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Larry Weir said the beginning of his broadcast career could be attributed to “dumb luck.”
Jeff Bartlow’s 16-year body of work as head football coach for both Waitsburg High School and the Waitsburg-Prescott program is first rate.
DAYTON — Winless Dayton-Waitsburg stayed close with Tri-Cities Prep here on Friday night, but ultimately the Jaguars pulled out the 27-15 Eastern Washington Athletic Conference victory.
RICHLAND — Liberty Christian outscored Dayton-Waitsburg 26-0 in the middle two quarters here Friday night and rolled to a 38-16 victory in a non-league prep football game between Eastern Washington Athletic Conference foes.
WAITSBURG — Dayton-Waitsburg stopped Burbank on eight drives, taking over on downs each time, here Friday in opening non-conference football action.
YAKIMA — Dayton-Waitsburg’s softball team suffered a pair of losses on Friday at the Washington state Class 2B tournament to end its run.
MOSES LAKE — Dayton-Waitsburg’s softball team secured a berth in the state tournament as the second seed out of District 5/6 with two victories at the District 5/6 Class 2B Regional tournament at Paul Lauzier Athletic Complex here on Saturday.
MILTON-FREEWATER — Mac-Hi extended its early season winning streak to three here Saturday night with a lopsided 53-15 victory over visiting Dayton-Waitsburg in a boys non-league prep basketball game.
BURBANK — Dayton-Waitsburg scored on the first play of the fourth quarter to cut Columbia-Burbank’s lead to 13-8 here Friday in non-conference football action.
YAKIMA — Dayton-Waitsburg ended its state Class 2B tournament run here on Saturday, being eliminated by Onalaska, 11-4.
MOSES LAKE — Dayton-Waitsburg won two of its three games at a Class 2B regional softball tournament here over the weekend and advances to this weekend’s state tourney in Yakima as a No. 3 seed.
PASCO — Dayton-Waitsburg notched a pair of softball victories here Saturday at Chiawana High School to capture the No. 3 seed to a Washington Class 2B regional tournament that will be contested this weekend in Moses Lake.
KITTITAS — Host Kittitas took a pair of EWAC softball games from Dayton-Waitsburg here on Saturday, 14-4 and 12-5.
DEER PARK, Wash.— Seamus House led Waitsburg High School here Friday in non-conference track and field action. The Cardinals ran in the 15-team Glen Wolf Memorial Invite.
COLTON, Wash. — Megan Robins pitched a complete game with five strikeouts for Dayton-Waitsburg in its 5-2 win over Colton in a prep softball non-league matchup here on Wednesday.
WAITSBURG — School officials voted unanimously at a special Waitsburg School Board meeting Monday to recommit to combining all high- and middle-school sports programs with Dayton School District.
School officials will join for a special meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at Waitsburg Elementary School to continue a discussion about whether to join with Dayton in a sports combine.
WAITSBURG — The planned full-athletic combine between Waitsburg and Dayton school districts was sacked at Wednesday’s meeting of the Waitsburg School Board.
It’s official — the Dayton Bulldogs and Waitsburg Cardinals will join forces in all high- and middle-school sports, beginning next fall.
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg and Dayton school districts will have a special joint Board meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the Waitsburg Elementary School library, 184 Academy St.
PRESCOTT — Waitsburg dug itself into a 21-2 hole after one quarter and could never dig out as Prescott raced to a 62-27 victory over the Cardinals in a boys Southeast 1B League prep basketball game.
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg’s Devon Harshman posted a double-double here Saturday in Southeast 1B girls basketball action. Harshman scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebound0s for the Cardinals, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Oakesdale’s Lizzy Perry’s 24-point night.
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg dropped two games in Southeast 1B boys basketball action Friday and Saturday.
Dayton’s and Waitsburg’s school boards had agreed to begin as one athletic unit with the start of school this coming fall. A public meeting in Dayton on Nov. 29 revealed most people were in favor of the action, district officials said then.
WAITSBURG — The perennial class 1B girls state champion Colton Wildcats came out firing here Saturday in Southeast 1B girls basketball action.
Discussion surrounding the meshing of Waitsburg and Dayton school districts’ athletic program continues with a public meeting on Jan. 8 at Waitsburg Elementary School library, 184 Academy St.
POMEROY — Pomeroy got the jump on Touchet here Saturday in girls Southeast 1B basketball action.
A meeting today will help answer questions and air concerns about expanding boy’s and girl’s athletics in the combined Dayton and Waitsburg school sports program.
WAITSBURG — Senior Ariel Sandau scored a team-high 11 kills in her last match here at Waitsburg High School as the Cardinals overcame a slow start to beat LaCrosse-Washtucna-Kahlotus, 3-1, in a their final match of the season Monday.
LACROSSE, Wash. — Waitsburg High School’s volleyball team lost all three sets against LaCrosse-Washtucna-Kahlotus, 25-21. 25-16 and 25-17, in Southeast 1B action here on Thursday.
WAITSBURG — Coach Angie Potts is hopeful that her Waitsburg High volleyball team takes heart from its convincing second-set victory over visiting Colton here Tuesday night.
ST. JOHN, Wash. — Waitsburg dropped a 25-18, 25-13, 18-25, 25-20 Southeast 1B League prep volleyball match to St. John-Endicott here Thursday night.
WAITSBURG — Devon Harshman scored eight kills along with four blocks and six digs for Waitsburg High School’s volleyball team, but the Cardinals lost all three sets to Garfield-Palouse, 25-17, 25-19 and 25-17, in a Southeast 1B match here on Tuesday.
WAITSBURG — Oakesdale knocked off Waitsburg in three sets here Thursday in a Southeast 1B League prep volleyball match.
YAKIMA — Waitsburg’s volleyball team got some valuable experience at the Sundome Tournament here on Friday, putting five matches under its belt.
WAITSBURG — School officials will decide this month whether to expand the Dayton-Waitsburg Athletic Combine to include all sports in these neighboring districts.
CRESTON, Wash. — Waitsburg High School faced a 6-0 deficit before the Cardinals got a chance to bat, and wound up with an 18-8 loss to Cusick in a playoff for the regional softball tournament here on Tuesday.
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg Cardinals pounded Columbia-Burbank pitching for 29 runs on 27 hits, but managed only one win in their non-league prep softball doubleheader here on Monday.
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg High School softball team suffered two losses against Colton in a double-header here on Saturday.
WAITSBURG — The Cardinals’ difficult start to this softball season continued with a 23-2 loss to Riverside High of Boardman, Ore., in a non-league matchup here on Monday.
COLFAX, Wash. — Waitsburg High School took a nine-game winning streak into the Southeast 1B boys basketball playoffs here over the weekend. But in only two days, the Cardinals streak and their season both ended.
WAITSBURG — The Cardinals showed defensive prowess in slowing down Colton’s three-point onslaught, sparking a 62-51 win Saturday in the second round of the Southeast 1B district boys basketball tournament.
COLBERT, Wash. — Waitsburg took five wrestlers to the Region 3 wrestling championships Saturday at Northwest Christian.
POMEROY — Waitsburg missed out on an opportunity to clinch sixth place in the Southeast 1B League girls basketball standings on Saturday when the Cardinals lost 52-47 at St. John-Endicott.
COLFAX — Waitsburg advances five wrestlers to the regional tournament Saturday at Northwest Christian in Colbert next Saturday.
PRESCOTT — Waitsburg crushed Prescott, 67-44, Friday in Southeast 1B girls basketball action.
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg avenged two early season Southeast 1B losses in boys basketball action Friday and Saturday.
