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TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves volleyball team dropped a pair of matches last week, falling to the Oakesdale Nighthawks on Tuesday, Sept. 17, and the Garfield-Palouse Vikings on Thursday, Sept. 19. Against Oakesdale, the Timberwolves fell to the Nighthawks, 3-0, with set scores of 25-16, 25-19 and 25-11. After falling in the first set, the Timberwolves fought hard to keep set two within reach. An ace by Tekoa-Rosalia senior Briley Smith tied the set at 14-14. Oakesdale then got four kill...
WILBUR, Wash. - The Garfield-Palouse Vikings lost an away game to the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, 74-18, on Friday, Sept. 20. A full box score was not available at press time. The Vikings fall to 0-3 on the season. Next up will be an away game against Pomeroy at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27. The Vikings will then return home with a game against Dayton at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5....
WALLACE, Idaho. — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles lost a nonleague game against the Wallace Miners, 82-14, on Friday, Sept. 20. A full box score was not available at press time. The Eagles fall to 0-3 on the season. Their next game is against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, in St. John. The game was originally scheduled for Friday night but was rescheduled to Saturday due to referee availability....
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — The Moses Lake-Covenant Christian Lions defeated the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, 41-20, on Friday, Sept. 20. A full box score was not available at press time. Tekoa-Rosalia falls to 1-1 on the season after defeating Bridgeport, 50-12, on Friday, Sept. 13. Next up for the Timberwolves will be an away game against the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles on Saturday, Sept. 28. The game was originally scheduled for Friday night, but was pushed back a day due to referee availability....
ST. JOHN - Led by senior Avery Fleming and junior Catalina Torres, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles volleyball team notched a win against the Colton Wildcats, 3-0, on Thursday, Sept. 19. Fleming had eight kills and a block, with Torres getting 12 digs and seven aces. "We've really been working on our communication and also our serving," said Eagles Head Coach Jenn Johnson. "Just being disciplined and making sure we're not giving the ball right back to the other team." Set one...
PALOUSE — After defeating Waitsburg, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 10 to start the season, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings volleyball team won their next two matches last week. The Vikings defeated the Dayton Bulldogs, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, and beat the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, 3-1, on Thursday, Sept. 19. Vikings down Bulldogs Against Dayton, the set scores were 25-12, 25-14 and 25-15. Vikings junior Clare Bowechop led the team with five aces and nine digs while also notching seven kills. Sophomore Kyra Brantner led with nine kills, and s...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks continued to dominate the court last week as the team defeated the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, the Waitsburg Cardinals and the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats. Against the Timberwolves, Oakesdale won the match, 3-0. Set scores were 25-16, 25-11, 25-19. Parker Davis led the Nighthawks with five aces and Megan Crider had 17 assists. Bradyn Henley scored 11 kills and had five blocks in the match. Lyla Kjack and Grace Perry each led the team with nine digs....
COLTON - Although the Colton Wildcats have yet to win a match, coach Nick Bates said the team is playing with excitement and determination, improving greatly over the past month. Colton fell to the Pomeroy Pirates, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Set scores were 25-18, 25-8, 25-18. The Wildcats trailed Pomeroy from the beginning of the sets. "I am proud of how they fought all the way to the end of every set," Bates said. "It would have been easy for them to call it a day but they showed me exactly...
COLFAX - The third Washington State High School Rodeo Association rodeo of the fall season is being held this weekend at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds in Colfax. The Colfax rodeo features cowboys and cowgirls hosted by the Colfax Junior High and High School. The Junior High Rodeo began at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, and will continue Saturday, Sept. 28, at 9 a.m. The High School Rodeo begins one hour after the Junior High rodeo completes on Saturday and continues Sunday at 8 a.m. Saturday night...
The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles football team lost to Wilbur-Creston-Keller, 64-0, on Thursday, Sept. 12. The Wildcats scored 56 points in the first half to instigate the mercy-rule running clock. The next game for the Eagles will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20 in Wallace, Idaho. Their next home game will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, against Tekoa-Rosalia. The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse volleyball team fell to Oakesdale, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Set scores were 25-10, 25-13 and 25-8. For the Eagles, Catalina Torres had three...
The Garfield-Palouse Vikings football team fell to Almira-Coulee-Hartline (ACH), 54-28, on Saturday, Sept. 14. A big first half in which ACH outscored the Vikings 36-6, sealed Gar-Pal’s fate. The Vikings pushed back, scoring 14 points in the final quarter. The Vikings will next play an away game against Wilbur-Creston at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20. Their next home game will be against Dayton at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, in Palouse. The Gar-Pal volleyball team defeated the Waitsburg Vikings, 3-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Set scores were 25-5, 2...
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...
By Dale Anderson Our local fair and many other fairs and rodeos are for the most part over for the year. It seems that there is a real need for more people to step up to help at these venues. Why are the local organizations finding it difficult to get volunteers to help at their booth for food preparation, cooking, selling or running games such as Bingo? Well a couple of weeks ago in the large paper that is printed in the big city northeast of here there was a picture in the Northwest section of a woman that was having the time of her life...
RITZVILLE — Approximately $19,000 in prize money was paid out to participants in the 54th annual Ritzville Rodeo that took place Aug. 30 and 31. Here are the official results: Bareback — Payton Robinson, $850. Saddle Bronc — Bodee Gudmunson, $750. Bulls — J.C. Merriott. $1250. Open Breakaway Roping — 1. Joselyn Arnold, $798; 2. Kiley Streeter, $660; 3. Maddie Baumberger, $523; 4. Kassidy Bremner, $385; 5. Jamie Parvin, $248; and 6. Jules Pyper, $138. Calf Roping — 1. Travis Eller, $575; 2. Devin Robinson, $345; and 3. Trace Hennigar, $...
SPANGLE — The Liberty Lancers were treated to an episode of the Boness show Friday night, Sept. 6, as the visiting Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos came to town. Senior Brody Boness scored three touchdowns and younger brother Cameron Boness passed for two scores in a 28-22 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague victory over the Northeast 2B rival Lancers. The Broncos opened the game with a brother-to-brother touchdown pass, as Cameron Boness hit Brody Boness for a 42-yard score. Brody Boness added the point after to take a 7-0 lead. Brody Boness struck again in...
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...
Sept. 12 — Sept. 21 Thursday, Sept. 12 Volleyball — Oakesdale at Colton, 6 p.m. Volleyball — Dayton at Tekoa-Rosalia in Rosalia, 6 p.m. Volleyball — Pullman at Colfax, 6:30 p.m. Football — St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse at Wilbur-Creston-Keller, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 Volleyball — SJEL at Sun Dome tournament, all day Football — Bridgeport at Tekoa-Rosalia in Tekoa, 3 p.m. Cross Country — Washington State University Cougar Classic in Colfax, 5:45 p.m. Football — Kettle Falls at Colfax, 7 p.m. Football — Pullman at Moscow, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept...
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...
PULLMAN — The future of the Pullman Aquatic Center is in question as local governments work to resolve funding issues. The indoor pool, located on Military Hill next to Pullman High School, is owned by the Pullman School District and managed by the City of Pullman. The district pays the city approximately $100,000 annually for using the facility, which includes high school swim team practices and meets. The city and the district share the costs of repairing the pool. The Pullman School District currently faces a significant budget shortfall. S...
