Prep roundup: Sunnyside girls squeak past Southridge

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Vanessa Alvarez, Natalia Bazan and Jordan Rodriguez each scored 10 points for Sunnyside as the Grizzlies defeated Southridge 46-43 in CBBN 3A girls basketball action Monday night. Sunnyside improves to 5-4 in league and 8-6 overall. Emma Sanders had 19 points for the Suns (2-7, 2-12), who had a chance to tie [...]

Prep football: Davis, Ike an all-state twofer

For second time in three seasons, each school represented on 4A first team || YAKIMA, Wash. — Cooper Kupp of Davis and Mike Jones of Eisenhower were each named to the Class 4A first team Friday when the Associated Press released its 2011 all-state football team, while Alex Sampson and Roy Watlamet of Class 2B [...]

Rams lead Athlete of the Year nominees

YAKIMA, Wash. — Perfect on the court this past season, the West Valley volleyball team was as dominant when it came to nominations for the Athlete of the Year awards. The Rams squad, which finished the season 35-0 and claimed its first state championship in more than 20 years, garnered five nominations — three in [...]

East Valley 7, Selah 0

YAKIMA, Wash. — Jordan West scored on a 14-yard run in the third quarter to lift the Red Devils to their fifth consecutive win and a berth opposite West Valley of Spokane in a regional playoff Tuesday night. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Spokane. East Valley (5-5) will go in as the [...]

Early deadline this week for Pigskin Picks

Because of Thursday’s full slate of CWAC games, the deadline for this week’s Pigskin Picks contest is Thursday at 5 p.m. Also, because of the early deadline, games which had yet to be determined by Sunday night will not be part of the contest this week. This affects Davis and White Swan. Davis is playing [...]

Quincy 25, Selah 16

QUINCY, Wash. — Danny Hernandez caught 13 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown and also kicked a 23-yard field goal in a losing cause for the Vikings. Nick Towery was 29 of 47 passing for 283 yards and a 21-yard scoring strike to Hernandez that brought Selah to within 18-16 late in the third [...]

Othello 35, Selah 7

SELAH, Wash. — David Garza passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third as Othello pulled away from Selah for its fourth straight CWAC victory following its loss at Prosser. Joey Gomez scored twice for the Huskies, one of them on Garza’s first TD pass, and Caleb Garza returned a punt 90 yards for [...]

No slowing No. 3 Mustangs as Prosser shuts out Selah

SELAH, Wash — Benji Sonnichsen considered the question, then provided a completely candid response. “Well,” the Prosser football coach said, “it’s not something we’ve been bad at this year, but we sure haven’t done anything like we did here tonight.”   PHOTO GALLERY Click here for more photos from this event. SPACER Click here for [...]

10/14/11 Prosser-Selah photo gallery

Photos from Friday night’s CWAC game between Prosser and Selah at Karl Graf Field in Selah, Wash. All photos by Gordon King of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Roseberry, Foley lead Ellensburg

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Damien Roseberry and J Foley each scored a pair of touchdowns and Matt Bennett threw for two touchdowns and ran for one as Ellensburg rolled to a surprisingly one-sided 45-21 victory over Selah in a battle between CWAC playoff contenders. Ellensburg rallied from a 14-7 first-half deficit as Bennett passed for 210 [...]