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Raider Baseball continued to find early season success last week, posting two more wins. Lake Roosevelt improved to 4-0 with a doubleheader win over the Almira-Coulee-Hartline Warriors March 23. The game was originally scheduled for March 22 but was postponed due to weather. In the first game, the Raiders had to fight hard to earn a one-run win. The final score was LR 4, ACH 3. In the second game, the Raiders’ offense exploded, and their defense stepped it up to record a big win at 15-2. Last night, the Raiders played the last set of n...
In their first win against ACH in 15 years, the Lady Raiders took the first softball game from the Warriors last Wednesday before losing the second contest in the doubleheader. The Lady Raiders struggled early and were down by five before scoring seven unanswered runs to get the win, 7-5. In the second game, Lake Roosevelt was hanging in there with the Lady Warriors when ACH went on an offensive explosion in the seventh inning, scoring eight runs and getting the 18-8 win. “I am very proud of the girls for coming out and competing both g...
Raider track showed improvement at the annual Ray Cross Invitational in Ephrata Saturday. As a team, they did not record a team point, but individuals did show improvement over last week in Oroville. “It was a long day and thankfully the weather cooperated,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “The team as a whole showed excellent teammate support, effort in their events, and maintained great attitudes throughout the day.” Nathaniel Hall improved both his 100-meter and 200-meter dash times over his Oroville times. Nathan Morrell improved his throws...
Raider golf competed in the second match of the season last night in Oroville against the Hornets and the Okanogan Bulldogs, after the Raiders had a week to refine their skills from the first match in Moses Lake. Head Coach Steve Files reported the scores from that March 14 match, which he received last week from the Moses Lake Christian coach. The Raiders played a nine-hole, par-36 round represented by four boys and no girls. The number -one finishers of the day were both from MLCA; the boys’ medalist was Noah Torres at 48 strokes, and the g...
Raider tennis players fought hard in their matches but could not defeat the Oroville Hornets in Coulee Dam Thursday. The boys' team picked up one win in singles competition out of the five total varsity contests. That was in the number-two singles, where Isaiah Baty defeated Elijah Burnell in two sets (6-4, 7-5). "Isaiah started out down 2-5 but won five games in a row to win the first set," Head Coach Steve Archer said. "Then in the second set, (he) worked his forehand to produce several...
Raider Baseball began the 2016 season with two wins over their Central Washington North 2B League opponent Bridgeport Mustangs. LR jumped out ahead early and stayed ahead of the Mustangs. On the mound, Tyrell Kiser, Devan Black, and Kolby Picard had great outings, picking up many strikeouts while allowing only one run in two games. At the plate, the Raiders had hot bats and scored three or more runs in all but one inning against the Mustangs. "Good start to our season," Head Coach Billy Nicholso...
The Lady Raiders started the 2016 softball season on the right track with two big wins over the Bridgeport Fillies Saturday. At Grand Coulee the Lady Raiders defeated the Fillies in both games by the scores of 18-1 and 17-2. The first game only lasted three innings before mercy rule went into effect, the second went four innings. The wins give the Lady Raiders a two-game lead over half the league. "The girls came out on fire," Head Coach Cassie Wendt said. "I was proud of the way they played...
The Raider boys’ tennis squad is off to a 1-0-1 start to the 2016 season. The boys tied Entiat at two matches apiece March 16, then swept the Pateros Billygoats at Pateros on Friday. Lake Roosevelt’s girls’ tennis players started the season with losses in both matches. The girls were swept by both Entiat and Pateros. Raider Head Coach Steve Archer is pleased with the boys’ success and highlighted one newcomer in particular. “John Drapela, a foreign exchange student from the Czech Republic, has established the number-one slot on the boys’ lad...
Raider Track opened the 2016 season in Oroville on the Saturday at a low-key event where many teams were short some athletes and were trying members in different events to find the best combination for them. Okanogan won the meet on both the boys’ and girls’ sides. The Lake Roosevelt boys finished 10th with 15 team points, and the LR girls finished 13th with two team points. Robert George took home the only Raider first place from Oroville. George took first in the triple jump with a hop, skip and jump of 34-5. In the 300-meter int...
With a large team and a little extra help from the community, the Raider Golf program kicked off the season at Moses Pointe Golf Course in Moses Lake March 14 against the Warden Cougars and Moses Lake Christian Lions. Raider Head Coach Steve Files said he had yet to receive the final results from the MLCA coach, so results are still coming. But because of the large turnout for Lake Roosevelt’s golf team, they did not have enough equipment for everyone to have a set of clubs until community members pitched in. Following a notice in The Star t...
The the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has finalized the classification numbers, and new league alignments have emerged in District 6. For Lake Roosevelt, the changes are minor, but the choices of the other schools in certain sports will increase the effect of the changes. The division of the Blue Mountain League during the classification process was the impetus to the big changes in the Central Washington 2B League. Asotin left for the Bi-County, which will be split into two divisions, North and South. That left Dayton,...
The Raider boys’ basketball season came to a close Saturday with a big loss in the regional round against Morton-White Pass in Chehalis. This is the third straight year that the Raiders have made it to the regional round on the way to the state tournament and lost. Morton-White Pass is the number-two team in the 2B classification in the state, behind Brewster. The Raiders were in the game at the end of the first quarter. In the second, though, the Timberwolves pulled ahead to a 20-point lead going into halftime. In the third quarter, Morton-Whi...
Lake Roosevelt senior Jacob Smith led his three Raider wrestling teammates at the state tournament last weekend, coming home with the gold medal at 113 pounds and a place in the books as a state champion. And freshman Tony Nichols took the bronze in the 132-pound bracket. It was Smith's second medal from the big Mat Classic in Tacoma; last year he placed fourth at 113. En route to the championship, Smith pinned Joe Thompson of Illwaco and Gerardo Rios-Lopez of Kittitas. Then in the finals match...
