Bobo Brayton Day proclamation - A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Yakima has great sports legends and heroes with regional, national and worldwide sports acclaim, we honor our Sports Legend, Bobo Brayton. WHEREAS, our community seeks to pay tribute to individuals who lived in the Yakima Valley an...MORE...

Bat sale will benefit PYSF - The Parker Youth and Sports Foundations is taking a swing at fundraising by selling commemorative baseball bats. The wood bats were made by Hillerich & Bradsby, the company that makes Louisville Sluggers, and honor the careers of former Yakima Valley ...MORE...

A day all his own - If a marriage of bureaucracy and baseball at first seems a bit odd, consider that the primary proponent of this one, Dave Edler, played third base for Bobo Brayton at Washington State. Also be reminded that Edler, Yakima's mayor, became visibly emotional...MORE...

Prep roundup -- Grizzlies, Hounds advance - YAKIMA -- Relying on their defenses to do most of the work, Sunnyside and Grandview took care of home-field business on Tuesday and advanced in the state boys soccer playoffs. After a scoreless first half, Sunnyside pulled away for a 2-0 victory over Kami...MORE...

State soccer -- A refreshing win - COWICHE -- They were worn out, they didn't impress their coach with team play and their best shots hit more post than net. But in the first round of the Class 1A state boys soccer playoffs, it would require much more than that to derail the two-time defen...MORE...

Away at School -- Moseley snaps EWU's 1,500-meter mark - YAKIMA -- CAMILLE MOSELEY (Kittitas), a senior distance runner on the Eastern Washington track and field team, set a new school record in the 1,500-meter run this season with a time of 4 minutes, 30.33 seconds, breaking Hannah Lohrmann's 1999 mark of 4:31...MORE...

PREP REPORT -- La Salle shuts out Bridgeport in district opener - UNION GAP -- Whitney Anderson and Elise Fenich drove in two runs as the La Salle fastpitch team beat Bridgeport 9-0 in a loser-out Class 2B district game Monday. Anderson went 3-for-3 at the plate and also scored a run, and teammate Lauren Nichols added a...MORE...

Prep fastpitch -- Going the distance for split - ELLENSBURG -- Renee Cuillier's facial muscles have as much wear and tear on them as her arm this year. Because the East Valley starter smiles after every delivery home no matter what happens with the batter. She grinned right through a 1-0 loss to Ellensb...MORE...

LOCAL REPORT -- Longton takes Late Model race - Yakima -- Moxee's Mike Longton made an outside pass with 30 laps remaining and took the 75-circuit ASA Late Model race Saturday at Yakima Speedway. Longton, who had the second fastest time in qualifying, passed Mike Zamora to the lead. Zamora finished sec...MORE...

Prep baseball -- Selah outlasts East Valley in classic CWAC district championship - SELAH -- The scary thing is, they could do it all over again in six days. In a proverbial nobody-deserved-to-lose game, second-ranked Selah captured its second straight CWAC district baseball championship with a 9-8 white-knuckle victory against East Val...MORE...

College football -- Spring in their step - ELLENSBURG -- The whole point of spring football games is to not pay too much attention to them. To the points, that is. What counts is whether experienced players perform to expectations, whether newcomers show promise and whether anyone gets hurt. So ba...MORE...

Prep soccer -- Grizzlies win regional title - SUNNYSIDE -- It's been home sweet home for Sunnyside's boys soccer team. Playing on their home field for the third straight regional game, the Grizzlies once again rode their powerful defense to a 2-0 victory over Eastmont in the championship match Saturd...MORE...

Baseball roundup -- Forgey fans 10 as Rangers claim SCAC district - MOSES LAKE -- Lucas Forgey scattered five hits and struck out 10 as Naches Valley claimed the SCAC District baseball title with a 3-1 win over Connell on Saturday night. The win earned the Rangers, Class 1A state runners-up last year, the district's No. ...MORE...

Fastpitch roundup -- Powers helps NV claim share of SCAC West - NACHES -- Stephanie Powers collected four hits and three RBI, and pitcher Casi White struck out 15 for the day as Naches Valley swept Goldendale 7-6, 12-10 to earn a share of the SCAC West fastpitch title on Saturday. Powers finished 4-for-6 for the day...MORE...

Tennis/Golf roundup -- Davis' Chang, Ike's Bemis reach 4A semifinals - YAKIMA -- Davis' Abe Chang and Eisenhower's Eric Bemis stormed through their respective singles brackets to reach the semifinals of the CBL 4A boys district tennis tournament Saturday at Kissel Park in Yakima. After first-round byes, both players posted t...MORE...

Local report -- CWU's Nilsen shines in finale, despite losing pair to NNU - NAMPA, Idaho -- Central Washington lost both games of a doubleheader to Northwest Nazarene on Saturday to end its season, but CWU senior Jamie Nilsen nonetheless went out in a blaze of glory. Though the Wildcats fell 10-8 and 6-5, Nilsen's remarkable care...MORE...

Semi-pro football -- Mavericks still undefeated - SPOKANE -- The Yakima Mavericks inched closer to matching the program's best start with a patient 26-16 victory against the State Line Miners on Saturday at North Central High School. Jesse Cardenas scored rushing touchdowns of 4 and 5 yards to go with Mi...MORE...

PNGA Cup -- Washington team rallies to beat Oregon - BEND, Ore. -- Dan Whitaker and his Washington teammates staged a stunning rally Saturday to capture the PNGA Cup in a sudden-death playoff over two-time defending champion Oregon. Whitaker won his singles match Saturday, 2 and 1 over British Columbia's Cr...MORE...

