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COLFAX – Grizzly harriers are state-bound after senior Aimee Busby and sophomore Olivia Collins cracked the top 20 at the District 6 1B/2B Regional Championship in Colfax Friday, Oct. 31. Busby placed ninth at 19:48 and Collins placed 15th at 20:05.
“No state predictions, but I will say that the performances of every athlete on our team at regionals were nothing short of spectacular,” coach Morgan Johnson said. “Every single athlete on our team set personal records at the race. This is incredibly rare. In comparison we had only one athlete set a personal record at this same race last year. The total time across our 13 athletes for their personal records was around 25 minutes.”
Newport girls finished seventh overall with a score of 141 in the girls’ 5,000-meter varsity 1B/2B race. Newport boys placed 10th overall in the 5,000-meter varsity 2B race with a score of 262. Senior William Rheinford finished 34th with a time of 18:28. Classmate Donovan Mason came in 45th at 19:28. Freshman Elijah Satleen came in 59th place at 20:34.
The Grizzlies head to Pasco for the 2025 WIAA State XC Championships Saturday, Nov. 8.
Spartans win, lose twice at state
PRIEST RIVER — The Priest River Lamanna Senior High School volleyball team was eliminated from the 3A State Championship tournament after one win and two losses.
This year marked the first time Priest River (6-2, 17-5) had advanced to state since 2015.
The Spartans finished second in the league after Kellogg (8-0, 21-3) at first and ahead of Orofino (3-5, 9-12), Grangeville (3-5, 11-13) and St. Maries (0-8, 1-18) at third, fourth and fifth.
After advancing to state from the 3A District 1-2 tournament, in which they were the No. 2 seed, the Spartans went to Idaho Falls’ Mountain America Center for the 3A State Championship tournament from Thursday, Oct. 30 to Saturday, Nov. 1.
Thursday, Oct. 30, Priest River won their first game at state against Nampa Christian (4-3, 2612) 3-1.
Their second game was Friday, Oct. 31 against The Ambrose School (7-0, 30-4), who the Spartans lost to 3-0. After another 3-0 loss later that day against Malad (9-0, 30-11), Priest River was eliminated from the tournament.
Selkirk volleyball out after two losses
METALINE FALLS — The Selkirk High School volleyball team was eliminated from the Northeast 1B North league championship tournament after losing two games last week.
Heading into the tournament, the Rangers (6-6, 8-10) had finished the season fourth in the league.
Wilbur-Creston-Keller (11-2, 16-3), who hosted this year’s tournament, was Selkirk’s opponent in an opening round game Thursday, Oct. 30. Selkirk lost to Wilbur-Creston Keller 3-0, then played Republic (12-1, 17-5) in a loser-out game. There, the Rangers were eliminated after losing again 3-0.
