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 [...]
Oroville High School

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 [...]

LR holds off Oroville comeback to end Hornet’s season
WENATCHEE – Oroville’s inability to get off to a strong start cost the Hornets in a number of games this season. In Thursday, Feb. 14′s loser-out, winner-to-regionals game against Lake Roosevelt, it proved fatal to their season as the Raiders held on for a 40-36 victory that knocked Oroville from post-season play. It was the [...]
Oroville drops bi-district tourney opener
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 [...]
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. [...]

Northeast B Sub-regional wrestling results (Oroville)
Individual Results (top 6 to regionals) 106 lbs 1. Trent Skelton, LBEL 2. Jose Paco Marin, KITT 3. Tristan Chantry, SELK 4. Jordan Smith, ORO (2-2, 1 pin) 5. Jacob Smith, LR 6. Zack Erickson-King, LR 113 lbs 1. Justin Chantry, SELK 2. Logan Weber, KITT 3. Danny Humsiston, LBEL 4. Ronel Kee, ORO (1-2) [...]
Big second half propels Raiders past Hornet boys
OROVILLE – Oroville’s boys basketball team held its own for a half against division-leading Lake Roosevelt on Friday, Jan. 18. But the Hornets’ offense ran dry in the second half, and Lake Roosevelt pulled away with a 30-18 second half to hand Oroville a 53-38 defeat. The Raiders’ defense hounded Oroville’s leading scorer, Connor Hughes, [...]

Lake Roosevelt girls pull away from Hornets in fourth
OROVILLE – Lake Roosevelt moved into sole possession of the Central Washington League North Division’s top spot on Friday with a 50-37 victory at Oroville. The Hornets and Raiders were tied for the top spot heading into the game. Oroville played perhaps its best three quarters of the season as they trailed by just four [...]

Tonasket wins Apple Pie Invitational
Tiger wrestlers claim their fourth tournament title of the season, this time at home.
Tietje, Hornet girls thwart Kittitas
Katie Tietje made Kittitas pay for its focus on shutting down Lily Hilderbrand.


