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Terrell Bush takes fifth place in the long jump at the state 2B Track and Field Championships in Yakima May 30. The sophomore was Lake Roosevelt's highest placer at state and actually tied with Goldendale's Matthew Gray with a jump of 20 feet, 8.75 inches. Officials then look to the athletes' second-best jump, which put Bush just two inches shy of fourth place. "He competed exceptionally well both mentally and physically to get on the podium," Coach Lori Adkins said. - Caden Portch...
Lake Roosevelt track and field athletes did themselves proud last week, setting personal records at the state meet and earning one big mention from the governing body of Washington state high school athletics. That would be for senior John Cooley, whom the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) named athlete of the week May 28, noting his achievements the week before: "John Cooley qualified for Districts in four events: 110m hurdles, 300m hurdles, long jump, and triple jump....
The Raider track and field team at last week’s 2B District 5 meet qualified 11 athletes to continue on to the state championship in Yakima May 29-31. The boys’ team placed fourth out of 17 teams at the Central Washington University Recreational Sports Complex in Ellensburg Thursday, where the top six competitors qualified for state. “It’s been a number of years since we have qualified so many student athletes for state competition,” said Head Coach Lori Adkins. “Many of our athletes went into the district meet having already met steep state...
The Lady Raiders took their postseason softball play as far as they could Friday, ending their season after two games at the state tournament in Yakima. It's always a tough go for the team seeded 16th to go up against the number-one team in the state right off the bus. Lake Roosevelt lost to Freeman May 23 in the opening rounds of the 2025 2B State Fastpitch Softball Tournament at the Gateway Sports Complex, 11-0. The Raider girls gave the next team a good game, leading 1-0 for the better part...
Lake Roosevelt’s tennis doubles team of Amy Dorman and Riley Ayling competed in the 2025 1B/2B Girls State Tennis Doubles at the Yakima Tennis Club last weekend, where they made it into the finals. After losing their first sets to eventual second-place winners S. Petersen and B. Williams, of Manson, 4-6, 5-7, the LR duo defeated Sears and Doughty, of Newport, 6-4, 7-5, to advance to Saturday’s finals. Facing Naranjo and Torres, also from Manson, Dorman and Ayling won the first set but lost the next two, 7-6, 3-6, 1-6. Naranjo and Torres wen...
Raider senior Terek Bush and eighth-grader Sylas Johnson trekked to Liberty Lake to play in the WIAA 2025 State 2B Golf Tournament May 20-21 at MeadowWood Golf Course. Bush shot a 94. Johnson shot a 97....
With four spring sports still in postseason play, it's a wonder anyone can keep up. This week, Lake Roosevelt golfers Terek Bush and Sylas Johnson are in state competition, and tennis players Riley Ayling and Amy Dorman will head to state in Yakima. The fastpitch softball team is set to play at the state tournament at the Gateway Sports Complex in Yakima on Friday, May 23 at noon, on field 4 with the first game against Freeman. The Lady Raiders dropped two postseason games last week - to River...
by Scott Hunter Lake Roosevelt’s track and field team last Thursday in Brewster qualified 14 athletes for the District 5 meet May 22 in Ellensburg. They missed taking first place as a team by three points, 138-135, to take second to Brewster as Raiders earned championships and set several personal records that night. “It was a real team effort on a super exciting night where our athletes were scraping for every LR point they could earn,” said head coach Lori Adkins. “They performed PR after PR as many families and fans cheered them on.” Se...
fter a 10-run win over Okanogan Saturday, 15-5, the Lady Raiders softball team took second in the Central Washington 2B League last night at home with a 4-0 loss to Tonasket. "We'll try again on Thursday," Coach Mike Steffens said. That's when the Raiders (14-6) will host the River View Panthers (20-2), from Granger, in the first game of the WIAA District 5 2B Fastpitch Tournament. The game starts at 4 p.m. Win or lose, they'll also play at Ephrata High School May 17 in game 5 (at 11 a.m.) or...
The Raider boys' varsity golfers took the league championship again May 7 at Alta Lake and will play at the district tournament this week at Moses Pointe. At Alta Lake, Collin Christman second place with a score of 88. Sylas Johnson took third with a 92. Terek Bush shot a 94 for fourth place. Wyatt Egbert and Champ Louie each shot a 99 to tie for seventh. And Nik Seymour took 10th place. Manson's Wyatt Winters took first place with a score of 75. The Raider team score of 373 earned them first...
The Lake Roosevelt Raider boys' tennis team capped their undefeated season by winning the league championship Friday at Harmony Meadows Tennis Center in Manson, Raider Coach Emily Tillman said. "Huge accomplishment," Tillman said, noting that the last time the Raiders claimed the league title was in 2006....
Raider track and field athletes did their best to add team points at Liberty Bell Saturday, where several took first place in their events. Madelynn Carman had double first places in the 300-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash. Lake Roosevelt’s small girls’ team, with only three competing, amassed 35 points. The boys team placed first place with a score of 139.5. Individuals earning firsts were: Terrell Bush in the long jump; Elijah Broadnax in the 200; Ezekiel Broadnax in the triple jump; and Tyler Mills in the high jump. The boys’ relay...
The Raider track and field athletes competed against 20 teams at the Ron Vanderholm Memorial Invitational in Royal City on Friday, with the boys taking third place as a team. John Cooley took first place in the 300 hurdles among 15 competitors with a PR performance. He took second in the 110 hurdles and fifth in both long and triple jumps. Terrell Bush beat back 26 other long jumpers to take first with a PR. Kayman Jordan took third in his first 400-meter dash, as did Caden Portch in both the 1600 and 3200. And the relay team they are both...
