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MOSES LAKE –The Odessa Tigers run at a state 1B football title ended Saturday, upended by the Quilcene Rangers. The Rangers won the state semifinal game, 36-12, to advance to the title game against Almira/Coulee-Hartline, which won the other semifinal, 68-32. Both games took place at Lions Field. Odessa came out strong, with a straight-ahead ground game. The Tigers scored first with 8:43 left in the first quarter. The 2-point conversion attempt failed, and Odessa led, 6-0. Qui...
To say the least it was an amazing weekend. No, I didn’t do any Christmas shopping because I don’t want to start something I can’t pay for. No, the sports world gods decided that the traditional last weekend of the football season should have a new winner this year. It started on Friday late afternoon in Seattle when WSU defeated the UW Huskies 40-13. To be honest it wasn’t that close. The Huskies started another Huard at quarterback but the young freshman threw 4 interce...
SPOKANE – State game worried about chronic wasting disease in deer, elk, moose and caribou have implemented restrictions on hunters bringing meet into the state. Washington residents hunting in Idaho and Manitoba may only bring meat into the state that has been “de-boned,” hides without heads attached, finished taxidermy mounts. Hunters may also bring in skulls and antlers as long as all soft-tissue has been removed, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The restrictions are due to an outbreak of chronic wasti...
On Sunday I was sort of watching a NFL game that had been long decided when the network switched over to a more competitive game which was actually in the early stages of overtime. The Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers were tied at 16 apiece. Detroit was moving the ball and had good field position when their QB was sacked on third down. In the next 7 plus minutes of the game one had to wonder if the teams had actually employed professionals or if these were...
SPOKANE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos football season ended Saturday afternoon, Nov. 20, with a 54-15 loss to the Onalaska Loggers at Gonzaga Preparatory School. "They were the better team," Broncos Coach Greg Whitmore said following the game. "Our kids came out and played really well for a quarter-and-a-half. Midway through the second quarter, Onalaska's size, physicality and experience took over on both sides of the ball." Onalaska received the opening kick-off and w...
SPOKANE — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos will play the Onalaska Loggers in the state 2B football playoff quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 20. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at Gonzaga Prepatory School, 1224 E. Euclid Ave. The No. 5-seeded Loggers (5-5, 3-2 in league) enter the game after beating the River View (Finley) Panthers, 62-8, in the opening round of the 2B football playoffs, Nov. 13, at Tiger Stadium in Centralia. The undefeated Broncos (9-0) are coming off a bye week as the N...
YAKIMA – The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles girls volleyball team finished third in the state 1B tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The Eagles topped Odessa, 25-21, 25-20, 25-13 to win the third-place trophy on Friday, Nov. 12. The Odessa Tigers brought home the fourth-place trophy. The Eagles made it to the trophy game after crushing Willapa Valley and Wilbur-Creston, both in three sets, to open the tournament, Thursday, Nov. 11. In the semifinal game Friday, Nov. 1...
RENTON - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos boys football team has been selected Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 2B Team of the Month for October. Meanwhile, the No. 4-ranked Broncos will face No. 5-ranked Onalaska in a state playoff this week. The game time, day and location had yet to be determined at press time. The team, which had a bye last week, was selected as a team on the month for players’ performances, dedication in the classroom and service to the community. “After being picked preseason to fin...
YAKIMA - The playoff run for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls volleyball team ended Friday morning, Nov. 12, with a 3-1 loss to No. 11 seed Adna. The Broncos won the first set 25-17, but lost the next three 23-25, 17-25 and 23-25. The Broncos began the playoffs as the No. 10 seed on Thursday morning, Nov. 11, with a 3-1 loss to No. 7 Raymond. Three of the four sets were extremely close, with the second set requiring an extra point. The scores were 25-23, 24-26,...
It has been a while since the volleyball and football teams qualified for their respective state tournaments. It was 2013 for the volleyball team and 2015 for the football team. Last week the girls’ volleyball team took second place in the NE 2B district volleyball tournament. The championship was won by undefeated and number 1 rated Colfax. The second place finish in this league is a real accomplishment. LRS volleyball placed two team members on the All-league team: Dakota K...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos boys football team is headed to the state Class 2B playoffs. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos beat the Manson Trojans, 41-0, in a rare Saturday afternoon, Nov. 6, football game at Jimmie Snider Field. Manson – with promising freshman quarterback Vince Strecker – was fresh off its tiebreaker win over Tonasket last Tuesday night . But the Trojans were no match for the Broncos in the District 6/ 7 crossover play-in game, which would send one team to th...
COLFAX - Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna Cross Country runners wrapped up the season Saturday, October 30, at the Colfax Golf Course in the District 7/9 Regional Championships. Coach Christina Heater said "the beautiful weather and flat course made for a fast paced race." In the 5000 meter men's varsity event Eli Michels placed 41 of 110 runners with a time of 18:57. Caleb Heater placed 70 with a time of 20:30. Brix Curtis placed 80 with a time of 21:18. In the 5000 meter...
RITZVILLE - Three members of the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna Volleyball team earned All League NE2B honors for the regular season. Named to the first team are seniors Dakota Killian and Sydney Kinch. Junior, Taylor Galbreath received second team honors. Lind-Ritzville head coach Cari Galbreath was named NE2B Coach of the Year....
