Sports

The Deer Park Lady Stags, relying on their “Twin Towers,” defeated the Lakeland Hawks 51-34 in today’s opening round of the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High School.

The Deer Park Stags, which finished sixth in last school year's Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Scholastic Cup competition, are currently 25th among Class 1A schools after the fall sports season with 90 points. Riverside is ranked 23rd with 105 points.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) staff will start capturing deer, elk and cougar in northeast Washington this month to radio-collar them as part of a predator-prey study that began last winter.

Deer Park's Brent Hodgson and Gabe Sanchez won Deer Park Invitational wrestling titles today. Hodgson won the 160-pound championship while Sanchez brought home t he 285-pound title. The Stags finished third in the team competition, trailing champion Mead and runner-up Mount Spokane.