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By Brock HiresThe Chronicle

AENEAS VALLEY TheNorth Star Fire continuedracing across the ColvilleIndian Reservation thisweekend and growingnorthward toward AeneasValley.

The fire has not yet mergedwith the Tunk Block Fireburning east of Tonasket andOmak, as well as the adjacentChewiliken and Tunk valleys.

Should the fires merge, theentire complex will be largerthan last years CarltonComplex wildfires that burned256,108 acres in southernOkanogan County.

Fire officials said yesterdaythat when improved fireinformation is available, firemanagers will be able todetermine perimeters of thefires more precisely.

Meanwhile, the Tunk BlockFire is only a couple miles westof the North Star Fire. Thelatter, now estimated at126,522 acres, continues toburn along the Colville IndianReservation with nocontainment in sight.

As of press time Saturdayafternoon, Level 3 (highest)evacuation orders remained ineffect for all of Aeneas Valley,Nespelem and surroundingareas.

The sky may be clear in theAeneas Valley; however, theAeneas Valley area is still in aLevel 3 status, officials saidSaturday morning. Please staysafe and avoid this area; Firebehavior can change quicklyand we do not want anyone toget trapped in that area.

State Highway 20 fromTonasket east to Aeneas Valleywas closed Friday, with somestate Department ofTransportation escort openings.

Although as many as 2,000structures remain threatened,fire officials were adamantSaturday that no structureshave been lost in the North StarFire.

However, unconfirmedresidential reports indicatemultiple structures weredestroyed Friday morning inthe Haley Creek and Disautelareas, southeast of Omak.

State Highway 155 has beenclosed between Omak andNespelem.

And Colville IndianReservation forests are closedto the public due to extremefire danger.

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Another firefighter transported to hospital

By Roger HarnackThe Chronicle

OMAK A Grant Countyfirefighter was transported toMid-Valley Hospital after beingtaken off the fire line alongGreenacres Road on Friday

afternoon.Incident command officials

in the Okanogan CountyEmergency Operations Centerdid not have the name and ageof the firefighter, nor did theyhave information on the extentof his injuries or treatment.

The firefighter wastransported by pickup truckfrom the Greenacres Road areato Omak Municipal Airport at11:55 a.m. There, he was put ona gurney and loaded into aLifeLine Ambulance bound forMid-Valley Hospital.

An employee at the hospitalSaturday said the firefightersstatus could not be looked upwithout his name.

The firefighter is the fifthknown to have beentransported to a hospital.

Daniel Lyon, 25, of Puyallup,was flown to HarborviewMedical Center in Seattlefollowing a vehicle crash in theline of fire Aug. 19. At leastseven firefighters were involvedin that incident.

Former Carlton residentTom Zbyszewski, 20, of Walla

Walla; Andrew Zajac, 26, ofWinthrop and RichardWheeler, 31, of South Haven,Mich., were killed in thatincident. And fire officials haveyet to release the names, ages,hometowns or conditions of theother firefighters.

According to the U.S. ForestService, those involved in thatincident were in a vehicle thatcrashed in the Twisp River areaand were overtaken by fire.

Dr. Tam Pham, who istreating Lyon, said thefirefighter suffered third-degree

burns over more than half of hisbody and is in intensive care.

He will have a long recoveryahead of him, hospital officialssaid.

A team will review the firefighters actions and the crash

The investigation will becoordinated with theWashington state DNRinvestigation of injuries of twowildland firefighters sustainedon the same fire, a statementreleased by the U.S. Forest

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By Dee CampThe Chronicle

MAK Firescontinue to hammerOkanogan and Ferrycounties, leavingresidents on edge

and mourning losses ofhomes, and fire officialsscrambling as flames spotahead, flare up in alreadyburned neighborhoods oradvance into new areas.

The intensity is hard todescribe in the rightterms, said Commissionerof Public Lands PeterGoldmark, who visitedOkanogan County onWednesday. Its anothervery, very dangerous anddamaging fire season.

A Red Flag Warning wasissued Saturday afternoonby the National WeatherService for EasternWashington for 1 p.m.today to 9 p.m. Mondaybecause of hot, dry andunstable weatherconditions, and thepotential for increased fireactivity. A similar warning

was issued last week; itexpired Friday.

Six fires some of whichhave merged make up theOkanogan Complex. Theyhave burned many homesin the Omak, Okanogan,Riverside, Conconully andTwisp areas. An exact countwas not available at presstime, because the fires werestill raging, OkanoganCounty Sheriff FrankRogers said.

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CHEWILIKEN VALLEY Albert Wilson stood on hisfamilys land along McLaughlinCanyon Road, shaking his headThursday night.

The Tunk Block Fire, one of

the blazes burning in theOkanogan Complex, hadcrested the ridge and was racinginto the farming ChewilikenValley community.

Most of valley residents hadevacuated, but Wilson and hisfamily stayed, determined tosave as many homes as theycould.

Using farm equipment, theycreated fire breaks aroundhomes in the valley, now filledwith an eerie orange glow.

They had a chance (to putout the fire), Wilson said ofstate Department of NaturalResources fire crews attempt tostop the fire as it entered in thevalley. They left.

The crew he was speaking ofwas working on a hillside abovethe valley along ChewilikenValley Road, along the segmentthat connected to Tunk Valley.But down below, it was theranching family doing battlewith flames approaching

homes.The Wilsons saved three

homes that night, but couldntsave the others.

Dont get me started, hesaid, referencing theprofessional firefighters thatcame and went with nary aword.

The story was the samehigher up in the valley, whereLeigh Thomas and a fewneighbors had come together to

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By Roger HarnackThe Chronicle

NESPELEM As Colvilletribal officials are trying to givesome normalcy back toreservation residents, theNorth Star Fire is continuing togrow to the south and east.

As of 10:30 p.m. Mondaynight, the last posted updateprior to press time, the fire hadburned an estimated 150,000acres, mostly on the portion ofthe reservation in OkanoganCounty.

But the fire has crept off thereservation toward AeneasValley and has edged into FerryCounty.

Fire crews are alsomonitoring the north and westflanks of the fire due to theproximity of the Tunk BlockFire, which is also making amarch toward Aeneas Valleyand has spread onto thewestern edge of thereservation.

Nespelem Valley ElectricCooperative crews are trying tokeep the lights on for those whostill have homes, but workerssay thats a difficult task withmore than 100 power polesburnt on the reservation.CenturyLink crews are alsotrying to repair burnt telephonelandlines since cellphonesdont have service availableover most of the reservationlandline is the best form ofcommunication.

On Monday, Colvilleofficials opened state Highway155 linking Nespelem andOmak. It was the first day theroute was available since lastweek. A detour on ColumbiaRiver Road has remained openduring the fire.

Southwest IncidentManagement Team No. 5officials began assessing thefires growth potential towardKeller and Republic, and weredetermining where crewsshould build fire lines if theneed arises.

Fire officials planned tomeet with residents Tuesdaynight in Republic to discuss thefire and related issues.

As of press time, newevacuation notices were ineffect from the reservationboundary north to McMannCreek along state Highway 21.

Meanwhile, old Level 3notices, meaning residentsshould leave, are beingmaintained in the MosesMountain, Haden Creek, OwhiFlats, Disautel, Aeneas Valleyand West Fork areas.

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Flames engulf a home on Riverside Cutoff Road last week as the Tunk Block Fire moves from Riverside toward Omak.

New record: Largest fire

By Dee CampThe Chronicle

OMAK The OkanoganComplex fire surpassed lastsummers Carlton Complex firein acreage on Monday, makingit the largest fire in statehistory.

And its still growing.As of mid-day Monday, the

fire had blackened 256,567acres. Updated information wasnot available at press timeTuesday morning.

Last Julys Carlton Complexfire topped out at 256,108 acres.It destroyed 237 homes and 53cabins, plus forest, range,orchard and crop lands; wildlifeand livestock; fences,outbuildings, farm machineryand vehicles; and utilityinfrastructure.

This years OkanoganComplex has destroyed dozensof homes, but the tally is justbeginning, Okanogan CountyAssessor Scott Furman said.

We started going out today.Each day will bring us part ofthe puzzle, he said Monday.

Areas known to suffer homelosses include Tunk andChewiliken valleys; the LimeBelt; Riverside Cutoff,Greenacres and Johnson Creekroads; Conconully Highway;Salmon Creek-Happy Hill, and

Pleasant Valley-B&O Road.Early estimates have rangedfrom three dozen to 100.

Once the smoke lifts, anaerial attack is planned to knockout as much fire as possible,Sheriff Frank Rogers said.Active fire burned Tuesdaymorning in forested areas nearLoomis, the Aeneas Valley,Colville Indian Reservation,west of Twisp, Black Canyonand on the Loup.

Fire officials expected theTunk Block fire to spreadnortheast along Peony CreekRoad and east toward AeneasCreek, the Lime Belt/Blue Lakefire to head south toward theBeaver Lake Fire and northeasttoward U.S. Highway 97 and

Pine Creek Road, the BeaverLake fire to head northeasttoward the Lime Belt and theTwisp River Fire to headnorthwest-west alongThompson Ridge.

Movement is dependent onwinds.

