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With a trio of victories last Friday and Tuesday, the Clatskanie High School softball team has now won eight straight games. Four of the victories have come via the mercy-run rule. During last Friday’s 15-4 over Nestucca, the Tigers were led at the plate by sophomore Emma Parmley, who had a team-high four RBI, while senior Karielle Carlson scored a team-high three runs and, along with sophomore Olivia George, collected a team-high three hits. George and Parmley also scored two runs each in the win. Juniors Dalilah Baier, Joez Sizemore, and K...
Much like the school’s softball team, Clatskanie has another group of athletes riding an eight-game win streak. Sweeping a double header last Friday against Nestucca and defeating Vernonia 11-0 Tuesday, the Tigers haven’t lost a game since April 9 against Kennedy. The offense against Nestucca resumed where it had left off on Tuesday, April 22, as the Tigers put up 10 runs in the first game of the twin bill Friday. Clatskanie was led at the plate by senior Victor Frank, who had four RBI, while scoring two runs and collecting two hits. Junior Cas...
Clatskanie High School's track and field team took part in two meets last week and came home with plenty of top-five finishes. First, the team traveled to Gervais Thursday, April 24, for the Gervais Home Meet. For the boys, Daylon Gutierrez took third place in the 200M with a time of 24.01. Aidan Bailey took second in the 800M with a time of 2:09.82, while Zach Swinford took fifth in the 1500M with a time of 5:09.77. Ryder Gorley was one of Thursday's first-place finishers last Thursday with a...
The Wahkiakum Mules baseball team had a tough loss last Tuesday against Naselle, giving up seven runs over the first three innings and only coming up with two over the following four. Israel Velke had the lone RBI of the game for the Mules, and Zane Propst and Preston West scored the team's only two runs. Aiden Scott and Parker Leitz three three innings apiece for the Mules, striking out a combined four batters and allowing only two earned runs. The Mules rebounded Friday, April 25, against Oakv...
The Wahkiakum High School girls softball team got off to a decent start last tuesday, April 22 against Naselle, but the home-team Comets were able to thwart every offensive showing their Mule opponent had to offer. Scoring once in the second inning and three more in the third, Naselle tied the score at 4-4 entering the fourth inning. After the Mules scored in the top of the fourth, the Comets scored with a run of their own in the bottom of the fifth. When the Mules scored two in the top of the sixth, the Comets put up three to take the lead...
Last Tuesday, during what Coach Tina Merz described as “a gorgeous day in Mossyrock,” Wahkiakum High School’s track and field team pitted itself against seven other teams. Among the top-five or personal records for the boys was Jayden Stoddard, who took third in the Men’s 100M with a time of 12.22. Mason Waldek’s time of 12.6 in the same event was good enough for a personal record. Caleb Vicars had personal records in both the Men’s 200M, 400M, and 800M with times of 28.26 and 1:04.44 and 2:38.07. Vicars’ time in the 1600M was good enough f...
Following its opening two mercy-rule wins of the season, the Naselle varsity baseball team had to swallow down three straight, low-scoring losses, culminating in a 6-5 loss on April 9 against Knappa. Since then, the Comets have reeled off seven straight victories, including two mercy-rule victories against visiting Ocosta in a double header on Thursday, April 24, and another against Oakville on Monday, April 28. The Comets were led by right-handed pitcher Leith Chadwick, who allowed just one ear...
Following its 10-9 walk-off win against Wahkiakum on April 22, the Naselle Comets softball team took a tough 12-5 at Ilwaco last Thursday, April 24. The Comets were led by Avrey Ford, who knocked in two runs while collecting two hits and scoring a run. Maddie Dielman, Jessie Smith, Brooklyn Leggett, and Brooke Davis each had two hits, and Dielman, Smith, Leggett, and Jaylee Bonk scored a run each for the Comets in the losing effort. From the mound, Ford took the loss for the Comets, striking...
