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Raider pride runs deep. And for a group of young men who've been working hard together for years, their final win on the hardwood felt good Saturday as they took third place in the state of Washington at the WIAA 2024 2B Boys State Basketball Tournament at the Spokane Arena. It wasn't a given outcome, despite the obvious talent on the team. They have speed, not a lot of height. They're smart, dedicated, and fearless. And their coach figured they had the best defensive team in the state. "I feel...
It's a time of year full of wake-up calls, and the Raiders got one Saturday as they squeaked by a team they'd had by 10 points in the first half of their "Opening Round" game in the state basketball tournament Saturday in Wenatchee. Lake Roosevelt (23-1) beat the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars (18-4) by three points, 67-64. "That was a little bit closer than I'd like," Raider Coach Ed Wolfe said after the game. "They can shoot well, all the way across the board, all of them." The Raiders held a...
Twenty Raider athletes were named to the Central Washington 2B All-League teams earlier this month. Chase Marchand was named boys Player of the Year in the league, and Brandon Pino was named to league first team. Ivan Alejandre and Champ Louie were each named to the second team. In girls’ basketball, Cylia St. Pierre was named to the league first team. Shayanne Marchand and Carly Neddo made the second team. In boys’ wrestling, Francis Louie was named to first team. Zach Elwell and Kaden Christman were selected for second team. In girls’ wrest...
Raider wrestlers placed at the Tacoma Dome in the WIAA Mat Classic XXXV state tournament Saturday. Arianna Waters, a senior, took second place in the girls' 135 bracket after an 8-0 loss to Spencer, from Fife. Senior Francis Louie took fourth place in the 150-pound bracket. And Jacoby Jackson, an eighth-grader, wrestled his way to sixth place in the 120 bracket....
The Lady Raiders came to the end of their basketball postseason Saturday when the Davenport Lady Gorillas overtook them in the third quarter of their District 6/7 Crossover game at West Valley High School in Spokane Valley. Davenport won the loser-out contest, 64-44. The Raider girls (12-12) had come out strong early in the game, leading by nine at one point in the first period, but Davenport (15-9) reduced their deficit to four by halftime, 24-20. The Gorillas tied it at 24 early in the third,...
The Raider boys will head to the first round of the state tournament Saturday after coming from behind to beat Davenport 69-47 in their District 6/7 Crossover game Feb. 16 in Wenatchee. The Raiders (22-1) head back to Wenatchee High School to play Pasco’s Tri-Cities Prep (18-3) Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. Winning that game would jump Lake Roosevelt into the quarterfinals Feb. 29 at 3:45 p.m. at a venue to be determined. A loss would have them playing in the “Round of 12” Feb. 28 at 7:15 p.m., also at a place TBD. One team the Raiders and the Tri-C...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders won the District 6 tournament championship for the second year in a row Friday in Omak, after a win at home on Tuesday. "We're fast," said a pleased Coach Ed Wolfe amid the jubilation on the Omak court, where the 2024 District 6 2B Boys Basketball Tournament was held for a week. The Raiders had just trounced the Tonasket Tigers 81-47 to take the title after having beaten Okanogan on Tuesday 91-69. The win will send the Raiders (20-1) to the Districts 6/7 Crossover...
The Lady Raiders beat Liberty Bell 67-50 on Feb. 5 but fell to third-ranked Okanogan Wednesday, 62-36 in Omak at the 2024 District 6 2B Girls Basketball Tournament. The Raiders (12-11) head to the District 6/7 2B Girls Crossover Tournament for a loser-out game in Spokane Valley Saturday at 1 p.m. against Davenport (14-9) at West Valley High School, where a win would send them on to the state tournament in Spokane Feb. 23-March 2. Carley Neddo gets the rebound against the Bulldogs' Charlee...
