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Category Archives: High School sports
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 impressive [...]
Making the best of it
I’d like to take a moment to tip my hat to a trio of Walla Walla High School sports teams for achieving positive results on Saturday.
The three teams – representing Wa-Hi boys soccer, and boys and girls tennis, took the long bus ride to Wenatchee for Big Nine Conference competition.
The boys soccer team opposed Wenatchee, while the [...]
Wa-Hi boys ‘Golden’
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about the success of the Wa-Hi girls basketball team.
The Blue Devils’ outstanding campaign – accomplished with mostly underclassmen – and deep run in the postseason came to an end Saturday night, though, at the 4A Regional championships in Kennewick.
While this disappointment saddened Wa-Hi basketball fans, the boys regional victory over [...]
McKeown’s magic
Touchet basketball coach Tim McKeown enjoyed his share of success when he was at the helm of the school’s girls basketball program.
Perhaps its finest hour in the McKeown era came last season, when the Indians finished third in the Class 1B state tournament in Yakima.
Now in his first year as coach of the boys varsity team, it appears [...]
Something special
There is something special going on at Walla Walla High School these days.
The Blue Devil girls basketball team improved its record in the Big Nine Conference’s Cascade Division to 9-1 and overall mark to 15-3 with a couple of victories over the weekend.
Wa-Hi smashed Eisenhower, 60-36, on Friday night and posted a 63-58 overtime triumph on Saturday at [...]
A tough weekend