Local report — Walkenhauer leads Central’s all-conference picks
May 11, 2010 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Kevin Walkenhauer, a senior from West Valley, was one of six Central Washington baseball players to receive All-GNAC acclaim Tuesday.
Walkenhauer, who pitched and also played second base, shortstop and left field this past season, made the second team. He batted .316 with a team-leading 15 doubles. On the mound, Walkenhauer was 3-3 with a 5.93 earned run average.
Catcher Jake Hammons made the first team while outfielders Anthony Sanelli and Ricky McKinney joined Walkenhauer on the second team. All were seniors.
Senior third baseman Kevin Schneider junior outfielder Chance Plutt received honorable mention.
CWU finished the season 8-24 in conference play and 14-36 overall.
COLLEGES
UW, WSU to host events
Washington State University will host A Night With Cougar Athletics on Friday night at La Chateau at 15 North Naches Ave.
The event, which will feature speeches by WSU coaches and recently hired athletic director Bill Moos, will begin at 5:30 with a social hour and silent auction. Dinner and a live auction will start at 6:45.
Tickets are $50 for athletic-foundation members and $65 for non-members. Table sponsorships also are available.
To make reservations, visit wsucougars.com or contact the WSU Athletic Foundation’s Todd Thrasher at 509-432-6829 or local contacts Tom and Barrie Carpenter at 509-829-6232.
A week from Thursday, the Univeristy of Washington will host Huskies Celebrating Huskies at Apple Tree Resort at 8804 Occidental Ave.
Fans of all ages are welcome to the program that begins at 6 p.m. and will include food and drink, sports highlights and an interactive program with Huskies coaches, including football head man Steve Sarkisian and men’s basketball coach Lorenzo Romar.
To RSVP, visit go.washington.edu or call 1-800-AUW-ALUM or 206-543-0540.
The cost is $60 general admission, $20 for children 18 and under with kids 3 and younger free. A family pack — two adults, two kids — is available for $150.
GOLF
Betzing shoots age at Elks
Dave Betzing shot his age Tuesday at the Yakima Elks with a round of 2-over par 73.
Paul Sugden, Ron Donaldson, and Norm Kuhlmann witnessed the round.
Central splits final twin bill
May 9, 2010 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Jake Hammons struck out six in 6 2/3 innings to help Central Washington claim a 4-2 victory over Montana State Billings and a split of the teams’ season-ending doubleheader at Tomlinson Field.
Montana State Billings won the opener 12-10.
Central finished with an 8-24 GNAC record, tied for fourth with Montana State Billings, and a 14-36 overall mark. The Yellowjackets were 11-35 overall.
Kevin Walkenhauer, the West Valley High graduate, capped his college career by going 5-for-8 with five RBI in the doubleheader.
Hammons came within an out of a complete-game victory, but he left after loading the bases. Freshman Jordon Wakefield struck out Kevin Zukaitis to preserve the win and earn the save.
In the opener, Central had a season-high seven errors, and the Wildcat offense stranded 14 runners and grounded into three double plays.
Game 1
Montana St. Billings 002 130 222 — 12 17 4
Central Wash. 050 111 200 — 10 14 7
Gieselman, Clark (2), Sanchez (6) and Sobieraj; Warne, Tarver (5), Hammons (9) and Evans.
Highlights: Sam Kinzeler (MSB) 3 RBI; Ty Sobieraj (MSB) 2 RBI; Kevin Walkenhauer (CWU) 2b, 3 RBI.
Game 2
Montana St. Billings 000 101 0 — 2 7 0
Central Wash. 001 021 x — 4 7 2
Howe and Chatwood; Hammons, Wakefield (7) and Evans.
Highlights: Chris Round (MSB) HR; Walkenhauer (CWU) 2b, 2 RBI.
Walkenhauer caps CWU sweep
May 8, 2010 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Kevin Walkenhauer pitched a five-hitter as Central Washington beat Montana State Billings 3-1 Friday to complete a sweep of their GNAC doubleheader at Tomlinson Field.
CWU won the opener 5-4.
Walkenhauer, a senior from West Valley struck out two and walked one to square his record at 3-3.
Danny Myers backed him with two hits, including a homer, and two RBI.
