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A lot was different in the unofficial final game of the basketball season last Friday at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym, where the school staff put on a shocker of close-call overtime game against the class of 2025, complete with state-class varsity basketball players. The ambulance backed up right in front of the gym exit as a precaution might have been a clue, but it wasn't necessary. In fact, a planned 20-point advantage the seniors thought they'd spot the elders wasn't needed either,...
It’s nice to jump into spring with a win, and Lake Roosevelt’s Lady Raiders softball team did that Saturday in Brewster. LR beat the Lady Bears 24-11 in the season opener for Central Washington 2B teams, starting their playing season a week earlier than other LR teams. New Head Coach Mike Steffens said it was a nice way to start the season, especially against a team that is pretty competitive. Brewster gets a rematch coming up this week when the Raiders host the Bears in Grand Coulee on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The next day, Lake Roosevelt will pla...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders ended their post-season basketball quest March 5 at the Spokane Arena in the Round of 12 at state tournament with a loss to Tri- Cities Prep. With eight players over 6 feet, the Jaguars won 64-33, effectively limiting the Raider offense, shooting 48% to the Raiders' 24%. Tri-Cities' Bryson Wilde scored 21 points. Ivan Alejandre led LR scoring with 17. The Raiders dropped in 11 of 32 two-point attempts and 11 of 16 free throws, but not one of 14 trey attempts, making...
Stub Owhi gets a special award at the Feb. 10 meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors, including Chair Shannon Nicholson, left, and Buffy Nicholson, her nieces, and Superintendent Rod Broadnax. Owhi has been attending boys' and girls' basketball games, all of them, for five years to support her grandchildren athletes. She's been taking team photos at the end of every game this year. - submitted photo...
Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday sent off the Raider boys' basketball team to the state tournament at the Spokane Arena. "We knew we're going to be tough this year," Coach Ed Wolfe told the assemble student body. "Here we are. We put in a lot of work from summertime till now. We believed in ourselves from the very start." Scheduled to play Tri-Cities Prep in game 11 of the state tournament, they'll meet the Jaguars at 12:15 in Wednesday's "Round of 12" in a loser-out contest to see who goes on to the...
Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School's Raider Chess team finished third in the 2B division at this year›s Washington State High School Chess Championship last weekend in Stanwood. More than 350 individuals on 48 teams competed at all levels, playing six two-hour rounds over two days. Orcas Island won the 2B title. Lakeside (Seattle) was the overall champion. Raiders competing were senior Zane Chaffee; sophomores Caches Parrish, Chance Perdue, and Cody Ewers; freshman Rylie McKee, and junior Ethan C...
Five Raider boys stepped up on the podium at the state wrestling tournament last weekend to claim a place on the winners' list, and three more were just one match away from placing at the Mat Classic XXXVI tournament in the Tacoma Dome. "Every wrestler battled and competed hard, not giving up," Head Coach Casey Brewster said on the team Facebook. "So proud of all these boys and how they rose to the challenge this season." As a team, the Raiders placed eighth in the state. Rodger Cate took second...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders took second place in District 5 Saturday in Moses Lake and will head into the first round of the state 2B basketball tournament in a game against last year’s state champion March 1 in Cheney. The Coyotes, of Burbank’s Columbia High School, bested the Raiders 63-48 in the 2025 District 5 2B Boys Basketball Tournament championship game at Moses Lake High School. At the half, LR had just taken the lead when a Coyote hit a three at the buzzer from way downtown. The fifth-seeded Raiders will play number-four Colfax at Che...
Lake Roosevelt’s Ivan Alejandre was named player of the year, and Ed Wolfe coach of the year in the Central Washington 2B Boys Basketball League. Alejandre, a senior was also named to the league’s “first team,” along with sophomore Kayman Jordan. Champ Louie, a senior, was tapped for second-team honors, and senior James Kensler earned an honorable mention. Freshman Shae Crollard was named to the girls’ basketball all-league first team. Honorable mentions went to sophomore Kenzie Brown and Deliz Atkins, an eighth-grader. In wrestling, Rodger Ca...
The Raider boys took down La Salle's basketball team by 12 points Saturday at the District 5 tournament to get into the district championship for first or second place Feb. 22 in Moses Lake. The LaSalle Lightning came to play, keeping the margin low most of the game. But the Raiders' dogged determination refused to let up. LR won 69-57. Champ Louie started the scoring for the Raiders in style, hitting two treys back-to-back to establish a six-point lead that proved to be the advantage in much...
The Lake Roosevelt Boys wrestling team placed eighth as a team out of 18 at the District 5 tournament Saturday and qualified all eight wrestlers for the Mat Classic state tournament at the Tacoma Dome Feb. 20-21. A state sendoff for them will happen at the Lake Roosevelt gym at 9 a.m. on Thursday. At 106 pounds, Collin Christman placed fifth, and Jack Steffler placed ninth. At 113, Rodger Cate took the championship, and Dillan Yazzie came in seventh. Kaden Christman, at 120, took second place. At 132 Isaac Circle took seventh place. 150 Colin...
The Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders battled hard at the District 5 Tournament, finishing 10th as a team and qualifying six wrestlers and one alternate for the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome Feb. 20-21. A state sendoff for them will happen at the Lake Roosevelt gym at 9 a.m. on Thursday. State qualifiers at the WIAA District 5 Girls 1B/2B/1A tourney: Wt. Wrestler Place 145 Sienna Atchison 6th 145 Ayamae Batten-Bib 8th 155 Abby Vargas 4th 170 Selma Lewandowski 6th 170 Jahzara Simpson 4th 190 AJ Cannon 2nd Alternate: 115 – Cora Nic...
The Raiders won their league championship Tuesday night in Okanogan 63-55 over Liberty Bell. The victory followed a similar win in the Central Washington 2B Tournament, over Tonasket, 66-55, in Omak on Saturday and puts the Raiders in game six of the 2025 District 5 2B Boys Basketball Tournament Feb. 13-22 at Moses Lake High School Saturday, Feb. 15, at 12:30 p.m. in the Maroon Gym. The 19-3 Raiders will play the La Salle Lightning (17-6). Getting to the title game, the LR boys had to get...
The Lady Raiders took fourth place in the CWB 2B League tournament after falling to Tonasket Tuesday at Okanogan. The Lake Roosevelt girls had prevailed over Liberty Bell 49-41 Thursday to win the first post-season basketball game in the league at home, lost twice since, but will still get to Moses Lake Thursday to play Tri-Cities Prep in the 2025 District 5 2B Girls Basketball Tournament. They'll play in the Moses Lake High School Maroon Gym at 7:30 p.m. in a loser-out game. A win would set...
Six boys and eight girls from Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High will head to their respective District 5 wrestling tournaments this week after qualifying in the league tournament matches Saturday. "The team battled hard against tough competition, with multiple podium finishes and standout performances," Coach Casey Brewster said of his Raider boys' team, which took fourth at the league tournament in Omak Saturday. Rodger Cate took the league championship at 113 pounds. Collin Christman (106) and Kaden...
The Raiders ended the regular season at the top of the Central Washington 2B League with a 5-1 record, even after a loss to Liberty Bell Friday. After beating 1A Omak by 43 points a week ago, Lake Roosevelt let Liberty Bell squeak by with a three-point league win in Winthrop Friday, ending a four-win streak with the 57-54 loss. They won a non-league game against 1A Chelan last night, though, 53-47 to limber up for post-season, giving them a 17-3 overall record. The 2025 CW2B Boys Basketball... Full story
Boys' basketball The Raider basketball team holds a 17-2 overall win-loss record and sits unbeaten atop the Central Washington 2B league standings at 5-0. The Lake Roosevelt boys this week topped Brewster 69-37, Tonasket 66-52, Lakeside (at Plummer, ID) 81-70, and the 1-A Omak Pioneers just last night 85-42 as Ivan Alejandre joined the 1,000-point club. They'll play two away games in the remainder of the regular season schedule: at Liberty Bell this Friday night at 7:30 p.m., and Feb. 4 when...
The Raiders beat back a brutal Bulldog offense at home Friday night, lost by their lowest score this season the next day at home to Freeman, but blasted Manson last night, more than doubling their score. All of that earns the Raiders the best overall and in-league win-loss records in the Central Washington 2B League (12-2, 4-0), and lists them in the top four teams in the state as of Tuesday night. Okanogan is a better team than Raider Head Coach Ed Wolfe had expected, he admitted after the...
The Lady Raiders lost by eight points twice last week, but won last night by 20. Facing Okanogan at home Friday, the LR girls lost a rough-and-tumble game that didn't get slowed down too much by foul calls. The Lady Bulldogs (3-0, 10-7) won 50-42. The next afternoon, LR's girlss hosted Freeman (4-1, 11-3) for another loss, 44-36. Freeman is at the top of their Northeast 2B-South League. The Lady Raiders (2-2, 7-8) beat Manson last night in a league game 42-22, putting LR in the middle of the...
Lady Raider wrestlers dominated ACH in a home dual Thursday, winning 12-6. At 170, Jahzara Simpson pinned Jayden Hubbard, and Selma Lewandowski also pinned Jayden Hubbard At 140, ACH’s Karis Butler pinned Antya George-Cawston. At 145, Ayamae Duclos (LROS) pinned Dayanna Mendoza. Six Lady Raider wrestlers competed at Mary-Pilchuck’s Apple Pie Invite Jan. 18, with four placing. Lake Roosevelt Freshman Abygail Vargas took second place in the 155-pound bracket when she pinned Okanogan’s Addison Brown, adding 10 points to the LR team score. Cora Nic...
Raider wrestlers hosted Almira-Coulee-Hartline for a dual match in the Lake Roosevelt gym Thursday, dominating the match with the 1B school with final team scores of 68-12. LR's Joseph Hoss Lauseng, at the 165-pound bracket, pinned two ACH wrestlers and got a technical fall (TF) on a third. At 215, Blake Chuckelnaskit pinned one Warrior and got pinned by one. At 113, Jack Steffler won by a fall (pin) and Collin Christman won by a 17-13 TF. Rodger Cate won by TF. Kaden Christman pinned his...
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...