In sports briefs from Tuesday, Gonzaga's game vs. Pepperdine on Thursday is now at 6 p.m., the NBA and its players put more COVID-19 safety measures in place after five postponed games, and No. 7 Michigan remains undefeated with a rout of No. 9 Wisconsin.
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Wa-Hi's JROTC Rifle Teams competed virtually in the 4 Corners Invitational on Oct. 20-23.
Beginning on Monday, Wa-Hi Blue Devils can start getting back in action.
Former Walla Walla High School softball star Alyson Ambler enjoyed four prosperous years in the Blue Devil program.
Former Walla Walla High School boys basketball coach Jim Thacker witnessed highs and lows as the head Blue Devil.
The Class of 2020 enters a world turned upside down by the coronavirus, but Walla Walla High School graduate Sevin Birdwell has already had to overcome her unfair share of uncertainties.
To say that Jill Watkins-Meliah had a decorated athletic career would qualify as an understatement of enormous proportions.
The 2011 Walla Walla High School softball team had multiple reasons to have high expectations going into what turned out to be a state championship season.
A high school conference champion quarterback and linebacker.
Walla Walla High School’s boys tennis team tied for second place in the 1990 Class AAA state championships.
It could be said that former Walla Walla High School girls basketball standout Mikayla Ferenz has a smile that could light up a city block.
Tennis and basketball have always played a key role in the life of former Walla Walla High School standout Bruce Reed.
Walla Walla High School’s football team entered the 1998 season with a chip on its shoulder.
The 2009-10 Walla Walla High School boys basketball season ended with a fourth-place finish in the Class 4A state tournament in the Tacoma Dome.
The wall displays inside the Walla Walla High School gymnasium reflecting successes of the school’s athletic teams suggests a storied Blue Devil past.
Walla Walla High School’s football team entered the 1998 season with a chip on its shoulder.
Patrick Utschinski, an all-state offensive and defensive lineman last year at Walla Walla High School, is back.
The Walla Walla High School boys basketball team completed the December portion of its 2019-20 schedule 7-0.
The senior-laden Walla Walla High School girls basketball team experienced more ups than downs during a successful 2019-20 season.
Walla Walla High School’s Julio Tapia was the Mid-Columbia Conference boys soccer Player of the Year last season, and he was only a junior.
Michelle Voiland wasted little time recruiting fresh talent for her first season this fall as the head women’s soccer coach here at Whitman College — and she didn’t have to go far.
Walla Walla High senior Peyton Bergevin signed to play basketball and study at Linfield College on Wednesday.
Walla Walla High School track coach Eric Hisaw had his heart broken Monday with the announcement there will be no state championships this year, essentially erasing the 2020 Blue Devil season before it had even really started.
A three-sport standout at Walla Walla High School, named All-Mid Columbia Conference three times in the past 12 months for baseball (last spring as a junior), football and then basketball, Dylan Ashbeck should already have almost three weeks of baseball games under his belt this season.
Walla Walla High School senior Cole Schmidt, a two-time All-Mid-Columbia Conference offensive and defensive lineman, has signed to play football and study at the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho.
RICHLAND — The Walla Walla High School Blue Devil Dance team took second place in the Dance category at the Hanford High School Invitational on Saturday.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A pair of Walla Walla High School boys swimming records nearly fell as the Blue Devils wrapped up this season with strong performances in the state 4A championships Friday and Saturday here at the King County Aquatic Center.
Walla Walla High’s boys swimmers head to the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash., today for the Washington state meet.
Walla Walla High School battled back three times from seven-point deficits — and once from a nine-point difference — in the Blue Devil gym on Tuesday in Greater Spokane League/Mid-Columbia Conference District 8 boys loser-out basketball action.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio — Walla Walla High School’s JROTC Rifle Teams traveled to Camp Perry, Ohio, last weekend for the Army JROTC Service Rifle Championship.
SPOKANE VALLEY — Central Valley, the Greater Spokane League regular season champion, showed the heart of a champion here Saturday in GSL/Mid-Columbia Conference District 8 semifinal boys basketball action.
PASCO — Chiawana, the regular season Mid-Columbia Conference champion, came out here Saturday to keep its season alive after suffering a 50-44 upset loss to Mead in Greater Spokane League/MCC District 8 girls opening playoff action. The Riverhawks Talia VonOelhoffen rose to the occasion and …
OTHELLO, Wash. — Walla Walla High School had Annelise Whitaker, at 140, and Nayeli Flores, at 100, both wrestle their way into the state girls championships here in Region Four girls wrestling action.
SPOKANE — Three Walla Walla High School boys, with two qualifying for the state championships, placed here at Mead High School Saturday in 4A Regional boys wrestling action.
SPOKANE — Three big 3-pointers by Leah Carney keyed a second-quarter surge for Gonzaga Prep, giving the Bullpups a 36-27 halftime lead over the Walla Walla High School girls in their district basketball tournament first-round matchup here on Wednesday.
Mead got a 94-foot sprint at the end of regulation to tie Walla Walla High School Wednesday in Greater Spokane League/Mid-Columbia Conference District 8 boys basketball playoff action in the Blue Devils gym.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Walla Walla High School’s Morgan Sucharda bowled here Friday in State 4A Championship girls bowling action.
PASCO — Ruben Lozano and Jake Humphrey led Walla Walla High School wrestlers here Saturday in Mid-Columbia Conference boys 4A Championship action.
SPANGLE — Walla Walla High School's Annelise Whitaker wrestled to first place in the 140 pound class here Saturday in District 7/8 Sub-Regional girls wrestling action.
HERMISTON — Walla Walla High School avoided the floods, but didn't figure out Hermiston in the fourth quarter here Friday in girls Mid-Columbia Conference basketball action.
HERMISTON — Walla Walla High School avoided the high water and traveled here Friday to conclude the regular Mid-Columbia Conference boys basketball season.
KELSO, Wash. — The Walla Walla High School boys swim team qualified for three events at State while finishing fifth as a team in the Class 4A District 4 & 8 Championships here at Kelso High on Saturday.
Walla Walla High School snapped its only two-game losing streak — road loses at Kamiakin and Chiawana last Friday and Saturday, — of the season Tuesday in Senior Night Mid-Columbia Conference boys basketball action on the Blue Devils’ court.
Kennewick sent Walla Walla High’s girls on a road trip next week to open Greater Spokane League/Mid-Columbia Conference District 4A action.
KENNEWICK — The Walla Walla High School Blue Devil Dance Team took first place in the Dance Category at the Kamiakin Invitational on Saturday.
RICHLAND — Walla Walla High School’s Morgan Sucharda bowled to a District Championship here Thursday in Mid-Columbia Conference district girls bowling action.
The Walla Walla High School boys swim team took third place at the MCC Championships on Saturday in an event in which the top eight places in each event scored points for their respective teams and relays scored double points.
PASCO — The third-quarter blues got Walla Walla High School again here in Mid-Columbia Conference girls basketball action. Wa-Hi edged ahead of Chiawana 13-11 after one and extended the lead to 25-20 at the half.
PASCO — The Wa-Hi Blue Devil men fought tooth-and-nail with the Kamiakin Braves all night long on Friday, but came just short of the win down the stretch in a 72-69 heartbreaker, then couldn't get back into it the next night after Chiawana went up big in the first frame, losing to the MCC le…
Wa-Hi’s wrestlers couldn’t turn momentum into power on Thursday, dropping a 57-16 result to the Hermiston Bulldogs in Mid-Columbia Conference action in the Blue Devils gym.
