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Lady Raiders Volleyball finished the 2015 season in Ephrata, playing in the pigtail match of the District 5-6 Volleyball Tournament. LR came into the tournament as the number-five seed from the Central Washington 2B North and played number-four Waterville Shockers from the CW 2B South in a pigtail match to start the tournament. The loser of the match was done, while the winner played Okanogan and went to a double-elimination tournament. LR lost to the Shockers in a three game sweep. "Waterville... Full story
Loryn Moore will compete at the state cross country meet Saturday for the second year in a row, after qualifying at the District 5-6 race at Wentachee last weekend. “Loryn Moore ran a very aggressive race, placing second and qualifying for state,” Raider Head Coach Gary Darnold said. “She was nearly a minute faster than her time on the same course last year at the same district race.” Moore crossed the finish line at 20 minutes, 53 seconds, a career personal record. Kayla St. Pierre was the other Raider girl who ran on Halloween day in Wenatch... Full story
Interceptions, long touchdown runs and a good air attack earned Lake Roosevelt its first football win in weeks Friday night at home against Kittitas. With the 28-12 win, the Raiders ended a three-game losing streak and put themselves in a mood for this Friday's rematch with Soap Lake. LR had moved some players around due to injury, and played a successful game that keeps them in the running for a crossover game spot. "Our kids rebounded after a difficult loss last week," Raider Head Coach Geary... Full story
Raider Cross Country traveled to Liberty Bell Saturday for the Central Washington B North Cross Country Championship in preparation for this week's District 5-6 race at Wenatchee. Liberty Bell won both the boys' and girls' league championships. Lake Roosevelt's head coach, Gary Darnold, noted two of his runners hit career personal records while others had season PRs at the meet. "We had a strong effort with half our team PR'ing," Darnold said. "Many of our runners fought through previous... Full story
The Lady Raiders split their volleyball matches again last week, winning on the road at Tonasket but losing at home against Brewster. At Tonasket, the Lady Raiders came back from a first-game loss to win, three games to one. “The girls played a complete game last night,” Head Coach Kasey Garvin said. “We were able to capitalize on our ‘out of system’ offense and come out the victor in long-volley play.” “Jocelyn Moore and Aiyanna Picard played strong at the net,” Garvin noted, “and Kayley Duclos added some nice shots at the service line and... Full story
Lady Raider Volleyball split the two matches contested last week. In the first at Bridgeport Oct. 13, the Lady Raiders lost to the Fillies three games to two. Then on Thursday at home, Lake Roosevelt defeated the Manson Trojans three games to one. Against Bridgeport, the Lady Raiders won the first two games, then lost the last three, two of them by only two points. The fourth game went to extra points to decide the game. "We gave them the last three sets," Head Coach Kasey Garvin said of the... Full story
Lake Roosevelt and White Swan played a scoreless first half before the Cougars wore down the Raiders and won 31-12 at the LR homecoming game Friday night. The loss puts LR's win-loss record at 0-3 in Central Washington 2B South play, and at 2-4 overall. "We played a competitive game against a physical team," Head Raider Coach Geary Oliver said. "Their size wore us down in the second half." At the half, the score was tied at zero. The Raider defense held the Cougars out of the endzone in the firs... Full story
Raider cross country runners finished the regular season at Oroville last Saturday at the Oroville Invitational. In a field featuring good teams from across the region, the Raider boys finished seventh overall in team scoring. Three of the seven Raider boys running finished with a personal record time. Only two girls represented LR at Oroville. Robert George finished first for LR again, crossing the line at 19 minutes, 17 seconds for 18th overall. Jerry Palmer ran a PR time of 19:29 for second place on the Raider squad and 21st overall. Cole... Full story
Wed., Oct. 21 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Bridgeport Thurs., Oct. 22 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Brewster Fri., Oct. 23 7 p.m., HS Football here with Kittitas. Senior Night Sat., Oct. 24 TBD HS Cross Country, league meet with Liberty Bell... Full story
