SPOKANE, Wash. — Ellensburg had a Valley-best five quarterfinal winners during the first day of the Class 2A Region IV wrestling tournament on Friday at West Valley High School.

Competition resumes today at 1 p.m. with the top four placers advancing to state.

Othello scored 91 points for the first-day lead ahead of three Great Northern teams — Deer Park, East Valley and Cheney.

Ellensburg tallied 48 points in seventh with Selah one spot back with 46.5 points.

Toppenish had three quarterfinal winners Friday.

Team scores: Othello 91, Deer Park 87, East Valley-Spokane 77, Cheney 73, Quincy 52, Clarkston 51.5, Ellensburg 48, Selah 46.5, West Valley-Spokane 38.5, Toppenish 34.5, Ephrata 29.5, Grandview 29, East Valley-Yakima 24, Pullman 16, Medical Lake 16, Wapato 15, Prosser 8.

Today’s semifinal pairings

106: Aaron Klauder (DP) vs. Gabe Martinez (Q); Anthony Barrera (O) vs. Christian Alejandrez (Q).

113: Zeb Klemke (ML) vs. Sergio Morales (T); A.J. Garza (O) vs. Wyatt Scribner (Ell).

120: Jake Konzal (DP) d. Casey Ourada (EVS); Aaron Guz (Clark) vs. Michael Leonard (DP).

126: Cole Harris (DP) vs. Hunter Pederson (Ch); Lucas Garza (O) vs. Anton King (ML).

132: Alex Rockstrom (EVS) vs. Aaron Arredondo (T); Eric Benton (Clark) vs. Logan Merkle (EVY).

138: Joe Grable (DP) vs. Blake Haberman (Ell); Dakota Mauzay (Ch) vs. Kody Ergeson (Se).

145: Matt Miller (DP) vs. Chance Blackburn (EVS); Isias Jimenez (Q) vs. Kamal Qteishat (Ell).

152: Elias Mason (Ch) vs. Darren Damon (Clark); Braydan Berezay (EVS) vs. Eric Garza (O).

160: Dylan Miller (DP) vs. Antonio Melendez (Q); Matthew Melo (O) vs. Anton Yates (EVY).

170: Brock Beeler (Clark) vs. Ricardo Rodriguez (Wap); Jason Jorgensen (DP) vs. Tyler Coates (Ell).

182: Spencer Rassier (Ch) vs. Perry Simpson (Ell); Stephen Villarreal (O) vs. Zach Goodpaster (Se).

195: Cameron Schlotter (Ch) vs. Kyle Murphy (Clark); Brandon Heide (EVS) vs. Tyrus Kemp (Eph).

220: Kyle White (WVS) vs. Raul Pech (T); CJ Rodriguez (DP) vs. Joey Gomez (O).

285: Alex Hachman (WVS) vs. Bubba Ruiz (O); Ricky Miller (WVS) vs. Martin Torres (Gv).

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central falls to Monterey in 14

SEASIDE, Calif. — Brady Kincannon had three hits for Central Washington on Friday, but the Wildcats fell to Cal State Monterey Bay 7-6 in 14 innings.

The 3 hour, 40-minute game was the second-longest in CWU history and dropped the Wildcats to 0-3 while CSUMB improved to 4-2.

The teams meet again today for a doubleheader and conclude their series with a single game Sunday.

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Button, Lotzer (7), Jones (10), Knutson (13) and Sani; Appino, Noack (6), Auker (7), Zosel (8), Paolinetti (11) and White, Olson (9).

CWU highlights: Brady Kincannon 3-7, 2 RBI; Brett Bielec 2-6, RBI.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

CWU opens with two losses

LAS VEGAS — Central Washington lost its first two games of the season Friday in the MSUB Desert Stinger at Majestic Park.

CWU lost to Sonoma State in the first game 6-3. The Wildcats lost to California Baptist 4-1 in the second game.

Statistics were not available from either game.

The Wildcats face Dixie State and Western New Mexico today, and conclude tournament play Sunday against California State Monterey Bay.

GOLF

Cobleigh earns regional honor

YAKIMA, Wash. — Paul Cobleigh, the head professional at SunTides Golf Course, has been named a 2011 PING regional club fitter of the year.

Cobleigh was recognized for “his commitment to helping golfers of all abilities improve their games through custom fitting,” according to a news release from the company, which pioneered custom fitting nearly 40 years ago.

“Golfers know PING for our leadership in custom fitting, and we are held to a higher standard, so we’re grateful for experts like Paul who demonstrate every day how properly fit equipment leads to lower scores and more fun on the golf course,” John A. Solheim, PING Chairman and CEO said in the same release. “Paul is a consummate professional who combines excellent communication skills with technical expertise, and is a tireless advocate for PING’s fitting philosophy. For all these reasons, he is very deserving of this recognition.”

YAKIMA, Wash. — The best junior college wrestlers from Washington, Oregon and Idaho will descend on Yakima Valley’s Sherar Gym on Saturday for the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 18 tournament.

Action begins at 10 a.m. championship finals are scheduled for 6 p.m.

YVCC, coached by Mike Schmitt and Tito Pimentel, will be represented by 10 competitors including two locals, Konner Hopkins at 133 pounds and Jimmy Wilson at 149. Both are from East Valley.

Other Yaks include Jesse O’Camb at 125, Chris Pena 141, Kolton Palmer at 157, Mikey Ayala at 165, Levi Duvall at 174, Daniel Agao at 197 and Steve Taylor at heavyweight.

Competitors are seeking berths in the NJCAA national championships Feb. 24-25 at Rochester, Minn.

BILLINGS, Mont. — With a 57-point second half and six players scoring in double figures, Central Washington stormed to a 99-89 victory over Montana State Billings in GNAC men’s basketball Thursday night.

Jody Johnson and Lacy Haddock had 16 points each and Toussaint Tyler and Jordan Coby had 15 apiece as the Wildcats, who trailed 46-42 at halftime, picked up a big road win against a team above them in the conference standings.

“We shot the ball a lot better in the second half and really cleaned up the rebounding,” said Central coach Greg Sparling.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Jody Johnson 4-7 7-9 16; Lacy Haddock 6-10 3-6 16; Toussaint Tyler 4-6 5-9 15; Jordan Coby 5-10 2-4 15; Brandon Magee 5-9 3-4 13; Roby Clyde 5-6 3-3 13; Davis 3-7 1-2 7; Lieser 1-4 0-0 2; Starr 1- 2 0-0 2; Nelson 0-0 0-0 0; Gross 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-62 24-37 99.

MONTANA STATE BILLINGS — Antoine Proctor 7-18 15-16 30; Taylor Stevens 4-7 7-7 17; Robert Mayes 4-6 5-6 13; Myaer 3-6 0-0 7; Richards 3-5 0-0 6; Arnold 1-7 4-6 6; Trabing 2-2 0-0 6; Cusworth 1-1 0-0 2; Henning 0-1 2-2 2; Hook 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-53 33-37 89.

Halftime: MS Billings 46, Central Washington 42.

3-point goals: Central Washington 7-14 (Coby 3-7; Tyler 2-3; Johnson 1-1; Haddock 1-1; Gross 0-1; Magee 0-1), MS Billings 6-21 (Trabing 2-2; Stevens 2-5; Myaer 1-4; Proctor 1-6; Arnold 0-4). Fouled out: Clyde, Tyler. Rebounds: Central Washington 34 (Davis 8), MS Billings 30 (Mayes 13). Assists: Central Washington 11 (Haddock 6), MS Billings 17 (Myaer 6). Total fouls: Central Washington 32, MS Billings 25. Technical fouls: MS Billings team.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Montana St. Billings tops CWU

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Bobbi Knudsen scored a career-high 25 points and added five assists, and Montana State Billings topped cold-shooting Central Washington University 61-52 in a GNAC women’s basketball game Thursday at Nicholson Pavilion.

