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REARDAN—Davenport football beat its rival, Reardan, for the first time in five tries. The Gorillas came here and easily took care of the home team 42-18 Friday, Oct. 29. The first quarter was evenly matched after Davenport junior wingback Brenick Soliday scored a touchdown and the Gorillas converted the two-point try. Reardan responded with a 64-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Tate Nelson to senior running back Cody Sprecher to make the game 8-6 after a quarter,...
LINCOLN COUNTY--Three incumbents are trailing after the first election returns amongst the seven contested races in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Challengers are defeating incumbents in races for Harrington school board, Fire District No. 4 and Fire District No. 5. The most closely contested race lies in Fire District No. 5, where incumbent Matt Schneider trails challenger Don Staley. Staley has 263 votes to Schneider's 235, a 52.18% to 46.63% disparity. Fire District No. 4's race is also very...
LINCOLN COUNTY—The 2021 general election season has arrived. Election Day is coming up Tuesday, Nov. 3. Ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. that day. The county has drop boxes at the courthouse in the auditor’s office and outside at the east entrance, as well as outside City Hall in Harrington. Ballots can also be submitted by mail. Each county voter will have three advisory votes on their ballot concerning tax increases and will be asked to give their input on whether the tax should be repealed or maintained. Advisory vote...
SPOKANE--Three days after knocking its rival Davenport out of the NE2B playoffs, the Reardan soccer team came up one game short of winning a league title in the program's sophomore campaign. St. George's took the league crown by defeating Reardan 3-0 on a mild Tuesday afternoon Nov. 2. St. George's and Reardan battled back and forth for the first 15 minutes, but no goals were scored. St. George's then struck first in the 14th minute and took a 1-0 lead into halftime after...
Halloween is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 31. Several locals are getting in the spooky spirit, including Bo and Victoria Gunning, whose house shown here on Washington Street has all the scares prepared for prospective trick-or-treaters....
DAVENPORT—Leslie Oliver, the business manager for the school district here, is resigning her position effective Nov. 15 after accepting a new position with the Northeast Washington Educational Service District. The school board approved Oliver’s resignation at the Oct. 25 regular meeting. Oliver has been the business manager for 10 years, but has been with the district since 2006 in jobs as administrative assistant and district office secretary. She may remain with the district one day a week after her resignation to hel...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague during Oct. 29-Nov. 4. If you’d like your community organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Nov. 1 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Thursday, Nov. 4 Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the United Methodist Church...
Davenport celebrated its fall sports seniors last week, with soccer and volleyball athletes honored Thursday, Sept. 21 and football and cross country athletes recognized Friday, Oct. 22. Above, sixth-grader Alexis Ward starts Senior Night off right with her rendition of the National Anthem. At the right, soccer seniors Cady Zellmer and Hanna Orvis are recognized with their parents. Below, football seniors Cody Jenkins, Jarrett Jacobsen and Tate Foster, cross country senior...
DAVENPORT-The Gorillas will be hosting a district crossover game with an opportunity to go to the state playoffs this year. That was ensured after Davenport eviscerated the Chewelah Cougars 42-18 on Senior Night Friday, Oct. 22 to clinch a top-two finish in the NE2B. Davenport improved to 6-1 with the win and 7-1 overall, remaining in second place in the league behind undefeated Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The loss was damaging for Chewelah, which fell to 3-3 in the league and...
REARDAN-Mason Gilchrist ran for four touchdowns and the Colfax Bulldogs earned a 42-19 victory over a Reardan football team that outgained its visitors but couldn't string together enough scores to keep up Friday, Oct. 22. Reardan fell to 1-6 in NE2B play and 2-6 overall, while Colfax vaulted into fourth place in the league while improving to 4-3 in league and 5-3 overall. Senior running back Abe Nelson had a big day for the home team, opening the game with a 63-yard...
1. x-Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (6-0, 7-0) 2. x-Davenport (6-1, 7-1) 3. Northwest Christian (4-3, 5-3) 4. Colfax (4-3, 5-3) 5. Liberty (4-3, 4-3) 6. Chewelah (3-3, 3-5) 7. Asotin (2-5, 2-5) 8. Reardan (1-6, 2-6) 9. Kettle Falls (0-6, 0-6) x=clinched a spot in the District 6/7 crossover game for a state playoff berth...
Area scoreboard for games and matches Oct. 21-27 Football Friday, Oct. 22 Davenport 42, Chewelah 18 Colfax 42, Reardan 19 Soccer Thursday, Oct. 21 Northwest Christian (Colbert) 2, Davenport 1 (shootout) Tuesday, Oct. 26 Davenport 4, Reardan 0 Volleyball Thursday, Oct. 21 Davenport 3, Kettle Falls 2 (18-25, 25-19, 25-19, 17-25, 15-12) Reardan 3, St. George’s 0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-20) Wilbur-Creston 3, Harrington 0 (25-8, 25-8, 25-5) Saturday, Oct. 23 Mary Walker (Springdale) 3, Harrington 0 (25-3, 25-9, 25-11) Tuesday, Oct. 2...
