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I know the NFL playoffs are happening right now and we are down to four teams. There were some good games over the weekend and the AFC and NFC championship games should be really good. But today I want to get caught up with college basketball as the upsets are adding up with top 10 teams taking one on the chin. There are several polls that rate college basketball teams, both men and women and the competitiveness is intriguing. We have seen a bunch of upsets in the last few...
COLBERT – The Lind-Ritzville Broncos brought home five medals and a third-place team finish from the Crusader Classic at Northwest Christian on Saturday, Jan. 13. Gabe Smith and Brock Tracy both won gold medals, while Octavio Parades Martinez won silver. Waylon Rosman and Carson Kubik each captured bronze. The tournament didn't report girls results, but Emmy Klewin won her weight class, as well. The medalists lifted the Broncos to a third-place team finish with 114.5 p...
CHEWELAH – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys split in games last week, edging Jenkins on Jan. 13, but falling to Northwest Christian on Jan. 12. The Broncos (8-8, 5-5 in league) edged the Jenkins Cougars, 43-40 in a Northeast 2B matchup. Individual statistics weren’t reported for the game, but Broncos putting points on the board included Jerod Harder, Zach Klein, Damon Schilling, Joey Duff, Blake Earle, Bridger Moore, Brock Kinch, Lance Williamson and Shawn Steinberger. Against the Crusaders, the Bronco boys rallied in the four...
It is hard to fathom what all happened last week. We know that the UW Huskies were humbled by the Michigan Wolverines. I was looking forward to a good game. I started listening to the game when it was in the second quarter and the score was 17-3. I had other things going on at the time and when I got the game on the radio in my car it was a shock. The game was played on Wolverine terms and the Huskies could never get over the hump and get close enough to make it a good game. A...
CHEWELAH – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls routed Jenkins, 72-49, on Saturday, Jan. 13. The local girls (8-5 overall, 5-3 in league), opened the game by dominating the first half, outscoring Jenkins (6-9, 2-8 in league) by 7 points in the first quarter and 6 in the second. The Broncos held an 18-11 lead after one quarter and a 41-28 lead at the half. The Broncos put the game away in the third, outscoring the Cougars, 18-8, to expand the margin to 59-36. With Lind-Ritzville rotating players in off the bench, the Broncos a...
COLBERT – A St. John-Endicott finished fourth Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Crusader Classic at Northwest Christian. Steven Campbell finished fourth at 175 pounds. Campbell is one of only two grapplers for the Eagles – the other is Cameron Mathia at 113. Campbell opened with a bye and then a loss by pin to Reed Widman of Liberty in 3:47. In the wrestlebacks, he received a bye, then pinned Talen Kent of Kettle Falls in 1:59 and Mason Watt Shilwin of East Valley (Spokane Valley in...
RITZVILLE – Shooters turned out Jan. 7 and 14 for the first two shoot of the year at the Ritzville Gun Club. Here are the results: Jan. 14 (33 shooters) 24 – John Stromberger, Cameron Benitz, Kyle Bauer, Justin Simonson, Colby Schell and Matt Leffel 23 – Garrett Frederick, Travis Simonson and Travis Dewald 22 – Ryan Frederick, Scott Steinmetz, Jason Heider and Dennis Faechner 21 – Jake Dewald, Mike Stromberger, Scott Yaeger, Mike Geschke, Ben Geschke, William Green, Conrad Bauer and Kari Frederick 20 and under – Tyler Frederi...
REARDAN – With three players scoring in double figures, the Screaming Eagles cruised to a 71-46 win over Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Saturday, Jan. 6. Broncos' freshman Joey Duff came out of the chute with guns blazing, firing two quick shots, resulting in four quick points for the Broncos. Unfortunately for LRS, his night on the court ended minutes later after suffering a dislocated knee. Reardan took advantage of Duff's absence and quickly took control of the game. Rysen S...
It is hard to predict what type of team that the Eastern Washington Eagles will field each season especially with the transfer portal changing rosters all over the country. The Eagles have lost a few players in the last few years because of it and some really good ones too. Some have made good decisions while a few others have had trouble finding playing time or maybe they have had trouble adjusting to the new coach. When Shantay Legens left for Portland after a Big Sky...
REARDAN – Reardan freshman Olivia Wicks scored only 2 points Jan. 6 against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, but they were the ones that counted the most. Her basket with 13 seconds left in the game clinched the Screaming Eagles' 44-43 win. From the start, Chasyn Waters, Reardan's high-energy eighth-grader, and Bronco sophomore Zoe Galbreath took charge of their respective teams on the offensive end of the court. They ended up scoring 6 points apiece in the first quarter. Tenice W...
DAVENPORT—The School District joined 11 others in challenging the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association on Class 2B athletics enrollment criteria. The Davenport appeal was filed Dec. 22, with school officials reluctantly seeking a review of enrollment criteria in a quest to potentially drop into the 1B athletics classification. The Davenport Gorillas are currently in the Northeast 2B league with Lind-Ritzville, Reardan, Colfax, Liberty and other schools. WIAA classifies 2B schools as those with 105-224 high s...
ODESSA – Free throws are free points if you make them. But the Odessa girls only made 12 of 29 from the charity stripe in a Jan. 5 loss, 52-46, to Northeast 1B rival Wellpinit. Early in the game, the Tigers looked to senior Hayden Schuh, and she didn't disappoint. She drove the lane and crashed the boards to pick up easy points from under the basket. Schuh scored 10 first quarter points, but the Redskins' Raya Hill and Laria Kieffer were hot outside, putting up 16-15 at the b...
