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Here we are almost two years after the country was supposed to shut down for two weeks in order to flatten the curve for C-19 and those impacted by it. Two weeks turned into two months and so on. I’m glad I live in the country where I can breathe fresh air. Can you remember a year ago when the schools in the state of Washington were getting ready to play football and volleyball instead of basketball and wrestling? We are back to playing sports in the correct season now but the...
COLBERT – The boys high school wrestling season came to a close Saturday, Jan. 29 for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos at the District 7/9 tournament at Northwest Christian School. No Broncos were entered in the tournament. Reardan won the district team trophy, followed by Mary Walker in second, Liberty (Spangle) third and Davenport fourth. The Top 5 boys in each class move on to regionals beginning Feb. 12. The start of the post-season for girls is Saturday, Feb. 5, at the North Sub-Regionals at Liberty High School in S...
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague junior-varsity girls basketball team kicked off an afternoon of hoops in Gilson Gymnasium on Saturday with a game against St. George's....
OTHELLO – A Central Washington health officer has issued an “order” for coronavirus restrictions at scholastic sporting events in Adams County. Grant-Adams County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny issued his so-called order Jan. 10, recommending updated COVID-19 rules for scholastic sports. He listed six points of guidance for school athletic and extracurricular events. Failure to comply will “result in the inability for those school districts to host spectators at their athletic and extracurricular events,” he wrote. Wh...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague basketball teams saw their first action in nearly 2 weeks Friday night, January 21, in a rescheduled matchup with Northwest Christian, at Gilson Gym in Ritzville. The boys' varsity team lost to the Crusaders 56-51. Hunter Dinkins and Chase Galbreath had 15 points each in the loss. Northwest Christian leaves with an overall record of 9-7, 6-2 in league play. The girls' varsity team fared better, beating the Crusaders by a score of 5...
RITZVILLE – A Wrestling Coaches Association proposal to give athletes a better window to recover before the state Mat Classic tournament is generating questions across Northeast Washington. On Monday, Jan. 24, officials with the organization and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association were trying to determine if its possible to give wrestlers a two-week break between districts and state. "As I understand it, the Wrestling Coaches Association has made a p...
SPANGLE - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling team hit the mats Thursday, Jan. 13, at Liberty High School for league matches. Xander McPartlen, Gabe Smith and Johnny Ryan were the only wrestlers to represent the Broncos at the league meet that included Davenport, Reardan, Pomeroy, Liberty (Spangle), Garfield-Palouse, Colfax and Tekoa-Rosalia. Smith faced off against Liberty's Jeshua Cwik and Ryan Cash of Davenport. Ryan wrestled Troy Routh of Reardan And McPartlen wrestled...
The awards for outstanding players in the NCAA divisions have been announced. The FBS winners are told prior to the bowl games in early December. The FCS awards are announced the night before the national championship game in January. I think it is fitting to wait until this time and make it that much more special. The Walter Payton Award is the FCS version of the Heisman Trophy only without as much glamour but still very significant. The 2021 recipient is Eastern Washington...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball game Jan. 4 against Northwest Christian (Colbert) is postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests in the local program. The girls game against the Crusaders is also postponed. Both games are expected to be played Jan. 21, at home in Gilson Gymnasium. Because of the issues, all athletic practices were cancelled Jan. 6, when the school district went to remote learning due to inclement weather. On Jan. 7, the Bronco basketball teams traveled to Chewelah, where both boys and g...
RITZVILLE - Freezing fog and coronavirus issues kept away many Bronco Invite teams, but didn't shutter wrestling completely Saturday, Jan. 15. Kettle Falls, Liberty (Spangle), Davenport and other wrestling teams canceled, as did others. But Pomeroy, Colfax, Garfield-Palouse, Wilbur-Creston-Keller, Almira/Coulee-Hartline, Tekoa-Rosalia and Selkirk made the trip to Gilson Gymnasium for the scheduled tournament. Due to the much-smaller turnout, coaches agreed to move away from a...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys’ basketball game with Columbia (Burbank) was cancelled Wednesday, December 29, due to a couple of positive COVID tests in the LRS program. According to Athletic Director Greg Whitmore, the girls’ team was determined not to have had close contact with the boys, and the girls’ varsity game was played as scheduled, in Gilson Gym. The Bronco girls got their second win of the season by beating the Columbia Coyotes 57-50. Dakota Killian led all scorers with 18. Zoe Galbreath had 9 point...
I had some great ideas for a column this week which was a carryover from last week but because of some unforeseen circumstances didn’t get written last week. Now that it is a week later the column I was going to go with probably is just as well left in the back of my brain. So I will start with something that has concerned me for a few years and a topic I’ve mentioned on a couple of occasions I’m sure. On Friday the WSU Cougars played the Central Michigan (CMU) Chipp...
Bronco girls top Riverside DEER PARK – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Bronco girls got their first win of the season Tuesday, Dec. 21, beating the Riverside (Chattaroy) Rams, 43-24, in the Stag Classic Tournament. Zoe Galbreath scored 11 and Grace Fedie added 9 for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. On Wednesday, Dec. 22, the second day of the tournament, the girls fell to host Deer Park (7-1) by a score of 51-32. Amelia Court had 7 points and Harlee Hennings had 6, while Fedie and Galbreath each had 5. The girls enter the holiday break w...
