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The 2019 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague spring sports season is off to an ominous beginning, to say the least. Frequent snow and consistently cold weather in the month of February have wreaked havoc on the LRS spring sports schedule, as practices officially got underway last week. But three school cancellations last week due to even more snow have made it almost impossible for the roughly 85 spring sports athletes to step foot on the field, court, track and course. LRS athletic...
Feb. 15, 08:15 — A report was received from a local truck stop of a two semi’s that had been in an accident and the drivers were requesting contact with a police officer. The responding officer assisted the drivers in exchanging information. No state collision report was done as the accident was on private property. Feb. 15, 09:39 — A report of an unsecured garage at a residence that is currently unoccupied and listed for sale. An officer responded and requested the owners relative who checked on the residence respond also....
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athletic director Greg Whitmore plays a key role not only in the local community, but in the state as well when it comes to high school athletics. Whitmore, who is also the head football coach for the LRS Broncos, has served as a member of the WIAA Executive Board for the past five years. Elected by the District 7 Board-which is mostly made up of athletic directors of schools in LRS' district-for a three-year term, Whitmore is currently in the second yea...
A long and winding season came to an end for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling team, as four grapplers put up a tough fight at the Mat Classic in Tacoma last weekend. None of the LRS wrestlers were able to place at the State Tournament, although three of the four competitors for the Broncos won at least one match at the two-day event held at the Tacoma Dome on Feb. 15 and 16. In the 106-pound weight class, freshman Johnny Ryan had been awarded a first-round bye to start...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball season came to an end last week, as the Broncos were eliminated in their third game of the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament. After three consecutive postponements following LRS' loss to Colfax on Feb. 7, the Broncos finally took on the Reardan Indians on Feb. 13. Due to less-than-ideal road conditions caused by inclement weather that blanketed the region, the game was played in Davenport instead of West Valley High School, where...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos basketball season came to an end last weekend, after the Lady Broncos made a spirited run in the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament. Following a 59-31 win against the Asotin Panthers on Feb. 12, the Lady Broncos won their next game against the Reardan Indians on Feb. 14 before falling to the Colfax Bulldogs the next night to end their bid for the State Tournament. The Lady Broncos smothered the Indians defensively in their game last...
A gray wolf was shot and killed in a "caught-in-the-act" incident on a northeastern Adams County ranch near Sprague Lake on Feb. 4, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. According to a WDFW report, a ranch employee was going to check on cattle when he noticed cattle running, and then saw three wolves chasing the cattle. Two of the wolves retreated when the employee yelled at the wolves, but the other wolf paused before continuing to chase after a cow....
The WIAA Representative Assembly voted Jan. 28 to approve two new amendments regarding the Association’s classification system, which will go into effect starting with the 2020-21 school year. The amendments significantly alter the classification system with new guidelines, but just how much could and will they affect the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Athletic Combine and the Northeast 2B League? Amendment 4.2.0 will change how the WIAA goes about determining what classification a school will be put into. The current system has t...
After a week of inclement weather and a pair of postponements, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos basketball squad is trying to get its postseason back on track. Following a first-round bye in the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament as the South Division's No. 2 seed, the Lady Broncos took the court Feb. 7 against the St. George's Dragons, the North's No. 3 seed. St. George's easily dispatched Tekoa-Rosalia in the opening round of the tournament to advance and play LRS....
Due to inclement weather that affected driving conditions throughout the state, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association cancelled all regional wrestling tournaments in the state. That included the Regional Tournament that four Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos grapplers were set to participate in on Feb. 9 in Liberty. Now, all four have advanced to the Mat Classic, which will be held at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma beginning on Feb. 15. Rather than try and reschedule the regional tournaments, WIAA staff and event...
