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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
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
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
Raider golf started Thursday with a home opening match against Omak. In girls’ competition, Jonell Denchel won the match for Lake Roosevelt, shooting a 62. The medalists for the boys in the match were Cameron D. of Omak and Brandon A. of Omak. Each shot a 44 at Banks Lake Golf Course. “This was the first competitive high school match for everyone on the squad,” commented Raider Head Coach Steve Files. “They all stepped up and represented themselves and our school very well.” Files said the good weather has allowed the team to get out on the co... Full story
Two Raiders placed at the Ezra Gordon Invitational last Saturday in Colville, and many others showed positive improvements. Two Lake Roosevelt shot put throwers laid their claims to podiums in the meet, one girl and one boy. Octavio Alejandre took home first place in the shot, throwing 46 feet, 9 inches, an improvement of 8 inches over his throw last week. In the discus, Alejandre did not place but threw 108-11. Katelynn Schilling took home third in the shot, throwing 32-5.5, five inches better that last week. “Athletes continued to improve the... Full story
Raider Tennis competed in three matches last week with a great deal of success. “They are all very competitive and regularly push each other at practices to improve,” Head Coach Steve Archer said. “I am hopeful that each week we will continue to see their improvement.” In their matches last week, the Raider boys defeated Wilbur-Creston on March 23 by 4-1, then beat Davenport 4-1 on Friday. Oroville handed the Raider boys their only loss of the week Wednesday. The Raider girls defeated all three opponents, setting up a great start to the season.... Full story
The Raiders came home from a double header in Bridgeport Saturday with two wins. Lake Roosevelt was challenged in the first game, with the Mustangs scoring seven runs, but in the end outscored them by two in the 9-7 LR win. In the second game, the Raiders bats came alive and scored 21 runs. Raider pitching and defense was stingy and gave up only two runs. In the first game, Chance Garvin and Trey Nicholson went two for four at the plate with a double apiece. Tony Desautel was one for two. Tyrell Kaiser pitched all eight innings with 18... Full story
The Lady Raider softball team opened the season at home Saturday to two losses. “It was a tough day for the Lady Raiders,” Head Coach Jamie Lezard said. “We had too many errors, left too many base runners out there, and were having a hard time finding the strike zone.” Lezard said both games against the Bridgeport Fillies ended in the third inning, due to the mercy rule. The Fillies had an offensive edge on the Lady Raiders. In the first game, Lake Roosevelt scored 10 runs but gave up 21. In the second, the Fillies tallied up 18 to the Lady Ra... Full story
A small Lake Roosevelt team travelled to West Valley High School in Spokane Valley for the Howard Dolphin Invitational Saturday. “We took a small group of determined Raiders to compete against 1800 other athletes at the West Valley Invite,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “The coaches were very pleased with the comradeship the LR team showed for each other during the seven-hour competition.” It was the season opener for the Raiders, and many either showed good improvement from the start of last season, or picked up right where they left off. Ka... Full story
The Raider boys' basketball season came to an end Friday night at Mt. Spokane High School as Lake Roosevelt lost its regional matchup against the Northwest Christian Crusaders. "Boys played well and never gave up or backed down," Head Coach Matt Simpson said. "Should be very proud. ... We played a good team; you can tell they have been in the regional tournament a lot, so they were prepared." In the first half, the Raiders kept it close with the Crusaders, staying within three points at... Full story
Three Raider boys and four Lady Raiders were named to Central Washington North 2B All-League teams for their play during the 2014-15 season. Chance Garvin was the only Raider named to the first team. Jacob Palmer, Katelynn Schilling, and Jocelyn Moore made second team. For honorable mention, Austin Rosenbaum, Alana Epperson, and Lachelle Bearcub were put forward for recognition. Chance Garvin lead the Raiders in many games in multiple stat categories. Garvin also overcame the loss of a relative... Full story
