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Sorry about not having a column for a few weeks. I’ve had last minute commitments on the day I normally write this column therefore I miss the deadline. Oh sure I could have written it a day early but that’s not my style. If you look at the March 16 date you might not remember that it was two years ago that the world shut down for two weeks to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now 104 weeks later it seems that this state finally has decided that we are safe aga...
RITZVILLE – About 80 student-athletes turned out for spring sports in the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos athletic combine. This year, the combine welcomes up to six girls from the Harrington School District to play softball, school officials said. And golfers welcome two middle schoolers to the program. Under Washington Interscholastic Activities Association rules, middle school golfers can participate in practices, but cannot compete in matches. The Broncos are also fielding a boys baseball, girls fastpitch softball and c...
Odessa gun club results reported ODESSA – The Odessa Gun Club reported the following results for its Feb. 20 trapshoot: Nick Tebow and Markus Smith both shot perfect scores of 25, while Jared Praetorious shot 24, and Cody Stanford, Jon Fink, Garret Braun and Jared King all shot 23. Shooting 22 were Ryan Lewis, Anthony Paszkeisz, Mitch Wraspir and Kit Watson. Tyler Smith, Brian Wraspir, Meagan Tebow and Koree Smith, and Holden Iverson shot 21. Those with 20 and under were Trevor Smith, Colley Walter, Bill Weber, Stan D...
RITZVILLE – Here are the results from the Ritzville Gun Club shoot on Feb. 27: 23 -- Jason Heider, Travis Dewald, Scott Yaeger, Garrett Frederick and Jake Dewald 22 -- Dennis Faechner, Tyler Frederick and Matt Stokoe 21 – Joel Oestreich, Colby Schell and Matt Leffel 20 and under -- Dave Breazeale, Mike Geaschke, Dale Swift, Tim Wellsandt, Wes Frederick, Scott Steinmetz, Kyle Bauer, Justin Simonson, Cameron Bentiz, Mike Stromberger, Mike Bauer, Dale Vinson, Drew Hartz, Jonathon Stomberger, Conrad Bauer, Gage Bauer, Rachel Sch...
TACOMA – Four Othello grapplers brought home to Adams County medals Feb. 19 from the state Mat Classic XXXIII wrestling tournament in the Tacoma Dome. Alexis Monday grabbed silver for the Huskies at girls 115 pounds, the highest of any Adams County wrestlers. In boys action, Isaac Campos won bronze and Victorino DeLa Cruz fifth-place at 106. Teammate Marcos Zuniga was fifth at 113. Monday led the Huskies with 24 team points. She opened with a bye, then pinned Lafediya Eldridge...
SPOKANE VALLEY-In typical Reardan fashion, the girls' loser-out game against No. 6 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wasn't always pretty. But the senior leadership of Ayden Krupke and Madi Dewey was enough to push the girls past the Broncos 48-46 Thursday, Feb. 17 to survive and advance to the final day of the District 7 2B Tournament. LRS started off with the advantage, building a first-half lead that ballooned to as many as 11 points as Reardan was sloppy and inconsistent offensively....
SPOKANE VALLEY – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys and girls basketball teams’ seasons came to an end last weekend at the District 7 tournament The boys were eliminated by Northwest Christian (Colbert) on Saturday, Feb. 19, and the girls by Reardan on Feb. 17. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball team advanced in the District 7 2B tournament Tuesday, Feb. 15 beating Upper Columbia Academy (Spangle), 67-37. Jayce Kelly had 24 points in the win, while Chase Galbreath had 17 and Hunter Dinkins added 11. Upper Columbia exi...
I’m not sure if you saw the news this past week that showed some very young elementary school students in Nevada. These youngsters were told by their teacher that starting the very next day they would no longer have to wear masks in class. The kids started screaming with excitement and jumping up and down as if they were told that they would get to have a five hour recess and only two hours of education for the rest of their lives. There have been a lot of states that have lif...
RITZVILLE – Three Lind-Ritzville/Sprague basketball players earned All-League Honors for their play in the recently concluded basketball season. Broncos junior Chase Galbreath was named to the NE2B boys All-League First Team. And seniors Dakota Killian and Sydney Kinch were named to the NE2B girls All-League Second Team. In addition to the basketball honors, The NE2B and state wrestling coaches voted Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Coach Jason Hilzer as the Wrestling Coach of the Y...
RITZVILLE – Here are the Ritzville Gun Club results for the Feb. 20 shoot: 25 – Travis Dewald and Kyle Bauer 24 – Colby Schell 23 – Dave Breazeale, Tim Wellsandt, Wes Frederick, Jake Dewald and Justin Simonson 22 – Scott Yaeger and Matt Leffel 21 – Garrett Frederick, Mike Bauer, Mike Stromberger, Jerry Schell and Jacob Anderson 20 and younger – Joel Oestriech, Dennis Faechner, Dale Swift, Brian Kramer, Tyler Frederick, Daniel Mann, Matt Stokoe, Cameron Bentiz, Jim Heider, Dale Vinson, Asher Cox, Drew Hartz, Trevor Jantz,...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Two nights ago, No. 3 Davenport was a controversial no-call away from upsetting No. 2 Colfax, advancing to the district finals and earning an automatic berth to state. But it wasn't to be, and tonight it was No. 5 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague doing the upsetting as the Broncos ended the Gorillas' season with a 65-58 victory in a District 7 2B Tournament loser-out game Thursday, Feb. 17 at West Valley High School. The Gorillas didn't look particularly rusty out of th...
