State track roundup: Day 2
TACOMA — Wenatchee’s Isaiah Brandt-Sims took the first step in repeating as Class 4A 100 and 200-meter champion on Friday by winning his preliminary heat of the 100 meters in comfortable fashion. The Panther sophomore clocked a 10.60, the best time in either heat.
State soccer: Chelan advances, Eastmont falls in semis
SUMNER — With under two minutes to go in regulation, it appeared the hopes for a 1A state boys soccer championship were gone for the Chelan Goats. What a difference a few minutes can makes.
A championship cap
Eastmont’s Walker wins pole vault title in final prep event
TACOMA — If there ever was a way to go out with a bang, Berlie Walker did it. In the final athletic event of the Eastmont senior’s high school career, Walker busted off a lifetime-best 14-foot, three-inch pole vault to claim the 3A boys championship at Mt. Tahoma High School on the first day of the state meet Thursday.
2 for a title
Pair of wins would complete remarkable turnaround for ’Cats
EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont Wildcats aren’t shaken by their upcoming debut in the state tournament Final Four. And they aren’t daunted with matching against the state’s best player. They just have their eyes on the prize — the 3A boys soccer state championship.
Omak’s Lewis 2nd, WHS’ Takasugi slides
Day 2 of the state golf tournaments was kind to Omak’s Ryder Lewis, but not to Wenatchee’s Jordan Takasugi. Lewis improved by a stroke in the final round Wednesday and tied for second in the 1A boys tournament at The Home Course in Dupont, but Takasugi struggled on the back nine in the 4A girls tournament at Spokane’s MeadowWood and settled for a tie for 28th.
Wild name Bliss Littler head coach
Bliss Littler, the winningest coach in USA Hockey Junior A Tier I and Tier II history, has been named the Wenatchee Wild's new head coach and director of hockey operations.
Takasugi rebounds to make finals
SPOKANE — One bad hole in the 4A girls golf state tournament Tuesday had Wenatchee’s Jordan Takasugi doubting her chances of making Wednesday’s final round. But instead of panicking, Takasugi recalled something for last week’s district tournament. “I honestly thought after that hole I was done, but I remember a girl at districts that shot nine on a hole and still shot in the 70s, so I had to keep fighting,” she said.
Wild issue 14 tenders
WENATCHEE — Just over three weeks since the Wenatchee Wild’s 2011-12 season came to an end and their coach resigned, the Wild made the first step towards putting the 2012-13 team together by issuing 14 tenders on Monday. The Wild, who have yet to announce a replacement for former head coach John Becanic, issued nine tenders to forwards to help replace the scoring punch of centers Shawn Pauly and Ben Carey, both of whom scored over 100 points for the team.
Rams dominate semifinals
EAST WENATCHEE — The Okanogan Valley Commandos gave the Wenatchee Valley Rams the biggest scare of their undefeated run through the Washington Football League schedule this season. In Saturday’s WFL Semifinals, it was a much different story than that one-point nail-biter.
Salmon fishing opens on Icicle
LEAVENWORTH — The spring chinook salmon fishery on Icicle River will open Saturday. The fishery is from the closure signs located 800 feet upstream of the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam. The daily limit is two salmon, minimum size of 12 inches. The fishery is slated to last through July 31.
EHS soccer rolls to semis
WENATCHEE — With the Big Nine 3A and regional championships already in their possession, the Eastmont Wildcats know they’re good. But on Saturday they surprised even themselves. Eastmont was dominant on offense and lights-out on defense in an 8-0 Class 3A state quarterfinal win against Mt. Spokane at the Apple Bowl, setting up a semifinal date with Mercer Island at 3 p.m. Friday at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup and ensuring the program’s first-ever top-four finish.
WHS golf sends 2 girls to state for first time since ’97
WENATCHEE — In preparation for her third 4A state tournament in as many years, Wenatchee senior golfer Jordan Takasugi has seemed at ease since qualifying at regionals last Monday. The Panthers hope that will help calm freshman Carly Bozett, who will join Takasugi at Spokane’s MeadowWood Golf Course when the state kicks off Tuesday morning.
Four straight for Ketcham
Jacob Smith 3rd in 3200 on day 1 of regionals
The last time Audrey Ketcham forgot her cleats at a postseason meet, she wound up jumping a career-best 5 feet, 10 inches.
Salmon fishing to open on Icicle
The spring chinook salmon fishery on the Icicle River will open Saturday.
Pikeminnow Derby in Quincy
CRESCENT BAR — A Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Derby sponsored by the Quincy Valley Tourism Association will be held from Friday through Sunday on the Columbia River between Rock Island Dam and Wanapum Dam. The Crescent Bar Recreation area boat basin will serve as the derby staging area. Anglers can enter as individuals or as a part of a team of two, three or four.
WRAC third at Nationals
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Wenatchee Racquet and Athletic Club team finished third out of 16 other sectional champions in the 2011 National 7.0 Super Senior Tennis Championship on April 27-29.
