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REARDAN–Two high school head coaches submitted resignations accepted by the school board Wednesday, May 31. Baseball coach Matt Clouse and wrestling coach Justin Neufeld resigned from their respective positions. Clouse will remain head football coach, but stepped back from his baseball job after four seasons, citing a desire to put time into watching his daughter play softball and focus on coaching one sport. He recommended that the district hire Bobby Green as his successor. Neufeld, meanwhile, leaves the wrestling job a...
REARDAN - Thirteen players, mostly eighth- and ninth-graders, have joined an American Legion baseball team that will represent the town in a 20-game schedule this summer. Brian Kozee, a career member of the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, coaches the team. Kozee said the purpose of the American Legion program is for players to learn the fundamentals of baseball, develop their skills and to prepare them to compete at the high school level. "I am pleased...
REARDAN - Former Wellpinit athlete Jake Green was hired as the Screaming Eagles' new head boys basketball coach Thursday, June 1. He replaces Brian Graham, who resigned March 28. Green was a two-time all-conference basketball player at Wellpinit High School, graduating in 2007. The following two years, he played at Peninsula College in Port Angeles. "I am proud to be a member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and to be one of the first athletes from Wellpinit to play sports at...
Lincoln County's top track and field athletes competed at the State Track and Field Championships at Eisenhower High School in Yakima May 25-27. Here are more unpublished photos from the meet. Full results, pictures and medal winners were in last week's paper....
SPRAGUE — Want to go fishing at Sprague Lake or on the Snake River but don’t have a license? Well, this weekend you’re in luck as “Free Fishing Weekend” opens state waters for anglers who don’t have a license. But if you don’t have a license, be careful what you catch this Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11. Game wardens will be on the lookout for fishermen catching salmon, sturgeon and steelhead in Eastern Washington waters without a license. That’s because state bureaucrats in Olympia have changed the rules relating to Fre...
Three individuals and one team from Lincoln County won state championships in their track and field events at the 1B/2B State Championship meet in Yakima Thursday, May 25-Saturday, May 27. Individual champions included Odessa's Hayden Schuh (top, left), who won the 1B 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles along with a fourth-place finish in 1B javelin, Odessa's Lily Starkel (top, third from left), who won the 1B high jump, and Davenport's Glenna Soliday (right), who won the...
YAKIMA - For the first time, Lincoln County's top track and field athletes joined the best 2B and 1B competitors in the state at Zaepfel Stadium on the campus of Eisenhower High School for the Track and Field Championships Thursday, May 25-Saturday, May 27. The sun beat down on the turf and track for 2.5 days before the clouds rolled in and a lightning strike forced a 2-hour delay Saturday. When all the dust settled, local teams had yielded four state champions and 16 medalist...
HARRINGTON - Two teams from Davenport and a team from Odessa earned championship trophies at the inaugural Lincoln County Youth Soccer League Tournament Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21. In the 5-7 age group, coach Tyson Lacy led his Davenport team to a 2-0 win over Harrington (2) which was coached by Beth Johnson and Aaron Hansen. Coach Scott Carpenter's Harrington (1) team placed third. In the age 7-10 group, Davenport (2), coached by Tyler Zaugg and Ashley Gunning,...
TUMWATER - Odessa's Melloney Deife earned a Top 5 finish at the 1B/2B state tournament at Tumwater Valley Golf Club Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 24. Deife took third amongst girls to easily have the best finish of any local competitors. Deife's first round score of 83 and second round score of 168 earned the bronze finish. Makenna Kelpman of Sound Christian won state, while Chase Caruso of Pomeroy took second. Deife was the lone golfer from Lincoln County to make the...
COLFAX - The Davenport boys track team was challenged by Chewelah but took home a District 7 2B title at the Regional Championships Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. Davenport won the title with 135 team points, holding off the 127-point Cougars. St. George's was a rather distant third with 101 points. The Davenport girls finished second amongst 2B girls with 119.5 points. St. George's dominated the field with 215.5 points. Odessa's girls finished third amongst 1B...
DAVENPORT — The 2022-23 Davenport boys basketball State Championship commemorative book produced by The Record-Times is coming Thursday, June 1. The 40-page booklet will be inserted into the newspaper for subscribers only, while individual sponsors receive two copies and business sponsors receive five copies. Additional copies will be available for sale in The Record-Times’ Davenport office, 1112 Morgan Street, from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, June 1 and during regular business hours the following week. Upon receipt of the book, a c...
SPOKANE — A run into the second day of District 7 1B/2B tennis came to an end for Reardan sophomore Kerstin Lundgren Saturday, May 20. Lundgren fell to Chewelah sophomore Cora Grooms in District play at Mead High School. Lundgren had qualified for the second day of districts with a win over Davenport freshman Kaitlynne Guhlke Saturday, May 13. She was the only athlete from Lincoln County to advance that far. The top two finishers at Districts advanced to state, and both hailed from the same school. Avi and Simi Sahota of C...
HARRINGTON - The high school football field was a palette of color as kids in Lincoln County's new youth soccer league honed their skills in games Saturday, May 13. "We have 175 kids between the ages of five and seven participating on 17 teams from Davenport, Wilbur, Harrington, Reardan and Odessa," league president Jon Evans said. Evans, a deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, started the league out of his love for basketball. "Kobe Bryant said, 'Soccer...
