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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,...
It’s nice to jump into spring with a win, and Lake Roosevelt’s Lady Raiders softball team did that Saturday in Brewster. LR beat the Lady Bears 24-11 in the season opener for Central Washington 2B teams, starting their playing season a week earlier than other LR teams. New Head Coach Mike Steffens said it was a nice way to start the season, especially against a team that is pretty competitive. Brewster gets a rematch coming up this week when the Raiders host the Bears in Grand Coulee on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The next day, Lake Roosevelt will pla...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders ended their post-season basketball quest March 5 at the Spokane Arena in the Round of 12 at state tournament with a loss to Tri- Cities Prep. With eight players over 6 feet, the Jaguars won 64-33, effectively limiting the Raider offense, shooting 48% to the Raiders' 24%. Tri-Cities' Bryson Wilde scored 21 points. Ivan Alejandre led LR scoring with 17. The Raiders dropped in 11 of 32 two-point attempts and 11 of 16 free throws, but not one of 14 trey attempts, making...
Stub Owhi gets a special award at the Feb. 10 meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors, including Chair Shannon Nicholson, left, and Buffy Nicholson, her nieces, and Superintendent Rod Broadnax. Owhi has been attending boys' and girls' basketball games, all of them, for five years to support her grandchildren athletes. She's been taking team photos at the end of every game this year. - submitted photo...
Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday sent off the Raider boys' basketball team to the state tournament at the Spokane Arena. "We knew we're going to be tough this year," Coach Ed Wolfe told the assemble student body. "Here we are. We put in a lot of work from summertime till now. We believed in ourselves from the very start." Scheduled to play Tri-Cities Prep in game 11 of the state tournament, they'll meet the Jaguars at 12:15 in Wednesday's "Round of 12" in a loser-out contest to see who goes on to the...
Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School's Raider Chess team finished third in the 2B division at this year›s Washington State High School Chess Championship last weekend in Stanwood. More than 350 individuals on 48 teams competed at all levels, playing six two-hour rounds over two days. Orcas Island won the 2B title. Lakeside (Seattle) was the overall champion. Raiders competing were senior Zane Chaffee; sophomores Caches Parrish, Chance Perdue, and Cody Ewers; freshman Rylie McKee, and junior Ethan C...
Five Raider boys stepped up on the podium at the state wrestling tournament last weekend to claim a place on the winners' list, and three more were just one match away from placing at the Mat Classic XXXVI tournament in the Tacoma Dome. "Every wrestler battled and competed hard, not giving up," Head Coach Casey Brewster said on the team Facebook. "So proud of all these boys and how they rose to the challenge this season." As a team, the Raiders placed eighth in the state. Rodger Cate took second...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders took second place in District 5 Saturday in Moses Lake and will head into the first round of the state 2B basketball tournament in a game against last year’s state champion March 1 in Cheney. The Coyotes, of Burbank’s Columbia High School, bested the Raiders 63-48 in the 2025 District 5 2B Boys Basketball Tournament championship game at Moses Lake High School. At the half, LR had just taken the lead when a Coyote hit a three at the buzzer from way downtown. The fifth-seeded Raiders will play number-four Colfax at Che...
Lake Roosevelt’s Ivan Alejandre was named player of the year, and Ed Wolfe coach of the year in the Central Washington 2B Boys Basketball League. Alejandre, a senior was also named to the league’s “first team,” along with sophomore Kayman Jordan. Champ Louie, a senior, was tapped for second-team honors, and senior James Kensler earned an honorable mention. Freshman Shae Crollard was named to the girls’ basketball all-league first team. Honorable mentions went to sophomore Kenzie Brown and Deliz Atkins, an eighth-grader. In wrestling, Rodger Ca...
The Raider boys took down La Salle's basketball team by 12 points Saturday at the District 5 tournament to get into the district championship for first or second place Feb. 22 in Moses Lake. The LaSalle Lightning came to play, keeping the margin low most of the game. But the Raiders' dogged determination refused to let up. LR won 69-57. Champ Louie started the scoring for the Raiders in style, hitting two treys back-to-back to establish a six-point lead that proved to be the advantage in much...
The Lake Roosevelt Boys wrestling team placed eighth as a team out of 18 at the District 5 tournament Saturday and qualified all eight wrestlers for the Mat Classic state tournament at the Tacoma Dome Feb. 20-21. A state sendoff for them will happen at the Lake Roosevelt gym at 9 a.m. on Thursday. At 106 pounds, Collin Christman placed fifth, and Jack Steffler placed ninth. At 113, Rodger Cate took the championship, and Dillan Yazzie came in seventh. Kaden Christman, at 120, took second place. At 132 Isaac Circle took seventh place. 150 Colin...
The Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders battled hard at the District 5 Tournament, finishing 10th as a team and qualifying six wrestlers and one alternate for the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome Feb. 20-21. A state sendoff for them will happen at the Lake Roosevelt gym at 9 a.m. on Thursday. State qualifiers at the WIAA District 5 Girls 1B/2B/1A tourney: Wt. Wrestler Place 145 Sienna Atchison 6th 145 Ayamae Batten-Bib 8th 155 Abby Vargas 4th 170 Selma Lewandowski 6th 170 Jahzara Simpson 4th 190 AJ Cannon 2nd Alternate: 115 – Cora Nic...