5/11/08 Letter to sports - CWU women set records as well To the sports editor -- I really enjoyed Roger Underwood's column about the first 49 years of CWU's Nicholson Pavilion. Yes, the men's teams were quite dominant. I also remember a women's team that holds a record on that co...MORE...

5/11/08 Prep standings - CWAC Final W L x-Othello 17 1 x-East Valley 15 3 x-Ellensburg 15 3 x-Selah 13 5 x-Quincy 7 11 x-Ephrata 7 11 x-Grandview 7 11 x-Prosser 5 13 Toppenish 2 16 Wapato 2 16 x-qualified for district Saturday's results Ellensburg 1-0, East Valley 0-3 Grandview...MORE...

Prep track and field -- Selah's Blanshan blazes to 10.36; Wandling false starts - Two state champions took dramatic wrong turns in CWAC sub-district track and field meets on Friday, but Brett Blanshan flew straight ahead faster than ever. The Selah junior clocked an automatically timed 10.36 seconds in the 100 meters at the North meet...MORE...

Local report -- CWU baseball earns split - NAMPA, Idaho -- Kevin Walkenhauer and Nate Rylaarsdam each doubled twice and Rylaarsdam finished with three RBI as Central Washington beat Northwest Nazarene 9-4 Friday for a split of a GNAC doubleheader. The Crusaders' 9-6 first-game win eliminated Centr...MORE...

College football -- Another new era begins for CWU - YAKIMA -- Unlike most spring games, where a mostly new team runs the previous season's plays, Central Washington will offer an intriguing variation today. The Wildcats, for the second straight year, will unveil a new coach and a new system when they concl...MORE...

PDL soccer -- Reds leave Surge blue - YAKIMA -- Welcome back, Junior. Prior to Friday night, the last time Junior Garcia played on the field at Marquette Stadium was last June when he suffered a season-ending injury that proved equally devastating to the Yakima Reds offense. Friday, Garcia wa...MORE...

Prep baseball/fastpitch roundup -- Viks, Red Devils to meet for CWAC title - Selah and East Valley, who split two regular-season games last month, will meet tonight for the CWAC district baseball championship. The Vikings, who won the league title, earned their berth by downing Ellensburg 4-1 in a semifinal game Friday on their ho...MORE...

Local report -- Central signs Spokane point guard - ELLENSBURG -- Central Washington, which lost starting point guard Nate Jackson to graduation, has possibly found a successor. Jon Clift, who helped lead Spokane to a runner-up finish to Yakima Valley in the NWAACC Tournament in March, has decided to conti...MORE...

Prep golf -- Overcoming over and over - YAKIMA -- In the opening minute of what would be one of the biggest victories in the history of West Valley's girls basketball program, Liz Tikriti was forced to do something which for her was unthinkable. She sat. Inside her right knee was so much ligame...MORE...

5/9/08 This week on track - YAKIMA SPEEDWAY What: Late Models, Super Stocks, Hobby Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, Hornets, Bump to Pass, Youth Hornets. When: Saturday. Gates open at 4 p.m., racing at 5. Note: Quiet since the Apple Cup, the Speedway hosts its first full local slate of raci...MORE...

Prep report -- Small-school vaulting flying high with TL-G - Is it track and field for the Trout Lake-Glenwood program or, more specifically, simply track and pole vault? Hard to tell since nine of the 15 boys in the two-school program have competed in the event and three of them are among the top four 1B vaulters...MORE...

Yakima Valley track and field leaders - THROUGH WEDNESDAY BOYS 100 -- FAT: Brett Blanshan (Selah) 10.79, Cade Wandling (Prosser) 10.86, Marco Martinez (Toppenish) 11.00, Dana Wells (Riverside Christian) 11.23, Cody Bruns (Prosser) 11.43, Jonathan Newport (Eisenhower) 11.43. Wind aided: Blanshan...MORE...

CBA -- Potential Sun Kings owners emerge - YAKIMA -- While work progresses on a deal with local investors to buy the Sun Kings, another potential buyer has emerged -- and he's one quite familiar to fans. Otis Harlan said Thursday that he's seriously interested in reaquiring the team that he owned ...MORE...

CWU Hall of Fame -- Central marks a season of firsts - YAKIMA -- More than one member of the 1987-88 Central Washington women's basketball team admitted to memory lapses when asked about the historic team. "That was, after all, 20 years ago," one of them explained. True. But closer examination reveals that a...MORE...

5/9/08 Hot Tickets - TODAY BASEBALL: Take your pick between these two CWAC district semifinals -- Ellensburg at Selah and Ephrata at East Valley. Both start at 4 p.m. Meanwhile, Naches Valley hosts Kiona-Benton in a SCAC semifinal. SATURDAY BOYS SOCCER: Sunnyside hosts Eastm...MORE...

5/9/08 Prep standings - Fastpitch CWAC W L Othello 15 1 East Valley 14 2 Ellensburg 14 2 Selah 13 3 Grandview 5 11 Prosser 5 11 Quincy 5 11 Ephrata 5 11 Toppenish 2 14 Wapato 2 14 Today's games Othello at Selah (2), 3:30 p.m. Saturday's games Prosser at Grandview (2), 10 a.m. T...MORE...

Prep Roundup -- Mercado's goals lift Selah - YAKIMA -- Senior Israel Mercado scored early and late -- both times with the help of Michael Fadden -- and lifted Selah to a 2-1 overtime victory over East Valley in a loser-out CWAC district boys soccer match on Thursday. Mercado scored on an assist from...MORE...