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CHENEY – A LaCrosse woman won nearly $1,000 placing in the Top 5 in breakaway roping at the Cheney Rodeo from July 7-9. LaCrosse’s Sydney Berquist tied with Macy Auclair to round out the Top 5 places, according to the Women’s Professional Rodeo Assocaiton. They roped their calves in 2.2000 seconds and took home $916.21 in prize money each in the fifth-place tie. Amanda Hodges won the event with a time of 2.000 seconds. She took home a purse of $2,137.84. Three riders tied for second place – Josie Reno, Bailey Patters...
We have all seen athletes over the years that where exceptional. They put in the extra time in the off season, stayed in shape and were really good all-around players contributing to a team’s success. For so many of these athletes their local fan base is wondering if they have the chance to play at the next level. There was a time when Community Colleges around the state had football programs where a tweener athlete could develop their talent and move on to a four year c...
DAVENPORT — Heading to Lake Roosevelt to go camping? Officials there say bring a cook stove and leave your firewood at home. Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will be prohibited from Friday, July 14, until further notice. The ban is effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning, officials said, noting no open flames are permitted. Even campfires in area-provided fire rings and boxes are prohibited, officials said. Charcoal grills are also prohibited, as are shoreline fires, tiki t...
CHENEY -- Several Adams County cowboys and cowgirls competed in rodeos to the north and south of Ritzville last week. From July 3-5, Basin City hosted the Freedom Rodeo. Then from July 7-9, they moved north to the Cheney Rodeo in Cheney. Both rodeos featured traditional competitions and were prefaced by community parades. While official Cheney Rodeo results have yet to be announced, the All-Around Cowboy honors at Freedom Rodeo went to Shane Proctor of Grand Coulee. One of...
BASIN CITY – One of the top bull riders to come out of Eastern Washington won All-Around Cowboy honors at the Freedom Rodeo on July 3-5. Shane Proctor of Grand Coulee took home $5,777 for his performance in the saddle bronc and bull riding events. He won the bull riding event, scoring 83 points on Dirty Dan for an additional $7,702 purse. He didn’t place in saddle bronc. Here are the results from Freedom Rodeo: Bareback riding — 1. (tie) Jacob Lees, on Ted, and Jayco Roper on Buckaroo, 83.5 points, $4,422 each; 3. Trent...
I watched some of the Major League baseball draft live from Lumen Field in Seattle on Sunday. It was interesting to see how many high school seniors were drafted. I’m sure that a fair amount of them will turn pro and learn more about playing baseball for a living and polish up their game at spring training facilities or at the Class A level around the country. There will be some who will begin their college careers in hopes of learning from some great coaches and facilities i...
RITZVILLE- Having completed her first year as a lifeguard, Kendra Hannahs will work this summer as an assistant to Water Park Manager Donna Kessler. Hannahs hails from the Puyallup area. Two years after graduating high school in 2020, she met her fiancé—a diesel mechanic at the Love’s Travel Stop—through a mutual friend. The couple is planning a September wedding. That’s why she switched from lifeguard to assistant manager. “Honestly, I’m getting married in September and didn’t want the tan lines,” she said. Teaching swim le...
There were a couple of baseball games played last week that were significant because of the amount of runs scored by one of the teams. In the Major Leagues, the Los Angeles Angels unloaded on the Colorado Rockies in Denver, 25-1, with a barrage of home runs. Certainly, a laugher if you are an Angels fan. If Colorado is your team and you only get to see one game a year and this was it, then it couldn’t have been a lot of fun for the price of admission. I remember several y...
BASIN CITY — Freedom Rodeo preparations are in full swing. This year, the rodeo returns to the July 4 holiday – performances are set for July 3-5 – after being moved up last year to be able to facilitate Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association affiliation. Rodeo performances are at 7:30 p.m. on July 3 and 5; and at 12:30 p.m. on Independence Day, July 4, in the arena at 100 Park Drive. This year, the venue will feature new additions to the arena as well as improvements to surrounding seating areas and spaces for admin...
RITZVILLE – The City Council unanimously raised golf fees at the city-owned fees following a June 20 public hearing in which nobody testified. The green fees is increased $2 during the week and $5 on weekends, under the ordinance. Having received no public comments, either in writing or at the public meeting, finance committee member Councilman Mike Schrag described efforts to develop a modified fee schedule. “We didn’t just grab numbers out of the air, put them on paper, and tell Julie (Flyckt, the city’s Clerk/T...
Several Bronco athletes were recognized during the recent track banquet awards. Those athletes, pictured from left, are Shawn Steinberger, Most Inspirational; Hayden Melcher, Myra Miller and Raegan Snider, Captain Awards; and Claire Wellsandt, Most Improved. Damon Schilling, who is not pictured, received the Most Improved award....
I met Kenny G several years ago at the Big Sky Track championship in Cheney through a mutual friend. Throughout the day, we conversed about Eastern Washington University football and his time there in the early 1960s. We became fast friends, as they say, and have watched a lot of Eagle games together. Ken told a bunch of stories about his high school days in Othello. Since I told him I was from Ritzville, he had to tell me the story of his prowess as a middle linebacker and...
