WHS girls soccer turns to college coach
Cashmere, Entiat volleyball teams will also have new leaders when fall begins
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee athletics program tapped into the college ranks in its search for a new girls soccer coach. Katie Fox, who led the program at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore. last season, will take over the Panther program this fall.
Merchants 2nd in Summer Heat
EAST WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Merchants 10-under girls fastpitch softball team recently took sceond place in the Summer Heat tournament in Moses Lake. “It’s our first trophy in our young history,” Merchants coach Erik Vasquez said.
Rams seek their second WFL title in three years
Commandos are all that stand between them, title
EAST WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Rams will play in their third Washington Football League championship game in as many seasons on Saturday, and if the Rams are going to be crowned champions for the second time in that span, they’re going to have to do something they have failed to do in two previous tries this year: Beat the Okanogan Commandos. While both regular-season games were close, both went to the Commandos, who prevailed 18-14 in Okanogan in early April and 21-17 in East Wenatchee in early May.
Mixed messages
WVSO’s rolling billboards offer wide variety of content
EAST WENATCHEE — At the highest levels of the sport, every single square inch of most cars is covered by sponsors’ logos, decals or sloguns. But go a couple rungs lower on the auto racing ladder, and big-money endorsement deals are a little harder to come by. That means drivers have to get a little more creative when getting their cars race-ready.
Wild picks have different dreams
One hoping to make team, other has another ‘Plan A’
WENATCHEE — The two players Wenatchee selected in the 2011 draft have very different attitudes about their selections. Storm Wahlrab was hoping to land in Wenatchee, while Shane Shiring is planning to end up somewhere else.
No Open for Ellis
East Wenatchee native misses cut at U.S. Open Qualifier
BREMERTON — Nine holes in, Nick Ellis was two under par and near the top of the leader board. But things slowly got away from Ellis after that, as the Eastmont High School and Washington State University grad failed to qualify for the U.S. Open.
All-state teams named
YAKIMA — Eastmont’s Ian Sagdal and Brewster’s Stockton Taylor have both been picked to play in the All-State Baseball Series this weekend in Yakima. Four teams will play Saturday and Sunday in Yakima. Sagdal and Taylor have both been assigned to Team Rainier, which will take on Team St. Helens at 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Team Adams will meet Team Baker at noon Saturday. The third-place game is 10:25 a.m. Sunday, followed by the championship at 1:35 p.m.
MVSTA seeks new director
WINTHROP — For the first time in the organization’s history, the Methow Valley Sport Trails Association is looking for a new executive director. The new director will replace Jay Lucas, who has served in that role for the past 30 years.
Scoreboard: Indoor football
IFL standings
A tough way to finish
Wenatchee Valley’s year is over as furious rally falls short
WENATCHEE — The Tri-Cities Fever are going on to the playoffs, while the Wenatchee Valley Venom are going back to the drawing board. The Venom’s second season came to a close with a 58-52 loss the Fever on Saturday in a game that saw the Venom fall behind early, then have a furious rally fall just short in the final seconds.
Rams top Wolfpack in another close one
EAST WENATCHEE — For the third time in as many meetings, Saturday’s game between the Wenatchee Valley Rams and Spokane Wolfpack was decided by one score. And now for the third time in as many seasons, the Rams will play for the Washington Football League championship.
Ladies, senior golf leagues get together for scramble
MALAGA — The Ladies 18 Hole division and Senior Men’s club got together for a scramble Thursday, with the team of Sandy O’Donnell, Frank Hulse, Mary Hammond and Darlene Pinkston coming away with a winning 41.5 net score. Leavenworth
NAHL adds division
FRISCO, Texas — The North American Hockey League on Wednesday announced the league is switching from four to five divisions for the 2011-12 season. The West Division is unaffected by the change, and will still include Wenatchee, Fairbanks, Alaska, Kenai River, Dawson Creek and Fresno.
Insider’s look at junior hockey
Wild player filmed scenes during the regular season
WENATCHEE — Chris Rumble spent two seasons in Wenatchee trying to become the best hockey player he could be. But if his hockey career doesn’t pan out, Wenatchee could still be remembered as the place he launched a different path in his life. The Wild defenseman spent the 2010-11 season collecting behind-the-scenes video and audio for a 90-minute documentary called “Into the Ice,” an insider’s look at the world of junior hockey.
College track
Kiser misses cut EUGENE, Ore. — Hannah Kiser finished 32nd in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West track meet Saturday.
Mansfield freshman is 3-event champion
CHENEY — Macen McLean sets new state 1B long jump record
Panthers miss state repeat by single point
VANCOUVER — The Wenatchee boys tennis team was not quite able to defend last year’s co-state championship, but finishing in the top two in the state two years in a row is nothing to sneeze at.
