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 [...]
Football: Yakima downs Snohomish
May 22, 2011 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — With John Lobbestael taking charge of the offense, the Yakima Mavericks are starting to get on a roll. The quarterback ran for 87 yards and four touchdowns, and also threw for a score in leading Yakima to a 35-26 victory over the Snohomish County Vikings on Saturday evening at Zaepfel Stadium. “John [...]
Mavericks hang on to defeat S. King County
May 14, 2011 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — With their air attack washed away by heavy rain, the Yakima Mavericks turned to the ground to even their season record. Quarterback John Lobbestael ran for 184 yards and three touchdowns, and Yakima piled up 284 total rushing yards in hanging on for a 20-15 victory over the South King County Colts [...]
Mavs win big on road
May 7, 2011 by YH-R Sports
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — After coming close to a victory the first two weeks, the Yakima Mavericks broke through in a big way in their first road test of the season. John Lobbestael threw three touchdown passes, and Jeremy Franck led a dominating defensive effort in sparking Yakima’s 41-0 victory over the Bellingham Bulldogs on Saturday [...]
Mavs fall to South Sound
May 1, 2011 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima hung close, but it couldn’t quite overtake South Sound as the Mavericks remained winless on the young season. Paul Lene threw a pair of touchdown passes, and Joe Richmond iced the game with a fourth-quarter field goal as the Shockers beat the Mavericks 23-13 Saturday night at Zaepfel Stadium. Yakima moved [...]
