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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009

GU baseball rallies for 4-3 win

I know nearly every post on this blog is basketball-related, but I staffed the GU-LMU baseball game Friday night and witnessed an outstanding game.GU won 4-3, taking a one-game lead in the best-of-three WCC Championship Series. My unedited game story is below.

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WSU stops UW in 10th 

COUGARS Just when it looked like WSU would breeze to their seventh Pac-10 series-opening victory, the Huskies rallied to take the lead. And then the Cougars rallied back. UW tied it again. And in the bottom of the 10th, WSU won it 6-5 on Michael…

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Gonzaga Prep’s David Stockton heads upcourt after stealing the ball from Richland’s Dylan Radliff. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Stockton plans to walk-on at GU 

There's going to be another Stockton at Gonzaga.John Stockton's son, David, is heading to GU as a walk-on. The Gonzaga Prep senior (his last day of school was Friday) received recruiting interest from Idaho, Seattle U and The Citadel, but decided to stick close to…

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Spokane Shock QB Nick Davila launches a pass down field against Tri-Cities on Saturday, April 11, 2009, in the Spokane Arena. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Shock adjust roster, await CV

Back with an advance of Saturday's Spokane-Central Valley game at the Arena. The unedited version is below. Also, the Shock shook up their roster with a couple of trades and three new additions. None of the newcomers are expected to be activated for Saturday's game.…

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Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf, seen working with West Texas A&M offense in this 2006 photo, was arrested Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at the U.S.-Canada border.
 (Associated Press)

A newsy day for WSU 

COUGARS • UPDATED: 2:50 P.M. There is plenty of Washington State news to pass on this morning, thought not all of, heck most of it, would never be considered positive. Of course, very little Ryan Leaf news has been, since he left the Palouse. Read…

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