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RITZVILLE – In one of the only sports events not cancelled, postponed or moved due to the spring weather last week, the tennis team served up against St. George's (Spokane) on Wednesday, April 13, at home. When it was over, the Broncos may have wished for more snow. Only one match went the Ritzville way, as the duo of Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher defeated challengers in girls doubles 4-6, 6-3 and a 10-4 tiebreaker. None of the other Bronco players won a single set. H...
Following every season coaches find themselves either fired, accepting a raise with a couple of years added to their contract or finding the next ideal place to go to. And in a few cases retirement is the best ending for a long career. I’ve had the opportunity to read about some of the history of assistant coaches that are new hires at the local colleges. Some of these people must be living out of an RV for as many different places they’ve lived. It’s one thing to be able...
SPANGLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys baseball team played games in a week challenged by unusual spring weather. On April 12, the Broncos traveled to Spangle for a double header with the Liberty Lancers. The Broncos won the first game, 10-6. Owen Telecky had two hits in the game, including a solo homerun. Brody Boness, Chase Galbreath, Travis Redburn, Micheal Fortin and Zach Klein also had hits for the Broncos. The second game was played over two days – April 12 and 14...
RITZVILLE – In a sport that requires speed, power, agility and a dose of courage, Lind-Rizville senior Sydney Kinch is having some early season success in the pole vault. Kinch won the event at the Ray Cross Invitational Track meet at Ephrata onMarch 26, clearing a height of 9 feet. Then on April 1, she won the pole vault at the Glenn Wolf Invitational in Deer Park, clearing 8 feet 6 inches. And most recently, she placed third at the Van Kuren Invitational in Cheney on A...
SPANGLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls fastpitch softball team (2-7) was shut out in a doubleheader at Liberty (Spangle) on April 12. The first game ended 15-0. Jaidyn Stephens tossed a perfect game and registered her 300th career strikeout in the win for the Lancers. The second game ended 13-0. Jordyn Jeske had four RBIs for the Lancers. Taleaha Quesada And Megan Melcher had hits for the Broncos. The double header with Davenport was moved to Ritzville, April 1...
This time of year gets interesting for a number of reasons, one of them being the transfer portal. For football you may see some guy that played in another part of the country and now during spring practice may be the next QB or offensive lineman at your favorite college. But the guy that was your starting QB is now at a rival college using the same transfer mechanism. The transfer portal has been a boon for some schools while others think of themselves as a farm club...
Olivia Harnack, 19, landed a couple nice-sized trout on opening day of lowland lake fishing season Saturday, April 23, at Deer Lake west of Harrington....
CHEWELAH – The Jenkins Cougars swept the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls fastpitch softball team during a doubleheader April 19. The scores were 13-2 and 12-0. “Free bases hurt us” Coach Todd O’Brien said. “And were pressing too much on the mound and in the field trying to make the perfect play rather than just taking the routine out.” In the first game, the Cougar fielders were well-positioned to keep Bronco base runners off the paths. Nine walks and seven errors piled up, and gave the Jenkins girls a big lead in the...
COLFAX – Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna track athlete Sydney Kinch won the pole vault and placed second in the long jump. April 23 at the MacDougall Invitational meet in Colfax. She won the event clearing 8-06.00. Kinch tied for second in the long jump with Alyssa Whittle (Clarkston) with a leap of 14-11.25. The distance was just a half inch shy of the winning jump of 14-11.75, by Mya Adams of College Place. In the 100 meters Kinch also placed second with a time of 13.57, behind Jessie Reed (Oaksdale), who ran 13.32. In t...
OLYMPIA – The state is taking aim at cyclists using battery-powered and electric bikes on publicly owned land managed by the state. As a result of Senate Bill 5452, which passed the Legislature in 2021, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Natural Resources will host two public meetings online. Those meetings are set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday May 18. A survey is also available to the public through Friday, July 15. All three can be accessed online at wdfw.wa.gov/ebikes or...
Each year during the NCAA tournament I get asked how my bracket is doing and I always answer I don’t do brackets because I would pick teams that I want to win instead of investing time figuring out which team matches up better against an opponent. That is really time consuming and I wouldn’t enjoy watching the games. I think one of my uncles had the right idea when he bet on a game. He would take the opposing team and let you take the team we both really wanted to win. He sai...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtuna fastpitch girls fastpitch softball team lost both games of a doubleheader with Asotin-Anatone, on a blustery afternoon Saturday, April 2. "We are definitely seeing improvements and need to work on consistency, both offensively and defensively," coach Todd O'Brien said. The Panther girls took the first game 11-1, on the strength of their pitching, coupled with some missed opportunities at the plate by the Broncos, leaving 7 r...
These bags of dirt were waiting to be spread on the infield at the Ritzville Little League Park. Little League makes a return to Ritzville this spring, after a two year absence due to the global pandemic....
