Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Mules beat Pe Ell 34-7 for homecoming. The Wahkiakum Mules rolled over the Pe Ell Trojans for a 34-7 win in the Mule homecoming game last Friday. The Mules did what they wanted to do on offense, and the defense kept the visitors under control. Wyatt Parker scored the first of his two touchdowns for the night at 7:29 of the first quarter by catching a pass from Lars Blix, breaking a tackle and streaking to the endzone for a 76-yard scoring play. Blix kicked the conversion; he made four of five...
The Wahkiakum Mules edged the Napavine Tigers 3-2 in a very closely contested volleyball match Thursday. Scores of the first four games, for the Mules, were 21-25, 25-21, 25-22 and 24-26. The final set was tied 8-8, and the Mules bore down to win 15-10....
The Morton/White Pass Timberwolves handed the Wahkiakum Mules a 12-0 loss late Friday in Central League football. The Timberwolves took a 6-0 lead at 9:07 of the second quarter. Quarterback Rylon Kolb scored on a short run from less than a yard out. The Mules blocked the extra point conversion. The visitors controlled the ball most of the second half but managed only two field goals. Darrell Park made kicks of 42 and 30 yards, one in the middle of the third quarter and one at the end of the period. The Mules nearly put a touchdown on the board...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team opened the season with a 3-0 sweep of the visiting Winlock Cardinals on Tuesday. The Mules won 25-12, 25-16. "Brieanna Olsen did a nice job distributing the ball to our hitters," Mule Coach Jeff Rooklidge commented. "She had 20 assists. Blaine Land had a great match with 15 kills and some solid serving and passing. "Madison LaBerge added five kills from our right side attack and did a nice job on the service line with three aces and 11 service points. Tori Wegdahl added four kills and four aces with some...
The Adna Pirates showed they merit their high early season ranking as they tore apart the Wahkiakum Mules 39-14 in their first game on their new field last Friday. The Pirates scored three first quarter touchdowns and piled up 158 rushing yards and 27 yards as they took a commanding 20-0 lead. They added nine points in the second quarter for a 29-0 halftime lead. The Mules got rolling in the second half. Fullback Kohl Bergseng scored on a 13-yard run in the third quarter and an eight-yard run in the fourth. Quarterback Lars Blix kicked the...
The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team is preparing for the start of the 2011 volleyball season. Competition starts Tuesday when Winlock comes to WHS. The team returns 10 players from last year's state qualifying team. "The team is anxious to start league play," Coach Jeff Rooklidge said Tuesday. "Blaine Land returns as a first team all league selection as an outside hitter; freshman Tori Wegdahl joins Blaine at the other starting spot on the outside. Tori and Blaine both hit the ball with a lot of power and have a chance to be among the league's...
The 2011 high school football season gets underway on Friday, and the Wahkiakum Mules have a tough match right at the start. They'll travel to Adna to face the Pirates, ranked number one in the state by one westside daily newspaper, on the Pirates new field by their new high school. Mule Coach Eric Hansen might rate the Napavine Tigers, the defending Central League champion a bit above Adna, but not by much. "To me the defending league champion is the team to beat," he said this week. "Napavine is loaded for bear with the strength of their...
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,...
Light effort and catch so far allowed Oregon and Washington managers to extend on June 23 the white sturgeon season below Wauna on the lower Columbia River despite concerns about the population status of the big fish. The fishery had been scheduled to be open from Jan. 1-April 30, from May 14-June 26 and from July 1-4. But fishery managers on Thursday decided to let fishery continue until July 31 unless catch rates skyrocket and threaten what is a relatively depleted stock. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Steve Williams and W...
Wahkiakum High School baseball and fastpitch players were included in recent Central League honors. Named to the the Central League All-Academic Softball Team were Haylee Budd, 3.96 grade point average, and Shanna Havens, 3.86. Named to the Central League All-Academic Baseball Team were Eli McElroy, 3.99, Brandon Fudge, 3.86, Zach Pierce, 3.8, and Mitchel Dault, 3.6. Named to the Central League All-League Baseball team, honorable mention, were Ben Miles, a senior pitcher and outfielder, and Lars Blix, a sophomore infielder....
