BUT NOT THEIR OWN!An assembly was heldTuesday morning at Coeur d'Alene High tohonor the girls basketball team winning the State 5A title Saturday.The school's four administrators and schoolresource officer paid off a bet and had theirheads shaved. They agreed to get their hair cutto the…
Exciting couple of days for the Spokane Chiefs.First, they beat Tri-City 3-1 in Kennewick on Saturday night to close the U.S. Division gap to six points, then the Americans lost 4-3 in overtime tonight to Seattle. Trailing by six points in the division race, the…
Regionals are upon us as Ferris and Lewis and Clark take the key step toward defending their respective boys and girls state championshipsOn Friday the Saxons (22-0) stayed perfect with their easiest win yet over Shadle Park (19-3) for the district championship, as did the…
Good morning. Before I head to Sea-Tac for the flight home, here are the results from last night's State wrestling tournament, Mat Classic XX in Tacoma.
Greetings again from TacomaBig day for Spokane area wrestlers.GSL had five champions, Brian Owen and Anthony Rivera from University, Tyler Cochran from Central Valley and Philip Smith from Mead in 4A Clete Hanson from East Valley in 3A. Bears finished third and Titans tied for…
This video's a tad longer than usual (about 3:10), but I talked to a lot of Cougars and they had a lot to say about their victory over Oregon in McArthur Court. Here's Tony Bennett, Kyle Weaver, Derrick Low, Aron Baynes, Taylor Rochestie and Robbie…
COUGARSThis was about as good as the Cougars could do. They played their best game of the season – considering the venue, the importance, the opponent – and exorcised some Oregon ghosts.I'll tell you, I haven't seen players as happy about a win this season.…
HALFTIME: WSU 30, UO 24The first half was a defensive showing for the Cougars, limiting Oregon's notorious perimeter shooting to 1-for-6 and grinding the Ducks' offense to the end of the shot clock.Washington State has taken over Oregon's game, hitting 5 of its 11 attempts…
Lake City High sophomore wrestler Marcus Banducci is in the lightest of classes at 103 pounds. But five months ago, he started losing weight, and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong.Click here to read a story in the Handle Extra about Banducci.
COUGARSNot too long to game time here at Mac Court, and other than the fact I'm writing on a computer, I can pretend I'm Jim Murray from 1968, because this court was around then. Actually, it was around in 1938 as well.So I'm going to…
I've been up since 6 a.m. - which for me is ridiculous. I'm a night owl. But I'm in Tacoma covering the state wrestling and gymnastics championships, and just finished for the day.I checked on the Spokane Chiefs, only to find they've lost another shootout…
The Coeur d'Alene High girls basketball team will seek the 5A state championship Saturday that has eluded it the past two years.The Vikings handled Twin Falls 63-48, while Vallivue did likewise with Post Falls, 61-50.Click the tab below to read my unedited game story.
I grabbed some stuff Tony Bennett, Taylor Rochestie and Derrick Low said Thursday (after beating Oregon State) about Saturday's basketball game at Oregon. Here's what they had to say:Get the Flash Player to see this video.
COUGARSThough it wasn't the prettiest win of the season, WSU's players wanted to remind everyone in the post-game interview scrum that it was a win. And a road win to boot.Read on for links and comments.
Brandon Moore scored a season-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Eastern Washington knocked off Weber State 69-57 on Thursday night. Click here to read more.
The Lakeland High girls basketball team fell short Thursday in a State 4A tournament opener in Boise.Click the tab below to read Jim Meehan's unedited game story.
It's no secret that the Spokane Chiefs didn't have a very good time last weekend. They lost three straight U.S. Division contests and fell six points behind the Tri-City Americans for first in the division and Western Conference standings.But as you'll see in my unedited…
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