Volleyball: WV wins CBBN 3A district title

YAKIMA, Wash. — In making its undefeated run through 14 conference matches, West Valley’s volleyball team couldn’t have managed such a thing without having plenty of weapons.

But on Saturday afternoon with the postseason upon them, the Rams offered a timely reminder of just how varied and effective those weapons are.

With outside hitters Rachel Hanses and Morgan McDowell contributing their usual reliable attack, middle hitter Sarah Joffs stepped up with her best day of the season — 24 kills and nine blocks in two matches — as West Valley cruised to the Columbia Basin Big Nine 3A district title in its home gym.

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“Sarah was huge today, definitely our player of the tournament,” praised coach Katie Hinckley. “The kind of balance she gave us today, giving the outsides a little break, was great to see.”

The fifth-ranked Rams started with a hiccup, dropping their first game to Kennewick in the semifinals but then catching fire for a 22-25, 25-16, 25-7, 25-20 victory. After waiting for Southridge to outlast Kamiakin in five games in the other semifinal, West Valley then swept the Suns 28-26, 25-21, 25-18 for the title.

“The main thing for us today was just coming out and playing like we can, playing with confidence,” said Joffs, a 6-foot-1 junior. “Once we got clicking I was proud of the way we kept our confidence up and kept playing well.”

In both of their conference meetings, Southridge took a game off West Valley but never managed to push the Rams to five. The Suns had a chance in the opening game, fending off four game points before Hanses put it away with one of her 16 kills.

“Our league is so tough, and Southridge is a very good team,” Hinckley warned her girls. “We went unbeaten in league, OK, that’s good, but now it’s district and there’s more to play for. That’s why we kept stressing the confidence — that’s got us through the last two months.”

Hanses, the team’s senior leader, recorded 33 kills for the day, and added 17 digs against Southridge. Behind Joffs’ 24 kills in the two matches, McDowell checked in with 18.

Defensively, libero Debora Aguilar had 22 digs and four others — Linnea Phillips, Ally Moore, setter Julia Nathe and Hanses — all produced between 15 and 17 digs.

“It was good to see us continue with the things we’ve done well all season, like battling for every ball,” Hinckley said. “We rally well and work hard — that wears teams out.”

The Rams, now 25-1 for the season, will take the CBBN’s top seed into the six-team regional tournament next Saturday in Spokane. West Valley has a bye in the first round and will play a 3 p.m. semifinal at Rogers High School.

In the other semifinal bracket will be top-ranked Mt. Spokane, setting up a possible 6 p.m. championship showdown with the Rams. The top three teams will advance to state.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

First round: Kennewick d. Hanford 25-8, 25-15, 14-25, 25-15; Southridge d. Eastmont 25-13, 25-13, 25-15.
Semifinals: West Valley d. Kennewick 22-25, 25-16, 25-7, 25-20; Southridge d. Kamiakin 11-25, 25-13, 25-19, 18-25, 15-12.
Third-fourth: Kamiakin d. Kennewick 25-16, 25-5, 25-5.
Championship: West Valley d. Southridge 28-26, 25-21, 25-18.

WEST VALLEY HIGHLIGHTS

Semifinal vs. Kennewick: Rachel Hanses 17 kills, 3 aces; Sarah Joffs 10 kills, 4 blocks; Morgan McDowell 8 kills; Ally Moore 12 digs; Linnea Phillips 11 digs, 3 aces; Julia Nathe 34 assists; Debora Aguilar 23 digs, 4 aces.
Championship vs. Southridge: Rachel Hanses 16 kills, 17 digs; Sarah Joffs 14 kills, 5 blocks; Morgan McDowell 10 kills; Linnea Phillips 16 digs, 2 aces; Julia Nathe 15 digs, 38 assists; Ally Moore 16 digs; Debora Aguilar 22 digs.

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Despite transition, CWU still in the hunt

YAKIMA, Wash. — Don James’ disclosure that he wrote a projected record for each of his Washington football teams on a piece of paper and then stashed it in his desk for the duration of the season did not inspire similar routines from coaches around the state.

Not right away, at least. James was 11-11 after his first two seasons in  Seattle.

“When I was a GA (graduate assistant) at Washington State, I did that,” Central Washington coach Blaine Bennett said. “A lot of people did. It makes some sense, because over the course of a season you get caught up in the emotion. You lose a couple and people think you’re not as good as you really are, or you win a couple and people think you’re better.”

Bennett’s Wildcats, completing a bye week, are 6-3. They have two games left.

So has the coach taken time to assess?

“Actually, I have,” Bennett said. “And to be honest, we’re probably right about where I thought we’d be. I’d hate to say that in front of a lot of our fans or something, because nobody’s happy with 6-3.

“But if you’d told me before the season that with two games left we’d have a chance to win the conference and make the playoffs, I’d have taken it.”

