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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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This week in sports Thurs., Sept. 11 5:30 p.m., Volleyball at Liberty Bell. Fri., Sept. 12 7 p.m., Football here with Tonasket. Sat., Sept. 13 1 p.m., Volleyball at Soap Lake. 1 p.m. JRHS Football here wit Brewster.... Full story
The Raider offense executes a handoff at a preseason jamboree in Bridgeport last Saturday. Lake Roosevelt fall sports teams are each featured in The Star’s season preview special publication inside this issue. — photo courtesy of Al Camp, The Omak Chronicle... Full story
Phil Johnson and Lou Nevsimal took top honors in the Banks Lake Open bass tournament last weekend, bringing in 26.46 pounds of fish over the two-day event. The duo also took first place in the tournament in 2011. - Peggy Nevsimal photo... Full story
A sports information and workshop night is planned for Lake Roosevelt High School athletes from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School gym. There will be an update on sports rules, a review of paperwork needed, and fall sports schedules for high school volleyball, cross country, and football, and middle school volleyball and football. Coaches for all the fall sports will be available for questions. All fall sport athletes are encouraged to attend.... Full story
Scores of young junior rodeo contestants were recognized for their performances at the Ridge Rider Junior Rodeo a week ago. The winner of the playhouse raffle was Bob Wieldeyer, last year’s queen’s dad. Winners of the various events won buckles and those that placed second to fourth received cash awards. LITTLE PEOPLE: Dummy roping - 1st – Ben Richey, 2nd Rocksie Timentwa, 3rd Lucchese Ford, 4th Presley Steffens Cal stake race - 1st – Rocksie Timentwa, 2nd Lucchese Fors, 3rd Ben Richey, 4th Bodee Gudmunson Barrel racing - 1st – Rocksie T... Full story
Tristan Louie, 9, had his picture taken with Russell Wilson, quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, while at a football camp for young boys at Tukwila last Thursday. His mother is Roslynn Lafountaine and he was accompanied by his grandmother, Marie Abbott. ‑ submitted photo... Full story
MERCHANTS’ LEAGUE TEAM Oasis 30 Jack’s 30 San Poil 32 LRHS 32 DWK 37 DDDP 29 CTCF 32 Test Eagles 32 SUMMER LEAGUE End of League TEAM W L Chewy’s Construction 24.5 15.5 Fighting Chipmunks 23 17 Flying W 22.5 17.5 L.B.B. 19 21 The Force 19 21 Grandma’s Gang 18.5 21.5 Bad News Bears 17.5 22.5 Dixie Chicks 16 24 High Game: Fighting Chipmunks 502; Kevin Rosenbaum 206; Candy Weed-Butz 173 High Series: Chewy’s Construction 1403; Jessie Vieira 561; Candy Weed-Butz 458 SUMMER YOUTH TEAM W L Red Dragon 12 4 Seahawks 8.5 7.5 The Bros 75 8.5 Tornados 4 12... Full story
The Coyote Open Golf Tournament is coming up this weekend at the Banks Lake Golf Course. The tournament will be featured July 11-13, with Friday’s play a practice round at half price for participants. Saturday’s tee times at 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Sunday’s tee times have a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Handicap allowances for men is 24, for women, 32, and in the senior division, 60, with no exceptions. Side bets include KPS, long drive; skins (gross/net), blind draw, best ball, deuces and long putt. Sponsors of the tournament are Coulee Dam Casin... Full story
BOWLING Summer 2014 TEAM W L Fighting Chipmunks 22 14 Chewy’s Const. 21.5 14.5 Flyin W 19.5 16.5 L.B.B. 18 18 The Force 18 18 Grandma’s Gang 15.5 20.5 Dixie Chicks 15 21 Bad News Bears 14.5 21.5 High Game: Fighting Chipmunks 497; Jesse Vieira 216; Mae Stensgar 176 High Series: Chewy’s Const. 1375; Jesse Vieira 547; Mae Stensgar 465 Splits: Mae 3-10 Previous: High Game: LLB 485; Bob McGill 219; Mae Stensgar 185 High Series: Fighting Chipmunks 1316; Bob McGill 557; Mae Stensgar 452 Splits: Robin 7-8 Summer Youth TEAM W L Seahawks 6 2 Team 3 4 4... Full story