The Yellowjackets (17-8, 9-5) didn’t shoot particularly well themselves at 37.7 percent (23 of 61) but Central (6-14, 3-10) was even worse at 32.2 percent (20 of 62).

MONTANA STATE BILLINGS — Knudsen 10-23 2-2 25, Olson 4-8 1-2 10, Peoples 3-5 2-2 10, Tolman 2-5 1-1 6, DePuydt 2-3 1-2 5, Grimsrud 1-3 0-0 3, Goggins 1-4 0-0 2, Reed 0-1 0-0 0, Stanhope 0-8 0-2 0, Emerson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 7-11 61.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Russell 6-16 0-0 17, Albrecht 5-9 1-2 11, VanDyke 3-10 0-0 7, Dunn 2-11 1-2 5, Valdez 2-5 1-2 5, Burke 1-4 0-0 3, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Moser 0-2 2-2 2, Fettig 0-0 0-0 0, Martinez 0-0 0-2 0, Rethwill 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-62 5-10 52.

Halftime—Montana State Billings 33, Central Washington 24. 3-Point goals—MSUB 8-22 (Knudsen 3-8, Peoples 2-4, Tolman 1-3, Grimsrud 1-2, Olson 1-2, Stanhope 0-3), Central 7-24 (Russell 5-9, VanDyke 1-6, Burke 1-2, Valdez 0-3, Johnson 0-1, Rethwill 0-2, Dunn 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—MSUB 40 (Olson 8), Central 43 (Albrecht 10). Assists—MSUB 15 (Tolman 5, Knudsen 5), Central 11 (Valdez 4). Total fouls—MSUB 16, Central 15. A—176.

BASEBALL

Central loses second straight

TURLOCK, Calif. — Justin Manci hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs, and Eli Davis and Andy Yingling had two RBI apiece in leading Cal State Stanislaus to a 9-4 victory over Central Washington (0-2) in a college baseball game Thursday.

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Long, Davidson (5), Knutson (6), Bushman (8) and Swartz; Lemon, Maltese (7), Baisdon (9) and Turay, Arellano (7). W—Lemon (1-0). L—Long (0-1). HR—CSUS, Justin Manci (2).

RBI—CWU, Matt Herbert. CSUS, Justin Manci 3, Eli Davis 2, Andy Yingling 2, Joe Medeiros, Colt McLaughlin.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — What looked to be a dynamite pairing of highly ranked NWAACC teams turned out to be a colossal dud thanks to a horrendous shooting night from Yakima Valley.

The fourth-ranked Yaks came to Walla Walla on Wednesday tied for first with idle Spokane in the East Region with the third-ranked Warriors, a game behind.

But this was never the competitive contest it promised to be as Yakima Valley shot just 23 percent from the field for the game as Walla Walla raced away for a 69-47 victory.

Yakima Valley (7-2, 17-5) made just 15 of 65 field goals for the game. The Yaks failed to break 30-percent shooting in either half, firing at 17.6 percent (6 of 34) in falling behind 30-19 at the break, and warming only slightly to 29 percent (9 of 31) in the second half.

Hannah Lekson was the Yaks’ lone double-figures scorer with 10 points and she was 3 of 10 from the field.

Tai Jensen led Walla Walla (7-2, 16-5) with 22 points and 10 rebounds. She was 7 of 11 from the field and a perfect 8 of 8 from the foul line.

Hailey Felgenhauer added 16 points, former Granger standout Janae Klarich added 13 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Alex Pfefferle had 12 points for the Warriors (7-2, 16-6).

YAKIMA VALLEY — Newcomb 2-9 4-4 8, A. Gonzales 1-1 0-0 2, Brewster 0-2 0-0 0, Cox 1-5 4-4 6, K. Gonzales 2-6 2-2 6, Weaver 1-3 0-0 2, Lekson 3-10 4-5 10, Ferguson 0-3 0-0 0, Jordan 2-17 0-2 5, Smythe 1-1 0-0 2, Zapien 2-8 2-4. Totals 15-65 16-21 47.

WALLA WALLA — Seitz 0-1 0-0 0, Klarich 5-8 2-2 13, Hawkins 0-0 1-3 1, Stillar 1-6 0-0 3, Pfefferle 5-9 1-2 12, Felgenhauer 5-9 6-6 16, Edmunson 0-1 0-0 0, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0, Tynam 0-0 0-0 0, Jensen 7-11 8-8 22, Amderspm 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 18-23 69.

Halftime—WWCC 30, YVCC 19. 3-Point goals—YVCC 1-12 (Jordan 1-4, Weaver 0-1, Newcomb 0-2, K. Gonzales 0-2, Lekson 0-3), WWCC 3-10 (Klarich 1-2, Stillar 1-3, Pfefferle 1-4, Felgenhauer 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—YVCC 31 (Brewster 5), WWCC 49 (Jensen 10, Felgenhauer 9). Assists—YVCC 3 (3 with 1), WWCC 12 (Klarich 4). Total fouls—YVCC 19, WWCC 16. Turnovers—YVCC 13, WWCC 25.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

YVCC men fall at Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Yakima Valley produced better quality shooting the ball Wednesday, but Walla Walla generated far more quantity from 3-point range to pick up a key NWAACC East Region victory.

Yakima Valley had a better overall shooting percentage than Walla Walla, but the Warriors made seven more 3-pointers, helping produce a 74-67 victory.

The win broke a tie for second in the region between the teams, with Walla Walla improving to 7-2, and 16-6 overall. YVCC fell to 6-3 and 13-8.

Yakima Valley shot 41.8 percent from the field (23-55) to Walla Walla’s 39.7 (23-58), and both teams made 18 free throws. The difference was the Warriors’ 10 of 31 from long distance, compared to YVCC’s 3 of 12.

Jay Payne led the charge in that department, with all six of his made field goals from 3-point range en route to a team-high 20 points. Mac Stannard added 17 points, including two triples, and seven rebounds.

DeShawn Battle led the Yaks with 20 points. Amir Royal added 11 points and five rebounds, and Johnnie Diggs had 10 points.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Diggs 4-8 2-2 10, Battle 5-10 8-12 20, Royal 5-6 1-4 11, Martinez 1-3 1-1 3, Bigby 3-5 3-4 9, Molina 1-5 0-0 2, Henton 3-12 2-3 9, Jensen 0-3 0-0 0, Romero 1-1 0-0 2, Flowers 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 23-55 18-28 67.

WALLA WALLA — Crane 2-6 1-2 5, Radliff 2-8 3-6 7, Payne 6-15 2-2 20, Stannard 6-7 3-5 17, Bravard 2-9 2-2 7, Bills 2-4 5-6 9, Hahn 2-7 0-0 5, Arias 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 23-58 18-25 74.

Halftime—WWCC 41, YVCC 36. 3-Point goals—YVCC 3-12 (Battle 2-3, Henton 1-6, Jensen 0-1, Flowers 0-2), WWCC 10-31 (Payne 6-15, Stannard 2-3, Hahn 1-2, Bravard 1-7, Arias 0-1, Radliff 0-5). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—YVCC 39 (Bagby 7), WWCC 37 (Crane 8, Stannard 7). Assists—YVCC 3 (Martinez 2), WWCC 13 (Radliff 9). Total fouls—YVCC 19, WWCC 20. Turnovers—YVCC 16, WWCC 14.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central falls in season opener

SAN FRANCISCO — Kyle Sani both went 3 for 4 and drove in two runs, and Brandon Wang homered, but Central Washington couldn’t hold an early lead and fell 7-5 to San Francisco State in the season-opening college baseball game for both teams Wednesday.

Behind Sani’s two-run double and Wang’s solo blast, Central jumped ahead 4-0 in the first inning but the offense went cold after that.

