Confident YVCC heads to tourney
May 22, 2012 by Roger Underwood
Selah’s Fife will start opener|| YAKIMA, Wash. — Ken Wilson has faced some difficult decisions during his two-plus seasons as Yakima Valley’s baseball coach. Choosing who to give the ball to for the Yaks’ NWAACC Tournament opener today in Longview wasn’t one of them. “I haven’t seen anybody to compare Jake (Fife) to in a [...]
Weigel tops in East
May 22, 2012 by YH-R Sports
Yaks shortstop is player of the year|| YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley’s J.R. Weigel has been named the East Region’s MVP while two of his teammates have received first-team all-star recognition. Weigel, a sophomore from Naches Valley, also received Gold Glove recognition for his play at shortstop. Weigel is hitting .360 for the NWAACC Tournament-bound [...]
Yaks ride pitching to NWAACC tourney berth
May 20, 2012 by YH-R Sports
Miller, Vetsch quiet Walla Walla in deciding game|| YAKIMA, Wash. — Despite having their backs to the wall the last two days of the East Region playoffs, the Yakima Valley baseball team’s confidence never wavered. And they needed just one word to explain that unflinching conviction. Pitching. The Yaks knew they had plenty of it [...]
Baseball: Yaks push it to the limit
May 20, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — It’s not often you can cite the top of the first inning as being the turning point in a baseball game, but a case for just that can be made in Yakima Valley’s elimination game against Walla Walla on Saturday. After dispatching Treasure Valley 6-1 in a loser-out East Region playoff game [...]
History repeating for Yaks?
May 19, 2012 by Roger Underwood
YVCC must travel same road as 2011 to qualify for NWAACC Tournament || YAKIMA, Wash. — For Yakima Valley, it’s deja vu all over again. At least that’s what the Yaks are hoping for in light of their 5-1 loss to Walla Walla on Friday night in the East Region playoffs at Parker Field. YVCC, [...]
5/19/12 Yakima Valley-Treasure Valley photo gallery
May 19, 2012 by Sara Gettys
Photos from Friday’s NWAACC East Region playoff game between Yakima Valley and Treasure Valley at Parker Field in Yakima. Click here for more information on purchasing these photos.
Yaks ready to earn tourney berth
May 18, 2012 by Roger Underwood
YAKIMA, Wash. — Last year, Yakima Valley did it the hard way. And while the Yaks would prefer a shorter, easier route to the NWAACC Tournament, the destination is all-important. “Bottom line,” assistant coach Marcus McKimmy said Thursday before YVCC’s practice, “is getting to the tournament. We’d obviously prefer winning all our games and doing [...]
Colleges: Fife, Yaks sweep Walla Walla
May 12, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Jake Fife’s two-hitter in the first game propelled Yakima Valley to a 4-0, 6-1 doubleheader sweep of Walla Walla on Saturday at Parker Field, and gave the Yaks a share of the East Region title. YVCC (19-9 region, 29-13 overall) tied for the championship with Columbia Basin. The Hawks had carried a [...]
Local report — Yaks swept, fall from first
May 9, 2012 by YH-R Sports
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Yakima Valley swung the bats well Wednesday in its East Region doubleheader with Big Bend, totaling 29 hits. But the Yaks didn’t do well enough in other aspects of the game to avoid a 5-4, 9-8 sweep that dropped them out of first place. Columbia Basin, with a sweep of Blue [...]
Baseball: Yaks take two from Chukars
May 6, 2012 by Roger Underwood
YAKIMA, Wash. — Tyler VonDracek’s first reaction didn’t have time to really register Saturday before the second kicked in. “When I saw that the ball was going to drop, I was obviously excited,” the Yakima Valley freshman said. “But then I saw the team rushing toward me and I thought, ‘Oh, dogpile.’” Which is what [...]