The first Raider Nation Youth basketball camp will be held at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym, July 7-10. The camp will be run by Raider boys’ head basketball Coach Matt Simpson and his assistants. The basketball camp will be for third to eighth grade boys and girls. Simpson said grades 3-5 will meet at the gym from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily. Grades 6-8 will meet from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Youth must submit permission documents either before the clinic begins or the day they arrive. Cost per youth is $15. Simpson said Nespelem, the middle s... Full story
SUMMER YOUTH TEAM W L Team 2 3 1 Team 1 1 3 Team 3 0 0 Team 4 0 0 High Game Team 2 216; Bishop S. 103; Ellie H. 70 High Series: Team 2 619; Bishop S. 266; Ellie H. 163 SUMMER 14 TEAM W L Chewy’s Cons. SVC 17.5 10.5 Fighting Chipmunks 17 11 Flying W 16.5 11.5 LBB 15 13 The Force 13 15 Dixie Chicks 13 15 Bad News Berars 11.5 16.5 Gandma’s Gang 8.5 19.5 High Game: LBB 554; Bob Schryvers 222; Candy Weed-Butz 170 High Series: LBB 1454; Bob Schryvers 574; Mae Stensgar 420 Splits: 6-7; Daniel 2-8-7; Marilynn 5-7/4-7-10; Sheilia 5-4-7 Previous – High... Full story
The first Raider Nation Youth basketball camp will be held at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym, July 7-10. The camp will be run by Raider boys’ head basketball Coach Matt Simpson and his assistants. The basketball camp will be for third to eighth grade boys and girls. Simpson said grades 3-5 will meet at the gym from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily. Grades 6-8 will meet from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Youth must submit permission documents either before the clinic begins or the day they arrive. Cost per youth is $15. Simpson said Nespelem, the middle s... Full story
BOWLING Seniors May 28, 2014 Pat Z. 189/172/522; Ray D. 171/172/501; Dixie 152/387 Splits: Pat 3-10 SUMMER 14 TEAM W L CHEWY’S CONST. 12 4 FLYIN W 10 6 FIGHTING CHIPMUNKS 8 8 THE FORCE 8 8 DIXIE CHICKS 8 8 LBB 8 8 BAD NEWS BEARS 6 10 GRANDMA’S GANG 4 12 HIGH GAME: CHEWY’S 571; JOHN STENSGAR 243; CANDY WEED BUTZ 167 HIGH SERIES: FIGHTING CHIPMUNKS 1489; JESSE VIEIRA 615; CANDY WEED-BUTZ 463 SPLITS: TIGER C. 2-4-10 CLEAN GAME – PERCY 201... Full story
Octavio Alejandre and Chyenne Kelly-Marconi both placed for the Raiders at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association State 2B Track and Field meet in Cheney last week. At the meet, held at Eastern Washington University, Octavio Alejandre excelled for LR in the shot put. In the prelims, Alejandre had thrown only 43 feet, 5.5 inches, far short of his personal record of 46 feet-plus, and shorter still from the 48-foot goal he had set for himself at state. The lone LR boys' team... Full story
Five Lake Roosevelt Raider baseball players have been named to the Central Washington 2B North All-League teams. Two were members of the 2013 All-League teams. Devan Black was named to the First Team All CWL 2B North. Last season Black was named to the Second Team. Black continues to improve with an excellent season pitching, catching, and playing infield utility. Chance Garvin was named to the CWL 2B North Second Team for 2014. In 2013 Garvin earned an honorable mention. Garvin played... Full story
Three Raiders came home as District 5-6 champions Saturday and will compete at the state track and field tournament at Eastern Washington University Friday and Saturday. “I knew it was going to be a great meet when we started off with three district championships!” exclaimed Head Coach Lori Adkins on the field event championships in Ephrata. Octavio Alejandre repeated as the district shot put champion by throwing 44 feet, 5 inches. Alejandre said his goal is to throw 48 feet at the the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s 1B, 2... Full story