Starting pitcher Brandon Rohde allowed just one hit through the first three innings, but gave up two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game, and San Francisco State took advantage of three Central errors to score three times in the sixth.

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Rohde, Lotzer (6), Jones (7) and Sani, Swartz (8); DeJesus, Watts (2), Jorgensen (6), Reyes (7), Lopez (7), Petrangelo (7) and Lindsay. W—Jorgensen (1-0). L—Rohde (0-1). Sv—Petrangelo (1). HR—CWU, Brandon Wang (1).

RBI—CWU, Sani 2, Wang, Leid; SFSU, Wood, Pianto, Lindsay, King, Wilkins.

COWICHE, Wash. — Olivia Newman scored a game-high 21 points and Tavi Wise added 18 as the Highland girls basketball team capped its season with a 52-46 victory against Zillah in SCAC West action Monday.

It was the first conference victory for the Scotties.

Alexis Salcedo led the Leopards with 19 points and Monica Villegas added 11 for Zillah, which advances to district play beginning Friday.

ZILLAH — Nelson 0, Winters 4, Patterson 2, Stump 2, Alexis Salcedo 19, Monica Villegas 11, Purdy 6, Ruggles 2, Higginbotham 0.

HIGHLAND — Angel 4, Rice 3, Perez 6, Olivia Newman 21, Tavi Wise 18, Smith 0, Madrigal 0, Preston 0, Lopez 0.

Zillah 9 10 17 10 — 46

Highland 18 16 6 12 — 52

Highlights: Newman (H) 11 reb.

LA SALLE 60, GOLDENDALE 56 (OT): At Goldendale, Wash., Karly Sattler had 19 points and Deanna Avalos added 10 as the Lightning wrapped up the SCAC West regular-season title.

Lexi Cameron had 18 points and seven assists, and Johna Kartes added 15 for the Timberwolves.

LA SALLE — Karly Sattler 19, Deanna Avalos 10, Andringa 8, Kaschmitter 8, K. McGree 6, E. Avalos 4, C. McGree 3, Standley 2, Patterson 0, Martin 0.

GOLDENDALE — Lexi Cameron 18, Johna Kartes 15, Graff 8, Keffler 4, Hoffman 4, Montgomery 4, Counts 3, Lewis 0.

La Salle 8 16 12 8 16 — 60

Goldendale 11 9 9 15 12 — 56

Highlights: Cameron (G) 7 asts.

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL

SCAC WEST

ZILLAH 65, HIGHLAND 46: At Cowiche, Wash., Robert Slack and Jace McKay led the Leopards with 12 points apiece, and Zillah beat Highland to wrap up the conference regular-season title.

The Leopards advance to the district tournament, which begins Thursday.

Tanner Christenson led all-scorers with 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Scotties.

 ZILLAH — Robert Slack 12, Robbins 4, Jace McKay 12, Ames 4, Cuellar 5, Mengarelli 0, Widner 7, Calhoun 9, Villanueva 9, Dunsmore 3.

HIGHLAND — Soderstrom 3, Ruiz 0, Trepanier 0, Wise 2, Tanner Christenson 26, Uriostegui 3, Nogales 7, Gonzalez 5.

Zillah 19 19 14 13 — 65

Highland 3 23 5 15 — 46

Highlights: Christenson (H) 7 reb.

GOLDENDALE 76, LA SALLE 50: At Goldendale, Wash., Jordan Foley led the Timberwolves with 22 points, Michael Folkner added 19 and Goldendale secured the conference’s No. 4 seed into the district tournament, which opens Thursday.

Gus Bonny scored 19 points and Bret Oldham added 15 for the Lightning.

LA SALLE — Garza 0, Andringa 2, Chambard 4, Smith 0, Stohr 2, Lighty 0, Gus Bonny 19, Hoon 2, Maki 5, Pesek 1, Bret Oldham 15.

GOLDENDALE — Golding 7, Denney 0, Milliren 2, Casey 9, Michael Folkner 19, Lewis 0, Enstead 1, Brady Conway 12, Ross 4, Jordan Foley 22.

La Salle 17 8 13 12 — 50

Goldendale 23 19 17 17 — 76

Greater Columbia 1B

LYLE-WISHRAM 50, BICKLETON 27: At Lyle, Wash., Justin Mills led the Cougars with 12 points, and Lyle-Wishram secured the second seed at the district tournament.

Justin Roberts led the Pirates with 11 points, and Bickleton will be the fourth seed at the district tournament.

BICKLETON — Cardenas 0, Justin Roberts 11, Bates 0, M. Powers 0, N. Powers 4, Clinton 2, Lowe 5, Strader 1, T. Roberts 0, Berk 0, Underwood 2, Brown 2.

LYLE-WISHRAM — Justin Mills 12, Radke 0, Wolf 3, Mutch 0, Wolff 8, Titcomb 8, Luke 2, Armour 7, Stephens 2, Manzanedo 5, Von Ah 2, Montoya 1, Carse 0.

Bickleton 5 2 7 13 — 27

Lyle-Wishram 9 20 8 13 — 50

Highlights: Ricky Titcomb (LW) 12 rebs; Darnell Luke (LW) 6 asts, 5 stls.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD

CWU’s Mack honored

Central Washington senior Bryan Mack was named the Great Northwest Atheltic Conference male athlete of the week for indoor track and field Monday.

Mack posted the second-fastest time in conference history for the 60-meter dash, with a time of 6.89 seconds Friday at the Vandal Indoor, which earned him second place at the meet. He was also the runner-up in the triple jump with a mark of 45 feet, 93?4 inches.

NAMPA, Idaho — Central Washington bounced back from an early defecit to take the lead at halftime, but couldn’t hang on, losing to Northwest Nazarene 75-70 on Saturday night at the Johnson Sports Center.

It was a costly loss for the Wildcats (4-8 GNAC, 10-10 overall) because it dropped them out of a tie for sixth place. The top six teams qualify for the GNAC tournament.

Central trailed until midway through the first half, when the Wildcats went on a 12-4 run capped by Kevin Davis’ dunk.

Central led 38-33 at the half and would extend its lead to seven points with about 12 minutes remaining.

Northwest Nazarene rallied to take the lead with just under three minutes remaining and took the lead for good with 1:05 to play.

“We’ve got to figure out how to finish games out,” Central coach Greg Sparling said, adding that the Wildcats just couldn’t convert good scoring chances late in the game.

“We had a handful of in-and-outs,” he said. “We had decent looks.”

Lacy Haddock led five Wildcats in double figures with 14 points. Also reaching double figures for CWU were Jody Johnson (13 points), Jordan Coby (12), Toussaint Tyler (11) and Kevin Davis (11).

JB Pillard scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the second half for Northwest Nazarene (5-7, 11-9).

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Lacy Haddock 6-7 1-1 14; Jody Johnson 4-12 5-6 13; Jordan Coby 3-8 4-4 12; Toussaint Tyler 2-11 6-6 11; Kevin Davis 5-9 1-2 11; Clyde 2-5 3-6 7; Magee 1-1 0-0 2; Starr 0-1 0-0 0; Nelson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 20-25 70.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE — JB Pillard 9-11 2-2 21; Anthony Golden 5-13 2-2 15; Michal Kurimsky 5-8 5-5 15; Jonathan Hawkins 3-10 7-9 13; Nicholes 1-4 4-4 6; Maxwell 1-4 0-0 3; Moilanen 1-3 0-0 2; Shula 0-1 0-0 0; Hering 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 20-22 75.

