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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wednesday morning update: Northwest Yeshiva knocked the Comet boys from the tournament with a 60-48 victory. Later in the morning, Warden eliminated the Lady Mules by a 55-40 score. For updates and scores of Mule and Comet games, check The Wahkiakum Eagle Sports report on Facebook, and/or www.waheagle.com...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Lady Mules basketball team will face Tonasket in regional completion on Saturday after a fourth place finish in the District 4 2B tournament. After last week's loss to Chief Leschi and a move to the consolation bracket, the Lady Mules advanced in the district tournament with a 60-38 win against Rainier last Thursday. "Rainier was a great bounce back game for us," Coach Rob Garrett said. "The girls executed really well and played with a ton of confidence. I...
Submitted by Coach Garrett Radcliffe After a roller coaster of a season that saw multiple different shut downs due to Covid and weather, the Wahkiakum Mules wrestling team endured finishing strong at the Mat Classic XXXIII State Wrestling Tournament this past weekend at the Tacoma Dome. Participating in the tournament were Seniors Cayden Mendez and Gabe Moon. Senior Jerimyah Johnson, junior McKenna Mendez, and freshman Zaya Ray we're also invited to the tournament as alternates. Because there...
The Wahiakum Mules boys basketball season ended when they lost to Ilwaco in a loser out district game last Wednesday, 71-47. “Ilwaco posed a lot of challenges for us. They can score from all five spots and they have a couple guys who come off the bench and do good things,” Coach Todd Souvenir said. “We knew we’d have to be up to the task, and that we would have to play man to man against them. I thought we did a pretty good for the most part on defense, but it wasn’t the night we needed of...
District Tournament Summary Class 1B The Naselle Comet girls basketball team beat Willapa Valley 33-24 in the District 4 1B championship last Saturday. They'll play Evergreen Lutheran at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 26, at Mark Morris High School in the 1B regionals. The Naselle boys lost to Willapa Valley in their district championship game 67-40. They'll play Neah Bay at 12 p.m. on Saturday, February 26 at Mark Morris High School to start regionals. Both regional games are loser out. Winners...
A forfeit from the Washington School for the Deaf on Friday automatically advanced the Naselle girls in the district tournament. On Monday, they continued with a win against Mary M. Knight, 62-8. The girls faced Mossyrock on Wednesday, but the score was not available by press time. A win sends them to the district championship game on Saturday, and guarantees regional play on February 25-26. A loss means the Comets will play for third and fourth place on Saturday, with only one of those teams...
Wahkiakum will send a contingency to the Mat Classic XXXIII State Championships at the Tacoma Dome this weekend after regional competition wrapped up this past weekend. The tournament, which pits western and eastern Washington against one another, will take place beginning Friday, with champions crowned Saturday night. Vying for the crown from Wahkiakum will be senior Cayden Mendez, who finished second in the regionals in the 285 lb. class. Senior Gabe Moon, who finished third in the 195 lb....
Photos by Todd Wilson Making it to regionals has been the Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team's goal all season, and they've been making up for an initial loss in district play while ending seasons for Onalaska and Forks in the past week in their singular drive to reach that objective. The Mules advanced last Wednesday when they beat Onalaska 62-48 in the first of a series of loser out games. "We definitely got off to a slow start," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "They had us on our heels a little bi...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team pulled ahead of Chief Leschi early in their district semifinal game on Tuesday, but the Warriors picked up momentum in the second half and a last second shot put them over the Lady Mules 40-38. Emmie Niemela scored nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Reigha Niemeyer had eight points. Miya Kerstetter added seven points. Megan Leitz had six points and five rebounds. Courtney Carlson scored five points, and Amirah Abdul-Kariem...
The Naselle Comets basketball teams will begin postseason play on Friday. The girls start the District 4 1B tournament on Friday at 6 p.m. at home against the winner of a February 9 game between Three Rivers Christian and Washington School for the Deaf. The Naselle Comets boys basketball team will make their first appearance in the District 4 tournament on February 15 at home at 6 p.m. against a yet determined opponent. The boys are 9-2 in conference, and the girls are 9-9 ov...
Photos by Ian Brandon The Lady Mules won their final two league games last week and inched closer to a trip to Spokane with wins in the first two rounds of the District 4 tournament this week. On Tuesday, the Lady Mules took on Napavine in the second round of the district tournament, and they did it without one of their starters, Miya Kerstetter, who sprained an ankle in open gym over the weekend. The Lady Mules were behind for much of the game but pulled ahead when Amirah Abdul-Kariem hit a...
