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RITZVILLE – The LRS Bronco football team got a taste of live action Saturday, August 28, in a football Jamboree against teams from around the region. Under the scrimmage format offenses take the ball on the opponent 40 yard line, and run 10 plays. If they do not make a first down (gain 10 yards) in 4 plays the ball is returned to the 40, and a new drive begins. After 10 plays the teams switch sides of the ball, and the defensive teams goes on offense. In the varsity portion o...
Volleyball coaches still needed RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville schools were scrambling Monday to find two more volleyball coaches even as the first high school practice was allowed to begin. The high school team was to start practice Monday, Aug. 23, and the middle school is set to begin Monday, Aug. 30. The high school is looking for a C-Squad coach and the middle school is in search of an assistant coach. The middle school position was thought to have been filled already, but the prospective coach withdrew following Governor J...
RITZVILLE – The Ritzville Water Park closed for the season Sunday, Aug. 22. Manager Donna Kessler described the season as "hot." She went on to say the park had "pretty consistent attendance all season." The park operated five days a week, instead of the usual six days, due to staff shortages, she said. The park was also closed for five days during the summer due to unhealthy air quality, she said. Closing comes a week early this year. "We are down to six guards" Kessler s...
If you are anything like me, maybe I should rephrase that. If you are a football fan like me that enjoys the fall because of football then hopefully we can resume a happy lifestyle by watching high school athletes play the game. Yes, this coming Saturday there will be the high school football jamboree at Jimmie Snider Field at 1:00. Out Lind-Ritzville-Sprague-Washtucna Broncos will again be the host. And football is going to be played at the traditional time of year with a...
RITZVILLE – After a year absence, the Ritzville Golf Course was once again the site of the annual Danekas Invitational Golf Tournament on Sunday Aug. 22. More than 50 golfers competed in "DIGs," divided into three flights by handicap. Flight 1 included golfers with handicaps of 1-11. Flight 2 was a group of relatively evenly matched golfers, with handicaps bunched from 12-16. Flight 3 was the largest and included golfers with handicaps from 17-30. The Flight 1 gross winner w...
I know that many of you get freaked out when you are out and about and see someone enter a store that you are frequenting and they are not wearing a mask. While others look at people wearing a mask and wonder if they are probably not vaccinated. It has come to this point in the pandemic where we all have trust issues. We all know at least one person that refuses to get the vaccine shot(s) because they have heard too much negativity and fear what might happen to them in the...
A deer stands at the base of a cliff at the Revere Wildlife Area south of Lamont on Friday, Aug 13....
WASHTUCNA — Visitors and area residents will be able to enjoy Palouse Falls and Lyons Ferry state parks along state Highway 261 without paying a fee Wednesday, Aug. 25. Washington State Parks will open all of its parks for free access that day, a requirement of the legislation that created the agency’s Discover Pass, a pay-for-play program designed to supplement tax allocations for maintainence of publicly owned lands. The state Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources will also allow free access Aug. 25 to pub...
SPANGLE — Two Northeast 2B league football teams are among the Top 10 being ranked in the state as the season prepares to kickoff. According to ScorebookLive.com’s rankings, The Northeast 2B-North powerhouse Jenkins Cougars made the cut at No. 6. The Northeast 2B-South perennial juggernaut Liberty (Spangle) Lancers are ranked No. 7. The Colfax Bulldogs, Davenport Gorillas, Lind-Ritzville Broncos and Reardan (formerly Indians) compete in the division. In the Class 2B ran...
WEBB'S SLOUGH - A debut is in the making for the next sprint boat races in St. John on Aug. 28. Dangerous Curves is a team of locals, Mike Thomas and Clint O'Keefe, who formed last year and waited out the pandemic-canceled 2020 season. Then the night before the opening race at Webb's Slough in June, they put the boat in the water for a test run and it did not go as they hoped. "Catastrophic failure," said Thomas. The boat sucked in water, ruined two pushrods, and bent a...
DAVENPORT – Masks will still be a part of sports this year, but face covering rules won’t be as restrictive to start the 2021-22 school year. The state Department of Health released new guidelines that mandate masks in some athletic settings, but not in others. The guidelines come on the heels of the state once again requiring masks in K-12 schools this year, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. Athletes won’t have to mask up during competition or practice for any outdo...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville High School tennis team members were recognized recently for their efforts during an abbreviated season. Hunter Cameron received the Most Improved Award, coaches Janna Gingrich and Chelsea Kneale reported. He was the team's lone sophomore. Alexis Melcher received the Most Inspirational Award, and Amy Anderson received the Best Technique Award, the coaches reported. Both girls were juniors. And Serena Block was recognized as the team caption, the c...
