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DAYTON–The Dayton High School Class of 2023 tossed their mortarboards high into the air at the conclusion of Commencement Exercises here Saturday, June 3, after receiving their diplomas, witnessing their individual class mates' scholarship awards and hearing valedictory and salutatory addresses from the class's academic leaders. Emily Rodrick, Hudson Reser, salutatorian Sarah Shutters, valedictorian Benny Bryan, Vaughn Walter, Shania Johnson-Fay, Eve Talbott, Joseph Patterson and Madison G...
DAYTON–The Columbia County Fairgrounds were the site of a two-day Dayton Days Rodeo last weekend, kicking off Memorial Day Weekend and the summer with two nice and beautiful days where folks from near and far enjoyed the activities and events, including the Dayton Days Parade in downtown Dayton on Saturday. There were full cards of rodeo acton, including ranch bronc riding, tie-down roping, mutton bustin', breakaway roping, team roping, drill teams, steer riding, junior barrel racing, chute d...
DAYTON–Seventeen seniors at Pietrzycki High School will walk in the 2023 Commencement Exercises this Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Dayton Gymnasium. The pomp and circumstance will begin at 1 p.m. The valedictorian of the Class of 2023 is Benny Bryan and the salutatorian will be Sarah Shutters. Both will be addressing the commencement. Bryan is the son of Paul and Ginger Bryan of Dayton. His future plans are to attend Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont., and earn a bachelor's degree in Bu...
Columbia County Auditor Will Hutchens has advised the Dayton Chronicle that his name as a candidate for Auditor will be on next November’s General Election ballot, not the August Primary Election ballot as reported last week. Information on the Secretary of State website indicated Hutchens’s name would be on the Primary, but that is an error, Hutchens reports, and he has informed the Secretary of State of the error....
TUMWATER–Pirate golfers Chase Caruso and Brady Bott springboarded off their D7/D9 District Championships for high placements at the 1B/2B Golf Championships here May 23-24, Caruso repeating as the second-best woman golfer in the state 1B/2B ranks, and Brady Bott barely out of higher placings by a few strokes for a sixth-place finish. Caruso golfed a 79 on both days, but Sound Christian's Makenna Kelpman edged ahead of her by two strokes the first day and four the second to make a six-stroke d...
YAKIMA–State championships in the pole vault and the 100m. dash, and a plethora of top eight finishes from members of the Pirate boys team counted for 52 points, just a smidgeon behind the top two teams, Evergreen Lutheran and Mary Walker, which tied for the state championship with 56 points, making the Pirates second in state at the 1B-2B-1A State Championships here last week. "When adding up the points scored by everyone else who placed, Pomeroy finished with 52 points at the meet and a s...
YAKIMA–Dayton High School junior all-around athlete Reuben Yutzy finished his 2023 track and field campaign with an appearance in the shot put event, but his performance didn't quite match the throw that qualified him for the big meet here last weekend. Yutzy, an all-around athlete for Dayton-Waitsburg's track program, finished in 13th place with a 38-8½ shot put effort. "Reuben looked very sharp," commented Head Coach Dan Nechodom, "having put in a few weeks of some focused effort to imp...
POMEROY–Races for City of Pomeroy Council positions have gelled with the end of the filing period last week. Incumbent Mayor G. Paul Miller will be opposed in the November 7 General Election by Jack Peasley, and Council Members 2 and 3 will also see races. A Garfield County Special Filing Period will be May 31 through June 2 for the Port Commissioner District 2, a six-year term. The position is currently held by incumbent Matt Herres. Candidates may file in person at the Garfield County A...
The remains of Guadalupe "Andy" Benavides, 47, of Dayton, who has been missing since April 13, 2023, were located in a remote part of north Walla Walla County, along with the vehicle he was last seen driving, reported Undersheriff Joe Klundt of the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office Tuesday. At approximately 9 a.m., Klundt indicated, the Sheriff's Office was notified that a red Ford truck identical to the one Mr. Benavides was last seen driving, was parked in a wheat field in north Walla Walla...
