Selah’s bench erupts after tying up the score in the fourth quarter against Ellensburg at Selah High School on Saturday, February 7, 2015. Selah went on to defeat Ellensburg 50 to 44. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Dan Masters of Yakima skims across the shimmering water of the Yakima River with his waverunner in the Yakima River Canyon near Selah, Wash. as temperatures reached the mid-60s on Saturday, February 7, 2015. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Zillah’s Mighty Leopards performed their blind folded dribbling drill at Central Washington University the CWU men’s basketball game halftime against Western Oregon University at Nicholson Pavilion in Ellensburg, Wash. Thursday, February 5, 2015. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Wapato’s Antwaan Acosta (24) dishes out the ball during third quarter of the boy basketball match up at East Valley High School in Yakima, Wash. Friday, February 6, 2015. East Valley went on to defeat Wapato 58 to 47. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Artist Jane Fassel, from left, looks over as Wendy Nass dips her family’s naked raku pot in a slip while her family Caleb, 13, Bob, Erica, 9, and Brianna, 11, watch during a workshop at Yakima Maker Space as part of First Friday in Yakima, Wash. on Feb. 6, 2015. Downtown organizations in Selah and Yakima recently received designations as Main Street Community and Yakima’s organization hopes to play a role in more downtown events. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Baker and line cook Francisco Trujillo prepares a New York Steak for a photograph at Cowiche Canyon Kitchen in Yakima, Wash. on Feb. 5, 2015. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)
James Dillan Feist, battalion commander for the East Valley JROTC Red Devil Battalion, performs in the Individual Armed Exhibition Drill during East Valley JROTC’s home drill meet at East Valley High School in Yakima, Wash. on Feb. 7, 2015. Sixteen schools and approximately 500 cadets from Washington and Oregon competed in Color Guard, Drill Team, Individual Armed Exhibition Drill, Dual Unarmed Exhibition Drill, Rifle, and Physical Training. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Granger’s Victor Almaguer holds Highland’s Miguel Negrete during the 138 pound match at SCAC West district wrestling at Zillah Middle School in Zillah, Wash. on Feb. 7, 2015. Almaguer won on a technical fall. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Shane Lemieux, center, poses for a photo with his dad, Fran, and sister, Danielle, 14, after the Signing Day ceremony at West Valley High School in Yakima, Wash. on Feb. 4, 2015. Lemieux is going to the University of Oregon for football. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic)
Efrain Jimenez, left, and Felipe Lopez prune cherry trees Jan. 23, 2015 near Zillah, Wash. They’re pruning trees on a piece rate, rather than working on an hourly basis. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)
John Munzanreder, in handcuffs, walks out of court Jan. 4, 2015 after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife Cynthia Kelly-Munzanreder in 2013. Yakima Herald-Republic)
Dale Kingrey carries out a sack of aluminum cans at the recycling area at the Wesley United Methodist Church as he and other church members pack up the cans to take to an aluminum recycling center Feb. 6, 2015 in Yakima, Wash. Proceeds from the recycling go to the church. Kingrey has been helping with the recycling for more than 12 years, he said. The recycling program at the church was started in 1979. (GORDON KINGYakima Herald-Republic)
–Mason, Kaitlyn & Gordon