Four Raider wrestlers will compete at the boys’ state wrestling tournament in Tacoma this weekend. Senior Francis Louie will make his second trip to the big tournament, wrestling at 150 pounds with a 21-7 record. Colin Chaney, a freshman wrestles at 144 with a 10-15 record. Jacoby Jackson, an eighth-grader with a 4-4 record will wrestle at 120. And sophomore Zach Elwell will wrestle at 113, entering with a 4-4 record....
Two Lake Roosevelt wrestlers will head to Tacoma for the Mat Classic XXXV state wrestling tournament this weekend in the Tacoma Dome Feb. 16-17. Senior Arianna Waters qualified for state after taking first place in Region 4 tournament in the 135 bracket, with a record 31-7. It will be her second time at state. Louisa Recilia, a sophomore, will go to Tacoma as an alternate at 235....
The Lady Raiders will face Okanogan in Omak tonight (Wednesday) in their second post-season game after beating Liberty Bell at home Monday night 67-50. Lake Roosevelt (12-9) was outscored by third-ranked Okanogan (17-3) twice in the regular season. But they dominated Liberty Bell Monday, after the teams had treated each other to 20-plus point defeats in regular season....
The Raider boys amassed 91 points against Okanogan Tuesday night in Omak during the District 6 postseason tournament, allowing 69 by the Bulldogs. The Raiders, undefeated in the Central Washington 2B league, got winged in Burbank by Columbia Friday, 66-44, for a 19-1 record and a state ranking of third at WIAA, just behind Columbia. They’re set to play Tonasket Friday night in Omak at 7:30 for the District 6 championship. Win or lose, they head to the loser-out Crossover games with District 7 at Wenatchee High School Feb. 17 for a chance to g...
The Lake Roosevelt boys’ wrestling qualified eight wrestlers to the Regional Wrestling Tournament at Tonasket High School on Feb. 10. At 106, Jack Steffler; 113, Zach Elwell; 120, Kaden Christman; 120, Jacoby Jackson; 144, Colin Chaney; 150, Francis Louie; 215, John Desautel; 285, Terek Bush; and also qualifying as an alternate, at 138, Isaac Circle. The LR girls’ team also qualified eight wrestlers for the WIAA Girls 1B/2B/1A/2A Region 4 Tournament at Quincy High School Feb. 10. At 100, Aviona Gomez; 135, Arianna Waters; 140, Sienna Atc...
The Raider boys' basketball team remained undefeated Tuesday night after taking down Tonasket 89-54 on the Tiger home court, the final in-league game for the Raiders in the regular season. It followed a rousing, deafening game in Coulee Dam against the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions Friday night, where LB gave LR a game and fans on both sides shook the rafters. The Raiders won by only six points, 72-66, their closest contest of the season. LR might play LB again Feb. 6 in the District 6 2B Boys Bas...
In their last scheduled dual meet on their home mat Wednesday, Lake Roosevelt Raider boys outscored the Almira-Coulee-Hartline team 29-19 as several Raiders wrestled up in a weight class higher than their own. "They dug deep tonight to win that match," said head Coach Casey Brewster. "I had guys wrestling up out of weight classes that came through ... Pretty much all our guys ... wrestled up." Those included Zach Elwell, Kaden Christman, Jacoby Jackson, and Ike Circle, who looked very tired...
The Lady Raiders beat Liberty Bell in basketball 57-33 in Coulee Dam Friday night, then lost last night (Tuesday) in Tonasket 58-40, leaving them with an 11-9 record overall, leaving them fifth in the Central Washington 2B League and 15th in the state at the end of the regular season. They begin the postseason in Omak Saturday, facing Liberty Bell again at 6 p.m. The winner faces Okanogan Feb. 7 at Omak High School, then plays there again Feb. 10 for a chance to head to the District 6/7...
The Raider boys remained undefeated and at the top of the state 2B list Tuesday after winning three games this week, including on Saturday against Idaho's 2023 state champs. Lake Roosevelt (16-0 overall) defeated Plummer, Idaho's Lakeside Knights (8-2) by 77-70 after gaining 13 points in the second quarter in Coulee Dam for a 39-29 halftime lead. Raider fans were first treated to the team's 60-52 takedown of Manson (10-6) Friday night in Coulee Dam, a tough game played without Chase Marchand,...
