College baseball: Rohde keys Central’s sweep of Northwest Nazarene
May 11, 2012 by YH-R Sports
NAMPA, Idaho — Brandon Rohde scattered eight hits and struck out a career-high 15 Friday as Central Washington shut out Northwest Nazarene 4-0 for a sweep of its GNAC baseball doubleheader at Vail Field. CWU (11-19 conference, 19-29 overall) won the first game 10-8. Rohde improved his record to 6-3 and finished his CWU career [...]
College football: Central to cap spring
May 11, 2012 by Roger Underwood
Annual game set for Saturday || YAKIMA, Wash. — It has not been an especially warm spring in the Kittitas Valley, and Blaine Bennett is cool with that. All the better to evaluate Central Washington’s spring football season, which concludes with Saturday’s noon spring game at Tomlinson Stadium. The Wildcats will be divided into crimson [...]
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 [...]
Defense is top topic as Sarkisian, Romar visit Yakima
May 8, 2012 by Dave Thomas
YAKIMA, Wash. — Neither Steve Sarkisian nor Lorenzo Romar were defensive when discussing the primary shortcoming of their respective teams last season. But defense was prominent on their minds when talking about their upcoming seasons prior to an appearance with University of Washington boosters Monday at the Yakima Country Club. “Play defense, plain and simple,” [...]
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 [...]
Local report: CWU splits twin bill with Billings
May 5, 2012 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Brandon Rohde pitched a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts Saturday as Central Washington beat Montana State Billings 4-1 for a split of their GNAC doubleheader on senior day at the CWU baseball field. A senior left-hander from Gig Harbor, Rohde allowed a single and triple to MSUB’s Matt Comer and held the rest [...]
Colleges: Tacoma’s Walker signs at CWU
May 5, 2012 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Nate Walker, a 6-foot-5 forward, has joined a lengthy list of Tacoma Community College basketball standouts to sign with Central Washington. Walker averaged 15 points and more than eight rebounds a game last season for the Titans, who won the NWAACC championship. In the title game against Chemeketa, a 110-98 Tacoma victory, [...]
Away at school: Kline leading AFA in average
May 5, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. – SETH KLINE (Eisenhower), a sophomore at Air Force, is batting a team-high .360 with 19 RBI for the Falcons’ baseball team. Kline, a first baseman/designated hitter who bats third in the lineup, hit a three-run home run last week in a 10-8 win over San Diego State. MIKE MARSHALL (West Valley), a [...]
Local report: CWU set to scrimmage
May 4, 2012 by YH-R Sports
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington’s football team will hold its first spring scrimmage at 10 a.m. Saturday on the team’s practice field. Coach Blaine Bennett said the scrimmage will last 21/2 to 3 hours, or about 120 plays, and is open to the public. The Wildcats’ spring game is scheduled for May 12 at noon, [...]
Away at School: Selah’s Davis honored by EWU
May 3, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — SHENE DAVIS (Selah), a senior on Eastern Washington’s track and field team, has been named the Eagles’ scholar-athlete for May. Davis qualified for the 2012 Big Sky Outdoor Championships in both the triple jump and long jump at the Long Beach Invitational on April 20. She moved to third in EWU history [...]
