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SPOKANE VALLEY - Area 1B cross country teams participated in the District 6 Championships at Valley Christian High School on Friday, Oct. 18. Colton, Tekoa-Rosalia, Garfield-Palouse and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse all fielded runners. The Garfield-Palouse varsity girls team took second place at the meet with 43 points. The Vikings were just five points behind first-place finishers Valley Christian with 38 points. The Vikings boys varsity team placed third with 91 points and the Colton boys...
ST. JOHN - Celebrating Homecoming and Senior Night for their lone senior Joe Hergert, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles fell to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings in football action on Friday, Oct. 18. "Joe's leadership is pretty solid, we definitely rely on him alot," said SJEL coach Kevin Armstrong. "Joe is exactly what a senior is supposed to be. He shows up, puts the work in and stays motivated for these young guys." Hergert said some of his favorite football memories are "Our 2022 winning...
LACROSSE - The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles picked up two big wins last week as they are fighting to make the postseason. The Eagles defeated the Colton Wildcats, 3-1, for Homecoming on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in St. John and beat the Dayton Bulldogs, 3-0, on Thursday, Oct. 17, in LaCrosse. Against Colton, the set scores were 25-20, 25-19, 23-25 and 25-15. Senior Kate Hergert led the attack with 11 kills, with fellow senior Avery Flemming adding eight. sophomore Sophie Anderson notched...
PULLMAN - Zeppoz in Pullman was host to the Special Olympics bowling Southeast sub-regional event on Saturday, Oct. 12. There were about 120 participants bowling from the Whitman County Cougars team from Pullman and the Twin Rivers team from Clarkston, according to Special Olympics East Region Senior Manager Grant Opland. Gold medalists from the event will now advance to the regional competition at Spare Time Lanes in Tri Cities on Nov. 3. Opland said there are approximately 3,000 bowlers in...
COLFAX - With both teams clad in pink for cancer awareness, the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague (LRS) Broncos defeated the Colfax Bulldogs, 3-2, in a heated Northeast 2B League volleyball match Thursday, Oct. 10. Set scores for the match were 25-22, 23-25, 15-25, 25-18 and 15-10. The Broncos moved to 11-1 on the season and Colfax fell to 4-7. "It's been really exciting to plan all of this," said Colfax senior Ava Swan. "The posters on the wall, the auction, getting ready for it with the anticipation and...
COLFAX - Never back a dog into a corner. The Colfax Bulldogs came back from 22 points down at halftime to secure a 30-28 win in overtime against the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers on Friday, Oct. 11. A 2-point conversion after a touchdown in overtime was the deciding factor. "I thought our ability to bounce back from adversity was impressive," Colfax coach Dave Cofer said. "We have focused on that all year, going through adversity with no loss of enthusiasm." Early in the first quarter, Liberty...
ST. JOHN - Hitting the road all of last week, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles split a pair of away matches on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Thursday, Oct. 10. The Eagles fell to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings, 3-0, on Tuesday and defeated the Waitsburg Cardinals, 3-0, on Thursday. Against the Vikings, SJEL junior setter Sophie Anderson opened the match with an ace. Gar-Pal swiftly recovered and tied set one at 2-2 with kills by junior Clare Bowechop and junior Elena Flansburg. While the hits...
COLTON — On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Pomeroy Pirates defeated the Colton Wildcats, 3-0, in a Southeast 1B League matchup. The Wildcats licked their wounds and defeated the Prescott Tigers, 3-1, on Saturday, Oct. 12. Against Pomeroy, the Pirates won by set scores of 25-9, 25-9, 25-15. Senior Clair Moehrle and sophomore Mere Bell led the Wildcats with two aces each. Moehrle and eighth grader Adara Ligouri each led with two assists apiece. Bell had one block and three kills in the match and junior Kiya Soza had a team-high seven digs. In a close m...
