The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team battled through foul trouble, inconsistent shooting and uncharacteristic turnovers, but couldn’t overcome league-leading Waterville-Mansfield’s second-half surge as the visiting Shockers claimed a 57-45 win last Friday (Jan. 17). The Lady Lions stormed back on Saturday (Jan. 18) to claim a road win at Manson, 53-20, and stay […]
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Winter rec report
• The Loup Loup Ski Bowl is open, much to the delight of local and visiting alpine skiers, Nordic enthusiasts, tubers and luge riders. Tree skiing will need to wait for a couple more inches of snow, but the open runs are glorious and nearly every skier on the premises over the weekend featured a […]
The Loup opens January 18
Loup Loup Ski Bowl will open for the season on Saturday (Jan. 18), general manager Dave Betts said this week. Betts said that with Wednesday’s snowfall of 8 inches, there is now enough of a base to open the full hill. First chair will be a 9 a.m., last chair at 3:45 p.m. The Loup […]
Mountain Lions’ bright spot: win over Soap Lake
The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team started a three-game slate of league games with a win over Soap Lake last week, but ran into tougher opposition against league-leading Lake Roosevelt and Oroville. The results left the Mountain Lions with a 2-5 record in league play, 3-8 overall. Here’s a look at last week’s […]
Lady Lions stay in hunt for league lead
Three league wins last week kept the Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team near the top of the standings, with a chance to improve their position when the Lady Lions host Waterville-Mansfield on Friday (Jan. 17). With victories over Soap Lake, Lake Roosevelt and Oroville, Liberty Bell moved to a 6-1 record in league […]
MV Nordic aiming for Junior National Championships spots
The Methow Valley Nordic Team (MVNT) traveled to Bend, Oregon, last weekend for the first PNSA Junior Qualifier of the season. The racers are working to earn spots on the Pacific Northwest team that will travel to Truckee, California, for Junior National Championships in March. “Mt. Bachelor was set for a weekend of epic wind […]
Winter rec in the valley
Here’s a roundup winter recreation conditions, as of Monday (Jan. 13): • Methow Trails: The winter wonderland we know and love has finally returned, rendering Nordic trails gloriously pristine and silky. Nearly all of the 200 kilometers of Nordic trails in the valley are open, and the majority of those trails are being groomed nightly. […]
MVNT makes good showing at U.S. National Championships
Several Methow Valley Nordic Team (MVNT) athletes recently traveled to Houghton, Michigan, to compete in the U.S. National Championships for Nordic skiing, team director Leslie Hill reported. The events serve as selection races for several international trips, and about 400 skiers gathered on the Upper Peninsula. Scheduled were a freestyle sprint on Jan. 2, an […]
Wrestlers fare well at Banks Lake
Liberty Bell High School wrestlers on both the boys’ and girls’ teams finished well on Saturday (Jan. 4) at the Banks Lake Brawl, held at Almira-Coulee-Hartline High School. Noah Holston was the only boy to make the trip to Coulee City. He won three out of his four matches to take third place in his […]
Two Methow biathletes represent U.S. in world championships
Two Methow Valley biathletes have been named to the 2020 Youth (U19) and Junior (U21) Biathlon World Championship Team, the U.S. Biathlon International Competition Committee announced at the end of December. Eva Weymuller of Winthrop and Methow Valley Biathlon will be part of the Female Youth World Championship Team, along with three other women from […]