OLYMPIA – The white sturgeon fishery opens Jan. 1 for some the lower Columbia River. Fishing for legal-size white sturgeon opens New Year’s Day in Bonneville Pool between Bonneville and The Dalles dams, The Dalles Pool between The Dalles and John Day dams, and the John Day Pool between John Day and McNary dams. While Bonneville Pool and John Day Pool will be open daily, The Dalles Pool only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, officials said. The Dalles Pool closed to sturgeon retention just a few days after opening in 202...
Ritzville Les Schwab Manager Mitch Fode, center, presents a trophy and $100 gift card to the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos football team for being named October Team of the Month. The award is presented each month to teams around the state for exceptional play during the month. Representing the Bronco football team are Hayden Melcher (No. 30), Chase Galbreath (No. 15), Cooper Miller (No. 20) and Nick Labes (No. 13)....
For those folks that follow football in the college and professional arenas I’m sure that you heard about the firing of Jacksonville Jaguar head coach Urban Meyer. His less than one year at the helm was problematic. Note to yourself, if you plan to do any trips to your own bar late at night realize that if you are famous and the owner of the bar keep your hands to yourself because someone has a camera phone and they will use it. Just sayin’. Also don’t kick the kicker. Meyer...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball team won two more games last week, improving to 4-2 on the season. Meanwhile, the girls basketball team is still looking for its first win. Both teams hosted Reardan on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The boys won, 60-44. Jayce Kelly scored 18 points; Chase Galbreath added 12 and Hunter Dinkins had 9. The girls lost, 45-21. Then on Friday Dec. 17, both Broncos teams traveled to Warden to take on the Cougars. The boys won, 74-43. Brock Kinch led all scorers with 16 points, including t...
SPANGLE – Two Lind-Ritzville wrestlers earned a total of 10 team points Saturday at the Brice Williams Invitational at Liberty High School, with one grappler bringing home bronze. At 220 pounds, junior Carson Shaver opened with a bye and was pinned in 55 seconds in the semifinal by Riddek Piat of Hanford. Shaver received a bye in the third round of the tournament and then pinned Elijah Shelton of Jenkins (Chewelah) in just 17 seconds to take third place. The win and place w...
I know a few people that are worried about the Gonzaga basketball team because it has lost two games early in the season and really struggled against a couple of lesser foes. Sure, the Bulldogs took it to a talented Texas team and made UCLA look average at times in a 20 point victory. Then the Zags dropped a close one to Duke. Oh yeah, Duke is pretty good if you hadn’t noticed. They beat Tarleton State, in a game that seemed to be played in slow motion, by 9. It could also h...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville/Sprague varsity basketball teams hosted Medical Lake Tuesday, December 7. The boys’ varsity team posted a win over the Cardinals 77-73. Chase Galbreath scored 23 points; Jayce Kelly had 18 in the non-league win. The Girls varsity lost 58-46. Sydney Kinch led the Broncos with 24 points. Wednesday, December 8, the boys traveled to Connell for a makeup game resulting from an earlier problem scheduling officials. The Broncos beat the Eagles 50-43 in the non-league contest. Galbreath recorded a dou...
RITZVILLE – Three Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestlers have been picked in the Top 15 pre-season rankings in their respective weight classes. Junior Johnny Ryan is ranked No. 2 in the 113 pound weight class. Ryan competed in the state Mat Classic tournament last February at 106 pounds. During the state tournament, he received a first round bye, won his first match and then lost to eventual state champion Waylon Thomas of Tonasket. In the consolation round he lost to Cody White o...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys (0-1) and girls (0-2) basketball teams both fell to Tri-Cities Prep on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The Bronco boys lost to the Jaguars, 57-54. Chase Galbreath had 18 points and J.T. Kelly had 14 in the losing effort. The boys team was also scheduled to play Medical Lake (0-1) at home Tuesday night, Dec. 7; The Journal went to press before the game started. The local girls also fell , 43-38. Hannah Chang led all girls on the court with 20 points for the Jaguars. Grace Fedie paced the B...
Fall sports have concluded with the football state championships determined last weekend. So let’s go back and give credit to our local teams. The girls’ volleyball team battled valiantly a few weeks ago at the state tournament in Yakima. A couple of injuries to key players made things tough to get to the placing round. But the girls did battle after a first round loss to Raymond the girls would get to Friday’s round with a chance for a trophy. I had a chance to watch this...
RITZVILLE – Nine Lind-Ritzville/Sprague football players received NE 2B All-Opponent honors for the 2021 season. Six of the players were recognized for play on both offense and defense. Freshmen Brody Boness hit the trifecta, receiving honors for offense, defense and special teams. On the offensive line senior Kolby Tracy and junior Hayden Stone received first team honors. Junior Blake Esser was named to the second team. At quarterback, junior Chase Galbreath was named to the first team. At running back, sophomore Brock K...