Athletic director to parents and athletes: don't abuse referees

Sportsmanship was the message of the day at the first Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athlete and parent meeting of the year.

“Great sportsmanship takes a great team,” LRS athletic director Greg Whitmore said at the meeting. “Everything in my life is based around a team. I don’t care if its marriage, I don’t care if it’s a coaching staff or a teaching staff. I look at everything as a team. Once you start not being a team, things don’t go well.”

Whitmore said it takes a team to make athletics an enjoyable experience for the students, but that there’s one part of the team that often gets forgotten: the o...