Local report — YVCC defense keys victory in crossover final
When the shots wouldn’t fall, the Yakima Valley women’s basketball team rode its defense to the High Hopes Crossover Tournament championship on Sunday at Sherar Gym.
The Yaks had 17 steals and forced 31 turnovers in overcoming mediocre 39-percent shooting in defeating Umpqua 87-82 in the title game. more...
November 23,
2008
Nill leads Yaks
into title game
YAKIMA —
Another monster
game for Chelsey
Nill contributed
to another win
for Yakima
Valley in the
High Hopes
Crossover
Tournament on
Saturday in
Sherar Gym.
The Yaks,
getting 25
points from Nill,
rolled over
Lower Columbia
86-67 to gain a
title-game berth
opposite Umpqua.
The Riverhawks,
74-63 victors
over Columbia
Basin, will meet
YVCC at 2 p.m.
today for the
championship.
more...
November 22,
2008
Nill scores 35
to lead Yaks in
rout
YAKIMA —
Chelsey Nill
scored 35 points
as Yakima Valley
exploded past
Mount Hood
109-72 in the
first round of
the High Hopes
Crossover
Tournament on
Friday night in
Sherar Gym.
more...
Published August
29, 2008 Christina
Gough, former
Reno High
shooting guard
has signed a
letter of intent
to play for
Yakima Valley
Community
College this
fall. Gough
played three
years on the
varsity at Reno
High. She is
second all-time
in the history
of the state of
Nevada for
number of three
point goals made
in a season. She
hit 80 three’s
during her
senior year,
helping her team
to a 29-4 record
and a second
place finish at
the Nevada State
Championship.
Other honors
include being
named to the
2008 Sierra
League First
Team and 2008
Northern Nevada
All-Region Team. More.....
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Published on
June 14, 2008
A celebration of
success at YVCC
by Roger
Underwood,
Yakima
Herald-Republic
KRIS
HOLLAND/Yakima
Herald-Republic
YVCC
basketball
players
Andrea
Blodgett,
Shaunte
Nance-Jahnson
and
Anthony
Johnson
talk
to
the
media
with
their
coaches
Cody
Butler
and
Ray
Funk
during
a
press
conference
celebrating
their
move
to
Division
1
programs
at
Sherar
Gym
Friday,
June
13,
2008.
It's not
only Andrea
Blodgett who
will move on
to a bigger
and better
things at
Idaho State,
the
husband-wife
tandem of
Anthony
Johnson and
Shaunte
Nance-Johnson
will do
likewise at
the
University
of Montana.
more...
Published Wednesday, June 4, 2008
YVCC signs Colton standout
Yakima Herald-Republic
YAKIMA -- Alisa Moehrle-Druffel, Colton High School's No. 2 career scorer, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Yakima Valley Community College.
Moehrle-Druffel, a 5-foot-9 guard-forward, compiled 1,209 points at Colton, helping the Wildcats finish third in the 2007 Class 1B state tournament in the SunDome and second last season. more...
play basketball at Yakima Valley Community College. 
