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Odessa celebrated Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 25. The royal court was recognized at halftime. From left are freshmen Princess Ella Schlomer and Prince Kolter Watson, sophomore Princess Jordyn Lewis and Prince Carter Kroetch, junior Princess Ashley Zagelow and Prince Hudson Watson and senior Homecoming Queen Lily Starkel and King Garrick Rosman. For more on the game, see Page 10....
ODESSA - The Odessa Tigers cruised to an easy Homecoming victory Friday, Oct. 25, over the visiting Wellpinit Redskins. In an 8-man football game with playoff implications, the Tigers rolled to a 62-14 win, with the Redskins scoring only on their first and last possessions of the game. "Wow. I did not expect it to go that way," Coach Joe Schlomer said. "Last year, they beat us twice. They handled us very well twice." Not this time. The Redskins brought nine seniors into the...
Davenport and Reardan both celebrated Homecoming last week, with a royal coronation at halftime of the football games. For coverage of the homecoming games, see Pages 10 and 11. This week, Odessa celebrates its Homecoming....
DAVENPORT - The visiting Liberty Lancer boys football team picked up right where it left off, upending winless Davenport for the second time in just two weeks. On Friday night, Oct. 18, the Lancers (4-3, 3-1 in league) took home a 35-0 victory in a Northeast 2B league matchup. The win here followed an Oct. 4 Lancer victory over Davenport, 18-0, in Spangle. Individual statistics were not reported for the game. This Friday, Oct. 25, the Gorillas will travel to Colfax to take on...
DAVENPORT – The clash between the Gorillas' volleyball team and Northwest Christian Tuesday, Oct. 22, was expected to go down to the wire, and that it did. The Gorillas entered the match 10-0 in NE2B play and the Crusaders came in 9-1, with their sole loss to Davenport on Oct. 8. After battling five sets, NWC squeaked out a 3-2 win (24-26, 25-18, 25-15, 18-25, 17-15). The first game set the tone for the nail-biter that was to follow. Gorillas' front row players Chloe H...
REARDAN - Two Davenport girls and one Reardan boy finished in the Top 5 of the Northeast 2B league cross country meet here, punching their tickets to regionals. Reardan senior Gabe Branstetter posted the fastest time among Lincoln County runners on the 5,000-meter course. Branstetter took second in 17:02.00. In the girls race, it was Davenport junior Josie Wynecoop and freshman Charlotte Soliday pacing local runners. Wynecoop finished third with a time of 20:41.30 and Soliday...
REARDAN - Three weeks ago, Davenport overpowered the Screaming Eagles soccer team with a 6-0 win on its home field. On Thursday, Oct. 17, the teams squared off again, this time on Joe Johnson Field. After regulation time had expired, and two overtime periods were played, the teams were tied 2-2. The Gorillas broke the logjam by outscoring Reardan 4-2 in a sudden death shoot-out to give them the 3-2 victory. Eight minutes into the game, it appeared the Gorillas might be on...
REARDAN – After playing many years at the 1B level, Freeman made its first appearance at Joe Johnson Field Friday, Oct. 18, as a new member of the 2B Northeast League. The Scotties won the game 45-6, spoiling the Screaming Eagles' Homecoming night. Reardan head coach Matt Clouse was forced to field an inexperienced squad because of a roster that has been decimated by injuries, particularly to its offensive line. Eight varsity players watched the game in street clothes. At t...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles’ volleyball team started the 2024 season with a bang, winning seven of their first eight games. Since then, they have dropped six of the last nine. On Saturday, Oct. 19, they hosted 8-1 Northwest Christian hoping to knock off one of the top teams in the NE2B league. That didn’t happen as the Crusaders won in straight set, 25-15, 25-22, 25-20. Early in the first set, Reardan went toe-to-toe with NWC. Front row players Emersen Sprecher, Raegan Soliday and Kaylynn Clouse dominated the net sco...
