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Colfax golfers Tuesday topped seven team scores with a 400 to lead action at Colville Tuesday. Hunter Weitze again led the Bulldogs golfers with a 71 on the Colville course Other scores for the Colfax card were Chance Weitze 75, Kasey Johnson 79, Cody Gronning 85, and Bennett Gray 90. Augie Allenbach hit 99. Wilbur/Creston had the number-two score at 494, and Northwest Christian was third at 502. Tekoa/Rosalia had just four golfers, one short of a team entry. Scores for the T-wolves were Dawson Strobel 98, Matt Wallace 119, Ben Zimmerman 121,...
Colton avoided a rainout and swept a doubleheader against Garfield-Palouse April 11 to remain unbeaten in the Southeast 1B league. In the first game, Austin Meyer and Brady Chadwick both drove in two runs with triples. Meyer hit another triple later in the game for Colton (10-2 overall). Other Wildcats’ hitters included Peter Schultheis with four. For the Vikings, Gabe Cocking had three hits while Cole Sanderson had two to lead at the plate. In the second game, Colton trailed by six runs until the fourth inning, when Colton pitchers began to c... Full story
The Colfax baseball team took two wins Tuesday in the league's longest road trip to Kettle Falls to advance the win string in the NE league to 10-0. The Bulldogs are now at the halfway point in the league campaign with the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats due in town Saturday to play a double bill started at noon at McDonald. Cofax Tuesday defeated Kettle Falls in two seven inning games at Kettle. Scores were 11-3 and 13-2. Coach Mike Parrish again used his top starters, Garrett Burke and Danny Robinson, after they stacked up wins against the Springdale...
Colfax seniors Josh Brown and Sam Dailey cranked it up a notch Tuesday for big wins in a giant 2B NE track meet at the new Ritzville track. Junior Scout Cai also moved up for a wins in the high jump and Pole Vault , and Rosalia junior Eli Richardson took a win in the 200 sprint. The host LRS girls nipped Colfax 127 to 111.5 in a battle for the team win. Northwest Christina placed third with a 102 total, and the Tekoa/Rosalia girls placed seventh among 11 teams with a 33. Northwest Christain took the team win on the boys side with 133, 26...
The Garfield-Palouse softball team traveled to Kendrick Tuesday night for a 26-16 loss. "I thought our girls did very well," said Coach Phil Weagraff. "We have very young pitching. They just need to get dialed into the strike zone." On the mound for the Vikings were senior Bri Brown and eighth-grader Keely Burns. At one point in the game, Gar-Pal was in danger of having the game called on account of the 10-run rule. They needed six runs to stay in it and scored eight. The Vikings (5-1) totaled eight hits in the game, led by Lexi Rodriguez with...
The Colfax softball team rolled all the way to Kettle Falls Tuesday and pegged a double win over the K-dogs, one of the expected contenders in the NE League. Kettle hosted with just one defeat in the league run, a split with Northwest Christian Tuesday's double win at Kettle moved the Colfax record to 8-0. They stopped Springdale, another top NE team, with two wins at McDonald Park last Friday. Next action for the Bulldogs will be a doubleheader with the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats at McDonald Park Saturday starting at noon. Colfax Tuesday dropped... Full story
The Colton softball team pulled off two narrow escapes this week with extra inning victories over Orofino and Asotin. Playing at home vs. Orofino Monday for a doubleheader, the Wildcats lead 7-0 in the fifth inning before the visitors came back to tie the game at seven. Into the extra eighth inning, Orofino scored to go up 8-7 before Colton came to the plate again. With Daylynn Smith as the runner placed on second for the extra-inning tiebreaker rule, Zoe Moser was up first and ground out.... Full story
A Rosalia Community dinner has been scheduled for Sunday, April 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Rosalia Community Center at the corner of Seventh and Whitman streets. Rosalia residents are encouraged to bring their ideas and friends to plan for the future. Reservations are not required but notice would help plan for the event. Rosalia is providing the dinner... Full story
Nine mayors’ posts will be up for election this year when local entities will elect candidates for city councils and school, fire, park and cemetery boards. The lone county seat on the election roll will be the Port of Whitman seat now held by Tom Kammerzell of Colfax in district three. Port seat districts match county commissioner districts. Kammerzell is completing his first term on the Port of Whitman board. He is serving as chairman of the board this year. Elections for port posts are conducted in their respective districts in the p...
