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June 25 |
 Rickter
to wrestle for Waldorf University: Bonners Ferry High
School Badger wrestler and Bonners Ferry Wrestling Club member
Jackson Rickter recently signed a letter of intent to wrestle for
the Warriors of Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa, an National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics division school. Jackson
is a two time state placer, taking second this year for the
Badgers. |
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June 16 |
 Teigan
Banning makes All-Idaho baseball team: Bonners Ferry
Badger Teigan Banning, a multi-sport junior and the son of Jesse
and Katie Banning, is the sole North Idaho player to be named to
the All-Idaho 3A baseball team. Sophomore Trey Bateman was named
to the All-State second team. Sophomore Trey Bateman was named to
the All-State second team. |
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June 14 |
 IDFG
sets chinook season: The Idaho Fish and Game
Commission met via conference call and approved the proposed
summer chinook salmon seasons for the South Fork Salmon and Upper
Salmon rivers as well as the Lochsa River. The seasons are set to
open Saturday, June 18, and will remain open seven days a week
until harvest goals are achieved. This will be the first time a
chinook fishery has been open in the Upper Salmon River fishery
since 2019, and the first for the section below the Pahsimeroi
River since 2018. |
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June 10 |
 Savannah
Rickter to wrestle at junior nationals: Badger
wrestler and Bonners Ferry Wrestling Club member Savannah Rickter
has been invited to be on Team Idaho junior girls national team to
compete for Idaho at Junior Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is
huge for this badger sophomore. She departs for Boise today to
join the best girls in the state to train for a few days before
they head out to nationals. |
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June 4 |
 Kootenai
River Angler Science Program off to a good start: Staff with Idaho Fish and Game and anglers on the
Kootenai River struck a sweet partnership to benefit how the
burbot fishery in the river is managed, and both anglers and the
burbot fishery win big with the Kootenai River Angler Science
Program. Anglers got to do what they do best - fish! While
fishing, they could opt to participate in the Kootenai River
Angler Science Program by filling out creel packets and logbooks
and reporting any tags they saw in any burbot they caught. By
T.J. Ross |
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May 11 |
 Getting
ready for summer fun: Despite the threat of rain, a
number of young Boundary County residents turned out today to take
part in the motorcycle and ATV course taught by sheriff Dave
Kramer, undersheriff Rich Stephens, corporal Clint Randall and
Deputy Dave Wion, earning their Idaho Department of Parks and
Recreation cards so they can legally ride on forest service trails
open to motorbikes and ATVs without a driver’s license. |
| Guess who's going to
state? |
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| !! GO, BADGERS !! |
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May 10 |
 KVRC
shooters make their mark at Spokane tourney: On April
30, four shooters from the Kootenai Valley Rifle Club travelled to
Spokane to participate in the 51st annual George Conner Outdoor
Smallbore Tournament. They would join 19 other shooters from the
Spokane Rifle Club to shoot, with .22 smallbore single shot
rifles, at the 100-yard, 50-yard and 50-meter distances. |
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May 9 |
| District champions
two years running! |
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| The Bonners Ferry Badgers girls golf team are
district champions for the second year in a row, with a
team score of 374 on their home turf today! Avery Bayer
shot an 83, Braylyn Bayer 87, Cali Iacolucci 97, Mia
Blackmore 107 and Holly Alexander 148. They'll travel to
River Bend Golf Course in Wilder to play for the state 3-A
championship May 16-17. |
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 IDFG
seeks info on Kerr Lake elk poaching: Idaho Fish and
Game has received information about two bull elk that were killed
and left to waste near Kerr Lake in Boundary County in the
Panhandle Region. Fish and Game is requesting the public to report
any information about the incident. The investigating officer
estimated the elk were killed sometime between the evening of
April 30 and the morning of May 1 based on evidence observed. |
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May 6 |
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Osborn takes it all
in Tuesday's Trouble finale: Just days before her
90th birthday, Jeanne Osborn took all the marbles in the 32nd and
final week of the Tuesday's Trouble ladies bowling league season
at AJ's Lanes, taking high scratch game with a 204, rolling a four
bagger along the way, high scratch series, 494, high handicap game
272 and high handicap series, leading the Lady Slippers, Jeanne,
Evelyn Smith and Donna Nystrom, to landing high scratch game, 412,
high scratch series 1,176, second high handicap game 638 and
second high handicap series, 643. |
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May 5 |
 Kootenai
River anglers have until May 10 to turn in creel packets:
If you are one of the many anglers who participated in the 2022
Kootenai River Angler Science Program, thank you for investing
time and energy into helping us. Information collected by all of
you will help us manage the unique and fairly new burbot fishery
in the Kootenai River. The peak of burbot fishing has come and
gone, so make sure to turn in your completed creel packet by May
10 for a chance to win some great prizes! |
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May 4 |
 Richards
to fight as a Golden Bear: Standout Badger Wrestler
Eli Richards has signed a letter of intent to continue his
wrestling career at the next level the University of Alberta. With
colleges from over 10 different states recruiting Eli, he has
decided to head out of the country, north to Edmonton to wrestle
for the University of Alberta Golden Bears next year. |
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May 3 |
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Local shooters shine
at Columbia State match: The Sandpoint Rifle Club
hosted the Columbia State Rifle and Pistol Match on April 23,
2022, at the Leo Hadley Rifle Range in Sandpoint. The shooters had
the opportunity to shoot a three-position rifle match or a 90 shot
pistol match or both. Shooters from Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint and
