http://sportsyakima.com Sports Yakima -- Your source for Yakima Valley sports news, photos, videos, blogs and more Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:42:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en YAKIMA, Wash. -- With a pair of blowout wins on Saturday, the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak claimed a berth in championship game of the 28th annual Firecracker Tournament. Yakima Valley defeated the previously unbeaten Las Vegas Lions 12-5 and then defeated Lux Homes 10-4 in the final game of the night ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/pepsi-pak-uses-two-routs-to-reach-firecracker-championship-game/ EVERETT, Wash. — It looked as though Gerardo Avila had won the game for the Everett AquaSox, only for it to be taken away. Foiled once, Avila figured he might as well do it again. Moments after having the apparent game-winning hit land just foul Avila came through anyway, his long walk-off ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/bears-fall-in-the-10th/ YAKIMA, Wash. -- Eric Metcalf survived the Demo Derby and Josh Washington won the Hornets main leading up to a post-race fireworks display that produced a packed house at Yakima Speedway on Friday. Metcalf outlasted Landon Shoemaker and Andrew Roberts to win the annual Demo Derby. Washington paced a field of 14 ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/metcalf-wins-demo-derby/ VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team defeated the Yakima Reds 6-0 on Saturday at Simon Fraser University. No other details were available. http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/vancouver-thumps-reds/ YAKIMA, Wash. -- Pete Gilmore has a special connection with the 15th hole at the Yakima Country Club. Friday, the Yakima golfer recorded his third career hole-in-one — with all of them coming on that very hole, this time using a 6-iron on the 170-yard shot. Betty Gilmore witnessed the shot. Hocker records ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/hocker-records-elks-ace/ Youth Baseball Lewiston Tournament Yakima Blues 10, Boise Gems 0 (Yak: T.J. Sinn CG, 6 Ks 3 H; Tyler Niemeyer 2-4, 3 RBI; Andrew Gonzalez 1-2, RBI; Damon Lybeck 2-3; Justin Reyes 2-3, RBI) Hyrum, Utah  4, Yakima Blues 3 (Yak: Marcus McClurkin 2-3; Nate Villegas 1-2; Guy Harwig 6 IP, 2 ER) Big ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/7409-youth-baseball-roundup/ YAKIMA, Wash. -- Eric Bruntjen's voice when he called in on Saturday morning, about 12 hours after finishing all 2,780 miles of the Tour Divide mountain bike race in just about 21 days and 11 hours, sounded pretty chipper. And why not? He'd finished the race and he is also confident ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/eric-b-that-wheelchairs-on-the-way/ Beetles rally to win Firecracker opener || It started out, Mike Bailey admits with all kindness, as sort of a joke. After all, Robbie Alter wasn’t a starting pitcher last year in his first season with the Yakima Pepsi Beetles nor was he while at La Salle. [caption id="attachment_14034" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Yakima's ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/sparkling-start/ Good things came to those who waited — and waited, and waited — Friday night at Yakima County Stadium. That means the Bears, who might have welcomed some average things given their recent past, plus an announced overflow crowd of 3,119. For 71?2 innings Yakima gave little indication of producing its own ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/late-rally-helps-bears-salvage-series-finale/ Next game Opponent: Everett AquaSox. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Everett Memorial Stadium. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Brad Gemberling (0-0, 3.00) vs. Everett RHP Tyler Stanton (0-1, 6.48). Notes SMALL WORLD: Bears pitcher Justin Albert, a University of Vermont product by way of Hull, Mass., was pleasantly surprised to learn that he had ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/bears-update/ Hank Otterstein, Dan Leslie and Brad Campbell drove in four runs apiece to lead CH Robinson to an 18-11 victory over JRW & Associates in a Men’s Fastpitch League game Thursday night at Kiwanis Park. Kelly St. Martin added a homer for the winners. In the early game, Peak Performance defeated Kimmel ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/local-report-ch-robinson-tops-jrw/ YAKIMA, Wash. -- The headline is true, and in a good way. Twenty-two days ago, Eric Bruntjen, the 38-year-old information technology specialist from Yakima was one of 42 endurance athletes from around the world in the Canadian Rockies tourist town of Banff at the starting line of the 2,780-mile Tour Divide ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/eric-bruntjen-reaches-the-end-of-his-ride/ YAKIMA, Wash. -- Even after a couple of days of struggling with mechanical issues (and out of communication for most of that time), Eric Bruntjen is still competing in the Tour Divide. Not just riding. Competing. He spent several hours in Grants Pass dealing with a tire issue that made it ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/eric-b-a-busted-tire-closing-in-anyway/ Bears’ bats in deep freeze as Spokane warms up || YAKIMA, Wash. -- It’s nothing Tim Hulett can put his finger on, and maybe he doesn’t want to. Because the way things are going when his Spokane Indians oppose the Bears, why complicate matters? “We’ve had a little success against them so far,” ... http://sportsyakima.com/2009/07/hot-and-cold/