News Talk KIT » Local Sports http://newstalkkit.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 CWU Hires Dennis Francois as New Athletic Director http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-hires-dennis-francois-as-new-athletic-director/ http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-hires-dennis-francois-as-new-athletic-director/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:51:17 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=224321 Central Washington University has announced that Dennis Francois (Fran-swah) will become the school new athletic director. He is currently the associate athletic director for external affairs in the Athletics Department at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-hires-dennis-francois-as-new-athletic-director/feed/ 0 kit A Sure Sign Spring is Here…Fisher Park Golf Course Opens on March 29 http://newstalkkit.com/a-sure-sign-spring-is-here-fisher-park-golf-course-opens-on-march-29/ http://newstalkkit.com/a-sure-sign-spring-is-here-fisher-park-golf-course-opens-on-march-29/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:59:14 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=216481 The City of Yakima's Fisher Park Golf Course will open for the season on March 29th. Fisher Golf Course typically runs through mid October.

From opening day through May 25th, the price to play 9 holes will be $7

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/a-sure-sign-spring-is-here-fisher-park-golf-course-opens-on-march-29/feed/ 0 High School Basketball Tournaments Scores an Assist in Local Economy http://newstalkkit.com/high-school-basketball-tournaments-scores-an-assist-in-local-economy/ http://newstalkkit.com/high-school-basketball-tournaments-scores-an-assist-in-local-economy/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:37:11 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=212909 The Yakima Valley Sundome will be the home to the state 1A and 2B Boys and Girls State Basketball Tournament this week. Bob Romero, a member of the tournament committee tells KIT News the games start Thursday and continue through the weekend

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/high-school-basketball-tournaments-scores-an-assist-in-local-economy/feed/ 0 facebook 24th Annual Central Washington Sportsmen Show Takesover the Sundome This Weekend http://newstalkkit.com/24th-annual-central-washington-sportsmen-show-takesover-the-sundome-this-weekend/ http://newstalkkit.com/24th-annual-central-washington-sportsmen-show-takesover-the-sundome-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:29:08 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=210869 The 24th annual Central Washington Sportsmens' show starts Today through Sunday in the Yakima Sundome. Spokesman Rob Phillips says it is a time for friends to get together and tell fish stories and enjoy a show that is all about the outdoors and the things people love to do outside

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/24th-annual-central-washington-sportsmen-show-takesover-the-sundome-this-weekend/feed/ 0 facebook Local Teen to Represent U.S. Looking for Help to Compete in the Junior World Karate Championship http://newstalkkit.com/local-teen-to-represent-u-s-looking-for-help-to-compete-in-the-junior-world-karate-championship/ http://newstalkkit.com/local-teen-to-represent-u-s-looking-for-help-to-compete-in-the-junior-world-karate-championship/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:35:03 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=203865  

Last July, the annual AAU National Karate Tournament was held at the Pheasant Run Resort in Chicago, Illinois. This was a tournament in which competitors from all across the nation had to qualify in order to compete.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/local-teen-to-represent-u-s-looking-for-help-to-compete-in-the-junior-world-karate-championship/feed/ 0 kit Wapato Youth Athletic League to be Closed http://newstalkkit.com/wapato-youth-athletic-league-to-be-closed/ http://newstalkkit.com/wapato-youth-athletic-league-to-be-closed/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:41:40 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=185226 The Wapato Youth Athletic League will be closing its doors. The league has operating out of the Wapato Community Center for the last year and a half. It says it can no longer afford to use the city-owned building.

Parents like Carrie Osorio were shocked to learn that this will be

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/wapato-youth-athletic-league-to-be-closed/feed/ 0 kima KIT Sports Opinion Poll: Seattle Seahawk Uniform http://newstalkkit.com/kit-sports-opinion-poll-seattle-seahawk-uniform/ http://newstalkkit.com/kit-sports-opinion-poll-seattle-seahawk-uniform/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:04:27 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168085 New Seattle Seahawks Uniform...Like Them?

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/kit-sports-opinion-poll-seattle-seahawk-uniform/feed/ 0 facebook Hillsboro Getting Closer on Moving the Yakima Bears http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-getting-closer-on-moving-the-yakima-bears/ http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-getting-closer-on-moving-the-yakima-bears/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:55:35 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=166605 (AP) - Hillsboro is another step closer to bringing the Yakima Bears Northwest League team to the city next summer. The city council approved a naming rights agreement Tuesday night for the proposed 4,500-seat stadium

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-getting-closer-on-moving-the-yakima-bears/feed/ 0 kit Yakima Valley Coaches Receive Medical and CPR Training http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-coaches-receive-cpr-and-medical-training/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-coaches-receive-cpr-and-medical-training/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:40:31 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=156729 Parents can breathe a little easier this summer, as dozens of coaches for Yakima Valley grid kids will receive training for the upcoming sports season. Yakima coaches will be certified in CPR and receive training covering concussions, basic life support, common sports injuries and heat-related emergencies

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-coaches-receive-cpr-and-medical-training/feed/ 0 flickr Hillsboro Gives Approval on Yakima Bears Move http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-gives-approval-on-yakima-bears-move/ http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-gives-approval-on-yakima-bears-move/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:40:18 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=151710 It’s almost official: the Bears are leaving the Valley. The Hillsboro City Council held a special meeting Tuesday and approved a conditional license agreement with the Short Season, LLC, the owners of the Yakima Bears

