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Rangers race on to state Issakides, Bubb are regional champs

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Selkirk High School track and field team was a force to be reckoned with at the NE/SE 1B Regional Meet Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 20, at Central Valley High School, with 14 athletes qualifying to go to State Championships at Eastern Washington University this week.

Ryan Issakides was regional champion in the boys’ 800 meter, 1600 meter, and 3200 meter races while Zayren Bubb came out the regional champ in triple jump.

Issakides placed first in the 800 meter with a time of 2:06.32, first in

the 1600 meter with a time of 4:59.59, and he won the top spot in the 3200 at 10:50.96. Bubb seized first place in the triple jump at 42 feet, 11 inches.

The Ranger girls’ 4x200 relay team of Katie Dewey, Emilia Avey, Bree Dawson, Alva Engquist won fourth place at 2:00.09.

The boys’ 4x400 relay team of Austin Robertson, Elias Hill, Parker Jenkins, and Zayren Bubb came in first at 3:37.14.

“All of our athletes competed well,” says Susan Vermeulen.

The State High School Track and Field is Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 at EWU (time to be announced).

Courtesy photo| Susan Vermeulen

Katie Dewey’s long jump at last week’s Regional Championship meet earned seventh place at a distance of 14 feet, three inches.

Arrand headed for state track meet

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

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Dalton Arrand competes in shot put at the District meet at Riverside Saturday. Arrand qualified for state in the javelin throw earlier in the day.

CHATTAROY – A Grizzly is going to state in track and field this coming Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University. Dalton Arrand qualified for the State Track Championships in javelin after the NE “A” District 7 Championship at Riverside High School Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20. Arrand came in second place, improving his school record javelin toss to 180 feet, 9 inches (a personal record by seven feet). Arrand also came in third place in discus, throwing 135 feet, 1 inch.

Arrand was the only

Newport athlete to qualify for the state meet. The top two finishers qualified for state from districts.

Last week was a bye week for Newport with a Northeast A League meet, but they competed at a junior varsity meet in Deer Park Wednesday, May 17.

“Torrential rain hit at the latter end of the meet, resulting in many athletes being outside in horrible conditions,” says coach Lindsay Hicks-Frazer.

“However, the team still managed to grab some medals and achieve some personal records.”

The State High School Track and Field is Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 at EWU (time to be announced).

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SPOKANE VALLEY – Cusick High School is moving on to the state track and field meet in Cheney this week after winning top marks at the NE/SE 1B Regional Meet Friday, May 19

‘We won the league championships this year with four girls. That’s pretty sweet.’

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Springtime and thoughts turn to rodeo When I was a kid, this was the time of year the rodeo season was starting.

I remember going with my father, Gordon Gronning, to Riggins, Idaho, one of the first rodeos regular cowboys went to in early May. I remember we slept in the horse trailer in our sleeping bags. Dad won his first trophy buckle, one of those cool looking old time buckles with the big 19 on one side and 64 on the other. I stared at it much of the long trip back to Cheney. He won the wild cow milking that year. rodeo Traveling to rodeos with Dad and scene my younger brother, Doug, got me don hooked on rodeo. I can still remember some of the top cowboys of the Gronning day, guys like all around cowboy Red Able.

When I started rodeoing myself, Grand Coulee was usually the first rodeo of the year I went to for the first few years I rode. Grand Coulee was a great rodeo, with the big wooden bucking chutes that most rodeos had in those days.

There were quite a few more rough stock riders back then. I think when I won second in the bareback riding in about 1977 there were something like 70 bareback riders. The bull riding was limited in those days, so if you couldn’t get in the bull riding, you would enter the bareback riding.

Grand Coulee was a rodeo when everyone was coming out from the long winter. The rodeo dance and associated carousing could be epic.

Grand Coulee was also a rodeo that almost caused me to give it up. I had been to a few rodeos earlier in the year but I just wasn’t winning or riding anything.

I made a good ride at Grand Coulee, but I missed my horse out and was disqualified. You have to start the ride with your spurs over the horse’s shoulders when its front feet hit the ground the first jump and I didn’t, missing the horse out.