Jake Hammons and Evan Churlin had three hits apiece in the first game with Hammons tripling and driving in three runs for the Wildcats (7-23 GNAC, 13-25 overall).
Game 1
MSU Billings 000 012 100 — 4 8 2
Central Wash. 000 000 041 — 5 12 2
Vulk, Hutchings (9) and Chatwood; Millbauer and Hammons.
CWU highlights: Ricky McKinney 2-5, RBI; Jake Hammons 3-4, 3 RBI; Chance Plutt 2-3; Evan Churlin 3-3, RBI.
Game 2
MSU Billings 000 100 0 — 1 5 1
Central Wash. 100 101 x — 3 4 0
Kennedy and Chatwood; Walkenhauer and Hammons.
CWU highlights: Kevin Schneider 2-3; Danny Myers 2-3, HR, 2 RBI.
Local report — Walkenhauer earns academic honor
May 4, 2010 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG — West Valley senior Kevin Walkenhauer led a group of six Central Washington baseball players to be named to the GNAC academic all-conference team Tuesday.
Walkenhauer has compiled a 3.87 grade point average in biology, which ranks third in the conference. He was also one of three players to earn all-academic honors for third time.
Other Wildcats honored were Michael McCanna, Kevin Schneider, Evan Churlin, Anthony Sanelli and Ricky McKinney.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
Gonzalez 2nd in GNAC heptathlon
NAMPA, Idaho — Central Washington’s Raquel Gonzalez, a senior from Kittitas, finished second in the GNAC women’s heptathlon Tuesday.
Gonzalez had a strong finish to the two-day competition, totaling 4,327 points in the seven events.
In the men’s decathlon, Bickleton freshman Andrew Venema finished 12th.
Wolves sweep Wildcats
May 3, 2010 by YH-R Sports
MONMOUTH, Ore. — Western Oregon swept a doubleheader against Central Washington 4-0, 3-2 on Sunday.
Western Oregon’s Jacob Pettit scattered six hits to earn the shutout in the first game.
In the second game, CWU’s Marcus Evans was 2-for-2, while Kris Henderson and Evan Churlin notched an RBI each.
Game 1
Central Wash. 000 000 000 — 0 6 1
Western Oregon 010 001 20x — 4 9 0
Warne, Brown (7) and Evans. Pettit and Breda.
CWU highlights: Kevin Walkenhauer 1-3, 2b; Brett Bielec 1-3, 2b; Jake Hammons 3-4.
Game 2
Central Wash. 001 100 0 — 2 7 1
Western Oregon 000 002 1 — 3 9 3
Hammons and Evans. Nobles, Nunley (7) and Verstegen, Breda (6).
CWU highlights: Marcus Evans 2-2; Kris Henderson 2b, RBI; Ricky McKinney 2b; Evan Churlin RBI.
Wildcats drop two on road
May 2, 2010 by YH-R Sports
KEIZER, Ore. — Second baseman Kelly Gau drove in seven runs for Central Washington on Saturday but the Wildcats dropped a GNAC doubleheader, 9-7 and 6-5, to Western Oregon at Volcanoes Stadium.
Gau was 3-for-7 for the day with a three-run home run in the sixth inning of the opener for the Wildcats (5-21 GNAC, 11-33 overall).
Game 1
C. Washington 000 204 010 — 7 12 2
W. Oregon 003 021 21x — 9 18 1
Millbauer; Brown (7) and Hammons. Ward; Lind (7) and Breda.
CWU highlights: Ricky McKinney 2b; Kevin Walkenhauer 2b, RBI; Jake Hammons 2b; Sean Murphy 2b, RBI; Evan Churlin 2b; Kelly Gau 2-4, HR, 4 RBI.
Game 2
C. Washington 301 010 0 — 5 9 2
W. Oregon 211 010 1 — 6 10 2
Walkenhauer and Hammons. Keitzman and Breda.
CWU highlights: Kevin Schneider 2-3, 2b, HR, RBI, 2 runs; Kelly Gau 1-3, 3 RBI.
Saint Martin’s sweeps CWU
April 26, 2010 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington fell behind early on Sunday and couldn’t catch up, losing 12-7 and 4-3 to Saint Martin’s in a GNAC baseball doubleheader.
Saint Martin’s went ahead 3-0 before Central had its first turn at bat. Central would have to wait until a fourth-inning double steal and an RBI groundout by Sean Murphy to score their first two runs of the day.
