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COLFAX— Colfax surging superstar Brynn McGaughy gained national recognition yet again this week as she picked up her two biggest offers to date. On June 26, McGuaghy announced on her Twitter that she received an offer from the University of Indiana. Later, on June 30, she announced her official offer from Iowa University. These offers come in just under a month since McGaughy was announced as the No. 15 ranked recruit nationally for the class of 2025, and was ranked No. 1 in Washington. These offers are huge for McGaughy, especially to r...
PULLMAN — Pullman Regional Hospital is hosting an annual fundraiser to help support their athletic training program, which helps serve four local high schools. The event will take place at Red Barn in Colton, Wash., and is scheduled for August 4. Red Barn in Colton is located at 501 Wawawai Rd, Colton, WA 99113. Ty Meyer, PRH foundation board member, and his wife Kay, Red Barn owner, are helping put the event on, with the help of a volunteer committee, which includes PRH foundation board members Connie Newman (committee chair), Ken Casavant, D...
GARFIELD — One of the biggest hits at the Garfield Library is the annual Lego competition. Wednesday, July 19, will see the Garfield Library light up with different Lego designs to be put on display. The competition opens at 12:30 p.m. Teams of 2-4 people, which can vary in age from 5-105, will be competing in a Lego challenge to work together to create their Lego creation. This year’s theme for the build will be any project based off their favorite book. “I am hoping to display the book with each Lego creation,” said Sarah Anderson, Garfiel...
SPOKANE - Spokane saw the streets light up as the annual Hoopfest tournament took place June 24 and 25. The event is advertised as the largest 3-on-3 tournament in the world. Annually, around 250,000 competitors play in the tournament, shutting down 45 blocks in the city of Spokane, and 422 courts that help keep the competition flowing for 31 years and counting. Amongst competitors in this years tournament are Whitman County locals Will Hatley, Justin Berarducci, Jared Berarducci, and Kyle...
SPOKANE — The Spokane Youth Sports Awards ceremony returned June 20, ending the four-year hiatus. The event was held at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, celebrating top high school athletes, as well as coaches in the Southwest Washington area. With the four-year hiatus, the awards organizers changed some of the awards, as well as tweaking and modifying some categories and descriptions of awards. Awards were broken up by Metro and Regional awards. McKinzie Turner, Oakesdale volleyball coach, won the Region Coach of The Year award. T...
COLFAX — The Peter Zornes Memorial Golf Tournament will be held in Colfax on July 8. This will be the 15th annual tournament, the first tournament took place in 2008. The tournament benefits the Peter A. Zornes Memorial Neuroscience Scholarship at Washington State University. The scholarship has been awarded to 21 deserving students to date, with the students spread across the nation and world, contributing to the health and well-being of the community. Peter Zornes was raised in Oakesdale, graduating from Oakesdale High School in 1999 as t...
COLFAX — With summer officially underway, many local towns in Whitman County have begun their summer swim season. Areas like Colfax, Palouse, Oakesdale, St. John-Endicott, and Pullman all have swim teams for the summer. One swim team this year is GPOP. This is a combined team, with athletes competing from Garfield, Palouse, Oakesdale and Plummer. There is also a SELW team, which consists of athletes from St. John, Endicott, LaCrosse, and Washtucna. For Colfax, their swim team began June 5, as they had their first official parents meeting and r...
PULLMAN — The Dimond Family Foundation has donated a generous $1.5 million to Washington State University to support the construction of the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture’s Schweitzer Engineering Hall for the Pullman campus. The Dimond Family Foundation was created by Navin and Rita Dimond, the founders of Stonebridge companies, and daughters Ashley and Sonja. The Stonebridge Hotel is a top leading hospitality company in the nation, featuring a portfolio of around 60 hotels across the United States of America under four bra...
