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COLFAX - With undefeated district records from both the Colfax Bulldogs boys and girls basketball programs, the teams earned number one overall seeds heading into the district playoff games. All rounds of both the boys and girls 2B district playoff games will take place at West Valley high school. Colfax boys and girls both played on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 3, where both teams took down their opponents while shorthanded. The girls team took on the Kettle Falls Bulldogs, defeating Kettle...
COLFAX - Terry Cochran, Colfax native, has been recognized, and will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his lifetime service to wrestling. In a press release from Washington State Chapter Jim Meyerhoff about Cochran and the other members in the Hall of Fame, "These individuals have given countless hours of their time instilling young people with the skills needed to succeed in all areas of life. They will be permanently recognized at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and...
COLFAX — Tony “TC” Carter, born Feb. 27, 1949, former Athletic Director, athletic trainer, football coach, drivers ed. teacher, and teacher at Colfax, passed away on Jan. 14, 2024. Colfax locals were quick to share their thoughts and feelings on the legacy of TC, and how important he was to the Colfax community. “Tony was the Athletic Director when I got to Colfax in 1992. He was a history teacher, a pe teacher, athletic director for a long time,” said former Colfax head football coach Mike Morgan. Morgan took over the athletic director...
COLTON - Senior night for the Colton Wildcats took place on Friday, Feb. 2, with the game being played against the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The seniors recognized on the girls side for Colton were Kaydee Heitstuman and Kyndra Stout. Matthew Reisenauer was the lone Wildcat boy recognized. The girls game started with the Nighthawks dominating from start-to-finish, controlling the game as Oakesdale earned the 61-27 victory. For Colton, senior Stout finished with 16 points. Clair Moehrle had five, and...
SPOKANE – One St. John-Endicott wrestler is headed to the regional tournament Saturday, Feb. 10. Cameron Mathia finished third at the district tournament last Saturday at 113 pounds in the Spokane Convention Center. The Top 4 in each weight class qualified for regionals in Spangle. Mathia had a tough road to regionals, after losing his opening bout by pin in 3:30 to David Phillips of Northwest Christian (Colbert). In the westlebacks, he received a bye and then pinned his next two opponents to q...
OAKESDALE — Three girl and three boy Whitman County 1B schools are comepting in basketball districts. Oakesdale. Garfield-Palouse, and Colton girls are underway as of Wednesday, Feb. 7, and Oakesdale, Garfield-Palouse, and Tekoa-Rosalia will start their district runs on Thursday, Feb. 8. Results will be in the next edition of the Gazette....
DUSTY — The 76th Annual Sausage Shoot is set to take place this Sunday, Feb. 11, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. The shoot will take place at Dusty Gun Club, located just east of Dusty. Dusty gun club started in 1946 by a group of farmers in Dusty. The first year of the sausage shoot saw hogs brought in from the town of Penawawa. From the gun club president “In the winter the old road next to the railroad tracks was under water. The solution: They found when the train was coming and a few of them rode horseback and herded the hogs down the tra...
TEKOA — With the regular season coming to a close on the 2023-24 regular season, the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves defeated the Dayton Bulldogs, earning themselves a spot in the district playoffs with the victory. Tekoa-Rosalia were in total control of the game from start-to-finish, defeating the Bulldogs 62-28. The Timberwolf defense did not allow the Bulldogs to score more than eight points in any of the four quarters. On the other hand, Tekoa-Rosalia scored 23 points in the first quarter, and 41 in the first half to shut down all hope from t...
COLFAX – For one of the very few times during the 2023-24 basketball season, the Colfax Bulldogs boys team were in trouble of losing their first game of the season. The game was played against the Northwest Christian (Colbert) Crusaders, and was the district semifinal match, played on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in West Valley. Colfax seemingly had the game wrapped up through the first half, however, a massive comeback from the Crusaders, along with a buzzer-beating shot, forced the game into o...
OAKESDALE - With one road game left to play for the Oakesdale Nighthawks girls basketball team in the regular season, Oakesdale took care of business on their home floor for senior night. Three seniors were recognized before the game began, they were: Payton Davis, Brieyn Henley, and Samantha Holling. "Our three seniors are exceptional young ladies and each of them brings a leadership quality that is essential to our team's cohesiveness and chemistry. Sam is our veteran leader and her team's...
COLFAX - Senior Night for the Colfax Bulldog wrestling team took place Tuesday, Jan. 23, in Colfax. Walker Montgomery, wrestling for Garfield-Palouse, competing and training with the Colfax team, and Tristen Burd, from Oakesdale, wrestling with Colfax were recognized prior to the meet. Nine schools traveled to Colfax to compete in the league meet. The schools were: Colfax, Pomeroy, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Asotin, Liberty, Waitsburg, Davenport, Reardan, and Northwest Christian. The meet saw each...
DAVENPORT—Despite advocacy from School District administration, Davenport will remain a 2B school for at least the next four years. Davenport’s appeal to move down to 1B was rejected by the WIAA last weekend after the Northeast 1B League voted against accepting Davenport into the league. The WIAA released classification numbers for the 2024-28 cycle Sunday, Jan. 21. Davenport came in at 131.88 students, which is the number of ninth through 11th grade students adjusted for direct certification. Seniors are not counted when determining cla...
COLTON — The Colton Wildcats will host their basketball senior night festivities this Friday, Feb. 2, in Colton. Both the girls and boys team will take on the Oakesdale Nighthawks. The girls will recognize two seniors, guard Kyndra Stout, and point guard Kaydee Heitstuman. They will be recognized before tip-off of the girls game at 6 p.m. The boys will recognize their lone senior, Matthew Reisenauer. He will be recognized before the boys take on Oakesdale at 7:30 p.m. The game will be the final game for the Wildcat boys, the girls have a c...