DAYTON–DW's Lady Wolfpack Fastpitch ten-runned the Goldendale Lady Timberwolves 16-1 here Wednesday, May 17, to advance in the District 5 2B Fastpitch Softball tournament, but then fell to Kittitas-Thorpe and Cle Elum-Roslyn to bow out of post-season play. Dayton-Waitsburg faced EWAC 5 West league champion Kittitas-Thorpe on Friday, May 19, and trailed by a handful of points through the early innings before the Lady Coyotes poured in nine runs in the top of the seventh inning for the 17-1 w...
COLFAX–The heat sheet for the 1B State Track and Field Championships, this weekend in Yakima, is unique: six of the 14 state berths, indeed five of the top six, are Pomeroy Pirates, and a total of ten Pirates will be competing-meet. The Pomeroy boys were edged into second place by Mary Walker, five points separating the teams, and the Pirate Women finished ninth with 29 points at the 1B D7 & D9 Regional at Colfax last weekend. Sidney Bales and Katie Boyer were regional champions-pole vault. "...
CLARKSTON–Seniors Chase Caruso and Brady Bott both won individual District championships at the Southeast 1B District Golf Tournament on Thursday at Red Wolf Golf Club in Clarkston. The two Pirate golfers advanced to the State 1B Golf Tournament at Tumwater Valley Golf Club in Tumwater, Wash., Tuesday and Wednesday, May 23-24. Caruso wrapped up her prep career with a two-day total of 177 and her third District title, said Pirate Golf Head Coach Al Damron. She intends to attend and golf for L...
By Loyal Baker DAYTON–On this particular day, Felix Schelling and Marie Schwarz of Rosenheim, Germany, were intent on making the day's 64-mile ride from their Tuesday-night campsite at Lewis and Clark Trail State Park to Chief Timothy State Park west of Clarkston, but a repair was necessary and they ducked into Dingle's of Dayton for parts. It has been a long and fascinating adventure for 27-year-old Schelling and 29-year-old Schwarz, who started in Ushuaia, Argentina, on November 21, 2021, a...
WALLA WALLA–Lead by Chase Caruso and Brady Bott, five of Pomeroy's six golf-team members advanced from the Southeast 1B Sub-District Golf Tournament to the District tourney at Clarkston's Red Wolf Golf Club on May 18. Caruso continued her winning ways, finishing second out of a field of 15 with a 90 on the 18-hole, par 72 Veterans Memorial course. "Chase's prospects are good," observed Head Coach Al Damron. Bott also finished high, at second in a field of 20, carding an 87. "He's a solid g...
RITZVILLE–Eighteen Pirate track and field athletes finished in the money at the District 7/9 Regional meet here May 10. Regionals will be in Colfax May 19 and 20, with the qualifying finishers going to the 1B-2B-1A state meet in Yakima May 25-27. "Our teams showed well as the boys finished second overall and the girls took eighth," said Head Coach Adam Van Vogt. "We advanced 18 athletes to the regional qualifier, plus relay alternates. A lot of our kids not only moved on but had strong days p...
SPANGLE–After winning two "stay-alive" games against Touchet and Wellpinit, the Pirates' post-season run was cut short by a bottom-of-the-seventh rally by the Northport Mustangs, who walked away with a 6-5 win, capping Pomeroy's season at 12-9, and like so many games in baseball, it came down to a single pitch. Pomeroy won 11-6 over the Wellpinit Redskins on May 10 to advance to the Northport game. Northport, the second-place team out of District 7 behind undefeated Almira Coulee-Hartline, w...
DAYTON–Lady Wolfpack Fastpitch finished the last two double headers winning three of four and finishing in second place in the EWAC 2B Fastpitch standings with a 4-4 record, 6-9 overall. DW played Goldendale on May 17 at home in their first post-season game, and will continue in the bracket Friday at Pasco. Visit DaytonChronicle.com for up-to-date information. The Wolfpack split a road twin bill with Columbia-Burbank, losing 4-3 then winning 11-8 on May 12. DW had a 3-1 lead in the third but t...
