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I’m the kind of guy that enjoys sports and I appreciate the athleticism that is displayed. There is a lot of time and effort that goes into a successful athlete and team. It isn’t just talent that makes a great player. There is also a great deal of mental toughness as well. The investment an athlete makes to improve their strength, size and speed can pay dividends in the long run. For most of us older folks we weren’t fortunate enough to have much of a weight room or even...
PASCO – It was never a contested game. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington boys football team cruised to an easy win Friday, Sept. 19, over Tri-Cities Prepatory. The Broncos (2-1) led the Jaguars (2-1) from start to finish in the 48-7 non-league win over the Pasco-based private school. Broncos quarterback Chase Galbreath passed for four touchdowns in the win. Running back Brody Boness rushed for two. Lind-Ritzville got on the board in the first quarter on a 36-year run by Boness. Galbreath added the PAT to take a...
Kameron Dockins took first place in the Othello Rodeo Association's Demolition Derby on Sept. 15. Dockins took home $3,000 for the victory. Mike Bise took second and Tanner Pugh third in the Othello event....
CHENEY – Turkey hunting is coming to Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in the fall of 2023. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are opening 1,883 acres in the Long Lake Unit of the refuge for hunting four days per week during the fall turkey season, from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31 beginning next year. The Long Lake Unit is located east of Mullenix Road, south of the city. The new Turnbull hunt would align with state and federal hunting laws, officials said. And hunting w...
WENATCHEE – The Broncos cross country team traveled to Walla Walla Point Park on Saturday, Sept. 17, to compete in the Wenatchee Invite. Lind-Ritzville junior Caleb Heater represented the Broncos in the boys junior-varsity junior-senior race. He finished the 5,000-meter course in 21:28, good enough for 34th-place. In the JV freshman-sophomore event, Cameron Christianson finished 92nd. The sophomore completed the course in 24:50.00. The Broncos did not have a boy in the v...
OTHELLO – Eric Logan received the all-around cowboy honors from the Othello Rodeo on Oct. 16-17. Logan took home a total of $1,039 in prize money after taking second in steer wrestling and sixth in team roping. Overall, $35,269 were paid out to cowboys and cowgirls competing in traditional rodeo events; an additional $6,674 was paid out to women in breakaway roping. Logan wrestled his steer to the ground in 7.4 seconds, good enough for $839 in prize money. In team roping, he partnered with Tex Sutfin to rope their calf in 9...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington girls volleyball team remained unbeaten after sweeping the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes and Asotin Panthers last week. On Saturday, Sept. 17, the Bronco girls (3-0) topped visiting Asotin (3-3) in three straight sets. Set scores were 25-13, 25-9 and 25-14. Taylor Galbreath had 11 kills and five aces and five digs in the non-league matchup. Galbreath also helped the local girls to victory Sept. 14 in three straight s...
On Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska the Cornhuskers battled Georgia Southern and would have a 4th quarter lead until the Eagles scored with 2:29 remaining in the game plenty of time for Nebraska to score. Nebraska drove and would set up a 52 yard field goal with only seconds left on the clock. The kick was far enough but it hooked to the left and the Nebraska Cornhuskers would lose another one score game. The pain on Coach Scott Frost’s face truly was one that said, “I’m not g...
OTHELLO — Here are schedules for the remaining fall sports matchups for the Othello Huskies: Football Sept. 16 – Away, Ephrata Tigers Sept. 23 – Home, Selah Vikings. Sept. 30 – Away, Grandview Grehounds Oct. 7 – Home, Prosser Mustangs Oct. 14 – Away, Ellensburg Bulldogs Oct. 21 – Away, Kelso Hilanders Oct. 28 – Home, East Valley (Yakima) Red Devils All games are at 7 p.m., except the game at Kelso, which starts at 6 p.m. Volleyball Sept. 17 – Home, Wapato Wolves at 11 a.m. Sept. 20 – Away, Selah Vikings at 6:30 p.m. Sept....
SPANGLE — The Northeast 2B’s top-ranked Broncos boys football team was stunned Friday night, Sept. 9, in a 27-26 loss to the Lancers. It’s the first regular season loss for the senior-laden Broncos since the 2020 season. With the win, the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers (2-0) moved into a first-place tie in the NE2B with the undefeated Davenport Gorillas and the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars. Meanwhile, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington (1-1) boys dropped to the league’s No. 4 spot, tied with Reardan. In the game at...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Several Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington runners competed Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Valley Christian School Jamboree. Broncos middle school runner Bryce Fannin, a sixth-grader, won the boys 1-mile in a time of 6:26.08. Teammates Graham Christianson and Isaiah Busby, both sixth-graders, finished 29th and 30th with times of 8:37.56 and 8:58.82. In the girls 1-mile, Faith Lind, a Broncos eighth-grader, finished 11th with a time of 8:22.12. And in the high school girls varsity race, a 2-mile event, M...
Team ropers header Randy Wicks and heeler Cooper Wicks of Ritzville compete in the Lincoln County Rodeo on Saturday night....
