Sports Briefs

Volleyball coaches still needed

RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville schools were scrambling Monday to find two more volleyball coaches even as the first high school practice was allowed to begin.

The high school team was to start practice Monday, Aug. 23, and the middle school is set to begin Monday, Aug. 30.

The high school is looking for a C-Squad coach and the middle school is in search of an assistant coach.

The middle school position was thought to have been filled already, but the prospective coach withdrew following Governor Jay Inslee announcing mandated coronavirus shots for all school workers, including coaches.

Football jamboree set for Saturday

RITZVILLE — The 2021-22 high school sports year gets underway with the first event of the school year Saturday.

The Ritzville Jamboree will pit the Broncos football team against the Colfax Bulldogs, Davenport Gorillas, Medical Lake Cardinals and Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack, Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director Greg Whitmore said.

Each team will get 40 plays total during the jamboree. So, teams will run 10 plays, then rotate, giving each an opportunity to face a variety of defenses.

The jamboree begins at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 at the stadium on East Wellsandt Road.