Locals help clear snow for spring athletes
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Last updated 3/20/2019 at 10:47am
Cody Maldenhauer, left, and Jeff Wilt shovel six inches of snow on the tennis courts at the high school March 8. Maldenhauer and Wilt, who is helping with the tennis program this year, were joined later by Adrian Aspinall. Maldenhauer and Aspinal work with Wilt as electrical engineers at Grand Coulee Dam. Several more inches of snow fell on it the next week, but all the courts had been cleared this week and a tennis game was scheduled for yesterday. - Scott Hunter photo
The long-running winter has made it hard to play spring sports, meant to be played on grass and dirt, not ice and snow.
"We've had volunteers helping, doing whatever they can, like snow blowing fields," said Lake Roosevelt Athletic Director Tim Rasmussen.
The snow has canceled several of the first events scheduled for each of the five spring sports: tennis, golf, baseball, softball, and track & field.
"We working as a league and as a district to see what we can do towards the end of the season," Rasmussen said about rescheduling the events. "The good news is the parents and community and staff are helping. There were many students athletes that also spent time prepping fields and courts trying to get spring sports underway."
Rasmussen listed those he knows who have helped, including coaches, but there may be more:
on the baseball field: Billy Nicholson, Bubba Egbert, Cody Desautel, Jonah and Tera Whitelaw,
on the softball field: Jaci Gross, Jeremy Crollard, Mike Steffens, Justin Neddo, Terry Warnecke,
on the tennis courts: Steve Archer, Don Kurth, Paul Turner, Ty Egbert, and
at the middle school track: Lori Adkins, Nancy Kuiper, Anne Green, Randy Bowman, Steve Knighten and Josh Flowers.
There was so much effort put into clearing snow, that someone even thought a crime was being committed. While observing snow clearing on the baseball field, someone reported to police that drivers were doing "donuts" on the field. When an officer arrived, he found trucks and trailers in the area, where Jonah Whitelaw explained that he and the other volunteers were clearing snow for the baseball team.
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