TACOMA – The most painful place of all to finish at the state tournament is second, no matter how deserved the accolades for doing so might be. Tonasket’s Austin Booker was close enough to a state championship to taste it, leading 4-3 heading into the third and final period of his state title [...]
Caribou Trail League
Friday, Feb. 15 District Basketball Scores
1A District 6/7 at Omak & Okanogan Girls Okanogan 69, Riverside 22 (loser out) Cashmere 48, Lakeside 44 (loser out) Cashmere vs. Okanogan on Saturday for third place / loser out Brewster vs. Chelan on Saturday for district championship District bracket Boys Cashmere 67, Chelan 51 (loser out) Chewelah 53, Lakeside 50 (loser out) Cashmere [...]

State wrestling Day 1 summary | updated
Note: updated information for second session, added photos to gallery below. TACOMA – Here’s the run-down of how local wrestlers have fared on the first day of state tournament action. Tonasket had four of its five wrestlers survive the first day of the tournament, with two – Jeff Stedtfeld and Austin Booker – advancing to the [...]

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, [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, Feb. 5 Basketball Scores
Caribou Trail League bi-district play-in games Boys Chelan 54, Tonasket 34 (Chelan is CTL #3 seed to bi-district, Tonasket’s season is over) Brewster 55, Quincy 43 (Brewster is CTL #4 seed to bi-district, Quincy’s season is over) Boys bi-district bracket Girls Cashmere 56, Omak 32 (Cashmere is CTL #3 seed to bi-district, Omak’s season is [...]
Friday, Feb. 1 Basketball Scores
Friday’s scores
Thursday, Jan. 31 Basketball Scores
Thursday’s scores
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


