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COLFAX - Exactly one month after the Palouse Empire Fair took place at the Fairgrounds in Colfax, the next rodeo event has taken place. The Washington State High School Rodeo Association (WSHSRA) hosted a rodeo at the Palouse Empire Arena in Colfax Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8. The rodeo saw local and non-local high school athletes travel to Colfax to compete in another installment of the WSHSRA rodeo. The event lasted two days, with an average of 10 events each day for the rodeo. The list...
TEKOA — The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves are in the midst of their homecoming activities, headlined by the football game Friday, Oct. 13, and the dance on Saturday, Oct. 14. Of the various events happening in the local area for homecoming is the bonfire, which is happening Thursday, Oct. 12. The bonfire will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the end of main street by the creek. There will be Tug-of-war, free hot chocolate, cider and cookies. At 6:30 p.m. at Tekoa high school there will be free hot dogs, and the chance to vote on some décor at the sc...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles are in the middle of their homecoming week long festivities. They have spirit week and activities happening at school throughout this week, with their homecoming dance happening Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the Eagles had their homecoming volleyball match. The game was played in St. John, and was against the Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Eagles. The match would last four sets, with the Eagles winning the match. The first set saw the Eagles lead 5-0 early. Then push t...
ST. JOHN — As the fall volleyball season draws to a close in Whitman County, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles are making a push for a high ranking finish in districts. The Eagles played their only game for the week on Thursday, Oct. 5, a match against the Colton Wildcats. The game was played in Colton. On the day, the Eagles would get the better of the Wildcats, winning the game in three straight sets. The Eagles are now 7-1 in league play and second overall, just behind the Oakesdale Nighthawks, who are 9-0. With the loss, the W...
PALOUSE — With homecoming happening over last weekend, the Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings had their homecoming football game on Friday, Oct. 6. The game was played in Palouse, and was against the Touchet Redhawks. The Vikings announced their homecoming royalty members, as well as the homecoming king and queen during halftime of the football game. The freshman homecoming prince and princess were Max Mitzimberg and Arabella Sievers. The Sophomore prince and princess were Kaeden Pogue and HettyLee Laughary. For the junior class, their h...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs have started their last third of the season with decisive victories, pushing their RPI rankings, as well as district standings. Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Bulldogs hosted the Asotin Panthers. The match lasted three sets, with Colfax taking them all. On Thursday, Oct. 5, Colfax traveled to Deer Park to take on the Stags. This match also lasted three sets, all victorious for Colfax. With the two wins, the Bulldogs moved to 6-1 in league play. Their only league loss was to...
PALOUSE - Homecoming is in the air at Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) high school, and events are set to take place throughout the week. The Vikings volleyball Homecoming game was played Tuesday, Oct. 3, against the Pomeroy Pirates. The game was played in Palouse. After winning the first set, the Vikings would lose two straight to fall behind 2-1. They would take the fourth set, but lose to fifth set to lose the game overall. The set scores for the game were: 25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 25-13, 3-15. In the...
TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves (0-3) are still hungry to get into the winning column after they were bested by Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian. The game was played Friday, Sept. 29, and took place in Tekoa. In the game, the Timberwolves lost 52-20, with Moses Lake trailing the entire first quarter, before coming alive in the second and third quarters. Tekoa struck first in the game, leading 8-0 after three minutes of game time. The Lions would score later in the quarter,...
COLFAX - A thriving Chewelah Cougars volleyball team, who were on a six-game winning streak, headed down to Colfax to take on the Bulldogs in a top-of-district clash. The game was played on Thursday, Sept. 28, and was in Colfax. The game lasted three sets, with the Bulldogs winning all three. The Cougars came into the match thriving, a top-10 in the RPI standings for the WIAA 2B rankings. In the game, the Bulldogs immediately jumped on the Cougars, and showed that the Bulldogs record is not...
COLTON - The Colton Wildcat volleyball team set up a homecoming clash against the Pomeroy Pirates. The game was played in Colton on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The Wildcats would win the game in five sets, giving them their third win of the season, and have won two-of-three as of late. With the loss, the Pirates sit on five losses, and lose their first game in their last three. Their two previous victories were over Dayton and Rosalia. These two teams met twice last season, with the Pirates taking both...
COLFAX - The 6th Annual Cross Country Battle for the 509 meet took place Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Spokane Polo Grounds. The meet saw 61 high school teams send athletes to compete on race day. The local Whitman County teams that attended the event were the Colfax Bulldogs and the Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings. The first high school event that took place was the combined freshman 5,000 m race. In the race, the overall winner on the boys side was Lucas Clements of Lewiston. He ran his race...
COLFAX - Senior night came early for the Colfax Bulldogs football team this season. They hosted their senior appreciation festivities on Friday, Sept. 29, against the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars. There were seven football seniors recognized by the Bulldogs, and one senior cheerleader. The football seniors were: Colton Kneale, Tanner Senter, Jaxon Wick, JP Wigen, Brice Hammer, Seth Lustig, and Daxton Chappell. "They are really great young men, they're great leaders... these are the guys we count on,...
OAKESDALE — The Oakesdale Nighthawks, Colfax Bulldogs, and St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles all took part in the Linda Sheridan Volleyball tournament in Spokane over the weekend. The tournament was played in Spokane across two days, with four high schools hosting games in the area. Teams each played one of their pool play games on Friday, Sept. 29, to get a head start on a long day of games Saturday, Sept. 30. For Whitman County, the Oakesdale Nighthawks were crowned as the silver bracket consolation champions, and finished second in th...
