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PULLMAN — Washington State University has sold naming rights of the field in Martin Stadium to Tri-Cities-based Gesa Credit Union. The university and financial business have signed a 10-year deal naming the field as Gesa Field. The value of the contract is valued at more than $11 million, officials said. "Washington State University was established 130 years ago to serve the citizens of our state," university President Kirk Schulz said today in announcing the deal. "That commi...
ST. JOHN – The Odessa Tigers (3-0) juggernaut hit the century mark for the first time this season as they dominated the St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse Eagles (0-2) on the gridiron Wedneday night, March 3. "We just had a tough game," Eagles Coach Richard Hallenius said on the field after the blowout. "It's obvious why they're the state champs. They have a lot of kids versus our 11." For the Tigers part, every one of their nearly 30 players took the field for several minutes of t...
CHEWELAH – Lind-Ritzville cross country runners competed in a Northeast 2B League meet hosted by Jenkins High School in Chewelah Saturday, Mar. 6. "The team did great," Coach Morgan Hunt said. "The weather was beautiful. The course was a little swampy, but it made it fun for the kids." In the 1.25-mile middle school girls race, sole female on the Broncos team Maeve Korthuis placed 13th out of 25 runners. Korthuis, a seventh-grader, finished in 10:31.45. "She's a very strong runner," Hunt said. "She came from a running backgro...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos swept Davenport at home with set scores of 25-15, 25-12, and 25-17 Tuesday, March 2. "Communication was better and we had a controlled game," Lind-Ritzville Coach Cari Galbreath said. "We didn't show up to play," Davenport Coach Heather Jacoby said. Taylor Galbreath led the Broncos with 12 aces, eight kills and 10 assists. Janaye Wilkie and Grace Fedie had six digs each. Dakota Killian and Sydney Kinch each had one block. For Davenport, Haley G...
RITZVILLE - Lind-Ritzville School District Greg Whitmore announced superintendents from the district continue to meet to review and set guidelines for the safe implementation of athletic competitions while also trying to avoid any setbacks in current learning models. Whitmore said for now, the league has decided to limit spectators to fans of the home school district and parents of opposing/visiting Senior (Gr. 12) student athletes only. For middle school events, no visiting...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos may not have celebrated a win for their first home game of the season, but they had reason to celebrate with some tough defense under Friday night's moonlight Feb. 26. The home team, with 26 players, hosted Chewelah's Jenkins High School with a full pack of 40 Cougars and held them to just three points on the board for all but the last five minutes of the game. Lind-Ritzville's six seniors, backed up by nine sophomores and 11 freshman, faced down J...
Normally we would be talking about the basketball playoffs now and my yearly trek to Spokane to enjoy four days of small school, high octane basketball tournament play. But the short football season just got underway Friday night. Working with the chain gang I get to visit with the young kids from the visiting team. The Chewelah kids were a nice group and I learned a lot. One young man said he was cold. I mentioned that he was from Chewelah and should be used to it. He said...
ASOTIN – Lind-Ritzville's cross country team competed at a Northeast 2B League meet in Asotin, where the host team took first place for both men's varsity and men's middle school races Saturday, Feb. 27. Kettle Falls took second place in the men's 5,000 meter varsity race, followed by Northwest Christian (Colbert) in third and Davenport in fourth. Running for the Broncos, junior Eli Michaels came in 42nd place out of 55 runners, with a time of 21:28. He was immediately followed by the team's sole senior, Sam Michaels coming i...
MOSCOW, Idaho — The Idaho Vandals shocked the No. 12-ranked Eastern Washington Eagles in Big Sky football action Saturday evening, scoring the winning touchdown with 54 seconds left in the game. The Eastern loss came with a fourth-quarter field goal that officials missed. With the score tied at 21, Eastern kicker Seth Harrison booted a 24-yarder through the uprights; the ball hit the score clock. But the Big Sky Conference official missed the called because he may have been a...
DAVENPORT — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos came to town and used strong serve attacks and solid defense to sweep Davenport (0-1) in three sets, 25-13, 25-20, 25-10. It was the first match for either team since Fall 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players had to wear masks and sit six feet apart from each other on the bench. The two teams didn't shake hands before or after the game, but acknowledged each other through a friendly wave and "hello" across the net before t...
REARDAN— Football was back in muddy, jamboree form Monday, Feb. 22, as the Reardan Indians hosted the Davenport Gorillas and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos for varsity and junior varsity scrimmages. Each varsity offense played each school’s varsity defense once, with the same scenario for junior varsity. Each series ran between 8-14 plays, as officials let teams finish drives, all of which intentionally started at the opponent’s 40-yard-line. Davenport solid Both the varsi...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos were ready to join area schools at St. George in Spokane Saturday, Feb. 20, but the event was cancelled Friday, due to snow. They are next scheduled to travel to Asotin, Saturday, Feb. 27. Their first league meet is scheduled for March 6 at Mt. Spokane High School. Coach Morgan Hunt is in her third year of coaching the Broncos, and said she has four returning runners from her varsity team this year. Samuel Michaels, the only senior on the team, along w...
