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WASHTUCNA - The state's "official" waterfall hosted activities on New Year's Day, part of a "First Day" celebration in which state parks were opened, sans Discover Pass. Visitors turned out for a tour of the park and a scavenger hunt, including a couple hailing from Syracuse, N.Y. The couple came west to visit their son, who is a college professor in Walla Walla, and part of that visit ended up at Palouse Falls State Park on Wednesday. "It's New Year's Day, I wanted to take a...
Things have been interesting down in Pullman in the last couple of weeks. A bunch of the football players put their names into the transfer portal and Coach Jake Dickert was announced as the new head football coach at Wake Forest. He now leads the Demon Deacons football team. Now I’ve heard rumors like most everyone has about Dickert’s move to the North Carolina school. WF plays in the ACC conference in a stadium smaller than Gesa Field in Pullman. And historically they hav...
Both the boys and girls won the Class 2B, non-league matchup on Dec. 27. The boys won, 70-34, and the girls won 62-35. The boys and girls returned to the court Tuesday night after press time....
RITZVILLE — Lind-Ritzville/Sprague sports teams return to action this week following the holiday break. Basketball games and boys wrestling events were both scheduled to take place Tuesday night after press time. The boys wrestling team was headed to Freeman for a dual meet against the Scotties. Wrestling was scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Meanwhile, the boys and girls basketball teams were scheduled to travel to Medical Lake on Tuesday for a non-league showdown with the Cardinals. On Wednesday, the girls wrestling team will t...
OTHELLO — A local wrestler has been named Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Athlete of the Week for Class 2A boys for Week 16 of the 2024-25 school year. Mason Perez, wrestling at 285 pounds, won the Tri-State tournament in Couer d’Alene on Dec. 28. Then on Jan. 4, Perez won another title, winning the Leonard Schutte Round-Up. The title helped Othello with the tournament team title, as well. Perez is undefeated this season, having amassed 13 wins only half-way through the 2024-25 season. Other state Ath...
RITZVILLE — Here are the results of the first Ritzville Gun Club event of the year on Saturday, Jan. 4: 25 — Justin Simonson 24 — Jake Dewald, Camerson Benitz, Kyle Bauer, Rob Melcher, Scott Yaeger, Scott Hennings and Dennis Faechner 23 — Ryan Frederick, Tyler Frederick, Travis Dewald, Travis Simonson, Jim Heider, Karsten Stokoe and Conrade Bauer 22 — Scott Steinmetz, Brian Kramer, Matt Leffel, Jeffery Staley, Chris Phillips and Hayes Hennings 21 — Garrett Frederick, Mike Geschke, Aaron Barham and Tim Wellsandt 20 and under ...
Lind-Ritzville senior Carson Kubik won the 150-pound weight class Saturday at the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament. Pictured, Kubik scores near fall points on Colfax's Aslan Burt. After winning the title, Kubik received a gold medal and a Santa "Champion" hat. Tournament results were not reported as of press time....
The most convenient, and economical, location for local visitors wanting to see a Washington State Park may be Palouse Falls State Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day with free admission and opportunity to join a photo scavenger hunt. Park officials could not be contacted for details. Palouse Falls State Park is reached by picking up State Route 261 after Washtucna, and the destination is about 45 miles from Ritzville, on the way to Lyons Ferry Marina. Palouse Falls is Washington’s official state waterfall. Thr...
My new year’s resolution is the same as every year I don’t make a new year’s resolution. I don’t think you should worry about improving yourself only to disappoint yourself by breaking the resolution. So I’m just going to do the best I can to do the best I can! Now there will be a bunch of people that will go to their nearest lake and do the Polar Plunge and that really looks cold. I’m not sure I see the importance of freezing on the first day of the new year. The closest I e...
RITZVILLE - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys basketball team took command of the court early Friday night, Dec. 27, and cruised to an easy 70-34 win over the visiting River View Panthers. The Broncos (4-4) opened the game with a 10-6 first quarter, then exploded in the second quarter to expand the margin to 20 points as Bronco senior Brody Boness dominated the baseline. At the half, the Broncos led the Panthers, 34-16. Lind-Ritzville's momentum continued in the third quarter, w...
RITZVILLE - The game was over before it started. The Lind-Ritzville girls put 28 points on the board in the first quarter to immediately run away with a 62-35 win over the River View Panthers on Dec. 27. The Broncos (5-3) starting lineup put 24 points on the board before the Panthers (2-6) could get a single bucket - and that came with only 1:50 left in t he first quarter. Backup players started rotating into the game immediately in the second quarter, and the Broncos still...
KENNEWICK — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wrestling team finished 19th overall at the Bob Mars JV Invite on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Broncos amassed 60.5 team points; Richland won with 224.0 points, followed by Kamiakin in second with 221.0 and Chiawana in third with 216.0. Cooper Ramos finished fourth at 120 pounds and Carson Kubik was fourth at 150. Here are the individual results: 106 Pounds Carter Brierly (2-2) was pinned in 2:12 in his opening match by Luis Lares of Eisenhower. In wrestlebacks, he received a bye then pinned H...
