot-2, 190-pound lineman ran Williamson down for a nine-yard loss, it turned out to be the telling act in Sunnyside’s 16-13 victory at Clasen Field.

“I was really pumped up and had a lot of adrenaline,” Amaro said breathlessly. “I hadn’t had a sack all night. And when I saw him roll out, I decided no one was going to stop me.”

Williamson, playing in place of starter Max King, who was apparently injured, spiked the ball to stop the clock with four seconds to play. On fourth down from the 13, WV eschewed a tying field goal attempt of about 30 yards and Williamson threw incomplete into the end zone.

“What this win will do,” said Amaro of Sunnyside, which squared its CBBN 3A record at 1-1 and its season mark at 2-2, “will make us play harder. We want to prove we belong with these top teams.”

On a night when the offenses appeared dominant early with each team scoring on its first possession, the defenses settled in.

The Grizzlies were held scoreless over the final 32:29, but dealt WV (0-2, 1-3) its third straight loss by making numerous big plays and not allowing a point after Gerrick Andrews’ 43-yard touchdown and Trevor Novobielski’s PAT at the 8:54 mark of the third quarter.

“This feels good,” said Sunnyside quarterback Andrew Daley, who got the game’s first score on a 1-yard run and completed ever-important two-point conversion passes to Emmanuel Tejeda and Joseph Contreras. “This will give us a big boost. We’d lost a couple of tough games (28-27 to Davis and 21-12 to Southridge), but we fought hard tonight.”

Junior running back Steven Monterrey, who followed a 2-yard score by the Rams’ Ryan Clark with a 4-yard TD in the second quarter, gained 111 yards on 23 carries and also caught three Daley passes for 39 yards.

Andrews had 125 yards on 23 rushes despite missing several plays in WV’s final drive with an apparent injury.

On the Rams’ preceding possession, linebacker Fernando Madrigal stopped Andrews for a 1-yard gain on fourth and three with 8:09 to play.

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