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The road to the 2018 South Central Athletic Conference East Division baseball championship was paved remarkably by the College Place High School Hawks.
GRANGER, Wash.— Three College Place High School wrestlers qualified for state with strong performances, highlighted by Alex Smith besting the 285-pound weight class, here at regionals Saturday.
BENTON CITY, Wash. — Squared off against River View at a neutral site here on Monday in a special playoff for the last available spot in the South Central Athletic Conference girls basketball postseason tournament, College Place took a 33-32 lead into the fourth quarter.
WARDEN, Wash. — The College Place High School wrestlers went to Warden on Saturday for their district meet where Alex Smith took the win in his class.
COLLEGE PLACE — The College Place High School girls basketball team had a tall task in front of it here on Friday.
COLLEGE PLACE — For most, senior night marks a seminal point in a young athlete’s life. It’s meant to be the last hurrah for those whose accomplishments will soon be made off the court, rather than on it. It’s a final farewell to adolescence, and the realization of an evolution years in the making.
BENTON CITY, Wash. — Sumi Leavell scored a game-high 14 points, teammate Maeve Thompson added 12, Shea Kasenga 10, and the College Place girls routed Kiona-Benton 48-22 in a pivotal South Central Athletic Conference basketball matchup here on Tuesday.
BENTON CITY, Wash. — The College Place High School boys came out fired up, took a 20-18 lead after one quarter of play, and fought Kiona-Benton to the end with both Jackson Shumate and Reagan Case fouling out for the visiting Hawks.
ROYAL — The College Place prep girls basketball team played against two teams at the opposite ends of their league over the weekend.
ROYAL — The College Place boys basketball team started the weekend more than two games behind Wahluke for the final playoff spot in the SCAC East.
FINLEY, Wash. — The College Place High School girls basketball team took on undefeated Warden on Friday at home then went to River View on Saturday.
FINLEY, Wash. — The College Place Hawks couldn't hold back the Warden Cougars for the second time this season, as Warden scored up, over, and around the Hawks for a 92-77 South Central Athletic Conference boys basketball win.
COLLEGE PLACE — College Place High is hosting its first Coaches vs. Cancer event during home basketball games against Warden on Friday night.
HERMISTON, Ore. — The College Place High School wrestling team went to Hermiston, Ore., here on Saturday to participate in the Farm City Invitational.
CONNELL, Wash. — The College Place High School girls basketball team went to Connell for a South Central Athletic Conference East Division matchup on Friday, but the Hawks lost to Connell 66-38.
CONNELL — College Place built a four-point lead at the half here Friday in South Central Athletic Conference boys basketball action.
COLLEGE PLACE — Eager to bounce back from a tough loss to Royal here on Saturday, College Place got back on the winning track in convincing fashion.
COLLEGE PLACE — College Place girls went to Mattawa on Friday for a league game against Wahluke, followed by hosting Royal on Saturday.
ECHO, Ore. — College Place High School wrestlerd went to Echo High School in Oregon on Saturday to participate in the Cougar Challenge.
COLLEGE PLACE — On Friday, EWAC action, the Hawks traveled to Wahluke and ran into a hot-shooting Tanu Buck. Buck scored 30 as the Warriors built an early lead and maintained the lead for a 65-53 win.
COLLEGE PLACE — Riverview exploded for 27 first-quarter points, and the Panthers never looked back here in South Central Athletic Conference boys basketball action here Saturday. College Place had no answer on this night as the Panthers roared to a 90-59 win.
COLLEGE PLACE — The College Place High School Hawks took River View behind the woodshed late Saturday night and downed them with a 23-7 final period to close out a 58-36 win in South Central Athletic Conference girls basketball play.
College Place and Troy, Idaho battled into double overtime in boys basketball action here at the Edward Jones Christmas Classic. The Trojans overcame a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to edge the Hawks in double overtime 71-69 and claim the 2019 boys Classic title.
WARDEN — College Place ran into a offensive powerhouse here Saturday in Eastern Washington Athletic Conference girls basketball action.
WARDEN, Wash. — College Place High School boys basketball went to Warden on Saturday where they struggled to keep up with Warden as Warden won 80-62.