Halftime—Central Washington 38, Northwest Nazarene 33. 3-point goals—Central Washington 4-11 (Coby 2-5; Tyler 1-4; Haddock 1-1; Starr 0-1), Northwest Nazarene 5-16 (Golden 3-7; Maxwell 1-4; Pillard 1-1; Moilanen 0-2; Hawkins 0-2). Fouled out—Moilanen. Rebounds—Central Washington 34 (Johnson 12), Northwest Nazarene 28 (Golden 6). Assists—Central Washington 6 (Haddock 3), Northwest Nazarene 10 (Nicholes 3; Hawkins 3). Total fouls—Central Washington 17, Northwest Nazarene 17. Technical fouls—None. Att—562.

Big Bend runs past YVCC men

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Yakima Valley faded after a strong first half, while Big Bend, behind the tandem of Blake Skidmore and Antonio Snow helped Big Bend, got hot and rolled to an 80-66 victory in an NWAACC East Region men’s basketball game Saturday.

The loss dropped YVCC (6-2, 13-7) into a second-place tie in the region with Walla Walla, which defeated Treasure Valley 89-76 Saturday. Both are a half-game behind Spokane (6-1 region), which beat Wenatchee Valley 78-61 Saturday.

Yakima Valley led 38-36 at the half, helped by 12-of-24 shooting, but the Yaks cooled off to just 36 percent (8 of 22) after halftime, while Big Bend converted on 55.6 percent of its second-half shots (15 of 27) in outscoring the Yaks 44-28.

Skidmore and Snow went for 24 and 22 points, respectively, including a combined 13 of 15 from the foul line.

Amir Royal led Yakima Valley with 19 points and six rebounds, while DeShawn Battle added 12 points and six rebounds, and Cameron Jensen scored 10 points.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Diggs 1-4 0-0 2, Battle 3-5 6-8 12, Royal 5-12 8-8 19, Martinez 1-2 1-2 3, Bagby 4-5 1-4 9, Molina 2-3 2-2 7, Henson 1-2 0-0 3, Kemsem 3-6 2-2 10, Romero 0-1 0-0 0, Flowers 0-6 1-2 1. Totals 20-46 21-28 66.

BIG BEND — James 1-1 3-3 5, Loera 2-9 1-4 5, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Bruneel 0-0 2-2 2, Groth 2-3 3-5 8, Skidmore 8-18 7-9 24, Green 1-3 0-0 2, Snow 8-14 6-6 22, Page 1-1 0-0 2, Nield 4-8 1-1 10. Totals 27-57 23-30 80.

Halftime—YVCC 38, BBCC 36. 3-Point goals—YVCC 5-15 (Jensen 2-3, Molina 1-1, Henton 1-2, Royal 1-6, Martinez 0-1, Flowers 0-2), BBCC 3-17 (Groth 1-2, Skidmore 1-2, Nield 1-5, Snow 0-2, Loera 0-6). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—YVCC 34 (Battle 6, Royal 6), BBCC 30 (Loera 6, Skidmore 6). Assists—YVCC 9 (Royal 2), BBCC 12 (Skidmore 3). Total fouls—YVCC 21, BBCC 19.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Yaks avenge Big Bend loss

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Sam Zapien and Jaimi Cox combined to score 35 points Saturday as Yakima Valley beat Big Bend 67-49 in East Region play to keep the Yaks tied for first place.

The victory improved YVCC to 7-1 in region action and 17-4 overall, maintaining its first-place tie with Columbia Basin.

It also avenged a 65-64 loss to the Vikings (4-5, 14-8) in Sherar Gym on Jan. 11.

The Yaks won without substantial production from either of their top scorers, Brittney Newcomb and Simone Jordan, who combined for only 10 points on 3-for-18 shooting.

But Zapien hit 8 of 11 shots and totaled 18 points to go with a team-high seven rebounds, and Cox was also 8 for 11 en route to 17 points.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Newcomb 0-7 3-4 3, Jaimi Cox 8-11 1-2 17, K. Gonzales 1-4 2-2 5, Jordan 3-11 1-2 7, Sam Zapien 8-11 2-3 18, A. Gonzales 0-0 2-2 2, Brewster 1-5 0-0 2, Swetzof 4-5 0-0 9, Weaver 0-0 0-0 0, Lekson 2-5 0-0 4, Ferguson 0-0 0-0 0, Smythe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 11-15 67.

BIG BEND — Lopez 2-5 0-0 4, Kelsey 2-8 2-2 7, Scott 0-2 0-0 0, Alli Nielsen 6-12 2-2 14, Nielsen 0-1 2-2 2, Morris 2-3 1-2 6, Zollinger 4-5 1-2 9, Nield 0-2 0-0 0, Tews 0-4 0-0 0, Martinez 1-3 0-2 2, Smith 2-4 0-1 5, Lopez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-49 8-13 49.

Halftime — YVCC 31-19. 3-point goals — YVCC 2-10 (Newcomb 0-3, Swetzof 1-2, K. Gonzales 1-4, Lekson 0-1); BBCC 3-12 (Morrris 1-1, Kelsey 1-5, Scott 0-1, Nielsen 0-1, Tews 0-2, Smith 1-2). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — YVCC 34 (Zapien 7); BBCC 34 (Zollinger 5). Assists — YVCC 11 (Newcomb 5); BBCC 11

Russell scores 26 in losing effort

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Sophie Russell scored 26 points to become the sixth player in Central Washington women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 for her career, but the Wildcats fell to Northwest Nazarene 58-54 in GNAC play Saturday in Nicholson Pavilion.

Russell, the only Wildcat in double figures, hit 9 of 22 field goal attempts including 5 of 12 from 3-point range. She also grabbed nine rebounds.

CWU (3-9 GNAC, 6-13 overall) led 28-27 at halftime and was tied 39-39 with 12:03 to play, but the Crusaders (7-5, 13-7) scored seven unanswered points and the Wildcats got no closer than three thereafter.

Megan Hingston led NNU with 19 points.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE — Megan Hingston 5-9 9-10 19, Chelsie Luke 6-12 1-1 16, Briaunna King 6-12 1-1 13, Dzhdzhiyeshvili 2-12 1-2 5, Smith 0-4 0-0 0, Adams 2-5 1-2 5, Skokankova 0-0 0-0 0, Warwick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 13-16 58.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — VanDyke 2-7 2-2 8, Johnson 2-5 1-2 6, Albrecht 2-4 0-2 4, Dunn 2-8 0-0 4, Sophie Russell 9-22 3-4 26, Burke 0-1 0-0 0, Valdez 0-1 0-0 0, Fettig 2-4 2-3 6, Moser 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-53 8-13 54.

Halftime — CWU 28-27. 3-point goals — NNU 3-9 (Luke 3-5, Smith 0-1, Adams 0-3); CWU 8-20 (VanDyke 2-5, Johnson 1-2, Russell 5-12, Burke 0-1). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — NNU 27 (King 10); CWU 44 (Albrecht 10). Assists — NNU 10 (Smith 4); CWU 12 (VanDyke 4). Turnovers — NNU 11, CWU 20. Total fouls — NNU 19, CWU 14.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD

CWU’S Boyes 2nd at Vandal Indoor

MOSCOW, Idaho — Central Washington’s Brennan Boyes finished second in the high jump with a provisional national qualifying time of 6 feet, 81/4 inch during the Vandal Indoor on Friday.

Boyes’ mark equaled the No. 3 mark in GNAC history.

His teammate Bryan Mack had two second-place finishes — in the triple jump (45-93/4) and 60 (6.89).

In women’s competition, CWU’s Katharine Lotze placed second in the triple jump (38-41/4) while Kati Davis was third in the pole vault (11-113/4).

Mohsenians are 36-0 at East Valley, George Fox ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — When Arianna Mohsenian played basketball at East Valley, a four-year, 1,000-point career that ended in 2008, there was someone in the crowd at every game who she wanted to impress.

Her coach, Robi Raab, for sure. Her supportive parents, naturally. And her teammates, no doubt.

