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It's been a long time coming, but Nespelem saw a victory on their home basketball floor Saturday night, some 56 years (that was a best guess by school officials) after their last high school closed and their students started attending Graxnd Coulee Dam schools for high school. The Nespelem Eagles hosted the Columbia Lions, from Hunters, for the 68-31 win, which had to feel good after their 20-point loss at Republic the night before, 68-44. The Eagles are not playing in a league this year,...
Raider boys 4-0 The Raider boys’ basketball team is off to a flying start with a 4-0 record so far, all against a a range of non-league teams. LR beat 1B Wilson Creek 79-20 Dec. 2, Davenport by 53-34 Dec. 3, 1A Hoquiam 61-39 Dec. 6, and 1B DeSales 55-53. They’ll host Liberty Bell (3-0) Friday night, then the Freeman Scotties (2-0) Saturday in Coulee Dam. Those games start at 7:30 p.m. Lady Raiders basketball The LR girls’ team beat Wilson Creek 63-15 Dec. 2, but lost to Davenport 54-22 Dec. 3. Last night, Pateros bested them by 10 points 40-30....
LR basketball starts with promise Lake Roosevelt's basketball season is already building steam after taking the Devils to school in the Raider gym Monday night, with the LR girls beating Wilson Creek 63-15 and the Raider boys winning 79-20. Tuesday night's contests against Davenport were less easy lessons, with the Lady Raiders getting schooled 54-22, and the boys winning by only 19 points instead of 59. The games gave clues on promising upcoming seasons, though. Jeremy Crollard, the Lady...
Several Lake Roosevelt Raiders were honored last week when the Central Washington 2B League named them to its all-league teams. In cross country, Caden Portch, who finished 24th out of 155 at the state tournament, made the league’s First Team. Chantelle Pakootas and Vera Bigwolf each received an honorable mention. In Soccer, Nautika Brown made the league’s Second Team. From the football team, Ivan Alejandre, Terrell Bush, and Anthony Smith were each named to the Second Team offense and got an honorable mention for defense. Jeremiah Swogger mad...
It's gotta make a guy feel pretty appreciated when a send-off-to-state rally is held just for him, as it was for Caden Portch Friday. The Raider junior alone among his cross-country teammates qualified for the state meet at Pasco's Sun Willows golf course held Saturday. So Lake Roosevelt saw him off Friday in the school's traditional style with an assembly, the "tunnel," and sirens and lights supplied by police and emergency services folks escorting him through town on the way out. Portch ran...
The Raider football team (1-8) ended its season with a Saturday postseason game in Goldendale, where they lost 56-6 to the Timberwolves (7-2), who will now face Freeman Nov. 16....
Caden Portch took fifth place at the District 5 cross country championships in Wenatchee Saturday, running the 5K course in 17:44:38. It was the fourth meet this season in which he’s placed in the top five, including first place at the Oroville Invite two weeks ago. Lake Roosevelt put seven boys and three girls into last weekend’s race. Their times are below. Raiders at District 5 1B/2B Championship in Wenatchee Raider boys Place Name Time Year 5 Caden Portch 17:44.38 11 46 Dillan Yazzie 19:52.12 11 52 Walter Leach-Owhi 20:19.50 9 78 Noah Hun...
When you've had one win all season and your last league game will be against one of the top 2B football teams in the state with 22 straight wins, you might not think it could be fun. But don't tell that to Lake Roosevelt's Raiders, at least not those who made the trip to the home of Bulldogs Friday night to endure a 78-8 drubbing. "We took 16 players to Okanogan, five of them freshmen," said Raider Head Coach Geary Oliver. "At the end of the game we had 13 able to play. Our guys played hard...
With their season about to wrap up, the Raiders grabbed a football win on the Lake Roosevelt field for their homecoming game Friday. They beat the Tonasket Tigers 40-35, boosting the Raider win-loss to 1-6. "I'm always proud of our players, but this week our team built on the value of personal sacrifice," said Head Coach Geary Oliver. "Our defensive line was asked to play a technique which would result in no personal accolades. However, it would give us our best chance to win the game. It was a...
Lake Roosevelt High School cheerleaders and football players join the Eagles' Tina Taylor, right, and Patty Oliver, to the left of her, at the Eagles Aerie Oct. 5, when they all helped raise $2,306 for the family who lost their home in a fire in Electric City Sept 20. Oliver, the chef at PK's Culinary before she closed it, is now teaching at Lake Roosevelt and made the spaghetti for the feed. Pictured clockwise from upper left: LR Raider cheerleaders Alexandra Weiss and Roselyn Espersen; Raider...
Cross Country Caden Portch took first place among 85 runners from eight schools at the Oroville Invite at Lake Osoyoos State Park Oct. 16. Portch stepped across the 5,000-meter event finish line in 17 minutes, 31 seconds — two seconds ahead of Brewster’s Gerardo Rodriguez, who had to PR for his 17:33 time. Ten other Raider boys also ran the race, with Dillan Yazzie coming closest to Portch’s time in 19:34. Freshman Chantelle Pakootas led the LR girls to place 14th in 26:55. Raiders at Oroville Boys Place Name Time 1 Caden Portch 17:31 18 Dilla...
Soccer The LR soccer team scored two wins in a row last week, including their first shutout. That was at home on Thursday, Oct. 10, when they won against Manson 5-0. "Goalies Taylor Thomas and Cora Nicholson share credit for LR's first shutout of the season," said Coach Solveig Chaffee. Shae Crollard scored three goals, "giving her a team-leading 14 on the season," Chaffee noted. "Nautika Brown and Halle Picard contributed one goal each. Kenzie Brown had an assist and Phenyx Marchand had three...
