February 18, 20225
Winter weather finally arrived in Walla Walla the past two weeks. We are thankful that we did not have to cancel any athletic events and grateful for our transportation department in getting us to district events safely on time.
The Walla Walla HS Competitive Cheer team participated in the WIAA State Championship meet in Battleground, WA two weeks ago. Although the team did not place this year, this was the fourth year in a row that the program qualified for state. Congratulations to coach Morgan Arreola and her team.
Athletic Contests Coming up for your Blue Devils….
The Blue Devil wrestling team traveled to Hermiston (boys) and Richland (girls) the weekend of February 7th and 8th for the District 6 championships. After winning their first MCC dual meet in school history in mid-January, the girls team qualified 7 wrestlers for the WIAA Mat Classic State Championships. The girls were led by sophomore Hazel Asmus and junior Kylie Whitaker, who both earned a district championship. In addition, Alexa Kemp (Sr), Brooklyn Quigg (Jr), Sambrina Malcolm (Jr), Lydia Mertens (Fr) and Karysn O’Dell (Fr) also qualified. On the boys side, three boys advanced to state: Diego Caso (Sr), Adam Dalan (Sr) and Christian McFeron (Fr). The teams will compete in the Tacoma Dome on February 20th and 21st. Fans can see the brackets on TrackWrestling (TWlink). If you are headed to Tacoma, you can purchase tickets on the WIAA website (TicketLink).
Swim and Dive completed their District tournament on February 6th, 7th and 8th. Divers Andrew Early and Cody Merrill received wild card entries to the state dive meet (February 20th) as District 6 only has one allocation for the current two-year cycle. Finals for swim allocations were raced on Saturday, February 8th at Whitman College’s Harvey Pool. The boys team won the district championship by defeating Cheney and Hermiston.
You can follow the swim action and purchase tickets through the WIAA Boys Swim and Dive page (BoysSDWIAA).
List of swim qualifiers:
Eli Bona – 200 Freestyle, 500 Freestyle & Relays
Jake Buratto – Relays
Hayes Hendley – 100 Butterfly & Relays
Bryce Hollopeter – Relays
Graham Johnson – Relays
Ahmir Luengas – Relays
Ben Stillman – Relays
Noah Stillman – 100 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke & Relays
Jerry Yao – 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle & Relays
Relays – 200 Medley, 200 Freestyle & 400 Freestyle
Saturday, February 15th saw the Blue Devil boys basketball team defeat University HS of Spokane, 79-68 in the opening round of the District 6 tournament (Bracket-Link). Next up is a trip to Mt. Spokane HS for the District semi-finals. The game is at 6:00 pm and is broadcast on the NFHS network (fee based). In addition, tickets may be purchased ahead of time on GoFan (TicketLink)