ST. JOHN - St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse won two-of-three games before sliding into a three-game losing streak to end their season. During the three games was senior night for two Eagle players, they were: Matthew DeFord and Landen Miller. DeFord and Miller were recognized before their game on Tuesday, Jan. 23, against the Odessa Tigers, in St. John. Both the Eagles and Tigers battled throughout the first three quarters, it was not until the end when Odessa pulled away to take the 71-54 victory....
OAKESDALE - Oakesdale Nighthawks had a busy senior night, recognizing four basketball players and one wrestler. Will Lanius, Logan Brown, Daxton Chappell, and Jaxon Eads were the basketball players, and Tristen Burd was recognized for wrestling. All four of the basketball seniors have been vital to the success of the Nighthawks basketball team during the 2023-24 season. With just one regular season game left to play, Oakesdale are in a great spot for a district playoff berth, should they take...
TEKOA - Basketball in Whitman County is transitioning from regular season play to district playoff play, however, senior nights took place across the county last week for many schools. Tekoa-Rosalia saw six boy basketball players recognized and one girl player. There was also one cheerleader recognized. Senior night in Tekoa concluded a two-game week for the Timberwolves, who took on the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles on Friday, Jan. 26, in St. John. Tekoa-Rosalia would prove too strong...
COLTON — The Colton Gun Club competed in their third week of action in the Camas CPTA League shoot. There were 65 total shooters on the day, with results for Colton as follows: 16 yard scores: Rachel Kennedy, 25. Steven Bremer, 25. Bill Christian, 25. Zarn Clausen, 25. Jim Curran, 25. Dave Scharnhorst, 25. Dan Warner, 25. Women 16 yard shooters: Rachel Kennedy, 25. Stacy Harman, 24. Erin Bauer, 23. Carisa King, 22. Junior 16 yard shooters: Wade Moser, 19. Ben Reisenauer, 12. Jack Reisenauer, 11. Chase Sanderson, 11. At the Endicott gun club, t...
COLFAX - Near the conclusion of the 2023-24 regular season, four 2B WIAA teams are undefeated. One of the four is the Colfax Bulldogs, who hold a 20-0 record on the season after winning two games in the final week of the regular season to finish first in the district with a 13-0 district record. With 20 wins on the season heading into the district playoffs, they are one win away from the most wins since the 2014-15 season, when the team won 21 games, however, that includes playoff wins. Since...
COLFAX - The Colfax Bulldogs girls basketball team captured first place in the 2B districts regular season after winning 13 district games in the 2023-24 season. Last season, the Bulldogs ended their regular season with a 14-0 record on route to a state championship, and undefeated season. The 2023-24 team have lost four games this season, however, only two of those losses were against 2B teams Warden and Mabton. Heading into district playoffs, the Bulldogs are ranked ninth overall for the 2B...
PALOUSE - On a festive night filled with excitement and basketball, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls basketball team pulled off an upset against their Whitman County foe, Colton Wildcats. The game was played on Friday, Jan. 26, and was senior night for both the Vikings girls and boys athletes. For the girls, their senior, Zoe Laughary, was recognized. "Zoe has been a tremendous leader for us. She played a role on our third place team a couple years ago so she knows what it takes as far as...
PALOUSE - In a highly anticipated Whitman County girls basketball showdown, the Garfield-Palouse Vikings evened their regular season record against the Oakesdale Nighthawks with a 38-31 victory on Saturday, Jan. 20. The game was played in Palouse. With the win, Garfield-Palouse are riding a three-game winning streak heading into the home stretch of games. The Nighthawks lost their second district game on the year. Earlier in the season, these two Whitman County teams met in Oakesdale, with the...
COLFAX - After a somewhat shaky start to the 2023-24 winter sports season, the defending undefeated 2B state champion Colfax girls basketball team reached 10 district wins without a loss in the current season, sitting comfortably first in the district with four games to go before playoffs. The two teams threatening Colfax from winning the regular season district championship are Reardan and Davenport. The game against the Davenport Gorillas took place on Friday, Jan. 19, in Colfax. The Bulldogs...
ST. JOHN — As mother nature made her way through Whitman County, bringing snowstorms and cancellations for basketball teams, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles finally were able to play their basketball game. The Eagles took on the Dayton Bulldogs on Saturday, Jan. 20, in Dayton. St. John dominated three-of-four quarters as they cruised to a 62-21 victory over the Bulldogs. With the win, the Eagles improved to 4-8 on the season, with two of their wins coming against Dayton. In the game, the first quarter saw the Eagles score 19 points, w...
COLFAX - There are 54 teams ranked in the WIAA 2B RPI standings in the state of Washington. Of the 54, four currently hold an undefeated record. The four are: Lake Roosevelt (16-0), Columbia (Burbank, 14-0), Napavine (15-0), and Colfax (17-0). The Colfax Bulldogs are the only team in 2B with 17 wins as no other team has logged 17 games at the time of print. Colfax currently sit fourth in the RPI standings, based off opponents win percentage. Also of note, out of all schools in the state of...
TEKOA - Several Whitman County athletic programs are struggling to reschedule games late in the season, as weather conditions caused many cancellations. For the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves, the boys team played just one game last week, with games against Pomeroy and Waitsburg cancelled. The game against Waitsburg has been cancelled, and the Pomeroy game is now scheduled to be played on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The lone Timberwolf game was against the Cusick Panthers. The game against the Panthers was pl...