The lightning-caused firestarted Aug. 15 as five fires Blue Lake, Silver Hill, LimeBelt, Tunk Block and BeaverLake. The Twisp River Fire,which started Aug. 19, wasadded later.

All but the Twisp River Firehave grown together andbecame known mostly as theLime Belt, Tunk Block andBeaver Lake fires.

As of Monday night, the

Okanogan Complex fires were10 percent contained, with fireburning mostly in forestedareas. They left most ofOkanogan County chokingunder a thick blanket of smokelabeled as hazardous by thecounty health district.

The fires remained mostlyaway from populated areas for acouple days, then on Aug. 18began advancing rapidly.

Bombers dropped load afterload of bright red retardant inthe Conconully, Scotch Creek,Happy Hill, Riverside, northPogue Flat andChewiliken/Tunk Valley areasall day Aug. 18, only to be

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Cityprepsfor aLevel 3

By Brock HiresThe Chronicle

REPUBLIC As the KettleComplex fires continue to raceout of control in Ferry County,many residents andcommunities are on edge andmaking contingency plans.

On Monday, the city and theFerry County Sheriffs Officeannounced an emergencypreparedness plan, should thecity be upped from a Level 2 toa Level 3 evacuation order.

If the city moves to a Level3 evacuation, we will utilize thefire siren to warn residents toevacuate immediately,officials said. Until the firedanger is over, we will notutilize the siren for any purposeother than to notify residents ofa Level 3 evacuation notice.

Officials said if the city isevacuated, residents are askedto go to the high school at36306 state Highway 20.

Also on Monday, FerryCounty Commissioners agreedto cancel this years FerryCounty Fair in wake of theregional wildfires.

There are plans being madefor market sale animals,however, the fire andcommunity safety issues areour top priority, officials said.

While this may come as sadnews, fire officials say theymade successful progress overthe weekend and continuetrying to gain the upper handon three separate blazes thatcomprise the 56,208-acreKettle Complex fires.

Fire officials are workingtogether to prioritize incidentpersonnel and managenumerous incidents, Type 1Incident ManagementCommander Mike Ciraulo said.An Area Command Team is inplace to provide additionalleadership and support toKettle Complex, North Star fire,the Colville Complex andKaniksu Complex.

Ciraulo said firefightersfrom 27 states, BritishColumbia, the WashingtonNational Guard are assistinglocal firefighting efforts.

While officials said nohomes have been lost due to theblaze, a barn and detachedgarage have been leveled.

Residents wanting specificinformation are asked to callthe county emergency hotline

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Road at the intersectionof Bid-a-Wee Road

to extinguish flames in dry grass. At right, a

road closed sign on TunkValley Road also sportsThank you Fierfiters

posters and notes fromRiverside-area children.

A fireman tries to slow the flames encroaching on Conconully Highway at Seven Devils. Fire crews held the location as long as they could before it jumped the highway and blew over Happy Hill.

A local firefighter, his tanker and a brush truck move up a drivewayoff Greenacres Road outside Omak to begin structure protectionefforts to save a home in the line of fire.

Deputy Incident CommanderMatt Reidy of Tonasket points out an area along North B&O Road were firemoved down a ridge and laterdestroyed a house.

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Manson pulled into a tie forfourth place in the CentralWashington 2B League bytaking out Bridgeport, 3-1, onTuesday at Manson.

Manson won 19-25, 25-17,25-17 and 25-18, coach HayliLibbey-Thompson said.

We had too many serveerrors and attack errors,Bridgeport coach HannaCoffman said. We will regroupand refocus our efforts to playmore consistently.

Teams are finishing up thefirst time through the leaguethis next week.Bridgeport highlights: Almendra

Velazquez 3 aces, 12 digs; JordanPeart 9 kills, 4 aces, 5 blocks; ShayleePolvos 2 aces, 6 kills, 3 blocks.Manson highlights: Ally Paige 10

digs, 13/13 serving, 2 aces; MaddeeWard 14 kills; Baylee Ward 11 kills;Analexis Manjares 11 digs; DaicyLeyva 34 assists. Manson served 100percent in the second set.

Brewster 3, Lake Roos. 0Brewster blanked Lake

Roosevelt, 3-0, in a leaguevolleyball match Tuesday at

Brewster.The Bears prevailed, 25-16,

25-15 and 25-10, Brewster

coach Gordon Wright said.The girls played very solid,

Wright said. They served well,they passed well, they stayed inthe moment and just kept thepeddle down as they looked likea good team today.

We allowed Brewster todictate our game flow, LakeRoosevelt coach Kasey Garvinsaid. We passed a lot of ballsoff target, throwing our offenseout of system. We are definitelya far different team on the roadthan when we are at home.Brewster highlights: Angie

Vazquez 11/11 serving, 1 ace, 2.20(out of 3.0) passer rating; VanessaTerrones 9/9 serving, 2.33 passerrating; Marquette Miller 21 kills, 11digs, 2.40 passer rating; YvetteSanchez 10 digs.Lake Roosevelt highlights:

Kaylee Duclos 2 kills, 1 ace; JocelynMoore 2 kills, 1 block, 3 digs, 1 ace, 1assist; Sean Garvin 3 kills, 1 ace, 8assists, 1 dig; Aianna Picard 4 kills, 1ace, 1 dig; Areielle White 1 kill, 1 ace;Addison Hansen 1 kill, 2 solo blocks;Cassi Palmer 1 ace.Okanogan 3, Liberty Bell 0

The Okanogan High Schoolvolleyball team remains

undefeated this seasonfollowing a 25-17, 25-19 and 25-9 win over Liberty Bell in leagueplay Tuesday at Winthrop.

I thought our girls played alittle tired tonight, Okanogancoach Michelle Daling said. Wehad our tournament lastweekend in combination withthe fair. We have many girlswho showed animals and alsoplayed in five volleyball gameson Saturday. We were definitelytired, but were able to doenough to win in three games.Okanogan highlights: Jordyn

Boesel with 9 kills and Teresita Aragonserving 17-for-18 with 2 aces.

Tonasket 3, Oroville 0Tonasket knocked off

Oroville in a match tighter thanthe final score, 3-0, wouldindicate Tuesday at Tonasket.

The Tigers prevailed 25-19,25-23 and 25-20 in a leagueplay Tuesday.

This was a very close andexciting game, Oroville coachNichole Hugus said.Unfortunately we lost, but I amexcited at how well they areplaying together. Our team is upto full strength again after a two

week injury for HannahHilderbrand.

We still need to work on ourserve receive, but we arelooking a lot better.Oroville highlights: Wendy

Ortega 10/10 serving; Mikayla Scott9/9 serving, 1 ace, 4/5 hitting, 2 kills, 2blocks; Jennifer Cisneros 8/8 serving;Courtnee Kallstrom 8/10 serving;Hannah Hilderbrand 7/9 hitting, 4 kills,2 blocks; Havannah Worrell 4/4 hitting.Tonasket highlights: Alexa

Sutton 3 aces, 11 kills; Olivia Sutton 7aces, 3 kills; Taylon Pilkinton 5 aces, 13assists; Kasey Nelson 4 aces, 2 kills.

Tuesday, Oct. 6Cashmere at OmakMLCA at PaterosBrewster at BridgeportOkanogan at OrovilleTonasket at MansonLake Roos. at Liberty Bell

Team league overallOkanogan 6 0 6 0Brewster 5 1 5 2Lake Roos. 3 2 3 2Manson 3 3 3 3Tonasket 3 3 3 3Liberty Bell 2 4 3 5Bridgeport 1 4 1 4Oroville 0 6 0 6

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The passing of Yogi Berraon Sept. 22 at age 90 silenceda unique voice within thesporting community.

Yogi was an 18-timebaseball All-Star, appearedin 14 World Series as acatcher with the Yankees(they won 10 times) and in1999 was one of 100 playersselected to Major LeagueBaseballs All-Century team.

People loved his fracturedquotes, sometimes evenmixing them up with otherpeoples quotes.

The most recent miscuewas by New York Mayor Billde Blasio, who grew up inBoston. During a Fridayinterview, he used the fatlady line with credit to Yogiwhile talking aboutHurricane Joaquin nothitting his city.

The correct Yogi-ism is Itaint over til its over.

The fat lady line iscredited to Ralph Carpenter,sports information directorwith Texas Tech, who saidThe opera aint over untilthe fat lady sings in 1976.

The phrase is in referenceto large sopranos wearinghorned helmets who oftenclosed operas with longsongs.

Similar colloquialismsinclude dont count yourchickens before they hatchand nothing is carved instone.

Yogi would have just said,Its dj vu all over again.

No one can truly take theplace of Yogi and hishumorous insights.

We do have JohnMadden, who has a love formustard.

Look at that throw, heput all the mustard on thathog dog.

Or, No, look at my tie,the mustard made it green,after spilling yellow mustardon his red tie.

Marshawn Lynch wouldsay, Thanks for asking.

I remember a logicthing in school, where youfind a troll at a split in theroad. The troll can only lie.What do you ask in orderto learn the correct road totake?

Yogis take would be,When you come to a fork inthe road take it.

Some other favorites ofmine, not often heard,include, He hits from bothsides of the plate. Hesamphibious, and, LittleLeague baseball is a verygood thing because it keepsthe parents off the streets.