But mostly it was her little sister, Yasi.

East Valley's Yasi Mohsenian handles the ball against Wapato Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (Andy Sawyer/Yakima Herald-Republic)

“I wanted to be a role model for her,” she says without hesitation. “Yasi was the young one and always got dragged to my games, but it was great to have her there. I thought about her a lot. It helped me stay focused on doing the right thing.”

Arianna showed the way, Yasi eagerly followed.

And for sisters separated by four years who never got the chance to play on the same team, the Mohsenians are sharing an athletic symmetry that makes them seem like twins.

They are both senior guards with mirrored skills — lockdown defense, never-out-of-position footwork and 3-pointers just when the time is right. And neither has lost a game this season.

Arianna is in her second year as a full-time starter at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., where the women’s basketball team is 20-0 and ranked third nationally in NCAA Division III.

Yasi, who entered East Valley the fall after her sister left, is now a senior on a 16-0 team that is the top-ranked Class 2A team in the state.

“We’ve been having so much fun keeping track of each other,” Yasi says. “We play on the same nights a lot and my parents bring an I-Pad to my games so they can watch both of us. We’re really close, we’ve always been that way.”

So close that Raab didn’t have to ask Yasi what jersey number she wanted as a freshman. It was Arianna’s No. 12.

So close that Yasi didn’t mind following her older sister into the same sports — soccer, basketball and track and field. She didn’t think or worry about the pressure of comparisons.

“I just wanted to follow in her footsteps,” Yasi says. “Growing up I always looked up to her and thought of her as a great player. So I didn’t expect myself to be as good as her.”

Arianna Mohsenian (21) has helped lead George Fox University to an undeated record and No. 3 national ranking in NCAA Division III. (Photo courtesy of George Fox University)

Yasi has done just fine.

In 2011, the younger Mohsenian was a first-team CWAC basketball pick as a junior, she qualified for state in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter distance races in the spring and was named the CWAC’s offensive player of the year in soccer last fall.

This season she’s bumped her team-leading scoring average to 13.1 points with four conference games remaining.

“We’ve been shooting really well, and our defense has been great,” she says. “But we’re not satisfied with anything. We know we can get better in every aspect of the game.”

Meanwhile, at George Fox, Arianna is a senior leader enjoying the rewards of four years of unwavering hard work. She typically defends the opponents’ point guard and ranks second on the team in 3-pointers and assists.

The Bruins won the D–III national title in Arianna’s freshman year and reached the quarterfinals in each of the last two seasons.

“When you come up through high school defending awesome players like Kayla Standish and Claire Raap, that’s great experience,” Arianna says. “It’s been a real growing experience for me here and I’ve loved it. Just like Yasi and her team, we’re excited to see how far we can go.”

Arianna does wish she could have had at least one year with her sister at East Valley, but acknowledges the benefit of having no overlap.

“That would’ve been so cool because we did the same three sports,” says Arianna, who will graduate in April with a degree in elementary education. “But maybe it was best for her to be on her own. I did get to coach her some on summer teams and that was fun.”

Coaching also came in the form of a warning about trying to live up to somebody else’s standards.

“It wasn’t really deep or anything, but we definitely had some talks about Yasi being her own person,” Arianna says. “I had some concerns that coaches would expect the same things from her and compare us too much. But I think she has totally rocked on her own.”

Good words, but Yasi did want to live up to her sister’s standards. She loved the idea.

“I wanted to be like her because I admired so much about her,” Yasi says. “She was my perfect role model in everything.”

YAKIMA, Wash. — Trishi Williams, a junior from Mabton on the Western Washington women’s basketball team, has scored in double figures during the Vikings’ last five games including a 20-point, eight-rebound, five-assist outing last month in an 85-71 win at Central Washington.

The 5-foot-9 Williams has played in all 19 games while starting nine for the Vikings (8-3 GNAC, 14-5 overall), who list only one senior on their roster. She’s averaging 10 points, third-highest on the squad, shooting a team-best .576 from the field, and is Western’s top rebounder at 7.3 per game.

KINZI POTEET (Grandview), a junior on the Boise State women’s basketball team, has been a bright spot in two of the Broncos’ recent losses. She had a team-high seven rebounds in a defeat at the hands of Wyoming and scored seven points and grabbed seven boards in a loss to UNLV.

For the season, Poteet is averaging 6.2 points and 6.6 rebounds, the latter figure ranking second on the team. The Broncos are 11-11.

MATT BORTON (West Valley), a redshirt freshman on the Idaho men’s basketball team, ranks third on the Vandals in field goal shooting at .453 and is also third in 3-point shooting percentage at .375.

Borton has played in 19 of Idaho’s 21 games, averaging 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in 14 minutes of playing time. The Vandals are 11-10.

JASMINE STOHR (La Salle), a senior at Lewis-Clark State College, has been sidelined by a knee injury suffered last month and will miss the rest of the regular season. Stohr had been leading the NAIA Frontier League with a 19.9-point scoring average. Eighth-ranked LCS (19-3) is hopeful Stohr can recover from the sprain in time for the postseason.

DANA WELLS (Riverside Christian), a junior at Washington State, won the 200-meter dash in a career-best 22.28 seconds in a five-team indoor track meet Saturday in Pullman. Teammate BRETT BLANSHAN (Selah) was second in the 200 (22.35) and second in the 60.

YAKIMA, Wash. — That five quarterbacks would be included in Blaine Bennett’s fifth Central Washington recruiting class might be misunderstood by some observers.

Yes, Bennett was himself a quarterback, first at Walla Walla High School and later at Whitworth University. But no, he doesn’t collect QBs as a hobby.

“To justify that, we only signed one quarterback last year and felt like we needed some young quarter-backs in the program,” Bennett said Wednesday on the release of CWU’s 28 signees. “But also, high school offenses have changed over the last four or five years, and a lot of coaches in our state are now putting their best athlete at that position. It used to be that the best athlete was probably a running back.

“So we feel like we’ve gotten some excellent athletes who are multiple position possibilities, although they’ll all start by being quarterbacks for awhile.”

Of course the Wildcats do have a quarterback history in the persons of Jon Kitna and Mike Reilly. The probable starter next season will be senior Ryan Robertson, but Bennett clearly wants to begin grooming QBs for the future.

The most highly rated of the newcomers, according to The Seattle Times, are 6-foot-1, 192-pound Jake Nelson of Lake Stevens and Drew Austin (6-2, 180) of Graham-Kapowsin.

Both were white chip selections by the Times — the highest rating is blue, followed by red and then white. Nelson completed 70 percent of his passes for 2,086 yards and 21 touchdowns with only four interceptions for the Vikings, who went 12-1 and reached the Class 4A state semifinals.

Three of Nelson’s teammates also signed with Central — wide receivers Brady Pahukoa and Christian Gasca and linebacker Korey Young.

Pahukoa’s father, Jeff, was an all-conference offensive lineman at Washington in the early 1990s and his uncle, Shane, was a UW safety.

Bennett also wants Central to become a faster team, and mentioned speed as a key ingredient his newest recruiting class.

“We signed some receivers, defensive backs and running backs with legitimate big-play speed,” he said. “This is probably the fastest class we’ve recruited since I’ve been here, and that was very important to us.”

Recruits are told they’ll redshirt during their true freshman seasons, although injuries and other circumstances have occasionally pressed some into varsity play sooner.

Bennett said David Fontenette, a 6-2, 228-pound tight end from Bethel High in Spanaway, is a physically mature prospect who could see playing time next fall.

“He’s an excellent athlete,” Bennett said of Fontenette, CWU’s lone Times red chip. “We tell them all they’ll redshirt, but you never really know. Sometimes a chance presents itself, even for a young guy who’s not quite ready but just gets thrown into the fire.”

