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  • Greenhouse dedicated to Fred Springer

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 29, 2025

    REARDAN – In his 32 years as agriculture teacher, Fred Springer did a lot for Reardan High School. On Tuesday, May 15, the school did something for him. It honored the former teacher and his wife Kathy at the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Fred and Kathy Springer Memorial Greenhouse. After graduating from Otis Orchards High School in 1956, Springer joined the Marines and then attended Washington State University. Upon his graduation in 1967, he accepted a job at R...

  • Lions Club feeds hungry senior class

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 29, 2025

    REARDAN – The Lions Club hosted the senior classes of Reardan High School and Christian Heritage School in the Community Hall at its annual breakfast, Tuesday, May 20. "This breakfast is the Lions Clubs way of acknowledging the students for their graduation from high school," club president Dale Swant said. "We also use this time to reward deserving seniors with scholarship money." Forty-five students dined on hotcakes, French toast, ham, eggs, and hash browns before h...

  • Depleted squad competes in relay meet

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 15, 2025

    CHEWELAH – While many members of the Reardan track team attended the Washington FFA State Convention, the rest competed at the Chewelah Co-Ed Relays Friday, May 9 at Snyder Field. Avery Casselberry placed first in the shotput with a distance of 32-4 and second in the discus with a throw of 83-8. Isabella Burtenshaw placed fifth in the shotput with a throw of 24-0 and eighth in the javelin with a throw of 67-6. Adeline Heindl placed seventh in the discus with a throw of 69-0 a...

  • Werner sworn in as new police chief

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 8, 2025

    REARDAN – Mayor Gail Daniels swore in Barbara Werner as the town's new chief of police at the town council meeting Thursday, May 1. Werner replaced former chief Mike Suniga who resigned his position to become the chief of police in Ritzville. Werner grew up in Sacramento, California and joined the Army in 1988. She served as a military police officer at Fort Richie, Maryland, Giessen Army Depot in Giessen, Germany, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, before leaving the Army in 1...

  • Reardan takes two from Kettle Falls

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 8, 2025

    REARDAN – Timely hitting and clutch pitching sparked the Screaming Eagles' baseball team to a 5-4 and 4-2 win over Kettle Falls in a doubleheader Saturday, May 3. At their last home game, Screaming Eagles' coach Bobby Green recognized seniors Tysen Finch and Pierson Board for their contributions to the team. Kettle Falls got things going in the first game by scoring two runs in the first inning. Reardan scored one of its own in the bottom of the inning to make the score 2...

  • Softballers get clobbered by Bulldogs

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 8, 2025

    REARDAN – Under threatening dark clouds the Screaming Eagles girls softball team hosted Kettle Falls in a doubleheader, Saturday, May 3. On a day when Reardan senior Kira Hoff played her last home game, the Bulldogs offense was relentless, winning the games 24-7 and 33-1. In the opening game, the Bulldogs scored three runs in the first inning and in the second inning, each of their nine batters also scored. Kettle Falls scored 12 more runs over the last three innings and t...

  • Athletes set PRs at Undeberg Invitational

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 1, 2025

    RITZVILLE – Track teams from Davenport, Reardan and Odessa competed under sunny skies at the 20 team Undeberg Invitational at Snider Field, Saturday, April 26. Okanogan won the boys’ competition with 74.5 points. Reardan placed second with 71.5 points. Davenport scored 33 points to earn eighth place and Odessa scored 5 points for its 17th place finish. Okanogan also won the girls meet with 78 points. Davenport earned third place with 68.5 points. Reardan placed seventh wit...

  • Walk brings awareness to water crisis

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated May 1, 2025

    REARDAN – The world has a water crisis and the Reardan community cares. Over two billion people lack access to safe water and for the millions of those who do, they must walk miles each day to collect it for their families. The Reardan Presbyterian Church sponsored its 12th annual Reardan Community Walk for Water Sunday, April 27 to raise money for Water Mission, an organization that brings water filtration and sanitation solutions to third world countries and sites of n...

  • Reardan hosts St. George's in tennis

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 24, 2025

    REARDAN – The Screaming Eagles hosted St. George's in NE2B tennis on Friday, Aug. 18. Kaitlynne Guhlke, who practices with Reardan but represents Davenport High School, also took part in the match. In the boys' competition, Reardan's E.J. Preuschoff defeated Brady Nosbaum 6-1, 6-3 and the doubles team of Braden and Marcus Durbin beat St. George's Steven Liv and Joe Sudlow 6-4, 0-6, 10-8. The Screaming Eagles' Dominic Board lost to Joey Maestas 0-6, 2-6 but bounced back to b...