I think that most people look at the coming week and will either be excited or maybe a bit apprehensive. If your calendar looks like ours does, you would most likely think really? That’s this week? Last week with President’s Day the schools were out and it was snowing on top of it. Middle School football was supposed to get started on Tuesday in Lind but with the snowstorm it was decided that the schools would stay closed to in class learning and instead it would be onl...
COLFAX - Coming off a sweep of Davenport in the season-opener, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos (1-1) dropped three in a row to the host Bulldogs on Tuesday night, Feb. 23. Colfax (1-0) won the sets 25-16, 25-10 and 25-19. Junior setter Justice Brown led the Bulldogs with 18 assists and 6 aces as teammate senior hitter Sophie Klaveano had nine kills. Anni Cox added 10 digs. "It was great for our first night out," Colfax Coach Brandy Brown said after the win. Individual stats...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Citing the inability to come to an agreement to negotiate a different lease term, Spokane County Raceway operator Craig Smith will step away from the facility leaving both the 2021 season, and the track’s future up in the air. Neither Spokane County Commissioners, nor officials with Spokane County Parks who oversee the facility returned requests for comments by deadline time Tuesday evening, Feb. 23. They were asked on Monday to address the rampant social media chatter that the track would close — or if it...
REARDAN—Football was back in jamboree form Monday, Feb. 22, as the Reardan Indians hosted the Davenport Gorillas and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos for varsity and junior varsity jamboree-style scrimmages. Each varsity offense played each school’s varsity defense once, with the same scenario for junior varsity. Each series ran between 8-14 plays, as officials let teams finish drives, nearly all of which intentionally started at the opponent’s 40-yard-line. Davenport cruises on offense, looks solid on defense Both the varsi...
REARDAN - The Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos took to the gridiron Monday night, Feb. 22, at the 'Mudbowl Jamboree.' The Broncos faced off against Northeast 2B conference rivals the Reardan Indians and Davenport Gorillas on a muddy field. Look for our coverage in this week's print edition of the The Ritzville Adams County Journal....
DAVENPORT — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos came to town and used strong serve attacks and solid defense to sweep Davenport (0-1) in three sets, 25-13, 25-20, 25-10. It was the first match for either team since Fall 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players had to wear masks and sit six feet apart from each other on the bench. The two teams didn't shake hands before or after the game, but acknowledged each other through a friendly wave and "hello" across the net before t...
DAVENPORT - Lind-Ritzville High School plays their first volleyball match of the season, in Davenport, this afternoon. The JV game begins at 5 p.m. and the varsity game at 6:30 p.m. Athletic Director Greg Whitmore announced the game will be live-streamed on the following link: https://youtu.be/SlMVuJ_Nj9M. The Broncos are coached by Cari Galbreath and assistant coaches Shannon Hughes and Shannon Court....
RITZVILLE – Low and moderate risk sports competitions are permitted during Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington Roadmap to Recovery, but not tournaments; with fitness and training establishments limited to 25% capacity. Outdoor social gatherings, meanwhile, are limited to 15 people from outside a household with a limit of two households. Superintendents from the Northeast 2B league met and agreed to guidelines for the safe return of athletics, WIAA Executive Board member and Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director Greg Whitmore said M...
There are times when I get upset with something I hear or read,and I immediately want to voice my opinion. It's a natural reaction whether it is personal, political or community related. With the C-19 shutdowns and delays, I was looking forward to seeing Eastern Eagle football this spring. But when the new schedule was released, three of the teams Eastern was scheduled to play said they were going to wait until fall to make a comeback. They are Portland State, Montana and...
RITZVILLE – The Broncos are looking forward to their first competition on the football field this year. A Jamboree with Davenport and Reardan, originally scheduled for Jan. 20 at Davenport has been re-scheduled for Monday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. The location has not yet been determined. "We always look forward to the Jamboree," said head coach Greg Whitmore Monday. "It is an opportunity to get repetitions at game speed, which is something we really can't mimic in practice. We've got a lot of young players that this will be an eye...
RITZVILLE – Right, football players are seen conditioning Wednesday, Feb. 17, in preparation for their first competitions. Hayden Stone is pictured coming to a complete halt in a “Run, Swoop to Hit Position” drill. Head Coach Greg Whitmore is pictured on the left and Coach Hilzer on the right. Also running drills were Coaches Hayes and Coach Lynch. A Jamboree originally scheduled for Davenport Feb. 20 has been rescheduled for 4 p .m., Feb. 22, in either Davenport or Reard...
After writing last week’s column it occurred to me that I have been submitting this weekly blurb, well I’ve missed a few as well, since the fall of 2004 when Jake Kragt and his teammates made that great championship run. When you write a column you get a few ideas bundled in your head and once you start writing them down you start to see how many words that have piled up and before you know it you’ve got to bring it to an end. That certainly was what happened last week and t...
RITZVILLE – Fall sports practices are scheduled to begin Wednesday, Feb. 10, following conditioning last week. "We are excited to begin high school practices this week," Athletic Director Greg Whitmore said, advising athletes to dress for cold weather, and not come to practice if they are not feeling well. "If we have an outbreak (usually defined as two or more COVID-positive athletes and/or coaches), a pod, a team all fall sports or even the school may be forced to stop a...