When a person volunteers in a community you never know what issues might arise and take extra time out their life. There were some issues that came about at the Depot Museum and we needed to move items and clean things up. All is right again and the help received is very much appreciated. There were some items that were moved that brought back some very fond memories. One of those items was a NE District ‘B’ basketball Championship trophy from 1963. I remember being at the...
COLFAX - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys wrestlers opened league at the Colfax Boys Scramble on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Carson Kubik, Aydon Morgan and Brock Tracy led the Broncos; team scores were not reported. Wrestling at 285, Tracy pinned both of his opponents with a total time of 60 seconds. He pinned Kyron Clovis of Asotin in 31 seconds and then Riley Cook of Asotin in 29 seconds. Morgan, on the mat in the boys 175B weight class, won his opener by forfeit over Braxton...
RITZVILLE — The Broncos boys basketball team went 1-1 last week, falling to NE2B competitor Asotin, but edging Class 1A Connell Against Connell on Dec. 21, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (3-3) opened with a 20-15 first quarter lead and expanded the margin by outscoring the Eagles 22-12 in the second quarter. At the half, the Broncos led 42-27. The Eagles rallied in the second half, closing the gap by 8 points in the third quarter and 5 more in the fourth. But the rally wasn’t quite enough and the Broncos held on to edge the Eag...
RITZVILLE — Three Broncos and nine Huskies have been ranked in state wrestling polls. Seniors Wyatt Rosman, Carson Kubik and Brock Tracy all earned rankings in the Washington Wrestling Report for B schools. Rosman is ranked No. 12 at 144, Kubik is No. 4 at 150 and Tracy is No. 4 at 285. As team, the Broncos were ranked 23rd; Tonasket, Okanogan and Goldendale were the Top 3 ranked teams, respectively. From Othello, nine grapplers are ranked among Class 2A schools. At 113, juniors Daniel Gonazalez is ranked No. 4 and C...
Here we are again with another football season finished and playoffs and bowl games on the agenda. Once again we see players opting out of playing in their team’s bowl game for fear of an injury. And now there is another issue for teams preparing for the post season and that is the Transfer Portal. For the Marshall University Thundering Herd they opted out of their bowl game due to lack of numbers. After a highly successful season their head coach took another head coaching po...
COLFAX - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys wrestlers opened league at the Colfax Boys Scramble on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Carson Kubik, Aydon Morgan and Brock Tracy led the Broncos; team scores were not reported. Wrestling at 285, Tracy pinned both of his opponents with a total time of 60 seconds. He pinned Kyron Clovis of Asotin in 31 seconds and then Riley Cook of Asotin in 29 seconds. Morgan, on the mat in the boys 175B weight class, won his opener by forfeit over Braxton...
RITZVILLE — The Broncos boys basketball team split last week with two different Coyote teams The local boys fell to the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes, 93-36, on Dec. 10, then edged the Kittitas Coyotes, 74-72, in overtime Dec. 13. The Columbia Coyotes were unstoppable on their home court, cruising to an easy 93-36 victory. The Coyotes didn’t report individual statistics. Senior Brody Boness led the Broncos with 10 points, followed by younger brother Cameron Boness and Beau Fode with 7 each. Zach Klein added 5, Jerod Harder 4 a...
RITZVILLE — The Bronco girls basketball team routed the Kittitas Coyotes, 61-28, Dec. 13, just three days after falling to the Columbia (Burbank) Coyotes, 47-34, on Dec. 10. On her home court in Gilson Gymnasium, Zoe Galbreath led the Broncos to an easy win over Kittitas. With 31 individual points, she outscored the entire Kittitas team. The Broncos opened with a 23-6 dominating first quarter, before Kittitas closed the margin in the second. At halftime, the Broncos had a 27-16 lead. That second-quarter rally was all the Coyo...
REARDAN – Six players scored in double figures as the Screaming Eagles overwhelmed Lind-Ritzville-Sprague 93-20 in their 2BNE season-opener Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Screaming Eagles dug their talons into the Broncos from the very start and never let go. Senior Rysen Soliday started Reardan's scoring spree with a rare four point play in the opening minutes. The team's hustle and smothering defense kept LRS on its heels as they outscored the Broncos 26-2 in the first quarter. By t...
REARDAN – The Screaming Eagles' girls basketball team opened their season with an impressive 48-35 win over Lind-Ritzville-Sprague on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Sophomore Tenice Waters scored 15 points to lead her team. Reardan jumped to a 9-0 lead early in the game behind Rylynn Green's 3-point shot and buckets from Tenice Waters, Olivia Wicks, Mackenzie Bjornberg and Chasyn Waters. LRS closed the gap with three straight baskets, but after one quarter, Reardan led 14-9. In the first ha...