RITZVILLE — The Broncos girls opened the Northeast 2B district tournament by sweeping the Crusaders on Monday night, Nov. 1, at home in Gilson Gymnasium. The No. 2 seed Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna topped Northwest Christian (Colbert) in straight sets, 25-11, 25-10 and 25-18. The Broncos never trailed in any set. Dakota Killian had a good night blocking in the middle. Following the match head Coach Cari Galbreath said, “This was fun. We stayed steady and controlled the game.” She went on to say “we were not distrac...
COLFAX – The game had all the makings of an upset - an undefeated top-ranked team, two solid defenses, a rain that made the field slick and an underdog looking for a post-season berth. But the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos pulled out a narrow victory over thewell-coached, hungry Colfax Bulldogs, 15-14, on Thursday night, Oct. 28. "We told the kids all week that Colfax has great, great coaches and they know us so well, they're going to take away what we do best," B...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos begin the post season with a home crossover “play in” game later this week. The undefeated Broncos, the No. 1 seed from the Northeast 2B league (District No. 7), will host the fourth-place team from District No. 6 in North-Central Washington. The winner will advance to the state playoffs. The opponent of that game will be either the Tonasket Tigers (3-4 overall, 2-4 in league) or the Manson Trojans (3-5 overall, 1-4 in league). They face off for the second time this...
I would think that the whole world knows by now that WSU football coach Nick Rolovich was fired because of the Washington state governor’s mandate that all state employees would be vaccinated. Rolovich was hoping to get a religious exemption for not getting the jab. He was denied and around 5:00 on October 18th Coach Rolo was escorted from the campus by a State Patrol officer. He was not allowed to speak to the team or go back into his office. “Thanks Coach, don’t let the d...
RITZVILLE – Broncos fans and student athletes paused to honor three seniors prior to the varsity football game Friday night. Laura Miller, Eli Michels and Colby Tracy were all invited to the field with their parents. After graduation Miller, a cheerleader, plans to attend Eastern Washington University and study psychology. Cross country runner Michels plans to go into some sort of trade, possibly electrical. And football offensive/defensive lineman Tracy says he wants to "...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Lind-Ritzville/Spargue/Washtucna cross country runners competed in Plantes Ferry Park at the District 7 1B/2B Championship meet on Friday, Oct. 2 Three of the four local runners set personal record times. In the boys race, Eli Michels placed 29th out of 96 runners, with a time of 18:14. Caleb Heater placed 58th with a personal best time of 20:16, and Brix Curtis placed 76th with a time of 21:25, also a personal best. In girls varsity, Maeve Korthius, an e...
KETTLE FALLS – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna girls varsity volleyball team defeated Kettle Falls in straight sets Oct. 23. Set scores were 25-20, 25-15 and 25-18. Dakota Killian had 10 kills and 7 blocks in the winning effort. Amalia Court had 8 assists and 6 digs. The Broncos (7-4) close out the regular season in a non-league contest at Columbia (Burbank) on Wednesday, Oct.27. The Broncos will host a first-round District 7 match at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 in Gilson Gym. The opponent for that match is to be d...
LIND – Like other 16-year-old boys, Lind-Ritzville High School junior Nicholas Labes likes to hunt, play sports and hang out with friends. But due to a mysterious blood clot in his leg, being a normal teenager has been a challenge over the last year. Nick is back on the football field after a year of health issues that took him off the gridiron as a sophomore. "The first day of football practice last year, Nick came home complaining about pain behind his left knee," his m...
CHENEY – Courtney Bilodeaux, has been named Associate Athletic Director for Academic Success for Eastern Washington University. Bilodeaux, 30 lives in Cheney with her husband, Jordan 31, and her sixteen-month-old daughter. Her husband also works at the Eastern campus as Voice Administrator for the campus network. She has one sister and her parents are Stacy, a Spokane police officer and Shannon Roark, an Eastern alumnus who works on campus as an Associate Director of Financial Aid. Bilodeaux has two dogs and is an avid o...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos won the Northeast 2B league football title Friday, Oct. 22, after crusing the Asotin Panthers, 47-0. "This is a great win for the kids" Coach Greg Whitmore said. "This was the league championship win for us. We own all the tiebreakers. "We could be tied with Davenport, but we don't want to share." The scoring started early as Brody Boness scored on a 67-yard run, just 57 seconds into the game. At the 9:11 mark of the first quarter, Chase Galbreath added another t...
There are a lot of things that go through one’s mind when you hear about the destruction of a relic or part of a community. I had a lot of feelings that went through my mind when I saw pictures of the Almira School fire that happened last week. If you’ve never been in the building then maybe it doesn’t have as much of an effect. The one thing I remember most about Almira High School’s gym is that it was the only gym in the Bi-County that I never played in. Was it that big of a...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna Broncos put their unbeaten record on the line Friday night, Oct. 15, handing Reardan their fifth loss, 49-7, at Jimmie Snider field. Coach Greg Whitmore was pleased with the outcome. "We figured we were the better team, but at this point in the season we just take it one game at a time," he said. Just 1:18 into the game, Brody Boness scored the first Broncos touchdown on a 25 yard run. Then, at the 7:13 mark of the first q...