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Posted: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 - 10:05 a.m. PST

District 6 basketball playoffs start Feb. 17; move to Omak Feb. 19

     OMAK - The boys and girls District 6 1A basketball playoffs began Feb. 17.
     For the boys, No. 1 Chelan (18-3) and No. 2 Lake Roosevelt (12-6) earned first-round byes. Games on Feb. 17 included No. 6 Omak (9-10) at No. 3 Brewster (16-4) and No. 5 Cascade (9-11) at No. 4 Cashmere (12-8).
     Semi-final and final games on Feb. 19 and Feb. 21 will be played at Omak High School.
     For the girls, No. 6 Okanogan (9-11) and No. 3 Lake Roosevelt (11-8) played on Feb. 17 while No. 5 Cashmere (10-10) played at No. 4 Cascade (14-6).
     The top two seeds, Chelan (16-4) and Tonasket (17-3), earned first-round byes.
     At Omak, tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for students with an ASB card. No passes allowed.
     Five boys and five girls Caribou Trail League teams will earn spots in the District 6/7 1A Tournament at Moses Lake High School Feb. 24-28. The top three girls teams and the top three boys team will then advance to the 1A state tournament March 4-7 at the Yakima SunDome.

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• Poetry Out Loud is tonight in Okanogan
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• Morton asks governor to rescind board appointment
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• Letter from Okanogan County Commissioners opposing Jay Kehne's appointment to the state Fish and Wildlife Comission
• GOP calls for commissioner'r resignation after conservationist recommendation
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RECENTLY POSTED PHOTO ALBUMS

Dec. 17: Omak boys vs. Bridgeport - Raider Holiday Tournament
Dec. 17: Lake Roosevelt girls vs. Bridgeport - Raider Holiday Tournament
Dec. 16: Cashmere at Brewster girls basketball
Dec. 10: Wrestling at Okanogan
Dec. 10: Pateros at Tonasket girls basketball
Dec. 10: Pateros at Tonasket boys basketball
Dec. 6: Brewster at Okanogan girls basketball
Dec. 6: Brewster at Okanogan boys basketball
Dec. 3: Omak PIT wrestling tournament
Dec. 3: Oroville at Tonasket boys basketball
Dec. 3: Oroville at Tonasket girls basketball
Dec. 1: Bridgeport at Omak girls basketball
Dec. 1: Bridgeport at Omak boys basketball
Nov. 26: Christmas at the End of the Road
Nov. 12: Brewsteer at La Conner state soccer
Nov. 4: Lakeside at Tonasket post-season football
Nov. 1: Soap Lake at Brewster state 2B football
Nov. 1: Tiebreaker football at Bridgeport
Nov. 1: Omak at Okanogan playoff soccer
Oct. 29: Liberty Bell vs. Bridgeport soccer playin

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