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Raider Golf finished the season on Monday at home against Okanogan and Moses Lake Christian. Now they are preparing for the district tournament, which will take place at Banks Lake Golf Course next Tuesday. Those who qualify will move on to the state B golf tournament, which this year is at Sun Willows Golf Club in Pasco. Sun Willows is where state cross country tourneys have been held for over 20 years. The Raiders travelled to Alta Lake to take on Okanogan and Moses Lake Christian last Thursday. Sam Roeber, of Moses Lake Christian, took... Full story
Raider track and field athletes completed the regular season Friday at the Ron Vanderholm Invitational tournament in Royal City. Today, they are heading to Tonasket where the District 6 portion of the Central Washington League Sub-District Tournament is being held. The top five move on from sub-districts to districts in Ephrata on May 22. At the Ron Vanderholm Invite, Katelynn Schilling set a new personal record and came home with another blue ribbon. In the shot put, Schilling took first, throwing 36 feet, 7.5 inches, a new PR. Octavio... Full story
The Raiders travelled to Mansfield April 28 for the Iceberg Invitational and then to Oroville on May 2 for the Draggoo Financial-Oroville Invitational. The boys placed third overall at Mansfield with 68 team points. Raider girls took fifth overall with 20 team points. At Mansfield, Katelynn Schilling recorded two career personal records. She took first in the shot put with a 36 foot, 2.5 inch-throw. At discus she took another first by throwing another PR of 100 feet, 1 inch. At Oroville... Full story
Raider Golf travelled to Okanogan Valley Golf Club Thursday for a match against Okanogan and Oroville. The boys’ medalist at the meet was Joey Staggs of Okanogan, who won with 92 strokes over the course. The girls’ medalist was Vanessa Venderweide, also of Okanogan, who shot a 108. Top performers for Lake Roosevelt were eighth-grader Darin Whiteman and Lucas Bird. Whiteman shot a 115 and Bird was right behind with a 116. When asked how the team stacks up to the late season competition, Head Coach Steve Files said, “Due to our inexp... Full story
The Raider Baseball team took on the Pateros Billygoats in a doubleheader last week, adding two for their win column. Lake Roosevelt jumped ahead in both games at Pateros April 28, and held on to that lead to come home with two victories. Pateros tried to come back in the first game, but LR held them off. Pitcher Taren Redstar picked up the win in the first game and Bubba Garcia grabbed the win in the second. Chance Garvin hit a homerun and a double in the first game. Last night was senior night at home for the Raiders, as they faced the Tonask... Full story
The Raider tennis team played two matches last week on the road. At Liberty Bell, the Raider boys picked up one win in a singles match. Cristian Ruiz defeated Fallen Hutson after two hours of play. The Raider girls won two matches. Areielle White won her singles match, and the duo of Mary Clark and Rylee Pitner won their doubles match. Harmony Witten, in singles, and the doubles team of Tanya Ang and Alaynah Herman came close to winning their matches. Witten’s lasted two and a half hours before the last tiebreaker ended in Lucy Dupont’s fav... Full story
The young Raider golf team is showing great improvement as the late season run begins, the coach said. The team competed at Moses Point April 20 and at Banks Lake Golf Course on Thursday. At Banks Lake, about 30 players attended from high schools in Oroville, Warden, Riverside Christian and Lake Roosevelt. "I'm proud of our team's effort and competitive spirit so far this season," Head Coach Steve Files said. "We're gaining invaluable experience with each match." "Darin Whiteman, in only his... Full story
The Raiders played two doubleheaders last week, winning three of the four games. In a doubleheader at home against the Oroville Hornets April 21, the Raiders won both games by large margins. LR blanked the Hornets in the first game, 13-0, then scored 20 runs in route to a 20-6 win in game two. In Liberty Bell April 24, the Raiders played the first game close, but the Mt. Lions eked out a 3-2 win in the first game In the second game, LR got a big boost from a Daniel Loch two-run RBI single in the second inning that helped the Raiders to a 3-1... Full story
