(GENO LUDWIG/Chewelah Independent)

Brooklyn Rainer recently won a second NWAC Championship with the Community Colleges of Spokane.

SHINING IN COLLEGE: Brooklyn Rainer to continue athletic career at Ottawa College…

It has been another sensational volleyball season for the Spokane Falls Lady Sasquatch and outside hitter Brooklyn Rainer. For the second straight season, the Sasquatch have won the Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball championship. And, for the second consecutive season, Brooklyn has been a hammer in the front row for the league champs.

Brooklyn finished her sophomore season at the NWAC Tournament in the Tacoma Convention Center with a three-set win over Pierce College to again collect the championship trophy. The Lady Sasquatch defeated Lower Columbia College (Longview), Whatcom College (Bellingham), Treasure Valley College (Ontario, OR.) and Lane College (Eugene, OR.) on their way to the title game. The Sasquatch were 12-2 in league play this season, 36-2 overall.

In addition, Brooklyn was selected as a first team all-conference player after leading her team at the net with 398 kills. She averaged 3.43 kills per set spread over 37 matches. She also had 56 digs, which is a lot for a front row player. More

(COLIN HAFFNER/Chewelah Independent)

Kettle Falls scrapes out win in opener against Idaho’s Bonners Ferry…

Late game heroics were in order for Kettle Falls in their season opener, getting a last second layup to pull out a win over visiting Bonners Ferry 52-50.

The Bulldogs took the first quarter lead, but the second saw the offense struggle to find points, sending the team into the half down 23-21. A resurgent Bulldog (1-0) offense regained the lead in the third before the Badgers (2-2) played their own way back into things.

That set up Jocelyn Glover’s late-game dagger that secured the win. Glover finished the game with six points, while Zarah Johnson had a team high eleven and Mya Edwards added ten.

Next up for Kettle Falls is a home game against Selkirk Dec. 5 at 6 p.m.

(BRANDON HANSEN/Chewelah Independent)

HONORED FOR WORK: Chewelah’s Jason Pitt named Inland Empire Golf Professional of the Year… and also bowls a 300 to top things off…

Jason Pitt had himself a month.

After learning that he was the PGA Inland Empire Chapter Golf Professional of the Year, Pitt followed that moment up by bowling an official 300 at the Chewelah Bowling Center.
Pitt has spent years as the golf pro at the Chewelah Golf and Country Club but has since moved to the position of Golf Operations Manager.

The Chewelah golfer was nominated as Golf Professional of the Year by another golf pro in the area, and Pitt still isn’t sure who did the nominating. Nominations and bios are submitted to the Inland Empire Chapter PGA awards committee and ultimately, the board of directors of the IEPGA makes the decision.

Now Pitt will be up for the Pacific Northwest award that covers Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, Western Montana and Alaska. If Pitt were to win that award he would be up for the National PGA Professional of the Year. More

(BRANDON HANSEN/Chewelah Independent)

Jay Link finished 2019 as the leader in the 1B classification for total yards and is the 2019 Stevens County Fantasy Football Champion. (Brandon Hansen photo)

CHAMPION IN GREEN: Selkirk’s Jay Link wins the Stevens County Fantasy Football season championship after leading the 1B classification in yards…

High school fantasy football might be slightly ridiculous, but it’s a lot of fun.

This year, there were a bevy of top performers in NE Washington, from all sorts of different teams and classifications. One player stood out the most, winning our Stevens County Fantasy Football competition several weeks in 2019.

Selkirk QB Jay Link didn’t just lead an impressive team that made the State 1B playoffs; he also put up mind-numbing numbers – and usually just in the first half. More