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  • Colfax boys hold off Gorillas for league title

    Garth Meyer, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Jun 18, 2021

    COLFAX — With a rebound and two free throws, Colfax's John Lustig sealed a 68-63 win in the NE2B boys basketball league championship game Friday night, June 18, over the Davenport Gorillas. The Bulldogs entered the championship as the No. 3 district seed; Davenport was No. 4. Colfax upset No. 2-seed St. George's to make the championship earlier this week. At the same time, Davenport ended the top-ranked Liberty (Spangle) Lancers' season. In the championship game, the B...

  • Colfax takes apart Reardan 46-6

    Garth Meyer, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Mar 18, 2021

    COLFAX – Jacob Brown ran up the middle for another Colfax touchdown to put the score at 38-0. "One touchdown before the half, guys," said a Reardan player afterward in the huddle at the sidelines. It took until the third quarter, a bungled Colfax snap and an Indians recovery on the Bulldogs' 5-yard line, to put Reardan into scoring position. Quarterback Mahkai Anderson threw to Cody Sprecher for their only points and Reardan lost to Colfax 46-6 Friday, March 12. "The sting's s...

  • New air service may be coming to eastern Washington

    Garth Meyer, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    COLFAX – A new airline may be flying into Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport in the near future. During a meeting Monday, Dec. 7, Whitman County commissioners approved a $400,000 request for a profit guarantee for SkyWest/United Airlines to fly from Pullman twice per day to Denver. In a four-year, ongoing process, the airport has garnered interest from the airline – SkyWest has a partnership with United – to add the route. The potential service was made possible by the Pullman runway realignment project that finished last year....

  • Shorthanded Eagles fall late to Cougars

    Garth Meyer, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    PULLMAN – Had he touched the ball yet all game? WSU 7'1" center Volodymyr Markovetskyy, who went in during the second half - hand-raised, arm out - got no reply until Noah Williams fed him in the final minute for an emphatic dunk, giving the Cougars a game-breaking lead over Eastern Washington on a night WSU trailed for most of it, winning 71-68. Markovetskyy's score came just before EWU's Jacob Davison hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one and Eastern got the ball back to w...

  • Groves brothers lead EWU with career-scoring night

    GARTH MEYER, Whitman County Gazette Staff Reporter|Updated Dec 4, 2020

    PULLMAN - Had he touched the ball yet all game? WSU 7'1" center Volodymyr Markovetskyy, who went in during the second half - hand-raised, arm out - got no reply until Noah Williams fed him in the final minute for an emphatic dunk, giving the Cougars a game-breaking lead over Eastern Washington on a night WSU trailed for most of it, winning 71-68. Markovetskyy's score came just before EWU's Jacob Davison hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one and Eastern got the ball back to wo...

  • Cougars to return to gridiron Nov. 6

    Garth Meyer, The Gazette|Updated Oct 23, 2020

    PULLMAN - The Rolovich era will begin in 2020 after all for WSU football as the Pac-12 CEO Group voted Thursday, Sept. 24, to resume athletics competition Nov. 6. The team will play seven games, all within the conference. No fans will be allowed at any PAC-12 football venue. WSU will also not host tailgating. The CEO Group noted that the decision to resume play - which had been postponed to no earlier than Jan. 1 - was based on updated Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory...

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