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Nathan Piturachsatit is taking over as the head coach for Lake Roosevelt volleyball with a strength and fitness emphasis which he hopes will make for a better Lady Raider team. Coach Piturachsatit is a sixth-grade teacher at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School, where he has been the head track coach for the Pirates. His emphasis there on fitness has lead to league championships. This is the first time Nathan Piturachsatit has coached volleyball, but his assistant, and wife Raehanne has coached... Full story
A Lake Roosevelt High School athlete competed in last weekend’s all-district baseball game in East Wenatchee — against his regular coach. Kramer Carlson, who recently finished his baseball career at Lake Roosevelt with a trip to the state 2B playoffs, along with being named Co-MVP for the Central Washington 2B North, was selected for last weekend’s All District 6 Senior game. The best seniors from all classifications came together at Eastmont High School for a single nine-inning game. Carls... Full story
Kim Barry raced her final high school 800-meter run Saturday, to defend her state crown in stunning fashion in the race of the day. One of five Lake Roosevelt Raiders to make it to the the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Track and Field Championships at Eastern Washington University, Barry returned as the state 2B 800-meter and 1600-meter champion, while also competing in the 3200 and the 400. For the first 200 meters of the 800, Barry and Morgan Wilson of Colfax ran shou... Full story
Tanecia Stanczak shot a 116 in the first round of play at the 1B-2B state girls golf tournament at the Oakbrook Golf and Country Club in Lakewood last Tuesday. Her score put her three over the cut to move on to the second round. Head Coach Steve Files said rain Tuesday made playing out of many bunkers and thick rough very difficult. Stanczak pushed through the elements, but some bad luck on a hole and the very high level of the competition made it more difficult to advance. “Tanecia hung tough a... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
The Raider baseball team is heading to state for the first time since 2002 after defeating Kittitas and Brewster last week in districts. The first game last week on Tuesday did not turn out so well for the Raiders as Riverside Christian won the pitching duel at Eastmont. Kramer Carlson pitched a complete game, striking out two and giving up only two hits. Carlson was backed up by a stout defensive effort, but was let down by an offense that could not get anything going. Head Coach Brandon Byers said the offense came alive for what appeared to... Full story
The Lady Raiders ended their losing streak this week, beating Oroville in a burst of offense. In the first game on Friday it took the Lady Raiders all of three innings to dispatch the Hornets. Ciara Nault hit an out-of-the park home run for the first time this season. Raelynn Dennis pitched all three innings giving up only six runs. Hailey Chaney was behind the plate as catcher for the first time, where she performed excellently. Head Coach Tristan Daniels stated that the Lady Raiders performed... Full story
Raider track travelled to Oroville on Thursday for the District 6 Sub District meet to determine who would move on to the Central Washington 2B Districts meet this Saturday at Eastmont High School. All members of the Raiders were allowed to compete in their events, but only the top four finishers would move on to the District meet. Kim Barry will be moving on in all four events in which she competed. She finished first in the 400-meter run in 62.43 seconds, in the 800 (2:28.41), the 1600 (5:34.39), and in the 3200 in 11:33, a season personal... Full story
Tanecia Stanczak qualified at districts Monday in Chelan to move on to the state B golf tournament held at Oakbrook Golf and Country Club in the Tacoma suburb of Lakewood May 22. Stanczak accomplished this by finishing with a score of 113, which placed her fifth in the district. Last year she was an alternate to state, and Head Coach Steve Files is proud of the way she has improved this year. Now Stanczak will be heading to state in her own right. “She handled the pressure and challenges of a difficult Lake Chelan course extremely well,” Files... Full story
Raider tennis had a rough first weekend of district play, with many losing in close matches. Phoenix Shephard ran the gauntlet and will be moving on to this week's double elimination round of district play. He soundly defeated Josh Frey of Liberty Bell 6-0, 6-1, then played Xavier Valladares, in heat that had Shephard guzzling water before this match, Head Coach Steve Archer said. Shephard lost the first set to Valladares 7-5, then won the second. In the third set with the score knotted up at 3 all, Valladares fell to the ground with an... Full story
Raider baseball sits in a three-way tie atop the Central Washington 2B North going into the last week of play. The series was supposed to be against Oroville, but Oroville had players with off-the-field issues and was forced to cancel the series. Luckily, Almira-Coulee-Hartline was available to play a doubleheader last Tuesday at Greene Field. The Raiders won both games by close margins. The Warriors were right there with LR through both games, losing the first by a score of 2-1 and dropping the... Full story
The Raider golf match at home on Thursday was cut short because of the wet weather. There were no official scores and there are no plans to reschedule — now that district play starts Monday in Chelan starting at 10 a.m. Before then, the Raider golf team travelled to Oroville yesterday to take on Waterville and Oroville in a final tune-up match. As districts approach, Head Coach Steve Files recognized the effort put out by a particular player. “Our senior leader, Drew Desautel has been consistently strong all season,” Files said. “Week in and... Full story
