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  • Royalty ready for event

    Mar 28, 2012

    Nespelem Junior Rodeo royalty, Queen Mogan Allen, bottom, and princesses Bekah Thomasen, left and Amanda Palmer will host the rodeo April 27-29. Their auction and Indian Taco Feed will be held this Thursday, March 29 at Nespelem Elementary School beginning at 4:30 p.m. — submitted photo...

  • Weekly mountain bike ride set

    Mar 28, 2012

    A group is forming to have a weekly mountain bike ride. Those interested should meet at North Dam Park Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. For more information call Stan at 631-1850....

  • Raiders take down Okanogan

    John McNeil II|Mar 28, 2012

    Raider baseball swept Okanogan at Greene Field on Saturday by scores of 9 to 6 in both games of the doubleheader. Head Coach Brandon Byers likes the performance of his squad this early in the season, "These were the types of games that we really wanted our boys to be in before we start league play,” Head Coach Brandon Byers said. “We had several mental and physical errors in the middle part of both games that were uncharacteristic of the team, but the guys did a great job of bouncing back immedi...

  • Ladies take center stage at Ray Cross

    John McNeil II|Mar 28, 2012

    Kim Barry, Miranda Salas, and Katelynn Schilling all placed as the girls’ team finished 10th at the 38-school Ray Cross Invitational at Ephrata High School last Saturday. Barry took home third in the 800-meter run, with a time of two minutes, 30 seconds; sixth in the 1600 at 5:45; sixth in the 3200 in 12:36, and pole vaulted for fifth, clearing 7 feet, 6 inches. Barry finished behind league rival Sierra Speiker of Oroville in both the 1600 and 3200. In both events Barry was working to o...

  • Raider tennis continuing to improve

    John McNeil II|Mar 28, 2012

    Raider tennis players won matches last week with the boys winning all three and the girls slowly improving as the week progressed. At White Swan March 20, the boys won the match 3-2, with Phoenix Shepard, Hayden Rodrigues, and Nick Rice sweeping the singles matches in favor of the Raiders. Shepard dispatched Xavier Valladares, 6-3 and 6-0. Rodrigues trounced Armondo Cervantes of White Swan 6-1, 6-3. Rice had the closest match with Erik Garcia staying in every set and forcing a third, 7-6, 7-5, a...

  • Stanczak, Rosenbaum shine at Manson

    John McNeil II|Mar 28, 2012

    Junior Tanecia Stanczak and Freshmen Austin Rosenbaum both medalled at Lake Chelan Golf Course last Thursday in the opening match of the season for the Raiders. The Raider boys’ team competed against Manson, Waterville, and Entiat, while Stanczak competed against the other girls as an individual as there were not enough girls to form a squad for any of the schools present. Stanczak shot a 53 on the nine-hole course to take home the gold medal. Head Coach Steve Files was pleased with her p...

  • Softball opens with Okanogan

    John McNeil II|Mar 28, 2012

    After the confusion of having their head coach quit and the original opener with Cashmere postponed, the Lady Raiders opened at home under interim Head Coach Kevin Rosenbaum against the always-tough Okanogan Bulldogs, losing 30-4 Thursday at home. Junior Danielle Laramie took to the mound for what Coach Rosenbaum believes was her first-ever game pitching. In the first inning, the Bulldogs sensed that and ran out ahead, taking advantage of every mistake the Lady Raiders made. It looked to turn...