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The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team is taking the long road to the State 2B tournament after a 53-43 loss to Toledo last Wednesday night in the first round of the District 4 tournament sent them to the loser's bracket. "Wednesday night we just didn't play team ball, it's as simple as that," Coach Rob Garrett said. "We play as a team and we win that game for sure. We got comfortable and cocky, and Toledo outworked us. Wasn't the night we wanted but it's what we got and now it's time to...
Wahkiakum Mules wrestler Lilian Hale placed third at regionals and is heading to the state tournament this weekend in Tacoma. Hale was joined at the tournament by fellow wrestler Lilly Snead. “Lilly Snead had a great match,” said coach Kyliegh Harlin over email. However, Snead was later forced to forfeit due to a head injury. “She is resting and healing,” said Coach Harlin. The state championship tournament will take place this weekend at the Tacoma Dome....
Three Wahkiakum wrestlers are heading to regionals at Adna High School on Saturday after a successful weekend at sub-regionals. Harley Popp and Brody Ashe, who represented the Mule boys, ended their season at the boys’ sub-regionals held in Kalama. “They both wrestled hard but unfortunately don’t get to move on to regionals,” Coach Kyliegh Harlin said. “Those two boys have had so much improvement since the beginning of the season. They have worked so hard and picked up so many new things th...
The single game scoring record at Wahkiakum High School keeps climbing, and so do the Wahkiakum Mules basketball team's postseason dreams. The Mules finished off their regular season last week with an 85-39 win against Onalaska behind a huge contribution from senior Kyler Sause, who set a new single game scoring record for the boys with 44 points. "It was a great shooting performance by the whole team but specifically Kyler," Coach Rob Garrett said. "It's one thing to break the record but an ent...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team ended their season last Wednesday at home with a 62-20 loss to Toutle Lake, and celebrated Amirah Abdul Kariem, the lone senior on the team. Abdul Kariem scored six points in the Mules' final game. Payton Mendez added five points. Maddalena Fortuna had three points while Brienna Cothren, Jessie LeFever, and Samantha Dela Cruz added two points apiece. Toutle Lake 15 17 33 7 62 Mules 2 5 5 8 20 "The girls were tough all season long," Coach Ross Lofstrom...
Reclassification is complete, and beginning next fall, for the next four years, the Wahkiakum Mules will be a 1B school. Enrollment is a major factor in classification, and while numbers have declined over the years, Wahkiakum’s Athletic Director and boy’s basketball coach Rob Garrett points out that the district has always been at the bottom of the 2B classification, in which enrollment ranges from 105 to 224. Now Wahkiakum is at the top of 1B. Garrett sees nothing but positives. And for old...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team solidified their second place standing in the Central 2B League with three wins this week. They moved up to eighth place in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association's RPI ranking for 2B teams, and have one more game left in the regular season to play before the district tournament begins for them next Wednesday. The Mules proved to be the comeback kids after a rough start in Adna last Wednesday. Adna came out hot, hitting six three pointers...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team celebrated their second win of the season last week, beating Winlock 32-31 in a league game in front of a home crowd on Thursday. “I’m so proud of the girls,” Coach Ross Lofstrom said. “We were down eight in the fourth and didn’t give up. We played tenacious defense with Amirah Abdul Kariem and Payton Mendez forcing multiple turnovers late in the game. Sam Dela Cruz had her best game of the year, making free throws to seal the win. Jessie LeFever w...
The Wahkiakum Mules wrestling team fared well at a mix-and-match meet in Onalaska last Wednesday. Lilian Hale won both of her matches and come home with a sportsmanship award in the form of a pin. “She always shows amazing sportsmanship,” Coach Kyliegh Harlin said. Zaya Ray went two for three in competition and teammate Lilly Snead was three for three. Mason Curl won both his matches, and Harley Popp won one of two. Brody Ashe lost both his matches but, according to Harlin, put up an int...
Last week was a thrilling week for Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball and their fans, as the team won two games back to back, first beating Toledo in overtime on Thursday, and then defeating a fifth ranked Toutle Lake the following night. While the wins took an effort from every Mule, it was senior Kyler Sause's week to shine. He scored 26 points both nights, hitting the game winning three in overtime to beat Toledo by one with just seconds left on the clock on Thursday. On Friday in Toutle Lake...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team continues to make the most of this growing season, working through losses, getting stronger, and picking up the skills that will benefit them in the future. In recent weeks, they’ve had to forfeit a game because they lacked players, and a game was canceled because of wintry weather. This week, they were back at it in Kalama on Tuesday, where they lost to the Chinooks, 55-14. “We had quite a bit of time off,” Coach Ross Lofstrom said, “so it was a chall...
The Wahkiakum Mules wrestling team brought home some hardware from the Lumberjack and Jill tournament hosted by R.A Long High School in Longview on Saturday. The Mule girls team snared a second place trophy after Lillian Hale and Zaya Ray placed first in their classes and Lilly Snead took third in hers. Isaiah Pena and Harley Popp represented the Mule boys with fourth place in their classes and according to Coach Kyliegh Harlin, Brody Ashe didn't place, but he fought hard. The Mules had a...