Spokane attended. |
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April 30 |
 Days
before her 90th birthday, Jeanne Osborn bowls a 204:
It's almost impossible to imagine, but friends helped Jeanne
Osborn celebrate her 90th birthday today. Not only does she look
decades younger, Jeanne is still exceptionally athletic, having
bowled a 204 this week in Tuesday's Trouble women's league play at
AJ's Lanes, rolling four strikes in a row! Happy birthday, Jeanne! |
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April 27 |
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Lupines shine in
Tuesdays Trouble week 31: Alice VanGundy got high
scratch game 204, high scratch series 499, second high handicap
game 260 and tied for high handicap series 667 to lead the Lupines
to a sweep as Tuesday's Trouble ladies league bowling wrapped its
36th week at AJ's. Lil Jimenez took second high scratch game 185,
second high scratch series 424 and tied for high handicap series
667. |
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April 22 |
 Ussher
signs to run for Community Colleges of Spokane:
Camille Ussher had been going back and forth between Community
Colleges of Spokane and a couple of other schools that were
interested, but ultimately her choice came down, wisely, to which
option provided her the best academic options and the opportunity
to grow and compete immediately as an athlete. |
 IDFG
to conduct creel surveys on Pend Oreille: When you
pull into the dock after fishing Lake Pend Oreille or the Pend
Oreille River this year, you may be greeted by a smiling face
wearing Idaho Fish and Game gear, eager to ask you a few
questions. From now until March 2023, Fish and Game will be
conducting a creel survey to collect information about how your
fishing experience was on the lake and river. |
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April 20 |
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Fine shooting, Claybusters! |
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| Congratulations to the Bonners Ferry High School
Trap Team, "Duke's Claybusters," for taking top honors in
the junior division in the 2022 Spokesman Review Inland
Northwest Trap Shoot. Duke's Claybusters are (l-r) Wyatt
McDonald, Noah Nichols, Trenton Myers, Ryan Carelli,
Melanie Campbell, Cassidy Underhill, Dillon McLeish and
Torsten Conover. Not pictured are Seth Rice and Isaac
Bliss. "Great shooting all of you," said coach Ron
Campbell. "I couldn't be more proud!" |
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April 18 |
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Tuesday's Trouble
has finished 30 weeks of bowling: Alice VanGundy got
high scratch game 173 and second high scratch series 431 in week
30 of Tuesday’s Trouble bowling at AJ’s Lanes. Jeanne Osborn got
second high scratch game 159, high scratch series 439 and third
high handicap series 643. Donna Kent tied for third high scratch
game 158 with Carolyn McNeill who also got third high scratch
series 430. |
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April 15 |
 Sheriff's
deputies offering OHV classes: Spring is here and so
is the opportunity to start getting the motorcycles and ATVs out!
If you do not yet have your drivers license, there is still a way
for you to legally ride on forest service roads. Sheriff’s
deputies will offer an OHV (off highway vehicle) course to riders
allowing them to be issued a permit from Idaho Parks and
Recreation, meeting the requirements to ride on forest service
roads without a driver’s license. |
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April 12 |
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Elaine Wheeler
takes it all in week 29: Elaine Wheeler took it all
in week 29 of Tuesday’s Trouble Ladies Bowling; high scratch game
189, high scratch series 534, high handicap game 256 and high
handicap series 735. Kathy Konek got second high scratch game 181,
second high scratch series 500 and second high handicap series
695. |
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April 7 |
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Regina Colby leads
in week 28: Regina Colby got high scratch game 174,
third high scratch series 430, high handicap game 258 and high
handicap series 682 in individual scoring and the lupines; Alice
VanGundy, DaVonna Cada and Lil Jiminez, took team honors in week
28 of Tuesday's Trouble women's league bowling at AJ's. |
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April 6 |
 Kobertstien
Idaho State champion on bars: Some of you may
remember Aliyah Koberstien as the cute little gymnast who flipped
cartwheels in the cartwheel-a-thon at Super 1 last year to raise
money for local cancer patients and her to build her gymnastics
fund for this competition year. She amazed everyone, turning 270
cartwheels in an hour. As this year's competition season has ended
and she returns to her practice schedule, look for her next
cartwheel-a-thon coming later this spring! |
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April 2 |
 Eli
Richards in top 12 at High School Senior Nationals:
Bonners Ferry High School stand-out wrestler Eli Richards recently
traveled to Virginia Beach, Virginia, for the High School Senior
Nationals, competing against the best high school seniors in the
country. In his first bout in a solid 64 man bracket, Eli came out
on top, pinning Zalan Wilson of Louisiana at 3:11. In his second
bout, Eli won again, pinning Jonah Gruenes of Minnesota at 4:55. |
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Wrestling Club to attend Bread and Butter Wrestling Camp:
The 2022 All-American Bread and Butter Wrestling Camp will run
June 29 through July 3 at Riverview Bible Camp, Cusick,
Washington, and the Bonners Ferry Wrestling Club is going as a
team. The camp, the only team camp planned this year, features
clinics with wrestlers from the highest level in college
wrestling. |
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March 29 |
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IDFG readies to
stock local lakes: Several Boundary County lakes are
scheduled to be stocked by Idaho Fish and Game personnel with 10-
to 12-inch rainbow trout in the month ahead. |
 Chinook
season shaping up to be best since 2015: The Idaho
Fish and Game Commission approved spring Chinook fishing seasons
for the Snake, Clearwater and Salmon River drainages, which will
open April 23. Fishing for Chinook will be open daily in the Lower
Salmon River, Little Salmon River, Snake River in the mainstem
Clearwater River, Middle Fork of the Clearwater River and South
Fork of the Clearwater River. Fishing for Chinook will be open
four days per week in the North Fork Clearwater River, Thursday
through Sunday. |
