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  • Nighthawks cage Odessa Tigers, 62-19

    Matthew Strissel, The Record-Times|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks girls basketball team came away with a big win against the Odessa Tigers at home on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Nighthawks instigated the mercy rule and defeated the Tigers, 62-19. The Nighthawks flew to an 11-1 lead to start the game. By the end of the first quarter, Oakesdale gained a 24-7 advantage. Oakesdale added two steals resulting in breakaway layups in the second quarter, the first one coming from freshman guard Megan Crider and the...

  • Oakesdale fights to get win against Odessa

    Matthew Strissel, The Record-Times|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    OAKESDALE - After a bit of a rough start to the game, the Oakesdale Nighthawks battled back to defeat the Oakesdale Tigers, 61-47, on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Odessa jumped to a 7-0 lead before Oakesdale could sink a bucket just under halfway through the first quarter. Senior Charlie Henning got the Nighthawks on the board. Oakesdale also got into some foul trouble early on, having five fouls in the first four minutes of the opening frame. The Nighthawks were able to tie the score at...

  • Colfax Bulldogs shut out Davenport, 32-0

    Matthew Strissel, The Record-Times|Updated Oct 31, 2024

    COLFAX - The Davenport Gorillas suffered a shutout defeat, 32-0, to the Colfax Bulldogs on Thursday, Oct. 24 in a Northeast 2B League matchup. Halfway through the first quarter, Colfax senior running back John Largent opened the scoring on a 10-yard touchdown run. The Davenport defense blocked the PAT kick and Colfax led, 6-0. It was the only TD the Gorillas allowed in the quarter. Neither team could muster much offense in the second quarter. With 19 seconds remaining in the...

  • New rules come as hunting looms

    Matthew Strissel, The Record-Times|Updated Aug 28, 2024

    SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced new rules ahead of the fall deer and elk hunting seasons. Effective Sept. 1 in game management units 124, 127 and 130, it is unlawful to hunt for deer, elk and moose using any type of bait placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, scattered or otherwise used for the purpose of attracting deer, elk or moose with the intent to hunt them; or natural or synthetic scents that contain or are derived from cervid urine and glandular extracts.  Hunters in the same gam...

  • Emergency rules enacted to contain chronic wasting disease

    Matthew Strissel, The Record-Times|Updated Aug 28, 2024

    SPOKANE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has filed multiple emergency rules to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer across the state. Washington’s first case of chronic wasting disease was reported in July in an adult female white-tailed deer found dead in the Fairwood area. The fatal disease has been documented in wild or captive cervids (deer, elk, moose and caribou) in 34 other states and four Canadian provinces.  “With the spread of CWD across the country and recent detections in adjacen...