The Methow Valley Killer Whales swim team closed out their 2022 season at the Okanogan County Summer Swim League Championships in Omak on Saturday (July 30), with the boys outscoring the field for first place and the girls taking a close second. The boys and girls combined to take the team title, easily outpointing second-place […]
Liberty Bell High School names Beth Blank to coach volleyball
Brings experience, enthusiasm to new position Local volleyball enthusiast and high school mom/volunteer Beth Blank has been named to coach the Liberty Bell High School girls for the 2022 fall season. Blank, whose daughter Ellie will be a senior on the team this year, has been around the Mountain Lion program, helping out and learning […]
Killer Whales swamp Okanogan Bullfrogs, prep for league meet
The Methow Valley Killer Whales swim team entertained the Okanogan Bullfrogs last Tuesday (July 19) at Wagner Memorial Pool and came away with another sweep as they get ready for the upcoming league championships this Saturday (July 30) at the Eastside Pool in Omak. Methow Valley outscored Okanogan 167-103 in the boys’ division and […]
LBHS alums team up for Cove Classic win
A team of Mountain Lion alumni took the top prize at the 20th Cove Classic Golf Tournament on July 16 at Windhaven Golf Course. Captain Robbie Sigler and team members Andrew Carr, Riley Dickinson and Silas Shaw put together a nine-hole score of 26 in the four-person scramble to wrest the trophy and top spot […]
Killer Whales sink Bearracudas in dual meet
The Methow Valley Killer Whales hosted Brewster’s Bearracudas in a twilight swim meet Tuesday evening (July 12) at Wagner Memorial Pool in Twisp. Returning the favor from an early season meet at Brewster won by the Bearracudas, the host team swept to a 398-226 combined meet victory, the girls outpointing the visitors 194 points to […]
Cody White headed for HS Nationals Rodeo
Twisp native in two events Cody White, who recently turned 18, and even more recently graduated from Liberty Bell High School, is headed for the National High School Rodeo Association’s National Championships in Gillette, Wyoming, next week. After qualifying as the No. 1-ranked saddle bronc rider and No. 2 bareback bronc rider on 2021-22 Washington […]
Killer Whales swim to Methow Valley Pentathlon titles at Wagner
The Methow Valley Killer Whales swim team swept both the girls’ and boys’ divisions, and the team championship, at the Methow Valley Pentathlon event at the Wagner Memorial Pool in Twisp on Saturday (July 9). The Pentathlon attracts all four Okanogan County teams for the only large meet of the season at the local pool. […]
Farmers U-15 baseball finishes season with double heartbreaks
The local Okanogan County-based Farmers U-15 baseball team had its season come to an end with two dramatic, 4-3 walk-off losses to the Ephrata River Dogs last Friday (July 8) in Brewster. The Farmers featured four Methow Valley players in brothers Lucien and Remy Paz, Damon Alumbaugh and Mac Surface. All are also members of […]
Twisp Airport’s Fly-in Breakfast features Miss Veedol replica
For the 25th time since its inception in 1996, the Twisp Airport’s Fly-In Pancake Breakfast entertained and fed the community at the airfield just south of Twisp on Saturday (July 2). Event coordinator Dan Kuperberg was pleased with this year’s renewal after a couple of years off because of COVID. “We had a real good […]
Killer Whales swim team splits first two meets
The Methow Valley Killer Whales swim team stroked its way through two meets last week, traveling on Tuesday (June 28) to Brewster, then hosting Omak on Thursday (June 30) at the Wagner Memorial Pool in Twisp. The Bearacudas of Brewster topped the Killer Whales by a combined score 284-228 in their home waters. The Killer […]
