Beetles' season ends with slugfest loss to Wenatchee - Those were foul winds that blew through Parker Field on Wednesday night, at least for the shell-shocked Yakima Pepsi Beetles. Hard-hitting Wenatchee, on the other hand, took flight and rode the summer breeze to an offensive onslaught and a rare berth to t...MORE...

Trip north continues south for Yakima - VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Runs have been hard to come by for most of this season for the Bears, but of late they've become even more scarce. Yakima was shut out for the second time in three games Wednesday night, 4-0 by Vancouver before an announced...MORE...

Local report -- West Valley nabs district berth - Casey Croshaw pitched a three-hitter and drove in two runs as the West Valley Baseball Club beat the Kennewick Phantoms 13-5 in a playoff for the final Junior Legion district berth Wednesday at West Valley High School. WVBC, 28-18, will open district play...MORE...

Local Golf Notes -- Cook, Wanderscheid earn trips to state - YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Eight locals, including Goldendale's Zach Wanderscheid in the boys' 16-17 age division and Eisenhower's Christine Cook in girls 16-17, earned trips to next week's Washington Junior Golf Association state tournament in Spokane with s...MORE...

Things get wild as Bears snap 5-game losing streak - VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- It wasn't exactly an offensive explosion for the struggling Bears, but it was nonetheless a win. Alfredo Marte scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning and T.J. Hose, Bryan Woodall and Jordan Meaker combined to scatter ei...MORE...

Beetles eye state berth - YAKIMA -- When the Yakima Pepsi Beetles hosted Wenatchee last week in a Central Washington League doubleheader they scored 36 runs in a sweep. But when Yakima visited the Apple Packers the next day they scored just two runs and got swept. Less than a week...MORE...

Central's Holtman in line for another honor - ELLENSBURG -- She's been on national TV, so why not be nominated for a national award? And now Mallory Holtman has been, having won the GNAC sportsmanship award, which qualfies her for NCAA Division II national acclaim. The Central Washington fastpitch pl...MORE...

Complete Whisky Dick results - Whisky Dick Triathlon OVERALL RESULTS ------- Swim ------- T-1 ------- Bike ------- T-2 ------- Run ------- Total Place Name city Bib No Age Rnk Time Pace Time Rnk Time Rate Time Rnk Time Pace Time 1 Jason Jablonski Wenatchee 661 34 7 25:43.4 2...MORE...

Beating the heat - ELLENSBURG -- A shady tree or ice cream usually marks the occasion for 95-degree weather, but Sunday, 87 people chose swimming, biking, and running a total of 36 miles from Vantage to Ellensburg in the 2008 Whisky Dick Triathlon. It was a first-time entr...MORE...

Whisky Dick Triathlon top 10 results - TOP 10 MEN 1, Jason Jablonski (Age 34, Wenatchee), 2:34.32.0; 2, Robert Pritchett (30, Ellensburg), 2:41.35.9; 3, Ladd Preppernau (18, Ellensburg), 2:50.20.8; 4, Adam Blalock (22, Moscow), 2:54.46.9; 5, Joshua Fitchett (34, Bellevue), 2:54.51.9; 6, Winsto...MORE...

Bears' losing streak reaches five games - VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The hits keep not coming for the Bears. Shut out for the second time in 12 games Monday night, struggling Yakima managed only five safeties en route to its fifth straight loss, 6-0 to Vancouver before an announced crowd of 2...MORE...

It's splitsville for Beetles, Pak - SELAH -- Cody Edwards' two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning completed a two-run rally that lifted the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak to a 4-3 win over the Yakima Pepsi Beetles at Carlon Park on Monday night and a split of their regular season-endin...MORE...

Local report — Practice collision slows Lux in Ohio - LEXINGTON, Ohio -- Yakima native Cindi Lux, the victim of a practice collision on Friday and a faulty gearbox on Sunday, finished 28th in the Sports Car Club of America's SPEED World Challenge race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Lux had recorded ninth...MORE...

Pak headed to state - YAKIMA -- Needing just one victory in their next four games to assure themselves of a state berth, the Yakima Valley Pak took care of business quickly. Jake Fife threw a complete-game seven-hitter, and Ryan Durkee backed that effort with a home run as Yak...MORE...

Obrist rallies at the Speedway - yakima -- Dan Obrist finally made the drive from Portland to Yakima Speedway for the ASA Late Model event worth his while Saturday night. Obrist started things off by posting the fast time in the division, and then he made a late move to pass Mike Zamora ...MORE...

