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DAVENPORT – Two Gorillas are representing their school as all-NE2B First Team selections. Sophomore Tennesee Rainwater is on the first team for the boys, while senior Darby Soliday wrapped up an accomplished Davenport athletics career with a First Team nomination for the girls. The Soliday family littered the All-NE2B teams overall, as Stacia Soliday was named NE2B girls basketball Coach of the Year, while sophomore Brenick Soliday was named to the boys Second Team. The D...
SPANGLE – After holding off the rival Reardan Indians in the NE2B district quarterfinals last Tuesday, the Lady Gorillas saw their season come to an end with a blowout loss to the Liberty Lancers in an NE2B semifinal matchup 54-35 Thursday, June 17. Teagen Colvin scored 31 points for Liberty to carry the Lancers into the district title game, which the Lancers won in a 77-46 demolition over top-seed Lind-Ritzville/Sprague two days after beating Davenport. Senior Darby Soliday scored 15 points for the Lady Gorillas, while E...
Daeton Deife goes for the bucket in the final home court win over Wellpinit on June 8....
SPOKANE – On Tuesday, June 15, the Odessa Tiger girls defeated the Valley Christian Panthers in Spokane. After a big first quarter, the Odessa team steadily outscored the Panthers to get the 52-21 win. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Fin Ode 20 10 10 12 52 VC 7 4 6 4 21 Maddie Scrupps led the Tiger team offense with 17 points, and Ashlyn Neilsen added another 14. Kenzy Kuchenbuch led the defense by hauling in 11 rebounds. Neilsen had one blocked shot against VC. On Wednesday, June 16, the T...
ODESSA – Grace Nelson, the daughter of Jeff and Jamie Nelson of Odessa, is one of eight incoming high school juniors from around the state of Washington recently selected by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to join its LEAP (Leadership through Education Activities and Personal Development) Committee and participate throughout their junior and senior years. Student representatives are involved with WIAA events, meetings and community projects and have the unique opportunity to be the voice of W...
COLFAX — With a rebound and two free throws, Colfax's John Lustig sealed a 68-63 win in the NE2B boys basketball league championship game Friday night, June 18, over the Davenport Gorillas. The Bulldogs entered the championship as the No. 3 district seed; Davenport was No. 4. Colfax upset No. 2-seed St. George's to make the championship earlier this week. At the same time, Davenport ended the top-ranked Liberty (Spangle) Lancers' season. In the championship game, the B...
DAVENPORT – Libby Swiger and Payton Nachtigal are headed to nationals after top-four finishes in the Washington State High School Rodeo Association Light Rifle competition. The two local high schoolers will head to Lincoln, Nebraska for the national competition July 20. The top four finishers in the state event, which also include Mackinsey Dale and Jase Bustad, qualified for nationals. Finishers were determined by cumulative points between three regular season c...
Reardan High School recognized its two boys basketball seniors before a June 12 tilt with St. George's and a June 16 summer scrimmage with Kettle Falls. Darius Curry is with his father Josh, mother Jennifer and sister Ella. Aiden Kieffer is with his mother, Jennifer....
REARDAN – Three baseball players and one softball player were named to the All-NE2B Team for their respective spring sports. Caden Day, Aiden Kieffer and Abe Nelson were named to the All-NE2B baseball team. Day and Kieffer spent the season pitching for the Indians and were among the team’s top hitters, as was Nelson. The trio was joined by Jake Tanguay, Gavin Ells, Ryan Denham and Preston Overberg of Asotin, Carter Young and Danner Holling of Liberty, Boomer Prouty, Gunner Graves and Robbie Adams of Kettle Falls, Ryan Wat...
SPANGLE--Tennesee Rainwater poured in 24 points while Brenick Soliday added 19 points en route to Davenport's 73-68 upset of the top-seeded Liberty (Spangle) team on their home court in a NE2B league semi-final Wednesday night, June 16. The visiting Gorillas boys basketball team entered the game as the No. 4 seed after topping Lind-Ritzville/Sprague in the quarter-finals Monday, June 14. The game was close through the first three quarters before Davenport built a nine-point le...
Varsity On Tuesday, June 8, the Odessa Tiger boys defeated Wellpinit at home in Odessa by a score of 49-45. The next day, June 9, the Tigers traveled to Wellpinit for a return match, which they lost by two points, 46-44. On June 10, an away game in Coulee City against Almira-Coulee-Hartline resulted in a 20-point loss, as the Warriors overpowered the Tiger team. The Tigers' final game against in Springdale against Mary Walker High School was a 47-33 win. The Tiger varsity won...
ODESSA – In a close game that went into overtime on Tuesday, June 8, the Odessa High School girls defeated Wellpinit at home in Odessa. Although up by 10 at the half, Odessa faced a determined Wellpinit in the last two quarters as they chipped away at the lead and ended regulation play in a 50-50 tie. The Tigers prevailed in overtime. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Final Ode 9 17 13 11 8 58 Wlp 12 4 18 16 3 53 Ashlyn Neilsen and Hayden Schuh scored 23 and 20 points, respectively to pace t...