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-gives-approval-on-yakima-bears-move/feed/ 0 kit.com Yakima Bears Will Honor Stadium Contract http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-will-honor-stadium-contract/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-will-honor-stadium-contract/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:50:38 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=144241 Yakima County Commissioner Mike Leita does not anticipate any problems in releasing the Yakima Bears from the team's contract that runs through 2015. The Bears are set to move to Hillsboro, Oregon, next year after officials approved an agreement June 5 to build a new stadium for Single-A baseball

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-will-honor-stadium-contract/feed/ 0 kit.com YVCC Hosts Summer Athletic Camps http://newstalkkit.com/yvcc-hosts-summer-athletic-camps/ http://newstalkkit.com/yvcc-hosts-summer-athletic-camps/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:06:33 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=144017  

Yakima Valley Community College’s Athletic Department is hosting basketball, softball, and volleyball camps this summer.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yvcc-hosts-summer-athletic-camps/feed/ 0 YVCC.edu image Bears Sign A Deal To Move To Hillsboro http://newstalkkit.com/bears-signs-a-deal-to-move-to-hillsboro/ http://newstalkkit.com/bears-signs-a-deal-to-move-to-hillsboro/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:12 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=143784 A June 5 city council vote in Oregon could send the Yakima Bears packing after this season.
Hillsboro City Council voted in favor of a 20-year agreement to be the Bears' new home.
Council members also approved the contract to build a new $15 million stadium

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/bears-signs-a-deal-to-move-to-hillsboro/feed/ 0 facebook Trahan Is A First Round MLB Draft Pick http://newstalkkit.com/diamondback-picks-trahan-in-the-first-round-of-mlb-draft/ http://newstalkkit.com/diamondback-picks-trahan-in-the-first-round-of-mlb-draft/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:00:18 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=143297 The 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player’s Draft began June 4, and the Arizona Diamondbacks selected catcher Stryker Trahan 26th overall. Trahan is a six-foot-one high school player at Acadiana High School in Louisiana, where he bats left and throws right

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/diamondback-picks-trahan-in-the-first-round-of-mlb-draft/feed/ 0 CWU ROTC Team To Be Honored At Mariners Game http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-rotc-team-to-be-honored-at-mariners-baseball-game/ http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-rotc-team-to-be-honored-at-mariners-baseball-game/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:15:50 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=141867

The Central Washington University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets recently took first place among all ROTC units at the prestigious Sandhurst Competition. They will be honored for that achievement by the Seattle Mariners before the team’s June 12 game at Safeco Field. The team’s

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-rotc-team-to-be-honored-at-mariners-baseball-game/feed/ 0 Legendary Carroll Shelby Dies 89 http://newstalkkit.com/legendary-carroll-shelby-dies-89/ http://newstalkkit.com/legendary-carroll-shelby-dies-89/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 23:10:00 +0000 Jackson http://newstalkkit.com/?p=134810  

Today is a sad day for anyone that is car crazy. The legendary Carroll Shelby past way at the age of 89. Carroll was the man that set the racing and auto designing world on its ear. The Cobra, Mustang Cobra, Shelby Cob

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/legendary-carroll-shelby-dies-89/feed/ 0 Little League Registration And Tryouts http://newstalkkit.com/little-league-registration-and-tryouts/ http://newstalkkit.com/little-league-registration-and-tryouts/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:35:23 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=133756 Yakima National Little League (YNLL) Juniors Division tryouts and registration will be held on May 19 at 9:00 a.m., and May 21 at 6:00 p.m. Both will take place on the green field at Elks Park. Juniors is for children ages 13 to 14 as of April 30

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/little-league-registration-and-tryouts/feed/ 0 facebook.com Hillsboro Is Looking At The Yakima Bears http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-possible-looking-at-the-yakima-bears/ http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-possible-looking-at-the-yakima-bears/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 14:55:36 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=133423 It is no secret that the Yakima Bears are looking for a new home after the Yakima County Stadium contract ends in 2015. Now the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, is considering a stadium for Single-A baseball

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-possible-looking-at-the-yakima-bears/feed/ 0 Yakima Bears The Future Of The Yakima Bears And Stadium http://newstalkkit.com/the-future-of-the-yakima-bears-and-stadium/ http://newstalkkit.com/the-future-of-the-yakima-bears-and-stadium/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:10:25 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=131208

While Major League Baseball is underway, we are still a month and a half away from seeing the Yakima Bears take the field. The team is here for another season, but management has made no secret about its intention to get a ne

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/the-future-of-the-yakima-bears-and-stadium/feed/ 0 Motorcyclist Killed At Hill Climbing Event http://newstalkkit.com/motorcyclists-killed-at-motorcycle-hill-climbing-event/ http://newstalkkit.com/motorcyclists-killed-at-motorcycle-hill-climbing-event/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:40:47 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=130890

A 44-year-old man from Oregon City died Saturday morning as he was preparing for the Northwest Nitro Nationals near Moxee. Authorities say Shane Donaca was testing his Banshee custom hill climb motorcycle after he changed a spark plug and adjusted the engine. He ro

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