DAVENPORT - It's Homecoming week in northeast Lincoln County. Local football teams return home this week for "the big game" and kings and queens will be crowned during halftime festivities on Friday evening. The games are among the culminating events for a week of school spirit fun. But the games aren't going to be easy wins. In Davenport, the Gorillas (0-5) will host the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers (2-4). The Northeast 2B league rivals squared off two weeks ago in Spangle, and...
ODESSA - Homecoming runs from Oct. 21-26 and features spirit dress-up days, football and a semiformal dance. On Monday, Oct. 21, high school students will wear class colors - seniors in black, juniors in pink, sophomores in camo and freshmen in blue. Other dress-up days are Tuesday, Twin Day ; Wednesday, Sports Team/Movie Day; Thursday, Dress Like a Teacher Day; and Friday, Tiger Pride Day, which leads up to the 7 p.m. football game against Wellpinit. Senior athletes will be...
SPOKANE — A former standout Davenport athlete was inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Jennifer Stinson Greeny is among the class of 2024 athletic inductees, who include Stacy Clinesmith, Isaac Fontaine, Dennis LaRud and Bud Nameck. Sue Doering is being inducted as a Hall of Fame coach. As a high schooler, then Jennifer Stinson helped lead the Davenport Gorillas to two state titles in girls basketball. The daughter of Jim Stinson, b...
The Reardan High School Screaming Eagles volleyball team recognized its seniors on Tuesday, Oct. 15. At right, Amelia Ray, center, was recognized along with her sister Audrey, from left, mother Jolynn, brother Carter and father Brad. For more on volleyball, see Page 10....
REARDAN – A well-balanced attack propelled Davenport to a three set sweep over the Screaming Eagles Tuesday, Oct. 15. Selah Hupp, Naomi Rainwater and Chloe Hammond each notched ten or more kill shots in the Gorillas 25-20, 25-19, 25-21 win. In the first set, Reardan opened up a 6-3 lead before the Gorillas ran off eight straight points to take an 11-6 lead. The dominance of front row players' Emersen Sprecher and Kaylynn Clouse brought the Screaming Eagles back, tying the g...
REARDAN – After dropping two of the first three sets, the Screaming Eagles' volleyball team eked out a five set win (25-17, 19-25, 20-25, 25-12, 15-13) in their match with the St. George's Dragons on Thursday, Oct 11. In the matches' first set, the Screaming Eagles displayed more energy and aggressiveness than their opponent. They went on an early 6-0 run to jump to an 8-2 lead. They stretched the lead to 24-14 before Reardan sophomore Kaylynn Clouse put the exclamation p...
DAVENPORT - It took the Gorillas' girls soccer team less than one minute to show their superiority over visiting Upper Columbia Academy when freshman Charlotte Soliday outworked her defender to score the team's first goal in their 6-0 win, Thursday, Oct. 3. After losing its two previous games, Davenport stepped onto the pitch, focused and playing like a well-oiled machine. The players' passing was intentional and crisp, their defense was smothering, and their speed and...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Boys and girls cross country teams ran into tough competition Oct. 5, at the Battle for the 509. Hundreds of athletes competed in the meet at the Spokane Polo Grounds. The top Lincoln County runner was Reardan senior Gabe Branstetter, who finished 36th in the fast division with a time of 16:28.60. Senior Tommy Furhman was the fastest Gorilla, finishing in 17:34.40 for 121st place in that division. In girls fastest class, Davenport freshman Charlotte Soliday...
REARDAN – Defending NE2B league champion Northwest Christian (Colbert) handed the Screaming Eagles their third straight loss in its 27-0 win Friday, Oct. 1 at Joe Johnson Field. Reardan opened its offense full throttle on the game's first drive. Quarterback Rysen Soliday came out determined to sling the ball to his receivers. On the team's second play from scrimmage, Soliday connected on a 12-yard pass to a diving Evan Krupke for a first down. He then launched a bomb to an o...