DAVENPORT--The Broncos trailed 11-4 early, but after that, it was all Davenport. The Gorilla boys pulled away from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 59-45 in Monday's NE2B District quarterfinal and will take on top seeded Liberty in the semifinal Wednesday. Tennesee Rainwater led Davenport with 18 points, while Brenick Soliday added 11 points and Jaeger Jacobsen contributed 10 points off the bench. LRS was led by Chase Galbreath, who scored 11 points. Davenport outscored LRS 32-24 in...
DAVENPORT--Ellie Telford nearly matched her career-high with 28 points and the Lady Gorillas fought off the rival Reardan Indians 51-38 in an NE2B District quarterfinal game Tuesday. Reardan kept the game close through a quarter and a half, but Telford's low post presence proved too much. The Indians were led by Ayden Krupke's 16 points, while Madalyn Dewey added 13 points. Davenport will take on the Liberty Lancers, whom the Gorillas beat in a nonleague game last week but...
DAVENPORT--Today, the NE2B basketball playoffs begin, and the final schedule was finalized last night after the league athletic directors met until 10 p.m. to tie up loose odds and ends. The playoffs will be eight teams for both boys and girls over three days for each tournament in a single-elimination format. Teams finishing lower than eighth place didn't qualify, and their season is over. The Davenport girls finished with the highest seed of any local school, garnering the No. 3 spot on the girls side. They'll host the...
OLYMPIA-- Anglers across Washington will be able to fish without a license on the state’s lakes, rivers, and marine waters during this year’s annual Free Fishing Weekend on June 12-13. Residents and non-residents can fish or gather shellfish across the state on those days, in any waters open to fishing, all without a license. “Free Fishing Weekend is a great opportunity to try fishing for the first time, or maybe the first time in a long time,” said Steve Caromile, Inland Fish Program manager with the Washington Departm...
DAVENPORT – It was only fitting that it would be Ellie Telford and Darby Soliday, the leaders of the Lady Gorillas, who led Davenport to a convincing 63-40 victory over the Liberty Lancers in a nonleague tilt on Senior Night. Telford scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Soliday had 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists as the Gorillas improved to 8-1 on the season and 1-0 in nonleague play. Liberty looked like it would have a fighting chance early, taking an 1...
Lidia Mattozzi hits the ball as her sister Bella Mattozzi backs her up in the June 1 middle school volleyball game played against Tekoa-Rosalia in Rosalia. Coach Justin Ikehara looks on from the sidelines....
A fourth baseball award, the Most Improved award, went to junior Nathan Carstensen....
ODESSA – On Monday, June 7, the Odessa High School girls bowed to Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the Odessa gym. Odessa led by two at the half, but had a sluggish second half. Ashlyn Neilsen scored 16 points to lead the Tiger offense. Hayden Schuh scored 11 points, led the team defense with seven rebounds and blocked four shot attempts by ACH. Ode 7 19 7 4 37 ACH 14 10 10 11 45 The girls are now 1-1 with several games to follow this week and next Tuesday's final game against V...
ODESSA – The varsity boys fell to ACH by a score of 83 to 56 on Monday, June 7, giving them an 0-2 record after having had to forfeit their first game of the season to Wilbur-Creston/Keller when a Covid outbreak among the Odessa High School population caused a last-minute cancellation. No further stats for the game were available at press time....
DAVENPORT –The Gorillas ran into their toughest test against the now-healthy Colfax Bulldogs, and succumbed to the challenge. Colfax handed Davenport its first loss of the season 64-51. Key contributors John Lustig and Damian Demler returned for Colfax and led the way with 22 and 16 points apiece. Colfax took an early lead and led 14-9 after one quarter. They extended the lead to 17-9 on a Lustig three-pointer, but Davenport responded with a 9-0 run to take the lead 18-17. C...
HARRINGTON – The Panther volleyball program made great strides last week. In addition to team and individual growth, they garnered their first win of the season against the Oakesdale NightHawks. Behind some outstanding serves by both Sami Crawford and Alika Samuels, the Panthers won 2-1. Both Shawna Williams and Carmen Meincke successfully served (for the first time in a game) and accrued a handful of points. The game was filled with many heart-stopping rallies by both t...
COULEE DAM – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently announced a harvest fishery for white sturgeon, starting June 12, 2021 until further notice, in Lake Roosevelt from Grand Coulee Dam to China Bend Boat Ramp, including the Spokane River from Highway 25 Bridge upstream to 400 feet below Little Falls Dam, Colville River upstream to Meyers Falls, and the Kettle River upstream to Barstow Bridge. The daily limit is one sturgeon and the annual limit is two sturgeon. Only sturgeon between 50 and 63 inches fo...
ODESSA – The Odessa High School girls defeated the Harrington Panthers in a game played in Odessa's home gym June 1. Ashlyn Neilsen was named Player of the Game and scored a game-high 25 points for the Tigers, while also leading the team with nine assists and eight steals. Hayden Schuh scored 15 and led in rebounding with nine. Neilsen and Schuh also were responsible for two blocked shots each on defense. Ode 15 22 19 10 66 Har 2 3 10 2 17 The Odessa team is young. With o...
