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Published
4-23-07
Local Report —
YVCC fastpitch
closes out
perfect
crossover
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
WENATCHEE —
Casey Riedner
and Jess Garcia
hit back-to-back
solo home runs
in the bottom of
the seventh
inning Sunday to
pull out a 5-4
Yakima Valley
fastpitch win
against
Chemeketa and a
4-0 record at
the Wenatchee
Crossover
Tournament.
published
Saturday, March
30th 2007
Bigby shines for
YVCC
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
As coach
Chuck Bodeen put
it simply,
Brooke Bigby had
herself a day.
The Yakima
Valley Community
College freshman
pitched
back-to-back
shutouts and was
2-for-3 in both
games with five
RBI as the Yaks
swept Columbia
Basin 6-0, 4-0
in NWAAC East
Region play on
Friday.
Published
Friday, March
29th 2007
Local report —
Yak baseball
goes batty,
sweeps Spokane -
Yakima Valley
Community
College's
baseball team
brought some
thunder to the
opening day of
the NWAACC East
Region season on
Wednesday.
Published
Monday, March
5th 2007
YVCC women
bounce back to
beat Walla
Walla-Finish
29-4
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
KENNEWICK —
Semifinal
hangover?
Not for Yakima
Valley Community
College's
women's
basketball team.
Bouncing back
from Saturday's
loss to eventual
champion Lane,
the Yaks
completely
overwhelmed
Walla Walla
92-56 for third
place Sunday in
the NWAACC
Tournament at
Toyota Center.
Published
Thursday, Feb.
22nd 2007
Back to Back
Championships
for YVCC Women's
Basketball
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
They had done
two things
differently than
last year's
team, a squad
that won one
championship but
had hoped to win
two.
First, Yakima
Valley's women
won their last
regular-season
game, 83-72
Wednesday night
over Wenatchee
Valley, securing
their second
straight Eastern
Region title.
Published
Wednesday,
February 14th
2007
A modern-day
love story
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
 ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic
Anthony Johnson and Shaunte Nance-Johnson loosely re-enact Anthony's proposal.
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She was
disappointed,
initially, that
they wouldn't be
playing
basketball
tonight.
He was fine with
it, saying he
had plans for
the two of them,
most of which he
preferred to
keep to himself
until precisely
the right
moment.
Published
3-12-07
Yaks Wrestling
Coaches Honored
Yakima Valley
wrestling
coaches Tito
Pimentel and
Mike Schmitt
were voted the
Region 18
Outstanding
Coaches of the
Year, the NJCAA
Region 18
announced Sunday
 Misty Hansen Yakima Valley
Yakima Valley Community College's Co-Head Wrestling Coaches Receive the Region 18 Outstanding Coach of the year Award. |
Published on
Monday, February
12, 2007
YVCC women, men
find their ways
past CBC
 KRIS HOLLAND/Yakima Herald-Republic
Yakima Valley's Taitum Dixie drives against Columbia Basin's Lela Buck on Sunday in Sherar Gym.
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Published
2-04-07
No. 1 Yaks win
fifth straight
Chelsie
Morrison scored
19 points and
Whitney Honn
added 10 as No.
1-ranked Yakima
Valley beat
Spokane 63-49 in
an Eastern
Region game
Saturday in
Sherar Gym.
Published
1-28-07
Morrison,
Stickney do it
all for
victorious
Yakima Valley
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
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Thursday,
January
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Small wonder —
Blodgett a
diminutive
dynamo for YVCC
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
ANDY
SAWYER/Yakima
Herald-Republic
Yakima Valley
Community
College's Andrea
Blodgett handles
the ball against
Walla Walla
Community
College
Wednesday, Jan.
10, 2007.
YVCC women roll
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
Earlier
Friday night, it
was happening to
the YVCC women.
The Yaks
trailed Blue
Mountain by four
with 4:17 left
in the first
half before
embarking on a
30-0 run —
that's right,
30-0 — en route
to a 93-54 rout.
