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Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 1975
DAVENPORT - The Gorillas trailed after the first quarter Friday, then ran away with a 38-20 homecoming win at Hering Field. Davenport beat Entiat in a game coach Trenton Briney said his players had never won in high school. Entiat was not available for comment. "It was a great win," Briney said. "The kids were just talking. They've never won a homecoming game in their high school career, so they're pretty excited about that." The Tigers led 8-0 in the first quarter after a...
REPUBLIC — Freshman Jackson Henry cracked the top 20 on Tuesday, Sept. 29, and the Davenport boys finished fifth as a team at the second Northeast 2B League cross country meet at The Short Game Golf Course. Northwest Christian (Colbert) won the team title with 33 points. Junior Oliyad Boone won the individual race in 17:00. Chewelah was second with 39, Saint George’s third with 75 and Kettle Falls fourth with 118. Davenport scored 125. Newport was sixth with 156. Henry led the Gorillas, placing 17th in 19:46. Senior Jac...
COULEE DAM — Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will lift its campfire ban at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2. Campfires will be allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas and on lakeshores below the high-water mark, the release stated. Beach fires must be smaller than 3 feet across and at least 10 feet from logs, structures and vegetation, according to the park service. Fires should be built on bare ground, never left unattended and fully put out with water before leaving, the release stated. C...
DAVENPORT — Spokane Teachers Credit Union would pay $29,851 over 10 years, plus $7,665.37 to install new football and gymnasium scoreboards, under a sponsorship presented at Monday’s School Board meeting. Superintendent Chad Prewitt showed the board the proposed football-field board and a smaller elementary-gym board and said both need approval. The Sept. 16 agreement runs through Sept. 30, 2036, the contract states. STCU would get exclusive financial-institution branding on the field and gym boards and a first right of ref...
DAVENPORT - The Gorillas stayed close for a set and led the third by seven, then lost in three Tuesday, Sept. 29, to a rival that has knocked them out of a state berth before. Davenport fell to Northwest Christian 24-26, 21-25, 20-25 at home. The Crusaders were not available for comment. Coach Jill Morrison said the matchup always carries nerves. Northwest Christian ended a Davenport state run one year, Davenport ended one of theirs the next, and both teams went last season....
ROCKFORD — Sophomore Simon Sobotta placed 17th in the 5,000-meter run Tuesday to lead the Reardan boys to seventh place at the NE2B South Meet at Freeman High School. Freeman ran away with the team title, placing four runners in the top five to finish with just 21 points. Senior Micah Bessire won the individual race in 16:31.29. Asotin was second with 77 points, followed by Valley Christian (93), Garfield-Palouse (106), Colfax (118) and host Liberty (131). Reardan finished seventh in the nine-team field with 151 points, a...
ODESSA — The Tigers scored on the ground, through the air and off a pick-six Friday, then let Mar y Walker on the board only in the fourth quarter. Odessa beat the Chargers 38-8 in a 7 p.m. game Sept. 25. Coach Kolby Schafer said the start set the tone. “We got off to a good start,” Schafer said. “Our defense was pretty good. We were able to force some early turnovers that we were able to capitalize on.” Freshman Gavin Scrupps scored on a 32-yard run in the first quarter, and sophomore Hudson Walter ran in the two-point...
REARDAN - Ryker Reed ran for three touchdowns, threw for another and recovered a fumble as undefeated Colfax pulled away in the second half for a 37-14 win over Reardan Friday, Sept. 25. The Bulldogs improved to 4-0, while the Screaming Eagles fell to 2-2. Reardan struck first, driving 37 yards before Mavrick Frolov scored on a 5-yard run. Colfax answered when Reed threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Lustig and then broke loose for a 17-yard touchdown run, giving the Bulldo...
DAVENPORT - Neither team could score through 80 minutes and two overtimes Tuesday, and Reardan settled it from the spot. The Screaming Eagles beat the Gorillas 1-0 on penalty kicks after two five-minute overtimes at Hering Field. Eighth-grader Gianna Breedlove and sophomore Haylee Lyle converted in the shootout. Reardan Coach Richard Breedlove said the Eagles played more together than they had all year, and that the passing finally came together. "I told them to believe, and...
