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  • Oakesdale takes both games against Odessa

    Teren Kowatsch, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Dec 18, 2022

    OAKESDALE – Odessa’s boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Oakesdale on Dec. 13 to take on the Nighthawks in non-league, 1B games that were both won by Oakesdale. The girls team was up first – and scoring came few and far between in the first eight minutes, with the Nighthawks leading 4-0 with 3:36 to go in the first quarter. Oakesdale went on a 6-4 run the rest of the quarter to take a 10-4 lead over Odessa heading into the second quarter. After trailing 18-8 in the second quarter, Tigers’ guard Ashlyn Neilsen scored...

  • Former WSU coach Mike Leach dies at 61

    Teren Kowatsch, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Dec 18, 2022

    PULLMAN--Hater of candy corn, lover of pirates, endless quote machine, innovator of the Air Raid offense and former Washington State head coach Mike Leach was announced dead on Dec. 13 after complications from a heart condition that left him hospitalized on Dec. 11. He was 61. "(Leach) was a great character in the world of college football and one of its most innovative and creative offensive minds," Washington State Senator Mark Schoesler said in a statement. "During his...

  • Odessa girls sixth at state

    Teren Kowatsch, The Record-Times|Updated Nov 18, 2022

    YAKIMA – The Odessa Tigers came into the WIAA 1B State Tournament as the No. 12-seed and minimal expectations. That made it all the more surprising when the Tigers finished in sixth-place in the tournament and were just a few-point-swing away from potentially finishing fifth. Odessa ended up in the fifth-place bracket after beating No. 5-seed Liberty Christian 3-2 on Nov. 10 before losing 3-0 to eventual semi-finalist Naselle, also on Nov. 10. Odessa continued to put on the u...

  • Reardan volleyball falls in districts

    Teren Kowatsch, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Nov 11, 2022

    COLFAX – Reardan volleyball was in control of its own destiny after defeating Davenport on Nov. 2. Reardan needed two wins to secure the No. 3 seed in the district to advance to the State Tournament in Yakima. The Screaming Eagles were unable to do so, losing in three sets to the Upper Columbia Academy Lions in a loser-out game. Reardan was initially able to keep pace with Upper Columbia Academy – losing, albeit by a narrow margin, in the early stages of the first set 9-6. This was the closest the Screaming Eagles came to...

  • Reardan falls in consolation bracket

    Teren Kowatsch, The Record-Times|Updated Nov 8, 2022

    COLFAX – Reardan was in control of its own destiny after defeating Davenport on Nov. 2. Reardan needed two wins to secure the No. 3 seed in the district to advance to the state tournament in Yakima. But the Screaming Eagles were unable to do so Thursday night, Nov. 3, in the Colfax High School gymnasium, losing in three sets to the Upper Columbia Academy Lions of Spangle in a loser-out game. Reardan was initially able to keep pace with the Lions, trailing, 9-6, in the early s...

  • Bulldogs hold off Screaming Eagles 20-7

    Teren Kowatsch, Whitman County Gazette|Updated Sep 30, 2022

    COLFAX – The Bulldogs beat the Reardan Screaming Eagles 20-7 on Friday, Sept. 23 in a closely-contested contest. After a few back-and-forth drives than ended in punts for both teams, Reardan (1-3, 1-3) struck first with a 50-yard touchdown pass to running back Aidan Chilson on third down. Reardan kicked the extra point to go up 7-0 with five minutes left in the first. Colfax (1-3, 1-3) proceeded to score 20 unanswered points from that point on – the first six points being a 6...

  • Bulldogs give Reardan volleyball first loss

    Teren Kowatsch, The Record-Times|Updated Sep 22, 2022

    COLFAX--After coming up short last week in a five-set match against the Pullman Greyhounds, the Colfax Bulldogs were in for another test this week in the team’s season opener against the 3-0 Reardan High School volleyball team. The result of the game was a series of firsts: the first win of the season for the Bulldogs and loss for Reardan as Colfax won the match 3-1 (25-18, 26-24, 18-25, 25-19) and the first time for, at least a few people, that players, coaches and fans had to leave the building because of the smoke alarm g...