Brian Adamowsky

Title eludes Chelan soccer team

SUMNER — Chelan’s back line and senior goalkeeper Ruben Medina kept Overlake out of goal for 80 minutes of regulation and two periods of extra time Saturday, but the Goats’ offense couldn’t break through either as Chelan fell to the Owls in a penalty shootout in the Class 1A state championship game at Sunset Chevrolet Stadium. The two teams battled to a scoreless draw after 90 minutes, with chances aplenty on both sides.

Wenatchee boys doubles team takes 4th

RICHLAND — Nick Mandelis and Lucas Tilly closed the 2012 season on a high notes Saturday, defeating Richland’s tandem of Brett Meyer and Zach Fisher for the third time in as many weeks to clinch fourth place at the Class 4A state tournament at Richland High School. Mandelis, a senior, and Tilly, a sophomore, beat the Bombers 6-3, 6-4 on their opponents’ home turf.

4 state track champs for Wenatchee

TACOMA — Four years of training boiled down in to a minute and 49 seconds. That’s the way Wenatchee senior Nicholas Boersma approached his 800-meter final on Saturday at the Class 4A state track championships, and the Eastern Washington signee capped his career with a race for the ages.

State tennis roundup: Day 1

RICHLAND — The Wenatchee doubles team of senior Nick Mandelis and sophomore Lucas Tilly came out on the short end of a quarterfinal clash between two of the Class 4A doubles bracket’s heavyweights on Friday at Columbia Basin Racquet Club. Newport Bellevue tandem Chris Lilley and Dylan Harlow outlasted the Panthers 7-5, 7-5 to reach Saturday’s semifinal.

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.

College football: Marboe honored

NEW YORK — Mike Marboe, a 6-foot-3, 301-pound sophomore on the University of Idaho football team was named to the spring watch list for the 2012 Rimington Trophy, presented annually to the top collegiate center in the nation. Marboe, a former All-Stater at Wenatchee High, is one of 50 centers on the watch list, which includes nine SEC linemen.

State tennis: WHS hopes familiarity brings tourney success

Doubles team mixes power, precision to table

WENATCHEE — In the hunt for team points at the state tournament, it’s common practice for tennis coaches to convert their top singles players into a doubles team in hopes of taking advantage of the draw. It can be a tough proposition to throw two athletes together after they’ve spent the regular season playing singles matches, and like any gamble, it’s not always successful.

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.

Local athletes ready for Star Track

WENATCHEE — Isaiah Brandt-Sims sent shock waves through the crowd at Star Track XXIX last spring by winning the 100 and 200-meter dashes as a freshman that was laregely uneralded outside of Eastern Washington. He doesn’t expect to sneak up on anyone this weekend, as he and the Panthers enter Mt. Tahoma Stadium as one of the handful of teams in the mix for a Class 4A boys team title.

Panthers’ Brandt-Sims wins pair of titles

RICHLAND — Isaiah Brandt-Sims beat Mead’s Wes Bailey in both ends of their anticipated two-headed showdown Saturday at the Class 4A regional track meet, but the Panthers of Spokane bested the Panthers of Wenatchee in the team standings at Fran Rish Stadium. Brandt-Sims, who will count Bailey among his chief competitors at the state meet later this week at Mt. Tahoma, got the better of his counterpart in taut races in the 100 and 200 meters Saturday.

Cascade softball rebounds

COLVILLE — The Kodiaks couldn’t get their bats going in their first game on Saturday against Lakeside, but kept their composure and took it to the Newport Grizzlies later in the day to punch their tickets to the Class 1A state tournament. Cascade will be the third seed for state, which begins on Friday in Richland.

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.

What a ‘Trip’ it’s been

Quirky, competitive WHS high jumper hopes to cap career with third state title

WENATCHEE — Audrey Ketcham is a little different. The Wenatchee senior track and field star and two-time defending 4A high jump champion has earned the nickname “Trip” from her Panther coaches — as in “head trip” — for her various personality quirks, some of which include her self-proclaimed “hyper-dorkiness,” her less-than-meticulous approach to meet management and a mysterious aversion to odd numbers.