The Raider boys will move on to the regional tournament as the number-four seed from District 5-6, following an overtime loss in a record-breaking, high-point game to Mabton Saturday night in East Wenatchee. Lake Roosevelt will play Morton-White Pass in the regional round this Saturday in Chehalis for a chance to move on to the Spokane Arena for State 2B Tournament. Morton-White Pass is the home team for the game. The Raiders will leave Friday to travel to Chehalis, where the game will be played...
The Lady Raiders' season came to an end last week as the Tonasket Tigers won in overtime 60-56 at the District 5-6 tournament in East Wenatchee. The Thursday night game at Eastmont High School ended the 2016 season for the Lady Raiders, who present an overall win-loss record of 14-8. Lake Roosevelt will lose Lachelle Bearcub and Jocelyn Moore to graduation this spring and will be looking to the many returners to fill in. The Lady Raiders were taken aback by the aggressive Tigers and fell behind...
The Raider boys kept their dreams of the state basketball tournament alive Saturday with a dramatic one-point, at-the-buzzer win over Liberty Bell after fighting back from a 13-point deficit at the District 5/6 Tournament in East Wenatchee. The win came after a surprising first-round loss to Kittitas on Wednesday, when the Raiders could not slow down Brock Ravet who scored 41 points that placed him in a three-way tie for fourth place in the District 6 single-game scoring tournament record with...
Four Raider wrestlers earned a trip to the Tacoma Dome for the Mat Classic as they qualified at the end of the Central Washington Regional Tournament Saturday. Kaleb Horn, at 106 pounds; Jacob Smith, at 113; Tony Nichols, at 132; and Renford Sanchez, at 220, will travel to Tacoma tomorrow for a chance to place at state. Wrestling at the Mat Classic begins Friday and will finish on Saturday. “We wrestled well and are excited to make the trip to the dome and wrestle for state championships,” Head Coach Steve Hood said. Jacob Smith is the Central...
The Lady Raiders vanquished a foe in the final seconds of a playoff game in East Wenatchee last Wednesday, earning the right to face an unbeaten team who would best them by a greater margin on Saturday. The Lady Raiders are still in the District Tournament, with a game tomorrow against Tonasket at 7:45 p.m. in the Eastmont High School Gym. If the Lady Raiders win it, they get to play on Saturday in a game to determine third and fourth place in the District 5/6 Tournament. "This was a productive...
Jacob Smith and Renford Sanchez came home from the Central Washington South District Tournament with gold medals. In the 113-pound weight, Smith defeated Gary Rios-Lopez of Kittitas by pin, then in the championship round took on Bryce Martinez of Warden. Martinez challenged Smith and took the contest into overtime, when Smith scored enough to come away with the gold medal. Sanchez swept the field at 220. In both of his matches, Sanchez pinned his opponents in the first round. In the first...
Raider Boys Basketball ended the regular season with two losses last week. The first loss Feb. 2 came at home against the number-one Brewster Bears, the next on Feb. 4 in an upset loss to the struggling Okanogan Bulldogs in Okanogan. At home against the Bears for Senior Night, the Raiders were out of sync to start the game. “We had a tough night trying to get our offense started,” Head Coach Mario Adams said. “We were not ourselves this night, which is unfortunate playing against a top team as Brewster.” The Bears jumped out early and stayed...
The Lady Raiders won a close game Feb. 2 at home against Brewster, then lost big to the number-one Okanogan Bulldogs on Thursday night. The split left the Lady Raiders with an overall win-loss record of 13-6 and a league record of 11-3. With the tiebreaker that was decided before the season, the Lady Raiders are the number-three seed from the North to the coming District 5/6 2B Basketball Tournament. Feb. 2, at home for Senior Night the Lady Raiders had to fight hard from the tipoff to the end of the game. Brewster grabbed a large lead at the...
Raider Wrestling finished up the regular season at home Saturday with the Central Washington South mixer, as seven Lake Roosevelt wrestlers won matches, with 11 pins and two decisions by points against five other teams. LR competed against White Swan, Riverside Christian, Kittitas, Warden, and Mabton to decide seeding for the district tourney. In the 43 matches contested, the Raiders wrestled 15. Kaleb Horn at 106 pounds, Jacob Smith at 113, Tony Nichols and Trevor Circle at 132 won all the...
Raider Boys Basketball travelled to Manson and Tonasket last week and continued to win. With the wins the Raiders are one step closer to sealing up second in the North. Now Lake Roosevelt needs to come away with a win this week to secure the number-two seed from the North and face Kittitas in Eastmont Middle School starting at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 10 for the first round of the district tournament. At Manson Jan. 26, the Raiders did not allow the Trojans the opportunity to upset them. LR took control of the game and came away with a 29-point win,...
The Lady Raiders defeated two teams to propel themselves toward the top of their league last week. The Lake Roosevelt girls are looking to be either the number-two or -three seed from the North into the district tournament coming up at Eastmont. At Manson on Jan. 26, the Lady Raiders were able to pull ahead and stay ahead. The Trojans did not come back into it, yielding a final win for LR, 49-24. Then on the Friday in Tonasket, the Lady Raiders faced a Tonasket squad looking to end a losing streak. LR and Tonasket went back and forth, but the...
LR Boys Basketball improved their overall win-loss record to 10-5 after winning two of the three games last week. The Raiders lost in double overtime to Oroville at home Jan. 19 after leading by as much as 15 points over the Hornets. At the end of regulation, the score was tied at 56. In the first overtime, both teams took turns leading until they finished OT at 63 all. In the second overtime, Oroville got hot and scored 18 points to Lake Roosevelt's nine to gain the victory with a final score...