Panther boys on track at state
TACOMA — The Wenatchee boys track and field team is on target to reach Panther coach Bob Bullis’ expectations through two days of competition at the Class 4A state championships at Mount Tahoma Stadium. Isaiah Brandt-Sims had the best qualifying time in the 200-meter preliminary heats, clocking a 21.77, and Nicholas Boersma had a similarly relaxing heat in the 800.
Offensive explosion not enough for Bears
YAKIMA — Fifteen runs is usually enough to win several softball games, let alone a single one. But it wasn’t enough for Brewster to avoid elimination at the state Class 2B softball tournament Friday. After losing their first tournament game 13-2 to Mossyrock, the Bears put 15 on the board against LaConner in their second game, only to fall short in a 16-15 season-ending loss.
Bowling Congress hands out awards
EAST WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Association of the United States Bowling Congress held its annual awards social earlier this month, and a number of individuals and teams were honored. Luc Harris and Michelle Hashberger were the boys and girls Bowler of the Year, and Trevor Schulze, Nick Willet and Andrew Lane also made the youth all-star team.
Panthers set sight on state prep tennis title
A year after tying for the 4A championship, Wenatchee has similar lofty goals
WENATCHEE — When you tie for a state title, there’s very little room for improvement the following year. But by getting two singles players and a doubles team through to this year’s state tournament, the Wenatchee boys tennis team has put itself in position to do just that.
Chelan focuses on ‘that girl’ from Connell
Brewster and Liberty Bell squads aiming for trophies in Class 2B at Yakima
CHELAN — They’re definitely undermanned, down to 11 players due to various injuries. They’re probably overmatched, opening against one of the top Class 1A pitchers in the state. But the Chelan softball team isn’t about to back down from anyone at the state tournament in Spokane, including the opener against Connell at 10 a.m. Friday.
Softball
Softball Class 2B state tournament
Auto racing
Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval
Knights third at NWAACC tournament
PORTLAND — Eventually Shelly Pflugrath will get around to thinking about this as the most successful season so far in her tenure as Wenatchee Valley College softball coach. But for now Pflugrath and her team are still coming to terms with the fact that they finished third in this year’s NWAACC tournament.
Community college sports
Softball
Goodman misses game
WENATCHEE — The status of Wenatchee Valley wide receiver Phil Goodman, the team’s franchise player, is apparently in question after he was not in the arena on Saturday night. Smith confirmed Goodman’s absence, but would not comment on why he wasn’t there, or whether he was still on the team. “I only want to comment on the guys that were here,” he said. When asked whether Goodman would be in uniform when the Venom travel to face this same Seattle team next Saturday, Smith alluded to the uncertainty of Goodman’s status. “I’ll let you know when I’ve made a decision,” he said. —Brian Adamowsky, World staff
Chelan pulls upset, headed to state
PESHASTIN — Just one Caribou Trail League team is going to state, and it’s not the one most people expected. After both Cascade and Chelan lost in the semifinals, the Goats beat the Kodiaks 9-8 in an elimination game for the third state berth from the bi-district.
WVL boys fall in state quarterfinals
WENATCHEE — The Garfield Bulldogs controlled possession and dominated the face-off spot all game, and a Wenatchee Valley comeback fell short as the Seattle squad knocked Wenatchee Valley out of the Division II boys lacrosse state tournament with an 8-6 win in a rainy quarterfinal at Hollis Field. Wenatchee Valley trailed by five goals entering the fourth quarter when its offense finally came to life with consecutive goals by Rawley Holmberg and Caden Stockwell, making the score 7-4 with 3:28 remaining.
Baseball
Baseball 1A state tournament
Not this year — Cashmere baseball denied
No third straight trip to 1A Final Four
EAST WENATCHEE — Bellevue Christian starting pitcher Jo Jo Howie was supposed to be on a strict pitch count Saturday. Cashmere wishes the Vikings had stuck to that plan. Instead Howie tossed a complete-game gem in Class 1A first-round state tournament play Saturday, and the Vikings squeaked past the defending state champion Bulldogs 1-0.
Wildcat connection for Bellevue coach
EAST WENATCHEE — On most days, Eastmont athletic director Dan White would have been cheering for Cashmere. But when the Bulldogs played at the Eastmont baseball field that’s named after him Saturday, White was rooting for the other guys. That’s because Bellevue Christian is coached by Brian Potoshnik, who played at Eastmont for White, the longtime Wildcats coach in the late 1980s.
Two aces at Highlander
EAST WENATCHEE — A pair of golfers knocked in holes-in-one on back-to-back days at the Highlander Golf Course this week. On Thursday, Robert Walls scored his first-ever ace on the 100-yard, par-3 17th hole using a gap wedge. The feat was witnessed by Ralph Archer.