Jaxon made no room for Jackson at the Raiders' in-league tennis match with Pateros Thursday in Coulee Dam, as the Lake Roosevelt boys' team bested their guests 4-1. Raider Jaxon Krohn beat Jackson Newman 6-0, 6-0 in #1 singles, and Noah Hunt clobbered Kinden Hook by the same scores at #2. Tor Chaffee won his #3 by 6-1, 6-1. The #2 Boys' Doubles team of Carter Senator and Tommy Tynan won their sets 6-0, 6-1. The #1 doubles team, Gavin Senator and Zane Chaffee, lost 5-7, 3-6. For the girls' team,...
By Scott Hunter Among 17 teams competing, the Raider boys' team earned second place as a team twice in the last week. At the Naches Invite last Friday LR took second with a score of 98, compared to the winning score by 2A Toppenish of 173. Yesterday at the Manson Small School Meet they scored 135.83, just behind Chelan's 140.83. Okanogan took third with 67. "The team aspect of Track & Field is really being experienced by the Raiders," wrote Coach Lori Adkins in an email. "They are starting to...
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The Lady Raiders' first loss of the season had to sting, coming from the Inchelium Hornets, who gave the previously unbeaten LR girls their first stiff competition this year April 16 in Grand Coulee. Inchelium won both games of the doubleheader, 9-7, 14-9. LR regained their groove with two 15-0 shutouts of Bridgeport Saturday, then soundly beating Okanogan 11-4 Tuesday night in Okanogan. Lake Roosevelt sits at the top of the league with 7-0 win-loss record in league, 10-2 overall. They'll host...
Lake Roosevelt boys remained undefeated as a team Friday after beating the 1A Cascade Kodiaks at Leavenworth, 3-2. It was the Raiders’ closest victory of the week that started with a 4-1 defeat of Manson on Monday, then tipping over Tonasket on Wednesday, also 4-1. Coach Emily Tillman said the girls’ team is also doing well but forfeits games due to not having enough players to fill all them. The girls’ team lost each match this week against the same teams, 1-4. The Raiders will host Pateros Thursday at 4 p.m. Tillman said their last home...
The Raider boys as a team took third place at a 17-team track-and-field meet Saturday in Kittitas at the K-Valley Rally. Lake Roosevelt track and field athletes competed well as dozens set personal or seasonal records or placed in their events. “Our teams set almost 40 season or personal records at this meet,” Coach Lori Adkins said. “There was much to celebrate, everyone performed exceedingly well. It was definitely a meet to remember!” John Cooley took the championship in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.4 seconds, a PR. Cooley also took the top s...
The Raiders continued winning Saturday in a doubleheader at home with Bridgeport. LR won each game, 2-0, to complete a five-game streak. Okanogan interrupted that in Coulee Dam Tuesday night when they slipped by the Raiders, 3-2. The Raiders will head to Tonasket Friday for a doubleheader starting at 3:30 p.m. The regular season concludes with LR facing Liberty Bell, there, at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3. The Raiders have a win-loss record in league of 2-7, 5-10 overall....
Lake Roosevelt golfers last week were busy at a tournament at Gamble Sands, near Brewster, on Wednesday, then hosting Oroville on the home course at Coyote Ridge on Banks Lake Thursday. At the scenic Gamble Sands, nestled above orchards overlooking the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers, Lake Roosevelt boys scored a 391 as a 2B team in a 1A-4A tournament, ahead of Quincy and Leavenworth. Gig Harbor won with a 299. Senior Terek Bush shot an 85 for the Raiders, while eighth-grader...
Lady Raiders shut out Liberty Bell The Lady Raiders came back from spring break ready to rock. They shut out Liberty Bell's Lady Mountain Lions 15-0 Tuesday night in Grand Coulee. Presley Steffens' pitching held them scoreless while the Lake Roosevelt girls racked up runs. The Raiders play a doubleheader Saturday in Dryden against the Cascade Kodiaks starting at 11 a.m., then will host Inchelium April 16. Raiders lose to Liberty Bell The Raiders hosted Liberty Bell's Mountain Lions in Coulee...
The Lake Roosevelt Raider baseball team lost twice to the Okanogan Bulldogs Saturday in Okanogan. At the mound, observed photographer Al Camp, James Kensler did a great job but got little support in runs. After a few innings, Okanogan was only up 4-0 in a game that ended 10-0. The second loss was worse at 26-1. On the Raiders' schedule is home game with Liberty Bell next Tuesday, April 8, at 4:30 p.m. A listed home game against Waterville-Mansfield last Friday was canceled, but that team will...
LR girls winning at softball The Lady Raiders continued undefeated through their fourth fastpitch softball game of the season Saturday when they defeated Manson in two short games, each ending after Lake Roosevelt gained a 15-0 advantage. The doubleheader win followed LR's second victory over Brewster on Friday, 11-1. Next on the Lady Raider schedule comes Inchelium, also in Grand Coulee, at 1 p.m., Monday, March 31 for a doubleheader. Tennis teams start with wins Lake Roosevelt's boys' and...
A lot was different in the unofficial final game of the basketball season last Friday at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym, where the school staff put on a shocker of close-call overtime game against the class of 2025, complete with state-class varsity basketball players. The ambulance backed up right in front of the gym exit as a precaution might have been a clue, but it wasn't necessary. In fact, a planned 20-point advantage the seniors thought they'd spot the elders wasn't needed either,...