Prep state soccer and baseball brackets
Prep state soccer and baseball brackets
State soccer: Cascade out, Chelan to semis
LEAVENWORTH — The Cascade boys soccer team certainly encountered its share of adversity this season, but through it all, the Kodiaks managed to persevere because of one overriding thought: They believed that they had a legitimate chance at winning a state championship, and nothing — not the sudden death of a beloved coach, or playing on the road and practicing indoors for the first three weeks of the season due to snow — could take that away from them. That’s why the Kodiaks’ shootout loss to Royal on Wednesday in a first-round 1A state playoff game stung them so badly. All season long, head coach Pete Spiegel told his players to emphasize positives instead of dwelling on negatives, and he attempted to do just that after the contest was over.
Prep box scores
Prep box scores
Wildcats strong to open state
EHS dominates Peninsula to move on to quarterfinals
WENATCHEE — If ever there was a team that plays better after going down a goal, the Eastmont Wildcats are it. The Wildcats found a way to calm their nerves after giving up the first goal on Tuesday, and they roared back for a 5-1 victory over the Peninsula Seahawks in a first round, loser-out 3A state tournament contest at the Apple Bowl.
Monday’s prep box scores
Monday’s prep box scores
Panthers stack up more titles
Doubles champs highlight WHS’ district win
WENATCHEE — Doubles play has always been a trademark of the Wenatchee boys tennis team, and the Panthers put it on display Monday afternoon. Wenatchee won a doubles title and pushed another team on to this weekend’s regionals, and it scored 42 points to hold off rival Richland (32.5) for its fifth district team championship in a row at the Wenatchee Racquet and Athletic Club.
Rams are league champs
SPOKANE — Even without the star quarterback that led them to an undefeated record in league play, the Wenatchee Valley Rams proved they are the class of the Washington Football League. The Rams’ smash-mouth defense and bulldozing offensive line helped them hold off the Spokane Wolfpack 6-3 in the final game of the regular season Saturday, clinching the league title in the process.
Wenatchee advances 2 girls to state
RICHLAND — For the third and final time in her high school golf career, Wenatchee senior Jordan Takasugi is headed to the Class 4A state tournament. And she’ll have company.
Eastmont teams take third at home
EAST WENATCHEE — A dominant showing from Kamiakin was expected in the girls standings at the Big Nine 3A district meet at Wildcat Stadium, but they weren’t the only Braves to bring home the big piece of hardware Friday. While the Kamiakin girls ran away with victories in 13 of the 17 events to score 266 points and claim the district title, the Brave boys benefitted from relay wins and depth in the distance races to claim the championship with 158.5 points.
Box scores
Prep, recreational and community college box scores
’Cats soccer avenges lone loss
Beat Grizz, advance to regional title game
EAST WENATCHEE — For 61 minutes on Wednesday afternoon, the Sunnyside Grizzlies appeared to be the one boys soccer team to have the Big Nine 3A champion Eastmont Wildcats’ number. Eight minutes and two Eastmont goals later, that perception had passed.
District track: EHS boys in title mix
WHS heads to 4A meet at Pasco
EAST WENATCHEE — Three teams have a legitimate shot at the Big Nine 3A boys track and field district championship at Wildcat Stadium on Friday, and Eastmont hopes the home-field advantage will factor into the final tally. “There really isn’t a clear leader,” said Eastmont coach Gary Millard, whose team figures to challenge league champ Hanford and second-place Kamiakin for the district title. “If we had been healthy with Lucas (high jumper Lucas McGill) and Dylan (distance runner Dylan Guilmette), we could have tied for the league title. We just need some things to happen the right way.”
Rugby: Skulls lose on road
The Gig Harbor Hurricanes defeated Wenatchee’s Schoolhouse Rugby Club 18-10 on Saturday in the Skulls’ final regular season contest.
Monday’s prep box scores
Monday’s prep box scores
'Cats have all the pieces in place
Experience playing together has state in Wildcats’ sights
EAST WENATCHEE — It’s not surprising the Eastmont Wildcats work so well together. The majority of the players on the Big Nine 3A league championship team have been playing with each other for six years, and in some cases they’re even family.
Preps: WHS boys tennis posts perfect record
YAKIMA — The Wenatchee boys finished off another perfect regular season on Monday, but it didn’t come easy. The Big Nine 4A champion Panthers (6-0 league, 10-0 overall) needed to win two three-set matches and another closely-contested doubles match in their 7-0 win over Davis.
Wild’s Nichols sweeps up awards
FRISCO, Texas — The honors just keep rolling in for Wenatchee Wild goaltender Robert Nichols after his record-setting season. The rookie goalie from Dallas was named both co-Rookie of the Year and co-Goaltender of the Year at the NAHL’s Banquet of Champions before the Robertson Cup, the league’s annual championship tournament.
