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COLFAX - With hunting season open around Whitman County, hunters are out-and-about, traveling through the area looking to score. Currently, modern firearm general deer seasons for Whitetail deer is open from Oct. 14-27, the same goes for mule deer. Among some of the hunters in the Whitman County area was Michael Martin. Martin, who has been hunting for 21 years, started in 2002. He was hunting specifically Whitetail deer when a moose stumbled across Martin near Kamiak Butte. This was not the...
DAYTON - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves (1-5) earned their first win of the season against the Dayton Bulldogs (2-5). The game was played on Friday, Oct. 20, and was played in Dayton. The Timberwolves managed to hold the Bulldogs scoreless in the first half of the game, while scoring a touchdown of their own in the first and second quarter to lead 14-0 heading into the second half. The Bulldogs managed to score one touchdown in the third quarter, but allowed two more touchdowns from the...
CLARKSTON - The Pullman swimming team traveled to Clarkston on Friday, Oct. 20, to compete in one of the final swim meets of the season before seeing the season come to a close. The meet was held Friday, Oct. 20, at the Asotin family aquatic center. There were seven teams at the meet. The teams were: Pullman, Cheney, Clarkston, Lewis and Clark, Medical Lake, East Valley, and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse. The Greyhounds emerged victorious in the meet, scoring 322 points to win. Second place was...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs started their run to a district title and state playoff berth by taking on the Upper Columbia Academy Lions in the first round of district playoffs. The match was held in Colfax and was played on Tuesday, Oct. 24. In the match, the Bulldogs would jump out to early leads in all three sets, and use their solid offensive play to sweep the Lions. Set scores in the match were all in favor of the Bulldogs: 25-14, 25-12, 25-16. In the first set, setter Lauryn York started...
ST. JOHN - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles had two games during the week, one home and one away. The home game for the Eagles came on Tuesday, Oct. 17, and was played against the Dayton Bulldogs. The Eagles had four seniors that were recognized on the day. They were: setter Julia Guske, libero Cami Larsen, outside Kaityln Hough, and middle Kenzie Stanley. After the recognition, the eagles had their game against the Dayton Bulldogs. The game was quick for the Eagles, who dominated from star...
POMEROY — After a day or racing at the District Nine 1B championship meet, the Colton Wildcats came out on top. The meet was held in Pomeroy, and the race took place Wednesday, Oct. 18. There were three teams at the meet, they were: Colton, St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, and Yakama Nation Tribal. For the girls race, there were four total runners. First place was taken by Rori Weber of Colton. She finished first overall with her race time of 24:25.70. Second place was taken by Ayana Sampson of Yakama Nation Tribal, and Keira Maloney took third p...
ASOTIN — The Colfax Bulldogs football team (1-7) headed down to Asotin to take on the Panthers (6-2). In the game, the Bulldogs could not find their groove early, scoring only six points in the first half. For the Panthers, they put up 29 points before halftime, seemingly ending the game there. The Panthers would go on to win the game 43-20. The only score for the Bulldogs in the first half came in the second quarter as Ryker Reed caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Seth Lustig. After halftime, the Bulldogs would trail 29-6, and ca...
The end of the volleyball regular season is near, with district play looming. District play starts Monday, Oct. 30, and the Garfield-Palouse Vikings have three regular season games left. The Vikings had match ups against the Oakesdale Nighthawks and Dayton Bulldogs before playing their final game of the regular season Tuesday, Oct. 24. The Vikings started their week with a game against number one Oakesdale. The game was played Tuesday, Oct. 17, and was in Palouse. The Nighthawks jumped out to...
