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 By Loyal Baker    News    May 16, 2024 

Hours-long standoff ends with arrests

DAYTON–An alert neighbor who noticed something amiss and called police set off an hours-long standoff between two alleged burglars and the Columbia County Sheriff's Office late Saturday night and e...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 16, 2024 

Bulldog tracksters headed to Regionals

RITZVILLE–Four Bulldog track and field competitors will be vying for berths at the state meet at the District 7/9 Regional Track and Field Championships here Wednesday, May 15 and Friday, May 17. F...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 16, 2024 

Davis golfs at District

WARDEN–A challenging course put Dayton Bulldog golfers to the test at the District match on Sage Hills Golf Course here Monday, May 13. Dayton Bulldog senior golfer Cayle Davis finished out of the mon...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 16, 2024 

Lady Bulldogs bumped from District Tourney

WALLA WALLA–It was a tight 1-1 ballgame between the Dayton Lady Bulldogs and the Colton Lady Wildcats here Monday, May 13, but in the bottom of the fifth, Colton counted up a handful of runs to end th...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Community    May 16, 2024 

Art Class offered at Senior Center

DAYTON–Is your "inner artist" wanting to find a way to express himself or herself? A class being offered at the Columbia County Senior Center is just the thing. Monthly art classes are now being offered at the Senior Center, courtesy of the F...

 
 By Loyal Baker    News    May 9, 2024

Jolly Green Giant not so green

DAYTON–In the Valley of the Jolly – Ho! Ho! Ho! – Green Giant, the weeds were thick and green. See him standing there.... Well, it was getting hard to see the Touchet Valley's iconic Jolly Green...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 9, 2024

Bulldogs bow out

DAYTON–A taught 1-0 contest through five inning, pitchers VandeGraaf of Sunnyside Christian and Dayton's Jordan McCowen were in a classic pitcher's duel until the Knights broke the spell with runs i...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 9, 2024

Davis and Lewis advance

CLARKSTON–Bulldog golfers Cayle Davis and Dillon Lewis will advance to District Golf match in Warden's Sage Hills Golf Course on Monday, May 13. Davis and Lewis both carded a 124 at the SE 1B Sub D...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 9, 2024

Lady Bulldogs in loser-out game May 13

RICHLAND–The Dayton Bulldog Fast-Pitch team were downed by Sunnyside Christian 12-3 on Tuesday, May 7 at Liberty Christian's field here, sending them into a loser-out contest against No. 1 Colton o...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 2, 2024

Golfers looking to Sub-District

DAYTON–Bulldog golfers competed at Walla Walla's Veterans Memorial on April 22 and the Sub-District match is a dog leg away. Golfers will compete at Sub-District at Clarkston's Red Wolf Golf Course o...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 2, 2024

Bulldogs in playoffs here Friday

DAYTON–Bulldog Baseball, in its first year back after several years, finished second in the SE 1B Wheat Division and will take on Sunnyside Christian at 1 p.m. here Friday, May 3, as part of a four-te...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    May 2, 2024

Bulldog track and field hopefuls looking ahead

POMEROY––Bulldog sprinter Hikaru Iwamoto and sprinter Luke Winkler, along with hurdler and shot putter Solomon Brenner looke to have good chances of continuing their track and field season following t...

 
 By Loyal Baker    News    April 25, 2024

Dayton Days Rodeo to honor late president

DAYTON–The 2024 Columbia County Fair Association-Dayton Days Rodeo, set for May 24 and 25 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, will be dedicated in memory of the late Tim Donohue, Dayton Days p...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 25, 2024

Bulldog sprinter in top 10 at McDougall Invite

COLFAX–In the Dayton Bulldogs' final "big invitational" meet of the season, Bulldog speedster Hikaru Iwamoto finished high in the 100 m. and 200 m. dashes. "This [McDougall Invitational] was our l...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 25, 2024

Lady Dawgs sweep Lady Bucs

DAYTON–The Lady Bulldogs finished a sweep of the Pomeroy Lady Pirates with a 19-8 win Tuesday, and wins by 26-14 and 30-19 last weekend to reside firmly in second place with a 7-2 league record b...

 
 By Loyal Baker    News    April 18, 2024

Candidate filing week changed

DAYTON–The week in which political candidates may file for open elected positions has been changed to the first week in May, May 6 through 10, according to Cathy Abel, Chief Operations Deputy with the Columbia County Auditor's Office. Filing opens a...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 18, 2024

Top SE1B baseball teams face off Saturday

By Loyal Baker DAYTON–Two unbeaten Southeast 1B baseball clubs will square off here this weekend, the 8-0 Pomeroy Pirates and the 5-0 Dayton Bulldogs. First pitch will be at 11 a.m. The Bulldogs (...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 18, 2024

Sprinter Iwamoto leads Bulldog thinclads at big Oregon meet

UMATILLA–Bulldog sprinter Hikaru Iwamoto finished fourth in the 200m. dash and sixth in the 100m. dash to lead Dayton athletes at a big meet with 17 schools here April 12. The team placed 15 th with nine points, and the Waitsburg team was 11 th w...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 18, 2024

Lady Dawgs rally to sweep Gar-Pal

By Loyal Baker COLTON–The Lady Wildcats handed the second-place Lady Bulldogs a 16-2 defeat Monday, but the ball club showed Gar-Pal their strengths with a 9-4 win on five runs in the top of the seventh, then Jersey Slack pounded two–count 'em...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 18, 2024

Davis top Bulldog golfer at Dayton match

DAYTON–Bulldog golfer Cayle Davis came in with a 115 to be the best-scoring Dayton golfer at a Dayton High School-hosted league match at Touchet Valley Golf Club Thursday, April 11. Dayton's golf t...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 11, 2024

Iwamoto sprints to first in 100m. for Bulldogs

By Loyal Baker POMEROY––Dayton Bulldog sprinter Hikaru Iwamoto topped all competitors in the 100 m. dash at an 11-school Southeast B track and field meet here Tuesday. Schools competing in the mee...

 
 By Loyal Baker    News    April 4, 2024

Representatives review 2024 Legislative session

DAYTON–Both Ninth District representatives, Mary Dye (R-Pomeroy) and Joe Schmick (R-Colfax), were delighted that three of six initiatives to the Legislature were passed, and both weren't unhappy t...

 
 By Loyal Baker    News    April 4, 2024

Waitsburg man recovering from burn accident

WAITSBURG–A Waitsburg man, Mark Leroue Jr., is recovering from third-degree burns at Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle following a March 11 explosion at Nancy’s Dream Garden Center on Second Street. Leroue, 34, was helping insulate a 10-foot by...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 4, 2024

Dawgs run, throw and jump at Clay Lewis Invite

HANFORD–Large meets with scores of competitors from 4A schools down to 1B was an experience for the Bulldog Track and Field program here March 30 at the Clay Lewis Invitational. "Large meets like t...

 
 By Loyal Baker    Sports    April 4, 2024

Undefeated Dawgs resume season Saturday

COLTON–The Bulldogs notched a 12-2 win over the Wildcats here Tuesday after sweeping the team at home on Saturday, 21-3 and 15-3. A non-conference game at Touchet on March 19 ended in a tie, 8-8. D...

 

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