Another thing that freaksme out is time, said MikeTyson, another quotablesports-type. Time is like abook. You have a beginning,a middle and an end. Its justa cycle.

The cycle is over for Yogi.I will miss his hound-dogface, his mixed up quotesthat made no sensesometimes, and lots of senseother times.

A lot of guys go, Hey,Yog, say a Yogi-ism. I tellem, I dont know any. Theywant me to make one up. Idont make em up. I donteven know when I say it.Theyre the truth. And it isthe truth. I dont know.

Al Camp is the sports editor at The Chronicle. Email him [email protected].

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Cashmere 54

Liberty Bell 64

Pateros 18

Oroville 14

Kettle Falls 16

Warden 60

Lake Roos. 24

Inchelium 16

Republic 84

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Jesse Gomez of Bridgeport, left, and Javier Pastor of Chelan work against each other near the finish line Tuesday in Tonasket.

Runners get workoutBy Al CampThe Chronicle

TONASKET A shortcourse might have made for aneasy cross country runWednesday, but hills made for agreat workout at the TonasketInvitational.

I was most excited by oursteady improvements as ateam, Bridgeport coach JohnCassleman said.

Today previewed thedistrict meet, Cassleman said.Its going to be a tight race forthe third spot to state.

Chelans Mereck Palazzowon the boys side in 15minutes, 33 seconds, which was11 seconds ahead of OmaksIsrael Escamilla (15:44).Bridgeports Oren Cox wasthird (16:08).

Those kids are fast, saidCox after being passed on a hillmidway through the race. Imnot good on hills.

He (Cox) would go downthe hills really fast, Escamillasaid. I would pass him up thehills. We would go back andforth.

There were a lot of hills anda lot of hard work, Omaks BenKraske said. There were a lot ofopportunities to pass.

The Tonasket boys teamappears to have the inside shotat the No. 1 seed to state after

winning the invitational.Brewster, Okanogan and

Bridgeport are in for a gloriousshowdown, Cassleman saidafter the teams finished in a 19-point span.

The only CentralWashington 2B League teamsmissing from the meet wereLiberty Bell, led by top runnerBen Klemmeck, and LakeRoosevelt.

Jenna Valentine took first(20:10) and teammate JohnnaTerris (20:19) was second forthe Tonasket girls, who took theteam title.

Thanks to some great help,the meet went very well,Tonasket coach Bob Thorntonsaid. The team was able to putaside the distraction ofhomecoming and race well. Weare starting to get in racingshape both physically andmentally.

Varsity (2.8 miles)Boys team scores: 1,

Chelan 65. 2, Omak 68. 3,Tonasket 78. 4, Brewster 92. 5,Bridgeport 108. 6, Okanogan111. 7, Manson 170. 8, Oroville200.

Individual: 1, MereckPalazzo, Chelan, 15:33. 2, IsraelEscamilla, Omak, 15:44. 3, OrenCox, BP, 16:08. 4, DillonDawson, Chelan, 16:14. 5,Hunter Swanson, Ton., 16:22.6, Henry Elsner, Chelan. 7,Edgar Guzman, Brew., 16:27. 8,Heriberto Sarimento, Manson,16:49. 9, Bryden Hires, Ton.,16:58. 10, Blake Chesledon,Okan., 16:59.

Girls team scores: 1,Tonasket, 31. 2, Chelan 41. 3,Omak 50.

Individual: 1, JennaValentine, Ton., 20:10. 2,Johnna Terris, Ton., 20:19. 3,Addison Ivory, Chelan, 20:42.

4, Olivia Nygreen, Chelan,20:57. 5, Drew Morris, Chelan,209. 6, Katie Henneman, Ton.,21:32. 7, Evangeline Lamb,Omak, 21:35. 8, VictoriaChervinska, Ton., 21:36. 9,Hanna Smith, Okan., 21:53. 10,Sara ODell, Omak, 22:05.

Middle school (1.4 mile)Boys team scores: 1,

Omak 33. 2, Okanogan 41. 3,Manson 49.

Individuals: 1, StevenZandell, Omak, 8:51. 2, RicardoGarcia, Brew., 8:52. 3, AdamGeorge, Nesp., 9:02. 4, MasonHolborn, Omak, 9:11. 5, KyleEdmo, Nesp., 9:20 6, WestonWood, Okan., 9:26. 7, SoarinMarchand, Nesp., 9:28.8,Adrian Pinkham, Okan., 9:31.9, Sterling Ritch, Okan., 9:47.10, Bryce La Mar, Manson,10:23.

Girls team scores: 1,Omak 15.

Individual: 1, SheridanBlasey, Orov., 10:11. 2, OliviaRichards, Okan., 10:17. 3,Cassidy Carlton, Omak, 10:26.4, Zintia Lopez, Omak, 10:59. 5,Lexi LaDoux, Okan., 11:09. 6,Morgan Pakootas-Covington,Okan., 11:11. 7, Jo AnneFounier, Manson, 12:08. 8,Kyona Edmo, Nesp., 12:24. 9,Madline Click, Omak, 12:56. 10,Reily Morrison-Nelson, Okan.,13:09.

BrewsterblanksManson

By Al CampThe Chronicle

BREWSTER MarlisaGarcia scored two goals forBrewster, which blankedManson, 5-0, in a league matchTuesday at Manson.

Alondra Torres, RoseVelasco and Rosa Tinoco eachscored a goal for the Bears,Brewster coach Alex Sanchezsaid.

Our passing seems to begetting better and we createdmany opportunities, Sanchezsaid.

Goalkeeper Teresa Nila hadfour saves.

Once again an intense last20 minutes of the game fromthe Lady Trojans nearly led tothe opening goal of the season,Manson coach Jared Mumleysaid.

Okanogan 3, Tonasket 2Okanogan took over first

place by coming from behind toedge Tonasket, 3-2, in a CentralWashington 2B League matchTuesday at Tonasket.

Tonasket, which suffered itsfirst loss of the season, droppedto second place.

It was a great game, veryevenly played, Okanogancoach Dean Klepec said. Wewent behind on two differentoccasions, but played hard toget even and then pull ahead inthe end.

Our defense did a great jobof limiting their shots on goaland pressuring them any timethey did get shots.

Emmy Engle scored twogoals for Okanogan, both onassists from RachelleHamilton, who got anunassisted goal.

We came out strong thefirst half of the game. We weremaking our passes, makinggood runs off the ball, playingtogether, Tonasket coachDarren Collins said after histeam led 2-1 at the half.

Jaden Vugteveen scored ona penalty kick following a handball being called on Okanoganin the box.

Amanda Padilla scored onan assist from Vugteveen.

The second half of thegame we came out a little slowand went away from our gameplan of controlling the balland may have been a littletired, Collins said. Okanoganjust seemed a step ahead.Liberty Bell 10, Oroville 0

Liberty Bell blastedOroville, 10-0, in a leaguematch Tuesday at Winthrop.

Liberty Bell played a greatgame, but due to illness on theHornet team and aches andpains Oroville came a bit slow,Oroville coach Tony Kindredsaid.

Omak 3, Brewster 0Omak knocked off Brewster,

3-0, in a non-league matchMonday at Omak.

Omaks Lexi Pfitzer scoredtwo goals one on an assistfrom Cassidy Gates andMadison Morgan and anotherby Alicia Cervantes. Gatesscored an unassisted goal.

Trisha Priest was in thegoal and tallied her first 80minute shutout, Omak coachChris Werner said. Our frontline of Cervantes, Pfitzer, and(Jenna) Bucsko played verywell.

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Hannah Hilderbrand ofOroville knocked the ball overthe net against Tonasket.

Volleyball season nears midseason point

I was most excited by our steady

improvement as a team.Bridgeport coach John Cassleman

enough to throw you off,Timentwa said. I tried to gofast,butIonlyhadonefootinastirrup.Iwastryingtogoforit.

In order to win, Timentwasaid, Ridehard, ride fastwithnofear.Youhavetowantit.

Timentwawastheonlyotherjockeytocompeteinbothraces,also qualifying Red Whiskey.No rider was listed as ofMonday for Red River, whichinitiallyhadLeviBrothertonasthejockey.BrothertonmovedtoSkeeter for the second heat,qualifyingthehorse.

Bumped out of the secondheatwasAustinCovington,whopromised hed be riding forsomeoneThursday.

In the second heat with 18horses, twohorses and jockeyswanted to bemore than in theshow.Theywantedtobeateachother-SpadewithPeasleyandTazwithLorenMarchand.

Although Marchand wincedat losing to Peasley, he alsoknewbiggerprizesawait.

Last year he was on Tazwhentheylostaheatracetohisbrother,EdwardMarchand,on

Progress.Taz bounced back, winning

thefirstthreeSuicideRacesandclaimingasixthchampionship.

IwasjustreadytomakemymoveandTylersawmeandcutme off, LorenMarchand said.Thats OK, as long as we gotthrough the race all right, we

get to race Thursday.Were intheshow.

He said the river is lowenough this year that a racercangowhereverhewants.

Thehorsescanactuallyracethisyearall thewayacross theriver.

Tazwas slowed some going

over the top of the hill aftergettingbumpedfrombehind.

