WENATCHEE – Oroville’s girls basketball took a 2-0 lead over White Swan in Tuesday’s 2B Bi-District 5/6 semifinal, but it went downhill from there for the Hornets as the Cougars rolled off 21 straight points on the way to a 68-31 victory. Oroville trailed 34-11 at the half and could never get back in the [...]
Sports and Outdoors
Tuesday, Feb. 12, Basketball District Tourney Scores
2B District 5/6 Tournament at Wenatchee Girls Basketball White Swan 68, Oroville 31 Riverside Christian 69, Lake Roosevelt 49 Hornets play Lake Roosevelt in a winner-to-regionals, loser-out contest Thursday, Feb. 14, 4:00 pm at Wenatchee HS Tournament Bracket Boys Basketball Liberty Bell 41, Manson 38 Riverside Christian 54, Bridgeport 35 Tournament Bracket
Hornets’ Smith heads to state
Robinson joins him as alternate REARDAN – The Eastern Regional tends to be the tougher of the two regionals in 1B/2B wrestling, and while it will take next weekend’s state tournament at the Tacoma Dome to bear that out for certain, it certainly doesn’t look like this year will be an exception to that rule. [...]

Tigers send five wrestlers, three alternates to state finals
CHELAN – Eight Tonasket wrestlers, including five automatic qualifiers, survived Saturday’s District 6/7 Regional Tournament at Chelan to earn spots at this weekend’s state 1A finals at Mat Classic XXV at the Tacoma Dome. The Tigers and their Caribou Trail League brethren flexed their muscle as the league dominated its head-to-head matchup with the Northeast [...]
Saturday, Feb. 9, Wrestling and Basketball Scores
Wrestling 1A Regional (District 5/6) at Chelan – Tonasket state qualifiers are Collin Aitcheson, Jeffrey Stedtfeld, Austin Booker, Jorge Juarez, John Rawley. Dalton Wahl, Tanner Good and Trevor Peterson are alternates. 1A Regional Bracket 2B East Regional at Reardan -Oroville state qualifier is Jordan Smith. Taylor Robinson is an alternate. B Regional Bracket Girls Basketball 2B [...]
Friday, Feb. 8 Basketball District Tournament Scores
1A Bi-District 6/7 Playoffs Boys Chelan (CTL #3) 31, Chewelah (NEA #2) 24 Okanogan (CTL #1) 70, Riverside (NEA #4) 42 Lakeside (NEA #3) 79, Cashmere (CTL #2) 72 (OT) Brewster (CTL #4) 44, Medical Lake (NEA #1) 36 Boys Tournament Bracket Girls Brewster (CTL #1) 61, Riverside (NEA #4) 29 Cashmere (CTL #3) 59, [...]
NW Ice Fishing Festival helps support visitor center
MOLSON – The 2013 Northwest Ice Fishing Festival will be the Saturday of Presidents’ Day Weekend, Feb. 16 at Molson.
Thursday, Feb. 7, Basketball Scores
Central Washington 2B League Girls Basketball Oroville 61, Liberty Bell 23 Lake Roosevelt 49, Bridgeport 20 White Swan 71, Kittitas 36 Girls bi-district tournament bracket Girls Basketball Standings / Scores / Schedules Boys Basketball Oroville 55, Liberty Bell 46 Lake Roosevelt 62, Bridgeport 54 Kittitas 51, White Swan 42 Boys bi-district tournament bracket Boys Basketball Standings / [...]
Chelan knocks Tonasket out of hoops playoffs
CHELAN – Chelan had too much size inside, too good of a half-court trap defense, and too much Michael Amsel, Jr. for the Tonasket boys basketball team to handle in its first post-season appearance since 2007. The Tigers didn’t get blow off the floor by the heavily-favored Goats, but neither were they able to mount [...]
District 6 Wrestling Results (including Tonasket)
Team Scoring: Quincy 345, Chelan 273, Tonasket 235.5, Omak 128.5, Cashmere 115, Okanogan 89.5, Brewster 73, Cascade 65 Top 4 to Regionals; 5th is Alternate 106 lbs 1. Christian Alejandrez, QCY 2. Victor Salgado, QCY 3. Anthony Payton, OKAN 4. Angel Hernandez, CHEL 5. Rade Pilkinton, TON ( 2-2, 1 pin) 6. Riley Prescott, OKAN [...]
Poll of the Week
What can we do to help stop gun violence?
- Absolutely no restrictions on the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms (45%, 106 Votes)
- Better enforcement of the gun laws already in place (40%, 95 Votes)
- Increased spending on the treatment of mental illness (36%, 85 Votes)
- Improved, quicker system of federal background checks (26%, 62 Votes)
- Get rid of the gun show loophole, background checks for all gun purchases (24%, 57 Votes)
- Ban so-called "assault weapons" from private ownership (20%, 47 Votes)
- Ban all high-capacity magazines, limit capacity to 10 rounds (20%, 47 Votes)
- Restrict the private ownership of all guns (4%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 237