Kourtney Harrington pitched the entire first game against Oroville last week, throwing 162 pitches, seven strikeouts, and 10 walks. Lake Roosevelt’s team would lose both games to Oroville April 21 in Grand Coulee, but only by one point each. At the plate, LR recorded eight hits and 12 walks. Those hits included five runs batted in, and they stole 8 bases. But leaving eight runners on the basepaths hurt and led to the final score of 9-8 for Oroville in game one. Sean Garvin went one of two for a double and stole two bases. Kelsi Olbricht went t... Full story
Raider track and field competed in two meets last week, where the team’s shot put athletes excelled, a boy and a girl. The first was a Bi-County meet at Davenport April 21, where Octavio Alejandre picked up two first-place finishes. In the shot, Alejandre threw 48 feet, 4.25 inches, and in discus he threw a personal record of 121 feet, 7 inches for another first-place finish. Katelynn Schilling took first in both throwing events. At the disc, Schilling threw a PR of 98-6, and at the shot she threw 33-1 for a second first place. “We had exc... Full story
Raider track and field competed in two meets last week, where the team’s shot put athletes excelled, a boy and a girl. The first was a Bi-County meet at Davenport April 21, where Octavio Alejandre picked up two first-place finishes. In the shot, Alejandre threw 48 feet, 4.25 inches, and in discus he threw a personal record of 121 feet, 7 inches for another first-place finish. Katelynn Schilling took first in both throwing events. At the disc, Schilling threw a PR of 98-6, and at the shot she threw 33-1 for a second first place. “We had exc... Full story
Raider baseball started last week with a 13-3 win over the Manson Trojans in Coulee Dam. It wasn't a forgone conclusion. Manson held the Raiders scoreless for two innings from their 4-1 deficit in the third inning, whittling the Lake Roosevelt lead to 4-3 by the fifth. Then the Raiders came alive, batting in loaded bases and even stealing home to add nine points, while allowing only two more for the struggling Trojans. Then LR hosted the Okanogan Bulldogs in a doubleheader Saturday. The... Full story
Raider track saw another successful day April 18 at the Quincy Invitational, where the good weather helped many to a great performance. “Every time an athlete performed, they achieved a season-best and many set personal records,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “It was an absolutely great day!” Octavio Alejandre improved his shot put mark for the season and came home the meet champion in the event. Alejandre threw 47 feet, 11.5 inches, which is only 4 inches from a career PR. Katelynn Schilling took second in the shot with a new career PR. Sch... Full story
Raider Golf continues to grow with the season as the young golfers gain experience. Eighth-grader Darin Whiteman impressed Head Coach Steve Files on April 15 at Oroville by shooting a 102 and finishing third overall on the 18-hole course. Coach Files had this to say about the course, “We held our own on a very difficult nine-hole course,” Files said, “very fast greens and tight fairways.” “We’ve been making steady improvement in matches and have been working hard at practice so far,” Files said. “Our kids have been upbeat and supportive of e... Full story
The Lady Raider softball team defeated Manson last week by 10 runs, then suffered that fate twice against Okanogan on Saturday. At Grand Coulee, Lake Roosevelt defeated the Manson Trojans by 33-23 in a long game Thursday. Sean Garvin pitched one inning when she threw 72 pitches for three strikeouts and nine walks. Kourtney Harrington took the mound for two innings and threw 85 pitches for six strikeouts and four walks. Cassi Palmer also pitched, hurling 83 pitches for five strikeouts and eight walks. At the plate, Lake Roosevelt had 27 hits... Full story
The Raiders faced strong winds and tough tennis opponents last week, in two matches at home and one at White Swan. Lake Roosevelt didn’t win a match against the White Swan Cougars, but Head Coach Steve Archer said he was pleased with the performance in some of the matches. “Two high spots were boys second doubles of Josh Wilder and Aiden Derr,” Archer explained. “They came from behind in the first set to force a tiebreaker, but were unable to push through for the win.” And Tanya Ang had a close singles match. “She dropped the first set, won th... Full story
Happy April 15th. Today is Tax Day and is the day we are required to give an account of our earnings to the IRS tax collectors. A lot will be written by the media and a lot will be said by the politicians about this but I am sure that a couple things will not be said: 1.) The income tax is not what our Founding Fathers had in mind in the Constitution to pay for government. It only became Constitutional by the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913 some 125 years later. 2.) “A heavy progressive or graduated income tax” was one of Karl Mar... Full story