Back in August, prior to CWU’s season opener against Minnesota Duluth, little was certain about Bennett’s third Wildcats season.

Two of Central’s first three opponents were believed to be beasts, and Duluth and Eastern Washington have been exactly that. The unbeaten Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 by D2Football.com and Beau Baldwin’s Eagles are No. 8 among FCS schools.

That the Wildcats took Eastern to the wire before losing 35-32 in Seattle has gotten little traction with pollsters, though.

“My first year here,” Bennett said, “we were 10-1 and our only loss was by one point at Montana, to a team that played for the I-AA (now FCS) national championship. We ended up sixth in our region. So they don’t pay much attention to games outside our division.”

Not to mention games inside their conference, unless Central loses one. When the Wildcats did just that, 25-24 at Humboldt State on Oct. 2, they disappeared from both the D2Football.com rankings and the coach’s poll and haven’t been heard from since.

The rankings that matter, NCAA Division II’s four regional polls, will be released Monday. Two weeks later the final regional rankings will determine the 24-team D-II playoff field.

If CWU wins its final two games — at home against Simon Fraser and Western Oregon — it will have a shot at making the top six in its region and receiving its fourth straight postseason bid.

Its chances are slim, however, because of the Humboldt loss. And we all should have seen this coming.

Any program will take a recruiting hit when it loses two coaches in two years, as Central did in 2007 and 2008. The effects were limited by the steadying hand of John Picha, who’s in his 22nd year as a Wildcat assistant.

Still, the talent so successfully assembled by John Zamberlin began to dissipate. Last year the Wildcats rode a stellar group of 23 seniors, most of them Zamberlin recruits, to a 12-0 record and D-II quarterfinal berth. Several transfers also contributed handsomely.

This year, Bennett had hoped for further transfer help, and has gotten some from linebackers Paul Wright (Illinois State) and Jared Silva-Purcell (Nevada). But his lofty aspirations for quarterback Alex Cate, a senior from Oklahoma State, didn’t pan out.

“I had a lot of hope vested in him,” Bennett said of Cate, who lost his starting job to Ryan Robertson before getting hurt and leaving school. “We also had a running back from Colorado who didn’t pan out.”

Not to mention an offensive line so depleted by injuries that redshirt freshmen Donnie Johnson and Neil Fuhrmann were thrust into action.

Still, despite three losses, Central has a chance.

Because of what Baldwin and Bennett have done with talent primarily stockpiled by Zamberlin, the Wildcats’ reputation might override their record, and CWU could again reach the postseason in a season of transition.

Bennett said even before his team’s 26-18 defeat of Humboldt on Oct. 23 that he believed Central was better than the Lumberjacks, and is counting on a similar opinion from Western Oregon’s Arne Ferguson.

The Wolves head coach represents the GNAC on the Super Regional 4 ranking committee.

So has Bennett discussed the poll with Ferguson?

“No,” he said, “but I will. Arne’s a good friend of mine.”

• Roger Underwood can be reached at 509-577-7694 or runderwood@yakimaherald.com

Swimming: Pleger breaks own record in 100 breast

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Emilie Pleger’s Valley record in the 100-yard breaststroke last only a day.

That’s because she broke it again on Saturday.

Timing 1 minute, 5.20 seconds in the finals, the Eisenhower senior shaved over a half second from Friday’s prelim record in the Class 4A district swimming and diving championships at Central Washington University.

Pleger, the overall state leader in the 100 breast, also placed second in the 50 free and swam on two placing relays.

Only the winner in each event, and those meeting qualifying standards, advance to the state meet in Federal Way in two weeks.

Ike’s Laura Ruiz was runner-up in the 100 fly, and Davis’ Rachel Fry placed third in the 50 free. Beth Klingele and Cecily Wilson were third and fifth, respectively, in diving for the Cadets.

Team scores: Wenatchee 504, Richland 467, Moses Lake 394, Walla Walla 280, Eisenhower 187, Davis 55.

Local placers

200 medley relay: 4, Eisenhower (Stuart, Pleger, Ruiz, K. Klingele) 2:03.01.

50 free: 2, Emilie Pleger (E) 25.29; 3, Rachel Fry (D) 26.99.

Diving: 3, Beth Klingele (E) 279.65; 5, Cecily Wilson (E) 257.90.

100 fly: 2, Laura Ruiz (E) 1:02.05.

100 free: 7, Rachel Fry (D) 1:02.93.

200 free relay: 5, Eisenhower (B. Klingele, McDonald, Clark, Nolff) 2:03.66; 6, Davis (Fry, Shim, Perez, Brock) 2:16.40.

100 breast: 1, Emilie Pleger (E) 1:05.20 (MR).

400 free relay: 5, Eisenhower (Pleger, Ruiz, B. Klingele, K. Klingele) 4:08.37.