Not as fortunate this yearwas Edward Marchand onProgress. They finished as thelastuptheramp.

Thehorsegotbumpedtwicefrom behind at the bottom ofthehill,EdwardMarchandsaid

as he tried to guide Progressbetweentwohorsesintheriver.ThatsentProgressupthebackof a horse. Just as Progressrighted itself the horse wasbouncedagainfrombehind.

Al; right, were still on it,buddy, saidMarchand,28,ongettinggoingagain.

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Rocky Timentwa on Sexy leads the field down the World-Famous Suicide Race in the first run-off race Sunday. Two heats whittled the field from 35 horses to 20, the maximum allowed.

At left on top, AaronSutton got way into theair on his paint, CandyMan, in the first run-offrace Sunday. To theright of him is TonyMarchand on KetchPen. At left on bottom,Scott Abrahamsondives into the shallowOkanogan River aboardEagle Boy, whichappears to fly acrossthe water. Behind himis Louis Zacherle onGravy.

Tyler Peasley on Chief waves to the other jockies as he heads up the Okanogan River shorelinewell ahead of the field. Peasley won the second heat, too. He now must choose what horse to ride.

Louis Zacherle on Gravy, far right, holds down third place in the second heat Sunday as the field heads up the ramp.

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Suicide RaceThey call it We call it

2015 Qualifiers

OMAK Here are thequalifiersforthe80thrunningof the World-Famous SuicideRace(Horse,owner,jockey):

Amp,MiloPakootas,JoshCate

BoShay, Angel Vargas,OliverPakootas

Chief,PrestonBoyd,TylerPeasley

Eagle Boy, GeorgeMarchand,ScottAbrahamson

Gravy,DonFrazier,LouisZacherle

Grey Belly, JosephTrevino,DannyTrevino

Hector, Don Frazier,BrandonMeise

Jackpot, BronsonPeterson,HenryLaCourse

Jinx, Jeff Ford, StevenFord

Ketch Pen, ZaneMarchand,TonyMarchand

L3, Phyllis White, AlexMcCraigie

Lariat,DannyJoStensgar,TarrenMeusy

Mad Max, GeorgeMarchand,FrancisMarchand

NDN Chrome, ChrisCorey,BeaudeenAdolph

Red Whiskey, BronsonPeterson,tobeannounced

Sexy, Trisha Jack, RockyTimentwa

Skeeter, Chaylon Glover,LeviBrotherton

Spade,MontanaPakootas,TylerPeasley

Taz, Jim Phillips, LorenMarchand

Wrangler,LogunGotham,LogunGotham

And heres how theyfinished in the last-chancequalifiersSundayonStampedeHill:

Heat One 1, Chief. 2,Amp.3,MadMax.4,Wrangler.5, Sexy. 6, Ketch Pen. 7, GreyBelly. 8, Hector. 9, NDNChrome.10,Lariat.

Heat Two 1, Spade. 2,Taz. 3, Gravy. 4, Skeeter. 5,BoShay. 6, Eagle Boy. 7,Jackpot. 8, Red Whiskey. 9,Jinx.10,L3.

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Bella Bleu, Hank and Henry (adorned in racing silks from left to right) race to the finish in the third annual Low Rider dachshund race final Sunday at the Okanogan County Fair. Hank would go on to win the race. For more coverage on the Low Rider race, see Page B4.

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Rivers Anderson, right, and Venice Anderson are all smiles as they sport a painted face Sunday at the fair. The sisters are formerly from Sand Point, Alaska, but now live in Okanogan.

An ornamental horse sculpture casts a glow on fairgoers near the Arts and Crafts building. Sadie Clark, 8, of Loomis, sits and waits for judging with her lamb, Larry.

The Spinning Wheel Lady Betty Roberts, Oroville, shows off her newest woodworking creation.

Flowers are shown in the floriculture room. Superintendents said entries were up from last year.

Boots, with photographs, serve as a salute to those serving.

The Davis Shows carnival glows Friday night at the fair.

A musician plucks a banjo Friday evening on the Rotary Stage.

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OMAK Some streets onthe east side of town are beingopened to ATV use.

In the fall of 2014, the cityopened its west side streets andalleys to ATV use, but left eastOmak streets closed becausethey are within the ColvilleIndian Reservation. The tribehas objected to ATV use withinthe reservation.

In the meantime, the NorthCentral ATV Club has workedwith tribal planners and theColville Business Council toestablish a route through eastOmak to connect with RodeoTrail Road.

ATVs are allowed on thatroad under an agreementbetween the tribe andOkanogan County.

On June 4, the ColvilleBusiness Council approved aresolution allowing the use ofthree streets in east Omak -Omak Avenue, Jackson Streetand Eighth Avenue - by ATVson a one-year trial basis.

Spencer King, president ofthe ATV club, told councilmembers his group has 250family memberships and hasbeen working with many localgovernments on allowing ATVuse in their municipalities. Inaddition to connecting to tribalfacilities with the new route, italso allows campers in East SidePark to use their four-wheelersto travel into town to supportlocal businesses.

Public Works Director ToddMcDaniel will look into postingsigns to direct ATV ridersthrough in east Omak.

In other business, thecouncil:

Agreed to pay $6,492.97 tothe state Department ofTransportation to close thedowntown sidewalk and streetsprogram.

-Designated CouncilmanBarry Freel as the citysrepresentative to theAssociation of WashingtonCities annual conference.

Agreed to pay $5,000 forthe citys participation in theNorth Central WashingtonNarcotics Task Force from July1, 2015, to June 30, 2016. Theamount increased from $4,200the previous year.

Gave its support to a

project o construct a sidewalkalong Omak Avenue from theOmak Visitor InformationCenter to the pool entrance toEast Side Park. A resolution ofsupport was needed for the cityto receive federal highway grantfunds.

The long-term goal is to havea sidewalk from East OmakElementary School to OmakHigh School.

Agreed to write offuncollectible inmate medicalmedication costs from 2005.The city is responsible formedication costs and half themedical costs incurred by

inmates arrested by the policedepartment and incarcerated inthe Okanogan County Jail.

The inmates were billed; byJune 2006 only $1.36 had beencollected.

The accounts then wereturned over for collection. Of$5,231.21 billed, $4,851.17remains uncollected and weredeemed uncollectible.

Appropriated $7,000 tofinalize settlement of a publicrecords violation claim andsettling a claim related to theinjunction granted and laterremoved on the Sage Shopmarijuana store.

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OMAK The Omak SchoolDistrict has several summerprojects planned, from carpetreplacement to asphalt work.

At North Omak Elementary,the old hallway carpet has beentorn up and will be replaced witha rubber tile flooring calledMondo. Walk-off carpets will beinstalled at all entrances.

The new flooring will lookbetter and will improve thecleanliness and air quality in thebuilding, the district said. Theproject was expected to becomplete yesterday.

The old bus loops at bothNorth and East schools are beingtorn out and will be replacedwith a new four inches ofasphalt. The current loops,which are beyond the ability topatch, are broken down andbecoming a safety hazard. Theproject should be finished thisweek.

At the preschool portables,the sidewalk is being replaced tomeet Americans with DisabilitiesAct requirements and eliminatetripping hazards. Completionwas expected by yesterday.

The middle schools sevenvarious-tiered roof sections arebeing replaced with a membraneroof. Large cracks have formedin some areas, including theOmak Performing Arts Centerroof. The project should becomplete around July 24.

The center is getting newcarpeting in the foyer andauditorium. Walk-off carpet willbe installed at entrances toenhance cleanliness, the districtsaid.

The project is planned June29 to July 10.

In the high school winchesthat raise the basketballbackboards have been replacedwith an electric system the worksby remote control.

High school wrestling roompads, which are 30 years old, willbe replaced for safety and healthreasons in August.

The projects are covered bylevy funds as part of the districtsregular maintenance budget.

Chelan County offers free park access

WENATCHEE A pilot study is planned to give ChelanCounty residents free access to three Chelan County PublicUtility District parks that are managed by Washington StateParks.

Currently, those wanting to park at the facilities must have aDiscover Pass or pay a day-use fee. Under the utilitys pilotprogram, Chelan County residents and utility residentialcustomers can get a local pass for free, but must agree to keeptrack of how often they visit the parks.

The change is part of the utilitys new strategic plan, whichcalls for providing some public power benefits to customer-owners. A top priority is waiving parking fees at Daroga, LincolnRock and Wenatchee Confluence parks.

During the strategic planning process, it became clear thatmany of our customers would welcome the opportunity to usethese three parks if there werent any parking fees, License andCompliance Manager Michelle Smith said. Many localresidents dont purchase the state-issued Discover Pass that canbe used in all state park locations. We know that the day-use feecan deter local users to our parks that are managed by StateParks.

The pilot study runs from July 15 through Dec. 31, 2016.During that time, users will be asked to participate in two or

three brief surveys. The information gathered from the pilotstudy group will help the utility determine if the fee-waiverprogram is feasible in future years. Residential customers andcounty residents can apply for the pass through Sept. 30, 2016.

Those who have a Discover Pass dont need the utility districtpass, Smith said.

An open house to explain the program is planned for 5-7 p.m.Thursday in the Riverwalk Park Pavilion in Chelan.

