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COLFAX - After an outstanding end to the season, the Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams both will head to the 2B WIAA state tournament. Both teams won their district crossover matches on Saturday, Feb. 17, in West Valley, to advance to state. The girls were up first, taking on Liberty Bell. Colfax dominated the match, taking the 67-21 victory. Colfax held Liberty Bell to just two points in the first quarter, where as the Bulldogs scored 23 first quarter points. Brynn McGaughy led...
PALOUSE - In a highly-anticipated battle between Whitman County rivals, the Garfield-Palouse girls basketball team and the Colton Wildcats, the Vikings emerged victorious, eliminating the Wildcats from state playoff contention. The Vikings and Wildcats played on Friday, Feb. 16, in Dayton. In the game, the Wildcats would struggle to score against the height and length of the Vikings. Colton would fall 29-42 to the Vikings. Although the Wildcats have height throughout their lineup, particularly...
OAKESDALE - Oakesdale will be all over the 1B boys basketball state tournament results, as both the boys and girls basketball teams have qualified for the tournament. The Nighthawk girls team took first in their district match with a decisive 35-30 victory over Sunnyside Christian. Both teams fought hard on the defensive end to limit scoring chances as both Oakesdale and Sunnyside Christian scored less than 40 points in the game. Oakesdale and Sunnyside Christian were both ranked in the top-10...
PULLMAN - With the 2023-24 High School wrestling season coming to an end, the top wrestlers in Washington traveled to Tacoma to compete in the Mat Classic state championship tournament. The tournament was held on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16 and 17. Both the Colfax Bulldogs and Pullman Greyhounds sent athletes to compete in the Classic. Colfax had two athletes score points in the meet, with Cooper Phillips taking sixth. For the Greyhounds, they had four athletes score points, with three of them...
COLFAX - During halftime of both the boys and girls 2B district championship games, the All-League honors were announced for the north and south divisions. In the south division, the Bulldog girls had four players and their head coach recognized. The boys had four players recognized. Brynn McGaughy won MVP for the girls 2B south division. She has been dominate on the offensive and defensive ends all season, and proved that she is tough to stop from anywhere on the floor. Both Hailey Demler and B...
PALOUSE - Garfield-Palouse are one of three Whitman County teams to still have both their boys and girls basketball programs competing for the right to play in the state tournament. The Oakesdale Nighthawks boys and girls are the only two current local schools guaranteed to compete in the state tournament. Colfax have to play a crossover match on Saturday, Feb. 17, and the Colton Wildcat girls are competing alongside the Viking girls. The Viking boys played their district playoff game on Saturda...
OAKESDALE - After entering the district playoffs for the 2023-24 basketball season with the number one overall seed, the Oakesdale Nighthawks girls and boys basketball teams both will play for the 1B district championship. The Nighthawk boys team took down Sunnyside Christian 65-51 on Saturday, Feb. 10, advancing them to the district title game. Oakesdale dominated Sunnyside Christian from start-to-finish, clinching a state playoff berth no matter how the district championship game goes. The...
COLTON — Local results for week five of gun club shoots are as follows: Colton: 16-yard scores: Rachel Kennedy, 25. Zarn Clausen, 25. Faron Craig, 25. Keven Hattenburg, 25. Guy Olson, 25. Skylar Schlueter, 25. Bill Williams, 25. Women 16-yard shooters: Rachel Kennedy, 25. McKenzee Bidle, 24. Carisa King, 22. Junior 16-yard shooters: Wade Moser, 18. Chase Sanderson, 16. Jack Reisenauer, 15. Ben Reisenauer, 12. Endicott: Eric Johnson, 23. Trevor Johnson, 23. Chad Aeschliman, 23. James Gilchrist, 23. Endicott gun club lady: Jessica Pelissier, 2...
TEKOA — After losing a loser-out district tournament match, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolf boys basketball team season has come to an end. The Timberwolves played their final game on Saturday, Feb. 10, against Liberty Christian. Tekoa-Rosalia lost the game 64-48. Tekoa-Rosalia trailed 17-12 after the first quarter of play. Vanden Allen led the way with four points in the quarter. During the second quarter of play, the Timberwolves out-scored Liberty Christian 12-9, cutting the lead to two points at halftime. Isaac Bone scored four points in t...
COLFAX - At the conclusion of the 2B regionals wrestling tournament, held in Spangle on Saturday, Feb. 10, four wrestlers from Colfax High School qualified for the state competition. At 106 pounds, Ty Scott qualified for state. At 126 pounds, Cooper Phillips qualified for state. At 132 pounds, Dillon Gassenberg qualified for state. At 144 pounds, Alton Burt qualified for state. The state meet will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16 and 17, in Tacoma. Colfax finished the regionals meet in...
COLFAX - After a season in 2022-23 where the Colfax Bulldog girls went undefeated on their way to a state championship, the 2023-24 season started out with questions after a string of early losses. The girls team did nothing but dominate their district games, going undefeated in district play, including a district championship after an extraordinary overtime victory against the Davenport Gorillas on Saturday, Feb. 10, in West Valley. In the game, Colfax found themselves trailing for...
COLFAX — Schools from the local area took part in the 1B-4A GSL WIAA district wrestling meet, which took place on Saturday, Feb. 3, in Spokane. 20 1B/2B teams took part, split into two groups, eight schools in the north league, and 12 in the south. The Colfax Bulldogs competed in the south group, finishing fourth overall, scoring 125 team points. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague would take first in the group with 202 team points. On the north side, Jenkins (Chewelah) took first with 193 team points. F...