So I entered Keremeos B.C. the next week, vowing to quit if I didn’t win anything. I drew the same horse, Camas Annie, and won the bareback riding.

Well, that was it. A year or two later I got my Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association card, quit riding bareback horses and concentrated on bull riding.

But it all goes back to the days when I went to rodeos with my dad and brother when I was a little kid. The time spent traveling to the rodeo, breathlessly waiting for my dad to compete in the calf roping, the camping out and cooking over a fire, the whole thing was magical.

Maltba brings home silver despite injury

By Sophia Aldous Of The Miner

MIDDLETON – Spartan harriers and hurlers went on to earn medals at the state track and field competition Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20 at Middleton.

“Our kids competed hard and the results indicated that all their hard work paid off,” says Priest River Lamanna High School track coach Jared Hughes.

Three students earned state medals this year, including Corbin Maltba, who won a silver medal in the pole vault with a jump of 14 feet.

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of two of his lower teeth and had badly bloodied nose after a failed attempt at 13 feet, when his knee hit him in the face. After picking up the pieces of teeth and cleaning up the blood, he was able to successfully make 13 feet, 13 feet, 6 inches and 14 feet on his way to that second place medal.

“He won this medal by showing his mental and physical toughness,” says Hughes.

Colby Poe won a fifth place medal in the discus, throwing 127 feet, 3 inches.

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and Saturday, May 20 at Central Valley High School.

“We won the league championships this year with four girls,” says Cusick coach Jenni Jones. “That’s pretty sweet.”

Four Panthers will attend the state meet at Eastern Washington University Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27.

Alana Keogh is allleague, after winning first place in the girls’ 100 meter, 200 meter and 400 meter races. In the 100 meter she finished

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Cusick track and field coach Jenni Jones (center) poses with her athletes bound for state competition: Alana Keogh, Gracie StrangeOwl, Nicole Stensgar and Alberto Magana.

at 13.00, came in with a time of 26.22 in the 200, and finished at 58.76 in the 400 meter. Gracie StrangeOwl is all-league in the girls’ 1600 meter, 300 meter hurdles and the 800 meter. She placed second in the 1600 meter with a time of 5:45.35, second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.92, and

second in the 800 meter at 2:31.24.

Keogh will compete in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter and long jump; StrangeOwl will ply her skills in the 3200 meter, 1600 meter, 800 meter and 300 meter hurdles; Nicole Stensgar will compete in the 400, and Alberto Magaña will attend as an

alternate in the 100 meter and 200 meter.

“We took third at districts and regionals and once again, that’s pretty awesome for only having four girls,” Jones says.

The State High School Track and Field is Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27 at EWU (time to be announced).

Newport, Selkirk, and Cusick Track at State Championships: TBA – Eastern Washington University, Cheney

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Selkirk needs coaches METALINE FALLS – The Selkirk School District is accepting applications for an assistant middle school boys’ basketball coach and head high school girls fastpitch coach. Information and application materials are available at www.selkirk.k12.wa.us or Selkirk District Office, 219 Park Street, PO Box 129, Metaline Falls, WA 99153.

Call 509-446-2951 for information.

By Don Gronning Of The Miner

SPOKANE – The Newport Grizzlies accomplished a couple things on a cold, windy Friday night at Gonzaga Prep. They beat Colville for the first time in recent memory, 21-7, and did it in a big game that sends them to the state 1A football semifinal.

“The kids played well, with confidence,” Newport coach Dave Pomante said. “I’m proud of them.”

The win puts Newport in a game with Royal, the defending state champs.

They will play Saturday, Nov. 25, at 1 p.m. at Lions Field in Moses Lake.

Newport kicked off Friday against Colville.

The Indians drove down the field and scored on their first possession, on a two-yard run.

Newport answered with a drive the culminated in a one-yard Koa Pancho run early in the second quarter. Adam Moorhead kicked the extra point.

Then the teams settled in for a defensive battle.

Spartans open play Nov. 28 at elementary school PRIEST RIVER – While their basketball court at the high school is worked on, the Priest River boys’ basketball team will have their first home game of the season Tuesday, Nov. 28, when they host Wallace.

