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

I met Kenny G several years ago at the Big Sky Track championship in Cheney through a mutual friend.

Throughout the day, we conversed about Eastern Washington University football and his time there in the early 1960s. We became fast friends, as they say, and have watched a lot of Eagle games together.

Ken told a bunch of stories about his high school days in Othello. Since I told him I was from Ritzville, he had to tell me the story of his prowess as a middle linebacker and the day that he was a one man wrecking crew stopping Bronco runners four straight times at the goal line to secure v...