Spokane Valley--The second round of the District 7 2B Tournament featured two overtime contests, mostly expected results and one surprising result that affected the outlook of the girls' bracket. All higher seeds won Thursday, with the exception of the Reardan girls pulling off an upset victory over St. George's in overtime that sent them into the district semifinals and the favored Dragons into a loser-out scenario. Locally, the Davenport boys survived St. George's in...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos last wrestler was eliminated from the post season Saturday, Feb. 12. Myra Miller lost two bouts to end the wrestling season at the Girls Regional 4 tournament at Ephrata High School. Miller, a junior, was the last Bronco still on the mat looking for a state berth. Wrestling at 170 pounds, she opened with a loss by pin to senior Jenny Garcia of Highland in 4:48. At the time she was pinned, Miller was leading the bout. Dropping to the consolation r...
It was quite a week for EWU Eagle alum Cooper Kupp. He earned the NFL Offensive Player of the Year award on Friday and on Sunday he was instrumental in rallying the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl victory and came away with the Most Valuable Player of the game trophy. There are a lot of people that wanted the Cincinnati Bengals to break through to finally win their first Super Bowl. The last two times the Bengals were playing in the big game I was hoping they would win as...
SPOKANE VALLEY – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague basketball teams fell to opponents Feb. 10 in the District 7 tournament at West Valley High School. After topping Jenkins (Chewelah) early last week, the local girls suffered their first loss in the double elimination tournament, falling to Kettle Falls, 45-38. Grace Fedie had 11 points in the loss, while Dakota Killian and Amelia Court each had 8. The loss set up a loser-out matchup against Asotin for Saturday Feb. 12, where the Bronco girls prevailed, 46-31. Killian led all s...
SPOKANE VALLEY – A thin, eight-man roster wasn’t too much of a hindrance for No. 6 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague in the first round of the District 7 2B girls basketball tournament Monday, as the Broncos shut down the No. 11 Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars early and often en route to a convincing 53-22 victory. The win sent Lind-Ritzville/Sprague into the second round of the tournament and set up a matchup with No. 3 Kettle Falls. The Broncos jumped on the Cougars’ throats right away,...
SPANGLE – A local girl has qualified to advance to regionals this coming Saturday in Ephrata. Myra Miller, wrestling at 170, finished in fifth place Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Girls North Subregional tournament at Liberty High School. Miller opened the tournament by pinning Mackenzie Newell of North Central in 50 seconds, but lost her quarterfinal bout to Shannon Workinger of Quincy by pin in 51 seconds. In the consolation bracket, Miller pinned her next two competitors – Amy...
Spokane Valley--The basketball postseason has arrived in the Northeast 2B League, with all 11 boys and girls teams earning their spots in the double-elimination tournament beginning Monday, Feb. 7 and running 12 days until the final round Saturday, Feb. 19. Locally, the Davenport boys finished third in the regular season and earned a first-round bye, while the Reardan girls finished fifth and also received a de facto bye after Chesterton Academy forfeited the tournament. The...
RITZVILLE – Several area youth completed their hunter education requirements Saturday, Feb. 5, during a class at the Ritzville Gun Club. The 11 students received certificates allowing them to hunt after being evaluated on knowledge of firearms, attitude and handling skills, instructor Phil Peterson said. Students completing the class include Eli Demerest, Darrell Howatt, Natalie Katsel, Cameron Fletcher, Nikkodah Katsel, Edgar Coon, Darren Howatt, Abigail Hofstee, Aiden H...
Trying to find a great sporting event to watch on Sunday was not easy. Sure there were a few college basketball games that were televised but I can’t say there was one team that I hoped would win and to me that is half the reason for watching. The other half wants to watch great athletes play the game. I must have watched less than five minutes of the Pro Bowl which is the NFL version of an All-Star game. This game used to be played the week after the Super Bowl but since s...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague basketball teams were on the road at Upper Columbia Academy (Spangle) on Monday, Jan. 31. The Bronco boys won handily over the (1-7, 1-6) Lions by a score of 68-47. The girls also prevailed over the Lions (2-4, 1-4) more than doubling their score, 63-29. Individual statistics were not reported for either game. On Feb. 1, the Broncos played the last home games of the season against the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers. The Liberty girls (14-1, 7...
RENTON – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos are headed to the District 7 Basketball Tournament. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released tournament brackets and seeding Sunday, February 6. The Bronco boys are seeded #5 in the tournament and will have a first round bye as a result of a forfeit on the part of the #12 seed. The second round game will be February 10 at 6:30 PM against North West Christian. The game will be played in the main gym at West Valley High School in Spokane. The boys head coach i...
OLYMPIA – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking written comments on a proposed spring black bear special permit rule change from Feb. 2 to March 12. The proposed rule would establish spring black bear special hunting permits for a shortened 2022 season, from May 1 to June 15. The amendment also proposes modifications to the harvest and inspection procedures and makes it unlawful to kill a cub or a female with cubs. “We are seeking feedback on the proposed rule to set a shortened spring black bear special per...
RITZVILLE – The Bronco and athletics communities are coming together to help a local county and his family. As of press time, a donation account for Jason Hilzer had raised more than $7,000 from 60 donations. The funds come as Hilzer readies for a bone marrow transplant. In July 2021, Hilzer – a Lind-Ritzville/Sprague assistant football coach, and head wrestling and baseball coach – was diagnosed with leukemia. Hilzer has been missing from the field and the mat, but is often mentioned by Lind-Ritzville athletes and coach...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos boys and girls basketball teams took big wins Tuesday, Jan.25, over the Odessa Tigers. The boys team doubled up the Tigers 76-38. Jayce Kelly led all scorers with 16 points and Chase Galbreath added 13. Jacob Scrupps had 14 for Odessa. The tigers leave town with a 4-7 record overall and 2-3 in league play. The girls also put up big numbers against the Tigers, winning by a score of 52-33. Dakota Killian had 19 for the Bronco while Amalia Court added 15. Hayden Schuh had 13 for Ode...