Submitted by Coach Garrett Radcliffe Mule Wrestling came off a disappointing end to their regular season being cut short by Covid-19 protocols and powered through district championships. Throughout this season wrestlers were scheduled to participate in an additional 3 tournaments and 1 league meet that simply didn't happen due to cancellations and a program pause. "We didn't get the number of matches we wanted to this season," said coach Garrett Radcliffe. "I was still very proud of the...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team lost two games this week, one to finish the regular season and the second in the first round of post season play. Last Thursday, the team traveled to Morton/White Pass to play their final conference game of the season. The Mules lost 65-41. "They played a zone defense, and we did not handle it very well," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We've been working on how to handle that in the last week, moving the ball and reacting to what the...
The Central 2B League coaches have voted on all-league honors for players and coaches. All told, there are nine girls playing basketball at Wahkiakum High School this year, and five of them were recently honored by coaches in the Central 2B League. Wahkiakum Lady Mules Coach Rob Garrett has been named coach of the year for the second year in a row. Reigha Niemeyer is co-most valuable player along with Addison Hall from Winlock. Miya Kerstetter and Megan Leitz were named to the first team;...
The Naselle Comet girls basketball team played aggressively on both offense and defense but couldn't quite pull out a win Monday, losing 44-41 to the highly ranked Ilwaco Lady Fishermen. Photos by Robert Hilson....
Photos by Todd Wilson The Mules split games on Monday and Tuesday, bringing their overall record to 9-7, and 4-4 in league. On Monday, the Mules beat Toledo in front of a home crowd 62-61. "It was our first game after our week off, it was definitely a sloppy game, but it was competitive the whole way," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We moved the ball and got some open looks and Zakk [Carlson] knocked down a three point shot with 19 seconds left to give us the lead. It was a really big win, and more...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team won’t get much rest this week, with four games in four days, and the district tournament set to begin on Saturday. They split the first two games of the week, bringing the overall record to 13-5, and 7-1 in league. On Monday, the Lady Mules lost their first league game 49-39 to the Pirates in Adna. “Last night was a good example of what happens when you are casual and undisciplined,” Coach Rob Garrett said. “Our girls simply didn’t show up ready to play,...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team ran into a couple of the toughest teams in the league last week and dropped two more games, bringing their record to 8-6 overall, and 3-3 in league. They started with a trip to Kalama on Wednesday to take on the number one team in the league and lost 71-51. "They are a solid team," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "They are very physical; they are very good on the defensive end, and they rebound really well. They definitely came out and too...
Last Thursday, the Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team traveled to Napavine and beat the Tigers 56-41. “We struggled a bit to play our style early, but I was really happy with how the girls responded after half,” Coach Rob Garrett said. “I thought Miya [Kerstetter] stepped up big time knocking down some huge shots and Emmie [Niemela] continued to dominate the boards and get us some easy buckets inside. "Overall Napavine is an up and coming team; it was nice to see our girls come toget...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team added two wins this week bringing their overall record to 8-4 and their league record to 3-1. The Mules managed to hold on to a late lead in Toutle Lake on Thursday to beat the Ducks 53-50. "Both teams got out to a slow start offensively," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "We struggled to get into any kind of rhythm throughout the game, but in the fourth quarter, luckily, we got things going and got a couple shots to fall and got some...
Photos by Ian Brandon The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team continues to dominate with two more wins this week, bringing their record to 12-4 overall and 6-0 in league. The team traveled to Toutle Lake on Thursday and easily beat the Ducks 59-17. "I thought the girls played great aggressive defense all the way through the game against Toutle," Coach Rob Garrett said. "The girls also attacked the basket hard, which has been a big focus. Reigha [Niemeyer] and Megan [Leitz] in particular were...
Submitted by Coach Garrett Radcliffe Wahkiakum High School wrestling returned to the mats after a long hiatus due to winter break and tournament cancellations from covid-19. The Mules opened up Central 2B League play, having not competed since Dec. 11. On Jan. 12, the team traveled to Rainier High School for a league mixer and dominated with a 9-3 team record, all wins coming via pin. "It was great for our student athletes to not only get back on the mats after the disappointment of...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team spent more time on the road to Forks than they did on the Spartan home court on Monday, but they made the trip count, coming home with a win, 60-52. “I don’t know the exact time frame we were on the bus, but it felt like a good five hours,” Coach Todd Souvenir said. “When the refs tipped the ball up in the air, we definitely looked like we’d been on the bus for five hours.” The Mules, who had been behind by as much as 20 points, were down by 17 at the h...
