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OAKESDALE — The Colton Wildcats continued League action with a pair of Southeast 1B matchups over the weekend. The Wildcats took on the Oakesdale Nighthawks on Friday, Jan. 10 and played the Waitsburg Cardinals on Saturday, Jan. 11. Both were away games. For the Colton boys, the Nighthawks defeated the Wildcats, 70-23, before the Wildcats beat the Cardinals, 54-50, For the girls, Oakesdale defeated Colton, 55-33, and the Wildcats beat the Cardinals, 64-27. Boys games Against Oakesdale, The Nighthawks gained a 17-point lead to end the first q...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings boys and girls remain at the top of the League as they continue through the regular season. The Viking boys narrowly fell to 2B opponent Asotin Panthers on Tuesday, Jan. 7, before winning a pair of League matchups against the Waitsburg Cardinals on Friday, Jan. 10 and the Dayton Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 12. The Gar-Pal girls went 3-0 last week as they defeated the Panthers, Cardinals and Bulldogs on the same nights. Girls undefeated in League p...
OAKESDALE - Both the Oakesdale Nighthawks boys and girls basketball teams went undefeated last weekend, defeating the Colton Wildcats on Friday, Jan. 10, and the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Nighthawk boys defeated the Colton Wildcats, 70-23, on Friday before heading to LaCrosse to beat the SJEL Eagles, 70-40 on Saturday. The girls won against the Wildcats, 55-33, and beat the Eagles, 75-16. Boys games Against the Wildcats, the Nighthawks defense shut out...
PULLMAN - The Pullman Greyhounds boys swim team handily defeated the Walla Walla Devils in a home meet at the Pullman Aquatic Center on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Greyhounds defeated the Devils, 99-71, in a dual matchup. Jake McCoy won two races, the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard freestyle. Kevin Gu won the 100-yard breaststroke for pullman and teammate Nolan Pollestad won the 200-yard freestyle. The following are the top three results for each race: 200 medley relay - 1. Walla Walla...
COLFAX - In a pair of Northeast 2B matchups, the Colfax Bulldog boys and girls basketball teams played the Asotin Panthers and Lind-Ritzville-Sprague (LRS) Broncos last week. On Thursday, Jan. 9, both the Colfax boys and girls defeated Asotin. The Bulldog girls won, 73-28, and the boys won, 73-38. On Saturday, Jan. 11, the Colfax boys beat the Broncos, 67-42, and the Bulldog girls narrowly fell to the Broncos, 59-52. Girls pounce Panthers, bucked by Broncos Colfax bounced back and got a...
COLFAX - On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Colfax Bulldogs honored their senior wrestlers before squaring off against the Liberty Lancers in a dual meet on their home mat. Seniors this year for the Bulldogs include Alton Burt wrestling in the 157-pound weight class, Dory Doty at 235, Dillon Gassenberg (138), Grace Jones (120) and Nick Meeuwsen of Garfield-Palouse at 165. In the dual meet, Liberty defeated Colfax 30-17, with eight matches and six exhibition matchups. Starting off at the 144-pound weight...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings boys and girls basketball teams have gone undefeated to start the 2025 year with both teams going 2-0. The boys defeated the Oakesdale Nighthawks, 60-48, on Friday, Jan. 3, and the Colton Wildcats, 55-22, on Saturday, Jan. 4. The girls beat the Nighthawks, 48-30, on Friday and the Wildcats, 71-22, on Saturday. Boys games Against Oakesdale, Gar-Pal defeated the Nighthawks, 60-48, on Friday, Jan. 3. The Vikings gained a 20-13 advantage to end the...
COLTON – The Colton Wildcats boys and girls basketball teams lost a pair of games to the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings to start the new year on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Colton boys lost to the Vikings, 55-22, and the girls fell, 71-22. For the girls, Gar-Pal gained a 15-5 lead to end the first quarter and held a 35-13 lead at halftime. With the Vikings securing a 60-19 lead in the third quarter, Colton gained three points in the final frame with Gar-Pal adding 11 on the scoreboard for the w...