In 1998, Clatskanie's Allison Rice broke the school's record for the Women's Pole vault with a height of 7 feet, 6 inches. Last Wednesday during the 1A Trico League Meet at Fort Vancouver High School, Rainey Palm broke Rice's school record with an 8-foot showing and, later on her final attempt, would break her own record with a height of 8 feet, 6 inches. Also faring well for the girls was Mya Jensen, who took fourth in the Women's Discus 1Kg with a distance of 89 feet. Clatskanie's Lacey...
The Clatskanie girls softball team has won a season-high five games in a row following Tuesday's 11-1 mercy-rule victory over Nestucca. The Tigers were led by sophomore Adalyn Wemmer, who scored three runs while collecting two hits and knocking in two runs as well. Junior Kayden Byrum had two RBI as well. and sophomore Olivia George scored twice while getting a hit and knocking in a run. Sophomore McKinsey Doyle scored twice as well for the Tigers, and sophomore Emma Parmley and senior Karielle Carlson each had an RBI for Clatskanie. Juniors...
When one team has twice as many runs as it does hits, it usually spells disaster for the opposing team’s defense. During Tuesday’s home game against Nestucca, the Clatskanie varsity baseball team capitalized on six Bobcat errors, seven walks, and five hit batsmen to earn the 13-3 mercy-rule victory. Scoring once in the first and another in the fourth, Clatskanie held a slim 2-0 lead before scoring another three in the bottom of the fifth. Nestucca would counter with three runs in the top of the sixth to bring the score to 5-3, but Cla...
Last year, the PUD (Public Utilities District) received a grant from the Washington State Department of Health to “complete a feasibility study about consolidating the PUD-controlled Puget Island Water System and Cathlamet’s water and sewer system. The discussion regarding the negotiation of such a consolidation, which has been the subject during several sessions of Town Council, continued as a workshop during Monday night’s session. In a prepared report that was part of the Monday meeting’s packet, Town Clerk-Treasurer Sarah Clark stated,...
In a letter addressed to Cathlamet Town Councilmembers, Mayor David Olson, and Town Treasurer/Clerk Sarah Clark Monday, April 21, Councilmember Kermit Chamberlin stated, “Herewith, I resign” from Council Position 2. In recognition of Chamberlin’s resignation, Mayor Olson and Council thanked the former councilmember for his service to begin Monday evening’s session of Town Council. “Kermit has been a champion of the Pioneer Community Association and the Library, and his service is greatly appreciated,” stated Olson in a letter to The Wahkaik...
During its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 9, the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce approved an amount of $35,000 to be invested in the production of Wahkiakum West's (WWest) future TV series "Columbia Coast." During the Feb. 12 Chamber meeting, WWest CEO Ken Johnson announced a pilot episode had already been filmed for the series and that he was in talks with a network to have a 13-episode season's worth of stories that would showcase Wahkiakum and Pacific Counties on the Washington side of...
Following its meeting earlier this month, the Clatskanie Chamber of Commerce officially cut the ribbon for Trinity Outdoors, LLC. Located at 183 N. Nehalem Street in Clatskanie, Trinity Outdoors, according to co-owner Jason Folden, offers work clothes, ammo, hunting gear, and "most everything fishing," as well as offers to sell used firearms on consignment. " I've always wanted to do a gun store," Jason said. "It just happened that we needed fishing gear. I had seen an opportunity and jumped on...
The Clatskanie track and field team competed at two different meets over the weekend, beginning with the Tenino Twilight Relays Friday, April 11. For the boys, the quartet of Daylon Gutierrez, Aidan Bailey, Ayden Blackshire, and Ryder Gorley finished third in the Men’s 4X100 Relay with a time of 47.04; second in the Men’s 4X200 Relay with a time of 1:38.62; and third in the Men’s 4X400 Relay with a time of 3:46.09. The team of Tristan Bocanegra, Quin May, Mickey Simpson, and Zach Swinford finished third in the Men’s SMR 800M with a time of...
After two rainouts to begin their week, the Clatskanie Tigers had a five-inning, mercy-rule victory over Rockaway Beach's Neah-Kah-Nie on Friday, April 11. Jumping out to an early 5-0 lead in the top of the first, Clatskanie added three more in the second and an overwhelming seven runs in the third to pave the way for the Tigers. Will Van Voorst and sophomore Gunner Engen led the Tigers with three RBI each and a combined three hits and three runs scored. Senior Ben Blackwood and juniors Finn...