Saint Martin’s responded with two runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth. CWU countered with runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth, before Saint Martin’s delivered the knockout blow in the eighth with three more runs before adding another in the ninth.
Central Washington’s Kevin Walkenhauer, a West Valley graduate, hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for the final margin.
Saint Martin’s Travis Jones had seven RBI in Game 1.
In the second game, Saint Martin’s (17-23, 12-11 GNAC) scored twice in the third inning, before CWU (11-31, 5-19) responded with an RBI single from Evan Churlin.
Game 1
Saint Martin’s 300 023 031 — 12 13 3
Central Wash. 000 201 112 — 7 10 1
Mitchell, LaDue, Wilson and Abbott; Warne, Reed, Wakefield, Brown and Evans.
CWU highlights: Kevin Schneider 3-5, 2b, RBI; Ricky McKinney 2-5; Kevin Walkenhauer HR, 2 RBI; Kris Henderson HR; Sean Murphy RBI.
Game 2
Saint Martin’s 002 002 0 — 4 9 0
Central Wash. 000 102 0 — 3 9 3
Douglas, Saltvick and Abbott; Hammons and Evans.
CWU highlights: Evan Churlin 2-3, RBI; Chance Plutt, 2-4, 2b; Ricky McKinney RBI; Marcus Evans RBI.
Central splits with Saint Martin’s
April 25, 2010 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Ricky McKinney’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted Central Washington to a 6-5 win over Saint Martin’s on Saturday and gave the Wildcats a split of their GNAC doubleheader.
The Saints won the opener 11-8 in 10 innings.
Kevin Walkenhauer was 4-for-6 in the first game, then pitched a complete game in the second to square his record at 2-2 for CWU (5-17 GNAC, 11-29 overall).
Game 1
Saint Martin’s 021 100 013 3 — 11 14 0
Central Wash. 300 012 011 0 — 8 16 5
DeBoer, Saltvick (7), Wilson (9) and Abbott; Millbauer, Brown (9), Tarver (10) and Hamnons.
CWU highlights: Ricky McKinney 2-4, HR, 3 RBI; Kevin Walkenhauer 4-6, 2b, RBI; Jake Hammons 2-4, 2b, RBI; Kevin Schneider 2-6, HR, RBI.
Game 2
Saint Martin’s 102 020 0 — 5 9 0
Central Wash. 001 212 x — 6 7 0
McIver, Long (4), Peterson (5), Wilson (6) and Abbott; Walkenhauer and Hammons.
CWU highlights: Jake Hammons 2-3, RBI; Brett Bielec 2-3, 3 RBI; Kevin Walkenhauer 7 IP, 3 K, 2 BB.
Baseball: Wildcats Swept at Nazarene
April 18, 2010 by YH-R Sports
NAMPA, Idaho — Kevin Schneider and Nate Sadler homered in the second game, but Central Washington was nonetheless swept 5-3 and 13-7 in GNAC baseball action Saturday at Northwest Nazarene.
The Wildcats, 4-16 in conference play and 8-28 overall, have lost nine straight.
Game 1
Central Wash. 020 010 000 — 3 9 0
NW Nazarene 110 020 10x — 5 11 1
Millbauer and Evans; Brodrick, Hruza (9) and Rankin.
CWU highlights: Kevin Walkenhauer 2-5, 2b; Chance Plutt 2-3, RBI.
Game 2
Central Wash. 210 030 1 — 7 9 1
NW Nazarene 050 206 x — 13 19 4
Wakefield, Brown (4), Tarver (4), Reed (6) and Hammons; Sneed, Brown (6), Warburton (6), Hruza (7) and Rankin.
CWU highlights: Ricky McKinney 2-4; Kevin Schneider 2-3, 2b, HR, 2 RBI; Nate Sadler HR.
Local report–State Fair, Renegade open seasons today
April 16, 2010 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA — State Fair Raceway and Renegade Raceway will get their seasons up and running today with racing at both local tracks.
Modifieds, Sportsman, Hobby Stock, Pure Stock, Hornets and Bump to Pass will all be in action on State Fair’s dirt oval. The local season spans 14 dates and runs through September.
Grandstands open at 5:30 p.m. with racing at 7.
