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RITZVILLE – In Ritzville on Jan. 25, the varsity girls faced the Broncos of Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna in a non-conference game they lost, 33-52. Odessa's Hayden Schuh and Ashlyn Neilsen were tied for the scoring lead with 13 points each. LRSW 13 14 11 14 52 Odessa 6 14 8 5 33 Laela Hardung led the team in rebounds with six, while Neilsen added five. The game scheduled for Jan. 28 against Mary Walker High School in Springdale had to be cancelled due mainly to illness o...
ODESSA – Rocky Coulee Brewing Company is holding a benefit to raise funds for rebuilding of the Almira school building completely destroyed by fire in October of 2021. Rocky Coulee has scheduled the event for Sunday, Jan. 30, at the brewery in Odessa as a 5 km poker run and pancake breakfast. The community is invited to participate in one or both parts of the event as they choose. Those interested in competing as either runners or walkers doing the poker run can register beginning at 10 a.m. According to Katie Schafer, w...
WILBUR – Wednesday, Jan. 19, the Tiger girls traveled to Wilbur to face Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, losing by a score of 25-44. Hayden Schuh was high scorer with nine points, followed closely by Tori Schlomer with eight. WCK 5 11 9 19 44 Odessa 6 6 0 13 25 Schuh also led the team in rebounds with nine. After bouts of illness last week, the girls looked like they were not back in form. This game was a makeup game that was originally scheduled for the previous week. The T...
WILBUR – The Odessa boys registered their third victory in a row by defeating Wilbur-Creston-Keller twice last week in the Jan. 19 game at Wilbur by a score of 65-59 and in the Jan. 22 game in Odessa by a score of 52-33. The Jan. 21 game scheduled in Odessa against ACH was cancelled due to positive Covid cases spiking on the ACH team. The Tigers have also had a few positives, but most players return to action after a few days of isolation. The Tigers were on fire against W...
Week three of the Spokesman-Review’s Inland Empire Trapshoot had the shooters out in the bitter cold again on Sunday, Jan. 23. Reporting results are Markus Smith for Odessa and Doug Starkel for Marlin. Odessa results Nick Tebow had a perfect score of 25. Shooting 24 were Cody Stanford and Jared Praetorious. Markus Smith and Tyler Smith both shot 23. Jared King and Garrett Braun came in with 22. Five shooters hit 21 targets: Nathan Melcher, Corbyn Neilsen, Tom Schuh, Stan Dammel and Deric Schmierer. At 20 and under were H...
ODESSA – The only game played last week by the Odessa girls was against Moses Lake Christian Academy. The Tigers overcame the Lions last Wednesday, Jan. 12 Senior Tori Schlomer was released to rejoin the team after a volleyball injury had her sidelined for a couple of months. Ashlyn Neilsen led the scoring with 26 points. Hayden Schuh contributed another 15 points. MLCA 9 9 9 10 37 Odessa 15 13 12 11 51 Neilsen led the team in rebounds with 10 and Laela Hardung had nine. I...
ODESSA – Another week has passed of Covid messing with the basketball schedule. A non-league game against Moses Lake Christian Academy was scheduled for Jan. 11, then postponed until Wednesday, Jan. 12, when the game was played in Odessa. Collin Martin returned to the lineup, having been released to play by his doctor. The team was thus finally back at full strength. The game was definitely a hard-fought battle. Although MLCA dominated early, the Tigers fought their way back i...
ODESSA – The 104th year of the Spokesman-Review Inland Northwest Trapshoot began Jan. 9, 2022, with the Marlin and Odessa Gun Clubs again joining forces to participate in the oldest and largest shoot of its kind in the U.S. Trapshooters from Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon make up the participating clubs. After Covid precautions kept some from participating last year, both the newspaper and the club members found it challenging to get back into the swing of this long-time contest. The two clubs are now back to s...
COULEE CITY – The weather and Covid combined for a double whammy to hit the sports schedule last week. The non-league game against Oakesdale was first moved from Tuesday to Wednesday, then cancelled due to hazardous road conditions. Things settled down some by Friday, when the Tigers went to Coulee City to face Almira-Coulee-Hartline. Saturday's game was to be played in Wilbur, but a major Covid outbreak there caused that game to be cancelled as well. In the one game the T...
COULEE CITY – Of the three games scheduled for last week, only one was actually played thanks to the weather and Covid. Tuesday's non-league game against Oakesdale was cancelled due to hazardous road conditions, but the league contest on Friday in Coulee City went ahead as scheduled. Saturday's game to be played in Wilbur was also cancelled due to a major Covid outbreak there. The Tiger girls got off to a slow start after the holiday break when they faced A...
ODESSA – Schoonover Farms, LLC of Odessa is voluntarily recalling retail raw whole milk and cream after routine testing by the Washington State Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of toxin-producing E. coli in a raw cream sample on Dec. 23. Out of an abundance of caution, raw whole milk and cream displaying “best by” dates of Dec. 23, 2021 through Jan. 2, 2022 have been recalled. The recalled product was bottled in 8-ounce, quart, half-gallon and one-gallon containers and was sold to local consumers in the Odessa...
ODESSA – The Odessa girls suffered their first loss this season to 2B school Reardan on Dec. 21. Fortunately for the Tigers it was a non-conference matchup. The Tigers are still undefeated in league play. Ashlyn Neilsen scored 20 points, and Hayden Schuh scored 8 for the team's entire scoring effort. Neilsen scored more than half of her points from the free-throw line, where she was 12 out of 13 for a 92 percent success rate. Reardan 14 7 15 12 48 Odessa 4 2 13 9 28 Neilsen a...
