The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

We all get asked about sports.

Can you compare this guy’s game from a bunch of years ago with this youngster’s game? So, if you go back 50-plus years, you would see there wasn’t much weight work. But then, there weren’t that many state tournaments either.

With some sports not having any playoffs, a team’s only claim to fame was to win the league championship.

It wasn’t until Title IX came into effect in 1973 that state championship competition expanded in the state.

We always talked about playing for a football title against one or two other teams, but that wasn’t to be.

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