Rec Notes — Hyvonen 5th in Western Nationals gymnastics

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima’s Kelsey Hyvonen of Gymnastics Plus finished fifth in the all-around at the USA Gymnastics Level 9 Western Nationals earlier this month in Boise, Idaho. Competing in her second Western Nationals, Hyvonen took second place in the floor exercise with a score of 9.35, and was sixth in the vault with a [...]

9/15/11 Bulletin Board

BASEBALL: The September board meeting of the Yakima Pepsi Beetles will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Jack-sons. All interested persons are welcome to attend. BASKETBALL: The Selah AAU Club will be having a coaches meeting on at 7 tonight in the Selah High School student center. Coaches that are considering putting a Selah [...]

Selah wins U-18 Select title

NEWBERG, Ore. — Selah defeated the Kent Bulldogs twice Sunday to claim the U-18 Summer Select fastpitch tournament championship. Selah needed 10 innings to beat Kent 4-3 in the semifinals, then knocked off the Bulldogs 9-3 in the championship. In the semifinal, Selah (24-9) was led by Sarah Bersing, who had a two-run triple, Kylee [...]

Selah advances to Summer Select semis

NEWBERG, Ore. — Cheyenne Fletcher hit a grand slam in the first game and Carly Minnick and McKenzie Zerr were dominant pitchers in both games as Selah went 2-0 in Saturday’s play at the U-18 Summer Select fastpitch tournament. Fletcher’s grand slam came in a 10-2 win over the Portland Red Hots and supported Zerr’s [...]

Gilmore wins state first-flight crown

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Betty Gilmore captured the First Flight championship, but Nancy Eglin came up short in the Championship Flight as the Washington State Women’s Golf Association State Championship concluded Friday. Gilmore, from the Yakima Country Club, scored a convincing 5 and 3 victory over Sharon Falkner in the final at Twin Lakes Golf and [...]

Rec Note: Dirt Dawgs 9-U takes 4th at state

YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Valley Dirt Dawgs 9-U softball team placed fourth in the USSSA State Championships. The Dirt Dawgs finished 2-4. They lost to Bellevue Gold 9-7, beat the Tri-City Venom 9-8, lost to Seattle Select 12-1, beat the Yakima Rebels 9-8, lost to Bellevue Gold 9-8, and lost to Bellevue Blue 7-5.

UW softball returning to Selah

SELAH, Wash. — The University of Washington softball team will return to Selah’s Carlon Park this fall for a scrimmage and youth clinics. The Purple and Gold scrimmage will take place on Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. The clinics will be on Sept. 18 with two-hour sessions beginning at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Cost [...]

Local report: Selah finishes 2nd at regionals

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Selah went 1-1 on Sunday to finish second at the 18-U ‘B’ Regional Tournament at Ramsey Park. Selah defeated the Lewiston Perfect Storm 13-4 in the semifinals before falling to the Northwest Athletics 3-2 in the championship game. Against Lewiston, Cheyenne Fletcher had five RBI, while Ashley Wilkey went 5 for [...]

Local report: Mavs’ playoffs end in sudden death

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 [...]

Synergy wins state ‘B’ tournament title

YAKIMA, Wash. — The Ellensburg Synergy defeated the Spokane Crash twice on Sunday to win the Amateur Softball Association’s 14-U state ‘B’ tournament at Kiwanis Park. Ellensburg began the day with a 9-8 defeat at the hands of the Crash in the semifinal, but returned the favor in the next game, winning 13-1, before winning [...]

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