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Ten Raiders qualified last weekend to move on to next Saturday’s district track and field competition in Ephrata. At the Central Washington 2B South Sub-Districts last Saturday at Kittitas, the LR...

Lady Raider softball closed the 2013 regular season with a six-game losing streak that included last week's losses to Bridgeport and Liberty Bell. The Lady Raiders played the Fillies for Senior Night...

Raider baseball wrapped up the 2013 season last week at Wenatchee Valley Junior College with a 8-2 loss to White Swan. Head Coach Ted Piccolo recognizes that White Swan was a tough opponent. The Raiders played without Justus DeWinkler due to his...

Raider golf closed out the regular season at home Thursday against both Moses Lake Christian and Columbia Basin Secondary. Austin Rosenbaum led the Raider boys and was the match medalist, shooting a 94 for the day. “Austin has really learned how...

Raider tennis closed out the 2013 season last week with a match at home and districts at Eastmont. At home May 7 against Entiat, the girls won 4-1 and the boys tied 1-all. Emily Williams defeated...

The GCDA Softball league will be holding a informational coaches ‘meeting on Monday, May 20, at 6 p.m., at Loepp's. All interested coaches should attend or send a representative. The league will start Tuesday, June 11. Rosters and league fees of...

IT’S ALL GOOD Spring Bowling TEAM W L M-T-R 12 4 King Pins 10 6 Flyin W 10 6 Ole Guys 9.5 6.5 San Poil Valley 7 9 Still Tryin 6.5 9.5 Dump Trucks 5.5 10.5 Gutter Fingers 2.5 13.5 High Game: Ole Guys 524; Abe Batten 249; Mae Stensgar 164 High...

by John R. McNeil II Raider golf enters the last week of the regular season in high spirits after a strong showing at the home match last Thursday. Austin Rosenbaum finished third in the boys’ compe...

Raider baseball competed in the District 6 playoffs at Wenatchee Valley Junior College on Monday, where they took on the White Swan Cougars in a loser-out game starting at noon. If they had won, they...

The Lady Raiders had a busy softball week, as they played Bridgeport in a doubleheader April 29, a single game against Oroville the next day, and a doubleheader against Pateros May 3. LR came away with one win. The Ladies were informed last week...

Raider track completed its regular season on Friday at Liberty Bell, with many of the athletes surpassing personal records and placing themselves in position to compete at sub-districts. This year the Raiders will be competing in the Central...

The GCDA Softball league will be holding a informational coaches ‘meeting on Monday, May 20, at 6 p.m., at Loepp's. All interested coaches should attend or send a representative. The league will start Tuesday, June 11. Rosters and league fees of...

IT’S ALL GOOD Spring Bowling TEAM W L M-T-R 9 3 Flyin W 9 3 King Pins 7 5 Ole Guys 7 5 Still Tryin 6.5 5.5 Dump Truck 4 8 San Poil Valley 3 9 Gutter Fingers 1.5 10.5 High Game: M-T-R 553; Randy Rinker 215; Sam Turner 176 High Series: M-T-R 1525;...

Raider girls won their tennis match April 30 at Wilbur, 5-0. Emily Williams and Lyric Witten both dispatched their opponents with ease. Areielle White played a long, close match with Ashley Potts that ended in victory for White. “The match lasted...

The Lady Raiders completed the season sweep of the Manson Trojans on April 23 at Manson by the score of 12-2. The game ended in the fifth inning because of the WIAA 10-run mercy rule. Head Coach...

Raider baseball completed a season series sweep of the Oroville Hornets April 23 in Oroville, 16-0. Kendal Piccolo pitched a complete game no hitter, a rare pitching feat at all levels of the game....

Raider golf competed at Omak and Lake Chelan last week. Austin Rosenbaum led the Raider boys golfers at Omak April 22, with a 111 on 18 holes, while the Raider girls were led by Tanecia Stanczak, the...

