Spokane Gulch hike Methow At Home hosts a free hike up Spokane Gulch with former ranger Eric Burr on Saturday, April 15, starting from the Mazama Store at 9:30 a.m. This hike is rescheduled from the March 25 outing which was canceled because of snow. Wear good shoes, bring your water bottle and snacks. Register […]
SPORTS
Mountain Lions, Raiders split
The Liberty Bell High School boys split a baseball double-header with the Lake Roosevelt Raiders on Friday afternoon (March 31) in the Mountain Lions’ home opening series. Liberty Bell won game one, 7-3, and the Raiders took game two by a score of 8-6. The Mountain Lions took advantage early of Raider miscues, scoring three […]
LBHS track team returns to Ephrata, sets 19 PRs
Liberty Bell High School track and field saw another set of personal records and solid performances during their second consecutive trip to Ephrata, this time for the 2023 Ray Cross Invitational. Coach Erik Brooks reported that 19 Mountain Lion Athletes set personal bests at under changing conditions, typical for mid-March. Top 10 placings: Fischer Edwards, […]
Sports Briefs: Comment on National Scenic Trail plan, Spokane Gulch hike, rescheduled, Mountain bike meeting
Comment on National Scenic Trail plan The U.S. Forest Service is developing a comprehensive plan for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and accepting public comment on the proposal. The 1,200-mile trail runs from Glacier National Park to the Pacific Ocean, through Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It travels through seven national forests, including the Okanogan-Wenatchee. […]
Soccer, tennis and baseball build on numbers, experience
In the second installment of our spring sports preview at Liberty Bell High School, we highlight three programs which share a common theme with other sports this year: experience, youth and growing popularity. More than 120 students are participating in spring sports out of Liberty Bell’s 158-student enrollment. It would seem to point toward a […]
Sports Briefs: Mountain bike meeting, Play volleyball, Winthrop Trailhead parkrun
Spokane Gulch hike Methow At Home hosts a free hike up Spokane Gulch with former ranger Eric Burr on Saturday (March 25), starting from the Mazama Store at 9:30 a.m. Prepare to spend half the day on a fairly steep hike. Wear good shoes, bring your water bottle and snacks. Register at methowathome.org. Mountain bike […]
Sports Briefs: Spokane Gulch hike, Fly Fishers meet, Play volleyball
Spokane Gulch hike Methow At Home hosts a free hike up Spokane Gulch with former ranger Eric Burr on Saturday, March 25, starting from the Mazama Store at 9:30 a.m. Prepare to spend half the day on a fairly steep hike. Wear good shoes, bring your water bottle and snacks. Register at methowathome.org. Fly Fishers […]
Ref-flections: Sometimes you just have to say ‘yes!’
It was my intent to write an appreciation piece directed at the many people who made my last couple of weeks as a high school varsity basketball official so special. But then I had one more chance to hit the floor, stripes on, whistle in mouth, at a very special tournament in Wenatchee. The Washington […]
Mountain Lions open spring practice, mostly indoors
The sounds of spring sports highlight the late afternoons on campus at Liberty Bell High School these days. The rhythmic beat of track and field hooves stampeding across the hard surface, the crack (well, more like a ping) of the bat connecting with the baseball, the snap of the ball hitting the leather of the […]
McCabe doubles at NCAA meet; Hall places in top 10
Methow Valley collegians Novie McCabe and Walker Hall helped push the University of Utah to the Utes’ fourth consecutive NCAA Nordic skiing championship at the 2023 championships in Lake Placid, New York, last weekend. Hall placed 8th overall in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle sprint and 17th in the 20K classic, but it was his teammate […]
