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The Lady Raiders lost both of their matches last week on the road at Oroville and in Waterville. At Oroville on the 26, the Hornets came out fighting for the win. The Lady Raiders committed 77 errors which gave the Hornets points they needed to win. Head Coach Nate Piturachsatit had this to say about the Oroville match, “Oroville played a great game they did what they needed to do to win, made us make all the mistakes.” Kammi Rosenbaum and Holly Jo Carriere continue to lead the Lady Raiders in... Full story
LR is on a win streak as the Raiders defeated the Mustangs in a non-league game last Friday by the score of 28-25. Head Coach Steve Files liked the determination of his squad,"We played extremely hard for four quarters and responded to pressure situations," he continued by saying,"It was another step forward for us." Bridgeport came out on the first series of the game showing many different offensive formations. The Raider defense was not fazed and forced a fumble on that first series. Jesse Louie capped LR's first offensive drive with a... Full story
Raider cross country ran into the toughest test of the early season last Saturday at the Runners Soul Invite in the Spokane Valley. Over 40 schools from Eastern Washington and North Idaho ran in the race. Head Coach Gary Darnold said, “We ran up against the toughest competition and biggest schools of the season and all of the runners stepped up and competed hard.” Results are not yet available from athletic.net so times for the runners will not be available for publication. Raymond Yazzie lead t... Full story
Lady Raider volleyball fought hard through fatigue and tough opponents last week as they played 19 games in three days. Head Coach Nate Piturachsatit was proud of the way the girls kept playing, "Even though they were tired they didn't let it show on the court." Coach Piturachsatit also said, " It was encouraging to see such heart from them even when they were so worn out. " The week started at home against the Waterville Shockers on the 19th at Gailord Nelson Gym. The match was a hard- fought affair with the match being decided in the fifth... Full story
by John R. McNeil II LR did not let the long bus trip to West Seattle slow them down Saturday afternoon as they shredded the Seattle Lutheran Saints defense for 383 yards on the ground for a 40-0 victory. Head Coach Steve Files was proud of the turnaround his squad made in just one week after a 56-0 loss. “We had a pretty good week at practice and did not let last week linger too long," Files said. Leading the rushing attack was freshman Josiah Desautel who racked up three touchdowns in 136 y... Full story
Raider cross country traveled to Moses Lake last Saturday, where, besides the tough competition from several large schools, they had to contend with the 90-plus-degree heat. The Raider boys finished 10th with 288 points. Raiders girls were again represented by only one member. Leading the Raider boys was Robert George, who finished 54th with a time of 20 minutes 53 seconds. “Robert George showed the most improvement from last season for the boys’ team, improving by over two-and-a-half min... Full story
The Lady Raiders did not play Waterville on Sept. 12 as previously stated. The match has been rescheduled to tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Gailord Nelson gym, at Lake Roosevelt. This move makes it the first in a three-match week. Friday, the Lady Raiders will be traveling to Yakima for a 4 p.m. match against the Riverside Christian Crusaders. LR has yet to defeat the Crusaders in a match and will look to do so Friday. Then on Saturday, the Lady Raiders will travel to Bridgeport for a tournament,... Full story
After reading your Sept. 4 editorial “Might want to rethink that position,” I cannot help but come to the conclusion that maybe you should be the one doing the “rethinking.” 1) Alcohol, tobacco and gambling are also legitimate enterprises in Washington. That does not mean that there are no obvious social, health and moral problems associated with them that taxpayers and participating individuals end up paying for. 2) Your thoughts on waste of public resources are not well thought out. Now, local police agencies will have to undergo another leve... Full story