POMEROY — The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves lost a football game to the still-undefeated Pomeroy Pirates on Friday, Oct. 11. The score line read 68-0 in favor of Pomeroy. The Pirates scored 22 points in the first quarter, 30 in the second and eight points in each of the third and fourth quarters. The Timberwolves fall to 2-3 on the season. Their next matchup is against the Dayton Bulldogs in Tekoa at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. They will close out the regular season with an away match against the Garfield-Palouse Vikings on Friday, Oct. 2...
TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves had a rough one last week as they dropped three matches to the Dayton Bulldogs, Oakesdale Nighthawks and Colton Wildcats. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Bulldogs defeated the Timberwolves, 3-1. Set scores were 18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24. Against Oakesdale on Thursday, Oct. 10, the Nighthawks defeated the Timberwolves, 3-0. Set scores were 25-7, 25-7, 25-8. On Monday, Oct. 14, the Wildcats defeated the Timberwolves in a five-set heater, 3-2. Full set scores were...
COLFAX - College rodeo teams from across the region competed in various events, with Blue Mountain Community College dominating both the men's and women's teams at the Northwest Region Rodeo at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 12. Blue Mountain Community College took first place in the men's team competition, scoring 699 points, followed by Walla Walla Community College with 461 points. Lassen College placed third with 409 points, while Treasure Valley Community College came in...
PULLMAN — The Pullman Greyhounds took an early lead but ultimately fell short, falling to the Rogers Pirates of Spokane on Friday, Oct. 11. Early in the first quarter, Pullman opened the scoring on a 6-yard touchdown pass that clipped the corner pylon. The point-after-touchdown (PAT) kick was good and the Greyhounds had a 7-0 lead. Rogers answered late in the second quarter on an 8-yard touchdown pass to the left corner. The PAT kick was blocked by the Pullman defense and the Greyhounds held their lead. With 1:15 to go in the first half, Pullma...
PULLMAN — The Pullman Greyhounds won both their home matches and lost an away match in volleyball action last week. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Pullman fell to the West Valley (Spokane) Eagles, 3-1, before defeating the Deer Park Stags, 3-0, on Thursday, Oct. 10. The Greyhounds defeated the Moscow Bears, 3-2, in a heated matchup on Monday, Oct. 14. Against West Valley, the Greyhounds lost the first set, 25-20, before taking set two, 25-22. The Eagles won sets three and four, both with set scores of 25-16. West Valley remains undefeated on the s...
PULLMAN - After falling to West Valley of Spokane, 8-0, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Pullman Greyhounds girls soccer team returned to form and defeated the Deer Park Stags, 2-1, on Thursday, Oct. 10. The win against Deer Park came from the shooting prowess of junior Sydney Johnson as she scored both goals for the Greyhounds. Johnson scored a goal in the sixth minute to put Pullman on the board and just three minutes later scored again. Deer Park stifled the Greyhound shutout by scoring a goal in the...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team continued its reign of terror on the court with 3-0 wins against the Colton Wildcats on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves on Thursday, Oct. 10. The only team to take just one set from Oakesdale in regular-season play was a 3-1 decision against Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Saturday, Sept. 21. Against Colton, the Nighthawks won by set scores of 5-14, 25-15 and 25-12. Junior Bradyn Henley led the Nighthawks with five aces and two bl...
PALOUSE - Celebrating its Homecoming volleyball victory against the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles on Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings continue to dominate the court. Gar-Pal defeated the Eagles, 3-0, with set scores of 25-9, 27-25, 25-20. The Vikings haven't lost a set since a hard-fought 3-2 win against the Pomeroy Pirates on Thursday, Sept. 26. "It's the hard work these girls are putting in and their drive to win," said Gar-Pal coach Genna Bessey. "They want i...
PALOUSE - Winning a Homecoming football game always feels more important. For the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings, it was a necessity. After falling to powerhouse teams Liberty Christian (6-0), Almira-Coulee-Hartline (5-1), Wilbur-Creston-Keller (6-0) and Pomeroy (6-0), the Vikings got their first win of the season, 50-16, for their Homecoming game against the Waitsburg Cardinals. "It was major," said Gar-Pal coach Willy Woltering. "Going 0-4 is never fun. We were playing really good...
