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The Titan football team took the field by storm in the Sausage Bowl game on Saturday when they annihilated Republic by a score of 60-6. The games started with four touchdowns in the first quarter. The first by Colton Hunt scoring on a 22-yard run, but missing the two-point conversion. Not to be outdone, Gaven Elder also ran the ball for 22 yards and scored. The two-point conversion was run in by Marcus King, making the score 14-0. Catching the pass from Hunt, Brad Johnston...
By LINDA GOODMAN The Titan football team had an exciting start to the season when they took to the road last Friday to take on the Northport Mustangs in a non-league game and returned home victorious with a score of 94-6. For the Titans, Gaven Elder started the touchdowns early in the first quarter with a seven-yard run, also completing the two-point conversion on a pass from quarterback Colton Hunt. After that, the Titans never looked back even though Northport answered with a 60-yard pass play that put their only points of...
The Titan girls traveled to Wellpinit for a match on Friday, September 7, coming home with a win and final score of 3-0. The match scores were 25-23, 25-18 and 25-16. Maddy Wagner led the team with six service aces and a block. Ty Evers led offensively with 10 kills, while Shelbey Watkins had 14 assists and a block. McKennah Davison had one block, and Natosha Boss led the defense with five digs. On September 8 in Harrington, the Titans got the win against Columbia/Hunters by scores of 25-13, 25-10, 25-7. McKenna Davison had...
Caleb Singer, of the Odessa Jr. Livestock 4-H Club, received Avista and Northwest Farm Credit Services 4-H Scholarship certificates during the rodeo last Saturday night at the Lincoln County Fair. In recent years, Avista and Northwest Farm Credit Services have created new 4-H scholarships to recognize high school seniors who are 4-H members for their leadership and core values and who personify the 4-H mission through their 4-H career, project completion and service to their c...
Prior to the regular meeting held Tuesday, August 23, as agreed at the previous meeting (moved to Tuesday from Wednesday due to scheduling conflicts), the board of directors of Odessa School District #105 held a budget workshop in the district office beginning at 6:30 p.m. to review policies and procedures and discuss district goals for the coming school year. The board then met in the high school library with board members Ed Deife, Heather Valverde, Janie Steward and Chris Crossley present. Roland Singer was absent due to...
The Odessa School Board held a budget workshop in the district office at 6 p.m. on July 27, with superintendent Dan Read giving a brief overview of the revenues and expenditures budgeted for each of the funds. The board also completed Read’s evaluation and discussed goals for the next school year. Board chairman Ed Deife then opened the budget hearing at 7 p.m. in the library just prior to the regular monthly meeting. Read gave a brief overview of the 2016-17 budget proposal, handing out a 2016-17 materials, supplies and o...
Next week The Record will publish schedules of fall sports events for both high-school and junior-high teams, boys and girls. There are several teams involved, so there was not sufficient room for them on this issue’s back-to-school page. Don’t forget school registration next week Monday and Tuesday, August 15/16. See the school page in this issue for practice start times and other back-to-school information....
The Odessa School District Curriculum Advisory Committee will meet at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16, in the district office. Interested parents and community members may attend meetings or preview materials that have been submitted for adoption. Samples are generally displayed outside the high school or elementary school offices. This summer, two literature selections will be under review by the Curriculum Committee. The proposed adoptions are “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett. As a fr...
Oswego, NY – Four years ago, Stacia Lesser entered the Advanced STEM Research laboratory at Odessa High School with curiosity about the medical science field. She was interested in becoming a doctor and centered her research on health-related biology. Her sophomore year research, "Transgene Interleukin-37b Aiding Memory Consolidation Due to Sleep Disruption," had her working with Odessa teacher and advisor Jeffery Wehr and Dr. James Krueger of WSU-Spokane on the potential t...
The monthly meeting of Opera House Society met Monday evening in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Carol, Gordon Herron, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner attending. As the completion of the elevator installation is nearing, the building committee has a short list of finishing touches that will be worked on, including the state inspection of the elevator on Tuesday, chandelier controls and an air conditioner electrical fix. New carpeting has been laid where needed, and finishing...
A student must have a grade point average of 3.50-4.00 to be on the honor roll and honorable mention requires a grade point average of 3.25-3.49. Grade values are based on the state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. Odessa High School Senior class members Stacia Lesser (4.0), Katie DeWulf and Alexis Schmierer made the honor roll. Honoroable mention went to Casey Schlomer and Paige Smith. In the junior class, Rebecca Fortner, Wyatt...
Good morning and thank you all for attending this exciting and special day with each of us. As we gather here to celebrate more than a decade of long, hard years of learning, we are surrounded by all of the people who taught and inspired us throughout our lives. Although yesterday was our last day of high school, like most seniors we have been mentally done for about a month. Needless to say, without our oh-so-patient teachers, some more than others, encouraging family and...
Today our class comes together one last time to celebrate how far we have come. Some of us have been together since preschool, while others have joined us along the way. We are a very diverse group, but one of the things we have in common is that today we are all receiving our diploma from Odessa High School. After today, some of us will go to a four year university, some will go to community college or trade school, and others will enter the workforce, but Odessa will remain...
