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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Raiders took down the 1-A Cascade Kodiaks by 50 points last night, highlighting a five-game winning streak away from home. Now 11-1, the Raiders left the Leavenworth team with a 2-9 record overall. The Raiders are ranked third in the Central Washington 2B League, but fourth among the 54 teams in the state at their 2B level, according to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Columbia (13-1), at Burbank, and Colfax (11-1) are listed first and second, and Freeman (8-1) at...
The Lady Raiders took down Bridgeport 55-26 at home Friday in a league game, bringing their record to 6-6 for the basketball season overall. They'll host Okanogan Friday at 6 p.m., then Freeman in a non-league game Saturday at 3 p.m. Tuesday, they'll head to Manson for another league game....
The Lady Raider wrestlers took seven wrestlers to Connell Saturday, and they all placed. Lake Roosevelt took third place in the 31-team tournament with schools sizes ranging from 1B to 4A. LR’s 120.5 points earned their third place. Prosser took second with 132. Othello won it with 147 points. “It was a tough tournament for the girls but good prep for the state tournament,” Head Coach Victor Landeros said. “They are working hard every week, making small adjustments to fine tune their wrestling,” Landeros added. “All of us coaches like where...
With eight wrestlers, the Raider boys finished fourth among 20 teams at Northwest Christian’s Crusader Classic wrestling tourney last Saturday. “The team finished 4th overall with 8 wrestlers competing. “They finished as the second highest 2B team in the tournament,” Coach Casey Brewster noted. “They wrestled hard and continue to make progress every week, and it shows at every tournament.” Rodger Cate took first at the 113-pound bracket, earning 28 points for the Raiders. Collin Christman, at 106, took second for 16 points. Collin Chaney also...
Girls' wrestling At the Raiders' Powerhouse Tournamanet Dec. 21, Lake Roosevelt's girls placed in six weight categories among 73 contestants. Sienna Atchison took second place at 145, and Selma Lewandowski took second at 170. Tru Jack took third at 140, as did Nelly Selam at 105, and Abygail Vargas at 155. The Lady Raiders are at Brewster Jan. 8 for a mix n match with eight other teams. Then they'll head to the Connell Invitational Saturday for the 27-team tournament. Boys' wrestling The Raider...
The Raiders pulled out a one-point win at Waterville Dec. 21, where they met the 1B Neha Bay Red Devils in a holiday tournament. The 63-62 victory didn’t do much to ease the sting of their next two losses, both at the Reardan tournament Dec. 27-28. Reardan’s Screaming Eagles kept the Raiders down by 12 for a 70-58 loss. Then Manson the next day bested LR by six points, 61-55. The Raiders, now 6-1, are set to head to White Swan (2-4) for a 3 p.m. game Jan. 4, then meet the 1-7 Bears in Brewster on Tuesday, Jan 7 for a 7:30 p.m. game. The Lady Ra...
Raider wrestlers took third place at their own annual tournament Saturday, where a dozen schools from Curley to White Swan came for a day of wrestling. Girls teams could also compete in that growing category of the sport. The Raider boys fielded five athletes in five weights, with some also wrestling up to fill in empty weights on the team. At 106 pounds, Collin Christman took second in the semifinal round after White Swan's Lopez bested him. Roger Cate took first at 113 with a fall over...
Most of the boys' basketball game with Liberty Bell Friday night seemed to be going according to norms. Tight competition: it ended regular play going into overtime 46-46. And that is where the Mountain Lions apparently decided they would score no more. They kept their score at 46, even as Raiders racked up 60 points. It's not like Liberty Bell wasn't equal to the task, they just didn't do it. Worse, they continually fouled so LR would head to the free-throw line, racking up the Raider win...
It's been a long time coming, but Nespelem saw a victory on their home basketball floor Saturday night, some 56 years (that was a best guess by school officials) after their last high school closed and their students started attending Graxnd Coulee Dam schools for high school. The Nespelem Eagles hosted the Columbia Lions, from Hunters, for the 68-31 win, which had to feel good after their 20-point loss at Republic the night before, 68-44. The Eagles are not playing in a league this year,...
Raider boys 4-0 The Raider boys’ basketball team is off to a flying start with a 4-0 record so far, all against a a range of non-league teams. LR beat 1B Wilson Creek 79-20 Dec. 2, Davenport by 53-34 Dec. 3, 1A Hoquiam 61-39 Dec. 6, and 1B DeSales 55-53. They’ll host Liberty Bell (3-0) Friday night, then the Freeman Scotties (2-0) Saturday in Coulee Dam. Those games start at 7:30 p.m. Lady Raiders basketball The LR girls’ team beat Wilson Creek 63-15 Dec. 2, but lost to Davenport 54-22 Dec. 3. Last night, Pateros bested them by 10 points 40-30....
LR basketball starts with promise Lake Roosevelt's basketball season is already building steam after taking the Devils to school in the Raider gym Monday night, with the LR girls beating Wilson Creek 63-15 and the Raider boys winning 79-20. Tuesday night's contests against Davenport were less easy lessons, with the Lady Raiders getting schooled 54-22, and the boys winning by only 19 points instead of 59. The games gave clues on promising upcoming seasons, though. Jeremy Crollard, the Lady...
Several Lake Roosevelt Raiders were honored last week when the Central Washington 2B League named them to its all-league teams. In cross country, Caden Portch, who finished 24th out of 155 at the state tournament, made the league’s First Team. Chantelle Pakootas and Vera Bigwolf each received an honorable mention. In Soccer, Nautika Brown made the league’s Second Team. From the football team, Ivan Alejandre, Terrell Bush, and Anthony Smith were each named to the Second Team offense and got an honorable mention for defense. Jeremiah Swogger mad...
