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ST. JOHN - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) boys and girls basketball teams played a pair of Southeast 1B League games against the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings and Colton Wildcats over the weekend. The SJEL boys fell to Gar-Pal, 80-36, on Friday, Jan. 17, before defeating the Colton Wildcats, 46-34, Saturday, Jan. 18. The Eagles girls lost to the No. 1-ranked team in the Southeast 1B Gar-Pal Vikings, 98-17, on Friday and fell to the Wildcats, 58-17, on Saturday. Boys games On Friday,...
COLTON - The Colton Wildcats girls basketball team is officially on a winning streak, having won their last five matchups, including wins against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles and 2B opponent Asotin Panthers JV squad. The boys dropped two of their last three games, defeating the Timberwolves and falling to the Eagles and Panthers. On Friday, Jan. 17, the Colton girls defeated the Timberwolves, 60-38. On Saturday, Jan. 18, the Wildcat girls defeated the...
COLFAX — As the season progresses, the Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams continued Northeast 2B League play last week. The Bulldogs boys defeated the Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) Lions and the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers while the girls beat the Lions and fell to the Lancers. Boys games In a Northeast 2B league victory, the Colfax Bulldogs defeated the Lions, 70-27, on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The Bulldogs held the Lions to single digits in each quarter while scoring double digits in three of the four. Colfax gained a 22-7 lead to end t...
PALOUSE - Continuing League play, the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings boys and girls remain unbeaten in the conference with wins against the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles and Pomeroy Pirates last weekend. On Friday, Jan. 17, the Gar-Pal girls defeated the Eagles with a staggering 98-17 victory before beating the Pirages, 75-52, Saturday, Jan. 18. The Viking boys beat the Eagles, 80-36, before defeating the Pirates, 47-42. Viking girls pillage opponents The Garfield-Palouse girls...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks boys and girls basketball teams left last weekend undefeated in Southeast 1B League play as they beat the Waitsburg Cardinals on Friday, Jan. 17, and the Dayton Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Nighthawk girls defeated the Cardinals, 81-14, and the Bulldogs, 60-9, while the boys beat the Cardinals, 80-29, and the Bulldogs, 54-26. Oakesdale girls control the court The Nighthawks dominated the Waitsburg Cardinals, taking a 26-4 lead at the end of the first...
TEKOA - Over the weekend, the Tekoa-Rosalia (T-R) Timberwolves faced off against the Colton Wildcats and Waitsburg Cardinals for Southeast 1B League matchups. On Friday, Jan. 17, the T-R girls fell to the Wildcats, 60-43, before defeating the Cardinals, 63-28, on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Timberwolves boys dropped a pair of League games to the Wildcats, 60-38, on Friday and just fell short of the Cardinals, 52-50, on Saturday. Girls games Against the Wildcats, the Timberwolves kept pace with...
TEKOA - Six teams, 11 matches. That was the scene for Tekoa-Rosalia's first-ever girls wrestling meet at Tekoa-High School. The inaugural "Dual in the Den" was also senior night; and the Timberwolves recognized two visiting seniors as well as two of their own. Participating teams in the historic local event included host Tekoa-Rosalia and visiting Colfax, Kettle Falls, Liberty (Spangle), Lind-Ritzville/Sprague and Wilbur-Creston-Keller. Timberwolf victories bookended the evening, with Lulu...
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...
TEKOA — Girls wrestling gets a home debut Thursday, Jan. 16, for senior night at Tekoa High School. The small school dual meet is the first girls wrestling meet ever for Tekoa-Rosalia, which is hosting Colfax, Kettle Falls, Liberty (Spangle), Lind-Ritzville and Wilbur-Creston at the inaugural event. The 5 p.m. meet kicks off with senior night festivities for No. 3-ranked Lulu Taylor of Tekoa and manager Keely Fournier or Rosalia, with wrestling to immediately follow. “Girls wrestling is the fastest growing sport in the country,” Timbe...
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...