Raider Track finished the regular season last week with meets on Tuesday in Bridgeport and Friday at Liberty Bell. At both meets the Raider girls finished second behind Entiat. The Raider boys finished eighth at Bridgeport while at Liberty Bell they ended up fifth. “The athletes once again showed depth with more athletes scoring points as seen by the team standings,” said Head Coach Lori Adkins on the strong finish her team had last week. Kim Barry dominated, finishing first at Bridgeport in... Full story
The Lady Raider softball team closed the rocky 2012 season with a home doubleheader against the Warriors last Tuesday at Grand Coulee. Almire-Coulee-Hartline fields a strong squad with an overall record of 12-1 coming into the doubleheader. With depletions to their roster, the Lady Raiders struggled in the field and were defeated by the Warriors by the scores of 30-0 and 24-2. Head Coach Tristan Daniels does not know about the possibility of the Lady Raiders playing in districts next week. The... Full story
Raider tennis had a busy week to close the regular season with matches in Wilson Creek, Liberty Bell, and at home last Saturday. At Wilson Creek last Tuesday, the Raiders faced a Blue Devil squad that featured one boy and three girls. The Raider boys played two singles matches against Adolfo Fernandez. Phoenix Shephard won his match 8-4 and Nick Rice defeated Fernandez 8-3. For the girls, it was another frustrating set of matches as Emily Williams lost to Samantha Dowers by the close score of 8-5. In doubles action, Holly Jo Carriere and Nicole... Full story
Raider baseball rebounded from a disappointing doubleheader in Liberty Bell to sweep Waterville in a convincing fashion last week. Led by the pitching of Justus DeWinkler, who gave up only one hit while striking out eight batters, the Raiders won April 24 at Greene Field 11-0. DeWinkler received offensive support from Lee Williams, Tyler Garvin and with his own bat. Williams went 2 for 3 with a double and three runs batted in. Garvin also hit a double along with a RBI. DeWinkler went 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs. The Shockers continued to... Full story
The Raider girls’ squad won their first meet of the season last Tuesday at Mansfield, outscoring Entiat by 16 points the final team score of 144. The Raider boys finished fifth with 35 points. Leading the girls’ squad was Kim Barry with three first-place finishes. Two came in her long-distance races: the 800-meter run (2:47.7) and the 3200 (12:50.5). The third first-place finish for Barry came in the 400 in 65.8 seconds, beating second-place Heather Segle of Entiat by 5 seconds. Katelynn Schilling racked up her first meet win in the shot put... Full story
The Lady Raiders came off a week where they were outscored by the Pateros Nannies 83-4 in three games. The bats were more active last week but the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions still racked up 67 runs to the ladies’ 13. In the first game on Tuesday, the Lady Raiders were plagued with errors that lead to several easy runs for the Mountain Lions. The final score was LB 28, LR 6. In the doubleheader at Liberty Bell ,the Lady Raiders could not put together a solid defense as the Mountain Lions put up 22 runs in the first game and 17 in the second. A... Full story
Raider tennis lost to Entiat last Friday at Entiat by just one match on the boys’ side. Nick Rice continues to beat Juan Vasquez 8-3. Rice was joined by Daniel Campobasso in the victor's circle after he defeated Colter Peterson 6-1. The Raider boys dropped both of their doubles matches played by the same team of Phoenix Shephard and Hayden Rodriques, which means that the Raiders would have to forfeit one match anyway. Head Coach Steve Archer explains why he played the Shephard/ Rodrigues team: “We have been wanting to test Phoenix and Hayden in... Full story
The Raider girls finished one point behind 2A Medical Lake to place fourth at the Quincy Invitational, sponsored by Clifton Larson Allen at Quincy High School Saturday. Leading the way was Kim Barry, who, for the second week in a row, swept the long distance races. In the 3200-meter race, Barry jumped out ahead early and then built a 40-second lead on the second-place runner. By the last lap, Barry had lapped a third of the other runners. Her first-place time of 11 minutes, 58.8 seconds is a... Full story
Raider baseball took on the Mountain Lions of Liberty Bell last week in a three-game season series. The first game was played at Greene Field on Tuesday where the Raiders won 1-0. Kramer Carlson pitched a one hitter and was backed up by a stout defensive effort that gave up zero errors. Carlson ensured his victory at the plate by driving in Justus DeWinkler for the only run of the game. By the time the Raiders travelled to Twisp on Saturday, things had changed for LR. One player was placed on the disabled list and a few others had been... Full story
Raider tennis cancelled their match on Thursday after the sudden death of schoolmate Rickey Louie-Burris. The match will be made up at a later date. “Some of our tennis kids were very close to Rickey and were unable to compete," Head Coach Steve Archer said. Raider tennis had to move on, though, and first on the list as they hit the courts the next day against Pateros/Brewster was to win and continue to improve. The boys again swept the field in singles play. Phoenix Shephard defeated Taylor Dou... Full story