  • Newport blanks Reardan baseball and softball

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 24, 2025

    REARDAN – The Newport baseball and softball teams came to town Tuesday, April 22, and in both games, overpowered the Screaming Eagles with dominant pitching. The Grizzlies won the girls softball game 14-0 and the boys baseball game 8-0. In the softball game, Grizzlies' pitcher Lili Hall handcuffed Reardan batters allowing only singles by Hadley Landreth and Tayen Zagorski. Newport tattooed the ball in its at-bats. The Grizzlies hit four doubles and one home run in their 10 h...

  • Reardan falls to Chewelah in extra innings

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 17, 2025

    REARDAN - After being tied 12-12 at the end of regulation play, Chewelah scored four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Screaming Eagles 16-12 Tuesday, April 15. Reardan pitcher Shyla Nortz walked three batters in the first inning and the Cougars pushed two runners across home plate with three singles to take an early 2-0 lead. In the second inning the Screaming Eagles scored six runs on singles by Natalya Hahn, Kylynn Clouse, Lillie Whitman and Rylynn Green and a double...

  • Chewelah silences Reardan bats

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 17, 2025

    REARDAN - Chewelah showed the Screaming Eagles why they are the No. 1 baseball team in the NE2B league when they met Tuesday, April 15. In the second inning, the Cougars scored 16 runs on nine hits in their 22-0 shellacking of Reardan. The win improved Chewelah's record to 10-0. Chewelah pitcher Grady Skok threw a gem by allowing only one hit and by walking only one batter in the five inning game. Maveric Sobotta collected Reardan's only hit of the game. Reardan pitchers'...

  • Local track teams compete at Freeman

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 17, 2025

    ROCKFORD – Reardan and Davenport participated in a four-way track meet hosted by Freeman on Wednesday, April 16. Freeman scored 45 points to win the boys' competition. Newport placed second with 43 points. Reardan and Davenport scored 28 and 25 points, respectively. Freeman also won the girls' competition, scoring 47 points. Davenport placed second with 44 points, followed by Newport with 31 points, Reardan with 17 points. Davenport's David Coriell won the 100-meter run in 1...

  • Reardan boys, Davenport girls flourish at Invitational

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 9, 2025

    DEER PARK – The Reardan boys track team placed third and Davenport finished 16th in the 23 team Glenn Wolfe Invitational meet April 4, at Deer Park High School. In the girls' competition, Davenport placed fourth and Reardan finished 17th out of 21 schools. Medical Lake won the boys' meet with 66 points and Freeman placed second with 64 points. Reardan scored 63 points for third and Davenport scored 13 points for 16th place. Bonners Ferry won the girls meet with 109 points. M...

  • Reardan drops two to NWC

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 9, 2025

    REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles baseball team lost both ends of a doubleheader to NE2B league leading Northwest Christian Saturday, April 5. The Crusaders won the games 4-1 and 19-5 to send Reardan to its third straight defeat. In the first game, NWC scored three runs in the first inning and added another run in the third inning. Crusaders' pitcher Kaden Van Dyke held the Screaming Eagles without a hit through three innings. In the fourth inning, Reardan's Hunter Flaa tattooed...

  • Speedsters shine at Colville invitational

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 2, 2025

    COLVILLE – The Reardan boys track team led by seniors Gabe Branstetter, Evan Krupke and Jakari Singleton scored 69 points to place fourth out of 15 schools at the Ezra Gordon Invitational on Saturday, March 29 at the high school. The girls track team scored 24 points and placed ninth in the girls' competition. Branstetter and Krupke were named Male MVPs with their performances. Branstetter scored 20 points after winning the 400-meter run with a time of 51.93 and the 8...

  • Flaa throws no-no in blowout win

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 2, 2025

    DAVENPORT – Hunter Flaa played a near flawless game in Reardan's 33-0 win over the Gorillas in a Northeast 2B baseball game on Saturday, March 29. Flaa struck out 11 batters and pitched a no-hitter to lead the Screaming Eagles to their fourth straight win to open the season. Reardan scored two runs in the first inning and two runs in the third inning but hammered the Gorillas with 15 hits and 29 runs in the fourth inning. Levi Collier had four of Reardan's 17 hits and knocked...

  • Reardan girls take two from Davenport

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 2, 2025

    DAVENPORT – After losing two lop-sided games to Northwest Christian on March 27, Reardan’s bats came alive against the Gorillas Saturday, March 29, winning both ends of a doubleheader 17-6 and 27-7. In the first game, the Screaming Eagle benefited from Davenport’s inability to find home plate with its pitches. Seventeen Reardan players walked or were hit by pitches to keep the bases occupied. Reardan moved players from bag to bag with walks and singles. In the fourth inning Hadley Landreth and Kylynn Clouse each belted tripl...

  • Reardan steamrolls Davenport 11-1

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 27, 2025

    REARDAN – Tysen Finch and Jacob Bodeau struck out 13 batters and limited Davenport to five hits in the Screaming Eagles 11-1 win, Tuesday, March 25. The Gorillas took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning on a run scored by Colby Kiser. In the bottom of the inning, Reardan scored two of its own on Hunter Flaa's double, making the score 2-1. From then on, the game belonged to the Screaming Eagles, who picked up three runs in the fourth inning, four in the fifth and two in t...

  • Late runs lift Reardan to win over Davenport

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 27, 2025

    REARDAN – The Screaming Eagles scored five runs in the last two innings to beat Davenport 8-7 in a Northeast 2B softball matchup Tuesday, March 25. Fans from both schools basked in the sun to watch Reardan's home opener against its biggest rival on the season's first short-sleeved day. In the first inning, Davenport's Samantha Stiles was just as hot. On the second pitch of the game, she launched Shyla Nortz's pitch into right field and raced around the bases to score on an i...

  • Reardan baseballers win season opener

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 19, 2025

    REARDAN – The Screaming Eagles rode the dominant pitching of Tysen Finch to win their opener of the 2025 baseball season 6-1 over Liberty Tuesday, March 18. Finch struck out 13 batters and allowed only two hits in his season debut. Hunter Flaa and Colton Lonning both got two hits for Reardan and Levi Collier knocked in two runs. "This was a good opener for us," Reardan head coach Bobby Green said. "We are still making some adjustments and still getting players up to speed t...

  • A star on the field, an artist at heart

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 19, 2025

    DAVENPORT - Anyone who follows local sports knows the name Soliday. It is synonymous with winning. Glenna Soliday, a high school junior, is the latest in her lineage crowned a state champion. In 2023 and 2024, she won the 100 and 300-meter hurdles at the WIAA 2B State Track Meet. She is also a standout player on the soccer pitch and this winter the Northeast 2B Basketball League honored her as its Most Valuable Player. Glenna is no slouch in the classroom, either. She is a...

  • Reardan takes home 3rd place trophy

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 13, 2025

    SPOKANE – After a 17 year drought, the Reardan boys basketball team earned a trip to the Spokane Arena to play in the WIAA 2B Boys State Basketball Tournament March 6-8. The Screaming Eagles defeated Tri-Cities Prep and Colfax and lost to Freeman to place third in the tournament. The team finished the 2025 season 24-3. It was the school's most wins since the 1997 team won 26 games. Reardan last appeared in the state tournament in 2008 under coach Bob Swannack, who now leads t...

  • Screaming Eagles place 5th at State

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 13, 2025

    SPOKANE – After defeating Napavine in the first round of the WIAA 2B Girls State Basketball Tournament last week in Cheney, the Screaming Eagles earned the right to play under the bright lights and in front of huge crowds as the tournament moved into the Spokane Arena March 6-8. Noted on the team's resume was a record of 22-2, the best since 2013. The Screaming Eagles capped their superb season by taking home the fifth place trophy after going 2-2 in tournament play. In t...

  • Soccer sign-up ends March 10

    Byrne Bennett, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 5, 2025

    HARRINGTON – The Lincoln County Youth Soccer program is registering children from kindergarten through the 8th grade for its 2025 spring soccer season. The registration fee is $45, which includes a team jersey. Teams are coed and are comprised of children from Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Odessa, Lind/Ritzville and Wilbur. All games are played on Saturdays in Harrington between April 19 and May 18. To register, or to learn more about the soccer program, visit www.lcysoccer.com. Registration ends Monday, March 1...

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