It's gotta make a guy feel pretty appreciated when a send-off-to-state rally is held just for him, as it was for Caden Portch Friday. The Raider junior alone among his cross-country teammates qualified for the state meet at Pasco's Sun Willows golf course held Saturday. So Lake Roosevelt saw him off Friday in the school's traditional style with an assembly, the "tunnel," and sirens and lights supplied by police and emergency services folks escorting him through town on the way out. Portch ran...
The Raider football team (1-8) ended its season with a Saturday postseason game in Goldendale, where they lost 56-6 to the Timberwolves (7-2), who will now face Freeman Nov. 16....
Caden Portch took fifth place at the District 5 cross country championships in Wenatchee Saturday, running the 5K course in 17:44:38. It was the fourth meet this season in which he’s placed in the top five, including first place at the Oroville Invite two weeks ago. Lake Roosevelt put seven boys and three girls into last weekend’s race. Their times are below. Raiders at District 5 1B/2B Championship in Wenatchee Raider boys Place Name Time Year 5 Caden Portch 17:44.38 11 46 Dillan Yazzie 19:52.12 11 52 Walter Leach-Owhi 20:19.50 9 78 Noah Hun...
When you've had one win all season and your last league game will be against one of the top 2B football teams in the state with 22 straight wins, you might not think it could be fun. But don't tell that to Lake Roosevelt's Raiders, at least not those who made the trip to the home of Bulldogs Friday night to endure a 78-8 drubbing. "We took 16 players to Okanogan, five of them freshmen," said Raider Head Coach Geary Oliver. "At the end of the game we had 13 able to play. Our guys played hard...
With their season about to wrap up, the Raiders grabbed a football win on the Lake Roosevelt field for their homecoming game Friday. They beat the Tonasket Tigers 40-35, boosting the Raider win-loss to 1-6. "I'm always proud of our players, but this week our team built on the value of personal sacrifice," said Head Coach Geary Oliver. "Our defensive line was asked to play a technique which would result in no personal accolades. However, it would give us our best chance to win the game. It was a...
Lake Roosevelt High School cheerleaders and football players join the Eagles' Tina Taylor, right, and Patty Oliver, to the left of her, at the Eagles Aerie Oct. 5, when they all helped raise $2,306 for the family who lost their home in a fire in Electric City Sept 20. Oliver, the chef at PK's Culinary before she closed it, is now teaching at Lake Roosevelt and made the spaghetti for the feed. Pictured clockwise from upper left: LR Raider cheerleaders Alexandra Weiss and Roselyn Espersen; Raider...
Cross Country Caden Portch took first place among 85 runners from eight schools at the Oroville Invite at Lake Osoyoos State Park Oct. 16. Portch stepped across the 5,000-meter event finish line in 17 minutes, 31 seconds — two seconds ahead of Brewster’s Gerardo Rodriguez, who had to PR for his 17:33 time. Ten other Raider boys also ran the race, with Dillan Yazzie coming closest to Portch’s time in 19:34. Freshman Chantelle Pakootas led the LR girls to place 14th in 26:55. Raiders at Oroville Boys Place Name Time 1 Caden Portch 17:31 18 Dilla...
Soccer The LR soccer team scored two wins in a row last week, including their first shutout. That was at home on Thursday, Oct. 10, when they won against Manson 5-0. "Goalies Taylor Thomas and Cora Nicholson share credit for LR's first shutout of the season," said Coach Solveig Chaffee. Shae Crollard scored three goals, "giving her a team-leading 14 on the season," Chaffee noted. "Nautika Brown and Halle Picard contributed one goal each. Kenzie Brown had an assist and Phenyx Marchand had three...
Volleyball The Lady Raiders played four hard-fought volleyball sets against Okanogan Tuesday night, losing 3-1, by 13-25, 15-25, 25-22, and 13-15. Lake Roosevelt lost to Cascade in five sets Thursday, 3-2 and have a 2-9 record. They'll head to Tonasket for a 6:30 game on Thursday, then host Brewster on Tuesday, also at 6:30 p.m. Football The Raiders lost at Manson Friday night, 42-28. No game is scheduled until Oct. 18, when LR (0-5) will head to Winthrop to play the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions...
Soccer The Lady Raiders earned a win Saturday, when they beat the Warden team, there, 4-2. Forward Shae Crollard scored two goals, Nautika Brown added another, and set piece specialist Phenyx Marchand converted a penalty for another. Halle Picard "showcased her versatility," Coach Solveig Chaffee noted, by playing both ends of the field in stints as a forward and at center back. The win was sandwiched by losses earlier and later in the week. Lake Roosevelt fell to Reardan 5-1 Thursday, Sept 19,...
Participants take off in unison Saturday morning as race director Kelly Buche's air horn signals the start of the 10k race for the annual Run the Dam. Though it was chilly - the night before saw the season's first frost advisory - the grueling climb up "the dam hill" all but guaranteed everyone would break a sweat. Aside from official tours, Run the Dam's 5k, 10k and half marathon events are the only opportunity for the general public to cross the top of the dam, which is closed to general...
Volleyball The Lady Raiders won their volleyball match against Wilson Creek Monday in three sets, 25-13, 16-1, and 25-4. Amy Dorman's sets keyed up several players for aggressive kills, and senior Riley Ayling knew right where to be on each play. The win at home puts the Lady Raider record at 2-5 for the season. They'll play Liberty Bell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, on the Mountain Lions' home court, then face Omak, there, on Tuesday. Cross Country Kenzie Portch finished fourth at the Can/Am meet in...