COLTON — Week four of gun club results in Whitman County are as follows: In Colton: 16 yard scores: Aspen Vandevender, 25. Cecil Boles, 25. Faron Craig, 25. Terry Koeper, 25. Greg Mayer, 25. Jason Reisenauer, 25. Daren Steele, 25. Stacy Harman, 24. Steven Bremer, 24. Jim Dahmen, 24. Jace Herman, 24. Dave Schornhorst, 24. Cole Zacha. Women 16 yard shooters: Aspen Vandevender, 25. Stacy Harman, 24. Rachel Kennedy, 23. Jann Morbeck, 23. Junior 16 yard shooters: Wade Moser, 22. Jack Reisenauer, 16. Chase Sanderson, 12. In Dusty: Division III: S...
COLFAX - With undefeated district records from both the Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball programs, the teams earned number one overall seeds heading into the district playoff games. All rounds of both the boys and girls 2B district playoff games will take place at West Valley high school. Colfax boys and girls both played on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 3, where both teams took down their opponents while shorthanded. The girls team took on the Kettle Falls Bulldogs, defeating Kettle...
COLFAX - Terry Cochran, Colfax native, has been recognized, and will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his lifetime service to wrestling. In a press release from Washington State Chapter Jim Meyerhoff about Cochran and the other members in the Hall of Fame, "These individuals have given countless hours of their time instilling young people with the skills needed to succeed in all areas of life. They will be permanently recognized at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and...
COLFAX — Tony “TC” Carter, born Feb. 27, 1949, former Athletic Director, athletic trainer, football coach, drivers ed. teacher, and teacher at Colfax, passed away on Jan. 14, 2024. Colfax locals were quick to share their thoughts and feelings on the legacy of TC, and how important he was to the Colfax community. “Tony was the Athletic Director when I got to Colfax in 1992. He was a history teacher, a pe teacher, athletic director for a long time,” said former Colfax head football coach Mike Morgan. Morgan took over the athletic director...
COLTON - Senior night for the Colton Wildcats took place on Friday, Feb. 2, with the game being played against the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The seniors recognized on the girls side for Colton were Kaydee Heitstuman and Kyndra Stout. Matthew Reisenauer was the lone Wildcat boy recognized. The girls game started with the Nighthawks dominating from start-to-finish, controlling the game as Oakesdale earned the 61-27 victory. For Colton, senior Stout finished with 16 points. Clair Moehrle had five, and...
OAKESDALE — Three girl and three boy Whitman County 1B schools are comepting in basketball districts. Oakesdale. Garfield-Palouse, and Colton girls are underway as of Wednesday, Feb. 7, and Oakesdale, Garfield-Palouse, and Tekoa-Rosalia will start their district runs on Thursday, Feb. 8. Results will be in the next edition of the Gazette....
DUSTY — The 76th Annual Sausage Shoot is set to take place this Sunday, Feb. 11, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. The shoot will take place at Dusty Gun Club, located just east of Dusty. Dusty gun club started in 1946 by a group of farmers in Dusty. The first year of the sausage shoot saw hogs brought in from the town of Penawawa. From the gun club president “In the winter the old road next to the railroad tracks was under water. The solution: They found when the train was coming and a few of them rode horseback and herded the hogs down the tra...
TEKOA — With the regular season coming to a close on the 2023-24 regular season, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves defeated the Dayton Bulldogs, earning themselves a spot in the district playoffs with the victory. Tekoa-Rosalia were in total control of the game from start-to-finish, defeating the Bulldogs 62-28. The Timberwolf defense did not allow the Bulldogs to score more than eight points in any of the four quarters. On the other hand, Tekoa-Rosalia scored 23 points in the first quarter, and 41 in the first half to shut down all hope from t...
COLFAX – For one of the very few times during the 2023-24 basketball season, the Colfax Bulldogs boys team were in trouble of losing their first game of the season. The game was played against the Northwest Christian (Colbert) Crusaders, and was the district semifinal match, played on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in West Valley. Colfax seemingly had the game wrapped up through the first half, however, a massive comeback from the Crusaders, along with a buzzer-beating shot, forced the game into o...
OAKESDALE - With one road game left to play for the Oakesdale Nighthawks girls basketball team in the regular season, Oakesdale took care of business on their home floor for senior night. Three seniors were recognized before the game began, they were: Payton Davis, Brieyn Henley, and Samantha Holling. "Our three seniors are exceptional young ladies and each of them brings a leadership quality that is essential to our team's cohesiveness and chemistry. Sam is our veteran leader and her team's...
COLFAX - Senior Night for the Colfax Bulldog wrestling team took place Tuesday, Jan. 23, in Colfax. Walker Montgomery, wrestling for Garfield-Palouse, competing and training with the Colfax team, and Tristen Burd, from Oakesdale, wrestling with Colfax were recognized prior to the meet. Nine schools traveled to Colfax to compete in the league meet. The schools were: Colfax, Pomeroy, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Asotin, Liberty, Waitsburg, Davenport, Reardan, and Northwest Christian. The meet saw each...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats will host their basketball senior night festivities this Friday, Feb. 2, in Colton. Both the girls and boys team will take on the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The girls will recognize two seniors, guard Kyndra Stout, and point guard Kaydee Heitstuman. They will be recognized before tip-off of the girls game at 6 p.m. The boys will recognize their lone senior, Matthew Reisenauer. He will be recognized before the boys take on Oakesdale at 7:30 p.m. The game will be the final game for the Wildcat boys, the girls have a c...
ST. JOHN - St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse won two-of-three games before sliding into a three-game losing streak to end their season. During the three games was senior night for two Eagle players, they were: Matthew DeFord and Landen Miller. DeFord and Miller were recognized before their game on Tuesday, Jan. 23, against the Odessa Tigers, in St. John. Both the Eagles and Tigers battled throughout the first three quarters, it was not until the end when Odessa pulled away to take the 71-54 victory....