Fireworks licenses increase this year

OLYMPIA - More retail fireworks stand licenses were issuedthis year than in 2014.

Washington state Fire Marshal Charles M. Duffy said thenumber of retail fireworks stand licenses statewide is up 7percent, or 65 licenses, from last year. A state license is requiredbefore a city or county can issue a permit to operate a fireworksstand in Washington.

Licenses are issued by county. King County saw the largestincrease in retail fireworks stand licenses issued with 15 more;followed by Clark and Pierce County, 11 more each; and GraysHarbor County, six more.

Sale of consumer fireworks begins at noon Sunday and endsat 9 p.m. July 5. A number of city and counties have restrictedor banned the sale and discharge of fireworks, so people shouldcheck with local jurisdictions before using fireworks, Duffy said.

Locally, Fourth of July fireworks displays are planned inChelan, Manson, Republic, Grand Coulee, Brewster andOroville. Omak and the Colville Confederated Tribes offer abring your own fireworks event in East Side Park.

Duffy also reminds state residents that purchasing fireworkson the Internet is illegal. In Washington, fireworks must bepurchased from a licensed retail fireworks stand during the legalsales period.

Tibbs selected for hospital seat

TONASKET Adam Tibbs will be appointed Thursday nightas North Valley Hospital District No. 5 commissioner when theboard meets for a regular meeting.

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the commissionershearing room at 203 S. Western Ave.

The decision to appoint Tibbs came after a special boardmeeting Thursday where commissioners considered Tibbs,Marylou Kriner and Leon Alden. Tibbs will fill a vacancy fromTeresa Hughes after she announced her resignation effective atthe end of may.

Hughes, who ran against Lael Duncan in the November 2013county election completed one-year and five months of the six-year term.

Tibbs fill the position until the next county election in 2017.

Salmon board meets tomorrow

WENATCHEE - The Upper Columbia Salmon RecoveryBoard will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Chelan CountyPublic Utility District auditorium, 327 N. Wenatchee Ave.

The board will consider its 2015 budget, several contracts,forest health and recovery plan program updates and hearupdates from staff members.

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Newhouses officestops in Omak

OMAK U.S. Rep. DanNewhouses staff members willbring his mobile office to townJuly 7.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.at Omak City Hall, 2 N. Ash St.

Staff members will beavailable to meet with anyonewho needs help with a federalagency or has questions orcomments on federal issues.

No appointment isnecessary.

Newhouse, R-Sunnyside,represents the states 4thcongressional district whichincludes Okanogan County.

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OKANOGAN OkanoganCounty has joined the list ofagencies issuing burn bans.

The county and the stateDepartment of Fish andWildlife both announcedburning restrictions last week.Fish and Wildlife is restrictingfires and other activities onlands it manages in EasternWashington.

Continuing hot, dryweather and droughtconditions prompted therestrictions.

Clay Sprague, manager ofthe departments LandsDivision, said the departmentis taking steps to reduce firerisk in its wildlife areas andaccess areas several weeksearlier than it did last year.

The emergency order nowin effect prohibits:

Fires or campfires.Personal camp stoves orlanterns fueled by liquidpetroleum, liquid petroleumgas or propane are allowed.

Smoking, unless in anenclosed vehicle.

Welding and the use ofchainsaws and otherequipment. Operating a torchwith an open flame andequipment powered by aninternal combustion engine isprohibited.

Operating a motor vehicleoff developed roads, exceptwhen parking in areas withoutvegetation within 10 feet ofthe roadway and parking indeveloped campgrounds andat trailheads.

Fireworks are prohibitedyear-round at all 33department wildlife areas and700-plus water access sitesaround the state. So is throwinga lit cigarette or any otherburning material from a motorvehicle on a state highway.

The restrictions areconsistent with efforts by thestate Department of NaturalResources and other local,state and federal agencies tominimize the risk of wildfires,Sprague said.

Last week, NaturalResources imposed a burnban on lands it protects inEastern Washington.

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A few points slipped awaySaturday, and could have brokenthe tie with St. Georges, whensophomore Greyson Fields didnot compete in the javelin.

He was racing the 200-meters, where he finished secondin 11.48 seconds, when the javelinevent started. Although thejavelin official was told bymembers of the Okanogan teamthat Fields was in another event,the event started without him.Fields was not allowed to throwlate because he had notpersonally telli the official ofbeing away.

It is what it is, rules arerules, Fields said.

As was the case with theboys team, the girls had anexcellent season, Spaet said. Onthe girls side we are muchdeeper, covering 16 of 18 eventsat the state meet. We feel beingone place out of earning a teamtrophy will motivate us for nextyear.

Like the boys, this teamreturns a majority of our athletes(graduating Amber Duke andSatya Kent) and we feel just asgood about them as we do aboutour boys.

Emmy Engle, a junior, led thegirls with a first place in thejavelin at 132 feet, 3 inches.

She attributes her success toextra time working with coachSpaet after practices. Her goal is tonot only break the school record of134-6, set by Kara Staggs in 2008,but to reach 140 feet.

The premier javelin throwerin the region, she won every meetthis year except her first one.

That was my fault, saidSpaet, who said he had Englejump once not knowing someoneelse had a better mark fromearlier. Shes an absolutewinner.

Engle will be competing thisweekend in the heptathlon at thestate multi events championshipsin Lake Stevens.

Other schools listed assending competitors includeOroville and Tonasket.

Rose Walts, a junior, ofTonasket wrapped up her seasonin a big way, winning the 110hurdles and long jump, takingthird in the triple jump andrunning a leg on the fourth-place4x100 relay.

Im just happy, Walts saidafter winning the 100-meterhurdles. Its my favorite event. Ijust run, I just go.

Her win in the triple jump wasby a mere quarter-inch.

That was totally unexpected,she said, noting she was fifthentering the final three jumps.

Walts is already thinkingabout college, with her biggestwish being to attend theUniversity of Oregon.

The ACH girls team won itstrophy with Katie Emerson, asenior, and Berlyn Hunt, asophomore.

Emerson won the 1B 800, 100

hurdles and 300 hurdles whilefinishing third in the javelin.

She missed the 300 hurdlesawards ceremony where thesecond and third placecompetitors raised Emersonsmedal between them. Emerson,who was competing in the javelin,returned later to stand on thepodium by herself for her medal.

It (300 hurdles) was a race Iexpected to win, said Emerson,who broke the state record with a45.72 in the preliminariesThursday. The old record was46.00 set by Kaprina Goodwin ofNorthport in 2008.

Yet Emersons personal bestin the 300 hurdles is even faster,45.17 set at a league meet May 12.

Emerson wrapped up her yearby winning the 800 in a personalbest of 2:23.23.

Shania Graham, a sophomorefrom Republic, won the 1B 1,600and the 3,200. She then finished10th in the 800.

I was really tired, Grahamsaid after the 800. I wanted totake the lead early but then ran afaster split than I usually do.From there it was hard. I kepttalking to myself to keep going.

It was not a comfortable jog,thats for sure, said teammateTiffany Byington, a freshmanwho also ran the 800. The sunwas really beating down. It washot.

Omak sent Yvonne Kilgour, asenior, and Janice Waters, ajunior, to state.

Our team was comprised ofmainly freshmen andsophomores, making our futurelook very bright, said coach NickSackman, who coached Kilgourand Waters in the field events.

Kilgour was fourth in the shotput and 14th in the javelin.

Waters, a first-yearcompetitor, was 11th in the discuswhile setting a personal best byseven feet.

Coach Sackman said if I workhard next year I could do 120 to125, Water said.

State was a great experience,lots of memories, said Kilgour,who was competing in her thirdstate meet.

She wants to continuecompeting, possibly at acommunity college.

Oren Cox, a junior, ofBridgeport, couldnt get into theschool bus quick enough.

Asked what to expect nextyear, he said, First place in allthree (distance events).

The Republic boys 4x400relay finished eighth.

Making the finals was ourgoal, sophomore Joe Koffel said.We were district and leaguechamps. Now we have a statemedallion.

Brewster was led by KarinaRincon, who finished sixth in the800 finals Saturday.

She has been one of thehardest trainers we have had inour program and it was nice tosee her go out with a medal,coach Greg Austin said.

Chance Williams, a junior,came up a half-inch short ofstepping on the podium,finishing ninth.

State was a great experiencefor both Oroville athletes (polevaulters Katie Egerton andTylynne Watkins) thatqualified, Oroville coach HaroldJensen said. From here it givesthem a base to build upon.

Boys2B boys team scores 1, Raymond

89.5. 2, North Beach 62. 3, tie,Okanogan and St. Georges, 45. 5,Asotin, 43. 13, tie, Tonasket, 15. 16, tie,liberty Bell, 13. 20, Bridgeport 11.5. 29,tie, lake Roosevelt, 4.

1B boys team scores 1, Lummi54. 2, Mount Rainier Lutheran 52. 3,Mount Vernon Christian 51.5. 4,Bickleton 48. 12, Inchelium 22. 23, tie,Republic 8.5. 25, Curlew 8.