The game will be at Priest River Elementary School. The Spartans will host Deer Park Thursday, Nov. 30, also at the elementary school.

Both games start at 7 p.m.

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GRANDVIEW – The Cusick Panthers football team lost in the first round of the state 1B playoffs Friday at Grandview High School.

Cusick coach Troy Hendershott said he thinks their opponent, Sunnyside Christian, is the fastest 1B team in the state.

“In eight-man football, speed kills,” he said. Sunnyside Christian solidly beat Cusick 62-20.

Cusick received the opening kickoff, but found their running game shut down. Sunnyside Christian marched down the field and scored.

They tried an onside kick, but Cusick recovered it. “They onside kicked every time,” he said.

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Neither managed to score again and they went into the halftime break 7-7.

Pomante said the team played far better in the

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Owen Leslie getting mobbed after a pass catch. Leslie grabbed a couple passes for 26 yards, but really stood out on defense, where he sacked the Colville quarterback several times.

second half, especially defensively. Pomante said he thought Newport’s defense was a little rattled by how easily Colville

was able to move the ball passing in the first quarter.

“We didn’t change our coverage or anything, we

just executed better,” he said of the second half. “I told them to be quick, but See Grizzlies, 9A

Injuries, speed cost Cusick in 62-20 loss

PRIEST RIVER – The 2017 Takedown Jamboree is Saturday, Nov. 25, at 9 a.m. at Priest River Lamanna High School.

The jamboree is a chance for high school wrestlers to get some non-league one-on-one matches with wrestlers from other schools. Selkirk High School will also be attending.

There will be five wrestlers per bracket, based on weight and experience.

Matches will consist of two one-minute rounds with 30-second breaks between. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and all proceeds go to the Youth Endowment for Activities Foundation.

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Cusick recovered the first two, but lost the following four onside kicks.

Hendershott said Cusick couldn’t establish a ground game.

“We couldn’t get the running game working,” he said. So they passed. Shanholtzer hit Dylan Hendershott with a 30-yard pass play to set up Cusick’s first touchdown. They combined again a few moments later for a 26-yard touchdown pass, Cusick’s first score. Colton Hansen carried the extra point run.

Midway through the first quarter, it was a 16-8 game.

Dylan Hendershott went out with a knee injury midway through the second quarter. He ended the game with three catches for 72 yards and a touchdown.

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Tanner Shanholtzer looks to throw downfield against Sunnyside Christian Friday night at Grandview High School in the quarterfinals of the state 1B football tournament. Cusick lost 62-20.

But Sunnyside Christian kept the pedal down, scoring another 36 points before the half was

over and forcing Cusick to play See Panthers, 9A

Priest River bull rider internationally winning “Hello,” a sleepy sounding Thor Hoefer II said when he answered his cell phone. I called him thinking he might be back in Priest River from the Professional Bull Riders events he had been competing at all season.

“I’m in Australia,” he said when I asked if he was in Idaho.

I asked what time it was there. It was about 11 a.m. here. “It’s six o’clock,” he said. I said I would call him back.

I knew Hoefer had been crisscrossing the country competing

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at PBR events. In the 2017 season he rode at 52 PBR events, getting on 101 bulls.

He made qualified rides on 28 and won $14,121 at PBR events. Since September, he’s been to events in Hartford, Conn., Winnipeg, Manitoba and Abbotsford B.C. He finished 2017 at

the Canadian PBR Finals, ranked No. 12. He won $8,831 in Canada. I called back a couple hours later and Thor was up shaving.

It turns out the PBR paid for the 14 and a half hour flight to Australia so he could compete there, where it is springtime, he said.

He said he had been riding at more than just PBR events, although PBR events had taken up most of his time. “I’m trying to get on tour,” he said, meaning the Built See gronning, 9A

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Budget: County has a total of 156 employees, both part-time, full-time didn’t do one in 2015 or 2016, so it is painful to have to do it again.”

The county will transfer $200,000 from the capitol projects fund to make up the difference for the road shift levy, but those funds must go into road projects

and not current expense fund, according to Jill Shacklett of the auditor’s office.

