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ROSALIA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves volleyball team retained most of their roster from last season and will be looking to improve its notches in the win column. Last season, the Timberwolves had six wins, double from the year before with three. That success is something Head Coach Sara Chase would like to keep building on for her team. "Our goal for the season is to increase our offensive strength and speed," Chase said. "And to make it to district playoffs." Chase is in her second year as...
ST. JOHN — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse volleyball team is back to continue building on a strong 2023 season. Veteran Head Coach Jenn Johnson leads the team for her ninth season, assisted by Zoe Bailey. The Eagles finished last season with a record of 10-2, taking eighth place at State. The team lost some key players to graduation, including Julia Guske, Cami Larsen, Kenzie Stanley and Kaitlyn Hough who went on to further her volleyball career at Linfield University in McMinnville, Ore. “Our goals are to continue building a strong cul...
PALOUSE - The Garfield-Palouse Vikings have a strong group of cross country runners this season, and the team is primed to have a successful season. The program is coached by Chris Cook and Corey Laughary, assisted by Cody Kritzeck. Last season, the girls team took first place at the 1B/2B Regional meet, second place at the State Meet and was WIAA State Academic Champions. The boys team took second place at the 1B/2B Regional meet, fifth place at State and was also WIAA State Academic Champions....
COLFAX — The Colfax cross country team will look to build on last season’s success as all athletes ended the season with personal records last year. Head Coach Jennifer Cooper is in her third year coaching and said her team has shown great strength in terms of attitude. “These kids have a positive attitude toward running and working hard,” Cooper said. “They are encouraging to others on their team as well as other athletes.” Cooper is assisted by Krista Boyd. The team graduated just one senior last season in Destiny Nelson. The Bulldogs ha...
COLFAX - Practice is underway and the first match of the season is right around the corner for the Colfax volleyball team. Last season, the Bulldogs went 20-4 on their way to become district champions, second in the Northeast 2B league and placed third at the state tournament. The team is led by Head Coach Megan Dorman, assisted by Allie Cofer and Amy Simmons. This is Dorman's second year as the Colfax head coach. She has an overall record of 38-7. "Our goal for this season is to be competitive...
SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has filed multiple emergency rules to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer across the state. Washington’s first case of chronic wasting disease was reported in July in an adult female white-tailed deer found dead in the Fairwood area. The fatal disease has been documented in wild or captive cervids (deer, elk, moose and caribou) in 34 other states and four Canadian provinces. “With the spread of CWD across the country and recent detections in adjacent states and provi...
SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced new rules ahead of the fall deer and elk hunting seasons. Effective Sept. 1 in game management units 124, 127 and 130, it is unlawful to hunt for deer, elk and moose using any type of bait placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, scattered or otherwise used for the purpose of attracting deer, elk or moose with the intent to hunt them; or natural or synthetic scents that contain or are derived from cervid urine and glandular extracts. Hunters in the same game units will also be re...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs football team will have a new head coach at the helm this season. Coach David Cofer was previously the coach of the Pullman Greyhounds. He takes over for previous Colfax coach Mike Morgan, who ran the program for 28 years. "I am very thankful for Coach Mike Morgan and the opportunity to take over this program," Cofer said. "There is a lot of tradition that was built in the past and I am excited to be part of it. This is a great community that supports high school ath...
ST. JOHN - The Jolly Rogers racing team made a great showing at the Webb's Slough sprint boat races on Saturday, Aug. 24. The team won two of the three classes at the event. In the Modified class, driver TJ Burrows and Keith Brownsberger won the division. The duo beat out the team Slippery Pickle of Jesse Denton and Terry Lamb, who took second place. Third place was Pour Decisions of Jason Perkins and Kyle Belles. Fourth place was Checkmate, Frank Toftemark and Kelly Toftemark. In the...
COLFAX - Golfers playing through yelling "fore!" was not the only sound at the Colfax Golf and Country Club the past few days. An old golf course clubhouse is being torn down to make way for improvements. "The golf course started in 1927 and I think it was built before that," Levi Coe said. "So, things were starting to creak and stuff." The Colfax Golf Course is host to the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships, and has been for the last few years. The demolition of the building will ma...
PALOUSE — After six years off the gridiron, new Garfield-Palouse Vikings head football coach Willy Woltering is back on the ship. Woltering coached the Vikings from 2014-2018 and has been active in football for most of his life. “I played football in high school, it’s my favorite sport,” Woltering said. “It was probably my least-best sport I was good at, but I knew the sport the best. I got into coaching youth football in the mid-90s, then coached high school football after that.” Woltering said...
PULLMAN - Softball teams vied to become champions in two tournaments of the Lentil Festival on Saturday, Aug. 17. Three teams played in the men's bracket, and four teams played in the coed tournament. For the coed bracket, the Monstars defeated Carlson Gunsmithing, 13-11, in the championship game. To get there, the Monstars beat the Steelhead, 13-0, in the opening round and beat Carlson Gunsmithing, 14-6, in the semifinal. Carlson Gunsmithing beat Combined Forces, 9-6, in the first round, fell...
ROCKFORD - Rattlers Run Farms in Fairfield, Wash., will host a vintage motocross race on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15. The day before, on Friday, Sept. 13, Mike Allen's trials school will also be offered at 4 p.m. Trials for the race will start Saturday with sign ups at 9 a.m., riders meeting at 10:45 a.m. and races beginning 11 a.m. Motocross early sign up and tech inspection will be at 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, practice will be from 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. with the rider...