COLFAX - The Colfax Junior Rodeo, which took place Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11, ended with around 150 contestants from Whitman County and the surrounding areas competing in one spot for junior rodeo success. "We were very happy, a very good turnout," said Chelsey Startin, parent and organizer of event. The event was not planned overnight, Startin and others took over the association in September, and started their planning and fundraising for the event then. "We had barrel races once a...
ST. JOHN — The Webb’s Slough Weekend kicked off their weekend fun Friday, June 16, with the Canuck Cup Golf Scramble. Below are the first, second, and third place results, as well as awards given out for longest putt, closest to the pin, and longest drive. 1st place: Pat Gordon, Bill Parrish, Ray Vance, and “Jim” in a one-hole playoff victory 2nd place: Tate Schauble, Drew Gordon, Mackayla Bickelhaupt, and Matt Antle 3rd place: Steve Bailey, Kirk Wiggins, Brody Burnham, and Jim VanLith closest to the pin was Jim VanLith, 46 inches away Long dr...
COLFAX — The Colfax municipal pool, located near Colfax high school and Schmuck park, remains closed as they are still working on repairs for the pool. The pool, which was scheduled to open early-to-mid June, was pushed back two weeks due to a mechanical issues problem. The announcement of the two week delay was posted Tuesday, June 6 on the pools Facebook page. The only other updates made by the pool Facebook page or through Colfax Parks and Recreation is that they are still working on the pool. No other updates have been made about the p...
PULLMAN — The Palouse Ridge Golf Course has teamed up with the Pullman Regional Hospital to put on a golf tournament that takes place Saturday, July 8. The tournament is for golfers of all ages and skill levels. Breakfast will kick off the event, which starts at 7 a.m., followed by the beginning of the tournament, taking place at 8:30 a.m. The tournament is a shotgun-start format and is a four-person scramble tournament. A shotgun-start is where teams will tee off from a different hole to start the tournament, eliminating the hours of wait o...
LACROSSE — Whitman County will see some of their youth compete in the Silver State Stampede Rodeo, taking place July 14-16 at Elko County Fairgrounds in Elko, Nevada. Among the Whitman County locals is Rowdie Jo Broeckel, whose mother, Kelli Broeckel, is on the board for the Silver State Stampede. Kelli Broeckel, shooting director, has been on the board for the last two years, and their family have been members for the last three. To be able to compete in the Silver State Stampede, you need to be active in local rodeos, and score enough points...
PULLMAN — The Palouse Hills Muzzleloaders event that was scheduled to happen Saturday, June 25, has been cancelled this year. Last year’s event saw rifle and pistol shooting, as well as tomahawk and knife throwing, among other outdoors events and activities. Last year, there was also a Dutch oven cook off, archery course, frying pan toss, and peewee and jackpot events. The event was all about fun, as well as competition. Awards and extra points were given out to those who showed up dressed in the time period of the events that were taking place...
ST. JOHN — The second annual Summer Dayz Car Show is set for Saturday, June 24. Everyone is welcome to enter their rig into the show and show off their hard work, dedication and creativity in their vehicles. Some of the planned activities will include a car show, poker walk, food, a beer garden, and more. “The first year we had a good turnout, we’re hoping between 80 and 100 cars this year,” said Dan Thomas, St. John Auto Body and Custom employee, and organizing helper for event. The main difference between this year and the year previou...
PULLMAN — Washington State University (WSU) and their battle with paying for athletic programs seems to take a new turn after recent voting at an Athletic Department Retreat. The retreat took place June 9. During the retreat, the Washington State Board of Regents voted to take several actions relating to budget shortfalls, especially in the Athletic Department. Athletic Director Pat Chun spoke about the budget issues surrounding the University and department, stating that the University is expecting a $11.5 million deficit in the fiscal year o...