The expected county revenue for 2018 is currently at $20,718,399, while expenditures for the New Year come in at

$20,652,681. These numbers could change as the budget is finalized.

As for the number of employees, the county currently has 156 employees total, which includes full-time and part-time.

There are three deputy

positions at the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office that will likely remain unfilled. The county approved a 2 percent cost of living increase for union represented employees in the dispatch center Oct. 1 through the

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don’t hurry and don’t play panicky.”

The teams played a scoreless third quarter.

Both defenses bent, but didn’t break.

Three minutes into the final quarter, the Grizzlies changed that with a 45-yard Pancho to Adam Moorhead touchdown pass play.

Moorhead kicked the extra point.

Newport’s defense continued to keep pressure on the Colville quarterback, with senior Owen Leslie accounting for three and a half sacks in the game.

“Owen played very well, at a high level,” Pomante said.

Newport went back to the running game.

Pancho broke free for a 21-yard touchdown run with less than two minutes left that pretty well put the nail in Colville’s coffin. Tug Smith hammered it closed with an interception in the final seconds.

Newport had some big offensive plays that made up their 231 yards of total offense, compared to Colville’s 302 yards.

The Griz had 151 yards passing and 151 rushing, compared to 126 passing and 105 rushing for Colville.

Pancho accounted for 77 yards on the ground in 19 carries, including the 21-yard touchdown run. His pass to Moorhead accounted for another 45-yards and a touchdown. Pancho completed 10 of 15 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown.

Moorhead caught another long pass, this one for 38 yards, giving him 83 yards receiving. Leslie had a pair of receptions for 26 yards, Jacob Kirkwood caught one for 22 yards, Smith caught four for 16 yards and Johnny Miller caught one for four yards.

Danny Bradbury rushed 10 times for 59 yards. Johnny Miller carried four times for eight yards and Kirkwood carried once for seven yards.

On defense, senior Kade Zorica had the most Grizzly tackles, at 10.5, including seven solo tackles and seven assists. He was also in on a sack and had a tackle for a loss. Leslies had a half dozen solo tackles and an assist, including three and a half sack.

He had four and a half tackles for a loss. Kai Bowman had a solid defensive game, with four and a half tackles, including three solo. He was also in on a sack.

Brady Corkrum got a sack. He had two solo tackles and three assists.

Smith had the interception and two solo tackles, Pancho had a pair of solo tackles, Rylan Hastings had two tackles, Miller had one solo and an assist as did Brad McMeen.

Pomante says Royal will be a challenge.

“At this stage, every week you’re playing a team that’s a little better than the week before,” he said. He says Royal

is a well-coached team with a tradition of winning. They put in plenty of time in the weight room, he said.

Newport has a good chance, he says.

“If we play with confidence, we can win,” he said.

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with the clock running the rest of the game, as the 40-point mercy rule kicked in when Sunnyside Christian’s lead exceeded 40 points. Sunnyside Christian led 54-8 at the half.

Cusick couldn’t score in the third quarter, but held Sunnyside Christian to eight points.

The Panthers got in the end zone in the fourth quarter, when Roddy Pierre broke a 37-yard touchdown. The extra point run failed.

Cusick got the last score in the game, when Tanner Shanholtzer hit Trevor Shanholtzer with a 12-yard touchdown pass. The extra point pass failed.

Tanner Shanholtzer completed seven of 18 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns. Hansen had a 36-yard reception, but other than that, Cusick had a hard time on offense.

Hansen also led the team in tackles, with four.

“Anytime your defensive back has the most tackles, it’s not good,” Hendershott said.

Senior lineman Caleb Ziesmer was also hurt, out late in the game with a

knee injury.

Cusick’s season came to a close a little sooner than they would have liked, but it was still a good year. The team made the playoffs for the 10th straight year, finishing with a 9-2 overall record. They won the Northeast 1B League North division with a 6-0 record.

Henderhshott said he would probably not coach next year.

“I was adding up our record today,” he said. He said Cusick has a 95-20 record since 2008, when former head coach Sonny Finley and he started coaching for Cusick. He credits his fellow coaches and student athletes. “It’s tough to complain,” he says. Cusick won the 1b state football championship in 2010.

