Rodeo drive — Chance to compete, prizes help draw cowboys to ‘amateur’ event

In another two months, Matt Funk will be riding and roping under the bright lights of Las Vegas at the National Finals Rodeo, trying to win a world championship at the biggest event in professional rodeo.
This weekend, the world-class team roper will be under the somewhat lesser lights of the Professional Western Rodeo Association finals [...]

Woolpert takes coaching reins in NBDL

YAKIMA — Having spent the past 10 seasons waiting for an NBA opportunity to arise, Paul Woolpert figured he could hang on for a couple more weeks.
Woolpert, the longtime Sun Kings coach, calmly waited out the past two weeks in Oklahoma City, finally having his patience rewarded when he was hired as head coach for [...]

Prep volleyball — Selah posts another sweep

YAKIMA — Selah’s second-ranked volleyball team racked up another conference sweep on Tuesday, taking the measure of East Valley 25-11, 25-21, 25-10 at East Valley High School.
The Vikings pushed their CWAC North mark to 5-0 while EV maintained second in the South at 3-2.
Erin Smith and Kierstin Wilson put down 15 and 10 kills, respectively, [...]

Prep soccer — Gonzales leads East Valley

ELLENSBURG — Kaylah Gonzales scored the first two goals and finished with a hat trick to help East Valley remain unbeaten in CWAC girls soccer with a 4-1 win over Ellensburg on Tuesday.
The Red Devils led 3-1 at halftime before Gonzales added her third tally in the 43rd minute. Goalkeeper Amanda Freisz made seven stops [...]

Prep roundup — Davis girls, Ike boys improve to 10-0

WALLA WALLA — Davis’ girls and Eisenhower’s boys easily passed the second of three tests that go toward the Columbia Bason Big Nine’s dual-meet title on Tuesday.
Both teams cruised to four dual wins at Fort Walla Walla Park, boosting their records to 10-0 with the final round set for Oct. 16 on their shared home [...]

Local report — CWU’s Wood, Rolsma win GNAC awards

Linebacker Buddy Wood and kicker Garrett Rolsma were named the GNAC defensive and special teams players of the week for their play in Central Washington’s near-upset of nationally ranked Montana last Saturday.
Wood finished with 13 tackles, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and a sack in Central ‘s 38-35 lossto the Grizzlies, who were ranked [...]

Fall state allocations

Check out the WIAA’s website for fall sports state allocations. They were posted today.

Sunfair teams in state poll

Here’s Week 4 of the coaches state cross country poll. Teams in bold are entered (as of Tuesday afternoon) in Saturday’s Sunfair Invitational:
BOYS
Class 4A: 1, Jackson; 2, Eisenhower; 3, Mead; 4, Gig Harbor; 5, Kamiakin; 6, Southridge; 7, Issaquah; 8, Ferris; 9, Tahoma; 10, Skyline.
Class 3A: 1, North Central; 2, Seattle Prep; 3, Lindbergh; 4, [...]

Naches Ranger District opts for expensive, but popular, Bumping Road option

When it came to deciding how to deal with the 2006 washouts of two roads leading to popular jumpoff points into the William O. Douglas Wilderness, the bean-counters, analysts and biologists said this: Rebuild one and turn the other into a trail.
But the brain trust at the Forest Service’s Naches Ranger District have decided to [...]

Northwest Sportsman — Quail, partridge seasons start rolling on Saturday

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct erroneous information that appeared in the originally published version.
October arrives Wednesday, and for the hunters in the area that means one thing — it is time to go hunting.
While a few hunting seasons have been open for a month or more, the majority of the upland, [...]

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