Raider Wrestling made a great showing at the state tournament with all three wrestlers placing. Octavio Alejandre took the state championship at 285 pounds. Oscar Pakootas took third at 132, and Jacob Smith fourth at 113. Lake Roosevelt as a team finished sixth in the B leaderboard with 43 points. Alejandre started his tournament on Friday with a win, Alejandre pinning his nemesis, Mark Dituri of May Walker-Springdale, to set up a match with Mikey Hernandez of Warden. Alejandre's 4-2 win over... Full story
The Raider boys won two games last week to earn third place in the District 5-6 tournament and a meeting with District 7-9's number-two team Friday night at regionals. This is the second year in a row that the Raiders advance to the regionals. They will play Northwest Christian at Mt. Spokane High School on Friday at 6 p.m. The Raiders, with a 13-8 win-loss record for the season, will face Northwest Christian (18-7), the second-place winner from the 7-9 District tourney. "We have our work cut ou... Full story
The Lady Raiders played their final game of the 2014-15 season at Eastmont High School against the White Swan Cougars on Feb. 19 in a loser-out game of District 5-6 play. The Lady Raiders and Cougars were jostling for control of the game early when the Cougars went on two 10-0 runs in the first and second quarters to put them in the driver's seat for the rest of the game. Turnovers and missed rebounds aided the Cougars and the Lady Raiders struggled to make shots when given the opportunity to... Full story
All three Raider wrestlers who competed at the Regional Tournament at Northwest Christian on Feb. 14th advanced to Mat Classic XXVII. Not all had an easy road making it to State but all three placed and as a team scored 53.5 team points to finish as a team 8th overall at the 26-team tourney. Octavio Alejandre defended his 2014 regional championship by claiming it again in 2015 at 285 pounds. In his first match of the day, Alejandre pinned Trevor Morris of Davenport in the first round, then... Full story
After taking second place in the league, the Lady Raiders held on in district tournament play last week with a decisive defeat of Oroville after having let Kittitas slip by in a disappointing first-round loss. "We played good defense, which gave us opportunities to win," Coach Wallace Pleasants said after their three-point loss to the Coyotes. "We talked about taking care of the little things so they don't bite back; we didn't do that tonight." But planning for the next game, against Brewster,... Full story
To stay alive in post-season basketball, the Raider boys must defeat a team they last took down at home - in overtime. In the second week of the District 5-6 Tournament tomorrow at Eastmont High School, Lake Roosevelt will face Waterville in a loser-out game starting at 8:30 p.m. LR needs to beat the Shockers to move on to the regional tournament. If the Raiders win, they will face the winner of the Warden/Mabton game in a regional seeding game on Saturday at Eastmont High School starting at 4... Full story
The Lady Raiders finished the 2014-15 regular basketball season with an 11-3 win-loss record in Central Washington 2B North, and a 12-8 overall record. With the second-place finish, the Lady Raiders advance to the district tournament, playing Kittitas at 6:45 p.m. tonight at Eastmont Junior High. If LR wins, they advance to play the winner of Brewster/Mabton at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Eastmont High School. If the Lady Raiders lose tonight, they will play the loser of Brewster/Mabton at Eastmont Junior High, again on Saturday, at 4:30 p.m. In the... Full story
Octavio Alejandre, Oscar Pakootas, and Jacob Smith all advanced from the sub-regional wrestling meet in Oroville to the regional competition after placing in the top four at Oroville last Saturday. The regional meet will be held at Northwest Christian High School in North Spokane Saturday starting at 10 a.m. The meet this year is only a one-day event rather than two. “We faced the toughest competition of the season at sub regionals,” commented Coach Steve Hood. “Now we are preparing to face even tougher competition Saturday at regionals becau... Full story
After a tough week, the Raider boys finished the 2014-15 regular basketball season in third place in the Central Washington 2B North League standings. In league play, the Raiders earned a 9-5 win-loss record, and overall the Raiders finished 12-8. In the last week of the regular season LR lost both games to Brewster and Okanogan. "We battled against both teams, both of which are very talented and ready for postseason play," Head Coach Matt Simpson said. "They have both been further than us, and... Full story