Raider cross country opened their season at Tonasket last Saturday. Head Coach Gary Darnold was pleased with the way the runners competed at the opening race of the season. “The race in Tonasket showed me that our team has the desire to compete,” Darnold said. The competition at Tonasket was stiff. The winning time in the boys’ race was 15 minutes, 18 seconds, run by Duncan Foresman of Republic. In the girls’ race, reigning State B individual champion Sierra Speiker of Oroville ran it in 16:4... Full story
Lady Raider volleyball opened the 2013 season at the Davenport Invitational where they faced perennial state competitors and fought hard against a 1A school and last season’s Central Washington 2B North champion. “There were some really tough teams from the Bi County,” Raider Head Coach Nate Piturachsatit commented on the matches against the Davenport Gorillas and Odessa-Harrington Titans. “They were very challenging for us.” In both matches, the Lady Raiders were unable to win a game. The Gorillas finished fourth last year in the 2B State Tou... Full story
Raider football opened up their 2013 season at home last Friday, where the Davenport Gorillas used a 32-point second quarter to defeat LR 56-0. The Gorillas’ rushing attack was led by Faulkner, who scored three touchdowns, and backed up by Wilkie, who scored two more touchdowns and converted four two-point attempts. Davenport outgained the Raiders in total offense by the tally of 335 yards to LR’s 63. In the first quarter, the Raiders allowed two scores. Then the defense made a stop and LR too... Full story
We decided to retire here 15 years ago. Fishing and golfing were our favorite things. Whoops … Seems we entered at the time the golf course was going into a BIG change wanting to go from 9 to 18 holes. Needless to say, things changed. Lots of things we still do not understand happened, and lots of different messes. Including, seeing the course last year in a devastated state. TODAY, the course is in the best shape we have seen it since moving here. And guess what? Volunteers stepped in and are working hard to keep an asset that this c... Full story
Four seniors and two freshmen made the All Central Washington North 2B All League Baseball team from this season’s Raider squad that finished with a 12-win, nine-loss record. Senior Brady Black received “Pitcher of the Year” honors from the Central Washington 2B North. Black pitched 42 innings in which he compiled a 2.31 earned run average, 57 strikeouts, and held opposing batters to a .167 average. Black also led the Raiders in scoring, reaching home 40 times over the course of the 2013 seaso... Full story
Chyenne Kelly-Marconi capped her track season by placing third in the triple jump at the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires 2013 1B, 2B, 1A Track and Field Championships at Eastern Washington University last Friday. The six points Kelly-Marconi scored for the Lake Roosevelt Raiders were the only points LR would score at the meet. The junior took that prize recording a triple jump of 33 feet and a quarter inch. Pe Ell athlete Alissa Brooks-Johnson won the event with combined jumps... Full story
Three Lake Roosevelt Raiders competed at the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires state golf tournament at Oakbrook Country Club May 21-22. After taking the District 5-6 championship a week earlier, Tanceia Stanczak was in her third state tournament and was looking to improve from last year's mark while competing in field of 40 athletes. She shot a 104 on the first day and made the cut to move on to the second round, according to the WIAA website. In the second round, Stanczak shot a 110, giving her a combined score of 214 for the... Full story
The Lady Raiders made their second-ever trip to the state softball tournament last weekend. The weather at the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires 2013 2B State Softball Championships in Yakima did not cooperate on Friday, and all games were delayed till Saturday. In the first game of the day, LR faced defending state champion Pe Ell, which showed no mercy to the Lady Raiders, defeating them 28-2. The Ladies looked to rebound in the afternoon game against Asotin, which had lost their morning game to LaConner. But Asotin played... Full story
The Lady Raider softball team pulled off a big upset at the District 5-6 tournament last weekend when they beat Bridgeport to move on to the state tournament in Yakima this weekend. This move toward state started with the Lady Raider 15-9 win at White Swan May 14, when LR put together a solid game of defense and had three girls bat above .500. Keya Fast Horse hit everything that was thrown her way, Tristan Adolph batted .750 for the game, and Riley Epperson was .600 at the plate. Beating White Swan allowed the Lady Raiders to advance to the... Full story
