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ODESSA — The Tigers won against the Valey Christian Panthers 60-30 on Thursday, Dec. 15. Halfway through the first quarter, Odessa led 6-4, with Valley Christian close behind. The gap quickly widened and with 2:40 left in the first quarter, Odessa was up 16 points. Odessa dominated the first quarter 24-4. Valley Christian only scored eight points during the second and third quarters. The Tigers scored 18 points during the second quarter and eight during the third. Valley Christian tried to come back with an impressive r...
ODESSA — The Tigers beat the Valley Christian Panthers 60-30 during a home game on Thursday, Dec. 15. Junior Dakota Steward and Senior Collin Martin scored the first four points within the first minute and a half of gameplay. Odessa Junior Jacob Scrupps scored a three-pointer, while Steward came back with another two points with 3:42 left in the first quarter. Valley Christian managed only one three-point shot in the first quarter and ended 14-3. In the second quarter’s first minute, Odessa scored another four points. Val...
REARDAN - The wins may not be showing up in the record books, but the Screaming Eagles boys basketball team is gaining valuable experience by playing a gauntlet of tough teams before league play kicks into high gear in January. That was especially apparent Tuesday, when the defending state-runner up Brewster Bears came to town and knocked off Reardan 76-56 Dec. 20. The Bears gained their advantage almost entirely in the first quarter, hitting three after three and whipping...
REARDAN–Three players scored in double figures to lead the Screaming Eagles to a 65-48 win over Chewelah in a NE2B boys basketball matchup Friday, Dec. 16. In the game's first half the teams matched each other bucket-for-bucket. They were tied at 12 apiece after one quarter. Behind Cody Gilroy's 15 points, the Cougars took a 30-29 lead at the break. Rysen Soliday scored eleven first half points for the Screaming Eagles. "At halftime we had to focus on letting the offense w...
REARDAN - Behind the scoring of Tenice Waters and Liz Bell, the Screaming Eagles defeated the Chewelah Cougars 42-26 in NE2B girls basketball action Friday, Dec.16. In the first quarter Reardan's Jaylee Abrahamson came out hot, scoring five quick points. The Screaming Eagles were off and running, never to look back. Waters took over scoring in the second stanza by sinking two-three pointers along with two other buckets on her way to a 10-point quarter. At the half Reardan led...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles girls basketball team got better throughout their game against the Brewster Bears Tuesday, but a bevy of turnovers against Brewster's full-court press was too much to overcome for Reardan. The Bears topped the Screaming Eagles 54-46 Dec. 20. Most of Brewster's damage was done by sophomore Morgan McGuire, who had 19 points and seven rebounds, and junior Gimena Hurtado, who scored 18 points and snared eight rebounds. Brewster jumped out to a quick...
DAVENPORT–The Lady Gorillas took care of business against Highway 2 rival Reardan in girls NE2B basketball, winning the game 64-34 Tuesday, Dec. 13. Behind the shooting of Glenna Soliday and Emalie Jacoby, Davenport jumped out to a 27-9 lead and never looked back. A barrage of 3-point shots by Soliday, Jacoby and Kiersten Kemmerer fueled a 15-point run which put the Lady Gorillas up 32-14 at the half. In the second half, Jensyn Jacobsen took control of Davenport's offense b...
DAVENPORT-For the first five minutes of the rivalry boys basketball matchup between Reardan and Davenport, it looked like the visiting Screaming Eagles might have figured something out about the Gorillas. Then, the threes started raining in for Davenport and the Gorillas overcame a slow offensive start to win 74-39. Reardan came out packing the paint, taking away Davenport's driving lanes and forcing contested three-point shots that the Gorillas couldn't hit. This allowed the...
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...
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...
DAVENPORT–The Gorilla boys basketball team showed off its explosive offense in a 75-28 victory over Northwest Christian in an NE2B contest on Dec. 9. The Crusaders were no match for Tennessee Rainwater who scored 25 points, and his supporting cast, Evan Gunning and Cash Colbert who scored 14 and 10 points, respectively. The trio bullied the Crusaders by scoring 32 of the team's points inside the paint, close to the basket. Jaeger Jacobsen contributed eight points and Jason S...
DAVENPORT–The Gorilla girls basketball team outscored Northwest Christian 18-3 in the third quarter en route to a 49-31 victory on Dec. 9. After trailing the Crusaders at halftime, Davenport emerged from the locker room looking like a different team. The Lady Gorillas made life miserable for NWC by contesting each shot and by scoring in bunches. They scored 12 points on 3-point shots. Emalie Jacoby led the charge by scoring 11 of her 14 points in the second half. Glenna Solida...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 16-22 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 16 Davenport basketball vs. St. George’s @ 6 p.m. Odessa basketball at Wellpinit @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Chewelah @ 6 p.m. Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Tri-State Tournament in Coeur d’Alene, time TBD Saturday, Dec. 17 LRS wrestling at Pomeroy @ 10 a.m. Davenport basketball at Chewelah @ 4:30 p.m. Odessa basketball vs....
DAVENPORT-Once a year, the Gorillas roll out the mats on a school afternoon and the whole district pours into the high school gym to cheer on the team at the ASB Rumble. This year's event against the Medical Lake Cardinals ended in a Davenport victory 42-28. Individual results included: Stormy Conway was pinned by Abram Kane in 0:29. Kayla Andrews was pinned by Samuel Casper in 1:12. Noah Everett was pinned by Hudson Raulston in 1:24. River Crandall pinned Michael Keister in...
