Colton's Luke Moore named Presidential Scholar

Colton had possesion of the football on a November night in Asotin.

Wildcats’ lineman Luke Moore, lined up as a tight end in a playoff game, went out and the throw came to him wide open behind the Garfield/Palouse defense.

No. 71 ran for the end zone.

Now he’s on his way to Washington, D.C., as a 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar.

U.S. Secretary of Education John King announced last Wednesday the selection of Luke Moore of Garfield, who attends Colton High School, as a 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar.

Moore is one of 160 American high school seniors to be named for outstanding academic achievement...