EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont Wildcats needed this one.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — Nearly a month ago, Wenatchee girls soccer fell to a team not unlike themselves. A team more used to winning than losing. and when done it’s decisive. Tuesday night, senior night, with district playoff seeding looming, and just two games to influence their placement, the Panthers…
EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont Wildcats needed this one.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
SUNNYSIDE — Fresh off a blowout win at Hanford, Eastmont Football’s confidence was high when they took on the Grizzlies at Sunnyside Friday night. And they used every ounce in a battled win 31-26.
WENATCHEE — For the Wenatchee High School Panthers, a loss by the score of 41-20 isn’t reflective of a game that was tied in the second half.
CASHMERE — There’s no other way to say it, these past two weeks have been agonizing for the Cashmere Bulldogs.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — For the first time in nine years, the Wenatchee Panthers are Big 9 regular season champs in volleyball.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Tuesday night, Wildcat and Panther Volleyball met on the court for the second time this season. Both teams off of recent wins, both poised and ready to face their rival. Wenatchee was hoping for an encore performance, and the Wildcats were looking to flip the script, and dis…
WENATCHEE — The Panthers exorcised all of their past demons with the Eastmont Wildcats Tuesday, bouncing their cross-bridge rival 4-2 in a fairly one-sided match at the Apple Bowl.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Panthers fought hard on Saturday but they weren’t able to overcome the West Valley attack led by junior Kendall Moore, who scored two goals in a 3-1 win.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
SUNNYSIDE — Eastmont was on an eight-game win streak earlier this month before it was interrupted in a tough match against West Valley. But already, the Wildcats have bounced back, earning their third win in a row Saturday.
RICHLAND — After a close loss the previous week that interrupted a three game win streak, Wildcat Football was more than eager to tackle the Hanford Falcons, and regain a little more momentum for the remainder of the regular season.
WENATCHEE — Coming into Friday’s homecoming game, the Wenatchee Panthers had only two practices following multiple cases of COVID-19 on the team.
PESHASTIN — All Cascade head coach Dominique Coffin could think about in the last few minutes of Friday’s Pear Bowl was, ‘not again.’
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
YAKIMA — The Panthers secured one of their biggest wins in program history Thursday night, sweeping the West Valley Rams (25-21, 25-18, 25-13) in straight sets.
CASHMERE — The Cashmere Bulldogs checked off the first of their preseason goals Thursday.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
CHELAN — The Chelan Goats accomplished something Tuesday they had never done before on the soccer pitch.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
In the days after Gov. Jay Inslee’s Aug. 27 announcement updating vaccination mandates, those who assign games to Washington sports officials began to wonder how they would cover high-school and middle-school contests.
EAST WENATCHEE — It might not have been their most well-rounded performance, but the Eastmont Wildcats got the win nonetheless Saturday, scraping out a 2-nil victory over the Davis Pirates at Eastmont Stadium.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
CHELAN — Defensively, the Goats had the same issues as last week: the front seven couldn’t stop a nosebleed. The offense just wasn’t able to dig them out this time.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont came into the game as perhaps the favorite to win the Big-9 but upstart Moses Lake gave them all they could handle. The Chiefs used a running attack in the second half to run away with a 21-13 win.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
QUINCY — Cascade and Quincy met on the Jackrabbits' home field Friday night, both searching for their first conference win of the season.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee High School Panthers football game against Davis has been canceled, athletic director Jim Beeson confirmed Wednesday night after the program had six COVID-19 positive cases on the varsity team.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
LEAVENWORTH — Midway through the fall season, the Wenatchee Panthers cross country team has exceeded expectations, head coach Steve Roche said after practice Tuesday.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — It didn’t take long.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
A flock of geese flies over the Cascade High School football stadium in Peshastin before the Kodiaks play Chelan on Friday.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
YAKIMA — Eastmont High was on a two-game win streak Friday night when they faced Eisenhower, a team that suffered a tough loss to Moses Lake the previous week.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Panther football team fell to 1-3 on the season and 0-2 in Big 9 play with a 20-10 defeat on Friday night against Sunnyside.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
PESHASTIN — Defensively, it wasn’t pretty.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
Kristin Harvey, 7, Wenatchee, practices a cheer during the Wenatchee High School Mini Cheer Camp on Thursday. She has been in dance classes for five years and decided to try cheer at the camp. Cheerleader Coach Danielle Schafer-Cloke said 160 children from kindergarten through fifth grade signed up for the camp.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
WENATCHEE — The Panthers kept on rolling and earned their third straight sweep Thursday after beating the Moses Lake Chiefs (25-14, 25-19, 25-16) at Wenatchee High School.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — Coming off Saturday’s deflating 1-nil loss to Eastmont, the Panthers needed a solid response Tuesday against visiting Davis.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
CASHMERE — Cashmere was riding a three game win streak coming into Saturday's matchup with Okanogan at home.
CHELAN — Chelan Football knew they had to right the ship Friday night after a couple losses earlier this month. So when they hosted Tonasket, they didn’t hold back, and won decisively 55-13.
CASHMERE — It’s tough to win when your defense can’t get off the field or stop the run.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont football ran their win streak to six in a row over Wenatchee Friday night with a 28-3 win over the rival Panthers in the Bridge of Sportsmanship game. However, it took a strong effort by the Wildcats to secure the win after a sluggish first half.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Fresh off wins, both Wenatchee and Eastmont didn’t need much more motivation or momentum Thursday night when they met for their first cross-river rivalry game of the season.
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont wasted no time in its game against Sunnyside on Tuesday.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
YAKIMA — Head coach David Vasquez knew Tuesday night’s game against West Valley was going to be difficult, but his Panthers delivered with a huge 3-0 win over the Rams.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
The shadows of three swimmers in front of a window are reflected in the diving pool at the Eastmont Aquatics Center on Tuesday during a dual swim meet between Wenatchee and Eastmont high schools. For the results, see today's Sports section.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
EAST WENATCHEE — The Wildcats splashed, dashed and dove their way to a big win Tuesday in their swim meet against Wenatchee at the Eastmont Aquatic Center.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — The Wildcats hosted the Moses Lake Chiefs Saturday for their first conference game of the season and both teams hit the pitch ready for a battle.
PESHASTIN — The Cascade Kodiaks overcame four first-half turnovers to turn a dominating second-half performance on the way to a 42-22 win over Brewster on Friday night.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
CASHMERE — The Bulldogs' Jack Croci must have had a double bowl of Wheaties before he went to school Friday morning because he absolutely killed Granite Falls in a 48-12 drubbing at Cashmere High School.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
VANCOUVER — Panthers football made the long trip to Vancouver for their second game of the season on Friday to face the Mountain View Thunder, and quickly became acquainted with their mascots namesake:
LEAVENWORTH — The Kodiaks have had an up-and-down start to their soccer season thus far, so when the Cle Elum Warriors came Leavenworth Thursday evening they had the proper motivation to add another win to their record.
EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont Wildcats made quick work of Moses Lake Thursday night, sweeping the Chiefs (25-12, 25-12, 25-17) in a little over an hour to earn their second straight Big 9 win.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
CASHMERE — Soccer can be a cruel, humbling game at times.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — It wasn’t easy but the Chelan Goats kept their composure during a back-and-forth third set and held on to sweep Wenatchee (25-22, 25-14, 31-29) Monday night at Wenatchee High School.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
WENATCHEE — After patiently waiting for the past two Fridays, the Wenatchee Panthers finally opened their football season Saturday night against Mt. Baker at the Apple Bowl.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
SPOKANE — Wildcat Football took a long bus ride Friday night to face the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups.