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REARDAN - The Reardan High School wrestling team is hosting a memorial tournament on Saturday, July 27, to raise funds for funeral expenses in honor of their beloved teammate, Torin Alexander Zagorski, who recently passed away. The event will take place at the Smith Gym in Reardan, starting at 8 a.m. Torin Alexander Zagorski was born on June 12, 2007, and passed away on Tuesday, June 18. He is survived by his parents, Richard and Lena Zagorski, and his siblings, Tristan and Ta...
Caleb McMillan of Soap Lake rides Eski Time in the bull riding finale Sunday, July 14, of the Cheney Rodeo. McMillan was crowned the rodeo's all-around cowboy. See story on Page 10....
Some are tired of hearing stories, especially those on the losing side, but those who played basketball for Coach Rich Juarez sixty years ago thought they better have a team reunion. They heard Coach (who lives in Sun City, AZ) was coming up to Washington to see relatives this week. This wasn't their first reunion because they got together in 1975 and at least twice since then, but if your team members are all 76-77 years old and coach a little older, you are not sure how...
CHENEY - Caleb McMillan of Soap Lake was crowned the all-around cowboy Sunday for the 2024 Cheney Rodeo, earning $998. He competed in bull riding, tie-down roping and steer wrestling. Lincoln County was also represented by Laramie Gray of Reardan. The 8-year-old trick rider, who trains with Riley McMillan, carried the U.S. flag during grand entry. Others in the rodeo with ties to Lincoln County include team roper Bobby Winn of Reardan and saddle bronc rider Davey McMillan of...
OLYMPIA – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving to protect Cascade red foxes from trapping statwide. The agency announced that it will accept public comment through Aug. 9 on a new proposed ruling banning fox trapping. Under the new rule, it would be illegal to trap Cascade red foxes in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Okanogan, Wenatchee and Gifford Pinchot national forests this year and in future trapping seasons. "Fox trapping was closed in these locations last s...
REARDAN – A local girl is sure to be among the show-stoppers this weekend at the Cheney Rodeo. Laramie Gray, 8, whose family ranches north of Reardan is expected to bring the crowd on its feet during grand entry when she proudly carries "Old Glory" during grand entry Friday and Saturday atop her Palomino, Big Easy. Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association performances are set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Several local riders were also set to ride during slack Thursday e...
SPOKANE - Tournament time this past week for the West Plains Cannons proved to be a perfect place for some experimentation. As hosts of a pod in the American Legion Wood Bat Classic the Cannons of course set sights on winning not only their bracket but playing for the title as well. The tinkering head coach Austin Sharp drew up nearly worked as West Plains advanced to the first round of elimination play, losing to eventual tournament runner-up, the Billings Scarlets, 3-1 on...
GRAND COULEE — Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is banning all campfires until further notice. The ban on all campfires went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, July 11. “No open flames are permitted,” a notice on the ban said. “This includes, but is not limited to, all fires in National Park Service-provided fire rings and boxes, shoreline fires, charcoal fires, tiki torches, incense burners, candles, pellet smokers and propane campfires.” Lake Roosevelt officials said self-contained propane and gas stoves and lante...
Spokane Area American Legion Baseball Standings Single A A American Divsion Teams Wins Losses Northern Lakes 10 0 Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs 6 3 Prairie Cardinals 6 3 Trail Orioles 5 5 Lewis and Clark 2 8 Kettle Falls 1 4 North Idaho Lakers 0 7 A National Division Ridgeline 11 1 North Central Storm 7 4 Gonzaga Prep 7 2 Cheney 7 6 West Valley 6 2 Lakeside 5 0 Ferris 5 6 Shadle Park 4 6 Mead 3 4 Pullman 3 2 Mount Spokane Wild 2 2 Deer Park A 2 8 East Valley 1 5 Rogers 0 6 Chewlah 0 9 Double A AA American North Asotin County Blues...
MEDICAL LAKE — They accomplished what is maybe most important but the West Plains Cannons fell just short of, perhaps, their prefect week. A June 25 sweep of the Mount Spokane Wild clinched a third consecutive Spokane AAA regular season title and top seeding in regional play that leads to state for the Cannons, which features players from Cheney, Medical Lake and Reardan. Later in the week, West Plains played for the championship in Selah. but could not find an answer for the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen who beat them twice on...
SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is prohibiting campfires, target shooting and other activities on publicly owned lands managed by the agency. According to agency Lands Division Manager Cynthia Wilkerson, the restrictions went into effect July 1. Under the restriction, the agency is banning campfires, including those in fire rings. It is also banning target shooting, fireworks, smoking outdoors, welding and using chainsaws. It’s also illegal to drive a vehicle off-road. Parking is only allowed in des...
CHENEY - Reardan's AAA Little League baseball team, consisting of boys aged 9-12, is this year's West Plains Little League champions. The team sponsored by PNW Landman of Cheney knocked off MLEA of Medical Lake 11-2 in the championship game to conclude an 11-2 title-winning season Friday, June 14. Reardan lost two of its first three games, then got hot. Reardan won 10 straight games to pick up the No. 2 seed in the West Plains tournament. CFCU of Westwood was the team's first... Full story
REARDAN - The Davenport varsity girls finished second and the host Screaming Eagle girls finished third at the third annual Reardan Slam Basketball Tournament Friday, June 14 through June 16. On the junior varsity side, Reardan advanced to the semifinals with an Elite 8 win over Lind-Ritzville/Sprague before falling to eventual champion Republic. New Northeast 2B team Freeman, formerly a 1A school that has reclassified to 2B, won the varsity girls championship over Davenport....
CHENEY - Reardan 12U Major Fastpitch Softball Team went undefeated through regular season and won West Plains Little League and District Championship without contest. The team made up mostly of sixth- graders began the season with anticipation. According to coach Tom Bocook, half of the team never played before. "I can honestly say they have gotten better every week." Bocook said. "I have no doubt that they could explain an infield fly rule, 1st 3rd plays and what drop third...
DAVENPORT — If one is having trouble waiting another two months for their rodeo fix at the Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo, they’re in luck. The Davenport Junior Rodeo, hosted by Friends of the Fair, is Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22. Youths as young as three years old and as “old” as 18 will be competing in all sorts of rodeo events. Competition begins at 4 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday. The Eastern Washington Junior Rodeo Association-sanctioned event is free to attend both nights. “There’ll be lots of local kids,...
REARDAN - The third annual Reardan Slam Basketball Tournament, which features varsity and junior varsity high school girls teams, returns this weekend Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16. The round robin style tournament imagineered by girls basketball head coach Bob Swannack, who will enter his fourth year at the helm next school year, will have games played in halves with 20-minute running clocks. The click will stop in the last two minutes of the game, unless one team...
Area youth were among the competitors June 7-8 at the junior rodeo at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds west of Colfax.The Eastern Washington Junior Rodeo Association is scheduled to bring competitors to the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Davenport for a two-day event June 21-22. After that, junior cowboys and cowgirls will head to Grand Coulee on July 13-14....
SPOKANE — During an unusually quiet week in an otherwise busy time for AAA American Legion play, the West Plains Cannons had just two games, winning both in decidedly different ways 11-0 and 3-2 over the Spokane Northstars, June 4 and 5. “I don’t think we hit a ball out of the infield in the first inning and we scored six runs,” Cannons Coach Austin Sharp said of the June 4 rout of the Rogers High-based team. The Cannon’s “small ball” strategy allowed them to open the floodgates early in the first game. “We’ve always...
DAVENPORT — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is joining the Lincoln County Cattlemen’s Association for a meeting about wolves and wolf management in the county here soon. The meeting, which will feature wolf biologists, conflict specialists and enforcement officers, is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 18 at Memorial Hall, 511 Park Street. “Lincoln County doesn’t currently have resident wolf packs but transient wolves have been seen there in the past,” the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife said in a press release. “As wolves expa...
ODESSA - A local eighth-grader is this year's Washington Junior High School Rodeo Association State Champion chute dogger and Reserve Champion steer bareback rider. Winston Wade, 14, who has been doing rodeo for only two years, earned the prizes at the state finals May 23-27 in Moses Lake. Wade started entering junior rodeos two years ago when his family moved to Odessa from Nebraska. "I always wanted to ride bulls," Wade said. "That's how I got started chute dogging." Wade...
YAKIMA - Four individual athletes and one relay team from Lincoln County won state titles at the WIAA 1B/2B/1A State Championship Meet at Eisenhower High School Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25. And a bevy of other athletes from Davenport, Odessa and Reardan also took home top-5 finishes, leading to top places for some of the teams. The Davenport girls had the best showing of local teams, finishing second in 2B with 67.5 points. St. George's won another title with 95...
5-year-old Winston Wade, an eighth-grader from Odessa, is the state champion in Washington State Junior High School Rodeo Chute Dogging and was Reserve Champion in Steer Bareback. State finals were held May 23-27 in Moses Lake....
HARRINGTON - The Lincoln County Youth Soccer league, which is in its second season, held its annual tournament while the local Car Show was ongoing Saturday, May 18. Odessa was well represented amongst the victors. The future Tigers beat Davenport 1-0 in the 2nd/3rd grade championship, beat Ritzville in penalty kicks in the 4th/5th grade championship and smoked Davenport 11-0 in the 6th-8th grade championship. Ritzville topped Reardan 3-2 in the kindergarten/1st grade...
TUMWATER - Odessa senior Melloney Deife topped her 2023 third place finish at the WIAA State Golf 1B/2B Tournament with a second-place finish in the 2024 iteration Wednesday, May 22. Deife's finish is Odessa's best since Kira Powell won the state championship in 2012. The senior entered Wednesday's final round tied for second place, one shot off the lead, after shooting an 88 in the first round Tuesday, May 21. She matched that total by shooting another 88 Wednesday. Deife...