PULLMAN — Washington State University (WSU) had two soccer players named to the 2024 West Coast Conference (WCC) preseason team, the Conference announced Friday. Grayson Lynch earned the first conference selection of her career. The sixth-year senior won a Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week recognition last season on Aug. 21, for her match-winning brace in the program’s first win against Texas A&M, and notching an assist in the Cougars’ first win against Portland. Hailing from Castle Rock, Colo., the 5-foot-9 forward started the first three...
PULLMAN - Football season is here as the Washington State University Cougars hosted their first scrimmage of 2024 on Saturday, Aug. 10. Senior quarterback Zevi Eckhaus threw three touchdown passes and nearly 150 yards, redshirt sophomore quarterback John Mateer tossed for two touchdowns and nearly 170 yards and redshirt freshman quarterback Jaxon Potter passed for two touchdowns and over 200 yards. "It was good, it was long," Cougars Head Coach Jake Dickert said after the scrimmage. "We were...
PULLMAN - On Saturday, Sept. 28, the Lauren McCluskey Foundation will host its sixth annual Race for Campus Safety on the Washington State University Campus in Pullman, it was announced on Wednesday, July 31. The event will be coupled with a race festival called Lauren's Lap. There are 5K and 10K options, with a 1K race for kids 12 and younger. The race will include vendors, food trucks, local University mascots and family friendly activities, according to the announcement. Timing will be...
PULLMAN — The Washington State University soccer team was named a College Team Academic Award winner by the United Soccer Coaches for the 2023-24 academic year, the organization announced on Thursday, Aug. 1. The award is given to teams who perform well in the classroom and have a high GPA. As a team, the athletes averaged a 3.34 GPA over the two-semester academic year, marking the seventh time under WSU Head Coach Todd Shulenberger’s nine-year tenure to earn the award. Since the United Soccer Coaches organization instituted the College Women’s...
ROSALIA - The final rodeo weekend of the season for the Rolling Hills Rodeo Association (RHRA) is one week away and changes have been made to the original rodeo dates. In an effort to battle the heat, limit stress on the stock and give the least amount of exposure to the elements for the contestants and their horses, there will be three days of rodeos in August instead of the usual two. This will also make up for the missed rodeo from July 21. To makeup for the missed July 21 rodeo, starting...
COLFAX - There are new sights to see among the trees while playing a round at the Colfax Golf Course and Country Club. An eagle, a bear and owl have been carved from tree stumps by Spokane wood carving artist Aaron Chavez, along with his daughter Inara and son Bing. "This has just been great," Chavez said. "Especially having my kids here helping me." Hailing from Spokane, Chavez is an artist and owner of Chavez Carving and 3C Construction (Concrete, Carving, Craftsmanship). He has been c...
PALOUSE - It came down to just one-half a point in the final team rankings and the Pullman Barracudas won the 59th annual Jerry Cluckey Memorial Swim meet on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Palouse pool. Pullman finished with 345 points and Pomeroy was right behind with 344.5 points. St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW) finished with 237 points, Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Potlach (GPOP) had 166 points and Colfax ended the meet with 139.5 points. The Barracudas were led by William Hyatt, who...
POMEROY - Beginning the final week of the season, Pomeroy hosted SELW on Tuesday, July 23. Pomeroy came out ahead with a team score of 618 to SELW's 407. Pomeroy's Kael Edwards topped the leaderboard with six first-place wins, a second and a third-place finish. He won the boys 11-12 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard IM, and was part of the first-place finishes in the boys 13-14 freestyle and medley relay teams. Hudson Newberg, of Pomeroy, had five firsts and a...
PALOUSE — Through changes in home pool sites due to ongoing renovations, this summer season for the Tri-County Swim League has certainly been notable. From personal bests and several close matchups, the final regular-season matchups of the year have come to an end. The championship meet is set for 10 a.m. this Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Palouse pool. “The season went really well. All the teams who hosted put a lot of effort into their meets and we appreciate them,” said Tiffani Organ, a swim coach for the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SEL...
PULLMAN - On Tuesday, July 23, Pullman hosted Colfax and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP). Pullman won the meet with 583.5 points, followed by GPOP with 302 and Colfax at 211.5. Pullman went on to host Colfax on Friday, July 26, for the final meet of the regular season before the championship meet on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Palouse pool. GPOP hosted St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna and Pomeroy on Thursday, July 25, for their final meet of the regular season. On Tuesday, Pullman's...
PATEROS, Wash. - Watersports enthusiasts raced in the Apple Pie Jamboree last weekend, July 19-21 in Pateros, Wash. Racers competed in several categories to attempt to be the best in their respective field on the Columbia river. According to the event's website, "The Apple Pie Jamboree is an annual event that brings together the best of our community to raise money for local students, clubs and community groups. The Apple Pie Jamboree is better than ever with even more events, fun, friends and...
COLFAX - Golfers of several ages and experience levels came to the Colfax Golf Club for the 16th annual Peter Zornes Memorial Golf tournament on Saturday, July 13. There were 64 golfers attending the event from across Washington, Oregon, Southern Idaho and Arizona. Participants received player welcome bags, tournament shirts and golf balls. There was also a silent auction to raise more money for the Peter A. Zornes Memorial Neuroscience Scholarship. Kathy Zornes gave a short history of the...
