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Not only did four Raiders place well at last Saturday's Brice Williams Invite in Spangle, but Lake Roosevelt's wrestling team also turned out to be the most underestimated at the 16-team tourney. The Raider wrestlers, taken all together, scored the most match points of any team there (151), and ended up with the largest difference between their seeding into the event and where they actually ended up among the team rankings. When it was all over LR came in eighth with 81 team points racked up by...
Lake Roosevelt’s girls wrestling team competed Saturday at the Royal Lady Knights Invitational in Royal City, taking fifth in a field of 14 teams with 98 points. “Our goal for the week was to be tough in the neutral position and to create pressure to create opportunities,” commented Coach Justus Caudell. “I felt we did that very well.” Phenyx Marchand took first in the 155-pound bracket, pinnng her Chiawana opponent in 23 seconds. AJ Cannon also took a first place for LR, winning in a 6-5 decision over her Rogers High School opponent from Spok...
The Raider boys scored their fifth straight win Tuesday night, defeating the Mountain Lions at Liberty Bell 61-52. "The game started out very slow and sluggish for us but once we got our tempo picked up things turned around for us," said Head Coach Ed Wolfe. Brandon Pino picked it up early and finished with 22 points to lead in Raider scoring. In the first quarter, Chase Marchand scored the 1,000th point in his high school basketball career, a rare feat and "huge milestone for him," Wolfe said....
Lake Roosevelt’s girls’ basketball team has started the season off with a 3-0 winning streak with Liberty Bell their most recent victory. The beat the Lady Mountain Lions Tuesday night 59-36. The win follows their Dec. 5 victory of Almira-Coulee-Hartline, 53-42, and their Nov. 30 defeat of White Swan, 74-28....
Caden Portch competed at the state cross country meet at the Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco last Saturday, turning in his best time ever in the 5,000-meter race. The sophomore Lake Roosevelt Raider completed the course in 18 minutes, 13.3 seconds, a time he fairly steadily whittled down all season from a high of 21:56.9 in Manson on Sept. 16. when he finished 21st. Two weeks later, he took the top honors at Tonasket in 19:35.8, then trimmed his time to 18:58.0 in Omak a week later. "He's a...
The Lady Raiders lost their last volleyball game of the season in three sets Saturday to the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague Broncos at Mead High School in Spokane. The teams met in a District 6/7 2B Volleyball Crossover game in which the Broncos prevailed in three sets 25-14, 25-14, 25-9, sending them to the state tournament this coming weekend in Yakima. Lake Roosevelt finished the season with a 9-5 win-loss record in the Central Washington B League, 10-9 overall....
The Raiders ended their football season with a drubbing at the hands of Northwest Christian in the District 6/7 Crossover game at Riverside High School in Chattaroy Friday night. The Crusaders (10-1) took down the Raiders 76-14, ending the season for Lake Roosevelt with a 5-5 win-loss record overall. Lake Roosevelt's team scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, one on Francis Louie's long run after he had the presence of mind to pick up a still-live ball near the end of a play, took off for...
The Raider girls beat Liberty Bell in their first District 6 playoff game Saturday at Omak High School 3-0, but lost three hours later to Okanogan in three sets. Then on Tuesday, Halloween night, at 6 p.m., Lake Roosevelt met the Bears in the Omak gym, this time falling 1-3 to Brewster and taking fourth place in District 6. Now it's time to broaden the competition. LR's girls will move on to the District 6/7 2B Volleyball Crossover Saturday, Nov. 4 at Mead High School in Spokane. They'll play...
The Raiders beat the Tigers in Tonasket Friday 34-14, in their last North Central 2B League game of the season. “We had a good night throwing the football and a great defensive effort to get the win,” Raider Head Coach Geary Oliver said. The Raiders gained 190 yards in the air, 166 on the ground. They made 41 tackles in the game. “We played a tough Tonasket team that is better than their record would indicate,” Oliver said, noting two Tiger losses were to 1A teams and two more were to a couple of the best of 2B teams in the state. That could in...
The Raider volleyball team scored two wins this week to put them third in the Central Washington 2B League with a 9-5 win-loss record. The Lake Roosevelt girls put away the Brewster Bears Oct. 19 in three sets on LR's home court on senior night, a label that applies to two-thirds of the varsity team. LR bested Brewster 25-23, 26-24, 25-21, with displays of discipline and versatility. Precision setting by Shy Marchand preceded several Carly Neddo kills like clockwork, a pattern that repeated...
Football The Raiders traveled to Ritzville Oct. 20 to take down the Broncos 20-8. Terrell Bush rushed for 96 yards in three carries in the game, including a touchdown. The Raiders gained 146 yards rushing, and another 200 in the air as Wyatt Egbert completed 11 of 18 attempts, including two for touchdowns. Chase Marchand caught four receptions for 110 yards. Bear Vargas-Thomas caught two, gaining 21 yards, including a TD. Champ Louie scored on one of two receptions for 20 yards to add to his...
Football Despite a decent running game, the Raider football team took an expected loss at Okanogan Friday against the Bulldogs, ranked fourth among the state's 45 2B teams by WIAA's Rating Percentage Index, which puts Lake Roosevelt at 28th. Okanogan won 47-0, which leaves the Raiders at fourth in the league with a win-loss record of 0-3 in league, 3-4 overall. They'll travel to play Lind-Ritzville-Sprague at 7 p.m. Friday for a non-league game, then head to Tonasket Oct. 27 for an in-league...
Homecoming is a big deal, so, because we got some names wrong in last week's photo captions, we're including these again for the sake of some scrapbooks, of which we appreciate being a part. Apologies for the errors....