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna baseball team dropped a Northeast 2B League doubleheader to Asotin-Anatone, Saturday, April 2. The first game ended in a lopsided score of 20-8, with pitcher Owen Telecky taking the loss. Brody Boness hit a home run in the losing effort. The late game was closer, but the Broncos fell 9-5. Chase Galbreath took the loss on the mound. The Broncs (4-4) are winless in league play at 0-4. Next on the schedule, the Broncos travel A...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtuncna Tennis Team hosted Wilbur-Creston on Wednesday, March 30, in a league match. In singles, Destiny Wells posted a 2-0 match win, 6-1 and 6-2, over her opponent, while Hunter Cameron dispatched his opponent also 2-0, with game scores of 6-0 and 8-6. Liberty McClanathan posted a 2-1 win, losing the first game 4-6, but rallying with 6-4 and 6-2 wins for the match. In girls doubles, Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher beat their o...
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague track and field athletes were among competitors from 30 teams at the Ray Cross Invitational Track Meet on Saturday in Ephrata. Pictured, sophomore Blake Earl competes in the 200 meter, finishing with a personal record of 26.53 seconds, fast enough for 24th place. In the 800 meter, freshman John Stromberger finished 30th with a personal record of 2:35.19....
The NCAA men’s tournament will be over next Monday and an old champion will once again be crowned as the best in the land. Well at least the best at the end of the season which is all that matters. The matchups for games dictate so much because each team plays a certain way and you need to adapt or else you will need to catch the next flight back home. As a Gonzaga fan last Thursday’s game was a real punch to the gut. I’ve been there before seeing a near perfect team strug...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team hosted Harrington and Wilbur-Creston for a March 24 jamboree. Destiney Wells won two girls singles games against Anica Walters and Laura Nivoloni, both of Harrington. The girls doubles team of Amy Anderson and Alexis Melcher also won two games, the first over Allie Crawford and Kaydance Brown from Harrington and the second over a pair of boys from Wilbur Creston. On the afternoon, the Broncos recorded 6 wins and 5 l...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos boys baseball team won two and lost two last week. The boys swept Davenport on Tuesday, March 22, and was swept by Northwest Christian (Colbert) on Saturday, March 26. Against Davenport, Owen Telecky scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 6th inning, and Jayce Kelly recorded a save in the top of the 7th to give the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos a 2-1 win over Davenport in the first game of a non-league d...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls fastpitch softball team swept a doubleheader March 22 against River View (Finley), but lost two to Northwest Christiain (Colbert) on March 26. "We are a very inexperienced and it shows at times," Broncos Coach Todd O'Brien said. "I look forward to seeing the growth out of the younger girls and building on that as we move through the year." In the first game against River View, the Broncos scored 16 runs on 6 hits, b...
The NCAA tournament has gotten to be my source for reality TV because it is real. There are no scripts to follow. Sure, there are game plans but the other team may mess up those really good ones and all of a sudden the team has to ad lib. And don’t forget the emotions. We’ve seen how being a high seed may not mean much. Kentucky, a number 2 seed gets beat in the first round by 15 seed St. Peter’s. It took overtime but overtime should have favored UK but it didn’t. By the way...
RITZVILLE – It was difficult start to the season for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls fastpitch softball team Saturday, March 19. The Bronco girls were swept in a non-league doubleheader by the Colfax Bulldogs. The Bulldogs (2-0) took the first game 19-1 and the second game 18-2 over the Broncos (0-2) on a blustery occasionally rainy afternoon. In the first game, Harper Booth led the charge for Colfax, going 3-of-4 at bat with a homerun and three RBIs. Devan Becker and T...
ODESSA – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos opened the boys baseball season sweeping neighboring Odessa in a doubleheader Saturday, March 19. In the first game, the Broncos (2-0) scored 10 runs in the 7th inning to take the first game, 17-11. Hunter Galbreath had three hits in the win. In the second game, Owen Telecky struck out nine batters in four innings to lead the Broncos to a 14-4 victory over the Tigers (0-2). Cooper Miller had 3 doubles in four hits for the Broncos in the second win of the season....
OLYMPIA – A deeply divided state Fish and Wildlife Commission voted not to establish a 2022 spring black bear special permit season. The 5-4 vote took place during meetings Thursday-Saturday, March 17-19. The decision to not offer a spring bear special permit won’t impact the fall black bear general season from Aug. 1 to Nov. 15, officials said. Following the vote, the agency’s staff said it will review the possibility of offering spring seasons in future. During the meeting, the commission also approved the purchase of mo...
SPOKANE -- The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will reopen most of its facilities to the public starting Monday, March 21. "When we closed our offices and hatcheries to the public in March 2020 due to the pandemic, I hoped we'd reopen a few months later; obviously that didn't happen," Director Kelly Susewind said Monday, March 14. "Here we are two years later, having adapted to provide our services virtually, and we are so excited to be able to serve you in person again." Staff is being required to wear masks; the...