The Davenport High School boys golf team won the academic state championship for the second straight year this season. The award was announced by the school Monday, May 15....
MEDICAL LAKE - A rivalry softball game had the opportunity to advance to the District 7 2B playoffs on the line when Davenport and Reardan faced off Monday, May 15. It was the Gorillas who managed to pull away with a 16-6 victory to keep their season alive. Reardan had opportunities to score throughout the game, loading the bases in the top of the first inning with no outs and coming up empty. Davenport got one in the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Screaming Eagles got some off...
SPANGLE — The Odessa baseball team came up one game short of advancing to the state playoffs, falling to eventual No. 6 state seed Sunnyside Christian 14-4 in a loser-out District 7/9 1B playoff game at Liberty High School Saturday, May 13. Odessa came into the matchup underdogs against a strong Knights lineup, but the Tigers struck first with a run in the top of the second inning after both teams stranded a runner at third base in the first inning. Senior pitcher Collin Martin came out strong, tossing three straight s...
SPOKANE — After two days of district postseason matches involving the Reardan tennis team and the lone player from Davenport, one local player is still in contention to advance to state after play at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren of Reardan will compete in a loser-out match at Mead High School Saturday, May 20. She must win three straight matches to be one of two players from District 7 to advance to state in girls singles. Lundgren defeated St. George’s freshman Jessie Sawyer and fell to...
CHEWELAH—Local middle school track teams were at Snyder Field for the NE1B/2B championships Monday, May 15, with several squads finishing top-5. The Odessa girls had the best finish of any local team, finishing second. Reardan’s girls were third and Davenport was seventh. Davenport’s boys finished third, while Reardan was fifth and Odessa ninth. Liberty won the girls meet, while Chewelah took the top prize in the boys meet. Here are all the local results from Monday’s championship meet, the final middle school meet of the...
LIBERTY LAKE - Four local high school golfers qualified for the state golf tournament with combined performances at sub-district and district tournaments. Juniors Jacob Scrupps, Chad Strebeck and Melloney Deife of Odessa and Maddox Schumacher of Davenport used their combined scores at the two tourmaments to advance. Strebeck shot a 79 at subdistricts in Deer Park and 80 at districts at MeadowWood Golf Course to qualify, while Scrupps shot an 83 and 90. Deife shot 98 and 108...
REARDAN-The Screaming Eagles softball team lost both ends of a rainy doubleheader to Asotin 23-3 and 18-6 on Senior Day Tuesday, May 9. In the first game, Reardan pitchers gave up 13 walks and 10 hits which allowed Asotin to jump to a 16-0 lead after two innings. Because of the "Mercy Rule" the game ended after four innings with the Panthers ahead 23-3. Reardan did not get a hit in the game. Asotin continued to tattoo the ball in the second game. Five players collected three...
RITZVILLE - The requirement to advance past the 1B District 7/9 Championships held Wednesday, May 10 were simple: Be a top-eight finisher in laned events, and/or be a top 12 finisher in long distance and field events. For the Odessa track and field team, several athletes were successful in advancing to the 1B District 7/9 Regional Championships in Colfax Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. The bar will only raise higher from there, as the top-three finishers in each event...
RITZVILLE - For the athletes competing at the NE2B Sub-district meet Tuesday, May 9, the goal was simple: Sprinters had to finish in the top eight, and distance/field competitors had to finish in the top four to keep their seasons alive in said events and advance to the 2B District 7 Regional Championships in Colfax next weekend. This year, coaches and administrators "passed on" the top eight competitors in sprinting events and top 12 competitors in distance running and field...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Reardan’s three boys tennis players were at West Valley High School Wednesday, May 10 seeking to advance to the second day of districts at Whitworth University Saturday, May 13. Sophomore Edmund Preuschoff achieved such a goal, but fellow sophomores Avery Harrison and Dominic Board were unable to advance Wednesday. The girls don’t start district play until Saturday at Whitworth. In the singles department, Sophomore Kerstin Lundgren will battle St. George’s sophomore Jessie Sawyer, while sophomore Hailey...
WENATCHEE - The Reardan FFA trap team took home a third-place finish at the state competition Saturday, April 22. The five-member team of juniors Lance Relyea, Kassidy Koch and Aidan Chillson and freshmen Tyler Balance and Levi Collier only finished behind two Freeman squads and beat 36 other teams at the competition. Balance was the top marksman with a score of 89 to finish in the top 10 individually. Students shot at 50 targets from 16 yards away and 50 targets from 22...
DAVENPORT—Graduation and summer approaches, and local baseball and softball teams are getting ready to take aim at postseason runs. All four local varsity teams were still alive as of press time. Odessa baseball qualified for the District 7/9 1B tournament with a doubleheader sweep of Columbia (Hunters) 24-1 and 25-3 Tuesday, May 2. The Tigers will likely be the No. 4 seed out of District 7 and will face an undetermined opponent in either Spangle or Colbert Saturday, May 13. Reardan baseball was off this week, but the S...