The Raiders played four baseball games over spring break, winning one against the Colton Wildcats. They hosted the Brewster Bears for a doubleheader at Greene Field April 7, then Big Bend Community College April 9, “hosted” Colton in a doubleheader. “We did improve but we have a ways to go,” Head Coach Billy Nicholson said. “We are having better at-bats and we are playing better defense, but we need to keep improving and have an error-free game.” Looking ahead at the rest of the season, Coach Nicholson pointed out, “We need to learn from pl... Full story
Please Star Newspaper...do some fact checking. Wolves have never been re introduced to our state, and Grizzly Bears won’t stay in the Columbia Basin for too long before they head for the Rocky Mountains. (ps...wolves have returned by migrating from Idaho and Canada) Dan Johnson Editor’s response: The article referenced is not a Star news story, it’s a letter from a reader. We don’t fact check every claim made by readers in letters. So, thanks for providing this information.... Full story
Last week was rough for the Lady Raiders, who took on the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors March 31 and the Brewster Bears on Saturday. Both very successful teams proved to be a handful for Lake Roosevelt. "They had a tough week," Head Coach Jamie Lezard said. "Once it was over they had a tough time bouncing back up." The Warriors defeated the Lady Raiders at Grand Coulee in the first game 21-2. LR had 10 hits in the first game, along with five stolen bases and five errors. LR left seven runs on... Full story
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders defeated the Warriors of Almira/Coulee-Hartline twice on March 31 at Greene Field in Coulee Dam. In the first game, the Raiders 10-runned the Warriors to win early by the mercy rule. But in the second game, the Raiders found themselves down 10 runs with time running out. LR rallied back with a nine-run fifth inning to make the score 15-14. Then in the bottom of the sixth, the go-ahead run came home for LR to take the lead and hold on to it for a 16-15 victory. “I was proud of the Raiders for coming back in our s... Full story
Raider tennis girls’ singles stayed on a winning streak last week, defeating Liberty Bell at home March 31 and Oroville on April 2, also at home. “The girls continued to dominate at first, second and third singles,” Head Coach Steve Archer said. “I’m very pleased with their consistency.” The Raider boys continue to grow as the season progresses. Against Liberty Bell, freshman Malcom Carson recorded a victory over D. J. Haley in the number-three singles match, 6-1, 6-1. This was the only victory for the Raider boys against Liberty Bell. Again... Full story
Raider Track competed in its first two-meet week with a meet at Tonasket March 31, then in Deer Park April 3. “The Raider boys scored well in the sprints and throws,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “The team aspect of Track & Field was deep in those events.” At Tonasket, Nathaniel Hall took second in the 100-meter dash in 12.85 seconds. Then in the 200, Hall’s 25.27 time earned him the gold. Cameron Tillman placed fourth in the 100 at 13.33 seconds. Dominick Cotton placed third in the 200 in 26.55 seconds. The boys’ 4x100-meter relay team of Hal... Full story
The Raiders dominated the diamond in Coulee Dam Thursday, taking down the Manson Trojans 13-3 in Lake Roosevelt’s only contest of the week. Raider Baseball had been scheduled to play four games last week. But their Tuesday game against Liberty Bell had to be moved due to the rain. Then a Saturday doubleheader against Oroville was postponed due to injuries and other factors. “We played well as a team,” Head Coach Billy Nicholson commented on the Manson game, adding praise for his pitchers. “Chance (Garvin) and Devan (Black) both did well on... Full story
The Lady Raiders racked up positive stats in a home win last week, but rescheduled two other games they’d been set to play in Grand Coulee. They were able to play the Trojans of Manson on Thursday, when they picked up their first win of the new season. “There’s been a lot of improvements since the first game,” Head Coach Jamie Lezard said, “We just have to keep working on the fundamentals of the game and improve on a daily basis and everything will be OK.” The final score in the game was 11-1, ending in the fifth inning due to the mercy rule.... Full story