ST. JOHN – The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles (6-1, 5-1 in league) defended their home court Thursday, Sept. 28, against a struggling Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves team. The Eagles won, 3-0. Set scores were 25-20, 25-17, 25-18. After the Eagles quickly went down 4-0 in the first set, the team showed heart, and would come back to take the win, propelling them to an early lead, which they never gave up. The Eagles win puts them comfortably in second place in Southeast 1B district standings behind undefeated Oakesdale (5-0 in district). With t...
COFLAX — The Colfax Bulldog volleyball team had their most decisive victory of the season over the Kettle Falls Bulldogs. The game was played Tuesday, Sept. 26, and was in Kettle Falls. Coming into the game, the Bulldogs were 4-3 on the season, and one a two-game winning streak. The last loss for the Bulldogs came Tuesday, Sept. 19, against the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos. For Kettle Falls, they were 2-3 heading into the game. They had won their first two games of the season before losing three in a row before the Colfax game. In this game,...
COLTON — Local teams in Whitman County headed down to Liberty High School in Spokane to compete in the 1B/2B South League Meet. The meet took place Tuesday, Sept. 26, and was located in Liberty. Boys and girls athletes ran a 5,000 meter race, with athletes from Tekoa-Rosalia, Colfax, Colton, and St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) competing. On the girls side, the overall winner was Regan Thomas from St. Georges’, she finished first with a time of 22:34.81. The highest finishing Whitman County girl was Rori Weber of Colton. She finished fou...
ROSALIA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves hosted a football game Friday, Sept. 22 against Waitsburg. After a quick score from both teams, Waitsburg scored 62 unanswered points to win 70-6. Waitsburg scored nine touchdowns in the game, six of which were in the first quarter. The only score for Tekoa-Rosalia in the game was in the first quarter, a 67 yard touchdown run. Both teams ran 29 plays each in the game. Tekoa-Rosalia had 111 total yards, and Waitsburg had 702. Waitsburg had 342 Passing...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs volleyball team finished off an impressive 2-1 week, including a defeat against the Pullman Greyhounds, who finished fourth in state last season in the 2A rankings. The Bulldogs are a 2B ranked team. Their first game of three was Tuesday, Sept. 19, against the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague (LRS) Broncos. The Broncos would win the game 3-1. The game Thursday, Sept. 21 was against the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers. The game lasted three sets, with the Bulldogs taking all three...
PALOUSE - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles had a first meeting match-up against Garfield-Palouse Vikings, Tuesday, Sept. 19. In the game, the Vikings jumped out to a quick 1-0 set lead, capitalizing on mistakes from the Eagles, which led to the lead. After the first set, SJEL had time to regroup, and formulate their plan of attack against the Vikings. The Eagles would win the game in four sets, keeping them undefeated in conference play heading into their clash with Oakesdale. The first set...
COLFAX — The Linda Sheridan Volleyball tournament is a two-day tournament in Spokane that brings in the top schools in the Spokane and surrounding area each year to compete in a tournament. This year, the tournament is taking place on Friday, Sept. 29 and Saturday, Sept. 30. Games will be played in four different school locations, depending on day of play and pool. The schools that will be hosting games are: Shadle Park, Ferris, Rogers, and Lewis and Clark. The four schools from Whitman County that are set to play are: Colfax, Oakesdale, P...
COLTON — The Whitman County Cougars will be hosting a “fun day”, inviting all special Olympic athletes, volunteers, staff and families to attend. There will be games and food available throughout the event. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 7, in Colton. The event is set to start at 11 a.m., and will go until 2 p.m. Attendees can learn to play outdoor activities such as bocce and corn hole. The event will be at the Colton Booster Gun Club, where they have a clubhouse that will host the event....
REARDAN - St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Colfax, Colton, and Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) all traveled to Reardan to compete in the first league meet of the season. The meet was held on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and had boys and girls three mile varsity runs. The Vikings took top boys and girls honors in the meet. On the girls side, there was a total of 59 competitors, with Allie Robertson of NW Christian (Colbert) taking first with a run of 21:04.67. Second place was GAR-PAL's own Ashleigh Hightree,...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats are in the middle of their long home stand, with games Tuesday, Sept. 19, and Thursday, Sept. 21. The game on Tuesday, Sept. 19, was played against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, and the game Thursday, Sept. 21, was played against the Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings. The game against the Timberwolves lasted three sets, with the Wildcats sweeping the game. The first set was the closest of the match, with both sides putting up at least 20 points. The Wildcats, however, would pull away, and win the first set 25-20....
OAKESDALE — In one of the most highly anticipated Whitman County volleyball matches of the regular season, the undefeated Oakesdale Nighthawks took on the scorching hot St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles. Heading into the game, the Nighthawks were the top team in the state based off RPI for the 1B division. SJEL was the second best team. Although this was the match up of the one and two overall seeded teams, Oakesdale proved why they have been the number one team for as long as they have been, winning the match in three quick sets. O...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse Eagles (GAR-PAL) improved to 3-1 on the season after a domination of Sunnyside Christian Friday, Sept. 22. This game was played in Palouse. The game saw the Vikings put up 24 points in the first quarter, then follow that performance up with a 22 point second quarter. The final score of the game was 62-0 for the Vikings. The Vikings are currently ranked 18th in RPI for the WIAA state 1B 8-man football standings. The beginning of this game saw the Vikings run their...
