High school sports returned to the Yakima Valley over the past month, but just like that, everything is up in the air again. When the county moved into phase two of the state’s Safe Start plan on Oct. 13, football, volleyball, girls soccer and cross country teams from Yakima to Sunnyside were allowed to practice... Continue Reading →
Selah High Fall Sports Teams Finally Able to Take the Field
Fall sports are back at Selah High School — on a limited basis, anyway. The first scheduled events for the football, volleyball, girls soccer and cross country teams aren’t until March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But since Yakima County recently moved into phase two of the state’s Safe Start plan, dozens of Selah High... Continue Reading →
Pro, College Football Have Shown Us That Sports Can Still Be Safe
Looking back at my prediction a couple months ago that the NFL season would be scrapped due to COVID-19, boy am I glad I was wrong. Like many of you, I’ve been loving the first month of the pro football season, thanks in large part to the 5-0 start by the Seattle Seahawks. We’ve seen... Continue Reading →
Toppenish High Sports Teams Hope to Resume Practices in October
Like every other athletic director in Central Washington, Toppenish High School A.D. Brett Stauffer is ready for some football. And volleyball, and soccer, and cross country. Top-Hi is one of more than 1,000 high schools around the state being forced to sit out the fall sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But with case... Continue Reading →
Selah High Athletes Still Waiting, But Hope to Return This Month
School is back in session and the leaves are beginning to turn. But one thing is conspicuously missing from our lives this fall: high school sports. In most years, the Selah High School football team would be wrapping up its non-conference schedule, preparing for CWAC play to begin. The Vikings’ volleyball and girls soccer teams... Continue Reading →
Officiating has highs and lows, but the good times stand out
I’m one of those guys people love to hate. Not because I’m a jerk or a particularly disagreeable fellow. It has more to do with a certain after-hours activity that I’ve been involved in for the past dozen-or-so years. You may have yelled my name and not even known whom you were barking at. You... Continue Reading →
Selah girls soccer seniors want to go out on top
Vikings have won 18 in a row as they prepare for 2A final four The Selah High girls soccer team finds itself in a familiar position this week as it continues state tournament play at the Class 2A final four. The Vikings have become state playoff mainstays over the past five years, earning a trip... Continue Reading →