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MEDICAL LAKE - The Odessa boys ended their season with a 61-46 loss to the Curlew Cougars in the loser-out round of the District 7 1B Tournament Saturday, Feb.11. The Tigers' first quarter was rough as they fell behind Curlew by 10 points,19-9. Curlew's defense was quick and its ability to freeze out the Tigers was apparent as the game progressed. The second quarter brought 24 more points to the board for Curlew to Odessa's 11. By halftime, Curlew led 43-20. The tensions were...
SPOKANE VALLEY - Davenport's victory over Lind-Ritzville/Sprague in the District 7 2B Tournament loser-out round last Wednesday ensured the Gorillas had a place in the District 6/7 Crossover, but a top-five finish at Districts was important to make sure that crossover wouldn't be against juggernaut Okanogan. After the Gorillas suffered their second overtime loss of Districts to Upper Columbia Academy Thursday, Feb. 9, Davenport finally figured out its overtime obstacles with...
SPOKANE VALLEY - The Davenport and Reardan boys were represented on the NE2B North Division All-League Teams in large numbers, as announced at halftime of the District 7 2B girls title game at West Valley High School Saturday, Feb. 11. Davenport star Tennessee Rainwater was named Most Valuable Player, while head coach Matt Henry was named Coach of the Year. Senior Brenick Soliday was named to the North All-League First Team, while fellow senior Cash Colbert was named to the...
REARDAN - Five Davenport wrestlers are headed to the state Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome after qualifying at the 1B/2B Region 3 Tournament Saturday, Feb. 11. Additionally, three wrestlers were selected as alternates for state despite not qualifying through their efforts. The Gorillas finished fourth as a team in the regional contest. "To be honest, regionals didn't exactly go as planned," senior Matthew Wines said. "But we're still moving on...I think we'll have a good run...
MEDICAL LAKE - The Odessa girls lost their semifinal District 7 1B Tournament game against Inchelium 40-36 Saturday, Feb. 11. The first quarter went quickly, with Inchelium taking the lead by five points, 12-7. The two teams consecutively scored two-point plays and free throws during the second quarter. Odessa scored 13 points to Inchelium's eight, tying the game 20-20 by halftime. The third quarter came with many fouls from both teams. Inchelium scored six points, and Odessa...
SPOKANE VALLEY - To reach the promised land, a team must slay its giants. The Reardan boys basketball team finally conquered one such giant last weekend, defeating the Colfax Bulldogs 57-46 in the District 7 2B 5th/6th Place game at West Valley High School Saturday, Feb. 11. With the win, Reardan advanced to the District 6/7 Crossover and eliminated Colfax in the process. "It means a lot to us because we haven't made it out of Districts in a long time," senior Logan Flaa said....
SPOKANE VALLEY - The Davenport boys' run through the NE2B and District 7 2B Tournament continued this week, with the Gorillas notching two convincing wins against the Kettle Falls Bulldogs in the quarterfinals and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos in the semifinals. Tennessee Rainwater's 36 points ignited a Davenport offense that exploded against Kettle Falls in a 78-56 win Monday, Feb. 6. He scored 13 points in the opening frame. In the second quarter Brenick Soliday took the...
ODESSA - The Tigers girls basketball team dominated the Curlew Cougars 58-20 in a District 7 1B quarterfinal matchup Wednesday, Feb. 8. The Tigers dominated from the opening tip, with senior Grace Nelson, junior Hayden Schuh and senior Ashlyn Neilsen leading the scoreboard. The Cougars could not score in the first quarter, with Odessa holding a commanding 20-0 lead by its end. Curlew scored 10 points in the second quarter, but Odessa scored another 20 points and by halftime, t...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The Reardan girls defeated the Chewelah Cougars 34-23 in a first-round District 7 2B girls game at West Valley High School, Saturday, Feb. 4, to advance to a quarterfinal matchup with Colfax. But the Reardan party ended from there, as the Screaming Eagles fell to the Bulldogs 60-24 Monday, Feb. 6 and were eliminated by the Northwest Christian Crusaders 49-40 Wednesday, Feb. 8. Reardan eighth grader Tenice Waters nearly outscored Chewelah by herself, but it took...
COULEE CITY — The Odessa boys basketball team skirted in a very narrow 46-45 win by one point at an away game against the Republic Tigers 46-45, in a District 7 1B play-in game Saturday, Feb. 4. After the first quarter, Odessa led 14-11. In the second quarter, the Tigers scored another nine points to Republic’s four to take a 23-15 halftime lead. In the third quarter Republic added 13 points but Odessa countered with 14 to end the third quarter up 37-28. Republic showed no signs of slowing down in the fourth quarter, sco...
SPOKANE VALLEY - After pushing the favored Liberty Lancers to overtime Monday, the Davenport girls team decided to keep its season alive in a big way against the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos in the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley High School Wednesday, Feb. 8. Eighth-grader Emalie Jacoby came out of the chutes firing darts against the Lancers Feb. 6. Her seven first-quarter points helped the Gorillas take a 14-11 lead. Jacoby wasn't finished yet, hitting a...
SPOKANE - Led by Jakari Singleton, the Reardan Screaming Eagles defeated Upper Columbia Academy 63-48 in the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley High School, Saturday, Feb. 4, to advance to a quarterfinal matchup with Colfax that they lost 69-58 Monday, Feb 6. Aided by a 13 point run to start the second half, Reardan extended its lead and never looked back. Singleton's solid performance continued as he scored 11 of his game high 24 points in the last two quarters. In...