Three Lady Raider softball players have been named to the Central Washington 2B North All-League squads for the 2014 season. Lake Roosevelt freshman Tristen Adolph was named to the First Team CWL 2B North because of her pitching and base running ability. Adolph struck out 55 batters, batted .489 for the season, and stole 48 bases. “Tristen played every position on the field this season, but she ended the season as our go to pitcher,” Head Coach Jamie Lezard said. “She had a tough job at first of finding the strike zone, but she pulled it all t... Full story
Raider Tennis competed in District 6 Tournament at Cashmere last week, where their season came to an end. The matches were close and were played to a different format than in the regular season. “The format was two out of three sets with no-add scoring, which means you only have to win games by one point,” noted Head Coach Steve Archer. “Many of the games for both Dan (Campobasso) and Holly (Carriere)/Areielle (White) went to deuce and were won by a single point.” Campobasso played Juan Mensoza of Cascade in boys’ singles. Mensoza took the... Full story
Raider golf came up short at the the District 5-6 Golf Tournament at Lake Chelan Golf Course May 20, so no Raider golfer will advance to the state tournament this season. Brandon Desautel and Mikel Friedlander finished sixth and seventh, respectively, which was just one place too low to advance. “Our kids were grinding out there, but we didn’t play our best,” Raider Head Coach Steve Files said. “I was proud of our effort and the way we competed.” Desautel shot a 116 for his sixth-place finish. He need to cut off six strokes to qualify f... Full story
BOWLING SCORES SENIOR BOWLING May 7 Bob S. 217/563; Bob M. 183/505; Ken A. 170/488; Dixie 143/342 May 13 Bob S. 200/583; Pat Z. 203; Bob M. 184/537; Dixie 138/359 May 21 Leo L. 161/439; Bob M. 168/471; Ray D. 189/467 SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM W L Chewy’s Const. 9 3 Flyin W 7 5 The Force 7 5 LBB 7 5 Fighting Chipmunks 6 6 Dixie Chicks 6 6 Team 8 3 9 Grandma’s Gang 3 9 High Game: Flyin W 542; John Stensgar 220; Mae Stensgar 187 High Series: Fighting Chipmunks 1518; Jesse Vieira 585; Mae Stensgar 487 Splits: Dixie T 2-7/5-10 Previous High Game: Fig... Full story
Larry Boyd to the right, was invited to the Torrey Pines Golf Tournament at San Diego this last February. He walked the course with Tiger Woods and hopefully picked up some pointers on his golf. Picture was taken by Mike and Lynn Higgins.... Full story
Raider golf closed the regular season May 13 at home against Moses Lake Christian and Columbia Basin Secondary. Austin Rosenbaum posted his best score of the season, shooting an 89 over 18 holes to be the boys’ medalist. Madisyn Byam was a close second in girls competition to Isabella Murrell of MLCA with a score of 111. Head Coach Steve Files praised both golfers. “Austin Rosenbaum and Madisyn Byam shot their low rounds of the season,” he said. Brandon Desautel came in second for the Raiders, completing the course in 99 strokes. Kyle Holt... Full story
In the past week the Raider Tennis team finished its regular season and competed in the first post-season tourney. At the Lake Roosevelt High School tennis courts May 13, the regular season came to an end with a match against the Entiat Tigers. Entiat swept the Raider boys and narrowly defeated the Raider girls. Daniel Campobasso forced a tiebreaker set in his match against Alberto Quezada. Brandin Smith’s match against Orfil Olmos also went into a tiebreaker. Smith, Head Coach Steve Archer said, “lost the first set in a close tie-breaker, and... Full story
After a win over Bridgeport last week, the Lady Raiders came up one game short of making it into district play, ending their season. The Lake Roosevelt team played their last softball game of the 2014 season against Liberty Bell May 17. "We just needed to win two of three this week to make it into districts as the third seed, but LR came up short and we didn't get job done to make districts," Head Coach Jamie Lezard said. The Lady Raiders finished the season with a win-loss record of 5-15... Full story