Oakesdale finishes sixth in state

Their first opponent was drifting snow. Their second was Tulalip Heritage, which Oakesdale beat in a first round elimination game at Spokane Arena on their way to a four-game run at state, finishing sixth, five years after concerns the school may have trouble fielding a team after the breakup of the Tekoa/Oakesdale cooperative.

On Wednesday morning, after another overnight snowfall, the question became how to get players and coaches into town to meet the bus. Coach Carl Crider drove his Suburban a hundred yards down his driveway on his farm and got stuck.

"Most of us were drifted out," said se...