ROSALIA - The Oakesdale Nighthawks brought in the 2025 year splitting games against League foes Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings and Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves. The Nighthawk boys fell to Gar-Pal, 60-48, on Friday, Jan. 3, before defeating the Timberwolves, 62-20, on Saturday, Jan. 4. The girls lost to Gar-Pal, 48-30, and beat Tekoa-Rosalia, 53-14, on the same nights. Boys games Against the Vikings, Gar-Pal gained a 20-13 lead to end the first quarter and built a 33-21 lead at halftime. Each...
LEWISTON, Idaho — The Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Idaho to play in the 12th annual Avista Holiday Tournament on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 2-3. The boys first defeated the Pendleton (Ore.) Buckaroos, 75-63, and went on to beat the Clarkston Bantams, 65-40, in the semifinals. The girls beat Pendleton, 60-32, in the opening round then fell to the Bantams, 60-17, in the semifinal. The Bulldog boys could not compete in the tournament championship and the girls had to drop out of the third-place game due to WIAA s...
PULLMAN - The Pullman Greyhounds boys and girls basketball team both defeated the Lakeside (Nine Mile) Eagles on Friday, Jan. 3. The boys won, 62-48, and the girls won 47-42. For the boys, the game was tied at 12-12 to end the first quarter before Pullman gained a nine-point advantage heading into halftime ahead, 30-21. Each team scored 16 points in the third quarter and the Greyhounds pulled ahead in the final frame, scoring another 16 points and holding the Eagles to 11 for the win. Daniel Kwo...
ROSALIA - Both the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves boys and girls basketball teams played a pair of matchups against the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles and the Oakesdale Nighthawks to start the new year. The Timberwolves boys fell to SJEL, 67-40, on Friday, Jan. 3, before trailing the Timberwolves, 62-20, the next night on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Tekoa-Rosalia girls defeated the Eagles, 64-13, before falling to the Nighthawks, 53-14, the same nights. Boys games Against SJEL on Friday, the...
ST. JOHN - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles boys and girls basketball team opened 2025 with games against the Valley Christian Panthers, Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves and Dayton Bulldogs. The boys fell to Valley Christian, 52-42, and went on to defeat the Timberwolves, 67-40, and the Bulldogs, 61-52. The girls fell against the Panthers, 56-17, the Timberwolves, 64-13, and Dayton, 60-13. Boys win 2, lose 1 Against the Panthers on Thursday, Jan. 2, it was a slow game to start as Valley...
Several local basketball teams will face off Jan. 10 and 11 as the season continues. The Pullman Greyhounds will take on the West Valley (Spokane) Eagles today, Jan. 10. The girls game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the boys to follow at 7 p.m. Also today, Jan. 10, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings will play at home in Palouse against the Waitsburg Cardinals with the girls game starting at 6 p.m. and the boys following at 7:30 p.m. The Vikings will then travel to Dayton for matchups against the Bulldogs with the girls game starting at 4 p.m. and the...
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — The Pullman Greyhounds split weekend games at the Eagle Holiday Classic competition on Saturday, Dec. 28. The Greyhound girls defeated the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars, 65-54, and the boys fell to the Northwest Christian Crusaders, 70-62. For the girls game, Pullman leaped to a 14-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. By halftime, the Greyhounds led 33-21. Pullman added 19 points in the third quarter while holding Tri-Cities Prep to 17. In the final frame, the Jaguars attempted a comeback, scoring 16 points to P...
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Strong defense in the third quarter lifted the Colfax Bulldogs past the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars of Pasco, Wash., at the Eagle Holiday Classic basketball tournament on Saturday, Dec. 28. The Bulldogs won the game, 61-44. Colfax led 20-11 to end the first quarter before Tri-Cities Prep made a push in the second, scoring 14 points to the Bulldogs’ eight. At halftime, the Bulldogs led, 28-25. Ledger Kelly hit three 3-pointers in the third quarter while the Colfax defense held Tri-Cities Prep to just seven points in the sam...
PULLMAN - South Dakota State University (SDSU) head coach Jimmy Rogers has been named the next coach of the Washington State University (WSU) football team. WSU Director of Athletics Anne McCoy announced the hiring on Saturday, Dec. 28. Coach Rogers has agreed to a five-year contract as the 35th head coach of the WSU football program. "My family and I are thrilled for the opportunity to join the Washington State University community and lead Cougar football," Rogers said. "WSU has a rich and...