REARDAN - The Reardan volleyball team kept things rolling Tuesday night, sweeping visiting Lake Roosevelt in straight sets, 25-8, 25-14, 25-4, for its fourth win in a row. The Screaming Eagles dropped their first three matches of the season but have since turned things around, improving to 4-3 on the year. Kenzie Whitman led the net attack with a team-high 8 kills and 2 blocks. Setter Raegan Soliday ran the offense with 26 assists, Emerson Sprecher paced the service game with...
DAVENPORT — The girls volleyball team topped Kettle Falls, but lost matches in Newport and Colfax. Coach Jill Morrison said the Gorillas lost 15-25, 20-25, 23-25 at Newport on Sept..22. Eighth-grader Layla Hammond had 12 kills. Junior Rebecca Choate had 17 assists. Junior AJ Alfante had two aces. Eighth-grader Paxtyn Oestreich had a block. Senior Tatum Hupp had 18 digs. “Had a great set 3 just couldn’t get the momentum we needed,” Morrison said. “They continue to work hard and are having great moments on the court.” A...
ROCKFORD - Reardan took a 28-26 lead midway through the fourth quarter Friday, Sept. 18, but the Scotties scored the final 13 points to win 40-28 in a Northeast 2B matchup. “We played well for chunks of the game, but we have to continue to work on executing more consistently,” Reardan head coach Matt Clouse said. “We had our opportunities in this game, but we couldn’t convert in the crunch time.” The Screaming Eagles (2-1) opened with a two-point safety on a Freeman punt, then HK Bird returned the ensuing kickoff 67 yards...
DAVENPORT - Wilbur-Creston-Keller beat Davenport 54-8 on Friday, Sept. 18, at Hering Field in a game called with 2:16 left in the fourth quarter. Coach Darin Reppe said the Wildcats ran the football and executed on both sides of the ball in a strong first half. WCK led 30-8 after one quarter and 46-8 at halftime. Junior Bennett Wagner hit junior Titus Lathrop for a 60-yard touchdown at 5:37 of the first quarter. The conversion was good. That was Davenport's only score. Wagner...
RITZVILLE - Reardan placed fifth and Davenport finished seventh in the boys team standings at the first NE2B League cross country meet of the season on Sept. 22. Fourteen teams competed in the meet. Reardan scored 129 points, five behind fourth-place Liberty. Davenport finished with 191 points. Freeman won the boys competition with 19 points, followed by Colfax with 80 and Asotin with 111. Simon Sobotta led Reardan, placing 15th in the 5,000-meter race in 18:41.35. Kacen Landr...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles dropped two soccer games in the last week, falling to Northwest Christian and Medical Lake. Northwest Christian 8, Reardan 0 Undefeated Northwest Christian rolled past Reardan 8-0 Tuesday at Joe Johnson Field under sunny, 75-degree skies. Claire Wichman and Rylie Rettedal recorded hat tricks, scoring three goals each. Hannah Fish and Chloe Strandy each added a goal. Northwest Christian led 6-0 at halftime, before cruising to the win. "We played...
HARRINGTON - A Harrington golfer recorded a hole-in-one at the Dean Anderson Memorial on Sunday. Chris Phillips, 50, of Harrington used a driver on the 189-yard ninth hole. "I really smoothed that shot," Phillips said. The ace drew cheers around the course. It was his first hole-in-one mentioned for the memorial tournament....
ODESSA – Perseverance wins football games. The Odessa Tigers proved that Friday night, Sept. 18, in a come-from-behind win, 46-36, over the visiting Cusick Panthers in the Sausage Bowl. The Tigers trailed the Panthers for most of three quarters of football, but pulled ahead for the first time early in the fourth quarter. "We made a lot of early uncharacteristic mistakes," Coach Kolby Schafer said. "We stuck with it, persevered and finished the game strong in the second h...
