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When it comes to Brewster, there have been years when Lake Roosevelt could have claimed a moral victory if they'd held the Bears to two touchdowns by halftime, but not this year. The two teams looked like a good match on LR's field Friday night, better than Brewster's winning score of 19-8 might let on. "I think we played hard. We just lost our focus late in the game," Coach Geary Oliver said, and injuries didn't help, putting the team down three offensive line starters. "The replacement...
Cross Country Raider harriers compete well at Tonasket meet Lake Roosevelt's cross country team took third place Sept 27 at the Tonasket Middle School/High School Cross Country Meet, where Caden Portch took first place in the 5,000-meter race. Portch crossed the finish line in 19 minutes, 35.84 seconds, some 37 seconds ahead of David Jimenez's second-place finish for Bridgeport. Other Raider times: Place Grade Ath. Time 9. 11 N. Hunt 21:50.02 16. 11 J. Krohn 25:38.14 17. 10 T.Chaffee 25:50.65 19...
Lake Roosevelt's cross country athletes have been running all over - from Manson to Okanogan to Kettle Falls - and they're scheduled in Tonasket, Omak and Winthrop coming up. Their times at the Trojan Invite were reported last week. Below are Raider results from Okanogan with 11 other schools, and from Kettle Falls, with 17 other schools. The Raiders are scheduled to run in Tonasket Wednesday, Omak Oct. 4, and at Liberty Bell Oct. 7. Okanogan Invite LR varsity boys Place Grade Athlete Time Note...
Football In their third win in a row, the Raiders beat Liberty at Spangle Sept. 22, 28-9. Lake Roosevelt plays Brewster in Coulee Dam Friday night at 7. Volleyball The Lady Raiders lost Sept. 21 to Manson, there, 3-0, but beat Brewster at home Tuesday night 3-2. They’ll host Oroville Thursday night at 6:30. Soccer The Lady Raiders beat Oroville, there, 5-4 on Sept. 19, but lost two home games — Saturday 9-1 to Quincy in a non-league contest, and Tuesday to Manson, 2-0. They’ll go to Tonasket Thursday, then Liberty Bell Saturday, and host Orovi...
An excited Raider fan lets loose a scream during Friday's high school football game against Mabton in Coulee Dam, garnering a few surprised looks from friends, all in a Lake Roosevelt cheering section. See the game story and more in this week's Raider Fall Sports section. - Scott Hunter photo...
Lake Roosevelt’s varsity volleyball team battled back from a one-game deficit Tuesday night to beat Tonasket in Coulee Dam. “Serving won it for us tonight,” Coach Kasey Garvin said. “There were a lot of long volleys tonight and the girls persevered!” The varsity won 3 games to 2: 25-22, 17-25, 22-25, 25-15, 19-17. LR’s JV team lost: 6-25, 13-25, 10-15. The C team split the night with Tonasket: 25-16, 22-25....
Raider runners competed at Manson in the Trojan Invite. Their times in the 5,000-meter race. Girls’ team Gr Name Time 12 Kailah Leadingham 31:46.01 SR 9 Nelly Selam 34:31.55 PR Boys’ team Gr Name Time 10 Caden Portch 21:56.83 SR 10 Tor Chaffee 25:22.80PR 11 Aidan Palmanteer 27:15.87 SR 11 Jaxon Krohn 27:46.40 SR 11 Zane Chaffee 32:51.42 SR 12 Gaven White 34:52.79 SR 11 Thomas Sharr 36:54.39PR...
The Raiders dominated the visiting Vikings of Mabton Friday in a game that racked up yardage for the Lake Roosevelt offense and showed off strengths of several Raiders, including some off the bench. LR prevailed 54-14, even after affording field time to less experienced players going into the second half up 40-0. Before the first home game of the season Friday, the team and fans paid homage with a moment of silence for their former coach and mentor, Bubba Egbert, who died in a horse-related acci...
