WENATCHEE — Nate Blauman and the Wenatchee Panthers kept rolling Friday as the senior tailback crossed 1,000 rushing yards on the season, following another hundred-yard performance, and the Panthers blew out the Davis Pirates 48-14 at the Apple Bowl.

CASHMERE — The Cashmere Bulldogs were set for a tough homecoming game on Friday night, but came out on top 21-20 against an Okanogan Bulldogs team they haven’t beaten since 2013.

EAST WENATCHEE — It was a packed gym Thursday night at Eastmont High School to watch the rivalry volleyball match between Eastmont and Wenatchee. The gathered crowd certainly got their money’s worth as the two teams battled to five sets.

CASHMERE — Homecoming week tends to draw out the unusual and, at times, can lead to some questionable losses, but not for the Cashmere Bulldogs, who took care of business and wrapped up their week with a 1-nil victory over the Okanogan Bulldogs Thursday night.

It’s always a big game when Wenatchee and Eastmont play, no matter the sport. It is a rivalry. Thursday night, the Wenatchee volleyball team plays at Eastmont with not just bragging rights on the line.

RICHLAND — The team scores for the Wenatchee Panthers were not the best at the 51st annual Max Jensen Richland Invitational on Saturday. The boys finished 10th out of 15 teams while the girls finished eighth out of 15 teams.

YAKIMA — Before the game, Panther Coach Scott Devereaux looked into his crystal ball and predicted a scrappy, hard-fought game, and it proved to be prophetic. The first half highlighted the referees as the field was painted in yellow flags with both teams suffering untimely penalties that st…

EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont Wildcats remain unbeaten on the season with a dominating win over Davis on Friday night. Eastmont was able to do whatever it wanted on offense and defense as the Pirates looked hopelessly overmatched.

The Cashmere train kept rolling Thursday afternoon as the Bulldogs marched into Okanogan and left with their (now) eight-game unbeaten streak intact, winning 1-nil.

CASHMERE — The Cashmere Bulldogs should have a ton of confidence following their stunning 3-1 victory over the Wenatchee Panthers on a chilly Tuesday night at Cashmere Soccer Field.

SPOKANE — The Wenatchee Panther volleyball team picked up a non-league victory Saturday over the 4A Central Valley Bears, which play in the Greater Spokane League. The Panthers won in straight sets, 27-25, 25-18 and 25-19.

CASHMERE — It’s tough to win when you get gashed up front for most of the night defensively and toss three picks.

YAKIMA — After a slow start, Wenatchee bounced back to defeat Eisenhower in Volleyball in straight sets, 25-23, 25-9, and 25-12 on Thursday night. The Panthers were down 17-23 in the first set when Jenna Osburn served out to finish the set 25-23. Wenatchee improves to 5-1 in the Big 9 and 5-…

WENATCHEE — The first set was tight and very competitive, but ultimately, there was no changing of the guard Tuesday night in terms of volleyball supremacy in the Big 9.

YAKIMA — The Wenatchee Panthers girls’ soccer team was able to finally win at West Valley for the first time in six years. Basically, the Rams have beaten the Panthers at home every year they have been in the Big 9.

EAST WENATCHEE — The Wildcats suffered a tough 2-1 loss to the Pirates on Tuesday for their first loss of the season. After falling behind by 2 goals, Megan Chandler scored Eastmont’s lone goal with an assist by Riley Fisher, but the team was unable to complete the comeback.

PORTLAND — The Wenatchee girls cross country team finished second at the Nike Invitational last weekend. That is the highest placing ever for a Wenatchee girls team at the event. The Panthers were competing against 28 other teams from Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho in the Division …

EAST WENATCHEE — The Wildcats had no issue handling Sunnyside over the weekend, routing the Grizzlies 7-2 to earn their fifth consecutive victory.

MUKILTEO — It had been a few years since Wenatchee had won the prestigious Mukilteo Invitational. This year, Head Coach Jame Elwyn felt like his team had a chance to win it again.

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CASHMERE — The Bulldogs got their CTL season off on a good note following a three-week road swing, smashing the visiting Chelan Goats 4-nil at Cashmere Soccer Field.

WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Panthers improved to 3-0 in the Big 9 Conference with a four set win over rival Eastmont on Tuesday at Wenatchee High School.

WENATCHEE — Meet scores are not the most important thing when Wenatchee and Eastmont swim against one another. The biggest thing is not the competition, but the friendship shared between the two schools.

RENTON -- The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board voted on Monday to approve three venues to host the WIAA football state championships. The six championship games will be held at Sparks Stadium (Puyallup) Harry E. Lang Stadium (Lakewood) and Mt. Tahoma Stadium …

WENATCHEE — Senior Maddy Smith had the hat trick as the Wenatchee Panther girls soccer team won their fourth game in a row Saturday. WHS beat Davis 4-0 to improve to 4-1 on the season.

WENATCHEE — A beautiful, sunny Wenatchee day greeted those teams attending the Wenatchee Invitational last Saturday at Walla Walla Point Park. The Wenatchee boys finished fourth behind Medical Lake, Ellensburg and Manson. It was a 5,000-meter course.

SOUTH WHIDBEY — The Cascade boys cross country team, despite battling sickness, turned in a good performance at the South Whidbey Invite over the weekend. The boys finished second in the 5,000 meter race.

WENATCHEE — Last year, Wenatchee beat Mount Boucherie from Kelowna, Canada pretty soundly, 70-0. This season, they put another whipping on their guests from the north. This time, it was 61-0, in a game that featured a running clock in the second half.

CHELAN – If there was a statement to be made, the Goats delivered it to the rest of the CTL Friday night after handing the South Whidbey Falcons a grade-a butt-kicking.

WENATCHEE — It was a good day in the pool for the Eastmont Wildcat girls on Thursday as they beat Eisenhower and Davis in their first Big 9 meet of the season. Eastmont beat Eisenhower 115 to 67, and Davis 117.9 to 66.

YAKIMA — A new star emerged at the first Big 9 Cross Country meet of the season at Franklin Park in Yakima on Thursday. Wenatchee freshman Tatum Grossdidier stunned the field with a win in the girls race with a time of 19.49 over the 3-mile course. She was the only racer under 20 minutes.

Three athletes from the NCW region were named as WIAA Players of the Week for their performance on the field during last week’s competition.