Former NCAA athlete to bring 'Winning Mindset' to Lind-Ritzville

Paul Swanson Jr., a former Ritzville student and NCAA Division I athlete will be returning home to bring the “Winning Mindset” training program to Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athletes.

Greg Whitmore, the athletic director of the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague sports combine, wants to see LRS teams be more competitive at the state level.

“We aren’t sending as many athletes or teams to state as we have in years past,” Whitmore wrote in an email to The Journal in June. “Sometimes that is due to circumstances that we cannot control. However, there are some items we can control.”

Whitmore said he thinks fitness...