The team will lose seven seniors next year, but there is still a solid core left and Hendershott says the upcoming junior high players are talented.

But for the rest of this season, his attention is on Newport.

“We’re cheering for Newport,” he said. “We hope they bring a state championship back to Pend Oreille County.”

end of this year. In 2018, those employees will receive a 1 percent cost of living increase. All other non-union county employees will also receive a 1 percent cost of living increase.

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law, county commissioners’ and municipalities across the state must approve next year’s budget no later than Dec. 29. The final budget hearing is Monday, Dec. 4, at 2:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ hearing room.

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Ford Tough Series, the PBR’s premier tour, where winning riders take home $30,000 to $40,000 from the regular events, with special competitions where they can win more than $100,000. The top 35 bull riders in the worked are seeded on the tour. Hoefer finished 72nd in the world last year.

After we talked, he improved his chances considerably. He won a go-round at the Townsville Iron Cowboy event, winning $1,636 for the event, where he finished eighth. He is currently ranked No. 40 in the young 2018 season.

His best finish in 2017 probably was at Kinsella, Alberta, in late October, where he won second and third.

At PBR touring pro events, riders can enter more than once.

Hoefer got on two bulls the first day, tying himself for fourth with an 82. The next day he got on two more, winning second and third with scores of 86.5 and 84.

He finished second and third in the event, winning $2,900 altogether. In his best week, he says he won $10,000 competing at PBR and non-PBR events.

Hoefer plans to return home Dec. 10. Going to that many competitions is expensive, and he hasn’t got a sponsor, but he said so far, “It’s paid for itself.”

Watch for more on this up and coming bull rider from Priest River.

Don Gronning is a former Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association bull rider and publisher of Northwest Rodeo Scene.

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B R I E F LY Results from Newport Gun Club NEWPORT – The Newport Gun Club held their seventh winter trapshoot of the season Sunday, Feb. 17. Following are the results: 16-yard: Bud Leu 24, Jim Miller 24, Brent Livengood 22, Dan Schaffer 22, Justin Schaffer 22, Ryan Kamstra 22, Dan Willner 21, Jim Rainey 21, Leland White 21, Phil Flack 21, Nick Larson 20, Ray Kamstra 20, Jesse Miller 20, Mark Clark 20 Youth: James Wiese 19 Handicap: Dale Maki 22, Phil Flack 22, Dan Schaffer 21, Brent Livengood 20, Dan Willner 20 Doubles: Dale Maki 36, Adam Collison 36, Phil Flack 33, Jim Rainey 32 Continental: Adam Collison 22, Leland White 20, Bud Leu 20, Justin Schaffer 20, Brent Livengood 19, Dale Maki 19, Dan Schaffer 19 Skeet: Nick Larson 21, Jim Rainey 19, Brent Livengood 19

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Grizzly ballers on to state

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

OMAK – The Newport Grizzlies boys’ basketball team earned a slot in the state 1A basketball tournament with a 62-45 win over Omak Saturday.

“It was a great playoff game,” Newport coach Jamie Pancho said. Robbie Owen came through in a big way for Newport, leading all scorers with 23 points. He also grabbed 13 rebounds.

“Robbie shot well,” Pancho said.

Newport got off to a strong start at Omak, getting a 20-12 first quarter lead. They gave three points back in the low-scoring second quarter, but took a 26-21 lead into half-time.

The teams came out and played a 13-12 third quarter, with Newport adding another point to the lead.

Newport finished off Omak in the final quarter with a strong 23-12 fourth quarter performance to take the 62-45 win.

Danny Bradbury scored 13 points, Koa Pancho had nine and Tug Smith and Owen Leslie each scored half a dozen.

In order to get to Omak, Newport had to beat Medical Lake, which they did handily Wednesday, Feb. 14. They won 67-22.

“Everyone had an exceptional game,” Pancho said of the must-win effort following Newport’s loss to Lakeside in districts.