BrewsterEdgar Guzman, 10, 14, 800

prelims, 2:09.98.Chance Williams, 11, 9, shot put,

45-00.David Cruz, 12, 15, discus, 111-

11.BridgeportOren Cox, 11, 9, 800 prelims,

2:02.22; 7, 1,600, 4:36.97; 3, 3,200,10:02.29.

Bailey Evenson, 11, 10, 110hurdles prelim, 17.84; 11, 300 hurdlesprelims, 43.47; 5, high jump, 5-10; 15,pole vault, 9-00.

Michael Brown, 11, 13, 110hurdles prelim, 18.90; 13, 300 hurdlesprelims, 44.70.

Nicanor Palacios, 10, 15, 300hurdles prelims, 45.52.

Marc Martinez, 12, 13, discus,119-10.

CurlewSpencer Reiss, 11 800 finals,

2:25.63, 8, prelims, 2:10.86; 4, 1,600,4:46.21; 7, 3,200, 10:45.97.

IncheliumQuentin Holford, 12, 18, 100

prelims, 12.05; 110 hurdles, finals, 16.41,2, prelims, 16.21; 300 hurdles finals, 4,42.54, 3, prelims, 42.47; 5, high jump, 5-8.

Tarren Meusy, 11, 14, shot put,36-5.25; 4, javelin, 143-07.

Lake RooseveltOctavio Alejandre, 12, 5, shot put,

48-2; 14, discus, 113-10.Liberty BellWil Chandler, 12, 11, 200 prelims,

23.97; 8, 400 finals, 53.18, 8, prelims,53.18;

Ben Klemmeck, 11, 8, 1,600,4:38.25; 5, 3,200, 10:04.75

Josiah Klemmeck, 12, 11,10:33.47;

Micah Klemmeck, 11, DQ, 110hurdles, 8, prelims, 17.09; 7, 300 hurdles,42.50, 7, prelims, 42.59;

4x100 relay 4, 45.07, finals, JoseDominguez, Andrew Reggiatore, WilChandler, Micah Klemmeck, 3, prelims,44.89.

4x400 relay 10, prelims, 3:36.62,Jose Dominguez, Andrew Reggiatore,Wil Chandler, Micah Klemmeck.

MansfieldCollin Pate, 12 13, long jump, 18-

5.OkanoganGreyson Fields, 10, 2, 100 finals,

11.48; 3, 100 prelims, 11.37; 4, 200finals, 23.56; 3, 200 prelims, 22.81;javelin, DNS.

Mason Guerrette, 11, 1, triplejump, 42-10.25; 3, high jump, 6-0; 4, 100finals, 11.66; 5, 100 prelims 11.49.

Dakota Huff, 10, 14, shot put, 40-11.

Austin Warren, 11, 4, javelin, 166-07

Payton Staggs, 11, 9, 400 prelims,53.49; 14, long jump, 18-8.75.

4x100 relay 3, finals, 44.73,Staggs, Guerrette, Fields and SpencerCleveland; prelims, 44.94/

RepublicDuncan Forsman, 12, 7, 1,600,

4:53.32; 9, 3,200, 11:00.35; 6, high jump,5-6.

Ryan Rose, 9, 11, 3,200,11:42.37.

Liam Bracken, 9, 6, 300 hurdlesfinals, 43.14, 4, prelims, 42.68; 10, highjump, 5-6.

Austin McQuay, 11, 10, discus,109-00.

Trevor Remien, 11, 11, javelin,129-00.

Cody Kurtz, 9, 14, javelin, 117-09.4x400 relay 8, finals, 3:51.06,

Trevor Remien, Liam Bracken, JoeKoffel, Duncan Forsman, prelims,3:40.04.

Girls1A girls team scores 1, Lynden

Christian 51. 33,tie, Omak, 5.2B girls team scores 1, Lind-

Ritzville 74. 2, St. Georges 71. 3,

Northwest Christian-Lacey 55.5. 4,Colfax 52. 5, Okanogan 42.5. 7, Tonasket32. 26, Bridgeport 8. 34, tie, Brewster, 3.37, tie, Oroville and lake Roosevelt, 2.

1B girls team scores 1, MountVernon Christian 59. 2, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 53. 3, Cusick 49. 4, Republic48.5.

Almira/Coulee-HartlineBerlyn Hunt, 10, 5, 100 finals,

13.81, 5, prelims, 13.40; 10, javelin, 91-06; 2, long jump, 16-8.25; 4, triple jump,32-05.25.

Katie Emerson, 12, 1, 800, finals,2:23.23, 1, prelims, 2:25.88; 1, 100hurdles finals, 16.26, prelims, 16.24; 1,300 hurdles finals, 46.67, 1, prelims,45.72; 3, javelin, 107-01.

BrewsterKarina Rincon, 12, 6, 800 finals,

2:30.76, 8, prelims, 2:28.12.4x100 relay 13, prelims, 54.60,

Faviola Pamatz, Daisy Gonzales, CinthiaHernandez, Karina Rincon.

BridgeportJasmine LeDuc, 9, 14, 200

prelims, 28.67.Jennifer Gomez, 9, 15, 3,200,

15:01.34.Jordan Peart, 11, 4, shot put, 35-

2.25; 6, discus, 109-04.Lupe Cancino, 9, 14, pole vault, 6-

6.Inchelium4x100 relay 12, prelims, 57.52,

Fabian Warren, Jaylene Lelone, AmyKing, Tameka Tatsey.

Lake RooseveltKatelyn Schilling, 12, 7 shot put,

33-11; 9, discus, 95-02.Liberty BellLaruen Fitzmaurice, 10, 15, 100

hurdles prelims, 17.71; 12, high jump, 4-8.

Sarina Williams, 12, 10, javelin,105-03.

OkanoganCayden Diefenbach, 11, 16, 100,

prelims, 13.72; 3, shot put, 35-5.50.Jillyan Taylor, 9, 9, 200 prelims,

27.79; 15, triple jump, 30-00.Alexis Jones, 10, 15, 200, 29.08;

8, high jump, 4-10.True Downey, 11, 15, 400 prelims,

1:05.18; 12, 800 prelims, 2:34.37.Kate Stone, 11, 13, 3,200,

14:20.61.Satya Kent, 12, 5, 100 hurdles

finals, 16.81, prelims, 16.65; 9, 300hurdles prelims, 49.29.

Laila Kent, 9, 10, 300 hurdlesprelims, 49.56.

Emmy Engle, 11, 1, javelin, 132-3; 3, discus, 122-9.

Adilia Zunie, 10, 9, javelin, 106-00.

Rachelle Hamilton, 9, 6, highjump, 4-10; 11, long jump, 14-11.25.

4x100 relay 3, finals, 51.93, SatyaKent, Keanna Egbert, Jillyan Taylor,Cayden Diefenbach; 3, prelims, 51.76.

4x200 relay 5, finals, 1:50.58,Keanna Egbert, Alexis Jones, EmmyEngle, Jillyan Taylor; 2, prelims, 1:50.75.

4x400 relay 6, finals, 4:16.18;Keanna Egbert, Alexis Jones, EmmyEngle, Cayden Diefenbach, 7, prelims,4:15.95.

OmakYvonne Kilgour, 12 4, shot put,

37-3.75; 14, javelin, 94-1.Janice Waters, 11 11, discus, 103-

5.OrovilleKate Egerton, 9, 7, pole vault, 8-

0.Tylynne Watkins, 9, 11, pole vault,

7-0.PaterosBrandy Woodward, 11, 12, 100

hurdles prelims, 18.61; 13, 300 prelims,52.61.

Jenna Miller, 10, 16, 300 hurdlesprelims, 55.92.

RepublicShania Graham, 10, 3, 800 finals,

2:28.25, 2, prelims, 2:26.80; 1, 1,600,5:30.98; 1, 3,200, 12:38.05.

Tiffany Byington, 9, 6, 800 finals,2:43.26, 5, prelims, 2:34.00; 4, 1,600,5:58.75; 3, 3,200, 13:17.79.

Sierra McQuay, 12, 7, high jump,4-8.

Carlie Rittel, 9, 14, high jump, 4-

4.4x200 relay 10, prelims, 2:00.31,

Kiana Koepke, Serena Davis, HaleyMcRae, Sierra McQuay.

4x400 relay 6, finals, 4:32.30,Shania Graham, Sierra McQuay, HaleyMcRae, Tiffany Byington, 2, prelims,4:29.58.

TonasketAlina Vlahovich, 9, 9, 100 prelims,

13.26; 10, 200 prelims, 28.00; 12, triplejump, 31-11.75.

Katie Henneman, 9, 15, 100prelims, 13.67; 13, 400 prelims, 1:04.56

Jenna Valentine, 11, 11, 1,600,5:50.97.

Jaden Vugteveen, 11, 8, polevault, 7-00.

Rose Walts, 11, 1, 100 hurdlesfinals, 15.66, 1, prelims, 15.44; 1, longjump, 16-9; 3, triple jump, 35-4.

4x100 relay - 4, finals, 51.95, 5,prelims, 52.24.

4x400 relay - 13, prelims, 4:34.96,Katie Henneman, Jaden Vugteveen,Shyane Lewis, Jenna Valentine.

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Rose Walts of Tonasket is all smiles as she wins the state 2B 100-meter hurdles at state track and field Saturday at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

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Spencer Reiss of Curlew runsin the state 1B 800 meters.