CLASS 3A

Hausken, Sundlee repeat

ELLENSBURG — West Valley junior teammates Keely Hausken and Robyn Sundlee shared a feeling of déjà vu at Saturday’s district championships.

Hausken won the 100-yard backstroke for the second year in a row while Sundlee captured the diving title for the third consecutive year at Central Washington University.

Hausken, who clocked 1:01.34 in the back, was also second in the 100 free and leadoff on WV’s third-place 400 free relay. Sundlee improved eight points from last year with a 298.35 total.

Sunnyside’s Toni Castillo and Marisa Broersma both had a pair of top-four finishes.

The top two placers in each event qualified for state in two weeks.

Team scores: Hanford 548, Eastmont 366, Southridge 364, West Valley 218, Kamiakin 167, Kennewick 149, Sunnyside 63.

Local placers

200 free: 4, Marisa Broersma (Su) 2:10.84; 8, Jordyn McDowell (WV) 2:15.75.

200 IM: 7, Katherine Rodriguez (WV) 2:42.79.

50 free: 2, Toni Castillo (Su) 25.82; 4, Heather Seaman (WV) 26.12.

Diving: 1, Robyn Sundlee (WV) 298.35.

100 fly: 4, Toni Castillo (Su) 1:01.42.

100 free: 2, Keely Hausken (WV) 55.06; 3, Heather Seaman (WV) 55.76; 8, Jordyn McDowell (WV) 1:00.79.

100 back: 1, Keely Hausken (WV) 1:01.34.

100 breast: 3, Marisa Broersma (Su) 1:13.96; 6, Katherine Rodriguez (WV) 1:19.95.

400 free relay: 3, West Valley (Hausken, McDowell, Feldmann, Seaman) 3:53.57.

CLASS 2A-1A

Gant sets two meet records

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Prosser’s Mackenzie Gant repeated her 100-yard butterfly title and added a victory in the 200 individual medley at Saturday’s district championship meet at Central Washington University.

Setting meet records in both, Gant clocked 2:15.13 in the 200 IM and 1:01.21 in the 100 fly.

Selah won the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay and finished second behind Pullman in team scoring with 321 points. The Vikings set a meet record in the 200 medley relay (2:01.26).

Wapato’s Bethany Imperial (50 free) and Riverside Christian’s Kendra Gartrell (diving) repeated in their specialties, and Prosser’s Hailey Rankin set a meet record in the 100 breast.

The top three placers in each event qualified for state in two weeks.

Team scores: Pullman 361, Selah 321, Ellensburg 281, Prosser 229, Clarkston 172, Cheney 168, Wapato 131, Ephrata 102, Othello 40, Cashmere 30, Chelan 27, Riverside Christian 20, Naches Valley 18, Grandview 18, Medical Lake 15, Quincy 12.

Local placers

200 medley relay: 1, Selah (Viernes, Anderson, Gonseth, Bannister), 2:01.26 (MR); 3, Prosser (Gant, Rankin, McKeirnan, Lusk), 2:02.52; 4, Ellensburg (Walker, Masters, Davis, Baker), 2:10.12; 6, Wapato (Cruz, Owens, Reynolds, Arellano), 2:31.10.

200 free: 4, Ana Masters (Ell) 2:15.89; 6, Aricka Smith (Sel) 2:17.51.

200 IM: 1, Mackenzie Gant (Pro) 2:15.13 (MR); 2, Emily Gonseth (Sel) 2:32.28; 4, Katie Masters (Ell) 2:37.60; 5, Tiffany Owens (Wap) 2:40.52; 6, Kelsey Clifton (Sel) 2:42.05.

50 free: 1, Bethany Imperial (Wap) 25.19; 2, Anne Froelich (Ell) 25.46; 3, Nicole Bannister (Sel) 26.20; 7, Ashley Anderson (Sel) 28.04.

Diving: 1, Kendra Gartrell (RC) 233.25.

100 fly: 1, Gant (Pro) 1:01.21 (MR); 2, Froelich (Ell) 1:03.34; 3, Gonseth (Sel) 1:06.57; 6, Smith (Sel) 1:12.39.

100 free: 2, Bannister (Sel) 57.38; 3, Imperial (Wap) 58.19; 6, Holly Seely (Ell) 1:02.51; 7, Karlie Lusk (Pro) 1:04.44; 8, Hannah Baker (Ell) 1:06.32.

500 free: 2, Hailey Rankin (Pro) 5:27.41.

200 free relay: 1, Selah (Smith, Clifton, Anderson, Bannister), 1:49.43; 2, Prosser (Rankin, McKeirnan, Lusk, Gant), 1:50.39; 3, Ellensburg (A. Masters, Baker, Seely, Froelich), 1:50.79; 8, Wapato (Imperial, Reynolds, Solis, Beyrouty), 2:08.85.

