Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Following back-to-back losses to Morton-White Pass and Onalaska in mid-December, the Mules have won six straight games and closed out the first half of the season on a strong note. The recent surge began just before Christmas when the Mules went onto the road and handily beat a less-than-stellar South Bend team 73-24. Lars Blix and Shane Souvenir sparked the Mules offense with 19 and 18 points, respectively, with Seth Doumit and Eli McElroy each tacking on 11 points. Steven Doumit added five points, Travis Wegdahl four, Brandon Budd three and D...
The Lady Mules were ready to rumble Friday night in Cathlamet. With a solid team effort, they sent Mossyrock home with a loss in what was a very physical game. The Vikings had a slim lead at the half, but the Mules came out of the locker room at the break focused and ready to win. They outscored Mossyrock 25-14 in the final 16 minutes, ultimately winning the game 43-33. “I thought the girls did a good job,” said Coach Rob Garrett. “In the first half, Mossyrock played a better game. Our girls...
Twice a year the Mule wrestlers take on the weather and the roads to head east of the mountains and test the eastern competition. This year's first trip was to Pomeroy. The weekend started with mix and matches on Friday night verses various eastern schools. Then Saturday morning, the Pomeroy tournament started with schools from Idaho and Oregon also in attendance as well as some perennial powerhouses such as Kittitas. Saturday also offered several rematches from Friday night. Leading the team, Nate Cothren was able to rise to the top, winning a...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules captured the KM Trophy December 27 with a 53-35 win over the visiting Naselle Comettes. The Mules outscored the Comettes 18-5 to break open a close game. Haylee Budd led the Mules with 19 points; Katie Green led the Comettes with 11. Further details were unavailable. Tori Wegdahl tries to go up for a shot against the Comette defense. Photos by David McNally....
Saturday's game with Toutle Lake at Wahkiakum High School will be a doubleheader. Varsity teams will play in the high school, and junior varsities will play in the middle school. At 5:45, girls JV will play in the middle school gym and boys varsity in high school gym, followed by boys junior varsity in middle school gym and girls varsity in high school gym at 7 p.m....
On December 19, the Mule girls faced an undefeated team, the Lady Loggers in Onalaska. The Mules led by two at halftime, but due to a weak third quarter, the Mules lost 45-39, despite rallying in the final eight minutes. “We dug ourselves into too big of a hole that we weren’t able to overcome,” said Coach Rob Garrett. "This group has an opportunity to be something special and they are just starting to believe that themselves. They have improved so much this year and it’s really startin...
Any hopes of a perfect season were dashed this past week after the Mules dropped a pair of league games against division foes Morton/White Pass and Onalaska. The Timberwolves jumped on the Mules early, taking a 16-7 lead after one quarter and never looking back enroute to a 70-44 pounding of the visiting Mules last Thursday night. Shane Souvenir led the Mules in scoring with 12 points, followed by Eli McElroy with nine, Travis Wegdahl seven, Lars Blix six, Seth Doumit four, Gunnar Blix three, and Steven Doumit one. Lars Blix pulled in a team...
The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team won one of three games this week. The Mules travelled to Morton/White Pass on Friday for league play. Only shooting 30 percent and out-rebounded, they fell to MWP with a score of 59-42. Hailey Quigley led Mule scorers with 12 points. Tori Wegdahl scored nine, Maya Stanley six, Sam Boyce five, Haylee Budd and Kaylee Bryant each scored four, Baylee Osen had three and Madison LaBerge had one. “Hailey Quigley and Tori Wegdahl both came off the bench and really...
A dozen teams from Washington and Oregon competed in the Downriver Challenge Saturday at Wahkiakum High School. Left, Mule Adam Vasion (160) ties up an opponent enroute to a win by fall; he placed second in the weight class. Below, Jesus Crawford (138) grapples with an opponent in the opening round; he won by a pin and placed fifth in the weight class. Nate Cothren was champion of the 160 lb. division; Trystan Mendez was second at 182; Alex Johnson (132) and Mason Mackey (145) placed third; Ben Vasion (195) placed fourth, and Brandon Burdick...
The Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team's week started with a four-way duel in Astoria with the host, Ilwaco and R.A. Long. The teams faced each other straight up, and forfeitures in weight classes without wrestlers hurt the Mules in proper team scoring. "Scoring the nine weight classes the Mules were able to compete at leaves a much different result," said Coach Matt Stacey. "As an example, in the nine weight classes the Mules matched up against R.A. Long's varsity, the win/loss record was 6-3, with almost all the Mules' wins by pins." The Mules...
Wahkiakum Mule football coaches presented awards and honors to 2012 team members at a program this week. Awards were: 1. Most Valuable Player: Lars Blix 2. Most Inspirational: Steven Doumit 3. Scrub Award: Jesus Crawford 4. Honorary Captains: Lars Blix 5. Tommy Burnside Offensive Lineman: Bubba Calvert 6. Tommy Burnside Defensive Lineman: Calvert 7. Wes Thacker Memorial Defensive Player: Steven Doumit (best defensive player) 8. Coaches Award: Kody Vik 9. 2012 Iron Man Awards )never missed a practice or game}: Lars Blix, Brook Calvert, Mitchel D...
The Mules moved to 3-0 on the young season with home victories over a pair of league foes in the past week, outlasting the Napavine Tigers 49-37 last Thursday and pummeling the Pe Ell Trojans 75-38 on Tuesday. The Mules got off to a slow start against the Trojans Tuesday night, failing to convert on numerous open looks, but still managed to take a 26-17 advantage into the break. The second half was an entirely different story. Behind the strength of a 25-5 dominating effort in the third quarter, the Mules outscored the Trojans 49-21 in the...
The Lady Mules beat the Winlock Cardinals 60-20 at home in a Central League game on December 5. The game had a slow start, but the Mules picked up speed and never looked back, as the Winlock team struggled all evening to score. At halftime, the Mules lead 33-11. Maya Stanley led her team with 19 points and three assists. Baylee Olsen had 13 points. Kaylee Bryant scored 10 and pulled down six rebounds. Sam Boyce, scrappy and quick with the hands, had six steals. Boyce scored six points, Tori...
Submitted by Coach Matt Stacey On Saturday, the Mule Wrestlers began their season at the Mark Morris Three Rivers Classic Invite. First tournaments and first matches are destined to be filled with the jitters and are a great opportunity to establish a team's starting base line. The Three Rivers Classic proved to be a solid and challenging platform from which to start. With perennial powerhouse teams such as Castle Rock, Mark Morris, RA Long, Kalama and La Center there the Mules had a long hill to climb coming in as the only 2B school. Without...
The Wahkiakum Mules opened the 2012/13 basketball season with a narrow 63-58 victory Tuesday night over the perennial bottom-dwelling Winlock Cardinals, coming from behind in the fourth quarter to nip the home team. After leading by as many as 18 and dominating much of the first half of the game, foul trouble sent two Mule regulars to the bench and the Cardinals managed to fight back from a 30-12 deficit to within three points at the break, trailing 32-29. Wahkiakum extended their lead to five after three quarters, but not long into the final...
Visiting South Bend took an early lead and never looked back enroute to a 63-47 win over the Wahkiakum Lady Mules last Friday. South Bend led 17-5 at the end of the first quarter on a combination of hot shooting and domination under the boards. The Mules outscored the visitors 11-9 in the second quarter to narrow the margin to 26-16 at halftime. They narrowed the South Bend's lead to nine in the third quarter, but South Bend went on a run and closed out the third quarter with a 46-27 lead. Sophomore Sam Boyce led the Mule scoring with 20...