by John R. McNeil II At the first home invite in two years, the Raiders took third place in the boys' varsity race. The new Lake Roosevelt Schools complex lies at the top of what used to be the big, beginning hill of the traditional race, which couldn't be run because of the construction in 2013 and 2014 and has now been rerouted. "Both boys and girls ran up to or beyond our expectation," Head Coach Gary Darnold said. "This was our first time racing at our home course; and with it being a tough... Full story
Lady Raider Volleyball split the matches last week, losing at Liberty Bell Tuesday, but defeating Oroville at home Thursday. At Liberty Bell the Lady Raiders struggled, losing in a three-game sweep. “We didn’t look like the same team that defeated them in the opening of the season,” Head Coach Kasey Garvin explained. “My girls have been going through a funk on the volleyball court; we’ve just not been able to dig ourselves out of it.” Coach Garvin did praise the effort of two players. “My subs, Rylee Pitner and Olivia Buttise, played the fi... Full story
The Raiders travelled a long way to Mabton to play a team that is ranked highly in the state ,and played like it. The Mabton Vikings defeated Lake Roosevelt 65-14. “We continue to play hard,” Head Coach Geary Oliver said of his team’s performance. “Mabton is ranked sixth in the state, and for good reason.” Oliver noted a good performance from Jesse Louie. “Jesse Louie continues to run well and is one of our leading receivers,” he said. After the loss, Oliver said, he received a compliment from the Mabton coaches that he has heard in other game... Full story
Wed., Oct. 14 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Oroville Thurs., Oct. 15 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Manson 5:30 p.m., JHS Football at Brewster Fri., Oct. 16 7 p.m., HS Football here with White Swan - Homecoming and Alumni Night Sat., Oct. 17 10:30 a.m., HS Cross Country at Oroville Invitational, Osoyoos Park Mon., Oct. 19 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Tonasket Tues., Oct. 20 5 p.m., HS Volleyball at Tonasket Wed., Oct. 21 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Bridgeport... Full story
The Warden Cougars struck early and often on the Raiders Friday night, building a halftime lead that Lake Roosevelt could not overcome on their home field in Coulee Dam. At halftime, Warden led 53-6 before the Raiders managed to get past their big line a few more times. The final score was Warden 60, LR 24. "Warden is a physical team and we had trouble with their wing T offense," Raider Head Coach Geary Oliver said. "Our offense moved the ball well; we just need to get more consistent." Oliver... Full story
The Lady Raiders faced the top two volleyball teams from the Central Washington 2B North League last week, losing decisively to Brewster but forcing Okanogan to work for every point. At Brewster Sept. 29, Lake Roosevelt lost in three games to the strong Bears squad. "We allowed Brewster to dictate our game flow," Head Coach Kasey Garvin said, summarizing the game. "We passed a lot of balls off target, throwing our offense out of system." But last Thursday at home against the Bulldogs, the Lady R... Full story
Raider cross country travelled to Kettle Falls Saturday for the CAN-AM Invite, hosted by Colville High School. The Raiders are in midseason form and showed it by running personal records at the race. “Three of the five who ran there last year PR’d,” Head Coach Gary Darnold said about his team at CAN-AM. “Both boys and girls ran tough Saturday.” Will Friedlander improved his time by over 30 seconds, finishing at 20 minutes, 35 seconds. Robert George was the first Raider across the finish line and improved his time at CAN-AM. George’s... Full story
Wed., Oct. 7 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Okanogan Thurs., Oct 8 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Oroville 6 p.m., JHS Football here with Omak Fri., Oct. 9 7 p.m., HS Football at Mabton Sat., Oct. 10 Noon, HS Cross Country here, LR Invitational Mon., Oct. 12 4:30 p.m., HS Volleyball “C” Team tournament at Ephrata. Tues., Oct 13 5 p.m., HS Volleyball at Bridgeport Wed., Oct. 14 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Oroville Thurs., Oct. 15 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Manson 5:30 p.m., JHS Football at Brewster Fri., Oct. 16 7 p.m., HS... Full story