PULLMAN – Washington State University Cougars' quarterback Jayden de Laura was found not guilty of DUI by a judge in Whitman County District Court on July 29. There was no jury, it was a bench trial determined by Judge Pro Tem Douglas Robinson. "They brought up a lack of evidence ... they showed video from the officer's body camera that he wasn't staggering or slurring his speech," said Whitman County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Tessa Scholl. "I think his attorneys did a great j...
A few weeks ago we needed to make a trip to Spokane and on the way home we decided to get away from the freeway traffic and go through Cheney. We decided to go to a store and browse around for a bit. I noticed a young man wearing a red Eastern Washington athletics sweatshirt. The young man looked like he spent a fair amount of time in the weight room. As he meandered through the store I saw him picking out some items to purchase. He was close enough so I walked over and asked...
Sgts. Tomas Solano and Juan Garcia and deputy Saul Chavez hosted their Othello United FC Boys 10U soccer team during a visit to the Sheriff's Office. The law enforcement officers coach the team. Players received backpacks and thanked sponsors for uniforms and equipment during the visit, while also having an opportunity explore the office and check out patrol vehicles....
EPHRATA – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has named Brock Hoenes north-central region director. Hoenes oversees the region that includes Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties, effective Aug. 1. “I’m excited to be back in the region where I started my career with WDFW 13 years ago,” Hoenes said. ” “I’m passionate about the fish and wildlife and the people in this region. For myself and my family, it feels like returning home.” Hoenes began is career with the state agency in 2008. Most recently, he wa...
RITZVILLE – Day camps of horse back riding lessons are in full swing at Iron Legacy Ranch near Ralston this summer. The Ranch, located at 651 N. Benzel Road, is owned by Heidi Tracy and her husband, Ryan. Heidi Tracy is a Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) instructor. "Here at Iron Legacy Ranch, we use horses to connect with people where they are at," Tracy said. "We have found in our own lives that horses are an incredible tool to connect with ourselves and others, t...
Last week, I talked about the Olympics and my feelings about the games. I said I may not watch any of the coverage and as of this writing I haven’t watched this year’s installment. But I have read some of the storylines and there are some interesting happenings thus far. The first thing that took place was when the USA women were shutout by Sweden 3-0 in their first game. As an American I should be shocked, dismayed and upset. Okay, I’m a bit dismayed but I’m not upset....
Ritzville Rodeo Queen Julia Klein, 18, of Ritzville, was among the visiting royalty at the Cheney Rodeo on Friday and Saturday, July 9-10. In addition to grand entry at the rodeo, she also participated in the city parade and with the "Because There is Hope" fundraiser supporting cancer patients....
RITZVILLE - A sports camp held in the Gilson Gymnasium July 7-9 gave coaches Cari Galbreath, Shannon Hughes and Shannon Court the opportunity to drill athletes on all the fine techniques of a good volleyball team, including passing, serving, defense, attacking, and rotation....
Before you know it, the 2020 Olympics will be on TV disguised as the 2021 Olympics because of the C-19 pandemic. The games that will be taking place starting on Friday will be without fans, like sports were a year ago. I’m not sure if the stands will be full of cardboard cutouts. We will just have to wait and see. As a young lad I used to get excited about the Olympics and couldn’t wait to see some of the track competition or basketball games, boxing or even gymnastics. The...
Hunter Dinkins, a junior at Lind-Ritzville High School and Bronco on the golf team, practices his game on the municipal golf course last week....
Miss Rodeo Othello Brianna Kin Kade leads Arianna Nash of Spokane around the Cheney Rodeo arena on her horse Sunday morning during the Rascal Rodeo. The event, designed to give special needs children and adults, an opportunity to participate in western events, was part of the three-day Cheney Rodeo. Miss Rodeo Othello Brianna Kin Kade, right, was among the visiting royalty participating in the three day Cheney Rodeo this past weekend. As part of grand entry, she rode the...
RITZVILLE - The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague softball team honored players with awards at their annual banquet last month. Named Captains for the team are Kelsey Billigmeier and Sadie Miller. Grace Fedie was awarded Most Improved. Nyleana Bailey was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Miller took the award for Offensive Player of the Year. The Bronco Award went to Billigmeier. Both Miller and Bailey were selected as All League - South Division this year. The team is coached by...
The age-old question for graduating seniors again this year is, of course, “And what are you going to do now?” For most people those choices have been in the works for a while. Schools have been researched, scholarships applied for and secured, and it’s just a matter of time until exciting things will happen. It’s interesting that kids who have been best friends for 6-8 years will have differing goals upon graduation. But each individual should want what best interes...