CBC volleyball team off to a blazing start with perfect 8-0 record
The Columbia Basin College volleyball team, under coach DiShondra Goree, continues its hot start out of the gate this season.
The Hawks went a perfect 4-0 at the Edmonds Invitational last weekend.
That gives CBC an 8-0 record so far in 2022.
At the tournament, the Hawks never lost a set.
Making the Edmonds first-team, all-tournament team for CBC was freshman outside hitter Caidence Taylor (Blackfoot, Idaho), and freshman receive specialist Hokulani Sagapolu (Utah).
CBC sophomore outside hitter Tamia Allen-Greggs (Eisenhower-Yakima) was named to the second team.
Bellevue College middle blocker Marin Mackey (Richland), a sophomore, also was named to the all-tournament first team.
The Hawks open up East Region play on Wednesday night at Spokane with a 6 p.m. start.
Then the team hosts Centralia, Rogue and Whatcom on Saturday and Sunday in an NWAC Crossover tournament.
CBC soccer
The Columbia Basin College men’s and women’s soccer teams opened NWAC East Region play on Saturday with victories over visiting Blue Mountain Community College.
That gives the Hawks each 1-0 East Region records, and both teams are 3-0 overall.
In the women’s opener, CBC crushed the Timberwolves 8-0, as Alexis Olivas (Davis of Yakima) scored four goals.
Yareli Sanchez (Wenatchee) added two goals, while Ana Andrade (Wahluke-Mattawa) and Jenessis Cortes (Davis-Yakima) each scored a goal.
Hali’A Kalehuawehe (Hawaii) had three assists for CBC, which is coached by Omar Anderson and ranked fifth in the first NWAC Coaches Poll that came out last week.
Meanwhile, the CBC men defeated BMCC 3-1.
Ivan Cortez (Pasco), Raymundo Mendez (Davis-Yakima) and Zinedine Moreno (West Valley-Yakima) each scored goals for the Hawks. Diego Lopez (East Valley-Yakima) added two assists.
The Hawks, coached by Martin Ramirez, are ranked No. 1 in the NWAC Coaches Poll, which made its season debut last week.
Both the CBC men and women next play Wednesday, Sept. 14, against visiting Treasure Valley.
The women’s game starts at 2 p.m. on the CBC campus, followed by the men’s game at 4:15 p.m.
Prep football
ASOTIN 23, TRI-CITIES PREP 18: Ulices Estrada, Steele Shumway and Bryson Wilde each caught touchdown passes, but it wasn’t enough as the visiting Jaguars lost a non-league game on Thursday night.
COLUMBIA-BURBANK 41, KIONA-BENTON 18: The host Coyotes used 206 rushing yards from Isaiah Kinsey to beat the Bears last Friday night.
Kinsey scored on two touchdown runs, while quarterback Michael Lenke passed for three scores.
DAYTON-WAITSBURG 28, CLE ELUM-ROSLYN 7: Spencer Hansen caught 4 passes for 117 yards, and Monte Pettichord had 10.5 tackles on defense, as Dayton-Waitsburg went to 2-0 on the season.
RIVER VIEW 21, COLLEGE PLACE 13: Ajani Fornos tossed three touchdown passes, and Cody Brown caught two of them, as the host Panthers beat the Bears in a non-league game Friday.
2B EWAC East football
Dayton-Waitsburg 0-0 EWAC, 2-0 overall
River View 0-0, 2-0
Columbia-Burbank 0-0, 1-1
Tri-Cities Prep 0-0, 1-1
Warden 0-0, 1-1
Mabton 0-0, 0-1
Friday, Sept. 9
Wahluke 25, Warden 0
Saturday, Sept. 10
Granger 34, Mabton 0
Thursday, Sept. 15
Mabton at Lake Roosevelt, 7 p.m.
Northwest Christian-Colbert at River View, 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 16
Columbia-Burbank at Kittitas, 7 p.m.
Dayton-Waitsburg at Highland, 7 p.m.
Tri-Cities Prep at Lind-Ritzville-Sprague, 7 p.m.
Warden at Kiona-Benton, 6 p.m.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 64, TOUCHET 0: Keegan Bishop passed for 278 yards and five TDs, as the visiting Patriots won a Southeast B-8 game on the road Friday.
Bishop also rushed 8 times for 126 yards and a touchdown.
Magnus Hayden caught 5 of Bishop’s passes for 131 yards and four touchdowns, while Drew Ott caught 3 for 106 yards and a score.
DESALES 54, POMEROY 22: DeSales quarterback Joe Baffney had 181 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns, as the Irish won the Southeast 1B contest.
Irish running back Sean Sollars added 157 yards rushing.
Southeast B-8 Football
DeSales 1-0 SE, 2-0 overall
Liberty Christian 1-0, 2-0Sunnyside Christian 1-0, 2-0
Tekoa-Oakesdale 1-0, 1-1
Pomeroy 0-1, 1-1
St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse 0-0, 0-1
Touchet 0-1, 0-1
Garfield-Palouse 0-1, 0-2
Yakima Tribal Nation 0-1, 0-2
Thursday, Sept. 15
Pomeroy at Entiat, 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 16
DeSales at Sunnyside Christian, 7 p.m.
Tekoa-Oakesdale at St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse, 7 p.m.
Touchet at Garfield-Palouse, 7 p.m.
Yakima Tribal Nation at Liberty Christian, 7 p.m.
Jeff Morrow is former sports editor for the Tri-City Herald.
