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The Broncos girls fastpitch softball team celebrates and greets teammate Harlee Hennings at home plate Saturday after she hit a homerun in the opening game against Northeast 2B rival Asotin. Hennings hit two homers in the game and led the Broncos to a 9-2 win. For more on girls softball, see Page 10....
RITZVILLE - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys dropped a doubleheader to Asotin on Saturday, April 20. The Panthers topped the Broncos, 18-0 in the opener and 16-1 in the second game. Asotin set the tone early, scoring 6 runs in each of the first two innings in the opening game. The game ended in the bottom of the fifth. Asotin had 17 hits and 1 error in the win. The Broncos had 1 hit and 5 errors. Gavin Ells and Cody Ells each had hits for the Panthers. Jerod Harder had the...
RITZVILLE - Despite splitting a doubleheader Saturday, April 20, with Asotin, the Bronco girls remained two games back in Northeast 2B fastpitch. The Broncos won the opening game 9-2, but lost the second game, 10-9. Asotin took a 2-1 first inning lead, but the Broncos took over the game in the bottom of the second for a 3-2 lead and keeping the Panthers off the scoreboard the rest of the game. The local girls added another run in the third, three in the fourth and two more in...
This is the time of year when Major League baseball is getting a real good start and the NBA and NHL playoffs are just getting started. For anyone that watched any games this weekend you would have seen the Mariners battle the Colorado Rockies with snowflakes falling. Friday’s game was postponed until a doubleheader could be played on Sunday. New York Yankee and Tampa Bay players were wearing cold weather head covering to protect their ears and noses. It looks funny but it i...
COLFAX - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys relay teams turned on the speed Saturday, April 20, at the McDougall Invitational at Colfax High School, bringing second- and third-place finishes. The boys 4x400 relay team of seniors Shawn Steinberger and Ridger Moor, junior Zach Klein and sophomore Damon Schilling placed second with a time of 3:35.56. And the boys 4X100 relay team comprising senior Brock Kinch, Steinberger, Klein and Schilling finished third with a time of 45.27....
Volunteers needed for Undeberg RITZVILLE — Lind-Ritzville High School officials are looking for assistance with the Undeberg Invitational track meet Saturday, April 27. The daylong event is the largest track meet hosted each year in Ritzville, and it takes dozens of volunteers. “We could use a couple more adult workers,” Athletic Director Dustan Arlt said in an email. “… one more for girls shot put, and possibly if I could an extra adult for Pole Vault. The first event begins at 10:30 a.m. Tennis match rained out REARDAN ...
Bronco high jumper Carson Kubik attempts to clear the bar for a team score at the Moscow Invitational on Friday, April 12. He was unable to clear the minimum height for a score. For more on track, see Pages 8-9....
SPANGLE — The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls fastpitch softball team fell one run short in each game of a doubleheader Friday, April 9, against the undefeated Northeast 2B league rival, Liberty. The Lancers (11-0, 10-0 in league) edged the Broncos, 5-4 and 4-3, in a doubleheader. In the opener, both teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the third inning, when Liberty got a runner home. The Lancers would add for more runs to lead 5-0 at the bottom of the 6th. A 7th inning rally brought four Broncos in for a score, but n...
MOSCOW, Idaho - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys finished mid-pack as a team at the Moscow Invitational on Friday, April 12. With 26.5 points, the Bronco boys finished the highest of any Washington state team. The Broncos were 10th out of 19 teams; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, won with 156 points. Meanwhile the Lind-Ritzville girls finished 17th with 11 points; Moscow won the girls division with 152 points. The Bronco boys were strongest in the 400-meter, where sophomore Damon...
SPANGLE — Following spring break week, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys baseball team returned to the diamond Tuesday, April 9, at Liberty High School. But the Lancers were ready for the visiting Broncos, sweeping the doubleheader, 19-9 in the opener and 19-2 in the closer. Liberty set the tone of both games from the beginning. In Game 1, the Lancers jumped out to a 4-0 first quarter lead and expaned to to 8-1 after two innings. The Broncos had a strong fourth inning, with bats bringing 6 runs home. But the Lancers kept s...
CHEWELAH — The Jenkins Cougars were tough to beat on their home court last week. In Northeast 2B tennis action, the Bronco girls struggled to get a win, meanwhile, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys faired a little better. In boys singles, Jeffrey Christianson topped John David, 6-4, 6-2; and Drank Gloyn edged Alex Backman, 6-6, 7-4, 6-3, for Bronco wins. Noah Dockery fell to Dylan Deitwai, 1-6, 2-16. In girls singles, it was all Jenkins. Carlie Loop fell to Avi Sahota, 2-6, 0-6; Liberty McClanatha dropped two sets to Simi S...
SPANGLE — The Broncos track and field struggled Wednesday, April 10, to gain traction as a team at a league meet at Liberty High School, but several local athletes put in solid individual performances. Valley Christian won both the boys and girls team titles, with the boys scoring 99.5 points and the girls scoring 122. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague was fifth in both, with 43 points in boys and 38 in girls team scoring. In individual results, junior John Stromberger won the boys javelin with a flight of 134-07.5, and the boys 4...
PASCO – The state lowland lake fishing season is set to open Saturday, April 27. And if fishing isn’t enough, the state has tagged more than 800 trout and released them into lakes around the state. Fishermen landing a tagged trout will be eligible for prizes in the state’s derby. While none of the lakes in Adams or Grant counties were stocked this year, a couple nearby Franklin County lakes have received fish from the Lyons Ferry Hatchery. Dalton Lake and Marmes Pond both have been stocked multiple times from Feb. 26 to Ma...