Bennett also said the heights and weights listed with his signees are accurate as per measurements taken during the players’ on-campus visits.

“We signed one player who was 6-0 and 190 on his high school roster,” Bennett said. “We get him here and he’s 5-10 and 181. Those are two different people. In this case, he was a good enough athlete that it didn’t really matter.”

Next on Bennett’s agenda is to find a replacement for assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Joe Lorig, who left last month for a job at Arizona State.

Player, Pos., Ht., Wt., Last school, Hometown

Ryan Archibald, db, 6-1, 180, Kentlake HS, Kent

Drew Austin, qb, 6-2, 180, Graham-Kapowsin HS, Tacoma

Andrew Dodd, wr, 6-4, 211, Jackson HS, Mill Creek

David Fontenette, te, 6-2, 228, Bethel HS, Spanaway

Christian Gasca, wr, 5-10, 180, Lake Stevens

Charles Hall, lb, 5-8, 195, Lakes HS, Lakewood

Maurice Handcox, wr, 5-10, 158, Walla Walla HS

Kaden Humphrey-Butler, qb, 6-3, 176, Union HS, Vancouver

Hayden Klein, ol, 6-4, 273, Tumwater HS, Olympia

Levonte Littlejohn, rb, 5-10, 181, Lakes HS, Lakewood

Tanner Lucas, lb, 6-0, 215, Kentlake HS, Kent

Maxwell McIntosh, db, 6-0, 198, Rogers HS, Puyallup

Josiah Miller, wr, 5-8, 147, Oak Harbor HS

Matt Miller, dl, 6-3, 231, Gonzaga Prep HS, Spokane

Trevon Myhre, qb, 6-1, 217, Nooksack Valley HS, Everson

Jake Nelson, qb, 6-1, 192, Lake Stevens,

Matt Nilsson, te, 6-6, 235, Juanita HS, Kirkland

Brady Pahukoa, wr, 6-4, 203, Lake Stevens HS

Gabe Rego, lb, 6-1, 200, Union HS, Battle Ground

Joshua Richards, wr, 5-11, 160, Southridge HS, Kennewick

James Segura-Mitchell, wr, 5-10, 170, Timberline HS, Lacey

Tyler Stumph, qb, 6-3, 210, Stadium HS, Tacoma

Jordan Todd, rb, 5-6, 176, Interlake HS, Bellevue

Cole Vanderbilt, ol, 6-2, 283, Connell HS

Barrett Weston, dl, 6-4, 240, Tahoma HS, Renton

Blake Williams-Miller, db, 6-0, 194, Everett HS

Korey Young, lb, 5-11, 210, Lake Stevens HS,

Jesse Zalk, wr, 5-7, 155, Prairie HS, Battle Ground

YAKIMA, Wash. — They have rarely won impressively or decisively, but Yakima Valley’s men have nonetheless won.

And they did it again Wednesday night, downing Wenatchee Valley 82-74 in Sherar Gym to remain atop the East Region standings.

The Yaks are 6-1 in the East and 13-6 overall while Spokane is 5-1 and Walla Walla is 5-2. YVCC visits Big Bend (5-3) on Saturday.

Amir Royal led four Yakima Valley double-figure scorers with 19 points. Dabrail Henton had 17 points, DeShawn Battle came off the bench for 17 and Dallin Molina added 12.

YVCC committed only eight turnovers and was 24 of 27 (89 percent) from the foul line.

“Wenatchee is pretty good at slowing it down and shortening the game somewhat,” Yaks coach Ray Funk said. “I don’t think we rebounded very well, but offensively we shared it well and we did a nice job of executing our zone offense.”

Travis VanDiest had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Wenatchee Valley (1-6, 5-11).

WENATCHEE VALLEY — Crawley 1-12 0-0 5, Patrick Manning 5-10 7-8 18, Matt Franz 7-14 3-7 18, Joseph 2-6 0-0 4, Travis Van Diest 7-11 6-7 20, Skurdal 0-3 0-0 0, Farias 2-6 0-0 5, Parker 1-5 1-1 3, Ayers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-67 21-29 74.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Amir Royal 7-12 4-4 19, Martinez 0-3 0-0 0, Dallin Molina 4-6 4-4 12, Dabrail Henton 4-8 7-8 17, Jensen 2-6 0-0 4, Diggs 1-7 5-6 7, DeShawn Battle 6-12 3-3 16, Bagby 2-5 0-0 4, Romero 1-1 0-0 2, Flowers 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 27-63 24-27 82.

Halftime — YVCC 36-27. 3-point goals — WVCC 3-20 (Skurdal 0-2, Farias 1-4, Manning 1-4, Parker 0-2, Franz 1-4, Joseph 0-1); YVCC 4-13 (Diggs 0-1, Battle 1-3, Royal 1-1, Henton 2-5, Jensen 0-3). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — WVCC 53 (VanDiest 10); YVCC 29 (Royal 5, Molina 5). Turnovers — WVCC 17, YVCC 8. Total fouls — WVCC 20, YVCC 19.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Newcomb shoots Yaks to win

YAKIMA, Wash. — Brittney Newcomb scored a game-high 24 points Wednesday night to pace Yakima Valley past Wenatchee Valley 75-46 in an East Region women’s game in Sherar Gym.

The Yaks, ranked fourth in the newest NWAACC coaches poll released Wednesday, stayed tied with Columbia Basin for first place in the East at 6-1 while improving to 16-4 overall.

Newcomb connected on 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range for YVCC, which forced 31 turnovers while committing only 11. She also collected three steals.

Simone Jordan was the only other player in double figures, totaling 17 points and a team-best six rebounds.

“We were only up six with about a minute to go in the first half,” Yaks coach Cody Butler said, “but Simone had a bunch of steals and we had about a 10-0 run. It’s another win and now we go to Big Bend (Saturday), and we lost to them down here the first time.”

Jordan was 6 for 6 from the foul line as the Yaks were a collective 17 for 21 (81 percent) while Wenatchee Valley (2-5, 7-12) was 8 for 13.

WENATCHEE VALLEY — Pateneaude 1-6 0-0 2, Dario 0-1 0-0 0, Van Tussenbroek 3-11 3-4 9, Larson 2-5 1-2 5, Posey 3-5 1-3 7, Alvarado 2-5 0-0 5, Kolb 3-3 1-2 8, Werner 1-3 0-0 2, Grilley 2-4 0-0 4, Thompson 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 18-44 8-13 46.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Brittney Newcomb 9-15 1-2 24, Cox 1-8 0-0 2, K. Gonzales 3-9 1-2 9, Simone Jordan 5-15 6-6 17, Zapien 0-0 3-4 3, Brewster 0-4 1-2 1, Swetzof 3-7 0-0 2, Weaver 1-3 3-3 5, Lekson 2-5 0-0 4, Ferguson 1-2 2-2 4, Smythe 0-0 0-0 0, A. Gonzales 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-69 17-21 75.

Halftime — YVCC 37-26. 3-point goals — WVCC 2-9 (Alvarado 1-3, Pateneaude 0-2, Kolb 1-1, Van Tussenbroek 0-3); YVCC 8-23 (Newcomb 5-7, Brewster 0-1, Swetzof 0-2, K. Gonzales 2-7, Lekson 0-1, Jordan 1-5). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — WVCC 43 (Larson 6); YVCC 34 (Jordan 6). Turnovers — WVCC 31, YVCC 11. Total fouls — WVCC 17, YVCC 13.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central picked 5th in GNAC

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington has been picked to finish fifth, or last, in a preaseason poll of GNAC baseball coaches.

The Wildcats, 14-32 overall last year and 7-25 for fifth place in the conference, return six position players and three pitchers.

Third baseman Glen Reser was an all-conference first team pick and Brandon Rohde was one of only 12 pitchers to post an ERA under 4.00.

