College roundup: Central men fall out of GNAC top six

NAMPA, Idaho — Central Washington bounced back from an early defecit to take the lead at halftime, but couldn’t hang on, losing to Northwest Nazarene 75-70 on Saturday night at the Johnson Sports Center. It was a costly loss for the Wildcats (4-8 GNAC, 10-10 overall) because it dropped them out of a tie for [...]

Basketball: Sisterhood of the undefeated

Mohsenians are 36-0 at East Valley, George Fox || YAKIMA, Wash. — When Arianna Mohsenian played basketball at East Valley, a four-year, 1,000-point career that ended in 2008, there was someone in the crowd at every game who she wanted to impress. Her coach, Robi Raab, for sure. Her supportive parents, naturally. And her teammates, [...]

Away at school: Mabton’s Williams shines at WWU

YAKIMA, Wash. — Trishi Williams, a junior from Mabton on the Western Washington women’s basketball team, has scored in double figures during the Vikings’ last five games including a 20-point, eight-rebound, five-assist outing last month in an 85-71 win at Central Washington. The 5-foot-9 Williams has played in all 19 games while starting nine for [...]

Wildcats go heavy on QBs

YAKIMA, Wash. — That five quarterbacks would be included in Blaine Bennett’s fifth Central Washington recruiting class might be misunderstood by some observers. Yes, Bennett was himself a quarterback, first at Walla Walla High School and later at Whitworth University. But no, he doesn’t collect QBs as a hobby. “To justify that, we only signed [...]

2012 CWU recruiting class

Player, Pos., Ht., Wt., Last school, Hometown Ryan Archibald, db, 6-1, 180, Kentlake HS, Kent Drew Austin, qb, 6-2, 180, Graham-Kapowsin HS, Tacoma Andrew Dodd, wr, 6-4, 211, Jackson HS, Mill Creek David Fontenette, te, 6-2, 228, Bethel HS, Spanaway Christian Gasca, wr, 5-10, 180, Lake Stevens Charles Hall, lb, 5-8, 195, Lakes HS, Lakewood [...]

Local report: YVCC men knock off Knights

YAKIMA, Wash. — They have rarely won impressively or decisively, but Yakima Valley’s men have nonetheless won. And they did it again Wednesday night, downing Wenatchee Valley 82-74 in Sherar Gym to remain atop the East Region standings. The Yaks are 6-1 in the East and 13-6 overall while Spokane is 5-1 and Walla Walla [...]

Local report — CWU second in GNAC preseason softball poll

YAKIMA, Wash. — Central Washington’s two-time defending conference champion softball team was voted second in the GNAC preseason poll. The Wildcats received two first-place votes in the poll and finished just behind Montana State-Billings in the ranking, which is voted upon by the seven conference coaches. MSUB received three first-place votes, while Western Washington also [...]

Davis’ Wright commits to Western Oregon

YAKIMA, Wash. — Deion Wright, who rewrote all of Davis’ single-game, season and career passing records, has committed to Western Oregon University, Davis coach Rick Clark confirmed on Sunday. Wright will join an NCAA Division II program, located in Monmouth, Ore., that competes in the GNAC along with Central Washington. The senior quarterback is coming [...]

College roundup: Newcomb, Jordan lift Yaks past TV

YAKIMA, Wash. — Brittney Newcomb and Simone Jordan combined to score 30 points Saturday as fourth-ranked Yakima Valley dominated Treasure Valley 67-39 in East Region women’s basketball in Sherar Gym. The Yaks’ fourth straight win improved them to 5-1 in the region and 15-4 overall. YVCC shot only 32 percent (23 for 72) and was [...]

YVCC women go long for close victory

Newcomb’s trey helps Yaks top Blue Mountain || YAKIMA, Wash. — Blue Mountain had the play scouted perfectly, and the Timberwolves defended it perfectly. But when Yakima Valley went to plan B, a player the T-wolves had not wanted to beat them essentially did. Brittney Newcomb’s 3-pointer didn’t end the YVCC’s 72-66 victory Friday night [...]

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