It was a big week for the Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team, who very nearly upset the leading 2B team in state last Wednesday, and for senior cager Zakk Carlson, who scored his 1000th career point the following night. The Mules' week began as host of the Napavine Tigers, who not only lead the Central 2B league with an undefeated record, but are ranked number one among 2B teams in Washington State. Wahkiakum has currently slipped into fourth place in the league with a 5-2 league record and...
Last Thursday, the Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team traveled to Toledo, where they lost 55-19. Jessie LeFever and Payton Mendez scored six points apiece to lead the Mules. Brienna Cothren added four points, Esther Bouts had two, and Amirah Abdul Kariem finished with one point. Mules 4 6 5 4 19 Toledo 14 17 14 10 55 The Mules’ game against Napavine on Tuesday was canceled because of weather, but the team heads to Kalama next Tuesday January 23, and hosts Winlock the following T...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team lost two more games this week to bring their record to 0-7 in conference and 1-8 overall. "We are a very young team and when the losses start stacking up it can be pretty disheartening," Coach Ross Lofstrom said. "The players have remained positive and focused on getting better every day. Almost all of the players have multiple years left so are focused on the marathon and building on fundamental skills." "These girls have shown a lot of heart and...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team are currently in third place in the Central 2B league and another win this this week brings their record to 4-1 in the league and 7-3 overall. Last Thursday, the Mules headed to Morton/White Pass where they beat the Timberwolves, 68- 59. "The Morton/White Pass game was a bit ugly," Coach Rob Garrett said. "With that being said, it was nice to see our boys stay calm in the fourth [quarter] and make good decisions even when the rest of the game didn't go qu...
Three girls continue to lead the Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team, according to Coach Kyliegh Harlin. Last week, Harlin said that Lilian Hale remains undefeated after five weeks of competition, and she, along with teammates Lilly Snead and Zaya Ray all took firsts in their classes at the Phil White Classic in Clatskanie on December 28. “We have a great group of kids with a lot of raw talent and hard workers,” Harlin said of the rest of the team. “We are super excited to see what these boys can a...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team headed north after Christmas for a three day non -conference tournament at Mount Vernon Christian High School, and came home with second place honors. "The tournament overall was a really fun experience for us," Coach Rob Garrett said. "It was a great time together with good competition in a super fun atmosphere." The tournament started last Thursday with a 60-45 win against a 1B Neah Bay team. Parker Leitz led scoring with 19 points. Kyler Sause added...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team is 5-2 over all, and 3-1 in their conference following another win on Thursday against Onalaska in front of a home crowd. The Mules beat the Loggers 73-31. "I thought it was a good game," Coach Rob Garrett said. "It took us a bit to get going as we were working on a new defense and had a poor shooting night, especially early. With that said the guys did a much better job about being patient and getting better looks on offense. I thought we had great ball...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team lost two more games on the road this week. On Wednesday in Winlock, the Mules lost to the Cardinals, 33-23, and on Friday, they traveled to Toutle Lake and lost to the Ducks, 55-21. The girls return to play after the Christmas break on Wednesday, January 3, with a game at Morton/White Pass. The Mules are 0-5 in league play and 1-6 overall....
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team is in transition, and they're winning. Last Thursday, the Mules flipped the Cardinals 81-46 in Winlock. "We started shooting lights out," Coach Rob Garrett said. "It started from our defense. We got tons of stops. We're starting to learn how to play transition basketball." Senior Zakk Carlson had a stellar night on offense with 36 points, scoring 34 in three quarters, while picking up the extra two in the one minute he played in the fourth. He was five...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team is working on getting stronger this season, one game at a time. "With our young team it's really important to focus on developing and working on fundamentals no matter the outcome of games," Coach Ross Lofstrom said. "We are working on small victories every day and every game. Our leaders, Jessie [LeFever] and Amirah [Abdul Kariem] have been great about guiding the freshmen and eighth graders through our expectations. Even though the scoreboard might...
When Frankie Mendez, a former wrestling coach for Wahkiakum High School, mentioned that the program needed leadership to continue, Kyliegh Harlin decided to step up. A native of Kalama, she graduated from Kalama High School in 2007 before moving to Cathlamet in 2015 with her family. A one time paraeducator at the district, Harlin has been selling real estate for Realty West for the past four years. "It was put on my heart to help and make sure that these kids had a team and were given an opportu...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team split games again this week adding another easy win to their record, but also a tough last minute loss. On Friday, the Mules faced Mount Vernon Christian at home and despite struggles with shooting all four quarters, the team had little trouble with the Hurricanes and won 50-35. "I thought Grant [Wilson] and Nathan [Garrett] did a great job with their roles," Coach Rob Garrett said, praising both of them for rebounding. "Grant led us with eight rebounds,...
On Friday, the Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team lost to Napavine, 66-10. Amirah Abdul Kariem led the Mules with eight points. Samantha de la Cruz chipped in two. The Mules hosted Onalaska on Wednesday, but a score was not available by press time. Wahkiakum will play again on Friday when Kalama comes to town, and the team will travel to Winlock for their first away game next Wednesday....