100 back: 2, Rainan Viernes (Sel) 1:11.69; 5, Greta Ehinger (Ell) 1:15.36; 6, Taylor Jones (Sel) 1:17.57; 7, Kate Davis (Ell) 1:17.93.

100 breast: 1, Rankin (Pro) 1:19.35 (MR); 4, K. Masters (Ell) 1:17.59; 5, Anderson (Sel) 1:19.22; 9, Owens (Wap) 1:21.11.

400 free relay: 2, Ellensburg (A. Masters, Seely, Ehinger, Froelich), 4:05.25; 3, Selah (Viernes, Bradford, Gonseth, Smith), 4:15.35; 6, Prosser (Garcia, Burnett, Burnett, Villarreal), 4:34.27; 8, Wapato (Imperial, Owens, Arellano, Solis), 4:54.47.

Cross Country: Ike sweeps regional titles

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Domination and depth.

Eisenhower’s girls and boys cross country teams used different means to reach the same result on Saturday — a Class 4A Eastern Washington regional championship.

While the girls won their team title by 24 points and were unchallenged, the boys needed a sixth-runner tiebreaker to edge Lewis & Clark in a showdown of the state’s top ranked teams.

Mayra Chavez and Berenice Penaloza finished third and fifth, respectively, for Ike’s girls, who scored 68 points for the program’s seventh regional title. Chavez’s time of 17 minutes, 57 seconds, on the 3-mile course at Walla Walla Point Park was just six seconds off the winning pace.

Davis’ Kaitlin Kaluzny (8th) and Sydney Allen (10th) earned individual state berths by placing in the top 15. The Pirates’ girls squad was fifth, just missing out on a top-three berth to state in Pasco next Saturday.

Ike’s top-ranked boys tied Lewis & Clark with 57 points, and Kyle Chapman’s 32nd-place finish bested LC’s No. 6 runner by nine seconds to give the Cadets their first regional boys title since 2004.

German Silva was Ike’s top finisher in fourth in 15:05.

• The 3A regional meet was also held in Wenatchee. West Valley’s Chase Mears and Chantel Jaeger had the top local finishes  in 19th place.

Like the 4A meet, the top three teams and 15 individuals qualified for state.

4A Regional

BOYS

Team scores: 1, Eisenhower 57; 2, Lewis & Clark 57; 3, Ferris 93; 4, Walla Walla 96; 5, Mead 133; 6, Wenatchee 145; 7, Central Valley 165; 8, Richland 211; 9, Gonzaga Prep 225; 10, Davis 253; 11, Moses Lake 320.

Winner: Andrew Gardner (Mead) 14:43.

Local results: 4, German Silva (E) 15:05; 5, Santos Vargas (E) 15:06; 7, Timothy Cummings (E) 15:11; 13, Jaziel Rodriguez (E) 15:22; 19, Joe Knox (Dav) 15:41; 28, Delfino Dominguez (E) 15:59; 32, Kyle Chapman (E) 16:08; 47, Peter Troianello (E) 16:28; 48, Joel Yallup (Dav) 16:31; 57, Alex Palacios (Dav) 16:48; 66, Alexio Garcia (Dav) 17:07; 68, Israel Fernandez (Dav) 17:11; 77, Bryan Islas (Dav) 17:44.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1, Eisenhower 68; 2, Central Valley 92; 3, Mead 96; 4, Lewis & Clark 106; 5, Davis 123; 6, Richland 123; 7, Gonzaga Prep 139; 8, Wenatchee 190; 9, Walla Walla 236; 10, Ferris 254; 11, Moses Lake 255.

Winner: Baylee Mires (Mead) 17:51.

Local results: 3, Mayra Chavez (E) 17:57; 5, Berenice Penaloza (E) 18:03; 8, Kaitlin Kaluzny (Dav) 18:17; 10, Sydney Allen (Dav) 18:24; 15, Elise Tello (E) 18:45; 17, Katherine Bravo (E) 18:54; 28, Alyssa Pena (E) 19:33; 32, Erica DeMond (Dav) 19:41; 33, Megumi DeMond (Dav) 19:42; 41, Emily Gerardi (Dav) 20:01; 50, Tori Klein (E) 20:20; 57, Lindsy Thomas (E) 20:36; 68, Grace Noe (Dav) 21:19; 72, Maria Beltran (Dav) 21:28.

3A Regional

BOYS

Team scores: 1, North Central 37; 2, University 47; 3, Kamiakin 81; 4, Mount Spokane 95; 5, Hanford 133; 6, Southridge 183; 7, Sunnyside 193; 8, West Valley-Yakima 195.

Winner: Anthony Armstrong (Kam) 14:47.