Following the rainout of its April 8 game at St. Paul, the Clatskanie girls softball team returned home Saturday, April 12 to take on Warrenton. Scoring a run in the bottom of both the third and sixth innings, the girls were able to hold off the Warriors 2-1. Clatskanie was led at the plate by Senior Karielle Carlson and sophomore Olivia George, who had an RBI each. In fact, Carlson and George scored Clatskanie's only two runs, accounting for practically all of the team's offense. Juniors Kenned...
Over the past several months, Butler Street has been a source of discussion during sessions of Cathlamet's Town Council. With the street's water main being between 40 and 50 years old and, as noted by Cathlamet Treasurer Sarah Clark, "likely to fail," the question has arisen as to whether the Town should use money from a Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grant to resurface Butler Street and whether or not some financial support may come for the replacement of the Butler Street Watermain....
Just when the Clatskanie girls softball team was rebounding from one loss, they suffered their second and third at the hands of Washington's Mark Morris and Astoria. Giving up 12 runs over the first two innings last Tuesday, April 1, against Mark Morris, the Tigers scored three unanswered runs in the top of the third and fourth. However, Mark Morris answered with 7 to put the game out of reach. The Tigers mustered up a single run in the top of the fifth, but the game was called due to the mercy-...
Following its two losses to Umpqua Valley Christian and South Umpqua, the Clatskanie varsity baseball team reeled off two straight wins versus Myrtle Point and Waldport. The twin 10-0 victories brought the Tigers back over the .500 mark, as they prepare for league competition, which begins Tuesday, April 15, at home against Portland Christian. The team’s most recent loss came Thursday, March 27, at the hands of South Umpqua during a spring break tournament at One Champion Field in Roseburg. Five defensive errors for the Tigers proved costly, a...
Clatskanie High School's track and field team got plenty of top-five finishes last week during the SD2 League Meet at Dick Manick Field. For the boys, Ayden Blackshire and Mickey Simpson took second and fifth in the Men's 100M with times of 12.37 and 13.00. Daylon Gutierrez, Aidan Bailey and Blackshire finished second, third, and fifth in the Men's 200M with times of 24.48, 24.64, and 25.20, and Bailey, Gutierrez, and Zach Swinford wound up taking first, second, and fifth in the Men's 400M with times of 54.54, 56.78, and 1:03.82. Ethan Rigsby...
Due to weather conditions, last week's track meet for Wahkiakum High School was moved from Naselle to Randle. For women's track, Mayleonna Casey took first in the 800M with a time of 2:45.46 and took first in the 1600M with a time of 6:06.07. Clara Hogue was second behind Casey in the 800M with a time of 2:56.87. Sam Dela Cruz took fourth in the Women's 100M with her personal-record time of 14.17 to round out the girls' individual competition. In team competition, the quartet of Casey, Hogue, Dela Cruz and Anna Vik took second in the Women's...
After opening its season with a 4-0 record, the Clatskanie High School girls softball team fell 16-7 at home last Friday, March 28 to John Day’s Grant Union High School. Following the team’s victory over Umatilla on Monday, March 24, Clatskanie had to fight off a relentless, near comeback from host Warrenton on Tuesday, March 25. Jumping out to a 10-0 lead going into the bottom of the first inning, Clatskanie was outscored 11-2 the rest of the way, including a five-run sixth inning, before closing out Warrenton 12-11. The Tigers were led by...
According to Wahkiakum track and field co-Head Coach Tina Merz, plenty of "grit" was shown in Ilwaco during last Thursday's meet. "It was another typical PNW track meet, but you still did your best," Merz said to her athletes following the meet. "There were a lot of PR's (personal records) and/or Top 5's." As a team overall, the boys took fourth place at the meet, while the girls took fifth. For the boys, Noah Sandhu had first-place finishes in both the Men's 1600M and 3200M events with times of 5:32.77 and 12:45.36. Sandhu's time in the 1600M...