Wahkiakum High School track and field athletes received post season awards recently. Awards were: Coaches Award--Shelby Felton. Most Inspirational--Cameron Elliott. Most Improved--Ashley Silva. Most Outstanding Female Athlete--Blaine Land. Most Outstanding Male Athlete--Brett Chaput. Coach Mike Riley also had special thanks for volunteer coaches Heidi Heywood, distance runners, and David Faubion, pole vault....
The Wahkiakum Mule golf team finished with the fourth place medal at the State 1B/2B golf tournament last week in Tacoma. Coach Nick Vavoudis filed this report: The Wahkiakum Mules sent five players to state for the first time in team history and brought home a fourth place trophy, also the best team performance at state in school history. It was a new and nervous experience for everyone except sophomore Brook Calvert, who had made it to state in 2010. One hundred twenty players (80 boys and 40 girls) from 60 different 1B/2B schools knew that D...
Wahkiakum Mules Blaine Land and Brett Chaput and Naselle Comet Rob Baker returned with medals from the Class2B State Track and Field Meet last Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Land placed second in the discus at 118-3. She also placed fifth in the shot put at 33-4.25. Chaput placed second in the discus at 154-02. Baker placed seventh in the 110m hurdles at 16.36 to earn a medal. He also placed 10th in the high jump at 5-6. Athletes finishing in eighth place or higher earned medals. Here are the results from other...
With an estimated 200 fans, friends and family in attendance, 13 former athletes and a coach were inducted into the Wahkiakum Mules Hall of Fame Saturday evening. The inaugural event, hosted by the Wahkiakum Coaches Association, raised nearly $6000 for the athletic department. The idea of creating a hall of fame had been discussed by coaches for the past several years and faced with possible funding cuts to the athletic department, the Hall of Fame was created to honor the athletes and raise funds for the department. The inaugural class into...
State Tournament, May 24 and 25 Meadow Golf Course, Lakewood Peek, Calvert, Good advance The Mules advanced three of their five players to the last day of the State 1B/2B golf tournament, Coach Nick Vavoudis reported Tuesday evening. Bradley Peek led the Mules with a score of 87. Brook Calvert shot 89. Freshman Austin Good shot 92 and made the cut of the top 40 of 80 golfers which was 93. The Mules' team scores put them unofficially in fifth place trailing Pomeroy by two points for the 4th place trophy. Also playing for the Mules but missing...
Five Wahkiakum Mules and four Naselle Comet athletes will head to the Class2B State Track and Field Meet this Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Mule Blain Land claimed championships in the shot put and discus, and Comet Rob Baker won the high jump. Here are the results from last week's SW 2B District Meet at Raymond. Athletes had to finish fifth or better to advance to the state meet. Girls: NW Christian 118,Morton/White Pass 110, Raymond 87, Pe Ell 73, South Bend 62, Mossyrock 55, Willapa Valley 38, Wahkiakum 29,...
Subdistrict finals May 13 at Napavine Boys: Morton/White Pass 155, Mossyrock 117, Toutle Lake 77, Pe Ell 70, Napavine 65.5, Wahkiakum 53, Adna 41.5, Winlock 38, Vancouver Christian 18 Mule results: 200m--8. Cameron Elliott 24.61. 400m--5. Ryan Helms 55.91. 800m--6. Connar Riley 2:22.85. 1600m--6. Adam Vasion 5:28.99. 300m hurdles--6. Vasion 54.45. 400m relay--4. Mules (Austin Burns, Helms, Riley, Elliott) 46.9. 1600m relay--1. Mules (Brett Chaput, Elliott, Riley, Helms) 3:54.05. Shot put--3. Chaput 38-11. Discus--1. Chaput 147-11. Javelin--7....
In a season that has been a tough one to swallow for the Lady Mules softball team, things didn’t get a whole lot better over the past two weeks. Interspersed amongst the relentless periods of rain, the Lady Mules fell victim to defeat a total of seven times dating back to April 18, including a trio of double-headers. In the most recent action, the Lady Mules played host to the Timberwolves of Morton-White Pass last Friday evening. Despite MWP’s slow starts in both games, the Lady Mules ended up dropping the opener 15-0 and the nightcap 16-...