Raider track travelled to two meets last week on back-to-back days. The first was at Mansfield on Thursday for the Mansfield Iceberg. This meet was for the B schools as the field consisted entirely of the Central Washington 1B and 2B members. No...

Thurs., May 2 4 p.m., Raider Baseball (JV only) here with ACH. 4:30 p.m., Raider Tennis here with Tonasket. 2:30 p.m., Raider Golf here with Oroville/Riverside Christian. Fri., May 3 3 p.m., Raider Softball here with Pateros. (DH). 4 p.m., Raider...

IT’S ALL GOOD Spring Bowling TEAM W L King Pins 6 2 Flyin W 6 2 M-T-R 5 3 Old Guys 4 4 Still Tryin 3.5 4.5 Dump Trucks 3 5 San Poil Valley 2 6 Gutter Fingers 1.5 6.5 High Game: King Pins 499; Bob Schryvers 203; Candy Weed-Butz 184 High Series:...

Grand Coulee Dam School District Athletic Director Rich Black reports the following is an updated sports schedule for Lake Roosevelt High School as of Friday afternoon. May 6-11: *Monday, May 6th: Baseball District Playoffs versus White Swan at...

Chyenne Kelly-Marconi scored all 15 team points the Raiders received at the Clifton Larson Allen Invitational at Quincy last Saturday. Lake Roosevelt’s standout at the big meet took home three...

Lady Raider softball had a roller coaster week that finished with a win over the Oroville Hornets on Saturday. The week did not start off like LR would have wanted as the league-leading Mountain Lions of Liberty Bell took their April 16 game 16-1...

Raider tennis was challenged in last week’s three matches by fatigue, long bus rides, and tough opponents. LR traveled south to White Swan April 16 for a Central Washington B match against the Cougars. The four-hour bus ride came back to haunt the...

Raider baseball had a tough week last week as they dropped all three games they played. At Liberty Bell April 16, the league-leading Mountain Lions scored three runs in the first inning and the...

A Little Guy Wrestling banquet will be held Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., at Center Elementary in the gym. Pizza, drinks and awards will be provided....

Raider track came back from spring break with a two-meet week. The first, at Bridgeport on April 9, was the Brewster Co-Ed Relays. This is a meet where boys and girls are teamed up for relays in all field events. All races are relays, including the...

Raider baseball went on a winning streak, sweeping away all opponents last week. It started on April 9 at Bridgeport, where the Raiders 10- runned the Mustangs, 11-0. Brady Black continues to be stout on the mound and Kendall Piccolo closed out the...

Raider golfers took on Oroville and Manson at Oroville April 9. There were no team scores for the match. “We still have a long way to go,” commented Head Coach Steve Files, “but all our JV girls made the trip and competed really well for their...

The Lady Raider softball squad posted their first wins of the 2013 season last week by beating the Manson Trojans Saturday in Grand Coulee. Head Coach Jamie Lezard said the girls were happy to be playing at home and picking up the first wins of the...

The Raider girls’ tennis squad posted back-to-back wins last week, defeating Wilbur-Creston April 8 and Davenport April 13. Lake Roosevelt’s boys beat Wilbur-Creston, but fell to Davenport. In...

Thurs., Apr. 18 4 p.m., Raider Baseball (JV only) here with Bridgeport. 4:30 p.m., Raider Tennis here with Okanogan. Fri., Apr. 19 4:30 p.m., Raider Tennis at Pateros. Sat., Apr. 20 10:30 a.m., Raider Track at Quincy Invitational. 11 a.m., Raider...

Coulee Crushers traveled to Davenport this last weekend with 38 wrestlers participating and coming home with plenty of metal to prove it. 5-6 age brackets: 3rd Wyatt Egbert -40 lbs; 3rd Jhayton Tonasket-55lbs and 3rd Gavin Senator-57 lbs. 7-8 age...

