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COLFAX — After the first away football game of the season for the Colfax Bulldogs football team, the Bulldogs return home. The volleyball team will also play two home games and one away game, putting them across the halfway mark on the season. The football team will play Friday, Sept. 29, a home game against Tri-City Prep. The game will be played in Colfax, and will start at 7 p.m. The football game also will be senior night for all graduating Colfax football players. For volleyball, they will play Thursday, Sept. 28. The game will be played i...
OAKESDALE — With the number one seeded Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team defeating the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles Thursday, Sept. 21, they proved why they should be the top ranked team in state 1B WIAA volleyball. This week, the Nighthawks will travel to Colton to take on the Wildcats. The game will start Thursday, Sept. 28, and will have first serve at 6 p.m. Oakesdale is also competing in the Linda Sheridan tournament in Spokane. They will play their games Saturday, Sept. 30. Also for the Nighthawks will be a game W...
COLFAX - Kicking off homecoming weekend for the Colfax Bulldogs was their third-straight home game of the season, with the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers the newest opponent for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs would put up 14 points in the first half, and the Lancers put up 15. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs neither team scored in the second half, and the Bulldogs fell to 0-3 on the season after the one point heartbreaking loss Friday, Sept. 15. The Bulldogs were not without chances in the game to win....
COLFAX - After the Bulldogs football team lost a heartbreaking game Friday, Sept. 15, the volleyball team had a chance at homecoming redemption Saturday, Sept. 16. The game was played against the Ferris Saxons, and the game was played in Colfax. Ferris came off a 3-1 set victory over the Pullman Greyhounds before their match up against the Bulldogs. For Colfax, their game before the Saxons was against the Clarkston Bantams, where the Bulldogs won in straight sets. The game against Ferris saw the...
OAKESDALE - After a strong two-game performance from the Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team during the week, they ran into their toughest test so far this season. The Nighthawks took on the Mary Walker Chargers from Springdale on Saturday, Sept. 16, in Oakesdale. Last season, the Chargers went 22-4, finishing fourth in the 1B state championship volleyball tournament. Oakesdale took first last season. One of the four losses from the Chargers last season was against the Nighthawks, who once...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks are picking up where they left off from last season, starting undefeated after their first three games of the season. The Nighthawws had two games before a Saturday, Sept. 16, weekend match up against Mary Walker. The Nighthawks took their first home game in their newly renovated gym and dominated the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, convincingly winning their first home game of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 12, against Tekoa-Rosalia. The Nighthawks had their...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats had their first four games of the season, coming away with just one victory. Their first game of the season was Tuesday, Sept. 12, a home game against the Dayton Bulldogs. The Wildcats were dominant in the game, winning three-straight sets to sweep the Bulldogs. The most points allowed by the Wildcats in the game was the second set, when the Bulldogs scored 11 points. The first set score was in favor of the Wildcats, 25-7. The second set was 25-11, and the third and final set was 25-8 for the Wildcats. In the g...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings, who started the season 2-0, faced their toughest opponent yet in the DeSales Irish Friday, Sept. 15. The game was played in Walla Walla. The Vikings would score 14 quick points in the first quarter, but gave up 24, then 24 in the second quarter, followed by 22 in the third quarter to give the Vikings their first loss of the season. The final score was 78-32 in favor of the Irish. With the loss, the Vikings move to a tie for second-best in the district. They are tied with three other teams, i...
COLFAX — The Colfax Bulldogs started their second week of volleyball action with an away game in Spangle on Sept. 12, and a home game. The Bulldogs had their first of three games last week against Upper Columbia Academy. The game was played in Spangle. The game saw the Bulldogs notch their first win of the season, sweeping the Lions in three straight sets. The first set saw Colfax convincingly take the 25-14 victory. The second set was 25-17 in favor of the Bulldogs, and the third and final set was 25-16 for the Bulldogs. This was the B...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles had their first away game of the season in their third overall game Friday, Sept. 15. The game was played in Touchet, against the Redhawks. The Eagles were ahead 6-0 after the first quarter, but allowed 16 points in the second quarter, and another 30 in the third quarter to start the blowout, and give the Eagles the 53-22 loss. The Eagles are now 0-3 on the season, and have two tough match ups the next two weeks that ultimately will determine their fate this season. In this game, the E...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles (5-2-1) defeated the Colton Wildcats Thursday, Sept. 14, in LaCrosse. The Eagles moved into first-place in the district with the win against the Wildcats. Oakesdale Nighthawks are second with their 1-0 district record. The game against the Wildcats saw SJEL fly out of the gates, winning the first set convincingly, 25-5. This was the largest margin of victory in a set for the Eagles so far. The second set was closer for the Eagles, but they still pulled out the victory, 25-17. The third s...
ASOTIN — The Colfax Bulldogs competed in their second cross country meet of the season Saturday, Sept. 16. The Bulldogs competed in the Les MacDowell Invite at Asotin high school. There were two other Whitman County teams who had athletes compete in the Invite. Both St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) and Colton sent athletes to Asotin for the meet. On the girls side, the overall winner was Shahad Akasha from Pullman high school. She ran the five km race in 19:06 to win. Gabby Rabaiotti placed 44th overall after she ran her race in 26:26. Q...
COLFAX — The Colfax Bulldogs have had a less than ideal first month or so of sports in both football and volleyball, but both teams have chances to return to standard this upcoming week. The Bulldogs football team (0-3) will be on the road this week for the first time this season. All three of their previous games so far this season have been played in Colfax. This time, the Bulldogs will travel to Reardan to take on the Screaming Eagles. The game is set to kick off at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22. The game is starting early due to a lack of a...