OTHELLO-Reardan wrestlers scored 95 points to finish in eighth place at the 13 team Leonard Schutte Invite on Dec. 10. The Othello Huskies dominated the event by scoring 233 points. Preston Neufeld placed first in the 106-pound division, Connor Kline placed second in the 182-pound division and Tristan Burril placed fourth in the 285-pound division. On Dec. 13, the team competed in the Medical Lake Double Dual. Preston Neufeld and Joe Matusik each won two matches. Neufeld’s wins improve his season record to 6-0. In a...
ODESSA- Juniors Melloney and Hayden Schuh represented the Lady Tigers on the District 7 All-League team three weeks ago. The Lady Tigers placed sixth in the NE 1B tournament in Yakima on Friday, Nov. 11. Schuh had 374 kills for the 2022 volleyball season and broke the school record with 29 kills with the previous record being 28. Deife had a total of 272 digs and 621 assists during the season....
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Dec. 9-15 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Dec. 9 LRS basketball at Medical Lake @ 5:45 p.m. Davenport basketball vs. Northwest Christian @ 6 p.m. Odessa basketball at Springdale @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Davenport and LRS wrestling at Brice Williams Invite in Spangle @ 9:30 a.m. Reardan boys wrestling at Leonard Schutte Invite in Othello @ 10 a.m. Reardan girls wrestling at Warden...
COULEE DAM—A 2022-23 season with state playoff expectations and hopes got off to a good start for the local boys basketball team, which defeated the Lake Roosevelt Raiders on the road 70-56 Tuesday, Dec. 6. Unsurprisingly, Davenport was led in scoring by senior Tennessee Rainwater, who had 30 points. Second was junior Jaeger Jacobsen, whose sharp shooting from the outside led to 18 points. Cash Colbert added 11 points for the Gorillas. The third quarter was where Davenport earned separation. The Gorillas outscored the R...
ODESSA—Six Tigers received the all-league team awards this year after falling to Liberty Bell in the semi-finals on Saturday, Nov. 26. Senior Collin Martin: Offensive Most Valuable Player, Defensive Back Senior Gage Starkel: Running Back, Defensive Most Valuable Player Sophomore Corbyn Neilsen: Running Back, Linebacker Junior Dakota Steward: Offensive Line, Defensive Line Junior Chad Strebeck: All Purpose Defense Sophomore Tucker Walter: Defensive Line...
COULEE DAM—A young Davenport girls basketball team fought but couldn’t come up victorious against the Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders in a season-opening contest. The Gorillas fell to Lake Roosevelt 65-58 Tuesday, Dec. 6. “Went okay considering we’re quite young…first game,” head coach Stacia Soliday said in a text message. “We had two seniors, four freshmen and an eighth-grader. We missed 12 free throws in the fourth quarter, so that was a problem.” That eighth-grader, Emalie Jacoby, led the Gorillas in scoring with 23 points,...
DAVENPORT-The local high school wrestlers got off to a successful 2022-23 start last weekend, picking up a win in the Gorilla Invitational Saturday, Dec. 3. The boys were first amongst competition from Almira-Coulee/Hartline, Wilbur-Creston, Colfax, Kettle Falls, Selkirk, Kittitas-Thorp, Innovation, Lake Roosevelt, Liberty, Northwest Christian and Oroville. Also competing for the first time this year were female wrestlers from Davenport. Freshmen Stormy Conway and Kayla...
MEDICAL LAKE--The Reardan wrestlers earned a second-place finish at the Medical Lake Scramble on Saturday, Dec. 3. The host Cardinals finished fifth out of the 10 teams in the tournament. Pullman won the event with 266 points while Reardan had 206. Lewis and Clark placed third with 165 points, followed by Rogers who had 150 points. Medical Lake scored 116 points, which put it in fifth place, and West Valley placed sixth with 105 points. Cheney had 101 points, Mt. Spokane had...
REARDAN–A basketball team comprised of seventh and eighth-grade boys qualified for the Washington Middle School Basketball Championships by winning five games and the championship at the Veterans Day Tournament in Spangle on Nov. 11-13. The team is not school sponsored, but the players attend Reardan Middle School. They compete in the Spokane YMCA league and play in various tournaments throughout the year. Players will join the school's team in December. Coach Jared Flaa h...
CHENEY—The WIAA State 1B, 2B and 1A Track and Field meet, usually held at Eastern Washington University, will be moved to Yakima for the 2023-24 cycle. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) submitted a request for a proposal to hold the meet to sports commissions all over Washington. The Spokane Sports Commission did not submit a proposal. “We distributed a request for proposal for the venue for the next two years to the Spokane Sports Commission,” said Justin Kesterson, assistant executive direc...
SPANGLE—Five football players from Davenport and Reardan were named to the NE2B All-Opponent team and were recognized in a ceremony at Liberty High School Sunday, Nov. 20. Davenport senior Wyatt Telecky was named first-team on both the offensive and defensive lines, the only local to achieve such status. Reardan junior Jonathan Holdway was first-team on offensive line and second-team on the defensive line. Holdway was the lone Screaming Eagle recognized. Senior Brenick Soliday represented Davenport on the second team as b...