The Naselle Comets rallied to defeat the Ilwaco Fishermen 49-45 Tuesday evening. Ilwaco led 35-30 after three quarters. Sam Scrabeck scored nine points, Chandler Chapman nine, David Blaylock and Tony Lopez each had eight....
The Wahkiakum Lady Mules finished their season at the State Class 2B Volleyball Tournament with one win and two losses, failing to place. On Friday, November 9, the Mules faced a tough competitor in their first match, second ranked Bear Creek. They lost in three games, 25-13, 25-15, 25-20. Bear Creek finished third overall. A win against White Swan in three games, 25-16, 25-17, 25-20, kept their hopes alive in the double elimination tournament. On Saturday, they fought hard against Darrington...
The LaConner Braves put an end to the Wahkiakum Mule football season with a 41-20 decision last Saturday at Mount Vernon. LaConner advances to meet the Raymond Seagulls next Saturday, 3 p.m., also in Mount Vernon. The Mules finish the season with a 8-2 record. "They were a good football team," Mule Coach Eric Hansen said of LaConner. "They were bigger and faster." The Mules started the game with a bang, taking the opening kickoff and moving downfield through the passing of quarterback Lars Blix, who completed the drive with a two-yard plunge...
Naselle Comette Katie Green, a junior, finished 13th in the Class B State Cross Country meet last Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course, Pasco. Green ran the 5,000 meter course in 21:08.2. Northwest Christian of Olympia won the women's team competition. Morton/White Pass placed third, and Ocosta was fourth....
The Wahkiakum Mule football team shut out the Pe Ell Trojans 32-0 last Friday in a battle for a state playoff berth. The 8-1 Mules will head to Mount Vernon for a 7 p.m. Friday game with the LaConner Braves. The Mules dominated the line of scrimmage against the Trojans, and that opened the way for a good offensive showing. The Mules opened the scoring when Lars Blix passed to Steven Doumit who broke a tackle and scored on a 36-yard run at 4:07 of the first quarter. Gunnar Blix kicked the conversion point for a 7-0 lead. L. Blix passed to...
Assured a place at State, the Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team returned to Adna on Saturday to finish District play. They lost two matches to place sixth. The Mules began their day with a loss to the Napavine Tigers in five games, 23-25, 25-14,19-25, 25-22, 9-15. They played well at times, out-pacing the Tigers early in the second game, and coming back from a big deficit in the fourth. Tori Wegdahl had 13 kills and five aces, Baylee Olsen had 11 kills with only one error. Marissa Washington had a...
Naselle Comette cross country runner Katie Green finished sixth in the Class B District Cross Country meet last Saturday at Olympia and qualified for the state meet this Saturday in Pasco. Green, a junior, ran the 5,000 meter course in 21:01.31. Other Comette results were 40. Katelyn Magie 24:25.28; 41. Savannah Zimmerman 24:26.09, and 64. Alexa York 34:07.83....
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team opened district tournament play with a 3-1 over Raymond but fell 3-2 to South Bend in a semifinal match on Tuesday. The Mules will play Morton/White Pass in a loser-out match at 5 p.m. today (Thursday) in Onalaska. With a victory, the Mules would play an opponent to be determined for a state berth at 8 p.m. The Mules beat Raymond 20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 in the first round. Hailey Quigley had 12 points, seven kills and five aces; setter Haylee Budd made 33 assists and Tori Wegdahl had 19 kills. The Mules...
Thoms Middle School cross country runners ran their district meet on October 18 at Mossyrock. It was the third year in a row that the course had changed. No matter; this day found Shona Heywood battling at the finish line and coming up just a few feet short. She placed 2nd, behind Larkin Farrish of Morton/White Pass, with a time of 10:00 flat. Mya Kirzy was third in 11:09, Aly Kirzy, fifth, with a time of 11:34; Trynity Mendez placed 11th in 12:20, and Katy Stacey rounded out the top five placers in 15th, with a time of 14:55. The Warriors...