Western Oregon was picked to win its 11th consecutive conference crown, followed in order by Northwest Nazarene, MSU Billings, Saint Martin’s and Central.

PREP BASKETBALL

Kittitas girls beat Warden

WARDEN, Wash. — Senior Tori O’Shaughnessy broke loose for 18 points and led Kittitas to a 47-36 victory over Warden in North Central 2B girls basketball Wednesday night.

Kittitas will play its third game in three days today at Highland.

KITTITAS — Al. Sabin 0, Kilgore 7, Baker 0, Larson 1, Steiner 3, Moreno 2, Dakota Adams 10, Lawrence 4, As. Sabin 2, Tori O’Shaughnessy 18.

WARDEN — Yamane 6, Iris Rodriguez 21, Whitney 5, Guerrero 0, Ahmann 0, Brown 4, Burkholter 0.

Kittitas 9 11 10 17 — 47

Warden 8 7 6 15 — 36

GREATER COLUMBIA 1B

SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN 59, KLICKITAT 9: At Sunnyside, Wash., Marisa Broersma had 10 points and six rebounds to lead second-ranked Sunnyside Christian (8-0, 17-1).

KLICKITAT — Kessinger 2, Parsens 1, Mack 0, Templeton 4, Quinton 0, Tambert 0, Oldfield 2, Clack 0.

SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN — Haak 0, Williams 7, DeGroot 6, Long 3, den Hoed 1, Brouwer 6, B. Broersma 8, Marissa Broersma 10, Van Belle 6, Wavrin 8, Daylrymple 4.

Klickitat 3 4 0 2 — 9

Sunnyside Christian 22 15 9 13 — 59

Highlights: M. Broersma (SC) 6 rebs; Stormee Van Belle (SC) 6 rebs.

LATE TUESDAY

MABTON 60, RIVER VIEW 47: At Mabton, Wash., Jazzee Sustaita scored nine of her game-high 22 points in the decisive second quarter and Adiline Barajas and Alyssa Nash combined for 25 points as Mabton won the SCAC East game.

RIVER VIEW — Sallee 0, Wilhelm 0, Kim Gier 17, Hull 0, M. Smith 10, Hess 7, Dickinson 5, Williamson 0, Burnett 4, Robertson 4.

MABTON — Rojas 0, Cerrillo 3, McCallum 5, Alyssa Nash 11, Jazzee Sustaita 22, Adiline Barajas 14, Zaragoza 2, Rodriguez 3, Villalobos 0.

River View 9 8 18 12 — 47

Mabton 12 18 9 21 — 60

Highlights: Nash (M) 10 rebs.

BOYS

WARDEN 63, KITTITAS 44: At Warden, Wash., Ty Poole had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Michael Dohrman had 14 points and eight rebounds for Kittitas (4-5, 7-9) in the North Central 2B makeup game.

KITTITAS — Leaton 3, Driver 0, Forman 0, Guisti 2, Grinrod 3, McIrvin 4, Michael Dohrman 14, Ty Poole 16, Eslinger 0, Johnson 2.

WARDEN — Jesse 8, Cole 1, Brown 5, Flores 9, Ty Bates 12, Garrett Marks 19, Ruge 9.

Kittitas 17 7 15 5 — 44

Warden 14 16 20 13 — 69

Highlights: Poole (K) 9 rebs; Dohrman (K) 8 rebs; Isaac Johnson (K) 5 assists.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Central Washington’s two-time defending conference champion softball team was voted second in the GNAC preseason poll.

The Wildcats received two first-place votes in the poll and finished just behind Montana State-Billings in the ranking, which is voted upon by the seven conference coaches.

MSUB received three first-place votes, while Western Washington also received two first-place votes and was third in the poll.

Simon Fraser, Northwest Nazarene, Western Oregon, and Saint Martin’s rounded out the poll.

Track and field

Boyes named Athlete of the Week

YAKIMA, Wash. — Central Washington junior Brennan Boyes was named the GNAC male athlete of the week for indoor track and field on Monday.

Boyes cleared a height of 6 feet, 83?4 inches at the UW Invitational in Seattle on Saturday, tying for fifth in the event. More importantly, Boyes met a provisional Division II national-qualifying standard in the event and posted a tie for the second-best indoor high jump in the history of the GNAC.

College Wrestling

North Idaho College 45, YVCC 3

125: Jaquin Calderon (NIC) d. Jesse O’Camb (YVCC) 17-7.

133: Konner Hopkins (YVCC) d. Blake Adams (NIC) 4-0.

141: Jarrett Morrill (NIC) pinned Chris Pena (YVCC) 1:22.

149: Derek Booth (NIC) d. Jimmy Wilson (YVCC) 8-0.

157: Ryan Zumwalt (NIC) pinned Kolton Palmer (YVCC) 6:48.

165: WV Meyer (NIC) d. Levii Duvall (YVCC) 15-4.

174: Kyle Sweedman (NIC) pinned Mikey Ayala (YVCC) 1:36.

184: Kaleb Revira (NIC) pinned Chris Burnett (YVCC) 2:52.

197: Justin Korthius (NIC) pinned Daniel Agao (YVCC) 4:18.

HVY: Justin Gillespie (NIC) d. Steve Taylor (YVCC) 12-3.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Deion Wright, who rewrote all of Davis’ single-game, season and career passing records, has committed to Western Oregon University, Davis coach Rick Clark confirmed on Sunday.

Wright will join an NCAA Division II program, located in Monmouth, Ore., that competes in the GNAC along with Central Washington.

The senior quarterback is coming off one of the most prolific passing season in state history, throwing for 2,988 yards in 10 games with 34 touchdowns. He was also Davis’ second-leading rusher and led the CBBN 4A in total offense with 3,325 yards.

Western Oregon finished 6-2 in the GNAC and 6-5 overall last season with a senior quarterback, Evan Mozzochi, who threw for 2,027 yards.

Wright will sign an NCAA national letter of intent on Wednesday. Teammate Cooper Kupp, who led the CBBN 4A in scoring and caught 18 of Wright’s touchdown passes, will sign with Eastern Washington the same day.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Brittney Newcomb and Simone Jordan combined to score 30 points Saturday as fourth-ranked Yakima Valley dominated Treasure Valley 67-39 in East Region women’s basketball in Sherar Gym.

The Yaks’ fourth straight win improved them to 5-1 in the region and 15-4 overall.

YVCC shot only 32 percent (23 for 72) and was outrebounded 46-41. But the Yaks forced 33 turnovers while committing only 14, grabbed 24 offensive boards and allowed the Chukars (1-5, 3-14) to shoot only 36 percent.

Newcomb had a game-high 17 points, hitting 4 of 9 shots from 3-point range, while Jordan had 13 points and five steals.

Sam Zapien added 10 points while Hannah Lekson came off the bench for 10 points and three steals.

Lacey Nauman scored 11 points to lead the Chukars.

Yakima Valley’s women and men continue region play at home Wednesday night (women at 6 p.m., men at 8) against Wenatchee Valley.

TREASURE VALLEY — Kelly 1-4 0-0 3, Johnson 3-7 0-0 6, Mooney 0-3 1-2 1, Schram 3-6 3-4 9, Lacey Nauman 5-8 0-0 11, Pack 1-4 0-0 2, Nielson 1-4 1-2 3, Hemenway 0-3 0-0 0, Alexander 1-3 0-0 2, Morcom 1-2 0-0 2, Wokersien 0-1 0-0 0, Wood 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 16-45 5-9 39.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Brittney Newcomb 6-17 1-2 17, Cox 0-0 0-0 0, Gonzales 0-5 0-0 0, Simone Jordan 4-9 4-4 13, Sam Zapien 2-8 6-8 10, Brewster 2-4 0-2 4, Swetzof 3-7 2-3 8, Weaver 2-4 0-0 4, Hannah Lekson 4-8 1-3 10, Ferguson 0-7 1-2 1, Smythe 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-72 15-24 67.