SEATTLE — Seattle, Washington will be the official home for all high school football state championship games for the upcoming football season. This change comes from playing championship games at the Tacoma Dome in Seattle during previous seasons. The games will now all be held at Husky Stadium on the University of Washington campus. Games will start Friday, December 1, and finish Saturday, December 2. Friday’s games will be at 11 a.m., three p.m., and seven p.m. The 3A, 1A, and 1B title games will take place Friday. Saturday, December 2 will...
COLFAX - The Moscow Baseball Association concluded their Cal Ripken League season Monday, June 12, with a tournament that saw two Colfax teams take podium spots. There are two divisions in the Moscow Baseball Association. There is the Cal Ripken division and the Babe Ruth division. The Cal Ripken division consists of players ages eight to 12 who play baseball at the competitive level. The Babe Ruth division is designed for players ages 13-15. In the Cal Ripken division, two teams from the...
St. John, Washington hosted their first "spring game" Thursday, June 8 at St. John high school. The game was an 8 v 8 match up, with the St. John team splitting into two separate teams to go against each other to have fun, while also fighting for roster spots. The game was played as a "red vs. yellow game". It was a rough start to the game, as it started raining just an hour or so before the 7 p.m. scheduled kickoff. Both teams were running various plays to try and throw off their teammates on...
TEKOA-ROSALIA - Tekoa-Rosalia high school has announced their schedules for summer volleyball and girls basketball. For girls basketball, 8th-12th graders in school next year have open gyms Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Tekoa for June and Rosalia for July. Any questions for basketball can be directed to Coach Jaeger at (509) 284-2345. For Volleyball, Tuesday, June 20 will be at 4:30 p.m. at Tekoa, Thursday, June 22 will be 5 p.m. at Tekoa, and Thursday, June 29 will be...
COLFAX — Team Ace Hardware has won the Men’s Spring League in Colfax, Washington. The tournament was played on red tees and Thursday, June 8 was the final week of play, which determined Ace Hardware as the champions. The members of Ace Hardware were: Colby Starring, Randy Davis, Barry Folsom Jr., and Steve Evans. Max Remaley and Elias Whitefoot were the gross week eight Ace of Aces. Shawn McSweeney won the net Ace of Aces award. Second place in the tournament was taken by Ackerman Heating and Air, who had 34 points. Third place was Idaho For...
GARFIELD-PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse Vikings just completed one of the best seasons for any team in the nation. As a team, the Vikings broke nine school records and saw the girls team finish first in the WIAA 1B state tournament, while the boys team finished fourth overall. The girls side won the district, regional, and state tournament this season, as well as holding their own in the various invitational meets they competed in this season. They finished fifth at the Glenn Wolf Invite early t...
LIND — Lind, Washington will host the annual Lind Combine Derby starting Friday, June 9 and running through Saturday, June 10. The event will consist of various vehicle races/demolitions. Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.lindcombinederby.com/event-details/lind-demolition-derby-2023. You can also purchase tickets for RV/Camping passes online as well. Among competitors this year is Erik Labes, a veteran of the event of over 10 years. This could potentially be the last time he will compete in the derby. From Hay, Washington, Caleb H...
PALOUSE — The Palouse Summer Baseball series is up and running. The event sees baseball travel teams in eight different divisions, the youngest being 10U, and the oldest being 19U, will compete in a tournament with games taking place at either Bailey-Brayton field in Pullman, Washington, McDonald Park in Colfax, and Quann field, where the Pullman High School Greyhounds play baseball. The first age division to start the tournament off is the 13U teams, who took place in games June 2-4 at Washington State University, and McDonald park. The n...
COLFAX — The Spring Golf League in Colfax, Washington finished their week seven play Thursday, June 1. This was the seventh week of an eight week season, this Thursday, June 8, will be the final week of the season as it is the playoff round. The league is split into two brackets, the A-bracket and the B-bracket. This week’s Ace-of-Aces was awarded to Jake Hahn with a score of 35 and Barry Folsom Jr with a score of 32. For awards on the week, the closest to the pin was given to Phil Hergert after he put a drive 10’-03” away from the hole. T...