The Lady Raiders decimated Manson in a league game before besting Idaho's Lakeside Saturday, then falling to Okanogan last night in a home game. Lake Roosevelt hosted the Manson's Lady Trojans Friday, winning 65-25. Then on Saturday, LR met Plummer, Idaho's Lakeside High School team in Coulee Dam, winning again, 52-45. Okanogan interrupted the streak last night as the Lady Bulldogs took down LR 55-22. The Lady Raiders, now 4-5 in league and 10-8 overall, play against Liberty Bell Friday, Jan....
Lake Roosevelt's young Raider wrestling team hosted Okanogan Jan. 18 in a dual match, losing to the bigger program 32-6. Individual results were not available, but Francis Louie claimed the lone Raider win at 150 pounds....
Sometimes games are what happen when you had other plans. Like when Raider Head Coach Ed Wolfe wanted to tie up the Liberty Lancers Saturday with an aggressive man-to-man defense but then realized the refs were calling the game fair but "tight," he said. Too many early fouls changed the strategy against the disciplined and well-coached Lancers, Wolfe said. No matter. The boys from Spangle still fell to Lake Roosevelt by 18 points, 67-49. The undefeated Raiders now boast a 6-0 league win-loss...
Oroville fell hard to the Lady Raiders last Friday on the Hornets' home court, 67-19, but played hard enough to benefit Spangle in Coulee Dam Saturday. That's when the Lady Lancers bested Lake Roosevelt's girls 59-37. LR Coach Morgan Smith said considering they had two players out with injuries, leaving only one on the bench, LR (7-7 overall win-loss record) stood up to Liberty's 10-3 Lady Lancers fairly well. At Brewster last night, the Lady Raiders lost to the Lady Bears 70-45. LR is set to...
The Raiders were slipping in their game early against Bridgeport Friday night until an attitude adjustment took hold. That's when Coach Ed Wolfe refocused the team's efforts on the word "team." "I told them we didn't have any players who were the best in the state, but when we play as a team, it's fantastic," Wolfe said later. Lake Roosevelt was up by six points early in the second quarter, but had gained a 46-27 margin by the half. The Raiders stuffed the Mustangs 85-44 at the end. LR beat...
The Lady Raiders prevailed over Waterville-Mansfield in basketball last week, but lost to Tonasket last night by a similar score last night. Both games were on the Raider home court. Another game on Friday, against Bridgeport, was canceled. Against the Shockers last Wednesday at home, Lake Roosevelt's girls kept ahead of the Shockers throughout the game and won 57-47. Hosting Tonasket Tuesday night, the Raider girls fell 55-42. LR heads to Oroville Friday night but faces Spangle in Coulee Dam...
Eight Raider wrestlers competed at the Freeman Winter Classic Dec. 30 in Rockford, Washington, where 17 teams from all school sizes met. Francis Louie took fourth place at 150 pounds, pinning a wrestler from Deer Park and beating a Cheney grappler 12-5 in the quarterfinal round. A Riverside wrestler pinned Louie in the semifinal, setting up the contest for third or fourth place, when he lost by fall to Shadle Park’s Tyrese Guzman, who took third. At 113 pounds, Dillan Yazzie lost his first match to a Deer Park wrestler by pin but won his n...
Raider boys beat Bulldogs Lake Roosevelt dominated Okanogan on the Bulldogs’ home court Tuesday night 67-39 for their first win of 2024. The boys will host Bridgeport Friday night at 7:30. Girls lose two Lakeside High squeaked by the Lady Raiders at a Reardan basketball game, 59-57 on Dec. 28, but they’ll have a chance to beat the Nine Mile girls in Coulee Dam Jan. 20 at 5 p.m. The Lady Raiders got trounced in Okanogan Tuesday night 61-18, but play Waterville-Mansfield at home tonight (Jan. 3) at 7 p.m. Their Friday night home game against Bri... Full story