BURBANK–Javelin thrower Reuben Yutzy was the sole Dayton-Waitsburg Track and Field team member to qualify for the state tournament in Yakima, the junior sprinter, jumper and thrower placing fourth. Yutzy and the DW track and field team competed at the EWAC District meet here Tuesday, May 16, with several Wolfpack athletes setting personal records. He advances to the State Championships for 1B, 2B and 1A schools at Eisenhower High School, Yakima, May 25-27. Yutzy also finished sixth in the 1...
By Loyal Baker POMEROY––The Pirate boys captured the League crown at the 1B League Championships here May 2, with the girls finishing in fifth, and all eyes set on District. The team traveled to Ritzville Wednesday for the District 7 & 9 Championships for athletes to qualify for the regional meet, set for May 19-20 in Colfax. Pomeroy hosted not only the League Championship meet but also the Cinco De Mayo Twilight meet May 5. The Pirate boys with 126 points were nearly 30 points ahead of second-p...
RITZVILLE–The Pomeroy Pirates downed the Wellpinit Redskins 11-6 to advance in District 1B baseball play here May 10. The Pirates next face Northport, the second-place team out of District 7, with the first pitch at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13 at Liberty High School in Spangle. Pomeroy’s record is now 12-8 and Northport has a 14-4 record behind undefeated Almira Coulee-Hartline at 15-0. “We had a great performance on the mound from Ollie Severs and Brodie Magill,” said Head Coach Kyler Lovgren...
POMEROY––Pirate baseball fans have been treated to exciting baseball with Pomeroy splitting double headers against DeSales and Touchet, but playing taut ball in the process. The Pirates are battling for a fourth seed into district with the end of the season ahead. The Pirates played at Gar-Pal on Tuesday and visit Endicott to face SJEL in the season-finale twin bill Saturday, April 29. Presently the Pirates are one game out of a fourth seed into the district playoffs, Head Coach Kyler Lovgren sa...
PASCO–Chase Caruso continued her winning ways at Sun Willows Golf Course here Monday, April 24, shooting an 84 for first-place honors, with teammate Brady Bott tying for second in the boys' division with an 82, according to Al Damron, Head Coach of the golf team. Both members of the Pirate Golf Team are tuning up for the final push to Sub-District and District golf matches. "With the post season just around the corner, we are in a very strong position of hoping for a few spots in the state t...
POMEROY–The Pirates rallied with four runs in the sixth for a 6-3 win then fell 5-3 against Colton April 10. “We played a solid baseball game one,” said Coach Kyler Lovgren. “Defensively I think we made some progress; Gunner Magill really came through at shortstop. “Offensively, Ollie Severs was on at the plate. He went 4 for 4 and really got in a groove hitting. He was not just hitting the ball, he was hitting it hard. Brodie Magill and Trevin Kimble were also solid at the plate, Lovgren said. Trevin Kimble threw a good game for six innings, L...
GENESEE–The Lady Pirates were dogpiled by a 12-run first inning on their way to a 15-0, three-inning non-conference loss here April 13, and Colton waltzed away with 28-10 and 20-4 wins April 10. "The girls worked hard this game," commented Coach Lexi Beale, "and had a great attitude the whole game. Hannah Bagby and Molly Warren had doubles." The Pirates had 13 hits in the first game but only four in the second. Genessee held the Lady Bucs hitless. "There were "not a lot of stats but there was cl...
POMEROY––Some purty darn good baseball was played by the Pirates just before taking Spring Break. The Pirates won a walk-off, 7-6 contest against Liberty Christian on Friday, March 31, at Shepherd Field, prior to dropping the second game 12-2. Pomeroy played Colton on Monday (results next week) and next faces the Touchet Redhawks there on April 18. Baseball fans were treated to a great ballgame in the opener. The Bucs went into the bottom of the seventh trailing 6-2 and rallied with five run...