EPHRATA, Wash. — Shea Kasenga scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the College Place girls, but Ephrata routed them 61-40 in a non-league basketball matchup here on Tuesday.
COLLEGE PLACE — Walla Walla Valley Academy opened its boys basketball season with an exciting 73-62 victory over College Place High in non-league action here on Monday.
COLLEGE PLACE — Hawks senior Natalie Orchard signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball and study at Providence College in Rhode Island on Wednesday.
GRANGER — College Place ended its football season on a high note here on Friday night, handing the Spartans of Granger a 55-16 crossover defeat.
GRANGER — Looking to bounce back from a straight set playoff loss on Tuesday at LaSalle, the College Place High School volleyball team had to do it at Granger here on Saturday.
There are high hopes for local harriers as state cross country meets are held in Pasco and Eugene on Saturday.
Madi Neil (No. 1) sets up the College Place attack in an SCAC first-round playoff at LaSalle High on Tuesday.
ROYAL CITY, Wash. — Washington Class 1A powerhouse Royal showed its ready for another run at a state title with a 76-7 South Central Athletic Conference East victory over College Place here on Friday night.
YAKIMA — College Place harrier Eleonora Frokic placed fifth in the girls 3-mile race to pace the Hawks at the South Central Athletic Conference District championships at Apple Ridge Golf Course here on Thursday.
COLLEGE PLACE — Cashmere rolled over College Place on a windy Hawks Senior Night here on Friday, 43-19, in a non-league football matchup.
COLLEGE PLACE — College Place’s volleyball team gained momentum heading into the playoffs, as they swept South Central Athletic Conference foe Warden in straight sets in the Hawks gym on Thursday night.
CONNELL — College Place's Eleonara Frokic won the 5,000-meter girls race at the fourth South Central Athletic Conference cross country meet here on Thursday.
COLLEGE PLACE — It was deja vu all over again for the College Place volleyball team here Thursday night.
COLLEGE PLACE — College Place High’s cross country runners dominated in their home South Central Athletic Conference meet at Fort Walla Walla on Thursday.
COLLEGE PLACE — With a pivotal South Central Athletic Conference match against Wahluke on the near horizon, the College Place Hawks didn’t take River View for granted here Tuesday in an Eastern Division prep volleyball match.
COLLEGE PLACE — Warden came into College Place and rolled out with a 42-22 win in a South Central Athletic Conference prep football game that could have gone either way here on Friday.
ZILLAH, Wash. — College Place High School sophomore Joshua Courtney bested the boys three-mile race, leading the Hawks at a South Central Athletic Conference cross country meet here on Thursday.
BENTON CITY, Wash. — College Place High School’s volleyball team fell to Kiona-Benton in straight sets, 25-13, 25-9, 25-17, for a South Central Athletic Conference setback here on Thursday.
ROYAL CITY, Wash. — Visiting College Place overcame a missing setter, a rowdy crowd and the Royal Knights here Tuesday in a South Central Athletic Conference Eastern Division prep volleyball match.Â
COLLEGE PLACE — College Place High School’s volleyball team made short work of a non-league match against Liberty Christian here on Monday, dismmissing the Patriots with a 25-8, 25-9, 25-11 sweep.
COLLEGE PLACE — In an ugly South Central Athletic Conference football battle here Friday, River View of Finley spoiled College Place’s homecoming, as the Panthers used two pick sixes to defeat the Hawks 47-20.
WARDEN, Wash. — The College Place High School girls soccer team scored twice in the second half, but the Hawks made little ground in chasing Warden here on Tuesday.
WARDEN, Wash. — After a somewhat sluggish four-set non-league victory at Burbank on Monday, College Place was bit sharper here Tuesday in a South Central Athletic Conference East Division sweep of Warden.
COLLEGE PLACE — College Place High’s volleyball team cruised through Columbia-Burbank on Monday, winning three of the four sets played for the nonleague victory.
BENTON CITY — College Place football coach Donald Ponds knew heading into Friday night’s clash with South Central Athletic Conference foe Kiona-Benton his Hawks squad had its hands full.
