Falling into winter

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 game from the comforts or a high school classroom chair. The Adna Pirates had a 2 games to 1 lead on LRS and seemingly had...