Newport pretty much had the Medical Lake game put away after a

Olympics need another rodeo Watching the winter Olympics makes me think about the 1988 Olympics held in Calgary. I was covering the event for my rodeo newspaper, Northwest Rodeo Scene, so of course I got press credentials for the Olympic style rodeo that was held, complete with gold medals.

My brother and I went up, assuming we’d be able to take in the rodeo as well as a few Olympic events. I wanted to see Eddie the Eagle, the ski jumper who was a big deal that year.

But instead we were lucky to get a room in Calgary. The flop we got had a syringe above the door, so it wasn’t Calgary’s finest.

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But the rodeo was great. Called Rodeo ‘88 Challenge Cup, it was a contest between Canada and the U.S. It wasn’t really part of the Olympics, it was a cultural event by the Olympic Arts Festival.

Team USA was made up of superstars like Lane Frost, Joe Beaver and Tuff Hedeman. Frost would die a year later after being run over by a bull at the Cheyenne Frontier Days.

It was a big deal for them to be part of the Olympic experience.

“Of all the things I ever did rodeoing, the Olympics was one of the neatest thing I ever did,” Hedeman, told writer Kendra Santos years later. He won the silver medal for second in the bull riding, as well as a gold team medal. Ted Nuce won the gold and Frost won the bronze in the bull riding.

“At the award ceremony, we stepped up on that platform to get our medals in front of 90,000 people. The whole world was watching. How do you describe that feeling?” Hedeman said.

“When you’re rodeoing, it’s always individual. It was neat to represent our country like that. When you ride for your country it means a lot more.”

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strong second quarter.

Newport outscored the Cardnals 28-6 in the second quarter and led 34-13 at the half.

Newport kept defensive pressure up throughout the game, not allowing Medical Lake to score more than seven points in a quarter.

The entire Newport squad got some game time, Pancho said, although his starters played the majority of the game.

Bradbury was Newport’s top scorer, with 19 points. Pancho had 13, Leslie scored 11 points, Owen had eight, Smith scored seven, Moorhead had five, Rylan Hastings had three points and Kade Zorica scored two.

Now that Newport is in the state tournament, they are looking to their next opponent, top ranked Lynden Christian.

Lynden Christian beat Newport last year in the quarter final of the state tournament to take fifth place. Newport won sixth in the state.

Pancho says Lynden Christian has only lost one game this year, but in the state tourney, all the teams are good.

Newport, currently the No. 8 team in the tournament, will get at least one more game regardless of how Saturday’s contest goes. They will play in the Sundome at Yakima either Wednesday, Feb. 28 or Thursday, March 1. If they lose, the Grizzlies will play the winner of the Medical Lake-Lakeside game Wednesday. If they win, they’ll play Thursday.

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Newport’s Adam Moorehead rejects an Omak player’s shot Saturday. Newport won the playoff game 62-45 at Omak.

Issakides, Carman win second at State

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

TACOMA – Though they were a small team, the Selkirk Rangers wrestling team made their presence known in the Tacoma Dome last Saturday.

Seniors Ryan Issakides, 126, and Hunter Carman, 160, both took second place at the Mat Classics State Tournament, and Issakides was recognized by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association as the first wrestler to compete at state for five consecutive years.

He made his first appearance as an eighth grader.

Issakides won his first three matches, winning by a bye, a fall, and then pinning his opponent in the first 12 seconds of the first round.

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Ryan Issakides and Hunter Carman embrace after Carman wins his wrestling match to qualify for the finals at last weekend’s state tournament in Tacoma.

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Coaches Keith Saxe (middle) and Tim Rood (left), cheer after Hunter Carman wins second place in his weight class.

Unfortunately, Issakides was hurt 30 seconds into round one of his finals match when he went to throw his Tonasket opponent and the other wrestler accidentally came down on Issakide’s right knee. This forced Issakides into second place injury default.

“Ryan be very proud of yourself, you are our champ, and there isn’t another kid in this state that can say they participated in the State Wrestling tournament five years in a row,” a post on Selkirk Wrestling Team’s Facebook read. “Hunter, you also should be very proud, your finals match was a hard-fought battle and you never stopped.”

Carman lost his finals

match to a Tonasket opponent, 8-2.