EHS names 2 new coaches
Bromiley takes over girls hoops; Davison returns to volleyball
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont has filled two head coaching vacancies for next school year, naming Tessa Bromiley the Wildcats’ girls basketball coach and Tim Davison the volleyball coach. Bromiley (née Evenhus), a teacher at Cascade Elementary, is a 2001 Eastmont graduate and former Wildcat basketball standout. She was a member of back-to-back district and regional champion Eastmont teams and competed in two Class 3A state tournaments, including a fourth-place finish in 1999.
Thursday’s prep box scores
Thursday’s prep box scores
Preps: Cascade soccer wins CTL title
LEAVENWORTH —It’s been a whirlwind season for the Cascade boys soccer team. In the Kodiaks’ first season since longtime coach Colin Powers died of a heart attack, they didn’t even get to play on their own snow-covered field until mid-April. But once the weather warmed up, so did Cascade — all the way through Thursday’s regular-season finale, a 5-1 victory over Cashmere that clinched its first Caribou Trail League championship in five years.
Wild sidetracked by injuries, bad news in playoffs
WENATCHEE — The postseason is never an easy road to navigate, especially if injuries and distractions are thrown in the way. That was exactly the case for the Wenatchee Wild, whose run in the NAHL Playoffs last month was riddled with roadblocks.
Cashmere pitcher throws no-hitter
Ali Wisemore threw her first no-hitter of the season in the Cashmere Bulldogs’ 18-0 win over Tonasket on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s prep box scores
Tuesday’s prep box scores
Preps: WHS baseball advances to district title game
WENATCHEE — With the bases loaded a berth in the district championship game in the offing, Wenatchee first baseman C.J. Gettman stepped to the plate in front of a raucous crowd at Recreation Park on Tuesday. With the way Gettman has been raking all spring, the Panthers wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Cascade alum wins pitching award
Cassidy Key-Darlington, a junior at Mount Marty College and a Cascade High School alum, was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week.
Prep box scores from Monday and Saturday
Prep box scores from Monday and Saturday
Preps: EHS pushes through wind
EHS girls third, boys fifth in home POD
ROCK ISLAND — The Rock Island Golf Course saw its first action as the home to a Big Nine POD match on Monday, and the results were mixed for the hosting Eastmont Wildcats. On the one hand, the course and its year-old second nine holes proved to be a worthy candidate for more Big Nine matches. But on the other hand, the home-course advantage was nearly nonexistent for Eastmont, which ended up struggling with steady winds on its way to third- and fifth-place finishes for the girls and boys, respectively.
Rams roll in non-league win
EAST WENATCHEE — Quarterback Matt Sligar helped the Wenatchee Valley Rams to a 47-6 win over the Washington Cavaliers at Wildcat Stadium on Saturday, but the veteran signal-caller will be in a very different environment when the Rams hit the field again in two weeks. Sligar, who was the starting quarterback on the Rams’ 2009 championship team, is headed to a cod- and salmon-fishing boat in Alaska this week, effectively ended his football season.
Knights sweep in Oregon
ONTARIO, Ore. — The NWAACC East Division-leading Wenatchee Valley College Knights needed just 10 innings to sweep a doubleheader against Blue Mountain on Sunday. The Knights (20-2 league, 32-5 overall) allowed just four hits on the day while pounding out 24 of their own in mercy-rule wins of 10-0 and 16-0.
Wild coach Becanic resigns
Led Wenatchee to 2 second-place division finishes
WENATCHEE — After a season and a half, the John Becanic era is over for the Wenatchee Wild. Becanic resigned as the Wild’s head coach Friday, just a day after the team’s season came to an end in an NAHL West Division Finals series loss to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
Sweep leaves doors open for ’Cats
EAST WENATCHEE — With just six games left on the Eastmont baseball team’s Big Nine 3A schedule, plenty of doors are still open for the Wildcats — especially after their twinbill sweep of the Pasco Bulldogs on Friday. With wins of 5-3 and 12-2 at Dan White Field, the Wildcats improved to 7-5 in the Big Nine, keeping them in the running for a top three seed to the postseason, which would ensure them at least one home playoff game.
Sweep leaves doors open for ’Cats
With just six games left on the Eastmont baseball team’s Big Nine 3A schedule, plenty of doors are still open for the Wildcats — especially after their twinbill sweep of the Pasco Bulldogs on Friday.
Wild head coach Becanic resigns
Led Wenatchee to 2 second-place division finishes
After a season and a half, the John Becanic era is over for the Wenatchee Wild. Becanic resigned as the Wild’s head coach Friday, just a day after the team’s season came to an end in an NAHL West Division Finals series sweep against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
Preps: Panther track sweeps
YAKIMA — So much for being shut down. Just last week, Wenatchee’s Audrey Ketcham was feared to be severely limited until the postseason with a nagging hamstring injury.
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