PALOUSE — Senior night in Palouse saw the Garfield-Palouse Vikings recognize their lone senior before the game. Senior Colton Pfaff was recognized by the team and school as the lone senior for the Vikings. He was acknowledged by his family and teammates with presents and a round of applause pre game. After the festivities concluded, the Vikings settled in to their football game, which was played on Friday, Oct. 20, against the Waitsburg Cardinals. The Vikings would jump out to a quick lead before halftime, and use that momentum to hold on in t...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs volleyball team will play for the district championship after defeating the Chewelah Cougars in straight sets. The match was played on Wednesday, Oct. 25, and was played in Colfax. In the match, the Bulldogs comfortably took the first and third sets. The second set was close, but the Bulldogs squeezed out the victory. Set scores in the match all favored Colfax: 25-13, 25-18, 25-14. In the first set, Ava Swan led the way with six kills. The Bulldogs jumped to an...
OAKESDALE – With just over a week until districts for 1B volleyball, local Whitman County teams are heading into their final games of the regular season. For the undefeated in district Oakesdale Nighthawks, they will play Thursday, Oct. 19, in a game against the Colton Wildcats. The game is set to be played in Colton, and will start at 6 p.m. The Nighthawks will play their last regular season game Tuesday, Oct. 24, another away game. This time, they travel to Dayton to take on the Bulldogs at 6 p.m. For the Wildcats, their last regular s...
PALOUSE – The Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings bested the Colton Wildcats in their most recent matchup of the season. The game was played in Palouse on Thursday, Oct. 12. The Vikings would win the match in four sets, allowing the Wildcats to take the third set. Set scores in the match saw GAR-PAL win the first, second, and fourth sets: 25-21, 25-18, 18-25, 25-15. The Wildcats scored solid points in each set, but could not put together late set points to win more than one set, and fell to the Vikings in four sets for the second time this s...
ST. JOHN – The defending state champion Oakesdale Nighthawks swept the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles for the second time this season on Thursday, Oct. 12. Set scores were 25-14, 25-21, 25-22. The Nighthawks jumped out to a 15-6 lead in Set 1 before the Eagles called a timeout. Oakesdale then went on to lead 18-11, then went on to win 25-14. In the second set, the Eagles were ahead 7-5 early. They then would lead all the way until the set was tied at 18. After the tie, the Nighthawks took t...
PALOUSE – The Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings cross country team competed in their last regular season meet on Saturday, Oct. 14. The meet was the Rams River Invite, and was held at Riverside State Park Seven Mile Airstrip in Spokane. There were a total of five teams at the meet. The teams were: Colville, Freeman, GAR-PAL, Lakeside, and Riverside. The event was a 5,000 m run for both the boys and girls. On the girls side, the overall winner on the day was Zadi Zier of Colville. Her first place race was run in 21:20.6. For the Vikings, t...
COLFAX – The Colfax Bulldogs finally earned their first victory of the season as they win the battle of the Bulldogs. Colfax defeated Kettle Falls in Colfax. The game started early, with kick off taking place at 3 p.m. Colfax exploded for a 40-point first quarter, while allowing 12 from Kettle Falls. Both teams were held scoreless in the second and fourth quarters. Both teams scored in the first and third quarters, with Colfax winning 56-20. With the win, head coach Mike Morgan earns his first win of the season in convincing fashion, showing t...
COLFAX-For the first time during the 2023 cross country season, the Colfax Bulldogs ran an official race on their home turf. The meet they hosted this season happened to be their last, as the meet was the 1B/2B League Championships. The meet was held at the Colfax Golf Club on Friday, Oct. 13. There were a total of 18 schools represented at the meet. The schools were: Asotin, Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame, Chewelah, Colfax, Cusick, Davenport, Inchelium, Kettle Falls, Liberty (Spangle) Lind-Ri...
ROSALIA – The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves football team (0-5, 0-4 in district) are desperate for their first win on the season with just a handful of games to go. The Timberwolves hosted the Pomeroy Pirates (6-1, 5-1 in district) on Friday, Oct. 13. The game was played in Rosalia. The game was the homecoming game or the Timberwolves. The school had festivities and events all week leading up to the game, as well as a dance on Saturday, Oct. 14, to cap off the week. The game for the Timberwolves sa...
