Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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COLFAX - Colfax hosted Chelan in its last non-league game of the season before closing out the season with exclusively league games. Despite a strong second half that saw the Bulldogs outscore the Mountain Goats 20-6, Colfax (1-5, 1-3) wasn't able to overcome a 28-8 first quarter by Chelan, losing 48-34. "We woke up in the second half," Colfax coach Mike Morgan said. "And it was a talk we had at halftime. I just said 'why do we feel the need to spot people so many points before we wake up and...
ST. JOHN - St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse headed back home after suffering a 76-0 loss to DeSales on Sept. 30 in hopes of upsetting the also-undefeated Liberty Christian High School. The Eagles weren't able to pull off the upset, losing 66-16 to the Patriots. St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse were still without key players, with starting quarterback and defensive back Matthew DeFord missing his second straight game after suffering an injury against Garfield-Palouse on Sept. 23, and Tanner Fleming for the...
PALOUSE - Garfield-Palouse jumped out to an early lead against Sunnyside Christian on homecoming nights, but weren't able to keep the scoring output going and lost to the Knights 44-16. Offense and defense were on display for the Vikings in the first quarter, jumping out to an early 8-0 lead with 4:48 left in the first quarter. The Knights responded, but failed the 2-point conversion attempt, and Garfield-Palouse (0-6, 0-5) went into the second quarter up 8-6. Sunnyside Christian then took the l...
OAKESDALE - Oakesdale volleyball is currently in one of the best streaks in the state – competing in two tournaments, winning one and coming in second in the other, and not giving up a set to opponents outside of league play. A part of this success has been the play of junior Payton Davis – who has been a consistent stat leader for the Nighthawks during a season where they haven't given up one set to opponents outside of tournament play and came in second in the Linda Sheridan tournament and...
In 2021, White Tail deer in Whitman County saw a disease outbreak related to the drought conditions in the state. The drought had caused the water conditions to stagnate, resulting in Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and blue tongue in the White Tail deer population. Both diseases were similar and could kill a deer within 48 hours. Although the disease was present in the species of deer throughout eastern Washington, it was most prevalent in Whitman County. The outbreaks caused there to be hunting restrictions placed on the hunting of White...
Colfax volleyball is coming off a week-long break from games, and it comes as the Bulldogs are on a win streak and hope to carry the momentum out of the break. Colfax is currently 5-1 on the season (outside of tournament play) and undefeated in league competition at 5-0. The Bulldogs are coming off two straight 3-0 wins, defeating Jenkins High School (Chewelah) in set scores of 25-9, 25-11 and 25-16 on Sept. 29, and a win against Asotin on Oct. 4 with set scores of 25-24, 25-15 and 25-13. Stat leaders against Jenkins were Brynn McGaughy and...