REARDAN-The No. 1 ranked Colfax Bulldogs spoiled Reardan's Senior Night with a 3-0 (25-9, 25-20, 25-11) victory Tuesday, Oct. 26. Reardan fell to 4-6 in league play with the loss, but maintained its spot in the district playoffs next week. Colfax came out swinging, scoring the first six points of the first set and going on to win 25-9. Reardan battled much harder in the second set, taking a 7-6 lead. The home team held tough as Colfax went on a 6-1 road to take a 15-11 second...
REARDAN-Even though Reardan has only been in the NE2B for two seasons, a rivalry is beginning to bud between the youthful Davenport Gorillas and Tuesday's home team. Going into the match, each team had won on the other's home turf. In the rubber match, that trend continued, with Davenport earning a 4-0 win Oct. 26. Davenport clinched the NE2B regular season title and No. 1 seed in the league playoffs with the victory amidst cold, windy and rainy conditions. The game was...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington this week Friday, Oct. 29 Harrington volleyball SENIOR NIGHT vs. Columbia (Hunters) @ 6 p.m. Davenport vs. Reardan football at Reardan @ 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 Davenport vs. Reardan playoff soccer at Davenport @ 1 p.m. District 7/9 cross country regionals at Colfax @ 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2 Davenport OR Reardan vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) OR St. George’s league championship game, time and location TBD Reardan volleyball district tournament game @ 6...
SPOKANE VALLEY-On the same day he started at cornerback for the Davenport football team, sophomore Jaeger Jacobsen earned his team's highest finish at the District 7/9 league championships at Plantes Ferry Friday, Oct. 22. Meanwhile, Reardan eighth-grader Colton Lonning, Davenport eighth-grader Josie Wynecoop and Davenport sixth-grader Charlotte Soliday earned top-five middle school finishes in the final meet of the middle school season. The Davenport middle school girls...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Oct. 18 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said his elderly neighbor, who has dementia and uses an oxygen tank, might be missing after they went hunting the day prior. A report came in of a man shooting a two-point buck nea...
Richard "Dick" C. Sawyer (81), longtime resident of Spokane Valley, Wash. passed away on Oct. 24, 2021, at Sacred Heart Hospital from complications of pneumonia. He was born on Feb. 18, 1940, to Ellis and Eleanor Sawyer. He was born in Harrington, Wash., raised in Davenport graduating from Davenport High School in 1958. After high school he joined the Air National Guard and worked as a civilian as an aircraft mechanic until his retirement in 1994. He then went to work for...
Superior Court Judge Barkdull recuses self from auditor case DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Superior Court Judge Jeff Barkdull recused himself from presiding over a case against the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office and auditor Chandra Schumacher, according to court documents filed Oct. 22. The case, filed by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United and Jerry Schulz asserting unproven claims of vote-flipping, additions and deletions, ballot box stuffing and party preference tracking by the auditor’s office during the 2...
Robin L. Weishaar passed away, surrounded by his family, on Oct. 17, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. Robin was born on Nov. 2, 1954, to Donald and Phyllis (Huff) Weishaar in Odessa, Wash. Robin was a 1973 graduate of Odessa High School and attended Big Bend Community College. He retired in 2019 after 34 years of farming. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, the Odessa Gun Club and the Odessa Volunteer Fire Department. Robin was an active member of his church, serving on the...
This voter's guide covers seven contested races around Lincoln County including the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas. Each contestant was given the opportunity to submit biographical information, a photo and answers to two to three questions specific to their race in an effort to help local voters make informed decisions on their ballots this election season. 11 of the 14 candidates covered in these races responded with all or most of the requests, as...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington from Oct. 22-28. All games and start times are subject to change. Friday, Oct. 22 League 1B/2B cross country league championships at Plantes Ferry in Spokane Valley @ 1 p.m. Davenport football vs. Chewelah (Senior Night) @ 7 p.m. Reardan football vs. Colfax @ 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 Davenport soccer at Kettle Falls @ 11 a.m. Harrington volleyball vs. Mary Walker @ noon. Tuesday, Oct. 26 Davenport vs. Reardan soccer at Reardan @ 4 p.m. (Reardan Senior...
Current NE2B Football Standings 1. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (5-0, 6-0) 2. Davenport (5-1, 6-1) 3. Chewelah (3-2, 3-4) 4. Liberty (4-3, 4-3) 5. Northwest Christian (3-3, 4-3) 6. Colfax (3-3, 4-3) 7. Asotin (2-4, 2-4) 8. Reardan (1-5, 2-5) 9. Kettle Falls (0-5, 0-5)...
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos put their unbeaten record on the line Friday night, Oct. 15, handing Reardan its fifth loss, 49-7, at Jimmie Snider field. LRS head coach Greg Whitmore was pleased with the outcome. "We figured we were the better team, but at this point in the season we just take it one game at a time," he said. Just 1:18 into the game, Brody Boness scored the first Broncos touchdown on a 25 yard run. Then, at the 7:13 mark of the first q...
DAVENPORT-After a string of three nail-biting, one-possession contests in the Gorillas' first six games this year, head coach Justin Reed and the Davenport faithful were hoping for a less stressful contest on Homecoming Friday, Oct. 15. That was received, as the Gorillas coasted by last-place Kettle Falls 49-8 in a game where most of the starters were pulled at halftime. Davenport improved to 5-1 in league and 6-1 overall with the win while maintaining its second-place positio...
