High School Sports
EPHRATA – Waterville-Mansfield’s varsity track sprinter Hannah Hughes turned in the best finish for the Shockers’ boys and girls track team at the 38-team Ray Cross Invitational held at Ephrata High School last Saturday, March 25.
Hughes placed 10th in long jump and 11th in the 100-meter dash and...
Miguel Angel Orozco, left, must reach for the ball away from the Liberty Bell runner sliding safely into second base.
BRIDGEPORT – The Mustangs got two wins the easy way, though not the way they preferred, last Saturday, March 25, when Lake Roosevelt was forced to forfeit a doubleheader league baseball game they were scheduled to play on Mustang Field.
A week earlier, Bridgeport opened its season at Brewster with...
Bridgeport’s Anabella Valdovinos beats the throw to Liberty Bell’s third baseman during the fillies’ opening season loss to the Mountain Lions at Brewster last March 18.
BRIDGEPORT – The Fillies varsity softball team drew the tough hand of facing two of the North Central Washington 2B League’s best teams in Liberty Bell and Lake Roosevelt in its season openers earlier this month. And the Bridgeport girls would have faced a third, Brewster, had not a cancelation...
Maret Miller beats a throw and slides in safely to second base against Cashmere.
BREWSTER – Following an easy season-opening doubleheader against Oroville on March 18, the Lady Bears got a workout from a well-matched roster of Cashmere Bulldogs that came to town last Saturday, March 25.
In a game that featured good pitching, fielding and hitting from both teams and could have...
Brewster junior catcher, Abby Urias, gets into position as Cashmere’s tie-breaking runner approaches home plate.
Members of the Waterville-Mansfield varsity softball team include, top row, from left: senior Evelyn Negrete, catcher, senior Drew Koenig, second base, sophomore Salem Joiner, first base/outfield, sophomore Makayla Kelly, outfield/first base, sophomore Cithlali Chavez, outfield, junior Alyssa Hansen, shortstop/pitcher, sophomore Ariana Salcido, pitcher/shortstop. Bottom row, from left, senior Basi Jimenez, outfielder, sophomore Taylor Schoenberg, outfield, senior Haylee Newcombe, third base, sophomore Stephanie Capi, outfield, senior Cora Dills outfield/infield. Not pictured, senior Sarah Velasquez, catcher/infield.
WATERVILLE – The Lady Shockers have a solid core of returning players after losing six seniors, four of them starters, last season.
Coach Ruben Salcido has nine players back from last year’s team plus three new girls “with very limited softball experience,” the coach said.
The upperclassmen-heavy...
Members of the Waterville-Mansfield varsity track and field team include, back row, from left: Marco Keech (10), distance, Benjamin Garnica (11), distance, Mauricio Negrete (9), long jump, David McDonald (10) jumping, Johnny Mullen (11) sprints, Benjamin Covarrubias (11), Riley Voie (9) throwing. Front row, from left: Brooke Simmons (11) hurdles, Hannah Hughes (10) sprints, jumping, throwing, Sarah Mullen (9)sprints, jumping, Lexi Deishl (11) sprints, pole vault.
WATERVILLE – The Shockers varsity track and field has come down to less than half of its size from last season when more than two dozen athletes turned out. From that larger number Waterville-Mansfield girls’ team finished second in District 5/6 and sent seven on to state.
Among the returning...
Members of the Brewster High School varsity softball team include, front row, from left: manager Marisa Medina, Irene Riggan, Cynthia Sanchez, Ana Aparicio, Yvette Sanchez, Karina Martinez, and Maret Miller. Pictured back row, from left are; manager Haile Aparicio, Kimberly Murda, Mikenna Kelpman, Elizabeth Stam, Michaum Kelpman, Sammi Emigh, Marietta Carillo, Marlisa Garcia, Abby Urias, manager, Vicki Sanchez,
BREWSTER – The Lady Bears varsity softball team picked up where it left off in 2016 with a pair of wins over visiting Oroville, 15-0, and 17-2, last Saturday, March 18.
In four innings of the first game Brewster scored nine, three, one and two runs to trigger the 15-run Mercy Rule. In game two the...
Members of the Brewster High School varsity boys’ soccer team include, front row. From left, David Garcia, Pedro Jimenez, Jesus Pamatz, Carlos Garcia, Diego Carillo, Brandon Hernandez, Javier Rosario, Aron Ornelas. Second row, from left, coach Jenner Sanon, Carlos Najera, Miguel Chacon. Amir Perea, Jose Gomez, Juan Perez, Andres Saucedo, Rene Perez, Ariel Perea, Michael Vazquez, John Benitez, and Jaime Garcia, Third row, from left, Rodrigo Ruiz, Israel Pamatz, Jose Talavera, Rodrigo Gomez, Felix Nava, Ricardo Gallega, Juan Cazares, Eduardo Garcia, Eliud Gonzalez, Daniel Luquin, coach Filipe Torres. Back row, from left, Johnny Saucedo, Brady Busching, Gene Orozco, David Garcia, Edgar Guzman, Jose Marin, Carlos Talavera, Jesus Castro, Pedro Ortega, Luis Fabian, Eduardo Valladarez, Bryan Lopez, Jurgen Cornejo, and Edgar Najera. Not pictured is assistant coach, David Garcia.
BREWSTER – With a turnout just shy of 50 players and a varsity roster of two dozen, the Bears varsity soccer team has a deep bench heavy with seniors and juniors coming into the first matches this season.
Brewster has already shut out two of three Caribou Trail League opponents since its opening...
Members of the Brewster High School varsity track and field team include, front row, from left: Ernie Nanamkin, Kim Nila, Kelsey Ochoa, Giselle De La Paz, Victoria Rios, Julissa Olvera, Betty Martinez, Miriam Garcia. Standing, from left: Freddi Bastidas, Tessa Orozco, Brandon Bach, Clarissa Zepeda, Alfredo Nila, Marta Martinez, Ubaldo Arellano, Esmeralda Ochoa, Samantha Arellano, Juan Arellano, Karste Wright, Juan Garcia, Ramiro Rincon, Duvan Martinez, Raul Jimenez, Miguel Hernandez.
BREWSTER – Despite losing three state competitors – Chance Williams, Cade Smith and Drew Dezellem – to graduation last year, the Bears varsity track and field has two state athletes among 14 veterans returning this season. The team more than held its own in its first meet of the season at the well...
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