ST. JOHN – Two area men were remembered following the Saturday, Aug. 26, sprint boat races at Webb's Slough. The ashes of Richie Baltierra of St. John were spread on the waters after the racing. Baltierra passed away two years ago. The ashes were spread by local sprint boat racers Michael Thomas and Clint O'Keefe, who drive and pilot the Dangerous Curves boat. "His wife asked us to spread just a little bit," Thomas said, noting his boat also sported a memorial for local r...
ST. JOHN – Here are the results of the final sprint boat race of the season Saturday, Aug. 27, at Webb's Slough: Modified Class – Pour Decisions, driver Jason Perkins of Cheney and navigator Kyle Belles of Spangle, 1st; Purcell Racing, driver James Goldberg of Edmonds and navigator Jeff Purcell of Grapeview, 2nd; and Way She Goes, driver Jeremy Souza and navigator Jessy Law, both of Oak Harbor, 3rd. 400 Class – Punisher, driver Phil Miller of Castlegar, B.C. and navig...
Top row: #7 Hunter Dinkins, #13 Nick Labes, #30 Hayden Melcher, #15 Chase Galbreath, #56 Hayden Stone. Bottom Row: #72 Michael Fortin, #55 Blake Esser, #22 Seth Miller, #20 Cooper Miller Not pictured Peyton Norton....
I was certainly in my element this weekend as high school and college football took off with a full slate of games. On Friday night the Broncos hosted the Colfax Bulldogs in a Northeast 2B opener. There was a time when you had a chance to play a nonleague opponent to test how good the team was but the schedule is what it is. And each year it rotates so the last team you played in the previous season is now the first team you play this season. Colfax is a well-coached team and...
KENNEWICK – Professional Bull Riders will buck into town for the Sept. 9-10 Tri-Cities Classic. The Toyota Center event will include some of the best bull riders in the world and the sport's rankest bovine athletes in the ultimate showdown of man versus. beast in a new series . In last year's Kennewick debut, Washington's own Cody Casper captured the victory courtesy of a flawless 3-for-3 performance at the inaugural performance. The newly launched PBR Challenger Series w...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos boys football team handled the Colfax Bulldogs, 35-12, in a Northeast 2B league season-opener Friday night, Sept. 2, on Jimmie Snider Field. The win was the first for Broncos Coach Brian Bermea, who assumed the lead role on the senior-laden team in July after Greg Whitmore was hired as superintendent of the Entiat School District. Prior to this season, Bermea was an assistant coach for the Tonasket Tigers. "I feel like the guys came out and performed we...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington Broncos boys football team tuned up for the regular season Saturday, Aug. 27, hosting a jamboree. Visiting teams included the Medical Lake Cardinals, Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars, Warden Cougars, Colfax Bulldogs and the Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack. Each team's offense had multiple opportunities to run offensive plays, beginning at the 35-yardline against rotating defenses. The gridiron tune-up traditionally kicks off t...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos boys football team heads into the Class 2B season ranked as the No. 3 team in the state by ScoreBook Live. The Broncos only graduated one player from its 9-1 squad, which reached the playoffs last year. This year, the Broncos team sheds Kahlotus, but adds Harrington to the sports combine that includes athletes from Lind-Ritzville, Sprague and Washtucna high schools. Brenda Bermea will coach the team with Mike Lynch at his side. Bermea is in his first ye...
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had read some history about my mom’s family. It is interesting to envision how life was over 100 years ago. Life was certainly not easy especially travel and the comfort of riding in a vehicle with A/C in the summer and heat in the winter was non-existent. I would have to say that those relatives that went before us were certainly a lot tougher than we have become. When I read the family history I saw that my great grandparents and great u...
COLFAX – The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna swim team took second place overall in the annual Tri-County Swim Meet, also known as the Clucky Cup, on Aug. 6. The host Colfax Bullsharks won the event with 329 team points. St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna was second with 321.5 points. The Pullman Barracudas were third with 283 points and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer was fourth with 228 points. Pomeroy finished fifth at 214.5 points. In girls action, St. J...
There is something in the air this time of year. The baseball season is heating up, pro football is starting its preseason, college football has been practicing for a week and the Washington high school football teams are practicing for the first time today (Wednesday). For baseball the excitement for the most part is in the wild card races. A majority of the first place teams are running away with their division titles by double digit games. But the wild card races make...
OTHELLO – The Glen Williams Access Area at the Potholes Reservoir will be closed for construction until Dec. 15. Construction on the estimated $800,000 boat launch improvement project began Monday, Aug. 15. Boat launch improvements include installing a new ramp, an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant loading area, and paving and striping of the launch area. New concrete vault toilets and a board float will be installed at a later date when supplies and materials are available. The renovations will double the boat l...
When Brendan Bermea applied to teach social studies at Lind-Ritzville middle school, he didn’t expect to become the high school’s head football coach. Last spring, Bermea talked to Greg Whitmore (long-time football coach and athletic director at Ritzville) about filling an assistant coaching slot. That was the expectation. But after Whitmore accepted a job in Entiat, Bermea was offered the head-coaching assignment. “When someone calls and asks … sometimes you just have to...