Porter Carman, 106, and Bert Bernett, 152, went two and out during the tournament. Selkirk came in 12th overall out of 32 teams.

“I’m just really proud of our guys, and I had a great time watching them give it their all,” Selkirk coach Keith Saxe said. “A huge thank you goes out to the community for supporting our wrestling program.”

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Grizzly wrestlers return from state without competing

BY SOPHIA ALDOUS OF THE MINER

TACOMA – In a surprise turn of events, the five Grizzlies that traveled to the Tacoma Dome for the Mat Classics State Tournament last Friday did not compete.

In an email from Newport High School wrestling coach Adrian Bojorquez, responding to an email from The Miner seeking comment on the state tournament, Bojorquez said, “The Newport kids were unable to participate in the State tournament. All I am able to say officially is that due to student privacy laws we cannot comment on the nature of the circumstances surrounding our wrestlers inability to participate in the state tournament.”

The response from Newport High School principal Troy Whittle was similar.

“It is correct that all participants at state were unable to wrestle,” Whittle wrote in an email. “He (Bojorquez) is also right that due to laws that protect the privacy of students, we can’t comment on the reasons why they were unable to wrestle. That’s all I can give you. Let me know if you have any questions.”

Braedon “Brady” Corkrum, 195 pounds, Jedd Cupp, 182, Megen Mason, 190, and Sierra Mason, 170, had all qualified to go to state. Nate Allen, 132, also attended as an alternate.

“We had a really good season this year,” Bojorquez said, putting the light back on the efforts the wrestlers made throughout the season. “Several of our kids turned some corners and made huge strides and improvements in this sport…all of our wrestlers got a taste of how hard work and determination could pay off and I am certain that all of our kids are hungry to get better in the off season…I am very proud of all of our young men and women this year and how hard they worked to get the accomplishments they earned.”

In an email response to The Miner, Newport School District Superintendent Dave Smith said, “I don’t have any further comment to make as this deals with specific students and our athletic director and principal are still working with students and parents regarding our wrestlers not competing at state.”

“Moving forward, we are very excited for the future, as we will have several returning veterans to the team and a pretty strong group of freshman coming in next season, so we should have a good strong base coming into next year,” Bojorquez said.

Allen, a Cusick student wrestling for Newport, and Megan Mason attended state last year but did not place. Corkrum and Sierra Mason both attended as alternates.

This year, Corkrum is a senior, making it the last time he would have competed in the Mat Classics.

We will have more on this story as it develops.

LAKELAND – The Spartans will roll on to the state wrestling tournament this weekend in Pocatello after taking top spots at districts at Lakeland Saturday, Feb. 17. District champions include Riley DeMent, 140 pounds, Larry Naccarato, 147, and Aaron Reyes, 222. In second place were Brandon Downs, 122, and Manuel Naccarato, 134. Rounding out third place were Grayden Hanes, 108, Devin Nessil, 115, and Truxton Wilson, 160.

Though complete results were not available before deadline, coach Jesse Hellinger said he was proud of the effort the entire team put forward.

“Rees O’Brien and Payton Speagle wrestled very hard and just missed it,” Hellinger said. “The Priest River coaching staff is very proud of all of these guys.”

The Spartans will compete in the 2018 COURTESY PHOTO|JESSE HELLINGER Idaho High School Wrestling State Championships Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Larry Naccarato, 147, is one of eight Spartans going on to the Idaho high school Feb. 24 at Holt Arena in Pocatello. wrestling tournament after qualifying at districts.

Cusick wins inter-county county playoff match

BY DON GRONNING OF THE MINER

DEER PARK – The Cusick Panthers got hot in a loser out game with the Selkirk Rangers Wednesday, Feb. 14, getting a 72-30 win.

Cusick put the game away with a big first half, outscoring the Rangers 25-11 in the first quarter, and stretching that to a 44-20 halftime lead.

“Colton Hansen was 16 of 21 in the first half,” Cusick coach Rob Seymour said. Hansen ended up with 21 points on the game, including five 3-pointers.

“Cusick shot well,” Selkirk coach Kelley Cain said. “We shot poorly.”