Chyenne Kelly-Marconi, Alexia Hanway, and Octavio Alejandre are moving on to the state track and field meet at Eastern Washington University this weekend after qualifying in last weekend’s District 5-6 meet at Ephrata High School. This will be Kelly-Marconi’s second trip to state. Hanway and Alejandre will experience their first. There will be a send-off assembly on Thursday at Lake Roosevelt High School for all State participants. Head Coach Lori Adkins liked the vibe the Raiders gave her on the way to the district meet. “I could tell by the a... Full story
LR Babe Ruth started their summer season last week as they took on Omak May 14 for a single game at Greene Field. Jacob Palmer had the only base bit for LR, as Omak went on to win in six innings, 13-3. Coach Jeremy Miller said many of the middle school-age players showed signs of first game jitters. This wore off quickly as on the 18th when LR hosted Chelan for a doubleheader. In the first game Chelan jumped out to a two-run lead in the top of the third. LR came back in the bottom of the sixth, scoring two runs to knot the game up at two... Full story
Ten Raiders qualified last weekend to move on to next Saturday’s district track and field competition in Ephrata. At the Central Washington 2B South Sub-Districts last Saturday at Kittitas, the LR girls finished second overall, beating White Swan and Riverside Christian. Raider boys finished third, beating White Swan. Chyenne Kelly-Marconi continues to lead the Raiders, moving on in all her events. She won the triple jump with a hop, skip, and jump of 32 feet, 11 inches; and the 100-meter h... Full story
Lady Raider softball closed the 2013 regular season with a six-game losing streak that included last week's losses to Bridgeport and Liberty Bell. The Lady Raiders played the Fillies for Senior Night May 7 at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School, where they lost, 10-3. On Saturday they travelled north to the North League-leading Liberty Bell Mountain Lions, who showed the Lady Raiders why they are in that position. In each game of the doubleheader LB defeated LR by 10 runs with the final scores being... Full story
Raider baseball wrapped up the 2013 season last week at Wenatchee Valley Junior College with a 8-2 loss to White Swan. Head Coach Ted Piccolo recognizes that White Swan was a tough opponent. The Raiders played without Justus DeWinkler due to his injury and another was not at full speed. Kendall Piccolo pitched five innings striking out 3 Cougars and giving up only 1 earned run on 2 hits and two walks. Brady Black came in to relieve Piccolo for the last two innings and gave up no earned runs and no hits while striking out 2 Cougars. At the... Full story
Raider golf closed out the regular season at home Thursday against both Moses Lake Christian and Columbia Basin Secondary. Austin Rosenbaum led the Raider boys and was the match medalist, shooting a 94 for the day. “Austin has really learned how to manage his games out there this year,” Head Coach Steve Files said. “As a result his scores are starting to better reflect his considerable abilities.” Jordan Allen took second overall, shooting a 104 for the day. “Jordan has probably made more progress from the beginning of the season to this poin... Full story
Raider tennis closed out the 2013 season last week with a match at home and districts at Eastmont. At home May 7 against Entiat, the girls won 4-1 and the boys tied 1-all. Emily Williams defeated Autumn Noyes 7-6 (7-2), 6-0 and Hillary Carriere beat Emily Swearingen 8-6 for the girls’ singles wins. In doubles, Areielle White and Lyric Witten beat Alexis Swearingen and Taylor Long in three sets, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8). Their come-from-behind win was paired with Hayley Seylor’s and Harmony Wit... Full story
by John R. McNeil II Raider golf enters the last week of the regular season in high spirits after a strong showing at the home match last Thursday. Austin Rosenbaum finished third in the boys’ competition with the score of 99 on 18 holes. Rosenbaum was behind Connor Hughes of Oroville, who shot an 88, and Cayden Field of Tonasket, who shot a 97. Tanecia Stanczak took first in the girls’ competition, shooting a 95 on 18 holes. Stanczak’s closest opponent was Jordyn Smith of Oroville, who shot a 1... Full story