Local results: 19, Chase Mears (WV) 15:53; 26, Juan Reynoso (Su) 16:04; 34, Nathan Gonzalez (Su) 16:15; 43, Joseph Matheson (WV) 16:42; 47, Omar Cantu (Su) 16:50; 51, Kyle Conrad (WV) 17:05; 54, Benito Rodriguez (WV) 17:21; 56, Sebastian Bauer (WV) 17:30; 59, Jaime Garcia (Su) 17:52; 60, Zane Irvine (WV) 18:03; 61, Freddie Roman (Su) 18:04; 62, Ruben Prado (Su) 19:21; 63, Anthony Garcia (Su) 19:28.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1, Shadle Park 43; 2, Kamiakin 43, 3, Mount Spokane 69; 4, Southridge 99; 5, Hanford 105; 6, Eastmont 153; 7, West Valley-Yakima 160.

Winner: Katie Knight (NC) 17:19.

Local results: 19, Chantel Jaeger (WV) 19:36; 37, Ashley Packard (WV) 20:38; 43, Brittney Swanson (WV) 20:58; 44, Jocelyn Yanez (Su) 21:08; 45, Cielle Thirty-Hardenburg (WV) 21:09; 48, Tia Dearinger (WV) 21:21; 61, Darel Smart (WV) 23:45; 62, Alyssa Sebren (WV) 23:45.

2A REGIONAL

Bulldogs send two to state

GEORGE, Wash. — With a mile to go, Ellensburg’s Jeffrey Ott had broken away from league rival Adrian Diaz of Quincy and appeared on his way to a regional championship. Then, seemingly from nowhere, came Deer Park’s Dayde Collins.

“I heard somebody come up on me and — whoosh! — there he went,” said Ott of Collins’ move with a half-mile to go. Collins pulled away to take the victory in 16 minutes, 9 seconds  over 5,000 meters Saturday at the grounds of The Gorge Amphitheatre. Ott claimed second in a personal best of 16:20.

The meet combined the 10-team Central Washington Athletic Conference and the seven-team Great Northern league, consisting mostly of Spokane-area schools.

Ott’s effort helped Ellensburg’s boys place a state-qualifying third, and the Bulldogs’ girls finished fourth to also earn a trip to Pasco next Saturday. Selah’s boys punched their state ticket, placing fourth.

On the girls side, Wapato’s Sammi Jo Blodgett’s fourth place proved the top finish for the CWAC, and Ellensburg’s Annalise Pownall came up big with a fifth-place finish.

Blodgett (19:39) and Pownall (19:47) were also the top finishers from any school not named Cheney as the Blackhawks went 1-2-3 to run away with the team title.

BOYS

Team scores (top 5, locals): 1, Cheney 88; 2, Deer Park 96; 3, Ellensburg 131; 4, Selah 150; 5, West Valley-Spokane 158. Also: 10, Toppenish 260; 11, East Valley-Yakima 267; 12, Wapato 273; 15, Prosser 409; 17, Grandview 481.

Winner: Dayde Collins (DP) 16:09.

Locals in top 50: 2, Jeffrey Ott (Ell) 16:20; 7, Liston Idler (Ell) 16:39; 8, Matt Schwittay (Se) 16:44; 12, Gustavo Madrigal (P) 16:49; 17, Emelio Gonzalez (T) 16:59; 21, Brad Kahn (Se) 17:03; 24, Konner Hopkins (EV) 17:12; 25, Angelo Perea (Wap) 17:13; 26, Andrew Isom (Se) 17:16; 27, Thatcher Montgomery (Ell) 17:18; 28, 28, Cameron Kobes (T) 17:20; 31, Jeff Ruiz (Wap) 17:23; 32, Javier Neri (Gr) 17:23; 33, Francisco Villegas (T) 17:24; 38, Ethan Smith (Se) 17:29; 43, Ben Solem (Ell) 17:32; 46, Conner Schnieder (EV) 17:38.

GIRLS

Team scores (top 5, locals): 1, Cheney 28; 2, Ephrata 100; 3, Deer Park 121; 4, Ellensburg 124; 5, East Valley-Yakima 172. Also: 9, Wapato 220; 11, Prosser 239; 13, Selah 314.

Winner: Sanne Holland (Che) 18:43.

Locals in top 50: 4, Sammi Jo Blodgett (Wap) 19:39; 5, Annalise Pownall (Ell) 19:47; 9, Ashley Ommen-Nunley (EV) 20:17; 14, Kolby Childers (P) 20:30; 15, Charlie Fiander (Wap) 20:34; 17, Mariah Farris (Ell) 20:36; 21, Katrina Radach (EV) 20:48; 31, Brinn Hake (Ell) 21:37; 35, Marisa Wickerath (Ell) 21:48; 37, Daniela Depaz (EV) 21:49; 39, Kenzie Koch (P) 21:55; 40, Molly Verhey (Ell) 21:57; 42, Susana Reyes (Wap) 22:01; 47, Azayla Alvarado (EV) 22:31; 49, Jacqlyn Sauve (Se) 22:45.

