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  • Five Raider athletes will head to state track

    John McNeil II|May 23, 2012

    Five Raiders placed high enough at the Central Washington 2B District 5 meet last Saturday in East Wenatchee to put them into statewide competition this week at Eastern Washington University. Kim Barry will return to the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Championships at EWU in Cheney May 25 and 26 in four events. Barry qualified for the 400-, 800-, 1600-, and 3200-meter runs by winning the district meet championships in all four. She nailed the 400 in 60.26 seconds, a...

  • Season over for Lady Raiders

    John McNeil II|May 23, 2012

    The Lady Raiders tumultuous 2012 softball season came to an end last Tuesday at Waterville with a makeup game against the Shockers. The game originally scheduled for spring break was moved due to makeup games against Brewster. The game started out close with the score being 2 all at the end of the first. The Lady Raiders even had a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the third. That’s when the Lady Raiders’ luck ran out as the Shockers exploded for a seven-run inning, taking the lead 9-6. In the...

  • DeSales defeats Raider baseball team at regional tournament

    John McNeil II|May 23, 2012

    The Raiders took on the Fighting Irish of DeSales in a single-elimination game at the regional tournament in Walla Walla Saturday. DeSales took advantage of the Raiders’ mistakes on the field to score six of their 11 runs to defeat the Raiders 11-2. DeSales eventually took the regional championship. At the plate, the Raiders did score and hit the ball, with Brady Black going two for four, with two runs batted in. Justus DeWinkler had three hits, and Keith Rosenbaum went two for three. Tyler G...

  • Shephard does not advance

    John McNeil II|May 23, 2012

    Phoenix Shephard took on Greg Sklar of Omak in a loser-out match last Saturday at Omak High School tennis courts. Shephard and Sklar competed against each other earlier in the season in a very close match that ended with a Sklar win. Saturday, Shephard won the first game to take the early lead, but lost the match, his last as a Raider, 6-2, 6-0. “Phoenix started out on top winning the first game,” commented Head Coach Steve Archer. “And even though the rest of the games were close, going to de...

  • Basketball camp planned

    May 23, 2012

    A basketball clinic is planned for June 24 at Lake Roosevelt High School for 11- to 17-year-olds. The NBC Summer Camps event will cover many aspects of the game. For more information, call Michelle Campobasso at 633-8024....

  • School Notes

    May 23, 2012

    Enrollment falls May was the second month in a row that enrollment of Grand Coulee Dam School District students fell below the budgeted projection. Student enrollment averaged 615.44 full time students in May. Last year’s May total was 625.04 and the budgeted figure this year is 620. SHARP Kids programs planned Students entering grades 1-4 at Center Elementary School can take advantage of a SHARP Kids art enrichment program June 18-21. Students entering grades 5-8 can take advantage of a Filmmaker’s Anonymous class during the same period. Emp...

  • Bowling Scores

    May 23, 2012

    BOWLING RESULTS Summer League TEAM W L M.T.R. 15 5 M.B.J. 13 7 S.H.D.W.I. 12 4 Old Pharts 10 10 The Bad News Bears 7 13 Carry On 7 13 Team 3 6 14 Take “9’s” 6 10 High Game: M.T.R. 567; Randy Rinker 257; Briana Bob 210 High Series: M.T.R. 1540; Randy Rinker 636; Briana Bob 572 Previous High Game: M.T.R. 570; Randy Rinker 264; Briana Bob 176 High Series: M.T.R. 1605; Randy Rinker 660; Briana Bob 515 SENIOR BOWLING Merle 135/356; Scott 135/331; Bob M 211;563; Leo 160/443 Bob S 188/451; Orville 165/439 Previous Merle 111/312; Bob M. 177/515; Leo 1...

  • Coulee Cops

    May 23, 2012

    GRAND COULEE 5.9 - Police were called to Wolf’s Den bar about a reported fight. A person who had had too much to drink disputed an attempt to prevent him from driving. 5/11 - An Electric City woman was cited for failing to stop before coming onto the highway from North Dam Park. - Two hours after the above woman was stopped, her car was stopped again because her husband was not wearing a seatbelt. He was cited for this and for not obtaining a Washington state driver’s license. - A woman who gave Wilbur as her address was arrested on Goo...