RICHLAND -- Laurel Thompson won a tough match at No. 1 singles to provide the difference as the Richland girls edged visiting Eisenhower 4-3 in Columbia Basin Big Nine tennis played Saturday.
Richland's boys, led by Troy Zuroske, rolled through Ike 7-0.
Boys: Richland 7, Eisenhower 0. Singles--Troy Zuroske (R) d. Nathan Mount 6-1, 6-1; Taylor Dickey (R) d. George Ygona 6-0,6-0; John Talbot (R) d. Kameron Torres 6-0,6-0; Stevie Strickler (R) d. Gabe Martinez 6-2,6-1. Doubles--Simean Yang-Phillip Vukelich (R) d. Marco Guillen-George Chen 6-1,6-1; Nick Colby-Tyler Mehlenbacher (R) d. Tanner Briggs-Bryan Klingele 6-2,6-2; Sean Colby-Josh Luo (R) d. Logan Patterson-Jordon Chen 6-3,6-0.
Girls: Richland 4, Eisenhower 3. Singles--Laurel Thompson (R) d. K. Cross 6-4,6-3; Kayla Long (E) d. Sydney Dautel 6-4,6-2; Katie Klos (R) d. Leslie Guska 6-1,6-4; Jasmine Okbinoglu (E) d. Laurel Adami 6-0,4-6, 1-0 (2). Doubles--Mikayla Kusuda-Sarah Vukelich (R) d. K. Cross-K. Cross 7-6(5), 7-5; Chelsea Hutchinson-Tasha Talbot (R) d. C. Eglin-E. Brassington 6-1,6-0; A. Sellsted-K. Racy (E) d. Cori McMurray-Lauren Shepherd 7-5,7-5.
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On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On Oct. 24 ...
* 1987 -- Goaltender Stephanie Middleton stopped a whopping 32 shots as the Kamiakin girls soccer team handed Richland its first Big Nine loss, 2-1. "It was like there were two goalies," Braves coach Chris Erikson said of Middleton's performance as her team was outshot 33-11.
* 1974 -- Kennewick junior Gene Warner just missed breaking the course record by two seconds to lift the Lions' cross country team to a pair of dual-meet wins over Moses Lake and Eisenhower. Warner negotiated the Park Middle School course, finished in 10 minutes, 29 seconds.
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history
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* 2003 -- Heidi Ruff bowled games of 181 and 210 to help lead Kennewick High School's girls bowling team to a 3 1/2-1/2 victory over visiting Eisenhower at Celebrity Bowl in the Lions' first Central Washington League match of their inaugural season.
* 1995 -- Stanford's Sara Moore and BYU's John Hedengren -- both from Richland -- participated in the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Ames, Iowa. Moore placed fourth on the Cardinal team -- 82nd overall. Hedengren, who finished 31st overall for the Cougars at regionals, placed 79th out of 170 runners. BYU finished 10th out of 22 teams, and Hedengren clocked in at 32:33 over 10 kilometers.
Armstrong, Kamiakin lead talented pool of runners
Armstrong, Kamiakin lead talented pool of runners
RICHLAND -- The sport of running will never rival the likes of football for attention.
Tonight's football game between Kennewick and Kamiakin high schools figures to fill up the 6,800-seat Lampson Stadium.
The Richland Invite -- the area's biggest regular-season cross country meet -- likely will draw several hundred spectators, mostly family and friends. And even the all-classes state event at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco can't compete with a regular-season showdown between city rivals.
Richland girls defeat Eisenhower 51-34
Richland girls defeat Eisenhower 51-34
YAKIMA -- Britney Pringle had 26 points and six steals to lead the Richland girls basketball team to a 51-34 CBBN 4A victory Saturday against Eisenhower.
The win pulls Richland within a half game of Wenatchee in third place. The teams play at Richland on Tuesday.
RICHLAND -- Croskrey 5, Catone 5, Hiller 2, Manning 2, Corrigan 6, Pringle 26, Weitz, Duckworth, Turner 5.
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