The Lady Raiders split the week with a win and loss, but their coach doesn't really see it that way. The Lake Roosevelt team beat Bridgeport in three sets in Coulee Dam Tuesday night, 25-12, 25-7, 25-17. With a 6-4 win-loss record in league (6-4 overall), the Raiders are two-thirds through their season, currently third in the league between Okanogan (7-1, 9-1), and Brewster (4-3, 4-4). After LR's win over Bridgeport in Coulee Dam Tuesday, Coach Kasey Garvin reflected on the win and on their...
Football The Raider lost to Manson (6-0) in Lake Roosevelt’s homecoming game Oct. 6, 42-0 to put Lake Roosevelt at fifth in the league with a 1-2 win loss record, 3-3 overall. Manson (2-0, 6-0) sits on top. The Raiders play the Bulldogs in Okanogan at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. Soccer The Lady Raiders fell to the Bridgeport 3-1 Tuesday night at Bridgeport. They’ll play at home against Liberty Bell Tuesday, Oct. 12 in a league game at 4 p.m. Cross Country Caden Portch took eighth place in 18:58.0 at the Omak Cross Country Meet Oct. 4, then set a p...
Royalty for the 2023 Lake Roosevelt High School Homecoming this past Friday. - Kaitlyn Baker photos...
When it comes to Brewster, there have been years when Lake Roosevelt could have claimed a moral victory if they'd held the Bears to two touchdowns by halftime, but not this year. The two teams looked like a good match on LR's field Friday night, better than Brewster's winning score of 19-8 might let on. "I think we played hard. We just lost our focus late in the game," Coach Geary Oliver said, and injuries didn't help, putting the team down three offensive line starters. "The replacement...
Cross Country Raider harriers compete well at Tonasket meet Lake Roosevelt's cross country team took third place Sept 27 at the Tonasket Middle School/High School Cross Country Meet, where Caden Portch took first place in the 5,000-meter race. Portch crossed the finish line in 19 minutes, 35.84 seconds, some 37 seconds ahead of David Jimenez's second-place finish for Bridgeport. Other Raider times: Place Grade Ath. Time 9. 11 N. Hunt 21:50.02 16. 11 J. Krohn 25:38.14 17. 10 T.Chaffee 25:50.65 19...
Lake Roosevelt's cross country athletes have been running all over - from Manson to Okanogan to Kettle Falls - and they're scheduled in Tonasket, Omak and Winthrop coming up. Their times at the Trojan Invite were reported last week. Below are Raider results from Okanogan with 11 other schools, and from Kettle Falls, with 17 other schools. The Raiders are scheduled to run in Tonasket Wednesday, Omak Oct. 4, and at Liberty Bell Oct. 7. Okanogan Invite LR varsity boys Place Grade Athlete Time Note...
Football In their third win in a row, the Raiders beat Liberty at Spangle Sept. 22, 28-9. Lake Roosevelt plays Brewster in Coulee Dam Friday night at 7. Volleyball The Lady Raiders lost Sept. 21 to Manson, there, 3-0, but beat Brewster at home Tuesday night 3-2. They’ll host Oroville Thursday night at 6:30. Soccer The Lady Raiders beat Oroville, there, 5-4 on Sept. 19, but lost two home games — Saturday 9-1 to Quincy in a non-league contest, and Tuesday to Manson, 2-0. They’ll go to Tonasket Thursday, then Liberty Bell Saturday, and host Orovi...
An excited Raider fan lets loose a scream during Friday's high school football game against Mabton in Coulee Dam, garnering a few surprised looks from friends, all in a Lake Roosevelt cheering section. See the game story and more in this week's Raider Fall Sports section. - Scott Hunter photo...
Lake Roosevelt’s varsity volleyball team battled back from a one-game deficit Tuesday night to beat Tonasket in Coulee Dam. “Serving won it for us tonight,” Coach Kasey Garvin said. “There were a lot of long volleys tonight and the girls persevered!” The varsity won 3 games to 2: 25-22, 17-25, 22-25, 25-15, 19-17. LR’s JV team lost: 6-25, 13-25, 10-15. The C team split the night with Tonasket: 25-16, 22-25....
Raider runners competed at Manson in the Trojan Invite. Their times in the 5,000-meter race. Girls’ team Gr Name Time 12 Kailah Leadingham 31:46.01 SR 9 Nelly Selam 34:31.55 PR Boys’ team Gr Name Time 10 Caden Portch 21:56.83 SR 10 Tor Chaffee 25:22.80PR 11 Aidan Palmanteer 27:15.87 SR 11 Jaxon Krohn 27:46.40 SR 11 Zane Chaffee 32:51.42 SR 12 Gaven White 34:52.79 SR 11 Thomas Sharr 36:54.39PR...
The Raiders dominated the visiting Vikings of Mabton Friday in a game that racked up yardage for the Lake Roosevelt offense and showed off strengths of several Raiders, including some off the bench. LR prevailed 54-14, even after affording field time to less experienced players going into the second half up 40-0. Before the first home game of the season Friday, the team and fans paid homage with a moment of silence for their former coach and mentor, Bubba Egbert, who died in a horse-related acci...
• The Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders varsity volleyball team beat Liberty Bell Sept. 5 at home 25-21, 25-18, 25-21. Liberty Bell won the JV match in three games 25-18, 25-22, 25-12. LR plays Bridgeport at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at home, then heads to Ephrata for a varsity tournament Saturday. • The Raiders rolled over the Highland Scotties in Cowiche Sept. 8 for the football win, 56-24. They’ll meet Mabton in Coulee Dam Friday, Sept. 15, one of only three home games scheduled....