OTHELLO — Both Ellensburg coach Todd Gibson and Selah manger Mike Archer agree Sonny Garza has changed the baseball culture in Othello in just two short years.
YAKIMA — If you rolled the rock out to Royal sophomore Caleb Christensen and asked him to shoot 3-pointers from the wing, he’d probably make 9 of 10. But his shot to send the game to overtime with time ticking down at the 1A Hardwood Classic caught the rim, bounced …
YAKIMA — I brushed the six-inch accumulation of snow off the car Wednesday night after Yakima city proper got hammered with the latest Pacific Northwest blast of winter, backed out and followed the hordes toward the exit.
ROYAL — The word came down before the SCAC 1A District game against Naches Valley that Royal senior Owen Ellis needed 48 points to surpass 1,500 career points.
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MATTAWA — It’s easy to sit on the sidelines in this instant-access world, type a complaint into the response box, spew negativity off into cyberspace, some mindless, anonymous source of information meant to make yourself feel good, while kicking the next guy.
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EAST WENATCHEE — “Team score is irrelevant, it’s all about qualifying at this point,” Othello coach JJ Martinez said during the break as officials set up the championship mat at the Girls Region 4 Sub-Regional North tournament in East Wenatchee Saturday afternoon.
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ROYAL CITY — There’s been a lot of players and coaches, fans and family that have made the journey with him. And of course, the highly influential Bob Nielsen, whom he still thinks of as “Mr. Nielsen,” is looking down with a big ol’ smile.
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Growing up in Denver, I took an instant liking to Nuggets eight-time NBA All-Star Alex English. Alex was a shooting sensation back when the Lakers were Showtime and the Celtics were showstoppers.
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OTHELLO — Back in 1995, Jon Bon Jovi told the crowd before his set at the concerts for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, “ … My mother once told me if you were going to call somebody one your influences, then you need to know who their influences …
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ROYAL CITY — The T-shirts in the stands read: “Straight Outta Warden” and “We are Royal,” but Saturday night’s runaway freight train collision was all Knights, who rode an eight-game winning streak to a 75-50 win over the Cougars.
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OTHELLO — With 53 of the best girls wrestling programs in the Pacific Northwest, including one from Hermiston, Ore., maybe the Othello Lady Huskies Invite ought to be considered the women’s Tri-State Tournament.
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ROYAL CITY — Gage Christensen stood bouncing a ball just outside the locker room, gazing across the floor to the student section as the girls game wound down before the Knights’ return to the floor after the holiday break.
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ROYAL CITY — The Royal girls have been on the receiving end of Friday’s beatdown, so to go out and blast River View 57 - 25 behind Chenoa Louie’s 24 points and 17 rebounds just felt good.
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Here in the Columbia Basin one of the best football teams around will try and make some history when it goes in search of its fourth consecutive 1A state championship.
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ROYAL — Othello junior Isaiah Perez gathered his stuff in the semi-darkness of David Nielsen Stadium Tuesday night in Royal City, one of the last guys off the bench on his way to the bus.
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MATTAWA - Friday night’s SCAC East game with River View was more like the movie “A River Runs through It,” than a football game. But such is high school football in the Pacific Northwest.
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OKANOGAN — When you been through the rinse cycle as many times as the Royal Knights have, you tend not to panic when it’s game on. But there’s nothing like a good slap upside the helmet to get the competitive juices flowing.
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MOSES LAKE — Rudy Flores took a deep breath, then looked down at his shoes for a moment. When he looked back up again the Royal senior just nodded. “We’re going to dedicate this season to Silver. I talked with Connell and they went in on it,” said Flores of …
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ROYAL City — Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway topped off a Hall of Fame career with a storybook ending that’s tough to top, riding off into the sunset after winning a Super Bowl and the Super Bowl most valuable player.
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MOSES LAKE — Sophomore Hailey Garrity finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds and all five starters scored in double figures to make certain the Vikings won the most significant game to this point in the season on Saturday afternoon at DeVries Activities Center. Big Bend displaced Treasure Valley from …
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MOSES LAKE — Big Bend big man Miles Brown had a career best, finishing with 17 points and 17 rebounds. But the Runnin’ Vikes shot a dismal 15.8 percent from the arc and let a game where the lead changed hands six times in the final 13 minutes slip away …
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Trevor Hilmes left the floor with blood streaming from his nose, pooling in his hands, only to return after a short stop at the trainer’s table. Kyler Villarreal scored 13 of his game-high 41 points in overtime, including a four-point play to tie it in the first overtime.
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ROYAL CITY — Angel Farias went up strong on the offensive glass to haul in a rebound. He turned and slung it out to Corbin Christensen as he was fouled in the play.
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TACOMA — Almira/Coulee-Hartline senior Payton Nielsen couldn’t have scripted a better 18th birthday party if he would have leaned over and whispered in Santa’s ear.
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PASCO — Royal senior Kay Lester came through the gate into the staging area after finishing 22nd in 19 minutes, 45.90 seconds in the Class 1A girls race at the WIAA state cross country championships Saturday at Sun Willow Golf Course.
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WOODBURN, Ore. — Kenedee Peters and Brittany Kwon made birdie on the first hole of the playoff hole to secure medalist honors at the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier Thursday morning at OGA Course in Woodburn. Ore.
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MOSES LAKE — They are laying the groundwork to something good, changing the culture, and seeing if they can’t earn a little respect in the Northwest Athletic Conference East Region this season.
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RICHLAND — On a day where the leader came back to earth, Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters just couldn’t get off the skid to chase her down Thursday on the final day of the Washington Junior Golf Association 16-18 state tournament.
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MOSES LAKE — He’s worked the National Finals Rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days, the Pendleton Roundup and many of the major outdoor rodeo events over the course of his 43-year career.
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EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers steamrolled through the field at the North Washington Babe Ruth 13-year-old state tournament, scoring 42 runs in three games.
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EPHRATA — At the end of the day, you almost forgot it was these same two teams that had the 10:30 p.m. start on Wednesday when it took 12 hours to play four baseball games in the tournament opener at the North Washington Babe Ruth League 14-year-old state tournament at …
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TUMWATER — Ephrata senior Kenedee Peters’ bid to dance again on the world stage again came up five strokes short at the IMG Junior World Qualifier at the Tumwater Valley Municipal Golf Course held June 23-24.
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