OAKESDALE — Headlining the third week of volleyball for schools in the 1B district in Whitman County is the Oakesdale Nighthawks, who take their unbeaten streak deep into tough district opponents. On Thursday, Sept. 21, the Nighthawks will have a home match up against the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles. The game is set to start at 6 p.m. Both the Nighthawks and Eagles are 2-0 in district play. This game will see one team stand alone in the rankings. After the game against the Eagles, the Nighthawks have another home game. This game w...
COLFAX — The Josh Wright Memorial Jamboree tournament, which took place Tuesday, Sept. 5, was the first cross country track meet of the season for the Colfax Bulldogs. The tournament is named after Josh Wright, a runner who was on the Northwest Christian team before passing away in 2010. The jamboree has since been named in his honor. The course features a one mile loop, ran twice, with a mud area on the course. On the day, there was times for the two mile race from both boys and girls divisions. In the girls division, three runners from Colfax...
COLFAX — The Colfax Bulldogs lost their season opening game of the season, an away non-conference game at Shadle Park High School against the Shadle Park Highlanders Tuesday, Sept. 5. Shadle Park (1-0) defeated the Bulldogs (0-1) in four sets. The Bulldogs took the first set 25-23, then lost the next three sets to lose. The second set score was 15-25, the third was 22-25, and the fourth and final set was 20-25 for the Highlanders. On the day, Ava Swan had 13 kills to go along with 10 digs in the game. She also had three blocks to lead the w...
ST. JOHN — After a tough first game for the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles last week, losing the game in the last half of the fourth quarter, the Eagles looked to bounce back Thursday, Sept. 7, against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller (Creston) Wildcats. The comeback game for the Eagles will have to wait another week, however, as the Eagles were held to just six points, losing 46-6 against the Wildcats. The game was called at halftime because of lightning. The rain started just before halftime, with the first visible lightning bolt h...
COLFAX - Coming off a tough first game for the Colfax Bulldogs, they asserted defensive dominance for just over three quarters against the Chewelah Cougars, before allowing 15 quick points, to lose 21-8. "That's as good as the defense played in a long time, they really came up with a great game plan for Chewelah," said head coach Mike Morgan. The struggles for the Bulldogs in the game once again was their offense. The Bulldogs produced only eight points in the game, with the touchdown coming...
ROSALIA — Tekoa-Rosalia is set to host their own volleyball tournament called “Spikefest” Saturday, Sept. 16 in Rosalia for the local volleyball teams to compete in a one-day tournament. There will be six teams at the tournament, which starts at 9 a.m., with all games being played at the Rosalia High School gym. There will be no price or championship game taking place at the tournament. The tournament is just a fun way for local high school teams to come together for a day of volleyball to enhance their skills before the main stages of the s...
ST. JOHN — Coming off a hot showing from the Yakima Sun Dome Invitational tournament Friday, Sept. 8, the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles are ready to step into another district game. THE SJEL volleyball team will play Thursday, Sept. 14, against the Colton Wildcats. This will be a home game for the Eagles, with the game being played in LaCrosse, first serve is set for 6 p.m. The Eagles will then play an away game Tuesday, Sept. 19, against the Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings. The game will be in Palouse and is set for 6 p.m. B...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles (SJEL) volleyball team ended their undefeated fist week of volleyball by competing in the Yakima Sun Dome Tournament Friday, Sept. 8, in Yakima. The team had three pool play games, winning all three of them. Their first game of the day was against Orcas Island, where SJEL won in straight sets, 25-23, 25-20. Their next game of the day was against Brewster, where once again SJEL won in straight sets, 25-19, 25-17. The final game of the day was against Wapato, where the teams split a set each. Wapat...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse (GAR-PAL) Vikings headlined the class 1B showings at the Valley Christian Jamboree at Valley Christian School in Spokane Valley. The meet took place Wednesday, Sept. 6. There were two other track meets during the week that local Whitman County Schools competed in. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Colfax Bulldogs cross country team competed in the Josh Wright Memorial Jamboree and Mud Run at Northwest Christian school in Colbert. On Saturday, Sept. 9, GAR-PAL competed in the Highlander Invitational at Shadle Park high s...
ST. JOHN - The first game of the season for St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse was Tuesday, Sept. 5, a non-conference bout against the Odessa Tigers. The game was played in St. John. SJEL won the game against the Tigers in three straight sets, but they did not come easy. The first set saw an extended set, with the Eagles winning 33-31. The next two sets were close as well, but the Eagles prevailed, 25-18, and 25-20. Last year, the Eagles and Tigers played, with the Eagles winning in four sets. This is...
PULLMAN — The City of Pullman has been forced by the Washington Department of Ecology to haul biosolids from a sewer plant, declared an emergency. The emergency was declared Monday, Sept. 11, by current Pullman Mayor Glenn Johnson. He declared to begin trucking the material without going the normal contracting process. The Department of Ecology (DOE) has failed to review the annual permit to trucking the biosolids to the local farms to then be used as fertilizer by the farmers, City officials say. The backup plan, which the city came up w...
COLFAX - Washington State University (WSU) President Kirk Schulz, also current chairman of the PAC-12 board, and WSU athletic director Pat Chun were in Colfax Monday, Sept. 11, to listen to a hearing from Whitman County Judge Gary Libey, as he granted both WSU and Oregon State University (OSU) a temporary restraining order against the PAC-12 conference. The restraining order granted will prevent the conference from meeting, or attempting to meet, until further notice. The lawsuit filed by WSU...
