ON TO STATE

PREPARING TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE. Head coach Greg Whitmore will lead the LRS Broncos into battle Saturday, Dec. 7, as they make their second straight trip to the WIAA 2B State Football Championships. The Broncos will meet Morton-White Pass again this year. The Broncos won last year’s title game. In this picture, Whitmore and his team pause for the playing of the National Anthem prior to the start of their semifinal tilt with Adna in Moses Lake last Saturday. This is Whitmore’s 22nd year at Ritzville and his ninth as head coach. His team’s have a nine-year record of 75-22. -Journal photo by Stephen McFadden