Published
1-19-07
YVCC alum guides
CWU to victory
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
ELLENSBURG —
They are
learning in the
Kittitas Valley
what everyone in
the Yakima
Valley has known
for years, that
Elyse Mengarelli
can and will
take over a game
when
circumstances
dictate.
Published
1-10-07
YVCC brings No.
1 ranking back
home
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
Opinions vary on
the value of
being ranked in
polls, from the
belief that a
lofty position
heightens
collective
confidence to
the conviction
that such status
makes the
affected team a
target and,
thus, is a
detriment.
Yakima Valley
coach Cody
Butler's view,
meanwhile, lies
somewhere
between.
Published on
Thursday,
January 11, 2007
A split decision
for YVCC
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
Good teams, even
ones with
double-digit
winning streaks
and single-digit
rankings,
experience
growing pains.
Yakima Valley's
women endured
that process
Thursday night
at Sherar Gym,
but the
discomfort was
no doubt
lessened by the
outcome of their
game.
Published Jan.
7th, 2007
YVCC wrestlers
get noticed at
invitational
PORTLAND- The
Yakima Valley
Community
College
wrestling team
turned some
heads with
strong
performances at
the Portland
State University
Invitational on
Sunday.
Published Jan.
7th, 2007
College basketball roundup — Yaks remain perfect in NWAACC
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
SPOKANE — Lisa Bishop might not have led the Yakima Valley women's basketball team in scoring, but she certainly came up big when they needed her most.
Bishop scored nine of the Yaks final 11 points, capped by two free throws with 13 seconds left as they held on to defeat Spokane 71-68 in an NWAACC Eastern Region contest Saturday.
Blodgett guides
YVCC to win in
league opener
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
MOSES LAKE —
On a night in
which they
neither shot
well nor played
fast, Yakima
Valley's women
nonetheless
found a way to
win.
Published on
Sunday, December
10, 2006
Shoreline no
match for YVCC
women
Shoreline had no
answer for
Andrea Blodgett
in Saturday's
non-league
women's
basketball game
at Sherar Gym.
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
YVCC grapplers
make history
against Highline
Published on Sunday, December 3, 2006
Manaway sparks YVCC men past S. Puget Sound
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Bryan Manaway scored
20 points to lead four Yakima Valley players in double figures Saturday as the Yaks men won their home-opener 77-73 over South Puget Sound in Sherar Gym.
Published on Sunday, December 3, 2006
Morrison, Stickney lead YVCC rout
Chelsie Morrison scored 23 points, and Tana Stickney had 17 as Yakima Valley wore down shorthanded South Puget Sound 95-74 in the Yaks' home opener Saturday at Sherar Gym.
The win improved YVCC to 6-1 for the season.
Published on
Saturday,
November 25,
2006
Big time —
Sturdy
frontcourt
leading the way
for YVCC men
By ROGER
UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
Published on
Monday, November
20, 2006
YVCC women take
basketball tourney
championship
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
WENATCHEE — A strong
defensive performance
down the stretch and a
good game from Wenatchee
Tip-Off Tournament MVP
Chelsie Morrison gave
the Yakima Valley
women's basketball team
a 59-43 victory against
Spokane in the
championship game on
Sunday.
Published on
Monday, November
20, 2006
Morrison
leads YVCC women past
CBC
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
WENATCHEE — Yakima
Valley may have shot
poorly against Columbia
Basin on Saturday, and
the Yaks may have
committed 28 turnovers,
but they did one crucial
thing well.
YVCC made 18 of 24 free
throws with Chelsie
Morrison hitting 5 of 6
in the final two
minutes, and hung on to
beat the Hawks 56-53 in
the semifinals of the
Wenatchee Tip-Off
Tournament.
Published November 9,
2006
First-year Yaks crashing
NWAACC postseason
party -
An already historic
season became even more
momentous for Yakima
Valley's women's soccer
team Wednesday.
