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REARDAN--Gonzaga head baseball coach Mark Andrew Machtolf was arrested by Reardan Police and booked into Lincoln County Jail on a charge of driving under the influence late Thursday, June 9, according to Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke, the Lincoln County Jail roster and Reardan Police arrest reports. Machtolf, who just completed his 19th season at the helm of the Bulldogs' diamond squad, had a blood-alcohol level as high as 0.284 at the time of booking according to tests admi...
The class of 2022 has graduated having endured the challenges brought on by C-19 like on-line school and wearing masks at school. There was a lot of experimenting going on at different school districts as to the best way to educate kids and be able to have sports competitions. As a substitute teacher I too experienced some of those rules that needed to be followed. I honestly had trouble dealing with those rules and was more than happy to not have to endure more than a couple...
We finally celebrated the class of 1970’s graduation from RHS this last weekend which could be called the class of 1970 is turning 70. The two year hiatus because of Covid didn’t stop class members from having a good time reminiscing about their retirement and other things that keeps them young and alive. We’ve lost eight members of our class out of 60 graduates. 27 class members returned between Friday night and Saturday. There are a few that live a long way away and have yet...
RITZVILLE – Bicyclists from the Fuller Center, an ecumenical Christian group, had dinner and stayed the night May 27 as guests of the Zion Philadelphia United Church of Christ, at 310 E. Broadway St. Prior to arriving in Ritzville, the riders also stopped in Othello to work on a Habitat for Humanity project, organizers said. Fifteen riders and four support personnel are on a cross-country trek, raising funds and working on housing projects along the way. Group leader Gary S...
CHENEY – Two Lind-Ritzville athletes brought home state titles Saturday from the culminating 1B/2B/1A track and field meet at Eastern Washington University. Junior Myra Miller won the state 2B girls discus championship May 27. Meanwhile, senior Kydney Kinch won the girls pole vault. Miller won with a personal best throw of 125-05, beating out Lexi Lafferty of Okanogan by 1 foot 4 inches. Miller saved her best for last, having consistently finished behind Asotin's Haylee A...
Okay so maybe you are wondering about the title today and rightly so. This Saturday is the RHS/LRHS alumni banquet. The last banquet was held in 2019 but because of Covid restrictions we couldn’t have a formal get together without the fear of another ‘Superspreader’ event near Ritzville. So what is the big deal about the class of 1970? It just so happens that this was the class in which I graduated. Because of a few absentees I have been afforded the duties of intro...
The Northeast 2B league honored its outstanding girls fastpitch softball players Saturday at the district championship in Spokane. Colfax;s Tracy Imler was named Coach of the Year and Colfax's Jorja Koerner and Liberty's Jaidyn Stephens earned co-Most Valuable Player honors. First Team recognition went to Caylie Browne and Lily Denham of Asotin; Delaney Imler, Harper Booth and Justice Brown of Colfax; A.J. Sosky of Reardan; Kaitlyn Waters of Northwest Christian (Colbert) and...
LIBERTY LAKE – Lind-Ritzville senior Sydney Kinch won the girls pole vault at the 2B District 7 Championship, held Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21, at Ridgeline High School. Kinch cleared a personal best 10-00.00 in winning the event. She also won the long jump with a leap of 16-03.00. As a team, the Broncos didn't fair as well. The girls finished ninth overall with 24.5 points. Davenport won the girls title with 170, followed by Jenkins (Chewelah) with 129.5. The Bronco b...
RITZVILLE – Several Bronco athletes are headed to state competitions in golf, tennis and track this week. Amelia Court and Hunter Dinkins are headed to the state golf tournament in Deer Park on May 24 and 25. Lance Williamson is an alternate. In girls doubles tennis, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher will play in the state tournament in Yakima, May 27 and 28. And in girls track and field, Sydney Kinch will compete in pole vault, long jump and the 4x100 meter relay. Teammate Myra Miller will compete in discus and the 4x100 r...
Last year the NCAA approved student athletes being able to earn money for their name, image and likeness or NIL. I think that a lot of fans thought this was a good idea since colleges and the NCAA were making huge amounts of money from the big time athletes showing off their talent in the playing arenas and stadiums. So if an athlete makes a few bucks doing a commercial, good for them. With the transfer portal in place, certainly an offshoot of the Covid-19 pandemic, there...
VERNITA - More than 1,000 hillclimb racing enthusiasts turned out Saturday, May 6-8, for the Washington Nitro Nationals. Port Angeles native Jake "The Animal" Anstett won four classes Saturday to lead Washington state's contingent of racers. At the Nitro Nationals, riders pit their skill and motorcycles against a 1,000 foot course. Many of the motorcycles are powered by nitrous oxide and methanol. Anstett broke the 20 second mark in the open class. Several Eastern Washington...
RITZVILLE – The hometown Broncos scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th and had the tying run at the plate, but it was not enough to knock off the visiting Davenport Gorillas in a Northeast 2B play-in game Monday, May 16. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls fastpitch softball team lost the game, 13-10. Davenport's Gorillas earn a berth in the District playoff and for the Broncos the season is over. The play-in game was set up when Davenport and Lind-...
