Archive - Sports Article
June 9th, 2011
Mary Walker boys basketball assistant coach Dave Howard has been promoted to head coach following the recent resignation of Dwayne Watts.
Howard, a 1977 Deer Park High School graduate, has served as assistant basketball coach for the past six years. He is also an assistant football coach.
Watts was 49-43 during his recent four-year tour as head coach with the Chargers. He led the Chargers to the state tournament in 1989 during his first head coaching stint at the school.
• The second annual Chargers Hoops Golf Tournament will be 1:30 p.m. on July 23 at the Deer Park Golf Course.
June 7th
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Photo submitted by Monica Peone
Springdale’s Kendall Peone, Rodney Abrahamson and Connor Parker, who helped guide the Chargers to a regional berth were named to the All-Northeast 2B League baseball team in voting by conference coaches.
Peone was named to the first team along with league most valuable player J.J. Robinson, Brandon Heiser, Tyler McNannay and Alex Teade, all of Colfax; Ross Collins and Jacob Schmach, both of Liberty; Erik Muelheims of St. George’s; Daniel Holland of Northwest Christian; Traven Smith of Lind-Ritzville-Sprague and Ron Wilke of Davenport.
Deer Park’s Aaron Eskue was the Stags’ lone representative on the All-Great Northern League baseball team this spring in voting by the conference coaches.
The senior catcher was named to the second team.
May 31st
Mother Nature did what the state’s top Class 2A pole could not — keep Deer Park’s Bailee Jacka grounded.
The DPHS junior, ranked the top female Class 2A vaulter for most of the season, wasted little time at Friday’s state championships in Tacoma in besting the field with a 10-foot, 9-inch effort.
Her performance gave her the first Deer Park track state title since Mackenzie Johnson won the high jump championship in 2006.
Three was a lucky number for the Riverside track program at last weekend’s state Class 1A championships at Eastern Washington University.
The Lady Rams took home a trio of third place finishes (400, and 3,200 meters and 1600-meter relay) as they finished 12th in the team competition with 24.20 points. Bellevue Christian won the team title with 61 points.
May 26th
There seems to be no height that Deer Park's Bailee Jacka cannot conquer.
The junior, who broke the school's pole vault record earlier this spring, extended the mark to 11 feet, 7 inches in winning the Region IV championships on May 20 in Prosser.
Jacka will go into this weekend's state Class 2A championships in Tacoma at the state's top seed.
May 25th
A group of 19 area athletes will compete at this weekend’s state track championships in Tacoma (Class 2A) and Cheney (Class 1A).
Deer Park qualifiers are
Dayde Collins — 1,600 and 3,200 meters.
Nikole Ball — 100 meters and 400- and 800-meter relays.
Alison Ruygrok — 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter relays.
Jalynn Moser — 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter relays.
Allison Gladhart — 800 and 1,600 meters and 1600-meter relay.
Bailee Jacka — Pole vault and 400- and 800-meter relays.
Holland Baydo — 1,600-meter relay.
Riverside qualifiers are:
Jordan Wood — 400 meters and 1,600-meter relay.
Deer Park’s Donovan Snyder and Selena Lewis failed to advance to the final round of the Class 2A state golf tournament in Spanaway this week.
Snyder shot an 88 in the opening round at The Classic Golf Course. The cut line (the top 40 golfers) was an 85.
Ryan Wallen of Blaine shot a 73-70 (143) to win the individual title by seven strokes.
Interlake won the boys team title with 102 points. Hockinson finished second with 74.
Lewis, making her second state appearance, shot a 117 at the Lake Spanaway Golf Course, which was 19 strokes over the cut line.