Raider Sports this week Wed., April 10 4 p.m., Lady Raider Softball at Pateros. Thurs., Apri. 11 4 p.m., Raider Baseball at Tonasket. Fri., Apr. 12 3:30 p.m., Raider Track at Ron Vanderholm Inv. in Royal City Sat., April 13 11 a.m., Baseball at...

BILLINGS, Mont. (April 7, 2013) -- In one of the most hotly contested races for a world title, it took all of one Built Ford Tough Series event for Shane Proctor to reclaim his lead atop the PBR World Standings. Proctor, from Grand Coulee, had...

COLUMBIA LEAGUE TEAM W L Riverview Lanes 29 19 Galaxy Smokes 28.5 19.5 The Olds 28 20 Don’t No’s 20 28 Rolling Thunder 17.5 30.5 High Game: Riverview Lanes 663; Pat Z. 232; Sara Z. 180 High Series: Rolling Thunder 1894; Pat Z. 580; Sara Z. 474...

The Lady Raiders dropped two games to Davenport last Saturday in cold wet weather that forced two rain delays. Lady Raider pitching had a hard time finding rhythm and walked in 17 runs in the first game and eight more in the second. Batting improved...

On a chilly, wet, windy April day the Lake Roosevelt Raider baseball team defeated the Davenport Gorillas 10-2. This was scheduled as a doubleheader but game 2 was cancelled after the 1st inning due...

Raider baseball had an up and down week as they defeated the Pateros Billygoats at Greene Field on March 25, then lost a doubleheader to the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions on Friday at home. The season...

The Raider boys swept Oroville’s tennis squad last week up north, and the girls’ squad beat Liberty Bell in Coulee Dam. In Oroville March 26, the Raider boys posted their first squad win of the...

Raider golf travelled to Desert Canyon on March 26 to take on the Oroville Hornets in head to head competition. The Raider boys were the only squad representing LR; the girls did not compete. The...

In Oroville Saturday a small squad of Raider tracksters competed in the Eagle Home Mortgage Invitational, where the girls’ squad finished eighth with 24 points and the boys finished 11th with 13 points. Chyenne Kelly-Marconi placed in all four of...

THURSDAY MIXUPS FINAL RESULTS TEAM W L Fighting Chipmunks 69 43 Team III 67.5 44.5 Flyin W 65.5 46.5 Fly Bread Power II 53.5 58.5 Star Publishing 40.5 71.5 Ed’s Meat Market 40 72 High Game: Fighting Chipmunk 726; John Stensgar 244; Candy Weed-Butz...

Raider golfers had their first contest last week at home against the Omak Pioneers boys’ squad. Omak did not bring their girls’ team as they had other engagements going on at the same time. Raider Head Coach Steve Files liked the way the boys’...

The Raider baseball squad went on a tear through their early season Central Washington B League opponents of Manson and Oroville. In the three games played last week by the varsity and one played by...

LR track travelled to Ephrata to take part in the 40th annual Ray Cross Invitational last Saturday, where several managed to improve personal records while competing against bigger schools. Chyenne Kelly-Marconi shone as she grabbed PRs in all of...

Raider tennis opened the 2013 season at home with a girls’ team win against White Swan March 19. White Swan came in having already competed in two matches. The extra experience showed in their match-ups against the green Raiders. In the end the...

The Lady Raiders took on Tonasket in fastpitch action there March 19. LR could not get on the board, and ended up being ten-runned in the fifth inning 10-0. The Raider girls, said Head Coach Jamie Lezard, “did not play to their abilities. Once agai...

Fri., March 29 3 p.m., Raider Baseball here with Liberty Bell (DH) 4:30 p.m., Raider Tennis here with Liberty Bell. Sat., March 30 11:30 a.m., Raider Track at Eagle Home Mortgage, Oroville. SPRING BREAK APRIL 1-5...

After placing first 15 times in snowboarding competitions around the region this winter, a freshman at Lake Roosevelt High School has qualified to compete in national championships. Michael Thomas is...