ST. JOHN — The city is teaming up with the Port of Whitman County and the Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics to assess a property for future use of a medical clinic. During the Monday, Oct. 14 City Council meeting several guest attendees gathered for a presentation by Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering Consultants Haley and Aldrich, Inc., representative and Geologist-Environmental Scientist Ward McDonald, to discuss the potential clinic site. Guest attendees were Port of Whitman County Executive Director Kara Riebold, Port C...
TEKOA - It was an exciting night of volleyball as the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves battled the Pomeroy Pirates for a five-set Homecoming victory on Thursday, Oct. 3. Tekoa-Rosalia won the match, 3-2, with set scores of 22-25, 25-17, 17-25, 25-17 and 15-11. The Timberwolves took a 9-1 lead to start the first set, but the Pirates swiftly recovered, overtaking Tekoa-Rosalia and gaining a 16-13 lead. Each team kept pace from there and Pomeroy took the first set, 25-22. The second set was much closer...
ROSALIA - A third-quarter rush lifted the Waitsburg Cardinals over Tekoa-Rosalia, 14-6, spoiling Homecoming night for the Timberwolves on Friday, Oct. 4. The Timberwolves opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 7-yard rush from quarterback Wesley Bryan. Defense played a big role in the game as neither team scored in the second quarter, giving a 6-0 advantage to the Timberwolves at halftime. Waitsburg's JJ Gleason tied things up in the third quarter on a 47-yard touchdown pass from...
COLTON - The Colton Wildcats have seen a massive improvement from the start of the season, having defeated Waitsburg on Thursday, Sept. 26, and Dayton on Thursday, Oct. 3. In the match against Dayton, the Wildcats won, 3-0, with set scores of 27-25, 25-20 and 25-16. It was a bit of revenge as the Wildcats fell to the Bulldogs, 3-2, in their last meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10. "It shows with them coming out and playing tonight what their attitude in practice can do for them in competition," said...
GENESEE, Idaho — A fourth-quarter rally by the Genesee Bulldogs wasn’t enough as the Wallace Miners spoiled Genesee’s Homecoming football game on Friday, Oct. 4. The Miners won, 52-28. Wallace scored the only points in the opening quarter with two touchdowns, bringing the score to 14-0. Each team scored a touchdown in the second and third quarters, with the Miners gaining the advantage by adding the two-point conversion on both scores. At halftime, Wallace led, 22-6, and at the end of the third quarter the Miners were ahead, 30-12. Genes...
COLFAX - Continuing the fall volleyball season, the Colfax Bulldogs defeated the Asotin Panthers in four sets on Tuesday, Oct. 1, then fell to the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers in five sets on Thursday, Oct. 3. Against Asotin, the Bulldogs won, 3-1, with set scores of 25-15, 21-25, 25-12 and 25-14. Colfax senior Ava Swan led the Bulldogs with 21 kills, three aces and 16 digs. Fellow senior Brenna Gilchrist had nine kills, two aces and 16 digs. Junior Cianna Gibb notched 35 assists, three aces, 16...
PRIEST RIVER, Idaho — The Colfax Bulldogs lost a non-league matchup, 34-27, against cross-state opponents the Spartans of Priest River, Idaho on Friday, Oct. 4. The Spartans struck first, but four minutes into the opening quarter Colfax sophomore quarterback Ryker Reed punched in a 1-yard touchdown on a quarterback keeper play to tie the game, 6-6. Priest River answered with a touchdown before the end of the first quarter to bring the score to 12-6. The Spartans extended their lead in the second frame before the Bulldogs answered as Reed c...
PULLMAN - Winning the first game of the season couldn't have come at a better time as the Pullman Greyhounds defeated the East Valley Knights, 33-6, for a Homecoming rally on Friday, Oct. 4. It was a slow, methodical start to the game as neither team scored in the first quarter. Early in the second, Greyhounds junior Silas Wheatley grabbed an interception, setting up a drive that ended in a touchdown run by senior Brady Coulter from just outside the red zone. The PAT kick failed on a bad snap...
