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No. 11 Oregon topped Washington State University, 43-29, in the Cougars' home-opener in Martin Stadium in Pullman on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Ducks got on the board first when Oregon tight end D.J. Johnson dove across the goal line, just inside the marker, as Washington State defensive back Tyrese Ross tried to prevent the score. Oregon remains undefeated at 2-0, while WSU drops to 1-1 on the season. The Cougars next travel to Stanford to play on Saturday. Kickoff is 8...
RITZVILLE – Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Athletic Director Greg Whitmore announced Sunday, Nov. 14, basketball and wrestling camps will be postponed until further notice and the weight room closed. “It was in response to the governor’s mandate, even though it doesn’t start until Wednesday,” Whitmore said Monday, Nov. 15. “We just decided it’s best. We’re bringing in athletes from different counties, different towns and different circumstances. Our focus needs to be, right now,...
CONNELL - The North Franklin School District is planning for Connell Eagles sports to resume next week. All home events are at the high school, 1131 W. Clark St. Here are the tentative schedules: Cross County Feb. 18 – 3 p.m., home meet. Feb. 25 – 3 p.m., at Zillah, 1602 Second Ave., Zillah. March 4 – 3 p.m., South-Central Athletic Conference meet at College Place, 1755 S. College Ave., College Place. March 11 – 3 p.m., at Toppenish, 141 Ward Road, Toppenish. Football Feb. 20...
PULLMAN – Washington State University starting quarterback Jayden de Laura was arrested for allegedly driving while under the influence on Saturday, Feb. 6, and has been suspended from the team. The 19-year-old was allegedly spotted on College Hill running through a stop sign on Colorado Street and driving the wrong way on Thatuna Street, Police Operations Cmdr. Jake Opgenorth said. De Laura was stopped at 2:13 a.m. He failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a B...
CHENEY — After changes necessitated by four Big Sky Conference teams bowing out of the upcoming six-game winter/spring football season, the Eastern Washington University football team will play at home and away on the same dates from Feb. 27 through April 10 despite the change of several opponents. Eastern will host Northern Arizona on March 6, Cal Poly on March 27 and Idaho on April 10. Road games will be at Idaho on Feb. 27, Idaho State on March 13 and UC Davis on April 3. The adjustments were approved by the Big Sky C...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has signed a high school girls basketball player to its roster for this spring. Talia von Oelhoffen, a 5-foot-11 guard, will graduate early from Chiawana High School in Pasco to begin her college career for the Beavers, head coach Scott Rueck said Friday. She has already enrolled in classes at the university. von Oelhoffen signed a letter of intent with the Beavers in November. "Talia is a very special person and player, and we are a...
PULLMAN — The Washington State Cougar football team will host only its second home game Saturday as California rolls into town. The Cougars, 1-2, and banking on freshman quarterback Jayden de Laura to be the deciding difference in the game against the 1-3 Bears. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. Since no audience is allowed, the game will air on FOX TV stations in the region....
SPOKANE — Hunters reporting their 2020 black bear, deer, elk or turkey results by Jan. 10 will have the opportunity to win one of nine deer and elk incentive permits for fall 2021. State Department of Fish and Wildlife Game Division Manager Anis Aoude said the agency is offering the special permits, which will be awarded through a drawing this spring, as an incentive to encourage hunters to report results as soon as possible. Special hunts include five deer permits and four elk permits in various areas. To qualify for th...
RICHLAND — The Hanford Reach steelhead fishery will close Jan. 1. The closure is from the Interstate 182 bridge upstream to the old Hanford townsite powerline crossing over the Columbia River. It will remain in effect iuntil April 15. State Department of Fish and Wildlife said the closure is being ordered due to predictions of a low Ringold Springs Hatchery return. The run is expected to be the lowest in more than 20 years, officials said, noting the hatchery needs broodstock to produce a goal of 180,000 juvenile steelhead t...
REARDAN - More than 70 small school coaches and educators are calling on the governor to allow them to resume sports post haste. In a letter penned Dec. 10 by Superintendents Eric Sobotta of Reardan and Jim Kowalkowski of Davenport, officials representing 1B, 2B and 1A teams called for school sports to resume without delay. Signatures were still being gathered Tuesday, Dec. 15. Most of the teams represented are in Lincoln, Whitman and Adams counties, including Lind-Ritzville,...
PASCO — The 42nd annual Lampson Cable Bridge Run will take place in person Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19 and 20. The event includes 1 mile, 5k and 10k races, with waves starting at 9 a.m. each day. The races start and finish in Riverview Park, 1524 W. A St. The 1-mile route goes from the park to the bridge and back, organizers said. Finishers will receive a prepackaged snack and a water bottle. The 5k route will loop over the Cable Bridge and back spanning the Columbia River b...
ELTOPIA — Out of 32,000 boat inspections here along U.S. Highway 395 and in Spokane County, only 25 vessels were found to have invasive zebra and Quagga muscles. In addition to the mussels, Fish and Wildlife employees said they found invasive aquatic plants in 632 boats and standing water in 168 boats. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife did not release any current information on how much taxpayer money was spent to man the stations for the last 11 months. In the budget plan for the 2017-19 biennium, the agency p...
