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KETTLE FALLS – Last Thursday night’s high school football game between Lind-Ritzville/Sprague and Kettle Falls canceled due to COVID-19 issues at Kettle Falls.

“Our kids were disappointed obviously. We were ready to play and needed to play,” Lind-Ritzville Coach Greg Whitmore said, after being reached by email, “The lesson is that ‘life happens and we can only control what we can control.’ We focused on getting better during practice.”

The Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association adopted rule 17.30.0 as part of its COVID-19 policy. That rules states, “…any cont...