Fast-paced Attack scores in Yakima

YAKIMA, Wash. — The 10th annual Yak Attack 5v5 Soccer Tournament wrapped up late Sunday afternoon. The two-day event drew a record 240 teams from the region to Chesterley Park, competing in 21 youth divisions and an adult coed division in a 5-on-5 fast-paced format on smaller fields and with dance music blaring. Chesterley Park [...]

5/21/12 Yak Attack soccer photo gallery

  Here us a photo gallery from the Yak Attack 5v5 soccer tournament Sunday at Chesterley Park in Yakima. The two-day event drew 240 teams.

5/20/12 Letter to sports

Thank you for well-run tourney To the sports editor — The boys basketball event May 4-6 was so well planned. The refs were good and the order perfect. The timing of events was perfect. The results were posted shortly after each event. If you want to know how to run a perfect tourney, come to [...]

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 [...]

5/17/12 Bulletin Board

BASKETBALL: The Yakima Valley Sports Authority and AAU are taking registration for the summer basktball league, which will run from June 4-28 for boys and girls in grades three through high school. Cost is $220 per team and the registration deadline is Friday. Entry forms and more information is online at www.ieaau.org or by calling [...]

5/10/12 Bulletin Board

BASEBALL: Yakima National Little League Juniors (ages 13-14 as of April 30) tryouts and registration will be at 9 a.m. on May 19 and 6 p.m. on May 21, both at the Elks Park green field. Cost is $150 and must be paid at the time of registration. Players will also need to provide a [...]

Rec notes: Central Washington Select wins

YAKIMA, Wash. — A team made up largely of Yakima Valley high school basketball players — all of them underclassmen or unsigned seniors — finished atop a large field last weekend in an NCAA-sanctioned tournament in Bellevue. Central Washington Select won all five of its games to capture the 17-and-under Premier Showcase, topping a team [...]

Rec notes: Hyvonen shines at regionals

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima’s Kelsy Hyvonen of Gymnastics Plus won the floor exercise for the Senior D (17 and older) classification at last weekend’s regional championships in Portland. Hyvonen took the title by scoring a 9.5 for her routine, and was seventh in the all-around with a four-event total of 36.175 to advance to the [...]

Senior Sharp sweeping standings

YAKIMA, Wash. — With one event remaining in the Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hillclimb Association (RMSHA) season, David Sharp of Moxee is poised for a clean sweep of the prestigious circuit’s pro masters classes. Sharp leads the stock, improved and modified classes in the pro master division, after getting a first and two seconds in last [...]

Rec notes — Sharps shine at Worlds

YAKIMA, Wash. — The Sharp brothers of Moxee, David and Brad, lived up to their status as two of the top pro masters riders in the recent Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hillclimb Association (RMSHA) at the World Championship Hillclimb in Jackson Hole, Wyo., David Sharp, who leads all of RMSHA’s three pro master classes, had a [...]

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