Cayden Diefenbach of Okanogan lets the shot soar.


Above, Micah Klemmeck of Liberty bell clears a hurdle. Below,Quentin Holford of Inchelium hangs with a crowd in the 100 hurdles.


Above, Karina Rincon ofBrewster looks at her time asshe finishes the 800. At right,Shania Graham, right, andTiffany Byington of Republiccompete in the 800. Below,Katie Emerson ofAlmira/Coulee-Hartline showswinning form in the 300-meterhurdles.

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Okanogans Greyson Fields takes the final handoff from SpencerCleveland in the state 4x100 relay. Below right Tonaskets AlinaVlahovich competes in the 4x100 relay preliminaries on Friday.


At left, the Okanogan boys track team holds the schools first-ever state trophy after tying for third in 2B. Above, Republicsgirls team finished fourth in 1B. At right, Almira/Coulee-Hartlines Berlyn Hunt and Katie Emerson, the Warriors onlygirls at state, hold a 1B second-place trophy.


Octavio Alejandre of LakeRoosevelt tosses the discus.


Janice Waters of Omak competes in state 1A discus.


Above, Marc Martinez of Bridgeport lets the discus fly at state.Below, Ethan Bensing of Tonasket lands after a triple jump.


TACOMA The OkanoganHigh School football team nevergave up in its quest for a secondstraight state 2B footballchampionship.

The Bulldogs, who fellbehind 27-14 at the 7:30 markin the third quarter, roared backto bring the traveling goldfootball trophy back home witha 36-34 win over Napavine onSaturday in the Tacoma Dome.

I thought the safety was theturning point in the game,Okanogan coach Erick Juddsaid as his team cut the deficitto 27-16.

Napavine, which was tryingto avenge a 17-14 loss toOkanogan in last years statefinal, attempted a punt in frontof its end zone just before theend of the third quarter. Thepunter chased the ball downafter a high snap, but went outof bounds for a two-pointsafety.

Okanogan took the free kickafterward and soon hit pay dirton a Greyson Fields three-yardtouchdown to cut the Tigerslead to 27-22 with 10:26remaining in the game. Thetwo-point conversion attemptfailed, although by a mere inch.

The Bulldogs, who trailedthree times and tied twice, tookits first lead on a MasonGuerrette 46-yard pass and runfrom Clay Ashworth (10-18, 173yards, 3TD, INT) at the 8:34mark. A two-point conversionpass to Mason Guerrette wasgood for a 30-27 lead.

I honestly thought he(defender) was going to catchup with me sooner, Guerrettesaid. When the Tiger finally metGuerrette as he turned the leftcorner, there was a collision.

Ive never hit anybody thathard, said Guerrette, whobroke through the tackle forclear sailing to the end zone.

We played Bulldog football,hit them harder than they hitus, Guerrette said.

Guerrette, during the trophypresentation, was overcomewith emotion as he realized theteams efforts, especially the 14seniors, helped leave a legacy atOkanogan two football titlesin a row.

We went down in thehistory books, he said.

Napavine passed its waydown the field to go back infront, 34-30, with 6:16 on theclock.

Okanogans drive for the win

almost wasnt, when theBulldogs lost a fumble aroundNapavines 30.

Guerrette, who recoveredthe loose ball for a 14-yard gain,and senior Joe Esquivel (one

pass for 13 yards) jumped onthe loose ball.

Im glad we got it back,said Ashworth, who led theteam with 133 yards rushing on20 carries.

Fields (10-48) eventually putOkanogan up for good on a one-yard dive at the 2:54 mark.Arnulfo Mercado (5-6) had anextra-point kick blocked.

Napavine tried to pass itsway down the field again,quickly getting to Okanogansside of the field.

A stiff rush by Dakota Huffand James Colbert, with Colberthitting the quarterback as hethrew, led to Payton Staggsjumping high for a sweetinterception with 2:49 left inthe game.

I went up for the ball,Staggs said. Thank God I didcatch it instead of swatting itaway.

I knew they were going to

pick on me because of mistakes(earlier), said the 5-9, 140-pound Staggs, a senior. It was agreat feeling getting theinterception.

Our secondary got beatdeep, but kept on fighting,Judd said. We were not gettinggood pressure on thequarterback so they werehaving to cover for a long timeand they kept sneaking behindus.

The Bulldogs ran three timesbefore facing fourth-and-one.

Ashworth changed hiscadence and caught Napavinejumping offside, givingOkanogan a first down and theability to take a knee twice toend the game.

Senior Joe Mintzer, whoplayed on the line both ways,said, They were a good, toughteam. We hit them harder thanthey hit us. We are a fourthquarter team.

State started poorly for theDogs, who lost a fumble on theirfirst drive that led to Napavinegoing up 7-0.

Mason Guerrette (4-117)then shocked the Tigers on a56-yard pass from Ashworthwith 2:52 left in the firstquarter.

The teams traded scores inthe second quarter Napavineon a five-yard pass andOkanogan on a three-yard passfrom Ashworth to Riley Prescott(4-33). Prescott also finishedwith nine rushes for 57 yards.

Napavine went up 21-14 athalf time on a 34-yard pass. Theextra-point kick was wide left.

At halftime we knew we hadto push a lot harder, Guerrettesaid. We kind of let it get awayfrom us in the first half.

At halftime we were notdisappointed, senior AustinEastridge said. They madesome big plays. We had to shutthem down and come out thesecond half and execute ourplan.

The coaches at halftimedidnt really see a lot ofadjustments to make, Juddsaid. We knew we had to find away to get more pressure on thequarterback and not get beatdeep on defense.

On offense we knew we hadto keep hitting the short passinggame and running option untilthey stopped us.

So we talked to the teamthen explained to them that thiswas their time, their chance tocome together and talk andcommunicate and the coachesleft the locker room.

The lead went up to 27-14before the safety led to acomeback.

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Okanogan coach AndyKnutson was able to attendthis years state 2B footballchampionship.

Normally the Bulldogswrestlingteamcompetes inOmak HighSchoolsPioneerInvitationalTourna-ment thesameweekend.

Wehave 18 ofour wrestlers on the footballteam and others were in theband and wanted to attendthe championship game,Knutson said. I attended thegame with my wife, Pam.Wow, what a great game!

Also at the game Saturdaywas Almira/Coulee-Hartlinecoach Brandon Walsh, whoseteam earned the 1B title theprevious night at the TacomaDome in a 46-42 win overLummi Nation.

I was there for the game,they did a heck of a job,Walsh said. What a fungame to watch.

Others at the state gamewere 2016 Okanogangraduates Ben Cate, JimTownsend and TJ Morris, allmembers of last years statechampionship team.

Townsend played footballat Eastern WashingtonUniversity this fall. The 6-4,230-pound defensive playerwas in 11 games and finishedwith 22 tackles.

T.J. Morris is a 5-10, 180-pound running back atPacific Lutheran University,where hes majoring inkinesiology and hopes tobecome a physical therapist.He appeared in one gamethis year.

Cate is studying atSpokane Falls CommunityCollege and works at J&TKoller Farms.

At halftime there was atractor tire contest, with anannouncer saying the eventswinner almost always lostthe football game.

Okanogan won both.This year eastern

Washington schools won fiveof six classifications.

The lone exception, if ittruly was that, involved class3A where Eastside Catholicentered the Tacoma Domewith an eastern Washingtonseeding.

Eastside Catholic, whichdoes include the word eastin its name, also won, 48-42,over nearby foe Bellevue.

The game wasinspirational to Okanoganplayers watching the gameFriday night.

Eastside Catholic fellbehind 35-14 at the halfbefore coming back to tie thegame and then win with atouchdown in overtime.

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The Okanogan High School football team poses with its hardware a traveling gold football trophy and a permanent trophy for the schools trophy case.

Sweet: Okanogan doubles up


OMAK Jose Garcia of Brewster at126 pounds and Jorge Juarez ofTonasket at 152 pounds were namedoutstanding wrestlers at the PioneersInvitational Tournament on Saturday.

This years tournament was dedicatedto 2005 state champion Jake Walter andthree family members, who died in anauto accident in the spring, Omak coachDwayne Ives said.

Other area winners included 138,Trevor Peterson, Tonasket; 140, AustinWood, Tonasket (over teammate AustinRimestad); 145, Meritt Fink, LibertyBell; 160, Tyson Sundust, Omak; 182,Jacob McMillan, Liberty Bell; 195, ChrisVarelas, Brewster.

Warden took the team title with 218pounds over Tonasket in second at 180.

Our wrestlers did a great job onSaturday, coach Ives said. We are ayoung team and have a few wrestlers outof the line up. The ones who wrestledwere aggressive and looked good for the

first matches of the year.I was very impressed with Navarro

Nanpuya, who had a great match withthe state runner-up Josiah Guerro(Warden) in the semifinal match. Tysondefeated Wardens Raul Martinez, the160 No. 1 seed in the final at 160pounds.

Brewster brought six wrestlers, withtwo winning titles.

Overall, it was a pretty good day,Brewster coach Kip Apple said. Out ofthe six we placed three.

Jose Garcia led the way at 126 poundsby beating Adrian Tapia of Warden, whoplaced third in state last year.