Eagles place in district track RITZVILLE — The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles had several athletes among the top competitors in the 1B District 7&9 boys meet Wednesday, May 11. Junior Logan Marconi took second in the 800-meter in 2:13.67 and fourth in the 1,600 meter in 5:06.89. Senior Ryan Anderson and junior Rory Maloney fisniehd second and third, respectively in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter low hurdles. Anderson's times were 18.08 seconds and 45:67; Maloney finished in 18.40 and 46.01. The four also...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville senior Sydney Kinch took top honors in girls pole vault and long jump May 10 during the Northeast 2B-South division track and field championships here. Kinch cleared 9-00.00 to win the pole vault and jumped 15-11.00 to take the long jump event. She was also a member of the girls 4x100 relay team, which won that race in 55.79 seconds along with teammates Savannah Carruth, Myra Miller and Claire Wellsandt. Kinch placed second in the 100-meter race w...
These colorful birds are Western Tanagers. A flock of about 20 stopped briefly in Ritzville, May 5, on their northbound migration....
I’ve applied for several jobs during my long working career. For each job I was interested in I needed to modify the resume and get new letters of recommendation. Now that I’m retired and doing volunteer work or part time substitute teaching, having to prove myself or needing someone to vouch for me is something I don’t need to worry about. What if you are a former college and professional quarterback that happens to be a bit controversial, like Colin Kaepernick (CK)? We al...
COLFAX - Both the boys and girls Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna track teams finished eighth at the Northeast 2B League Championship on Tuesday, May 3, at Colfax High School. Ten boys and girls teams competed. Davenport won the boys meet, while St George's (Spokane) won the girls meet. The Broncos' girls 4x100 relay team of Emmy Klewin, Myra Miller, Sydney Kinch and Claire Wellsandt placed 2nd in the race with a time of 57.71, losing by just over a second to the team from...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Bronco boys baseball team wrapped up the regular season splitting a doubleheader with the Colfax Bulldogs on Friday, May 6. The games originally scheduled for Thursday, May 5, were postponed due to rain. In the first game, the Broncos were beaten 14 - 6 by Colfax. Ryan Henning had three RBIs for the Bulldogs. In the second game, the Broncos scored 6 runs in 4 innings and held on for a 6-5 win. Chase Galbreath went 2-for-3, w...
There is an old saying: “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” When it comes to the Undeberg Invitational you could say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s back, and back it came last Saturday in Ritzville. With 28 teams and about 500 athletes this great track meet was a breath of fresh air starting with a little rain before the meet started and mild temperatures throughout the day with a slight breeze. The last Undeberg Invite was held in 2019 and there we...
RITZVILLE – Bad behavior was on display Saturday, April 29, when the Kettle Falls Bulldogs came to town for doubleheaders in boys baseball and girls fastpitch softball. The games were delayed 2 hours due to weather. In the 7th inning of the first baseball game against host Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, a Kettle Falls coach was ejected by an umpire. ”You guys are a joke,” the coach shouted as he left the field. Minutes later, over at the softball diamond, an umpire issued a team warning to the Kettle Falls coach for the behav...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville has a new high school girls basketball coach. Bryce Court was selected for the post from among two candidates – the other being the middle school girls basketball coach, John Galbreath. Court and Galbreath interviewed for the position with a committee of representatives from all districts in the athletic combine, as well as two school board members, a parent, one student athlete and three other coaches. In a recommendation to Superintendent Don Van...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna tennis team split six matches with Reardan on Wednesday, April 27, on the Broncos home court. In girls singles, Destiny Wells and Liberty Mcclanathan both came away with wins. Wells dispatched her opponent 6-3, 6-2, while Mcclanathan beat her opponent 6-1, 6-2. In girls doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher posted a 6-0, 6-2 win. Hunter Cameron dropped his boys singles match 3-1. Zack Crouse and Destiny Phelps were also on the losing end of their matches....
RITZVILLE – More than 500 athletes from 28 schools converged on Ritzville, on a cool gray Saturday, April 29, with occasional drizzle, for the annual Undeberg Invitational Track Meet. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna boys finished 15th overall with a team score of 15.5 points. Meanwhile, the girls wrapped up the meet in 20th place with 9.5 points. The nearby St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagle boys were 12th with 24.2 team points; Okanogan won with 157. The Eagle girls w...
HARRINGTON – Only two golfers from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna traveled to Harrington for a league match, April 21. Amelia Court and Brock Tracy, accompanied by Coach Bryce Court, made the trip. Both golfers played in four-somes with golfers from Jenkins High school (Chewelah). Also at the match were teams from Davenport, Asotin-Anatone and Colfax. Final results were not reported, but during the round Tracy avoided the water hazard and made a 3 on the par 3 seventh h...
KETTLE FALLS – Girls from the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtunca tennis team traveled to Kettle Falls, April 20, for a league match, and came home with five wins and no losses. In singles, Destiny Wells beat her opponent 6-0, 6-0. Liberty McClanathan won her match 6-2, 6-3 ,while Destiny Phelps dispatched her opponent 6-4, 6-2. Faye Niccols prevailed with a 9-8 win. In doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over the host Bulldogs. The Broncos returned home, April 23, for a league match against H...