There have been a lot of changes in NCAA basketball. UConn won its second championship in a row — in case you forgot. Coaches moved to different challenges, replacing coaches who were fired or took a successful season and received a bigger paycheck somewhere else. I guess we could call it the coaching transfer portal. Eastern Washington University head Coach David Riley moved onto WSU. I like Riley, but I wish he hadn’t said this was his dream job because a lot of dream job...
Area youth among those racing at Irby IRBY - Five area youth were among the racers competing in events during the Stumpjumpers 52nd annual Desert 100 race weekend. Competing Saturday, April 6, in youth divisions, Greyson Thompson of Lind finished 34th and Emmett Green of Ritzville 72nd in a field of more than 80 young competitors pitting their skills and small motorcycles against the rough sage-steppe near the former town of Irby, off state Highway 28 west of Odessa. In the...
By the time you read this you will know who the men’s NCAA basketball champion is. All I can say is that the two best teams are playing for the crown. I’ll watch as I always do because it’s the right thing to do. It was a great season and an interesting one. Whereas the women’s champion was undefeated the men’s’ teams stubbed their toes a few times, Purdue 4 times and UConn 3. It has been a long time since the men had an undefeated champion mainly due to talented rosters and...
RITZVILLE — Following a week off of school for spring break, the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague teams return to a more regular schedule this week. On Tuesday after the newspaper went to press, the Broncos girls fastpitch softball and boys baseball teams traveled to Spangle to play Liberty. The golf team was also hosting a home meet. Today, Wednesday, April 10, the track team is scheduled to compete in a league meet at Liberty High School in Spangle. On Thursday, the tennis team travels to Chewelah to play the Jenkins Cougars and t...
SPOKANE — Five grapplers from the Lind-Ritzville Marmots club reached the championships at the Jason Crawford Memorial Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, March 30. Four brought home a title in what is considered the youth wrestling’s “state” tournament across Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Marmots winning their weight classes include 7-8-year-old girls Reece Glisson at 51-53 pounds and Quinn Glisson at 60-62 pounds. Local boys winning their weights are Javier Villa in the 126-132-pound class in the ages 9/10 divisio...
I’ve always maintained that timing is everything. I wrote last week’s column and sent it off a few hours before WSU basketball coach Kyle Smith announced that he would be the next Stanford Cardinal men’s basketball coach. When I found out I thought that it wasn’t a step up as Stanford has had trouble winning and now they are going to the ACC to play the likes of North Carolina, Duke and this year’s tournament upstart North Carolina State. A few hours later when I was watch...
PULLMAN – With the early spring weather unkind, many teams have canceled sporting events in Whitman County. The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos and the Colfax Bulldogs were more fortunate Tuesday, March 22 - their double-header was moved to Bailey-Brayton Field at Washington State University. The field is entirely turf, so baseball can be played when grass fields are too muddy. Unfortunately for the Broncos, the Bulldogs dominated both games. The Broncos scored only a single r...
RITZVILLE — The Broncos tennis team split with Reardan on March 26, winning six matches but losing five. In girls singles, Broncos Danica Cox topped Braden Durbin, 5-7, 6-4 and 10-8; and Tahli Rundquist topped Kate Guhlke, 6-4, 7-5. Meanwhile, Broncos Destiny Phelps fell to Hailey Fry, 1-6, 3-6, and Meghan Rivers lost to Kersten Lundgren, 1-6, 2-6. The Broncos doubles girls team of Liberty McClanathan and Savannah Carruth dominated Elsa Wescer and Elyanna Crego, 6-2, 6-3. But Broncos Faye Niccols and Emmah Kerbs lost to E...
REARDAN - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls fastpitch softball team bats were alive in Reardan, as the Broncos overwhelmed the Screaming Eagles in a doubleheader Saturday, March 30. The Broncos girls dominated Reardan in the opener, winning 23-3, and pounded them again in the closer, 25-8. The wins come two days after the Broncos fell to the Colfax Bulldogs in a double header. The Bulldogs won that matchup, 16-5 and 12-7. Individual statistics were not reported of either of...
RITZVILLE — The Bronco girls are off to a perfect start of the 2024 fastpitch sofball season. Last week, they topped Newport in a doubleheader and then defeated Kettle Falls. In the home-opening game of the season against Newport on Tuesday, March 19, senior Harlee Hennings had a triple to lead the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls to an 8-4 victory over the visiting Grizzlies. Hannah Towne and Aeowyn Armstrong also had hits in the game. The Broncos had no errors in the game. Meanwhile, Newport had 4 hits and no errors. A...
COLLEGE PLACE — Junior Emery Molina and freshman Brody Fleming paced the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse track team Saturday, March 23, at the Hawk Invite at College Place High School. Molina placed second, fourth and fifth in individual events, and was a member of the 4X200 relay team that finished sixth. Sophomore Chloe Waddell added second-, fourth- and eighth-place finishes for the Eagle girls in individual competitions. Fleming brought home a second and two thirds in individual competitions and was a member of the s...
Hay rolls form WSU cougar at a farm near Spangle. The display is a tribute to the mens basketball team which competed in the NCAA March Madness tournament last week. The Cougars won one game before being eliminated....