Renegade opens its drag-racing season today with Street Legal Drags and continues Sunday with the Summit Series. Gates open at 10 a.m. both days.
COLLEGE TENNIS
Kunkel-Patterson leads Whitman
Davis graduate Kate Kunkel-Patterson helped lift Whitman College past Linfield and into the final of the Northwest Conference Championships on Friday at the Yakima Tennis Club.
With the match tied at 4-4, Kunkel-Patterson rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Linfield’s Sarah Watanabe in their No. 6 singles match.
Earlier Friday, the top-seeded Whitworth women rolled to a 5-0 semifinal victory over Lewis & Clark. Katie Staudinger, an Eisenhower graduate playing for Whitworth, earned a victory in her No. 2 doubles match.
Whitworth (18-4) will face Whitman (16-8) in today’s noon final.
Men’s results were not available at press time.
PREP BASKETBALL
Farnam named honorary coach
Longtime Eisenhower coach Keith Farnam will serve as the honorary coach for Saturday night’s 17th-annual Northwest Shootout in Portland.
The game pits the top 10 high school seniors from Washington against the top 10 from Oregon, and will be played at the University of Portland.
The Washington team, to be coached by current Ike mentor Pat Fitterer, will include Chelan’s Joe Harris and Ephrata’s Patrick Simon.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Central drops 2 at NW Nazarene
NAMPA, Idaho — A sixth-inning error spoiled Kevin Walkenhauer’s bid for a complete-game victory Friday as Central Washington fell 5-4 to Northwest Nazarene in the second game of a GNAC doubleheader at Elmore Vail Field.
The Crusaders won the first game 11-4.
A senior from West Valley, Walkenhauer scattered nine hits and struck out four in his third start of the season, and also doubled in two at bats.
CWU fell to 4-14 in conference play and 8-26 for the season.
Game 1
Central Wash. 000 030 100 — 4 5 0
NW Nazarene 004 000 70x — 11 12 6
Hjellum, Warne (7) and Hammons; Gwaltney, Hruza (8), Brown (9) and Rankin.
CWU highlights: Kevin Schneider 2-4; Kelly Gau 2b.
Game 2
Central Wash. 011 200 0 — 4 7 2
NW Nazarene 000 122 x — 5 9 1
Walkenhauer and Hammons; Pollock, McDonald (4) and Rankin.
CWU highlights: Kevin Walkenhauer 1-2, 2b; Chance Plutt 2-3, 2b, RBI; Jake Hammons 2-2, RBI.
SNOWMOBILING
Brad Sharp wins Modified title
Brad Sharp finished as the season points champion in the pro open modified class at the Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hillclimb Association’s final circuit stop, the Beaver Mountain Hillclimb in Logan, Utah.
Sharp turned in the fastest qualifying time of the day in one of the event’s two lanes. His nephew, 17-year-old David Sharp Jr., posted the fastest time in the other lane. Brock Sharp, Brad’s 10-year-old son, had the fastest qualifying time in the 120cc class and then won the main event in that class.
After posting third and fourth places at Logan, Brad Sharp finished atop the season points standings in pro open mod and placed third in pro master stock, fourth pro master improved, fifth pro master mod, 10th in pro stock 600.
David Sharp Jr., at 17 the circuit’s youngest pro, ended up third in the standings in 800 improved, fifth in 800 stock, fifth in 600 mod, and sixth in both 1000 stock and 1000 improved.
His father, David Sharp, finished second in pro master improved, third in pro master mod — after winning Sunday’s final — and fourth in pro master stock.
BEAVER MOUNTAIN RESULTS
David Sharp Jr.: 3rd 800 improved; 3rd 1000 improved; 5th 1000 stock; 8th 800 stock; 7th 600 modified.
Brad Sharp: 3rd pro master stock; 4th pro master modified; 8th open modified; 10th pro master improved; 10th 600 stock.
David Sharp: 1st pro master modified; 2nd pro master improved; 5th pro master stock.
Brock Sharp: 1st 120cc.
GOLF
Karstens scores ace at YCC
Dick Karstens recorded a hole-in-one during his round Tuesday at the Yakima Country Club. Karstens aced the 141-yard 11th hole using a hybrid wedge.
Jim Avery, Mark Hanses and Bill Galbraith witnessed the shot.