ST. JOHN – The DeSales Irish routed St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, 80-6, during the Eagles' Homecoming game Friday, Oct. 13. The first touchdown from the Irish came three minutes into the game, with the Irish leading 6-0 early. The Irish would score another touchdown a few minutes later, to lead 14-0 after a successful conversion. The final first-quarter touchdown for the Irish came on the ground; DeSales 22-0 lead after the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, the Eagles scored on a pass t...
COFLAX – Before the Bulldogs and Nighthawks can make their run at a district title in their respective leagues, they met at the Liberty volleyball tournament. The tournament was played on Saturday, Oct. 14. At Liberty high school. The tournament saw teams play three pool play games before heading into bracket play. The Colfax Bulldogs went 0-3 in pool play. They first played against Lind-Ritzville-Sprague. The Broncos are currently second in RPI for the 2B WIAA standings. Set scores for the saw the Broncos take two-of-three: 25-13, 19-25, 1...
COLFAX — Football and Cross Country will all see home matches this week in Colfax for the Bulldogs. The football team will have their fifth home game of the season on Friday, Oct. 13. The game will be played against Kettle Falls in the battle of the Bulldogs. Colfax will look to notch their first win of the season on Friday, with the game kicking off at 3 p.m. For Cross Country, they are hosting the 1B/2B League Championships meet. This is the first time this season the Bulldogs will be racing in Colfax. The meet will start at 11 a.m. with t...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats traveled to Dayton to take on the Bulldogs. The game was played Tuesday, Oct. 3. In the game, the Wildcats would take the match in four sets, with the Bulldogs winning the second set as their only victory of the day. Set scores for the match where Colton won 3-1 were: 25-21, 18-25, 25-13, 25-17. The offensive leader for the Wildcats was Kaydee Heitstuman, she had eight kills and five aces. Clair Moehrle also had five assists for the Wildcats. She also added two kills, 13 assists, and two blocks in the match. This w...
COLFAX — The Colfax Bulldogs traveled to Chelan on Friday, Oct. 6 to take on the Chelan Mountain Goats in their sixth football game of the season. This was the second time the Bulldogs had an away football game this season. They have already had four home games. In the game against Chelan, the Bulldogs found their groove early, as they lead after the first quarter. Their first quarter lead was one of the few times on the season the Bulldogs had a lead. Unfortunately for Colfax, their lead was short-lived, as their two touchdown first quarter wa...
OAKESDALE — The Oakesdale Nighthawks (12-2, 5-0 District) took on the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves (1-4, 1-3 District) Tuesday, Oct. 3, before having another match on Wednesday, Oct 4, against the Dayton Bulldogs (1-7, 0-6 District). After the two games, the Nighthawks finished their week with a game Thursday, Oct. 5, against the Pomeroy Pirates. The game against the Timberwolves was played in Tekoa, and the game against the Bulldogs was played in Oakesdale. The Nighthawks would win both games in straight sets, and only allowed 15 or more points...
ST. JOHN — With just under a month away from the 1B/2B WIAA State volleyball championships in Yakima, the 1B schools are making their last minute pushes to earn as many victories as possible. For the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles, they will play a volleyball game against the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The game will be played in St. John, and is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The Eagles will also take on the Dayton Bulldogs Tuesday, Oct. 17. The game will start at 6 p.m. and take place in St. John. Other than the game against the Eagles, t...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks (17-2, 8-0 Districts) had a home match Saturday, Oct. 7, against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller (WCK) Wildcats. The match was played in Oakesdale and lasted four sets. The two teams met last season in the opening round of the 1B district playoffs, where the Nighthawks won the match in straight sets. This time around, the match went longer than last season, with the Wildcats taking one set off the Nighthawks. In the first set, Oakesdale came out with an 8-4 lead...