REARDAN - Ten Screaming Eagles wrestlers qualified to compete in the WIAA 1B/2B Region 3 wrestling tournament here Saturday, Feb. 11. Preston Neufeld, Conner Kline and Tristin Buril placed first in their weight classes at the district tournament in Pomeroy Feb. 4, earning their spot in the regionals. They will be joined by Joey Matusik and Troy Routh, who placed second, Troy Zagorski, Carson Kline and Carson Durbin, who placed third and Preston Winn and Sterling McLaughlin...
POMEROY - The Davenport boys wrestling team added another accomplishment to an already successful season, taking the District title at the sub-regional meet Saturday, Feb. 4. Aside from the team accomplishment, 13 of the boys placed high enough to advance to this Saturday's regional meet. "They're working hard and getting better every week," Davenport head coach Matt Schneider said. "Our seniors really stepped up, and we had a couple surprises." Davenport swept the finals in...
Davenport: Ryan Cash, Skylar Conway, Stormy Conway, River Crandall, Noah Everett, Brock Gustaveson, Malachi Hoff, Zander Hoff, Solomon Holmberg, Brendon Peters-Biggs, Brody Schillinger, Sam Schneider, Colton Truesdale and Matthew Wines Reardan: Tristin Buril, Carson Durbin, Carson Kline, Conner Kline, Vaea LaMoureaux, Joey Matusik, Sterling McLaughlin, Preston Neufeld, Troy Routh, Preston Winn and Troy Zagorski This page was made possible by the following sponsors: Good Luck!...
RITZVILLE-Local wrestlers appear to be in a good spot as regionals and state approaches. Davenport won the league championship duals Saturday, Jan. 28 in the final team meet of the year. The Gorillas topped Tekoa-Rosalia in the first round, Reardan in the second round and Northwest Christian in the third round to take the South league title. Then, Davenport defeated Chewelah 39-26 in the league finals to take the championship. Individual results weren't available at press...
ODESSA-The Tiger girls team fell to the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats 49-39 on Senior Night Saturday, Jan. 28. Junior Hayden Schuh made the first two points of the game. The Wildcats quickly picked up a two-point play, and both teams were back and forth for most of the game. Both teams had multiple free throws during the first quarter and the Wildcats were in the lead by its end 10-6. The start of the second quarter brought an aggressive back and forth down the court, and...
DAVENPORT-Senior Night against the Kettle Falls Bulldogs was a time to celebrate the Gorilla boys' whopping 10 fellows heading for graduation in June playing their last home game. And celebrate the seniors, they did. All 10 found themselves in the scoring column in a convincing 77-25 win Saturday, Jan. 28. It was a given that Tennessee Rainwater (25 points) and Brenick Soliday (11 points) would find themselves in the book. Similarly, season-long starters Evan Gunning (10...
DAVENPORT-After a heartbreaking loss to Northwest Christian the night before, the Gorilla girls made sure their two seniors didn't suffer the same fate on Senior Night by defeating Kettle Falls 48-31. Emalie Jacoby led all scorers with 15 points and three steals, while senior Kiersten Kemmerer added seven points. Fellow senior Lena Waters had three points and seven rebounds, while Clare Lathrop and Jensyn Jacobsen had six points and six rebounds apiece. "In the start, it was...
REARDAN – Saint George's maintained its hold on second place in the NE2B league with a 38-23 win over the Screaming Eagles Saturday, Jan. 28. The Dragons showed their shooting prowess early in the game with a pair of 3-point baskets by Kalea Schlenker and Margreit Galow and five points from Annika Bergquist. At the end of the first quarter, Saint George's led the Screaming Eagles 13-4. In the second quarter Bergquist and Galow each scored four points as the Dragons extended t...
After beating Kettle Falls by nine points 24 hours earlier, the Screaming Eagles' boys basketball team fell to Saint George's 63-54, Friday, Jan. 28. In a season of ups-and-downs, Reardan started fast on Senior Night, played the Dragons tough but faded in the end. Logan Flaa had the hot hand for Reardan early in the game, hitting two 3-point shots. Flaa, along with Jakari Singleton and Rysen Soliday's combined eight points, put the Screaming Eagles on top 15-12 when the...
ODESSA-The Tiger boys basketball team suffered a rough loss to the Wilbur-Creston Wildcats 62-36 Saturday, Jan. 28. Senior Collin Martin, juniors Zach Classen and Dakota Steward and sophomore Corbyn Neilsen scored multiple field goals and free throws in the first quarter. The intense first quarter ended with the Wildcats having a two-point lead, 10-8. The Wildcats made the first two points of the second quarter but were countered with a three-point shot by junior Chad Strebek...
ODESSA - Head football coach Jeff Nelson has officially hung up his hat, as was announced at the regular school board meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25. His passion for football produced seven state championships in Odessa. "Football is not just a three or four-month thing for me," Nelson said. "It is something that is a year-round hobby. Someone else might call it an obsession." Nelson's first coaching experience was in 1989 as a volunteer assistant at Garfield-Palouse. The...
REARDAN - On Jan. 3, the Liberty Lancers traveled to Davenport and destroyed the Gorillas 60-38. Since that relatively surprising beatdown, Davenport has won six of its last eight games, with the only two losses being to two of the best teams in the state, Colfax and Okanogan. And no win in that stretch was more dominant than what Davenport did to rival Reardan Tuesday, Jan. 24. The Gorillas traveled for the Winterfest rivalry and won 67-14. The outcome was never in doubt, as...
REARDAN - The Davenport Gorillas came to town on the heels of a loss to Okanogan Saturday that dropped them from the top 2B team in the state to the third slot. An enthusiastic Winterfest crowd watched as the Gorillas took out their frustrations on the Screaming Eagles, winning 67-43 Tuesday, Jan. 24. Davenport came out of the chute ready to play. The Gorillas jumped to an early lead behind Tennessee Rainwater's dominance at the offensive end of the court. He scored 10 of his...