ODESSA – Jacob Scrupps returned to the varsity lineup Tuesday and gave a much-needed boost to the team. Playing in Reardan against the Indians, the team lost the game but made a much better showing than in the other games played thus far. In fact, Scrupps led the scoring for Odessa with 16 points, supported also by Nathan Carstensen's 11 points and Dakota Steward's 10. The Tigers took a beating in the first half and trailed 50-19 at the mid-point of the game. Reardan 19 31 1...
ODESSA – The members of the Odessa Lions Club have again sponsored the residential Christmas lighting contest. The judges have made their selections and provided photos of the top three homes judged Monday evening, Dec. 20. The home of Keith and Becky Kolterman on south Alder took first place, winning them a $150 gift to spend on next year's decorations. Joel and Danielle Hardung on Fairway came in second in the judging and were awarded $100, while Brad and Jamie Hawley, n...
ODESSA – With Daeton Deife, Collin Martin and Jacob Scrupps still on the injured list, the varsity boys have struggled so far this basketball season. They took a 69-27 drubbing from Davenport on Dec. 14 in Odessa's home gym. Senior forward Nathan Carstensen led the scoring with 12 points. Fellow senior Landen Brooks contributed 5 points. Davenport - - - - 69 Odessa - - - - 27 Carstensen and Dakota Steward led the team in rebounds with five each. Turnovers were a serious p...
ODESSA – The Tigers upped their season win streak to four by defeating both Davenport and Harrington on Dec. 14 and 16. Ashlyn Neilsen was again the leading scorer in both contests and was named Odessa Player of the Game for both. Neilsen scored 26 points in the non-conference game against 2B school Davenport. With the score tied at halftime, the Tigers came out and posted a five-point lead by the end of the third quarter. Davenport kept the game close, but the Tigers p...
ODESSA – Business educator and FBLA advisor Terri King reports that the toy drive by the Odessa High School chapter of FBLA is still in full swing. Toys are available for pickup at the Old Town Hall on Wednesday and Thursday of this week from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. She says the community has been very generous and encourages any Odessa area residents who need toys for their children to help themselves. The chapter also hosted a Christmas party for Odessa senior citizens at the O...
ODESSA – Paul Katovich of HighLine Grain Growers, Inc. met with firefighters Jon Fink and Roger Sebesta in Odessa Tuesday, Dec. 21, to officially announce the donation to Lincoln/Adams Fire District #3 of a flathouse and the property on which it sits in the Town of Odessa. The building lost its roof to fire a few years ago and has stood empty ever since. It came to his attention while visiting his Odessa friends Bill and Carol Bell that the local firefighters were having a d...
ODESSA – For the Odessa boys, the basketball season got off to a disappointing start. The long trek to the football semifinals left many of the boys who also play basketball unable to start practice when the winter season opened. Injuries from football are also now hindering the basketball team. Collin Martin and Jacob Scrupps are both benched with injuries but hope to get cleared to play soon. New head coach HP Carstensen and his assistant Matt Gorman are still getting to k...
ODESSA – The Tiger girls got their season off to a winning start, defeating both Wellpinit and Valley Christian last weekend on Dec. 10 and 11. Ashlyn Neilsen was the leading scorer in both contests and was named Odessa Player of the Game for both. Friday's home game initially looked like it was going to be a blowout, as Wellpinit had trouble finding the basket in the first quarter. Shots aplenty were made from all over the court but failed to drop through the net. By the f...
Council approved: 2022 budget for the Town of Odessa FUND REVENUES EXPENDITURES 001-General $1,071,133.73 $1,071,133.73 012-Cemetery $35,890.73 $35,890.73 101-Street $84,700.00 $84,700.00 103-Hotel/Motel $1,500.00 $1,500.00 313-Cumulative Reserve $13,000.00 $13,000.00 401-Water $264,691.67 $264,691.67 402-Solid Waste $254,338.00 $254,338.00 422-Sewer $1,221,234.00 $1,221,234.00 633-State Remittance $100.00 $100.00 TOTAL 2021 ALL FUNDS $2,946,588.13 $2,946,588.13 ODESSA – The Odessa Town Council met in the public library M...
ODESSA – The return of Christmas Fest to the Odessa Community Center on Dec. 1 was another sign that the local community is more than ready for a sense of normalcy to return. Vendors filled the building with all kinds of merchandise, much of it homemade. It also appeared that a larger percentage of the vendors were local residents this year. Perhaps staying home and riding out the pandemic gave folks a chance to find their inner artist, and Christmas Fest gave them a chance t...
YAKIMA – Members of the Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America made their first in-person visit in almost two years to the Washington State FBLA Fall Conference. The event was held at the Yakima Convention Center, where keynote speaker Brad Killmeyer, a professional speaker and author, inspired students to engage in making positive changes in their lives and communities. Current Odessa High freshmen and sophomores have never experienced a live FBLA c...
ODESSA – The busy season is upon us, with events filling our days once again after so many months of Covid-related caution and social distancing. The Christmas tree lighting at the Old Town Hall was held Nov. 28 and drew a good-sized crowd. Young and old and in between appeared to enjoy the festivities, which included hot drinks, cookies, muffins and candy at no charge to those who attended. The event generally kicks off the holiday season in Odessa and is followed by C...
ODESSA – With the Nov. 20, 2021 Turkey Carnival in the community center, the Odessa Lions Club celebrated 80 years of service to the Town of Odessa. At 2 p.m., the kitchen opened and so did bingo for turkeys. Toward evening, once all of the turkeys had been awarded, the raffle drawing began. Odessa businesses and individuals were very generous in donating 54 items for the raffle, including gift certificates to local businesses, free merchandise, gift baskets, cash and more. P...