RITZVILLE - The Broncos boys basketball team had a good opening quarter, but just couldn't keep pace with the Royal Knights during a nonleague matchup Friday, Dec. 29. The Knights won, 81-54. The Knights took an 18-15 first quarter lead and grew the margin from there. By halftime, visiting Royal had a 38-31 lead. The Knights sealed the win with an explosive third quarter, outscoring the local Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (7-5, 4-2 in league) boys 26-10 to take a 64-41 lead. The...
SPOKANE - A local girl is making a habit of winning medals. On Dec. 23, Emilia Klewin, a Lind-Ritzville junior, took second in girls wrestling at 170 pounds in the M2 Mallet girls tournament at Rogers High School in Spokane. Then on Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Winter Cup at Hanford High School, she found herself on the podium in fourth place at the Varsity Girls Winter Cup at Hanford High School in Richland. At M2 Mallet, Klewin won her first match by pinning Madelynn Fox of...
RITZVILLE — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls return to the court today, Jan. 3, after a nearly two-week-long break over the holidays. The Bronco girls(5-4, 2-2 in league) will host Warden at 7 p.m. tonight in Gilson Gymnasium. The last time the local girls took the court was Dec. 22, when they were edged by Columbia (Burbank), 64-59. But the game against Warden isn’t the only one this week for the Broncos. Kettle Falls will come to town on Friday, Jan. 5, and the Broncos will travel to Reardan on Saturday, Jan. 6. The gam...
As a retiree, having a deadline to work with can be a real burden. A guy like me needs to think about what to write three days earlier than normal in order for the paper to be put in place because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Now, I’m not stressed. And I understand completely that everyone should have a chance to get a day off now and then to celebrate with friends and family. So, I guess the first thing I should do is wish everyone a Happy New Year. Each yea...
SPOKANE - Local boys were unable to land anyone on the podium at the M2 Mallet wrestling tournament Dec. 23. The Broncos scored a total of 16.0 team points in the tournament that featured 25 teams, many from much larger schools. Moscow, Idaho, won the team title with 213.5 points. Wrestling at 120 pounds, Waylon Rosman had the best showing for the Broncos, with two wins. He opened the tournament with a bye and then pinned Sawyer Sullivan of Mount Spokane in 2:35. In his...
PASCO – Zoe Galbreath scored 44 points Thursday night to lead the Bronco girls to victory over Tri-Cities Prep. The Broncos (5-3, 2-2 in league) lead the game from start to finish. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls took a 21-18 lead in the first quarter and a 45-27 lead to the locker room at halftime. The Jaguars rallied in the third quarter, outscoring the Broncos, 18-12, narrowing the margin to 57-45. The Jaguars rally continued into the final stanza, with Tri-Cities Prep outscoring Lind-Ritzville, 21-13, closing the m...
I remember growing up that a person could stop at a gas station and pick up a map of most nearby states or the city they were in if it was a large one. Whenever we travelled my dad would always plan the trip with the use of a map, and he could fold them back into place. He had a bunch of maps from all over and I can’t tell you what happened to them but they are long gone. He did interest me into the use of maps and I can honestly say that as long as I used a map I didn’t get l...
SPRAGUE – Floating dock and walkway owners will have a new rule to contend with beginning Jan. 1. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the agency will begin requiring the plastic foam used in floating docks and walkways to be fully encased. The agency will require all such foam to be covered in concrete, steel, aluminum or plastic to prevent pieces from breaking off and floating away, officials said. The state won’t initially mandate replacement of existing foam structures, but will require them to be upg...
PASCO – The undefeated Tri-Cities Prep boys basketball team knocked off visiting Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, 54-35, during a Class 2B game Thursday night, Dec. 21. Joey Duff led all scorers with 20 points for the Broncos in their losing effort. Blake McClure led the Jaguars (8-0) with 19 points. The Jaguars captured the momentum early, running up a 20-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. It was a lead the Broncos were unable to overcome as the Jaguars added 6 points to the margin in the second quarter and 2 more in the t...
DAVENPORT – Bronco wrestler Octavio Paredes Martinez brought home a gold medal Saturday from the Gorilla Invitational. Wrestling at 113 pounds, he was the only individual champion for the Broncos, which finished third as a team. Northwest Christian (Colbert) won the team award with 137 points, followed by Kittitas with 127 and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague with 110. Rounding out the Top five were Davenport with 97 points and Selkirk with 94. In individual results, Martinez opened t...
SPANGLE – Emmy Klewin went 1-1 on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the second girls league wrestling meet of the season. Wrestling for a combined small-school team, Klewin – the lone girl for the Broncos – partnered with Liberty, Colfax, Davenport and others to face off against large schools. In her first bout in the 170-pound weight class, Klewin took an 8-2 lead before pinning (first name not reported) Hilton of Lewis and Clark. In her second match, Klewin faced Abigail Itveldt of Go...
At this time of the year, I usually take time to reflect on the several years I was associated with the game of football. Contrary to what some people think, football coaches teach their players much more than how to block and tackle. Coaches are teachers who use football as a vehicle to instill in their players the essential attributes of character, citizenship, and ethics. My first coach had instructions for almost every occasion. He would recite them and post different ones in the locker room. My favorite was, “Focus d...