Volleyball: Selah wins CWAC in short order

YAKIMA, Wash. — With the same consistently stellar play that produced a 9-0 run through conference play, Selah’s volleyball team swept Prosser and Grandview to capture the CWAC district championship on Saturday at East Valley.

The third-ranked Vikings defeated Prosser 25-13, 25-18, 25-18 in the semifinals and then beat 25-13, 25-11, 25-20 for the title.

Tori Dexter put together 26 kills and 26 digs in the two matches, and Kailee Wood and Kayla Dexter combined for 25 kills and eight blocks.

In the match for third and fourth place, Ellensburg defeated Prosser 25-22, 26-24, 25-23. The Bulldogs fell in the semifinals to Grandview in five games.

Selah, Grandview, Ellensburg and Prosser all advance to the regional tournament on Saturday at University High School in Spokane. The top four teams qualify for state.

SATURDAY’S SCORES

First round: Ellensburg 3, East Valley 0 (scores not reported); Prosser d. Ephrata 25-13, 23-25, 25-22, 25-19.

Semifinals: Grandview 3, Ellensburg 2 (25-17, 24-26, 25-8, 23-25, 15-8); Selah d. Prosser 25-13, 25-18, 25-18.

Third-fourth place: Ellensburg d. Prosser 25-22, 26-24, 25-23.

Championship: Selah d. Grandview 25-13, 25-11, 25-20.

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

Selah: Tori Dexter 26 digs, 26 kills, 3 aces; Natalie Fickes 4 aces, 48 assists, 6 kills, 3 blocks; Kacey Hartman 2 aces, 6 kills, 8 blocks; Mary Michael Graf 4 aces, 23 digs; Kayla Dexter 11 kills, 4 blocks, Kailee Wood 14 kills, 4 blocks; Cheyenne Merritt 2 aces, 11 digs.

Grandview: Taylor Hall 20 kills; Payton Parrish 49 assists, 11 digs, 8 blocks, 6 kills; Adriana Ramos 15 kills, 8 blocks, 8 digs.

Prosser: Tayshia Hunt 23 kills, 68 digs; Tamara Jones 23 kills, 24 blocks; Karissa Flores 15 kills, 23 blocks; Taylor Flores 57 assists; Haily Larson 55 digs.

NORTH CENTRAL 2B

RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN 3, SOAP LAKE 0: At Yakima, Wash., Kendra Staymates had eight kills, and Olivia Hargrave and Onyx Gibbs both had seven kills as Riverside Christian swept 25-10, 25-8, 25-16 to complete a perfect 12-0 run through the league.

Riverside Christian highlights: Onyx Gibbs 3 aces, 7 kills, 5 pp; Amanda Cunnington 2 aces, 6 pp; Megan Hopp 7 aces, 4 kills; Olivia Hargrave 7 kills, 9 pp; Sara Lara 3 aces, 4 pp; Kendra Staymates 8 kills; Ashley Borello 2 aces, 4 pp; Breezy Byrne 2 aces, 15 assists.

WHITE SWAN 3, LAKE ROOSEVELT 2: At White Swan, Wash., Jessica Sheppard had eight kills, and Amber Jones five kills as White Swan (6-5, 8-5) won the marathon match 25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-9. The Cougars will play a makeup match with Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday to complete league play.

White Swan highlights: Cassie Espindola 6 aces, 3 kills, 6 pp, 26 service points; Katie Fiander 11 aces, 16 service points; Amber Jones 5 kills, 8 assists, 19 pp; Jessica Sheppard 8 kills, 15 service points.

Prep Soccer: Cadets reach regionals

YAKIMA, Wash. — It’s been a while, but Eisenhower girls soccer is back in the regional tournament.

Riding a perfect shootout effort, stellar defense and goaltending by Sophia Pedemonte, the Cadets edged Moses Lake 2-1 in a CBBN 4A district loser-out match Saturday at Marquette Stadium.

“This has been a great accomplishment,” Ike coach Tyler Suhm said, noting that it’s been at least 10 years since Ike reached the regionals. “We’ve improved a great deal since the season started.”

Ike (10-7) will face Gonzaga Prep, a 2-1 winner over Lewis & Clark Saturday, next Saturday in Spokane. In Saturday’s district title match, Richland defeated Chiawana 3-1.

Against Moses Lake, Ali Sellstad scored in the first half for Ike, but an own goal by the Cadets in the 52nd minute allowed Moses Lake to pull even.

After a scoreless overtime, Ike won the shootout 5-3 while Pedemonte made stops on two of Moses Lake’s five attempts.

First half: 1, Eisenhower, Ali Sellsted (Briana Mares), 30:00.

Second half: 2, Moses Lake, own goal, 52:00.

Overtime: No scoring.