The three non-placers were DanielPeralta, Damian Medina and GabeGarcia (eighth grade, 1-2), who areyoung or first-year wrestlers Apple said.

They got some great experience anddid very well for their first high schooltournament, Apple said. Id like tothank Omak for another greattournament and outstandinghospitality.

Juarez of Tonasket is one of tworeturning champions for Tonasket, withthe other being Trevor Peterson, whotook first at 138 pounds.

Nearly every one of our wrestlers

placed in the Top 4 of their weight class,Tonasket coach Dave Mitchell said. Iwas really pleased with our freshmenDawson Bretz, Isaac Gomez, Garrett

Wilson, Chris Freese and Austin Wood.They all wrestled tough.

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Okanogan quarterback Clay Ashworth leaps over teammate Tony Klepec in state 2B game.

No doubt now,

Okanogan tops

Napavine, again

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CorrectionSarah ODell, a senior from

Omak, was named to the first teamfor all-league cross country in theCaribou Trail League.

Cassie Lange and AlexandraODell, both juniors from Omak,were named to the second team.

Their names were omitted froma previous story.

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Omak freshman Anthony Rankin-Smith tosses Chelan wrestler Sage Zinni to themat in the first round of 158-pounders at the Pioneers Invitational on Saturday.

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A pair of Okanoganathletes are doing well incollege rowing.

Morgan ODell of Omak, afreshman atWashingtonStateUniversity,competedon theNovice Fourteam thatfinishedeighth at theAmericanCollegiateRowingAssociations NationalChampionship Regatta on theweekend at Lake Lanier,Georgia.

The crew finished secondin its heat Saturday in sixminutes, 57.20 seconds, justahead of the University ofTexas at 6:57.52.

Only the Top 2 boats ineach heat advanced to theGrand Final.

In the finals Sunday, WSUfinished in 7:12.72, justbehind University ofMichigan in7:12.22.

ODell isstudyingcivilengineering.

LiamDaily is afreshmanHarvard,where heson thefreshmanroster.

In rodeo, Francis

Marchand split money afterscoring an 80-point broncride at the Wiley City Rodeonear Yakima on May 17.

The tie for the bucklewent to Marchand.

And thank you JacobHickman for the rein it neverfails, Marchand wrote onFacebook.First throatlatch withthe rein andstill feltperfect.

ShaneProctorfinishedsecond inbull ridingat the 35thannualRamona Rodeo contestedMay 14-17 near San Diego,California.

Proctor parlayed an 83score for $1,863 in winnings.

Rachael Kraske of Omak

earned All-American honorsfor thesecond timeafterfinishingsixth in thefinals of the400-meterhurdles atthe NCAADivision IIIOutdoortrack andfieldnational championships May21-23 at St. LawrenceUniversity in Canton, NewYork.

Kraske, who competes forGeorge Fox University,finished in 1:01.89.

She set a university recordand career best in the prelimsin 1:00.60, which also wasthe fastest amongst allentries.

It was an exciting race,mother Cindy Kraske said.Rachael was leading all theway until the last 100meters.

Kraske was one of fourathletes earning All-American honors for GeorgeFox 3 women and one man.

It was a great experiencebeing there to watch theChampionship, said CindyKraske, who attended withher husband, Will. Someamazing athletes.

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Trackteamsheadto state

Tennis teams advance to state tournament

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CASHMERE OkanoganCounty will be well representedat the state 1B/2B/1A statetennis tournament nextweekend following the finalmatches in the District 5/6tournament.

The Top 3 girls and Top 4boys earned berths to state May29-30 at the Yakima TennisClub.

The Okanogan girls doublesteam of Megan Patrick andShelby Walker plus Omak boysdoubles team of Devyn Grilloand Gabe Holz lead the way asdistrict champions.

Patrick and Walker, whichfinished third in state last yearas freshman, defeated OmaksDanielle Berntsen and AlexO'Dell in the championship, 6-4, 6-4.

It was a really good matchand both teams played goodtennis, but we were stronger atthe net and took the match,Okanogan coach JeffCheeseman said.

O'Dell and Berntsen willhead to state as a No. 2 seed anda record of 20-2, Omak coachLance ODell said.

Nathan Linklater and MaxCheeseman head to state as theNo. 3 seeded boys doublesteam. But it was not easy.

Bryce Robison and CollinHendricks of Chelan took thefirst set, 6-2, over the Bulldogsin the match to play for a berthto state.

Linklater and Cheesemanfought back, winning 6-1, 6-0.

This was Nathans lastchance to make it to state andhe came out with consistenttough shots that where hard forthe Chelan team to handle andthat set up many good net shotsfor Max, coach Cheesemansaid.

In the third set my boyswere pumped and completelydominated, the coach said.

They ended up placingthird through a forfeit of Entiat(Kyle Montgomery and OrfilOlmos) because they are havingan early graduation this yearand one of the players is asenior.

Grillo and Holz openeddistrict with a win over Joe

Sarmiento and Conner Bocookof Oroville, 6-0, 6-1, and toppedHenry Elsner and RylanAnderson of Chelan, 6-1, 6-0, inthe semifinals.

In the championship, thePioneers defeated BryceRobison and Collin Hendricksof Chelan, 6-2, 7-5.

It was a great tournamentfor them, coach ODell said.They are now 22-1 on theseason as they get ready forstate.

Omaks Rocio Cruz finishedfourth and Daniela Carroll wasin the top 6 in girls singles.

EmmaLee Luft of Paterostook the toughest route to state.

Luft lost her first district

match to Kellie Kuch of Cascadeon May 19.

She came out confidentlyagainst Morelia Maravilla fromWhite Swan, the number oneseed for the B league, Pateroscoach Jennifer Carlson said.She won 6-1,6-0. She thenplayed through the heat of theday and won in a tough matchagainst Daniela Carroll fromOmak.

In order to secure a berthto state playoffs and a thirdplace at district, Luft foughthard and beat Omak's Rocio

Cruz, 6-2, 6-1.The Pateros doubles team of

Beatriz Morales and JuliaKarkkainen were in a must-winsituation to start play onSaturday after losing to Cascadeon Tuesday.

They beat Karely Ojeda andAnna Smith from Cascade tostay alive in the consolationbracket Saturday morningbefore losing in a tough matchto Megan Reinhart and AllieMackey of Cashmere, Carlsonsaid. They had a super seasonand played hard until the end.

Megan Patrick works the net with teammate Shelby Walker. Theduo took first place in doubles.

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EPHRATA The OkanoganHigh School girls and boystrack teams continue to setrecords and make history, withboth winning team titles at the2B District 5/6 championshipsFriday.

The Top 4 2B finishersadvance to state May 29-30 atEastern Washington Universityin Cheney. Also advancing werethe Top 2 boys and Top 4 girlsin 1B.

First and foremost, we arethe most proud of earning boththe boys and girls district teamtitles, Okanogan coach ZachSpaet said. The girls lastaccomplished that honor in2006 and you have to go backto 1987 for the boys.

All told, every single kidcontributed to that feat andthats what were the mostproud of.

Okanogan advances 13 girls,with at least one girl in 16 of 18events, and 6 boys.

Okanogan set at least threedistrict records boys 4x100relay, Greyson Fields win in the200 and the girls 4x400 relay.

Im not sure about JillyanTaylor in the girls 200 metersor Emmy Engle in the javelin,Spaet said.

Also big were WarrenAustin and Fields settingpersonal bests in the javelin,where they finished 1-2.

They were ahead of theWhite Swan athlete that iscurrently ranked third in thestate, Spaet said.

Spaet credited springcoaches Marty Staggs andColette Jones for theimprovement with the girls4x200 and 4x400 relays thatset personal bests.

In a close finish, OkanogansLaila Kent edged Satya Kent 50.81 to 50.83 in the 300hurdles.

Spaet also singled out fieldevent coach Molly McNeil, whoput in the time with seniorTyler Cox, who set an all-timepersonal best in the discus tofinish with fifth-place points.

If he doesnt do that, ourboys wouldnt have won thetitle, Spaet said. When all is

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An Idaho bullrider tries to get away from a bull during Cleatis Lacy Memorial bullriding on Saturday in Grand Coulee.

Bulls tamed in the Coulee

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GRAND COULEE Texascowboy Jory Markiss took firstin bullriding at the annualCleatis Lacy Memorialbullriding at Ridge Rider Arenaon Saturday.

Markiss, who lives inStephenville, used an 88-pointride to pocket $4,370 thatincluded a $3,000 added purse.

The Jason Smith Team fromWarm Springs, Oregon, wasfirst in the wild horse race,which included a $1,000 addedpurse.

The team included JasonSmith as shank man, ColtonDavid as rider and Bear Spinoas mugger.

Steer riding results 1,Josiah Desautel, 74 points,

$120. 2, Domnick LaPlante, 71,$72. 3, Conner Picking, 68,$48.

The rodeo was sanctioned by

Pro-West Rodeo AssociationBull Riding and co-sanctionedwith Elite Professional BullRiders and Idaho Cowboys

Association, said Deb Achord.Royalty included this years

Colorama Queen EmmaGunderson of Ephrata.

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The Jason Palmer team tames its horse quickly to take place in Wild Horse Race.

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