Lacrosse: WVL All-Leaguers

SEATTLE — Wenatchee Valley Lacrosse had a pair of representatives on the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association’s Division II All-Cascade Conference team. Senior midfielder Mitchell Parks was honored for the third season, and senior defenseman Bryan Walsh got the nod for the second time.

Thursday’s prep box scores

Panthers beat Eisenhower to advance

Hanford ousts Eastmont from postseason

WENATCHEE — Thanks to a pair of four-run innings, the Wenatchee fastpitch softball team is moving on in the Big Nine 4A district tournament. The fifth-seeded Panthers ousted the fourth-seeded Eisenhower Cadets in a 9-3 victory Thursday at Walla Walla Point Park, scoring four runs in the first and sixth innings.

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.”

Prep box scores

District title eludes Wenatchee

Bombers beat Panthers on passed ball in 8th inning

WENATCHEE — Without a lot of power in its lineup, the Richland baseball team has had to rely on speed and aggressive baserunning even more than usual this season. The Bombers came off the bus running against Wenatchee in the Big Nine 4A district championship game on Saturday at Recreation Park, and fought past the Panthers 3-2 in eight innings to seal the top seed to this week’s sub-regional tourney.

Wednesday’s prep box scores

Heartache for WHS track

Panther boys drop league title by single point to Walla Walla

WENATCHEE — Jacob Smith, Nicholas Boersma and the Wenatchee boys track team never saw Ben Wolpert coming. Wolpert, a sophomore, overtook state veterans Smith and Boersma in the final 75 meters of the 1600 on Wednesday, winning the race for Walla Walla.

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.

Wild G to All-Rookie team

Wenatchee Wild goaltender Robert Nichols was named to the NAHL’s All-Rookie second team Tuesday, in a league press release.

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.

Preps: WHS splits with Richland

WENATCHEE — In a doubleheader as big as any that has been played in Recreation Park in some time, the Wenatchee Panthers and Richland Bombers split in two games that lived up to the billing. The two teams entered Tuesday tied atop the Big Nine 4A division and they left it in the same slots after Davis split at Walla Walla in other league action.

Wenatchee Marathon results

Wenatchee Marathon Saturday

Prep roundup: WHS boys track ties for 1st at Viking Classic

LAKE STEVENS — Wenatchee’s Nicholas Boersma ran a personal-best time in the 800 meters and Isaiah Brandt-Sims won or shared in four first-place finishes, but it was only good enough for a tie atop the team standings at the Viking Classic Invitational on Saturday. The Panthers tied with Arlington at 127 team points apiece despite winning 10 events.

Preps: WHS sweeps in pitchers’ duels

The Panthers moved to 8-0 in the Big Nine and set up a momentous home doubleheader with Richland on Tuesday after the sweep of the Pirates in Yakima.

Pop Warner football coming to Wenatchee

WENATCHEE — Budding football players in the Wenatchee Valley will soon have a new league in which to learn and grow in the sport, one that its founder says brings the cachet and stability of a national organization. Registration is underway now for the Central Cascade Pop Warner football league, which features tackle football for youths from ages 5-12, and cheerleading for kids of the same ages.

Highly-touted prep could come to Sox

WENATCHEE — It’s a calculated risk, but one that could pay off big for the Wenatchee AppleSox this summer. As Ed Knaggs has done in past years with eventual Major League Baseball draftees like Matt Cerda and Trayce Thompson, the Sox manager is rolling the dice again by holding a roster spot for Indian Hills, Calif. shortstop Tanner Rahier.

Ex-Eastmont star into swing at WSU

PULLMAN — Ryan Hadfield saw it, Brandon Schmitten saw it and now Donnie Marbut sees it. From his days with the Apple Valley Packers to his time at Eastmont High School and now in his freshman season as a baseball player at Washington State University, Ian Sagdal has shown “it,” that undefinable quality that enables him to come up biggest when it matters most.

Pulver’s hot hitting helps Cats to split

EAST WENATCHEE — Once its big first baseman got healthy, things started falling into place for the Eastmont baseball team. Recovered from a knee injury that cost him the first few weeks of the season, senior Dalton Pulver continued his torrid hitting for the Wildcats Tuesday, going 3-for-3 in Eastmont’s 2-0 win over Southridge at Dan White Field.