Shootout: Eisenhower 5, Moses Lake 3 (Ike goals: Liz Figueroa, Mares, Sarah Lopez, Courtney Abrams, Jennifer McKenna. ML goals: Magi Munoz, Colby Happer, Liza Bruneel)

Saves: Bruneel (ML) 8, Heidi Palmer (ML) 1, Sophia Pedemonte (E) 1.

3A REGIONAL

WEST VALLEY 1, UNIVERSITY 0: At Yakima, Wash., two postseason matches, two postseason shutouts for the Rams.

Ashley Richardson’s goal in the 62nd minute and another standout defensive effort pushed West Valley into Wednesday’s semifinals at Southridge at 6 p.m.

Rozlyn Pratt and Stephanie Gibson combined for three saves for the Rams (14-4), who recorded their fifth shutout in the last six matches.

Hanford ousted Kamiakin 1-0 in Saturday’s other loser-out match.

First half: No scoring.

Second half: 1, West Valley, Ashley Richardson (Courtney Buchanan), 62:00.

Saves: Rozlyn Pratt (WV) 2, Stephanie Gibson (WV) 1, Kolby Falco (U) 5.

CWAC DISTRICT

EAST VALLEY 3, OTHELLO 0: At Yakima, Wash., Yasi Mohsenian had a goal and an assist and two East Valley goalies combined to make five saves as the Red Devils advanced to the district championship.

Karlee Ward made two saves, and Brianna Hallenbeck three saves in goal for the Red Devils (15-1-1), who travel to Prosser on Tuesday for the championship.

First half: 1, East Valley, Yasi Mohsenian (Grecia Carrillo), 20:00.

Second half: 2, East Valley, Samantha Herzog (Ashlee Betancourth), 44:00; 3, East Valley, Salome Yates (Mohsenian), 62:00.

Saves: Allesha Reyes (O) 11, Karlee Ward (EV) 2, Brianna Hallenbeck (EV) 3.

PROSSER 2, ELLENSBURG 0: At Prosser, Wash., Alex Hart scored in the first half, and Madison Moore had a second-half tally as Prosser advanced to the district championship.

Jamie White had nine saves for the Mustangs (14-4), who host East Valley on Tuesday at 5 p.m. Ellensburg (13-5) will play at Othello on Tuesday for third and fourth.

First half: 1, Prosser, Alex Hart, 3:00.

Second half: 2, Prosser, Madison Moore, 50:00.

Saves: Tiffany Tate (E) 10, Jamie White (P) 9.

SCAC DISTRICT

NACHES VALLEY 1, CONNELL 0: At Naches, Wash., Delany Romero broke a scoreless tie with seven minutes left in regulation, and Kelsie Taylor made four saves for the Rangers.

Naches Valley (12-5) advances to a district semifinal on Tuesday against top-seeded La Salle (13-1-2) at Marquette Stadium.

First half: No scoring.

Second half: 1, NV, Delany Romero (Kaitlyn Clement), 73:00.

Saves: Maci Whitby (C) 10, Kelsie Taylor (NV) 4.

HIGHLAND 7, ROYAL 0: At Cowiche, Wash., Caitlin Long had a first-half hat trick, and Alyssa Wickenhagen duplicated that feat in the second half as Highland (11-5-1) advanced to a Tuesday semifinal at Kiona-Benton.

First half: 1, Highland, Caitlin Long (Alyssa Wickenhagen), 4:00; 2, Highland, Alma Garcia, 13:00; 3, Highland, Long (Garcia), 15:00; 4, Highland, Long (Jennifer Lopez), 39:00.

Second half: 5, Highland, Al. Wickenhgaen (Karina Angel), 48:00; 6, Highland, Al. Wickenhagen (Andrea Wickenhagen), 49:00; 7, Highland, Al. Wickenhagen (Long), 72:00.

Saves: Melissa Cervantes (H) 1; Stephanie Guadarrama (R) 12.

College Report: Fisher leads YVCC spikers

YAKIMA, Wash. — Tori Fisher put down 16 kills and came up with 20 digs as Yakima Valley outlasted Treasure Valley 3-2 in an Eastern Region volleyball match Saturday in Sherar Gym.

Taylor Herrick totaled 28 digs and three aces for the Yaks, who won 25-20, 24-26, 25-18, 22-25, 15-6.

The victory improved YVCC to 5-6 in region play and 15-10 overall.

YVCC highlights: Tori Fisher 17 kills, 20 digs; Erin Mertins 23 assists; Veronica Sanchez 35 digs; Taylor Herrick 28 digs, 3 aces; Danielle Najera 17 digs; Samantha Zapien 5 blocks.

Wildcats bow to Wolves

MONMOUTH, Ore. — Kady Try had 17 kills and Meg Ryan added 12, but Central Washington nonetheless fell to Western Oregon 3-1 in GNAC volleyball action Saturday night.

The Wolves won 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-23, improving to 9-5 in conference play and 11-8 overall. Central fell to 8-5 and 10-8.