The Raiders exceeded their football win total from 2014 last Friday night as they defeated the Manson Trojans 28-12 at home. "We had great effort from start to finish," Head Coach Geary Oliver said. "We had a great week of practice, and our kids worked hard to correct last week's mistakes. We are learning how to play for each other as a team." Oliver said Manson "is a good team, and they executed their scheme well, but this week we won the turnover battle." Oliver noted that "Beau Michel had an... Full story
The Lady Raiders won in three after losing in three last week. On Manson’s home court, Lake Roosevelt lost in a three-game set Sept. 22 before defeating Tonasket in Coulee Dam Thursday in a three-game sweep. The match at Manson was disappointing as the Lady Raiders came out with poor energy, head coach Kasey Garvin said. “They came in with a very strong energy, and we had no energy,” she said. After the loss, Garvin challenged the team to rebound quickly from the loss, rather than let it linger. “On Wednesday, we addressed things that needed... Full story
This week in sports Wed., Sept. 30 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Oroville Thurs., Oct. 1 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Okanogan 6 p.m., JHS Football at Okanogan Fri., Oct. 2 7 p.m., HS Football here with Warden Sat., Oct. 3 10:30 a.m., HS Cross Country at Kettle Falls Mon., Oct. 5 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Liberty Bell 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Bridgeport Tues., Oct 6 5 p.m., HS Volleyball at Liberty Bell Wed., Oct. 7 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Okanogan Thurs., Oct 8 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Oroville 6 p.m.,... Full story
The school district has hired a new head boys' basketball coach. Lake Roosevelt High School Coach Mario Adams arrived in the coulee area last week and plans to be a substitute teacher in the district. "He is passionate about helping develop young men into responsible adults and successful athletes," Athletic Director Rich Black said of Adams in recommending him to the school board for confirmation. Adams, 25, comes to his Lake Roosevelt assignment from California where he had built up seven... Full story
Steven Flowers' touchdown with 42 seconds left in the game kept the Raiders from a scoreless loss against Soap Lake Friday night. Flowers ran the ball in from 54 yards out, and the kick was good to give Lake Roosevelt seven points to the Eagles' 34. The Eagles had come to town with a 2-0 win-loss record and showed up ready to play. The Raiders played hard and kept trying to get back into the game. The Eagles were too much, however, and the Raiders dropped to 1-1 overall. "We played hard to the... Full story
Wed., Sept. 23 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Brewster 5:30 p.m., JV Football at Omak Thurs., Sept. 24 5:30 p.m., JHS Football at Liberty Bell. 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Tonasket Fri., Sept. 25 7 p.m., HS Football here with Manson Mon., Sept. 28 6 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Omak Tues., Sept. 29 5 p.m., HS Volleyball at Brewster Wed., Sept. 30 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Oroville 5:30 p.m., JV Football at Omak Thurs., Oct 1 5:30 p.m., JHS Football at Okanogan 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Okanogan Fri., Oct. 2 7 p.m., HS Football... Full story
Lady Raider Volleyball continued to find success in the early season with another win at Oroville in a three-game match last week. “My entire team is showing great improvement,” Head Coach Kasey Garvin said. “They are doing a great job applying the things that they are learning in practice in their game play.” LR swatted the Hornets in the Sept. 15 match: 25-13, 25-15, 25-20. Aiyanna Picard picked up seven kills and an ace against Oroville. Jocelyn Moore led the team with eight kills, a block and an ace. Kayley Duclos continued to have success... Full story
Raider Cross Country travelled to Spokane Valley to compete in the Runners Soul Erik Anderson Invitational last week. There were more than 300 runners present from all classifications of schools across Eastern Washington and North Idaho at the race. “Our boys’ and girls’ teams both pushed themselves very hard to compete in the race in Spokane against some very large schools,” Head Coach Gary Darnold said. Will Friedlander led the Raiders, finishing with a personal record time of 19 minutes, 36.86 seconds. That is an improvement of over three m... Full story