OLYMPIA — The state Fish and Wildlife Commission is expected to consider approving a land transaction and hear updates on a wide variety of topics during its Dec. 3-5 virtual commission meeting. The commission will begin with fish and wildlife committee meetings at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, discussing hatchery reform policies, spring bear hunts, grazing policies and fire response on publicly owned lands managed by the agency. The commission convenes again Friday, beginning at 10 a.m., and will consider transferring 175 a...
RENTON — The pandemic has struck another blow to local athletics. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Assiation voted to delay the start of winter sports to Feb. 1, 2021, and shorten each sports season to seven weeks apiece at its Nov. 17 meeting. Practices for winter sports season, the most prominent of which are basketball and wrestling, were originally scheduled to begin Dec. 28, with competitions coming shortly after. However, a surge of positive COVID-19 cases a...
CHENEY – Connell volleyball standout Alyssa Radke of Mesa was one of four players to sign letter of intent to play for the Eastern Washington University volleyball team on the first day of the national period, Nov. 11. All four players are from the Pacific Northwest – two from Washington and two from Oregon. "Our 2021 class is a group of hard-working, ambitious and talented women," Eastern head volleyball coach Leslie Flores-Cloud, said in a news release announcing the sig...
They may be on a bucking horse in Montana, or riding bulls in Colorado or parking their gear bag behind the chutes at practice pens near Reardan. They are sometimes smaller than their fellow riders and can easily be spotted by their long hair and narrow shoulders. They are spunky, brave and stubborn. These are the women of roughstock. In rodeo, roughstock, or the events featuring bucking horses and bulls, are usually considered men's events. But a new generation of cowgirls is...
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PULLMAN - The Rolovich era will begin in 2020 after all for WSU football as the Pac-12 CEO Group voted Thursday, Sept. 24, to resume athletics competition Nov. 6. The team will play seven games, all within the conference. No fans will be allowed at any PAC-12 football venue. WSU will also not host tailgating. The CEO Group noted that the decision to resume play - which had been postponed to no earlier than Jan. 1 - was based on updated Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory...
OLYMPIA – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comment on a proposed spring black bear season rule change. The proposed rule modifies season dates, permit numbers in some areas and removes two private timberland properties from the North Skagit hunt. “We need your feedback on the proposed rule to better understand how the public feels about adjusting season dates and permit numbers in some areas,” Game Division Manager Anis Aoude said. “We’ll use this information to guide how we offer spring black bea...
RITZVILLE – High school athletic training camps began again this week, after the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association opened up the coaching window from now through the end of November. "Starting Monday, we are fortunate and excited to be allowed to do some of these activities like we did in July," Lind-Ritzville Athletic Director Greg Whitmore said Oct. 6, adding there were still lots of details to work out. He said Session 1, which began Monday, Oct. 12, will run for about two weeks, with outdoor sports going f...
A salmon fishing boat floats the Columbia River near Vernita Bridge on Saturday morning. A "fishing village" has grown at the bridge over the last few weeks as salmon runs make their way up the mainstem Columbia en route to spawning grounds in North-Central Washington....
PASCO — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has released an update on the salmon fishery. Through Oct. 15, fishermen between The Dalles Dam and the U.S. Highway 395 bridge (the Blue Bridge) at Pasco may catch up to six salmon, but only two Chinook or coho adults may be retained daily Officials said the minimum size is 12 inches, and snagging is not allowed. Only fish hooked inside the mouth may be kept. All steelhead must be released, officials said. After Oct. 16, the anti-snagging rule is relaxed, officials said. F...
DALLESPORT — A tribal treaty gillnet fishery will open at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, along the Columbia River. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, commercial tribal gillnetting will be allowed until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. Tribal fishermen may use gillnets with an 8-inch minimum mesh size during that time. The gillnet fishery allows tribal fishermen to keep all species of salmon as well as steelhead, shad, yellow perch, bass, walleye, catfish, and carp, officials said. Fish caught in a gillnet may be sold d...
OTHELLO — While the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is lifting it's ban on most agency-managed lands, some restrictions will remain in place in South-Central Washington. According to agency Lands Division Manager Cynthia Wilkerson, the target-shooting ban was lifted Oct. 1 in North-Central and Northeast Washington. But a campfire ban remains in place through Oct. 15 at all agency-,managed wildlife areas in Yakima and Kittitas counties, she said. A campfire ban also remains in place through Oct. 31 at the Columbia B...
YAKIMA — The Department of Fish and Wildlife will host an online meeting on the role of public lands for people and wildlife in Yakima, Kittitas, Franklin and Benton counties from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28. Agency Director Kelly Susewind, South-Central Regional Director Mike Livingston and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Senior Lands Manager Bill Richardson and Director of Lands Jennifer Doherty, and plus Forterra's Lands Manager Collette MacLean and CEO Michelle Connor will participate. The not-for-profit Forterra is trying t...