OTHELLO — Both Ellensburg coach Todd Gibson and Selah manger Mike Archer agree Sonny Garza has changed the baseball culture in Othello in just two short years.
YAKIMA — If you rolled the rock out to Royal sophomore Caleb Christensen and asked him to shoot 3-pointers from the wing, he’d probably make 9 of 10. But his shot to send the game to overtime with time ticking down at the 1A Hardwood Classic caught the rim, bounced …
YAKIMA — I brushed the six-inch accumulation of snow off the car Wednesday night after Yakima city proper got hammered with the latest Pacific Northwest blast of winter, backed out and followed the hordes toward the exit.
MATTAWA — It’s easy to sit on the sidelines in this instant-access world, type a complaint into the response box, spew negativity off into cyberspace, some mindless, anonymous source of information meant to make yourself feel good, while kicking the next guy.
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ROYAL — The word came down before the SCAC 1A District game against Naches Valley that Royal senior Owen Ellis needed 48 points to surpass 1,500 career points.
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EAST WENATCHEE — “Team score is irrelevant, it’s all about qualifying at this point,” Othello coach JJ Martinez said during the break as officials set up the championship mat at the Girls Region 4 Sub-Regional North tournament in East Wenatchee Saturday afternoon.
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ROYAL CITY — There’s been a lot of players and coaches, fans and family that have made the journey with him. And of course, the highly influential Bob Nielsen, whom he still thinks of as “Mr. Nielsen,” is looking down with a big ol’ smile.
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Growing up in Denver, I took an instant liking to Nuggets eight-time NBA All-Star Alex English. Alex was a shooting sensation back when the Lakers were Showtime and the Celtics were showstoppers.
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OTHELLO — Back in 1995, Jon Bon Jovi told the crowd before his set at the concerts for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, “ … My mother once told me if you were going to call somebody one your influences, then you need to know who their influences …
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