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TEKOA — The Tekoa-Rosalia football team defeated the Bridgeport Mustangs, 50-12, on Friday, Sept. 13, in Tekoa. The Timberwolves moved to 1-0 after the first game of the season against Entiat was canceled. The Timberwolves will next play an away game against Moses Lake-Covenant Christian on Friday, Sept. 20. Their next home game will be against Waitsburg at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, for their Homecoming game. The Tekoa-Rosalia volleyball team fell to Pomeroy, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The T...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs are now 2-0 on the season under new head coach Dave Cofer after defeating the Kettle Falls Bulldogs, 33-0, on Friday, Sept. 13. Colfax took advantage of a few Kettle Falls mistakes and the defense rarely faltered in the shutout. "Hats off to the way (defensive coordinator) Jason Cooper gets these guys prepared and ready to go," Colfax Head Coach Dave Cofer said. "He was one of the biggest coaches I wanted to retain just from an experience standpoint. He makes my job...
COLTON - The Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team traveled to Colton and defeated the Wildcats, 3-0, on Thursday, Sept. 12. Final set scores were 25-13, 25-8 and 25-16. Jenna Rawls and Parker Davis each had five aces for the Nighthawks, whose serving was spot on throughout the match. "We served pretty tough today," said Oakesdale head coach McKinzie Turner. "We did a good job of hitting our spots and played really well in that regard. It was a big part of our success." The first set started...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs won a home match against Upper Columbia Academy, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, before falling to the Pullman Greyhounds in a five-set thriller on Thursday, Sept. 12. Against Upper Columbia Academy, senior middle hitter Ava Swan led the team with 16 kills, 16 digs and two blocks. Junior setter Cianna Gibb had 18 assists and junior outside hitter Ruby Simmons had five aces. "We did a good job of mixing it up," Colfax coach Megan Dorman said. "Setters did really well at...
OAKESDALE — The Oakesdale Nighthawks are the best volleyball team in the state, and they have three state championship titles in a row to prove it. The Nighthawks are headed by 11-year veteran coach McKinzie Turner, assisted by Darcie Van Dyke. Coach Turner has a record of 124-11 with Oakesdale, and a 132-49 record overall. Last season, the Nighthawks went a perfect 24-0 on their way to a three-peat state championship. While the team graduated starters Payton Davis, Brieyn Henly and Samantha Holling, the team still has a lot of skill on the c...
ST. JOHN - Back on the volleyball court after being out from having knee surgery last season, St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse senior Kate Hergert has already overcome many challenges. Hergert started on the varsity volleyball team as a sophomore, and played varsity basketball as a freshman and sophomore, but had to sit out last season due to her surgery. This year, she is the lone volleyball senior and will lead the team throughout the season. "I love the people, my teammates, I love playing a team...
PULLMAN - The Pullman Greyhounds football team lost their home opener to the Lakeside Eagles of Nine Miles Falls, 7-6, on Friday, Sept. 6. The Greyhounds scored in the opening quarter on a 5-yard touchdown run by Brady Coulter, but the PAT kick-attempt failed. That would prove to be costly as Lakeside scored on the final drive of the game with a 19-yard passing touchdown and the PAT kick was successful, giving the Eagles the one-point victory. Pullman quarterback Connor Stewart completed 11-17...
PALOUSE — The Garfield-Palouse Vikings lost the first game of the season under (somewhat) new Head Coach Willy Woltering. Woltering is back as headman of the Vikings after a number of years away from the gridiron. The Vikings struck first as Lane Collier punched in a 3-yard run in the first quarter, but Liberty Christian answered back with a 3-yard run by Perry Pottle and a 30-yard run by Charlie Branning. Each team scored twice in the second quarter with Ryker Wageman scoring on a 37-yard p...
ST. JOHN — In the first football game of the season, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles battled strong in the first half, but ultimately fell to the Soap Lake Eagles, 60-18, on Friday, Sept. 6. The SJEL Eagles are a very young team with one senior and several freshman playing varsity on it’s roster of 14 players. “We’re a really young team and in a rebuilding season,” SJEL Assistant Coach Josh Chastin said. “But, the fact that no one in the crowd left and was in it with no murmuring o...
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...
