YAKIMA, Wash. Kyle Krustangel is taking a lemons-into-lemonade approach to the coronavirus outbreak that’s ravaging the sports calendar.
YAKIMA, Wash. — The NWAC canceled the spring sports season Tuesday because of concerns over the coronavirus.
Sunday's SWX all-star basketball games between players from the Yakima Valley and the Tri-Cities area, and the NWAC basketball tournaments joined a growing list of canceled events amidst concerns of the coronavirus pandemic Thursday morning.
YAKIMA, Wash. — The NWAC men’s and women’s tournaments, which begin Thursday at two Oregon schools after being moved from Everett because of the coronavirus, will be played without fans in the stands, the conference announced Wednesday night.
YAKIMA, Wash. —Yakima Valley’s Jenni Johnson earned first team NWAC East honors while former Yakima Valley standouts Sailor Liefke and Marissa Cortes picked up a pair of individual awards.
The NWAC men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are scheduled to resume Thursday at two Oregon schools, Yakima Valley College athletic director Ray Funk confirmed Sunday.
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SEATTLE — Putting on a display of near perfect balance, Central Washington’s women’s cruised to a 76-60 victory over Simon Fraser in the quarterfinals of the GNAC Tournament on Thursday at Seattle Pacific University.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley pounded Umpqua for 24 hits on Sunday en route to a nonleague sweep at Parker Faller Field.
WALLA WALLA — Yakima Valley’s men beat Walla Walla 82-80 on Saturday in an NWAC East playoff game to earn the division’s No. 4 seed in the NWAC tournament.
LACEY — It took Central Washington a little longer than expected to clinch its spot in next week's GNAC tournament.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Despite Jenni Johnson’s career night, Yakima Valley’s women could not keep pace on the boards in a 90-76 loss to Wenatchee Valley to close out the NWAC East regular season Wednesday night at Sherar Gym.
ELLENSBURG — Central Washington kept its postseason hopes alive with a 69-66 win over Concordia at Nicholson Paviliion.
YAKIMA, Wash. — First-year Pippins coach Kyle Krustangel chose two assistants to complete his coaching staff.
After a strong start, Yakima Valley looked to be in trouble when things took a big turn for the worse Saturday at home against Columbia Basin.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Ellensburg basketball standout Brinley Hagemeier and top sprinter E’lexis Hollis will continue their athletic careers at Central Washington.
SEATTLE — The dynamic combination of Isaiah Stewart and Jaden McDaniels, the first pairing of top-10 recruits in Washington men’s basketball history, was never going to last long.
YAKIMA, Wash. — The COVID-19 pandemic brought an unprecedented disruption to college sports, just as one season was ending and another beginning.
The Yakima Valley men’s basketball team ended a six-game losing streak Wednesday by beating Blue Mountain 104-90 at Sherar Gym.
MOSES LAKE — Yakima Valley couldn’t seem to maintain the comfortable leads it established multiple times at Big Bend Saturday afternoon.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley's new volleyball coach will be a familiar name to anyone closely connected to the area volleyball scene over the last three decades.
ONTARIO, Ore. — Wapato graduate Tarryn Hart connected on 8 of 14 shots and a scored a game-high 20 points as Yakima Valley's women defeated Treasure Valley 74-70 in NWAC East Region basketball Wednesday night.
ELLENSBURG — Central Washington's recent surge continued in convincing fashion with an 82-60 win over rival Western Washington Saturday night at Nicholson Pavilion.