Volleyball The Lady Raiders played four hard-fought volleyball sets against Okanogan Tuesday night, losing 3-1, by 13-25, 15-25, 25-22, and 13-15. Lake Roosevelt lost to Cascade in five sets Thursday, 3-2 and have a 2-9 record. They'll head to Tonasket for a 6:30 game on Thursday, then host Brewster on Tuesday, also at 6:30 p.m. Football The Raiders lost at Manson Friday night, 42-28. No game is scheduled until Oct. 18, when LR (0-5) will head to Winthrop to play the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions...
Soccer The Lady Raiders earned a win Saturday, when they beat the Warden team, there, 4-2. Forward Shae Crollard scored two goals, Nautika Brown added another, and set piece specialist Phenyx Marchand converted a penalty for another. Halle Picard "showcased her versatility," Coach Solveig Chaffee noted, by playing both ends of the field in stints as a forward and at center back. The win was sandwiched by losses earlier and later in the week. Lake Roosevelt fell to Reardan 5-1 Thursday, Sept 19,...
Participants take off in unison Saturday morning as race director Kelly Buche's air horn signals the start of the 10k race for the annual Run the Dam. Though it was chilly - the night before saw the season's first frost advisory - the grueling climb up "the dam hill" all but guaranteed everyone would break a sweat. Aside from official tours, Run the Dam's 5k, 10k and half marathon events are the only opportunity for the general public to cross the top of the dam, which is closed to general...
Volleyball The Lady Raiders won their volleyball match against Wilson Creek Monday in three sets, 25-13, 16-1, and 25-4. Amy Dorman's sets keyed up several players for aggressive kills, and senior Riley Ayling knew right where to be on each play. The win at home puts the Lady Raider record at 2-5 for the season. They'll play Liberty Bell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, on the Mountain Lions' home court, then face Omak, there, on Tuesday. Cross Country Kenzie Portch finished fourth at the Can/Am meet in...
Soccer With lots of youth on their side, the Lady Raiders soccer team is off to a rough start at 0-3 with losses to Bridgeport, Liberty Bell, and Brewster out of the way and lots of learning going on. Coach Solveig Chaffee notes the squad of 17 includes "6 talented 8th graders and 9 players seeing their first high school soccer action." They made two goals in each game this week - 5-2 against Bridgeport, 4-2 against Liberty Bell, 10-2 against Brewster last night. Chaffee said team Captain...
Football The Raiders hosted the Colfax Bulldogs Friday night for a 28-8 loss in the non-league football game. Lake Roosevelt reportedly had several players out for ineligibility due to insufficient practices. They host Reardan Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., then Brewster Sept. 20. The Raiders plan to play in Ellensburg Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. against Pe Ell/Willapa Valley. Soccer The Lady Raiders lost their opener in Omak Saturday 5-3, but will host Bridgeport in Grand Coulee on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., then...
Four Lake Roosevelt athletes competed at the WIAA 1B, 2B, 1A State Championship Meet at Yakima's Zaepfel Stadium at Eisenhower High School May 23-25. John Cooley placed sixth at the state track meet in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.94 seconds. Cooley came in ninth in the 300-meter hurdles in 43.10. He came in 12th in the triple jump with a personal record of 38 feet, 2.5 inches. Carly Neddo placed eighth in the javelin at the state tournament with a throw of 109 feet, 11 inches, and ninth in the...
The Lady Raiders notched their first-ever win at the state tournament last week before losing two more games to knock them out of the competition. The Lady Raiders ended their season ranked eighth among the state's 48 teams in the 2B classification, with a 19-7 overall win-loss record. Head Coach Jaci Gross said the team has been to the WIAA state tournament in Yakima four times, but hadn't won a game there until they beat the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers in their first game on May 24 in the...
Five Raiders will compete at the 2024 WIAA 1B - 2B - 1A Track & Field Championships in Yakima May 23-25 after their team won the North Central 2B League Championship May 7, then qualified for state at the District 6 Championships in Brewster last Thursday. Lake Roosevelt junior John Cooley took first in Brewster in the 300-meter hurdles in 43.69 seconds. Cooley also took second in the 110m hurdles in 16.09, third in the triple jump at 37 feet, 5.575 inches, and sixth in javelin with a 116-foot t...
When Presley Steffens was in sixth grade, her future coach, Jaci Gross, gave her a shot at batting against standout Lady Raider pitcher Emma Marchand, just to try it out, see how it feels. Marchand got one past her. The next one went over the fence. Friday night, Steffens, now a sophomore, demonstrated her skills at both pitching and batting, slugging one over the fence in the fourth inning to bring in Taylor Thomas Vargas and herself, bumping the score to its final 15-4, then taking the mound f...
The Lady Raiders took a loss after a win this week in their quest to make it to the state Fastpitch Softball Championships at Yakima's Gateway Sports Complex May 24-25. In District 6 playoffs, Lake Roosevelt bested Tonasket 8-7 in Grand Coulee May 10, as league pitcher of the year Presley Steffens struck out 13 batters. Last night, however, LR lost to the Lady Bulldogs, 5-2, in Okanogan. LR (17-5) will now play Brewster on the Raider's home diamond in Grand Coulee Friday at 4:30 p.m. in a...
Six Lady Raider fastpitch players earned all-league team honors at the end of the regular season this year, Coach Jaci Gross said. Presley Steffens was named Pitcher of the Year Taylor Vargas Thomas was chosen for first team all-league. Nautika Brown and Shae Crollard were selected for 2nd team all-league. Ava Sam and Aspen Smith both got an honorable mention....