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Articles written by Kevin Patching


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  • Youth football team misses out on championship, hammers Kelso

    Kevin Patching Coach|Oct 26, 2011

    The Mini Mules lost a heart breaker on October 15 for the League championship 3-0 to STS. The Mules controlled the game with their defense and strong running game but untimely turnovers with five fumbles and penalties proved to be costly. STS was limited to four first downs, two were from penalties and the other two came on the last drive of the game. Our defense gave up 20 yards all game until the last drive. We drove the ball into their end of the field several times only to stall without putting points on the board. They had a couple of...

  • Youth football team opens season with a win

    Kevin Patching Coach|Sep 22, 2011

    The Wahkiakum Youth football team opened the season with a 20-8 win over Castle Rock Reds in Longview. We scored on the first play from scrimmage. Zach Brown hit tight end Nathan Dault on a play action pass that covered 50 yards. Nathan was able to run by the coverage and go into the end zone untouched. Parker Patching kicked a successful on-side kick which the mini Mules recovered. We then drove the ball another 45 yards to pay dirt. Luke brown followed Patching, Gage Horman, Cody Terpsma, Rafael Gilbertson, and Chuck Barton through the...

  • Youth baseball finish third in state tourney

    Kevin Patching|Aug 4, 2011

    Central Youth Baseball 10 year old Allstars completed their season with an outstanding state tournament in Kelso. The boys finished in third place with wins over top seeded Kennewick teams. The team was made up of six Wahkiakum and five Longview kids ranging from ages eight to 10. Ashden Niemeyer was the lone eight year old on this team and batted in fourth position. Nine year olds included pitcher/ lead off hitter Luke Brown, and pitcher/center field, James Anderson. Ten year olds on this year's team were Parker Patching, pitcher/shortstop,...

  • Youth football team logs two victories

    Kevin Patching Coach|Oct 28, 2010

    Wahkiakum Youth football came away with another big win October 9 against a much larger team, 13 to 8. We struggled getting our offense on track so we only rushed for 138 total yards with Hank Ferguson carrying the load,18 carries for 117 yards one touchdown and the extra point run. Zach Brown scored the other one following his blockers on a quarterback sweep for 10 yards early in the second quarter. Defensively we struggled and allowed 55 yards on five carries and the only touchdown Athletes Corner would score on their first possession. After...