• The Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders varsity volleyball team beat Liberty Bell Sept. 5 at home 25-21, 25-18, 25-21. Liberty Bell won the JV match in three games 25-18, 25-22, 25-12. LR plays Bridgeport at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at home, then heads to Ephrata for a varsity tournament Saturday. • The Raiders rolled over the Highland Scotties in Cowiche Sept. 8 for the football win, 56-24. They’ll meet Mabton in Coulee Dam Friday, Sept. 15, one of only three home games scheduled....
The Raider girls' soccer team forged a strong start to the season, Sept. 7, beating Bridgeport 5-3 at home and with grit, playing all 80 minutes while a player down and with no subs. Senior Sawyer Steffens scored two outstanding one-touch goals, junior Captain Nautika Brown added another goal, and junior Taylor Thomas lobbed in two back-to-back goals from outside the box that sailed in over the goalie's outstretched hands. Three players made strong Raider soccer debuts - sophomores Ava Sam and...
Chase Marchand catches a 34-yard pass from Wyatt Egbert to bring the final score to 14-12 in the fourth quarter at Reardan Sept. 1, for a narrow loss of LR's first game of the year, a non-league contest. Head Coach Geary Oliver, recruited to take on the team at the end of July, said despite the two-point loss, "We had glimpses of awesomeness." - Byrne Bennett, Lincoln County Record-Times photo....
Raider Coach Steve Files was named “Coach of the Year” among the Central Washington 2B League golf coaches, four Raiders players were listed in the all-league teams, including a player of the year, and the Lake Roosevelt team got the sportsmanship award. Lake Roosevelt golfers named included the league boy “Player of the Year,” Terek Bush, also on the league’s “first team,” and Nikolas Seymor, Teyton Flores, and Trevan Barnaby, all named to the second team. In softball, Sawyer Steffens was named to the league “first team.” Presley Steffens...
In his last preliminary race of his high school career, Logan Marconi pushed himself to a new personal record Friday in the qualifying prelims at the state track meet in Yakima, running the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 3.81 seconds. That time in a field of 16 top competitors, just 3.04 seconds behind top qualifier Shawn Jones, of St. George's, got the senior to the starting blocks in the finals on Saturday, where he would take seventh in the state for Lake Roosevelt High School. His time in the...
Three Raiders were chosen for the North Central Washington 2B all-league teams to cap off the season, Lake Roosevelt Coach Billy Nicholson said. Brit Egbert, at catcher and pitcher positions, made the first team, along with Tanner Kiser, who played pitcher and short stop. “Both Seniors will be hard to replace next season,” Nicholson said of the two. Nicholson said Brit Egbert is a “strong leader” who “was always encouraging and helping everyone. He had a great season behind the plate, on the mound, and at the plate.” And Kiser is a “great team...
Eight Lake Roosevelt athletes qualified and competed in the 2B District 6 Championship Track and Field meet in Oroville last Wednesday. Logan Marconi placed second in the 800-meter run and is moving on to the state track and field championships in Yakima this week. He will run a preliminary race on Friday, May 26 at 2 p.m. Finals in that event will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Zaepfel Stadium at Eisenhower High School in Yakima, the new location for the state meet. “It (Logan’s 800m run) was one of the most exciting races of the meet, almost ide...
The Lady Raiders ended their post season Tuesday night in Grand Coulee, where bats were cold. Lake Roosevelt lost the loser-out District 6 playoff game to the Oroville Hornets, 6-1. It was their second loss in a week, having fallen to Brewster 5-2 May 12 in Brewster, where four defensive errors cost them four runs. Tuesday's game was only the second time this season, LR had met the Hornets on the diamond, beating them 15-8 on April 15 in Oroville. The Lady Raiders finished the season with a...