Legend of hydro racing to speak in Wenatchee

The motto of the Boy Scouts of America is “Be prepared.” Not much could have prepared Chip Hanauer, arguably the most famous unlimited hydroplane racer in the sport’s history, for his life on and off the water.

Panther boys second at Pasco Invite

PASCO — Nicholas Boersma won the 800 and 1600-meter races and helped the Wenatchee boys 4x400-meter relay team to a first-place finish at the Pasco Invitational on Saturday at Edgar Brown Stadium. Also for the Panthers, Isaiah Brandt-Sims won the 100 meters and missed out on a 200-meter title by .03, as Mead’s Wes Bailey nipped the Wenatchee sophomore at the line.

Prep box scores for Thursday

Preps: Panther tennis sweeps Chiefs

MOSES LAKE — The Wenatchee boys tennis team dropped the matches at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, but cleaned up everywhere else to improve to 5-0 in the Big Nine with a 5-2 victory over host Moses Lake on Thursday. Nathaniel Noyd and Scott Willis continued to shine at No. 1 doubles for the Panthers, and Jamil Qazi survived five match points before eventually succumbing in emergency duty at the No. 1 singles spot.

Prep standings and box scores for Wednesday

Preps: WHS fastpitch can’t hold late lead

Chiefs capture sweep as WHS pitcher departs

WENATCHEE — Not a lot of things went right for the Wenatchee fastpitch softball team Wednesday in its Columbia Basin Big Nine 4A league-opening doubleheader against Moses Lake at Walla Walla Point Park. The Panthers’ top pitcher, Bri Craddock, had to take herself out of the opener after two innings because she was feeling dizzy. Wenatchee, with reliever Emile Holzerland in the circle for the rest of the evening, went on to lose the first game 14-4 in five innings, and allowed the Chiefs to score eight runs in the top of the seventh inning of the nightcap to lose 16-10.

Spring Series skiing closes

Salt Lake City’s Brennan Rubie won his second men’s giant slalom title Wednesday at Mission Ridge Board & Ski Resort as the Western Region Elite Spring Series came to an end.

Tuesday’s prep box scores

Preps: EHS soccer fights back

EAST WENATCHEE — The second go-round in league play is always tougher than the first. That was certainly the case for the Eastmont Wildcats on Tuesday, who had to come from behind for a 3-1 victory over West Valley, a team they defeated 9-3 just three weeks before.

Cashmere baseball stays unbeaten with rout of Meridian

MERIDIAN — Even though the Cashmere baseball team won its Friday game against Blaine, the Bulldogs weren’t very happy with their performance, especially offensively; they recorded just three hits. They were bound and determined to generate more offense Saturday in their game against Meridian. They ended up generating much, much more.

Sox sign trio of UCLA players

WENATCHEE — One current UCLA player and two Bruin commits have signed to play for the Wenatchee AppleSox this summer. Outfielder Chris Keck, currently a freshman reserve for the No. 5 Bruins and current high school seniors James Kaprielian and Ty Moore will be plying their trade at Paul Thomas Sr. Field when the Sox open play this June.

NAHL's Dawson Creek suspends operations

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — The Dawson Creek Rage, the only Canadian franchise in the North American Hockey League have ceased operations, and will not compete in the league for the 2012-13 season.

Tuesday’s prep box scores

Roundup: Eastmont rolls to 8-0 win

EAST WENATCHEE — The offense has been the story for the Eastmont Wildcats this season, but on Tuesday the defense wrote its own chapter. The Wildcats held Southridge to just two shots in a 8-0 win at home, improving to 6-0 in the Big Nine 3A and 7-1 overall.

S.P.O.R.T. has pair of A-A champs

Emily Brault and Sierra Hartley of S.P.O.R.T gymnastics finished 1-2 in the all-around standings at a sectional qualifier on Saturday.

Tired Panthers still score high

EAST WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee boys and girls track teams were a tired lot heading into Friday’s Eastmont Invitational, but still had enough in the tank to pop some nice times in a competitive field. With spring break coming up, the Panther coaching staff put the teams through a grueling week of practices right up to the meet at Wildcat Stadium.