Published on
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Most first-year programs
are happy with modest
goals and
accomplishments.
But Saturday, following
the Yaks' 1-0 victory
over Highline at
Chesterley Park, they
have quite a bit more to
celebrate as they also
clinched a playoff berth
Published on
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Yaks
open at SW Oregon
YAKIMA
HERALD REPUBLIC
Coos Bay, OR- Jose
Barajas and Jared Smith
recorded pins, but
Yakima Valley dropped a
27-18 decision to
powerful Southwestern
Oregon in a community
college wrestling meet
Saturday
Published on Sunday,
October 29, 2006
YVCC Sweeps Big Bend
Moses Lake — Nancy
Donato had seven kills
as the Yakima Valley
volleyball team swept
Big Bend 30-15, 30-20,
30-19 on Friday.
Published on October, 18th 2006
Riedner earns academic
award
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Casey Riedner has been named an All-America Scholar
Athlete by the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association, having compiled a 4.0 grade point
average at the college. A sophomore from Colton,
Riedner is one of the Yaks catchers.
Published
on October 15, 2006
Yaks
tie with Wenatchee
Valley
YAKIMA
HERALD REPUBLIC
WENATCHEE- Yakima Valley's soccer team scored first but couldn't
hold off Wenatchee Valley in an NWAACC match Saturday on the
Knights' field.
Published
on October 8, 2006
YVCC Volleyball splits two in tournament
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
COOS BAY, Ore. — Rebounding from a loss to Tacoma, Yakima Valley defeated Olympia to split its two first-day matches in the Southwestern Oregon Community College crossover volleyball tournament Friday.
Published on Tuesday, October 3, 2006
YVCC basketball
— Both teams happy with recruiting classes
By ROGER UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Like those of most junior colleges, the basketball rosters at Yakima
Valley have undergone substantial change since last season.
But unlike those of many two-year institutions, the Yaks men's and
women's coaches aren't expressing hand-wringing angst over the
transformation of their teams.
9-28-06
Yakima Valley sweeps Big Bend
Chelsey
Delvo had 12 kills and Danielle Palacios totaled five kills and 30
assists as Yakima Valley beat Big Bend 3-0 in an NWAACC Eastern
Region volleyball match Wednesday night at Sherar Gym
Yak Volleyball Beats Big Bend in Three
9-21-06
Local Report — Yakima
Valley overcomes bigger Treasure Valley
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Overcoming a height disadvantage with strong defense, Yakima Valley
Community College's volleyball squad defeated Treasure Valley in
NWAACC play Wednesday at Sherar Gym.
9-7-06
SARA GETTYS/Yakima
Herald-Republic
Kick started —
YVCC soccer team gets going
By
ROGER UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA
HERALD-REPUBLIC
YVCC players (from left) Leticia Reiber,
Jacyna Coleman, and Patty Lopez work through warm-up drills during
the third practice of YVCC new women's soccer team on Thursday,
August 24, 2006.
9-7-06
Yaks win
first match
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic
Luiz Machado, the coach of the new YVCC
women's soccer team speaks to his players before they begin
their third practice on Thursday, August 24, 2006.
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6-1-06
Lindsey
Lick named 1st team all region for the women's fastpitch team.
Jess Garcia was also named 2nd team all-region.
"Three
talented locals girls
commit to YVCC Women's Basketball"
By ROGER UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Women’s Basketball team is ranked #2
in final coach’s poll. http://www.nwaacc.org/
(use the pull down menu to click
on Women’s Basketball)
Donnie
Harrison and Elyse Mengerelli earn All-star MVP Honors.
New Coach, Luiz Machado is optimistic that his recent recruiting
efforts will field an extremely competitive team in the first year
of the new soccer program. “Most
of my recruiting has been focused locally, the great thing is that
the Yakima Valley has strong history of competitive women’s
soccer and there is a lot of talent to go after.”
Baseball and Fastpitch schedules have been finalized.
Baseball schedule
Fastpitch
schedule
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