NorthWest Mods at Super Oval
EAST WENATCHE —NorthWest Modifieds make their 2011 Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval debut on Saturday night, while the Thunder Cars, Pure Stocks and Youth Hornets classes return to action for the first time since opening night. That night, the top two Thunder Cars drivers from 2010, Russell Kain and Trucker Moore, were in familiar positions. Both won heat races, and they then finished one-two in the feature race. Defending Pure Stocks champ Michelle Kennedy was sixth in her 2011 debut.
Bulldogs ready for title defense
Cashmere opens state in East Wenatchee on Saturday
CASHMERE — The rest of the teams in the Caribou Trail League have been done for more than a week, but the Cashmere Bulldogs hope to just be getting started. The Bulldogs overcame their first real adversity all season last weekend — they won a pair of one-run games to secure the No. 1 seed from their bi-district tournament to state — and just four games now stand between them and a state chamionship repeat.
Kodiaks still on top despite coach’s doubts
Cascade cruised to fourth straight league title
LEAVENWORTH — At the start of the Caribou Trail League season, Cascade softball coach Todd Gilbert predicted an end to his team’s domination on the diamond. Then his team went out and made a liar out of him.
State soccer roundup
Wildcats win 2OT thriller: Header propels Cats into quarterfinals vs. Southridge
PASCO — No matter how many times the Eastmont Wildcats face elimination, they won’t go away. Hernán Mendoza headed Mauricio Perez’s corner kick into the net in the second overtime to lead Eastmont to a 1-0 victory over Pasco in a Class 3A state tournament opener Tuesday night, giving the Wildcats their fourth straight victory in a loser-out situation.
USHL teams tab pair of Wild players
Six tenders also selected
WENATCHEE — A pair of Wenatchee Wild veterans, as well as six other tendered players, were selected in the United States Hockey League draft Monday. Jacob Barber, who scored 34 goals in 59 games with Wenatchee and Alaska last season, was taken by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders with the last pick of the first round, 15th overall.
Prep fastpitch/baseball roundup
Cascade fastpitch rolls to district championship
LEAVENWORTH — It took a little longer than they expected, but the Cascade fastpitch softball team is the champion of District Six. The District 6 1A tournament was originally set for Saturday in Chelan, but heavy rains washed those games to Tuesday in Leavenworth, where Cascade rolled to a pair of easy wins.
Scoreboard: Prep sports
Prep box scores and tournament schedules
Panther girls junior third at Three Lakes
EAST WENATCHEE — Jordan Takasugi is headed back to state after qualifying with plenty of room to spare Monday. Takasugi shot an 86 in Class 4A district touranment play Tuesday at Three Lakes Golf Course, good for third place overall. Richland’s Kristin Strankman won with a 76, with Chiawana’s Kelsey Merrill taking the eighth and final state berth with a 95.
Wenatchee boys take title, grab four spots for regionals
YAKIMA — Getting two singles players through to regionals was expected. Having two doubles teams join them was an unexpected bonus. Wenatchee won the district title and grabbed four of six slots Monday for the 4A tennis regional tournament it is hosting Saturday. The second day of the district tournament included an all-Wenatchee final in singles, and Panthers doubles teams taking second and third.
Scoreboard: Cycling
Wenatchee Omnium results
Scoreboard: Prep sports
Prep box scores and tournament schedules
Rinse cycle: Rains hamper Omnium races
WENATCHEE — Before the start of Saturday afternoon’s race, George Velazquez and Jim Heinlein put their heads together and came up with a plan. The Wenatchee cyclists discussed at length the maneuvers and strategies that would lead them to victory in the Men’s Masters 3 category of the Ted Finegold Memorial Criterium. Then they decided it wouldn’t possibly work out the way they hoped.
NCW sports briefs
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Lacrosse boys high school team has been one of the most dominant squads anywhere in Division II over the latter part of the regular season, and didn’t show any signs of letting up in its playoff opener.
Scoreboard: Cycling
Ted Finegold Memorial Criterium results
Scoreboard: Community college sports
Wenatchee Valley College box scores
WV Masters swimmers strike gold in Arizona
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley Masters swimmers Peony Munger and Jack Bevier both recently hit gold at the Short Course Masters National Championships in Mesa, Ariz. Both were national champions in the 200 butterfly in the 75-79 age group, and Munger also won the 100 butterfly and 400 individual medley. She was also third in the 200 backstroke and fourth in the 200 breaststroke. Bevier finished third in the 100 butterfly and 1,650 freestyle, fourth in the 500 freestyle and fifth in the 50 butterfly and 200 freestyle.
Primed and ready
Junior Velo club gives riders a chance to learn – and go fast. They’ll get to showcase their bicycling talents at the Omnium.
WENATCHEE — In his three years in the Wenatchee Valley Junior Velo Club, Josh Mandoli’s parents have driven all over the state to bring him to races and watch him compete. But his mom won’t be watching every move he makes when Mandoli rides Saturday in the criterium leg of the Wenatchee Omnium.
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