Archive for May, 2009
A tough weekend
Just one of four hardball teams from our area returned to the valley this weekend on a high note after competing in state championship baseball and softball competition. The shining light was Wa-Hi’s softball team, which captured third place in the Class 4A state tournament at SERA Fields in Tacoma. Not a bad ending to [...]
Heid, Hiatt contribute to WCC champion Bulldogs
West Coach Conference regular-season baseball champion Gonzaga clinched the WCC tournament title and an NCAA tournament berth on Saturday with a 14-3 rout of Loyola Marymount in game two of the conference’s best-of-three series in Spokane. The Bulldogs’ program will be making its fifth appearance in the NCAA field and first since 1981. Former Walla Walla [...]
Cummins will be missed
It broke my heart this past week when Walla Walla Community College severed ties with head baseball coach Mike Cummins. Cummins, who headed the Warrior program for six seasons, was informed by school officials just days ago that his counseling position was being eliminated due to budgetary reasons. When I look back, both as a WWCC [...]
One in, one out
One Walla Walla Community College spring sports team is on its way to the postseason, while another is not. First the good news. The WWCC softball team ended its regular season Saturday night by splitting an NWAACC Eastern Region doubleheader with Columbia Basin at Warrior Field. The Warriors used a three-RBI double by former Touchet [...]
Waitsburg-Prescott power
The strength of the Waitsburg-Prescott track and field teams was on full display this past week when Walla Walla Valley Academy hosted a Class 2B meet at Shockman Field in Milton-Freewater on Wednesday – a six-team event that also featured Mac-Hi, an Oregon Class 4A school. W-P’s boys claimed 13 events on their way to an [...]
