CE’s Gall to play football at Portland St.

June 29, 2012 by  

YAKIMA, Wash. — The SCAC West’s unstoppable force has decided on his future. Cle Elum’s Jake Gall, who scored 25 touchdowns and was the league’s defensive player of the year, has made a verbal commitment to accept a football scholarship from Portland State University. Gall made his commitment on Tuesday after a PSU linebacker camp, [...]

A big chance for Cle Elum’s Newman

June 22, 2012 by  

YAKIMA, Wash. — An all-star football game isn’t the place for a running back to expect a lot of touches. Michael Newman doesn’t mind because he’s used to it. And one thing the Cle Elum standout knows how to do is make the most of his opportunities. There probably haven’t been many SCAC West offensive [...]

Goldendale’s Wanderscheid wins state golf title

May 23, 2012 by  

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

May 21, 2012 by  

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

May 20, 2012 by  

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

May 19, 2012 by  

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

May 19, 2012 by  

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

May 18, 2012 by  

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

May 15, 2012 by  

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

May 15, 2012 by  

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 [...]

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