Cain said his team was close with the number of rebounds, turnovers and shots taken. It’s just that those shots wouldn’t go in.

“We were one for 21 from 3-point range,” he said.

He said Cusick’s defense had an effect on Ranger scoring, but his team was a little too quick to fire some of those shots.

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Seymour said his team ran the whole game, something to which he attributes the win. Ethan Hardie scored 14 points, Dylan Hendershott scored 10. Colton Seymore scored nine, Tanner Shanholtzer six, Kobe Seymour six, Trevor Shanholtzer three and Devin BronwEagle two.

For Selkirk, Justin Krabbenhoft led the way with nine points; Ryan Zimmerman had seven, as did Ryan Zimmerman. Jay Link scored six, Thomas Huttle four, Zech Curran three and Ty Taylor one. The loss ended Selkirk’s season. Cusick would go on to play one more playoff game (see separate story). Both coaches were optimistic about the future. “A lot of our younger guys got to play a lot,” Seymour said. “Next year will be good.” Cain said most of his players will also return next year and they’ll be more experienced. “We had a good season,” he said. “I saw improvement throughout the year.”

Selkirk ended the year with an overall record of 12-10. Cusick ended with a 16-7 overall record.

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Selkirk’s Jay Link goes up for a shot in a loser out game against Cusick at Deer Park High School Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Cusick outshot their cross county rivals, getting a 72-30 win in the 7B District playoff game.

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Spartans advance to state tournament

BY DON GRONNING

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PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River Spartans and the Kellogg Wildcats are getting to know each other’s habits pretty well, which didn’t work out for Priest River Tuesday, Feb. 13, when they lost 71-36 at home.

It didn’t get any better Monday night, when they lost 67-13 in the first round of the 3A regional playoffs at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene. It was the third time the two teams have played in a little over two weeks, with Kellogg taking all three.

Priest River still has another chance to get to state. They will play Bonners Ferry at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 21, at NIC in a loser out game.

The winner will play the loser of the Intermountain League championship

game between Kellogg and Timberlake Friday, Feb. 23.

Tuesday Priest River started off pretty well, exchanging buckets with Kellogg until Kellogg started to get going towards the end of the period, taking a 14-10 first quarter lead.

Kellogg continued to roll while Priest River sputtered on offense, scoring only a half dozen in the second quarter while Kellogg racked up 27 to essentially put away the game.

After intermission, the Sparts did better, but still gave up nine points to Kellogg, who took a 34-point lead into the fourth quarter. The Spartans held Kellogg to 10 in the fourth while scoring nine.

Keegen Hegel scored 13 to lead Spartan scoring. Dylan Glazier had six; Dauson O’Brien had five, as did Ronnie Downs and Brandon McCracken. Caden Brennan scored two.

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Priest River junior Keegan Hegel gets a ball up and over a Kellogg defender in a game at Priest River Tuesday, Feb. 13. Kellogg won 71-36.

Monday was not good for the Spartans, who were shut out in the first quarter.

It didn’t get a lot better in the second quarter when they scored three.

They went into the halftime intermission down 42-3.

Priest River scored seven

in the third period and four in the fourth quarter.

For the game, Dylan Johnson scored five points, Hegel four and McCracken four points in the losing effort for the Spartans.

Priest River has an overall record of 2-14. Kellogg is 16-3.

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The thing I remember most about it was Frost getting jerked down on his bull’s head and getting knocked out. Hedeman jumped into the arena and pulled the unconscious Frost out harm’s way, something not likely recommended in the first aid manuals. I have a picture of Hedeman holding Frost by the shoulders while the bull rushes by.

Canada only won one gold medal. That went to Robin Burwash, whose father died the day before the rodeo.

The rodeo was considered a resounding success, exposing rodeo to an international audience.

Thirty years later rodeo is an international sport, with the U.S. Canada, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and Mexico all having professional rodeo and bull riding. The ’88 Challenge Cup no doubt had a role in spreading the word about rodeo to a wider audience.

DON GRONNING IS A FORMER PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION BULL RIDER AND THE FORMER PUBLISHER OF NORTHWEST RODEO SCENE.