Yakima Bears Update - Next game Opponent: Vancouver Canadians. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima LHP Patrick McAnaney (1-0, 0.48) vs. TBA. Box score Canadians 3, Bears 2 YAKIMA...MORE...

Bears suffer another late collapse - VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The late-inning heartbreak continues for the Yakima Bears. For the second time in four games, the Bears lost the lead in one of the final three innings, this time a two-run rally by the Vancouver Canadians in the eighth to c...MORE...

Flatlining -- CBA's future might be as bleak as the Sun Kings' - YAKIMA -- If the Sun Kings still have a pulse, it's faint at best. But it's possible they're not alone in intensive care, because the Continental Basketball Association itself may be on life support. There's been no change in the team's inactive status in...MORE...

Spokane beats up Bears on way out of town - YAKIMA -- The weather? Flawless. The crowd? Festive. The sight of Spokane's Indians leaving town? From the Bears' painful point of view, priceless. Yakima absorbed its first series sweep and worst beating of the season Saturday night, and the 14-2 drubbi...MORE...

07/20/08 Bears update - Next game Opponent: Vancouver Canadians. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima LHP Ian Harrington (1-3, 3.58) vs. TBA. Notes SALUTING OUR SERVICEMEN: Saturday night...MORE...

Reds miss playoffs with loss at Tacoma - TACOMA -- Junior Garcia did his part, but it still wasn't enough to help the Yakima Reds reach the playoffs for the first time since 1999. Garcia capped his stellar season with two more goals, giving him 15, but that was the sum of Yakima's offense as the...MORE...

Local report -- Beetle bats quieted in sweep - YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC WENATCHEE -- The bizarre events in Yakima's home-and-home Senior Legion series with Wenatchee continued on Saturday but this time it didn't turn out so well for the Pepsi Beetles. A day after scoring 38 runs in a sweep of the Apple...MORE...

Rally reined in -- Selah's Brader closes door on Bears' comeback - Tim Hulett was thinking it as Dustin Brader approached the pitcher's mound in the bottom of the ninth inning, but didn't dare say it. "What I told him was to work on the hitter," the Spokane manager said, "and he did that. Fortunately for us, their guy hi...MORE...

07/19/08 Bears update - Next game Opponent: Spokane Indians. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Houston Summers (3-2, 4.17) vs. Spokane LHP Martin Perez (0-1, 3.98). Notes STREAK SNAPPED: If the Bears didn't...MORE...

Whisky Dick favorites a familiar bunch - YAKIMA -- Although some of the big, front-of-the-pack regulars in the Whisky Dick Triathlon's storied history aren't expected to be in the lineup this year, Sunday's 26th annual summer test of will and stamina might just look a lot like the 2007 edition....MORE...

Local Report -- Beetles outslug Wenatchee - YAKIMA -- Calling Friday's opening game between the Yakima Pepsi Beetles and Wenatchee a wild one doesn't come close. Try this: Wenatchee piled up 25 hits and lit the scoreboard at Parker Field for 26 runs -- and lost. Jose Meza's two-run single in the bo...MORE...

Northwest League -- Close Call - YAKIMA -- On not one but two occasions, Brendan Duffy was ready to hang 'em up. Not that he wanted to quit baseball, mind you, because he'd played the game for the majority of his young life and had dearly enjoyed the experience. And even though his older...MORE...

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Meet the Bears -- Anthony Smith, first baseman - ANTHONY SMITH First baseman Bear facts: The 6-foot-1, 209-pound Smith was born March 28, 1985 in Mount Kisco, N.Y., and presently resides in Katonah, a small town some 30 miles north of New York City on Intertate 684. He played baseball at St. John's Univ...MORE...

Local Report -- Selah Nationals cruise at Junior state tournament - MOUNT VERNON -- Kurt Lindemann struck out nine in five innings and led Selah National to a 14-0 win over Nisqually Basin in the Little League Junior state tournament on Thursday. Lindemann allowed two hits in the six-inning game, which pushed Selah's reco...MORE...

7/18/08 Bears Update - Next game Opponent: Spokane Indians. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Ricardo Taveras (0-2, 5.26) vs. Spokane LHP Glenn Swanson (0-0, 0.00). Notes HEAVERLO HELPS OUT: When bus proble...MORE...

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Northwest League — Bears waste strong effort from Hose - YAKIMA -- The late Jim McKay said it so well so often that sometimes both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat have gone underappreciated....MORE...