Local report: Cold-shooting Central loses GNAC opener
December 2, 2011 by YH-R Sports
MONMOUTH, Ore. — Unable to overcome its own cool shooting nor its opponents’ scorching accuracy, Central Washington University’s women’s basketball team dropped its GNAC opener, 77-61, to Western Oregon on Thursday. Junior Alex Dunn led the Wildcats with 19 points and three 3-pointers, but Central was hindered by 29.2-percent shooting from the field. Western Oregon, [...]
Local report: Offutt, Smith help lead CWU
November 4, 2011 by YH-R Sports
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Jordan Offutt and Erin Smith combined for 21 kills to lead Central Washington to a 3-0 sweep of Alaska Fairbanks in GNAC volleyball action Thursday night. The Wildcats won 25-21, 25-23, 25-21, improving to 7-7 in conference play and 13-9 overall. Offutt totaled 11 kills while Smith had 10 for CWU, which [...]
Local report: Mavs’ playoffs end in sudden death
July 16, 2011 by YH-R Sports
SUMNER, Wash. — If only the Pacific Football League adopted the NFL’s new overtime rules for the playoffs and not used the much-maligned regular-season format. Then at least the Mavericks would’ve had a shot. Instead, the South King County Colts scored on the first possession of sudden-death overtime and escaped with a 20-14 playoff victory [...]
Mavs’ postseason opener full of mystery
July 16, 2011 by Dave Thomas
YAKIMA, Wash. — Even though the Yakima Mavericks beat tonight’s playoff opponent during the regular season, they’ll have almost no advantage in the rematch. First of all, that 20-15 Yakima victory was here, at Zaepfel Stadium, and this game will be played on the South King County Colts’ home field at Sunset Chev Stadium in [...]
Massey leads Mavericks to playoffs with big win
July 10, 2011 by YH-R Sports
MILWAUKIE, Ore. — Jacob Massey ran for 170 yards and four touchdowns as the Yakima Mavericks earned a trip to the playoffs with a 63-0 rout over the Vancouver Vipers in Pacific Football League play Saturday. The Mavericks (7-3) claimed the North Division’s No. 3 seed and will play the No. 2 South King County [...]
Playoff berth on line for Mavs
July 9, 2011 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Mavericks will indeed play their regular-season finale today and the game will indeed have playoff implications for the team. Yakima faces the Vancouver Vipers at 3 p.m. in a game in Milwaukie, Ore., as part of a doubleheader with two Oregon teams in the Pacific Football League. Yakima’s game was [...]
Local Report: Mavericks’ six-game winning streak ends
June 25, 2011 by YH-R Sports
BREMERTON, Wash. — The Yakima Mavericks have been rolling along pretty well for the past month and a half, and had another strong showing Saturday. Too bad it came against a team that’s playing even better than the Mavericks. A.J. Ash’s second touchdown of the game, on a 9-yard run just inside the two-minute warning, gave [...]
Local report: Mavs edge Grays Harbor
June 19, 2011 by YH-R Sports
ABERDEEN, Wash. — Tanner Goforth and Ryan Wright scored three touchdowns each Saturday as the surging Yakima Mavericks outlasted the Grays Harbor Bearcats 42-32 in a Pacific Football League game. Goforth caught a pair of 27-yard scoring strikes from Wright and also returned a kickoff 64 yards for a TD. Wright, who also found Nick [...]
Local report: Pak wins pair to open Hagert
June 11, 2011 by YH-R Sports
SELAH, Wash. — Hugo Lemus went 4 for 4 and Andrew Gonzalez and Steven Wagar had three hits each as the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak outlasted the Yakima Pepsi Beetles 14-8 in the Hagert Tournament on Saturday at Carlon Park. The Pak (6-2) also the Spokane Devils 6-5 while the Beetles claimed a 5-4 win [...]
Local report: Mavs at home in Naches
June 11, 2011 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Riding a hot streak, the Yakima Mavericks will head to Naches tonight for their final regular-season home game. Yakima will face the Klamath Falls Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. at Naches Valley High School. Since losing their first two games of the season, the Mavericks have won four straight, including a victory over [...]