CWU highlights: Kady Try 17 kills, 8 digs; Meg Ryan 12 kills, 16 digs; Carlee Marble 46 assists, 14 digs; Brandie Vea 32 digs.

COLLEGE SOCCER

Yaks fall 4-1 to Walla Walla

Kaylie Winston scored one goal and assisted on another as unbeaten and top-ranked Walla Walla downed Yakima Valley 4-1 in an Eastern Region women’s soccer match on the Yaks’ turf Saturday.

Adrianna Jones scored for YVCC (5-6-2).

First half: 1, WW, Margo Hickman (Kaylie Winston), 7:00; 2, YVCC, Adrianna Jones (Chelsea Nell), 12:00; 3, WW, Hickman (Justin Jones), 29:00; 4, WW, Marian Johnson (Becky Ryerse), 41:00.

Second half: 5, WW, Winston (Ryerse), 58:00.

Saves: Courtney Hancock (WW) 0, Jordan Simkins (WW) 0; Hollie Thierolf (YVCC) 3.

Central blanked at Western Oregon

MONMOUTH, Ore. — Kym Witmer had two goals and two assists to lead Western Oregon past Central Washington 4-0 in GNAC women’s soccer action Saturday.

The Wildcats, who were tied 0-0 at halftime, had lost scoring leader Serena Tomaso to a red card at the 34:42 mark. They fell to 4-8-1 in conference play and 4-11-2 overall while the Wolves improved to 2-11-0 and 3-14-0.

First half: No scoring.

Second half: 1, WOU, Marina Austin (Kym Witmer), 54:00; 2, WOU, Witmer, 57:01; 3, WOU, Witmer, 64:34; 4, WOU, Kelsey Herrick (Witmer, Rachelle Kliewer).

Saves: Kori Butterfield (CWU) 7; Kelsie Blachly (WOU) 5.

Record runaway for Davis

Pirates top several school marks, get sixth win for first time since ’76 ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — For Davis’ football team, this was a night that was meant to be.

Even when it was literally scratched off the calendar last weekend, Senior Night for the Pirates was given second life because, well, it was simply meant to be.

“We had to have this — our Senior Night with a chance to finish at home the right way,” said senior lineman Sebastian Hunt. “We’ve come a long way and we deserved this.”

After Hermiston, Ore., backed out of Friday’s non-league contest at Zaepfel Stadium, the Pirates spent three days thinking they had been robbed of their Senior Night. But Chief Sealth stepped in and Davis made it a night to remember.

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With 500 yards of offense and 10 touchdowns, the Pirates broke a school scoring record with a 71-21 victory over the Seahawks that gives them ample momentum heading into next Thursday’s finale in Spokane against Mead.

“It’s hard to put into words how much this means,” said senior Nick Rodriguez, who scored a touchdown on offense and defense. “This just feels great. To think we almost didn’t get this game. I mean, we were promised 10 games and we want all of them.”

Records rained down for the Pirates, who moved to 6-3 and secured their first six-win season in 34 years.

Not only was the 71-point total a best in school history, breaking the previous high of 54, but Friday’s tally pushed Davis’ season total to 309 — also a school record.

Individually, it was more of the same.

Quarterback Deion Wright completed 8 of 11 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns, tying the school record of 16 scoring passes in a single season.

Running back Austin Wagner broke free for 117 yards on just five carries in the first half and finished with 149 yards and three touchdowns, moving him within one score of tying Les Rucker’s 50-year-old record of 17 touchdowns in a season.

But Wright and Wagner are both juniors.

Back to the seniors.

Andrew Perez, Nick Rodriguez and Roberto Rodriguez — all among the 13 seniors honored at halftime — scored the Pirates’ first three touchdowns. Leading just 14-6 after the first quarter, Davis erupted for 36 points in the second period.

It was an unfortunate mismatch for the Seahawks (1-8), but one that afforded Davis the chance to put distance on last week’s disappointment. Wenatchee knocked Davis out of the running for a shot at the state playoffs, and on the trip home the team learned that Hermiston would not be coming to Yakima this week.

“We didn’t play the way we should have at Wenatchee, and we really wanted some payback this week against anybody,” Nick Rodriguez said. “For our last home game, it was awesome.”

Davis, which finished fourth in CBBN 4A play, will travel to Spokane on Thursday to face Mead, the GSL’s No. 4 seed, in a 6 p.m. game at Joe Albi Stadium. Mead (4-5) lost 28-21 in overtime to University on Thursday.

“All weekend and Monday we didn’t think we had a game tonight,” Hunt said. “What a relief to get one and play this way. Now we’re getting ready for Mead — that’s our playoff game.

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10/30/10 Davis-Chief Sealth photo gallery

Photos from Friday night’s non-league prep football game between Seattle’s Chief Sealth and Yakima’s Davis at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima, Wash.

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