Members of the Wahkiakum High School Coaches Association have decided to create a Mules Hall of Fame to honor athletes and coaches who have participated in Mule athletics over the years. The first members will be inducted this May. Two events are planned around the induction to raise funds to support Mule athletic programs. The first is the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, which the coaches plan to make an annual event. The dinner will be May 21, 6 p.m., at the WHS gym. The $30 cost will include a dinner of crab, oysters, spaghetti, garlic bread...
Thursday May 5th The Wahkiakum Mules clinched the league championship and finished the 2011 season undefeated with a record of 22-0-2. Both ties were with last year's 3rd place state finisher Northwest Christian of Lacy. The league championship belongs to the Mules based on an 8 stroke victory over the Navigators on May 3rd, Northwest Christian's only loss of the season. Thursday's 6 team match scores were Wahkiakum 182, NWC 182, Adna 188, Willapa Valley 205 and South Bend, Raymond and North Beach no score due to too few players to complete 4...
Wahkiakum High School graduate Valle Ledtke won the 400 meter sprint at St. Martins University last Saturday. Her time was 58.17 and was a new track record at St. Martins University. Valle is a junior at Western Washington University and on the varsity track and field team. She will traveling to Monmouth, Ore., in two weeks to compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships. Photo by Brian Ledtke....
April 28 at Ilwaco Girls: Kalama 153, Montesano 126, Castle Rock 96, Ridgefield 86, Ilwaco 50, Wahkiakum 31 Mule results: 3200m--4. Ashley Silva 13:43.58. 1600m relay--4. Mules (Shelby Felton, Silva, Gabby Mann, Maya Stanley) 5:07.81. Shot put--2. Blaine Land 34-4.5. Discus--2. Land 98-9. High jump--4. Stanley 4-6. Pole vault--5. Stanley 5-6. Long jump--6. Mann 13-0.5. Boys: Kalama 201, Ilwaco 85, Castle Rock 80, Montesano 76, Ridgefield 64, Wahkiakum 15 Mule results: 200m--6. Cameron Elliott 25.11. 400m--3. Ryan Helms 56.73. Discus--2. Brett...
April 12 The Wahkiakum Mules golf team beat the Adna Pirates in a duel match by a lower score of 176 to 209 in a home match at Skyline Golf course in Cathlamet. The Mules bested their season efforts by 9 strokes while bringing their season record to 6-0. Sophomore Bradley Peek led the Mules with a career best nine hole score of 39 beating Adna's Riley Boone's score of 43 by 4 strokes. Solid scores were also posted by Sophomores Peter Weiler 44 and Brook Calvert 45. Rounding out the lowest four scores of five player format was Freshmen Austin...
District 2B Baseball May 9 At Mossyrock 1. Central 5 vs. Central 1 4:00 3. Pacific 3 vs. Central 2 6:00 At Ocosta 2. Central 3 vs. Pacific 2 3:30 4. Central 4 vs. Pacific 1 5:30 May 10 At Mossyrock 5. winners Games 1 & 2 4:00 6. winners Games 3 & 4 6:00 At Adna 7. Losers Games 1 & 2 3:30 8. Losers Games 3 & 4 5:30 May 13 at Mossyrock 12. Winner Games 5 & 6, championship, both to state May 14 at Mossyrock 9. Winner 7 vs. loser 6 10:00 10. Winner 8 vs. loser 5 12:00 11. Winners G 9 & 10 2:00; winner 3rd. District 2B Fastpitch All games at Ft....
Three ocean beaches opened this week for a razor clam dig that could be the last dig of the season. Morning digs are set on two beaches, Long Beach and Twin Harbors, for six straight days, May 3-8. Mocrocks Beach, which extends north from the Copalis River to the southern boundary of the Quinault Indian Reservation, will also be open for razor-clam digging May 7-8. No digging will be allowed on any of those beaches after noon. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the dig after marine toxin tests showed that the clams...