It's been a tumultuous week for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball team, as the winter weather that has pounded the state has wreaked havoc on the schedule for the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament. The Broncos were able to play their first two games of the tournament without any problems, as they beat the Kettle Falls Bulldogs in their opening game of the tournament and lost to the Colfax Bulldogs-the South Division regular season champions-in their second round...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos basketball team ended the regular season on a high note last weekend, and in doing so clinched the South’s No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the Northeast 2B Conference Tournament that began earlier this week. The Lady Broncos took on the Reardan Indians in Reardan on Feb. 1 in their regular season finale, and continued to play suffocating defense en route to winning 42-31. Sophomore Linnea Schafer scored a game-high 22 points, which was also a personal season-high for herself. J...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling squad took seven wrestlers to the South League Tournament in Pomeroy on Feb. 2, and four of those wrestlers will be advancing to this weekend’s Regional Tournament in Liberty. Wrestlers who finished in the top four at the South League Tournament earned a birth to Regionals. Two Broncos grapplers finished in second place, while two other wrestlers finished in third place. Freshman Johnny Ryan finished in second place in the 106 pound weight class. Ryan faced off against a wrestler f...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball team opened Northeast 2B Conference Tournament play in winning style on Feb. 5, defeating the Kettle Falls Bulldogs 54-49 to move into the tournament's winner's bracket. The game-played at West Valley High School in Spokane-was close throughout, with the Broncos taking a narrow 22-20 lead into halftime. LRS opened up a nine-point lead through three quarters of play and threatened to pull away from Kettle Falls, but the Bulldogs...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling squad got plenty of mat time in during winter break, and they’ll be getting even more matches in both this week and next. The LRS grapplers took part in the Ephrata Mix & Match on Dec. 14, a format where wrestlers simply just get matches in with no type of bracket or team play to factor in. Eighth grader Brandon Davis wrestled at 106 pounds at the event, losing by pin in the third round to a wrestler from Ephrata. Freshman Johnny Ryan also wrestled at 106 pounds and faced off against t...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos returned from a long break this past weekend with a pair of home games, picking up their first league win of the season against the Reardan Indians and falling to the Connell Eagles in a non-league game. LRS stormed past Reardan on Jan. 4, their first game since traveling to Davenport on Dec. 21, defeating the Indians 57-35. The win improved the Broncos' record in league play to 1-2. Senior Bryce Kelly led the way in the scoring department...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling squad took to the mats three times last week, as postseason play continues to draw nearer. The team first traveled to Ephrata on Jan. 8 to take part in the second Ephrata Mix & Match of the season. Eighth grader Brandon Davis, wrestling at 106 pounds, was one of just three wrestlers to take part in the mix and match for the Broncos, and got pinned in the third period against a wrestler from Othello in his only match. Davis was down by a score of just 4-3 before he got pinned....
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball team split a pair of league games last weekend, as they now sit with a 2-3 record in league play and a 5-8 record overall on the season. The Broncos came out guns blazing in their Jan. 11 game against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, leading 38-27 after the first half and winning the game 78-47. The wide margin of victory can be attributed to a tremendous third quarter from LRS, outscoring Tekoa-Rosalia 25-7 to put the game out of r...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos thrashed their way through two league games last weekend, winning both games handily and improving to 3-2 in league play. The dominance started on Jan. 11 against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, who entered the game with no league wins and just one win on the season. The Lady Broncos jumped out to a big lead early, outscoring the Timberwolves 17-2 in the opening quarter and taking a 29-7 lead into halftime. It was more of the same in...
It was a tough weekend for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball team, as they dropped a pair of league games to fall to 2-5 in league play and 6-10 overall on the season. The Broncos started their weekend on the road in Spangle on Jan. 18 as they took on the Liberty Lancers. LRS trailed by nine points at halftime and by 15 points after three quarters before outscoring Liberty 20-14 in the fourth quarter to lose by a score of 63-54. Sophomore Drew Kelly had a game-high 17 points to lead all scorers. Juniors Spencer...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Lady Broncos split a pair of league games over the weekend to move to 4-3 in league play as the end of the regular season draws nearer. The Lady Broncos' weekend got off to a tough start on Jan. 18, as they traveled to Spangle to take on the Liberty Lancers, who entered the game with a 4-1 record in league play and a 12-2 record overall on the season. The Lancers dominated the game from the get-go, leading 44-15 at halftime and winning by a score of...
The interior of Gilson gym was brightly lit and full of energy on Tuesday evening, Jan. 15. It was the beginning of Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Bronco’s only home wrestling match of the season. At 7 p.m., well after an hour of competitor and team warm-ups, the gym lights darkened, and a single very bright spotlight descended from the high ceiling—dropping to 15-20 feet above the wrestling ring on the single wrestling mat. It was to be an evening of “wrestling under the light,” one match at a time. The result of the unusual...
It was a backbreaking weekend for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos basketball team, as they lost a pair of heartbreakers on back-to-back days to fall to 2-7 in league play on the season. The Broncos traveled to Tekoa on Jan. 25 to take on the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves in the first of their two games on the weekend. LRS got the better of Tekoa-Rosalia in their first matchup of the season earlier this month, winning by 31 points at home. But there would be no blowout for the...
Fourteen students at Sprague High School were named to the Honor Roll for the first semester of the 2018-19 school year. Four of those students maintained a 4.0 grade point average (GPA): Senior Awson Wheeler, sophomore Malea Canaday and freshmans Laynie Brittain and Laura Miller. Other seniors who were named to the Honor Roll include Madison Miller, Hannah Brittain, Mya Linch and Kimberly Rios. Juniors who were named to the Honor Roll include Jade Rios, Alexis Gilchrist and Clayton Miller. Other sophomores who were named to...
The regular season is in the rearview mirror for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos wrestling squad, as they now have their sights set on the postseason. The Broncos wrapped up regular season play with a South League match in Colfax on Jan. 26, with just three wrestlers participating for LRS that day. Freshman Johnny Ryan wrestled at 106 pounds in his two matches, like he has all season long. Ryan was trailing 7-3 in the second period of his first match when he got pinned by a wrestler from Reardan, who finished fourth in...