LIND – Here are the official results of the June 9-10 car and truck racing at the annual Lind Lion’s Combine Demolition Derby: Australian Pursuit • Heat No. 1 – Devin Youngers • Heat No. 2 – Robert Valdovinos and Randy Grey (tie) Grain Trucks • Heat No. 1 – Lane Hannas of Ritzville. • Heat No. 2 – Gary Marmes of Washtucna • Push-off Battle – Lane Hannas of Ritzville. Pickups • Men’s Slow Dash – Ryan Sams of Milton-Freewater, Ore. • Men’s Fast Dash – Cooper Wicks of Lind • Powder Puff – Michelle Hennings of Ritzville • Heat N...
ST. JOHN - Thirty-five sprint boats hit the water of Webb's Slough on Saturday, June 17; only three went home with checkered flags. The high-speed spint boats competed in three classes – modified, 400 and unlimited – for the best time and bragging rights from the first weekend of racing in Whitman County this season. Sprint boat racing pits a drive, navigator and their boat against a maze of islands and the clock, with some boats hitting turns at up to 10 times the pull of...
Hopefully, some of you will remember some of the issues college and professional sports had with gamblers and gambling in general. There was the college basketball point shaving scandal of the 1950s, Paul Hornung’s one year suspension from the NFL for gambling, Pete Rose’s banishment for life from Major League baseball for gambling on baseball while managing a Major League team. Of course the biggest baseball gambling debacle was the Chicago ‘Black Sox’ scandal that banned...
LIND –– The town roared to life Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, as thousands of fans rolled in to see combines smash into each other. The annual Lind Lions Club's Combine Demolition Derby was a smashing success, raising funds for local projects. The weekend festivities included car, pickup and grain truck racing, parades, live music, and of course, the highlight of the event – the combine derby. The combines competed in five heats, with the fifth marking the grand final...
We all get asked about sports. Can you compare this guy’s game from a bunch of years ago with this youngster’s game? So, if you go back 50-plus years, you would see there wasn’t much weight work. But then, there weren’t that many state tournaments either. With some sports not having any playoffs, a team’s only claim to fame was to win the league championship. It wasn’t until Title IX came into effect in 1973 that state championship competition expanded in the state. We a...
SPRAGUE – Want to go fishing at Sprague Lake or on the Snake River but don’t have a license? Well, this weekend you’re in luck as “Free Fishing Weekend” opens state waters for anglers who don’t have a license. But if you don’t have a license, be careful what you catch this Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11. Game wardens will be on the lookout for fishermen catching salmon, sturgeon and steelhead in Eastern Washington waters without a license. That’s because state bureaucrats in Olympia have changed the rules relating to Fre...
YAKIMA – Senior Hayden Melcher brought home two medals Saturday from the state track and field meet at Zaepfel Field, setting the pace for the Broncos who reached the competition. Melcher grabbed a bronze medal in the boys 200-meter, finishing third with a time of 22.75 seconds, a personal record. He reached the finals with a fourth-place showing in the preliminaries. Senior Anthony Wright of Oroville and Max O'Neill of Napavine finished first and second, respectively, w...
TUMWATER – Two Bronco athletes competed in the state golf tournament May 23-24. Hunter Dinkins and Lance Williamson both qualified for the golf tournament. Dinkins made the cut to get to the second day of the meet, Athletic Director Dustan Arlt said, noting Dinkins finished 22nd overall in the boys 1B/2B competition with a 36-hole score of 175. On the Top 30 golfers made the cut to the second day. Williamson golfed May 23, but missed out on Day 2 of state. “Congrats to Hunter Dinkins and Lance Williamson for competing at Sta...
YAKIMA – Having earned several medals, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles track team finished 12th in girls and 13th in boys at the state track meet Thursday through Saturday at Zaepfel Stadium. The girls scored 15 team points to tie for 12th with Lopez, Neah Bay and Orcas Island. Garfield-Palouse won the state title with 98 team points; the Odessa girls were fourth with 62. The Eagle boys scored 18 team points for 13th place, just ahead of league rivals Tekoa-Rosalia in 1...
Each school year comes to a close with graduation. The following week, juniors are finally considered seniors, even though technically they will need to wait until school starts at the end of August to make it official. For parents, the emotions they have depends on which child is graduating. For some, their first child is receiving the diploma, while for others it may be their last child. Of course, for others it may be the second or third child. I happened to be the fifth...
RITZVILLE – As the school year winds down, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos are already getting prepared for the 2023-24 seasons. That preparation starts with a series of sports camps. The Broncos are hosting a high school boys basketball camp this week; it started Tuesday afternoon and continues through June 1, from 3:45-5:45 p.m. Camp participants will be heading to St. George’s in Spokane to play in a team tournament on June 2 and 4. And more sports camps are coming up. Basketball Several basketball camps are sch...
COLFAX – The Lind-Ritzville and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse boys and girls track meets finished mid-pack-with several athletes earning state berths – at the 1B/2B District 7 and 9 meets Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20. In girls team scoring, the St. John-Endicott Eagles finished with 56.5 team points for sixth in the 1B division and ninth overall. Meanwhile, the Bronco girls scored 38 team points for seventh place in 2B and 14th overall. In boys team scoring, the Bro...
As I was subbing at the school last week I overheard a conversation concerning the NBA playoffs. The young lads were talking about who they thought was the guy they would have playing on their team. Of course the names are relatable such as LeBron James, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and several others. It mostly comes down to what team an individual likes and the best player from that team is usually the favorite. I didn't speak up and reveal my true age. I just thought about...