Halftime — YVCC 36-20. 3-point goals — TVCC 2-8 (Kelly 1-3, Johnson 0-3, Hemenway 0-1, Nauman 1-1); YVCC 6-20 (Newcomb 4-9, Swetzof 0-2, Gonzales 0-1, Weaver 0-2, Lekson 1-3, Jordan 1-2, Zapien 0-1). Fouled out — Johnson. Rebounds — TVCC 46 (Nielson 10); YVCC 41 (Brewster 4, Ferguson 4, Zapien 4). Turnovers — TVCC 33, YVCC 14. Total fouls — TVCC 20, YVCC 14.

Seawolves overwhelm Central

ANCHORAGE — Shooting the lowest percentage in Central Washington’s 14-year NCAA Division II history, the Wildcats sustained an 80-48 loss to 12th-ranked Alaska Anchorage on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena.

The Wildcats (3-8 GNAC, 6-12 overall) made only 11 of 60 field goal attempts for 18.3 percent. It was the third-lowest in program history, which dates to 1980-81.

CWU’s top three scorers for the season, Jessica VanDyke, Sophie Russell and Alex Dunn, shot a combined 2 for 23 and totaled 11 points.

Haley Holmstead led the Seawolves (10-1, 19-3) with 24 points.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Albrecht 3-7 0-0 6, Russell 1-12 4-6 6, VanDyke 1-5 3-4 5, Johnson 1-7 2-2 5, Dunn 0-6 0-0 0, Martinez 2-3 3-4 7, Jacobson 1-4 4-4 7, Valdez 1-1 2-3 5, Gordon 0-0 3-4 3, Fettig 1-5 0-0 2, Moser 0-6 2-2 2, Rethwill 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 11-60 23-29 48.

ALASKA ANCHORAGE — Ryder 2-4 2-2 6, Robison 1-2 0-0 2, Hanna Johansson 9-13 3-4 21, Haley Holmstead 6-12 12-13 24, King 2-6 0-0 6, Deichmann 1-1 0-1 2 Mathews 3-9 0-0 6, Madison 1-2 0-0 3, Richens 0-2 0-0 0, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Seale 0-1 2-3 2, Horn 2-3 0-0 4, Burns 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 29-58 19-24 80.

Halftime — UAA 48-16. 3-point goals — CWU 3-18 (VanDyke 0-2, Johnson 1-2, Dunn 0-1, Russell 0-6, Rethwill 0-1, Jacobson 1-2, Valdez 1-1); UAA 3-14 (Ryder 0-1, King 2-4, Mathews 0-3, Madison 0-2, Horn 0-1, Burns 0-1). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — CWU 41 (Albrecht 6, Russell 6); UAA 39 (Johansson 11). Turnovers — CWU 22, UAA 15. Total fouls — CWU 22, UAA 29.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Battle, Royal power Yakima Valley ||

DeShawn Battle and Amir Royal combined for 35 points Saturday as hot-shooting Yakima Valley subdued Treasure Valley 85-81 in East Region men’s action.

Battle had 18 points and Royal came off the bench for 17 points and a team-high six rebounds.

Dabrail Henton added 13 points and three other Yaks totaled eight as YVCC improved to 5-1 in the region and 12-6 overall.

Yakima Valley shot 55 percent in the first half (17 for 31) en route to a 45-34 lead, then hit 59 percent over the final 20 minutes for a game total of 57 percent (30 for 53).

Kriff Jensen had 27 points and Marck Coffin 23 for the Chukars (2-4, 3-14).

TREASURE VALLEY — Kriff Jensen 9-20 3-3 27, Smith 2-7 0-1 4, Campbell 0-2 4-4 4, Flowers 4-9 0-0 10, Johnson 4-9 1-2 9, Cooper 0-1 0-0 0, Leitch 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 1-2 2-2 4, Marck Coffin 6-12 11-12 23, Cooper 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 21-24 81.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Diggs 1-6 6-8 8, DeShawn Battle 6-9 5-8 18, Martinez 2-3 3-5 7, Dabrail Henton 4-12 4-5 13, Flowers 4-4 0-0 8, Amir Royal 7-10 3-4 17, Bagby 0-0 0-0 0, Molina 1-3 0-2 2, Jensen 3-4 0-0 8, Romero 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 30-53 21-32 85.

Halftime — YVCC 45-34. 3-point goals — TVCC 8-18 (Jensen 6-13, Flowers 2-4, Cooper 0-1); YVCC 4-9 (Diggs 0-1, Battle 1-2, Henton 1-4, Jensen 2-2). Fouled out — Smith, Campbell, Johnson. Rebounds — TVCC 26 (Johnson 8); YVCC 30 (Royal 6, Henton 5, Flowers 5). Turnovers — TVCC 17, YVCC 21. Total fouls — TVCC 21, YVCC 20.

Wildcats fall to Anchorage, 82-65 ||

ELLENSBURG — Central Washington was without its second-leading scorer and rebounder and top shot blocker Saturday night in its GNAC matchup with Alaska Anchorage, and Kevin Davis’ absence was costly for the Wildcats.

Anchorage’s Taylor Rohde, a 6-foot-9 senior, scored 25 of his game-high 31 points in the second half as the Seawolves pulled away for an 82-65 victory in Nicholson Pavilion.

“With Anchorage, you have to pick your poison,” said CWU coach Greg Sparling. “We drew up a game plan designed to limit their threes (3-pointers) because they have three kids shooting better than 40 percent and threes add up in a hurry. I’m really pleased with the way our kids executed the game plan. And we just missed a lot of shots.”

The defeat dropped CWU (4-7 GNAC, 10-9 overall) into a three-way tie with Northwest Nazarene and Saint Martin’s for sixth place in the conference. The top six teams qualify for the GNAC’s postseason tournament.

Without the 6-9 sophomore Davis, who suffered an ankle injury during Thursday night’s win over Alaska Fairbanks, the Wildcats started 6-5 Roby Clyde at center and moved Toussaint Tyler from shooting guard to forward with Jordan Coby replacing Tyler in the backcourt.

Tyler scored a game-high 22 points and point guard Lacy Haddock added 14, but CWU shot just 42 percent from the field while the Seawolves (9-2, 15-4), connected on 59 percent (33 of 56).

Rohde was 13 for 19 and also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds as UAAA outboarded Central 34-22.

The Wildcats visit Northwest Nazarene next Saturday night.

ALASKA ANCHORAGE — Thompson 2-4 2-2 6, Lauwers 0-2 0-1 0, Taylor Rohde 13-19 5-6 31, Steve White 5-8 2-2 12, Fossman 3-7 0-0 8, Lonnie Ridgeway 4-4 4-4 12, Jackson 1-1 0-0 2, Demissie 3-6 0-0 7, Hearn 1-1 0-0 2, Gibcus 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 33-56 13-15 82.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Johnson 1-1 7-8 9, Toussaint Tyler 7-14 5-9 22, Clyde 2-8 1-2 5, Lacy Haddock 5-13 4-4 14, Coby 3-8 0-0 7, Starr 3-5 0-0 7, Magee 0-1 0-0 0, Nelson 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 21-50 18-25 65.

Halftime — UAA 36-29. 3-point goals — UAA 3-7 (Thompson 0-1, Lauwers 0-1, Fossman 2-4, Demissie 1-1); CWU 5-14 (Tyler 3-5, Haddock 0-3, Coby 1-5, Starr 0-1). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — UAA 34 (Rohde 9); CWU 22 (Clyde 6). Turnovers — UAA 9, CWU 8. Total fouls — UAA 16, CWU 16.