Athletes from the Odessa-Harrington track and field team and their parents and friends were presented with end-of-season awards at a backyard barbecue Friday, June 1, at the home of their head coach Travis Schuh. Most Valuable Player awards went to Gaven Elder for the boys and Lanessa Simon for the girls. The Captain’s award for the combined team went to Lanessa Simon. Most Inspirational awards went to Shelbey Watkins for the girls and Sage Elder for the boys. Cole Kissler w...
The Titan track and field team spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University for State 1B competition. Both the Titan boys and girls excelled individually. For the girls Lanessa Simon was on fire and nothing could put it out, taking first place in the Triple Jump with a distance of 32-11.75 and also first place in Pole Vault with a vault of 9'9". Once again she broke her previous school record of 9'6" set at regionals just a week earlier. Simon took...
The 2016 FFA Awards were given out at the awards night May 26, 2016 at school. Membership degrees were awarded as follows: Discovery degrees for junior high membership went to Jakob Starkel, Kaitlyn Zagelow and Ben Melgren, with Starkel receiving the outstanding discovery degree pin. Greenhand degrees for first-year membership at the high school level went to Isabelle Talancon, Maleah Davison, Garrett Gross, Rochelle Schuh, Anna-Renee Bockman, Theron Schlomer and Lane Lobe. Schuh received the outstanding greenhand pin....
It was a busy week for the Titan track team as they competed in the Riverside Twilight meet and the NE 1B District meet. The Riverside meet in Chattaroy May 6 hosted 20 different schools from as far away as Stillwater Christian in Kalispell, Mont. The boys competed against 15 teams and took 12th place overall with Deer Park, Rogers and Riverside in the top three spots. Individually, the team of Cole Kissler, Aaron Gies, Colby Sooy and Gaven Elder placed 6th in the 4x100-meter...
Over the past five months, Advanced STEM Researcher and Odessa High School junior Cole Kissler has been taking a rigorous online course developed by NASA and the University of Washington, considered Phase One of the Washington State Aerospace Scholars Program. Washington Aerospace Scholars is an educational program for public and private high school juniors across Washington state. The program emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math, and encourages students to...
28 R H E PMY 0 0 0 2 1 2 X 5 5 4 O-H 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 5 The OH Titans baseball team finished the 2016 season May 10, when they lost a district playoff game to Pomeroy by a final score of 5-3. Chance Messer was starting pitcher for the Titans, throwing 76 pitches in four innings, allowing four hits on two runs. He walked three batters and struck out one. Brad Johnston came on in relief, throwing 41 pitches in his two innings. He allowed one hit and three runs,...
28 R H E ACH 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 10 3 O-H 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 1 The O-H high school baseball team played a doubleheader against Almira/Coulee-Hartline May 3, taking home one win and one loss. Chance Messer threw 106 pitches, allowing 10 hits and two runs throughout all seven innings and helping the Titans claim a 4-2 victory over the Warriors. With four at bats, Jayd Jennings had two hits, one run and struck out once. Brad Johnston had three at bats, one run and struck...
The O-H Titans hosted the NE 1B championship meet in Davenport May 3, competing against 11 teams, including Almira/Coulee Hartline, Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, Cusick, Inchelium, Northport, Republic, Selkirk, Valley Christian and Wellpinit. The top teams for the boys were Valley Christian first with 168 points, Odessa-Harrington second with 123, Selkirk third with 96.5. Wellpinit and Republic took the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. For the girls, first place went...
Chance returned from Houston, Texas last week after having been selected by the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) to present his science research, "Engineering Flettner Rotors to Increase Propulsion." Top high school researchers from all over the world displayed their innovative ideas at George R. Brown Convention Center. More than 750 participants shared their scientific ideas, experience and knowledge to promote...
21 R H E Selkirk 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 O-H 2 5 2 0 1 2 12 11 3 At home on Tuesday, April 26, the Titan baseball team played a double-header against Selkirk, taking the first game 12-2. Brad Johnston pitched the entire six innings played, allowing only two runs on two hits (no earned runs), striking out 12 batters and allowing no walks. He threw a total of 84 pitches, of which 63 were strikes. Marcus King had a flawless day at the plate, getting singles in each of his three at-bats and tallying one RBI. Jaden Hunt had...
The Titan track team competed in the Undeberg Invite in Ritzville April 30, hosted by the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athletic cooperative. The boys placed 10th out of 29 teams. The top three teams were Okanogan, Kittitas and NW Christian (Colbert). The girls placed 12th out of 27 teams, with the top three slots taken by Okanogan, Colfax and Royal City. Individually for the Titans, the 4x100 relay team of Cole Kissler, Gaven Elder, Aaron Gies and Colby Sooy placed 9th with 48.26....
The Odessa-Harrington Titan golf team hosted the Mead and Lewis & Clark JV teams in Harrington on April 29. Individually, Cody Hagel and Thomas Brown of Mead tied for first with a score of 85. Ben Wendel of Lewis & Clark was third with 86 and Tanner Graybeal of Mead was fourth with 87. Individual scores for the Titans were John Tanke with 97, William Mann 98, Colt Sanford 103 and Caleb Behrens 137. Coach Mike Greenwood said he was pleased with how well the Titans have...
