Goldendale’s Wanderscheid wins state golf title

YAKIMA, Wash. — With a state championship within her grasp, Bree Wanderscheid didn’t back down. In fact, the Goldendale sophomore stepped up and played even better than she had in the opening round to capture the Class 1A girls state title in convincing fashion. Showing no nerves despite this being just her second state tournament, [...]

Conference call: SCAC West shines at state golf tournament

YAKIMA, Wash. — Over the past eight years, the SCAC West has left its mark on the Class 1A state golf tournament. Two titles, two runner-up finishes (including one ending in a sudden-death playoff for the title), 10 total top-10 finishes, and another seven top-20 showings have shown the West has held its own against [...]

Fastpitch: Selah tops Ellensburg for third place

SPOKANE, Wash. — Sophomore McKenzie Zerr pitched a four-hitter with six shutout innings to lead Selah to an 8-1 victory over Ellensburg in the third-place game at Saturday’s CWAC-GNL regional fastpitch tournament at the Merkel Sports Complex. The Vikings broke open a 1-1 game with four runs in the fourth inning. Ashley Wilkey, Bailey Turner, [...]

Track and field: Vargas sets Valley record in 3,200

Eisenhower’s Brown captures javelin || RICHLAND, Wash. — Santos Vargas may have just barely missed the victory, but did he ever get the time. Eisenhower’s senior distance ace finished second by an eye lash in one of the fastest Class 4A regional 3,200-meter races ever, clocking a Valley record 9 minutes, 1.82 seconds Friday night [...]

Tennis: West dominates at SCAC district

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — The championship matchups of the SCAC district tennis tournament look an awful lot like those in last week’s SCAC West sub-district. In fact, they’re exactly the same. The SCAC West controlled the action in the first two rounds of the district tournament at Sunnyside High School, winning 13 of the 16 opening [...]

Preps: Rodriguez helps Zillah boys to 3 wins

BENTON CITY, Wash. — Zillah senior Angel Rodriguez won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and anchored the winning 4×400 relay at Thursday’s SCAC district track and field meet at Kiona-Benton High School. Rodriguez clocked 22.91 seconds in the 200 and 50.78 in the 400 and helped the Leopards finish the relay in 3:34.24. The top [...]

Prep golf roundup: Iacolucci, Wanderscheid repeat as district champions

CLE ELUM, Wash. — Cle Elum’s Rylee Iacolucci and Goldendale’s Bree Wandersheid repeated as medalists at Tuesday’s SCAC district golf tournament at Suncadia Golf Course. The top 16 boys and nine girls qualified for the Class 1A state tournaments May 22-23 on The Home Course in Dupont. Iacolucci, a senior, shot a 1-under 71 for [...]

Local report: Davis girls claim district team title

WENATCHEE, Wash. — With Erica and Megumi DeMond adding another title to their ever-growing résumé, the Davis Pirates claimed their first district team title since 1998 on Monday at the CBBN 4A tournament. The juniors, who were the runners-up at last year’s district tournament, captured the championship this time around, and are now set to defend [...]

5/12/12 SCAC West sub-district track and field meet photo gallery

Photos from Friday’s SCAC West sub-district track and field meet at Naches Valley High School in Naches, Wash. All photos by Sara Gettys of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Prep track and field roundup: Vargas breaks 23-year-old Ike record in 1,600

PASCO, Wash. — Eisenhower’s Santos Vargas broke a 23-year-old school record while winning the 1,600-meter run Friday evening in the CBBN 4A district track and field meet at Edgar Brown Stadium. Vargas clocked 4 minutes, 12.20 seconds to break Andy Harris’ 1989 mark of 4:12.92. Vargas’ time ranks third on the Valley’s all-time list. Eisenhower [...]

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