Fans will have to purchase tickets online if they want to attend District 6 Tournament games, including for today's 4:30 p.m. Fastpitch softball semi-finals game between Lake Roosevelt and Brewster at Brewster. Grand Coulee Dam School District Athletic Director Nancy Kuiper shared an emailed link to a site fans can purchase tickets. "Most events are going to online digital purchasing only so please see below and inform others that are not a part of this email." The link, distributed in an email... Full story
The Lady Raiders extended their winning ways into the post season, beating Liberty Bell 16-0 in Round 1 of the District 6 Fastpitch Softball Tournament in Grand Coulee Tuesday night. They’ll play in Round 2 in Brewster Friday night. If they win, they’ll play next Tuesday against either Okanogan or Oroville in a loser-out game, with the winner going to state. If they lose to Brewster, they’ll still play again May 16, to either end their season or get one more shot May 19 to head to state. The Raider baseball team lost to Tonasket there Monda...
Lake Roosevelt track and field athletes competed with others from 18 schools ranging in size from 1B to 1A in one last regular-season meet at Royal High School last Friday. “As a group we achieved eight personal-best performances on the boys’ side and four on the girls’,” said head coach Lori Adkins. John Cooley set three personal records: in the 100-meter run in 12.74 seconds; in the 110-meter...
Lake Roosevelt fastpitch standout was named as a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Athlete of the Week winner last week after her rousing performance against the 1-A ranked Omak Pioneers April 15. WIAA's citation noted that senior Aaliyah Marchand "led Lake Roosevelt softball to two dramatic wins against eighth-ranked Omak High School. She pitched both games, collecting 26 punch-outs while allowing just eight hits. From the batter's box, the senior cleared the fences with a...
by Scott Hunter The Lady Raiders wrapped their regular season last week with three games against the Brewster Lady Bears, barely losing twice on the road after beating Brewster 3-0 in Grand Coulee. Their April 25 game was a “great win at home for us on senior night,” noted Coach Jaci Gross. “Juel Swager was hot at the bat. Aaliyah (Marchand had an incredible night on the mound.” Marchand, the lone senior on the team, struck out 17 batters, allowing three hits and walking just one. Eighth-grader Swager led the team in hits, going 2-3 with two si...
Raider runners, throwers and jumpers scored highly at the Tonasket Small School Meet April 25, then applied themselves at the Rieke Invitational on Friday, placing well among 15 schools. At Tonasket, where just four schools competed, Head Coach Lori Adkins said, “athletes were able to try some new events … which was really fun. In the high jump we had five jumpers total.” That dynamic added a lot to the team points on the boys’ and girls’ sides, Adkins noted. Logan Marconi took first place in the 800-meter race, setting a personal record in...
The Raiders finished their regular baseball season Friday night in Brewster, losing to the second-in-state Bears in both games of the doubleheader 11-1 and 14-0. The games set the Raiders win-loss record and 7-12 for the season, sixth in the Central Washington 2B league....
Last weekend's Nespelem Junior Rodeo had contestants from near and far in tight competition. Results - SENIOR GIRLS: Les Schwab,Grand Coulee and Omak ALL AROUND Champion Rayann Wiley Reserve Champion Kylee Morse SENIOR BOYS: In Memory of LutherLeith ALL AROUND Champion Korbin Baldwin 2ndYear Reserve Champion Landyn Brock Intermediate Girls: Colville Confederated Tribes All Around Champion Ryanne Pyper Reserve Champion Halle Marmon Reserve Champion Lahalee Michel IntermediateBoys: Jackson’s S...
The Lady Raiders extended their winning streak to 12 last night with a 3-0 win over Brewster at home. They beat Tonasket three times, including April 18 in Tonasket ,12-5, and Saturday in Grand Coulee, 15-3 and 10-3. Manson was also in the losing mix, falling 15-0 in Grand Coulee on Thursday. Aaliyah Marchand pitched both games Saturday, striking out 23 Tonasket batters, allowing 11 hits and four walks during the doubleheader. Marchand's grand slam in the first game counted for four runners...