Gerald Robinson, 62, Garfield area farmer, was fatally injured in a farming accident Monday afternoon just south of Garfield. Robinson was flown by MedStar helicopter to Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane where he died from injuries sustained in the accident. According to a report by Sheriff Brett Myers, deputies and emergency crews responded to a report of the accident Monday afternoon just south of Garfield where Robinson had been working on a farm implement used for fertilizing fields. The reports said deputies determined Robinson...
Candidates for the Colfax Junior/Senior High School principal position were announced to staff Tuesday morning. The six candidates were selected from 16 who applied through Northwest Leadership Associates, under the direction of Dr. Dennis Ray. Initial reference checks by newly appointed Superintendent Jerry Pugh and Dr. Ray helped narrow candidate selection. Candidates include: Shawn Anderson, Principal, Republic High School; Jennifer Hargrave, Interim Dean of Students, Pullman School District; Brendan Johnson, Teacher/Building Leader,...
Four county schools were named as Washington Achievement Awards winners for 2014. They were among 401 schools that earned the awards for this year and were notified last week by State Superintendent Randy Dorn and State Board of Education Chair Isabel Munoz-Colon. The Washington Achievement Award recipients are the highest performing schools in the state based on three years of academic information as reported in the Washington Achievement Index. The index was approved for use in 2014 by the State Board of Education. Local winners included Jenn...
Dr. Rudy Gahler, left, and his wife, Delores, get ready to eat dinner in St. John Saturday evening. Dr. Rudy Gahler along with his wife Delores was honored during St. John’s fifth Annual Crab & Ham Feed Saturday evening at the St. John Community Building. There also was a coffee hour earlier Saturday at the museum hosted by Dr. Gahler’s past employees Georgia Bageant, Carol Harrison and Carol Loomis. On Friday evening, the couple stopped at the Rialto to visit friends having dinner there. Dr. Ga...
With a Port of Lewiston announcement April 8, no more containers will be available for shipping by semi-trucks, rail or by barge down the Snake and Columbia rivers. The development is a repercussion from the departure of two major steamship lines from the Port of Portland, due to ongoing issues with productivity in loading and unloading. Hanjin announced in February that they would no longer dock at Portland, and Hapag-Lloyd followed on April 7. Thus, the supply of containers to be sent upriver...
Phil Weitz stands on the front steps of Colfax High School last week. He will attend his 40th class reunion this summer with his new heart. Phil Weitz has a gift that keeps on giving: every day, every hour, every minute, every second. A gift of a heart that keeps on beating. “Every morning when I get up, I go outside and thank God for another day,” Weitz said. “I give thanks to everyone. Life has a whole new meaning for me.” The 1975 Colfax High School graduate, who now lives near Umatill... Full story
Teams of horses and mules can be seen working the land at the Old Time Farming Days Plowing Bee next to the Palouse Empire Fairground this weekend. Starting Saturday, April 18, at about 10 a.m., teams will begin spreading dry fertilizer on the ground and then plow. After smoothing the ground to get it ready for seeding, the teams will then pull spring tooth and harrow equipment over it and then seed it. About 15 acres of ground will be seeded to wheat and barley, according to Tom Hennigar, one of the organizers. The bee will continue on Sunday... Full story
The cause of the April 4 accident that took the life of Dina Williamson, 27, WSU graduate student who resided in Colfax, was believed to be probable inattentive driving, according to a report issued Tuesday by Whitman County Coroner Pete Martin. He said the investigation determined that Williamson, who was killed in the accident, drifted into the oncoming lane of traffic as she was driving northbound at 8:51 p.m. while driving a 2003 Ford Focus. The accident was at mile marker 27 on Highway 195 near the top of what is known as Round Barn Hill.... Full story
Fresh snow capped the upper portion of Steptoe Butte on Tuesday morning. Snow showers were forecast for the early morning hours but quickly melted as temperatures warmed. Weekend temperatures are predicted to be warmer....