COLFAX - The Colfax boys wrestling team is making a name for themselves as several wrestlers are ranked top-10 in their respective weight classes. The Bulldogs as a team are currently ranked 19th in the state, according to the most recent Washington Wrestling Report. Ty Scott is currently ranked No. 4 in the 113-pound weight class and Cooper Phillips is ranked No. 3 at 126 pounds. Dillon Gassenberg is ranked eighth at 138 pounds. For the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, Alexis Taylor is ranked third...
POMEROY, Wash. - Several area wrestlers competed in the annual Pomeroy Christmas Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 28. The Colfax Bulldogs took second place as a team with 11 wrestlers scoring 149 points. The winning team was from Potlatch, Idaho, with 21 wrestlers amassing 170 points. The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves sent five wrestlers, taking 13th place as a team with 12 points. Bulldogs take to the mats Colfax had four first-place finishers and one second-place wrestler in their respective...
OAKESDALE — After the Oakesdale Nighthawks boys and girls basketball games against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats were canceled on Wednesday, Dec. 18, the Nighthawks played over the weekend against the Dayton Bulldogs and Pomeroy Pirates. The Oakesdale girls defeated Dayton, 50-21, on Friday, Dec. 20, before beating the Pomeroy Pirates, 31-20, on Saturday, Dec. 21. The Nighthawks boys beat the Bulldogs, 59-41, on Friday and fell to the Pirates, 65-46, on Saturday. Girls go 2-0 Against Dayton, the Nighthawks gained a 12-7 lead to end the f...
PALOUSE — Both the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) boys and girls basketball teams went undefeated over the weekend, having defeated the Pomeroy Pirates on Friday, Dec. 20, and the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves on Saturday, Dec. 21. The Gar-Pal boys move to 5-2 on the season, having only lost to 2B opponents Asotin and Colfax — last season’s undefeated State champions. The Vikings girls finish the 2024 calendar year with a record of 6-1, only losing to Colfax in the season-opening matchup. Gar-Pal girls raze the courts The Vikings girls are on a hot s...
ST. JOHN - Over the weekend, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) boys and girls teams played the Colton Wildcats and Waitsburg Cardinals. The Eagles boys went 2-0, defeating the Wildcats, 67-38, on Friday, Dec. 20, and the Cardinals, 71-58, on Saturday, Dec. 21. The SJEL girls fell to Colton, 62-12, on Friday and lost to Waitsburg, 44-23, on Saturday. Eagles boys claw the competition Against Colton, the Eagles boys took a one-point lead to end the first quarter, 15-14. SJEL slowly increased...
SPOKANE — The Colfax Bulldogs wrestling team traveled to Rogers High School to compete in the M2 Mallet tournament on Saturday, Dec. 21. Several Colfax grapplers took to the mats with Dillon Gassenberg taking second place in the 138-pound bracket. Gassenberg pinned Dayson Moorhead of Ferris in the quarterfinals and defeated Nathan Kostecka of Lewis and Clark by a 3-1 decision in the semifinals. In the championship bout, Quinton O’Bannon of University defeated Gassenberg by fall for the second-place finish. Ty Scott made it to the con...
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - After splitting games against Lakeside on Tuesday, Dec. 17, both the Colfax boys and girls basketball teams went into Medical Lake Cardinals territory and came away with victories on Friday, Dec. 20. The Bulldog boys defeated Lakeside, 68-33, and won against Medical Lake, 77-48, bringing their record to 6-1 on the season. The Colfax girls narroly fell to Lakeside, 53-48, on Tuesday before bouncing back strong against the Cardinals, winning 63-17, and making the team 4-3 so...
ROSALIA — The Tekoa-Rosalia (T-R) boys lost a pair of Southeast 1B League matchups last weekend, falling to the Waitsburg Cardinals on Friday, Dec. 20, and the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings on Saturday, Dec. 21. The game against the Cardinals was a fight to the finish as the Timberwolves fell by just two points, 35-33. The Vikings defeated the Timberwolves, 61-16. Against Waitsburg, the Cardinals gained a 13-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and led by eight points (20-12) at halftime. The Timberwolves fought back in the third q...
